What New Horror Movies Come Out This Week?

New Horror/Suspense Films and TV Shows in Theaters, on Demand and on DVD/Blu-ray

Week of September 22-28:

1. Abruptio

Abruptio

Release: Theatrical (Limited)
Down-trodden Les Hackel wakes to find an explosive device has been implanted in his neck. He must carry out heinous crimes to stay alive while trying to identify the mastermind manipulating him.

2. Amber Alert

Amber Alert

Release: Theatrical (Limited)/On Demand
An ordinary rideshare becomes a high-stakes game of cat and mouse when Jaq (Hayden Panettiere) and Shane (Tyler James Williams) receive an alert of a child abduction on their phones. Quickly realizing they are behind a car that matches the description of the kidnapper’s, Jaq and Shane desperately race against time to save the child’s life.

3. Apartment 7A

Apartment 7a

Release: Paramount+
An ambitious young dancer Terry Gionoffrio (Julia Garner) dreams of fame and fortune in New York City, but after suffering a devastating injury, an older, wealthy couple (Dianne Wiest) welcomes her into their home in the luxury apartment building the Bramford. When fellow resident and influential Broadway producer (Jim Sturgess) offers her another chance at fame, it seems that all her dreams are finally coming true. However, after an evening she can’t fully remember, disturbing circumstances soon have her second-guessing the sacrifices she’s willing to make for her career as she realizes that something evil is living not only in Apartment 7A, but in the Bramford itself.

4. Azrael

Azrael

Release: Theatrical (Limited)
In a world in which no one speaks, a mysterious, devout community hunts down a young woman named Azrael (Samara Weaving) who has escaped their imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, she is to be sacrificed to pacify an evil which resides deep within the surrounding wilderness – but Azrael will stop at nothing to ensure her own freedom and survival. From the seeds of this gritty, relentless parable of sacrifice and salvation, comes an immersive, real-time, action horror tale from the visionary minds of Simon Barrett and E.L. Katz.

5. Bagman

Bagman

Release: Theatrical (Limited)
In the dark horror film BAGMAN, a family finds themselves ensnared in a nightmare as they are hunted by a malevolent, mythical creature. For centuries and across cultures, parents have warned their children of the legendary Bagman, who snatches innocent children and stuffs them into his vile, rotting bag—never to be seen again. Patrick McKee (Sam Claflin) narrowly escaped such an encounter as a boy, which left him with lasting scars throughout his adulthood. Now, Patrick’s childhood tormentor has returned, threatening the safety of his wife Karina (Antonia Thomas) and son Jake (Caréll Rhoden).

6. Beezel

Beezel

Release: On Demand
Over six tumultuous decades, three unwitting guests of a cursed New England home stumble upon a sinister secret dwelling beneath its floors — an eternal witch with an insatiable thirst for the souls of the living.

7. Bibi

Bibi

Release: On Demand
A woman tormented by grief, battles inner demons using medication & drugs. Reality blurs with nightmares which strains her relationships. Seeking truth, she questions sanity, facing chilling revelations in a desperate quest for answers.

8. The Curse of the Necklace

The Curse of the Necklace

Release: Theatrical (Limited) (On Demand Oct. 1)
The Davis family is going through some tough times in 1960: LAURA (Sarah Lind) and FRANK (Henry Thomas) have separated because after years of Frank’s unpredictable alcohol infused temper, Laura has taken action and thrown him out of the house. She has gone back to work as a nurse which her 11-year-old ELLEN (Violet McGraw) and 16-year-old JUDY (Madeleine McGraw), don’t like any more than their dad does. To try to get Laura back, Frank gives her a beautiful antique necklace he finds in an old 1938 evidence bag at the station, and though Laura doesn’t want to be “bought,” Frank leaves the necklace at the house where Laura and the girls live. Unfortunately, the necklace is a conduit for the tormented soul of an evil boy from long ago, and Laura and her daughters find themselves in terrible danger from a little boy who no longer exists.

9. The Front Room

The Front Room

Release: Premium VOD
Everything goes to hell for newly-pregnant Belinda (Brandy) after her mother-in-law( Kathryn Hunter) moves in. As the diabolical guest tries to get her claws on the child, Belinda must draw the line somewhere.

10. Hayride to Hell

Hayride to Hell

Release: On Demand
Set on the Coxe Family Farm in rural Willis County, Farmer Sam (Bill Moseley) exacts his bloody revenge on unscrupulous local town-folk, including Sheriff Jubel (Kane Hodder), who menace him and attempt to steal the farm that has been in his family for 200 years.

11. Inherit the Witch

Inherit the Witch

Release: On Demand
In 1984 a family throws a 14th-birthday party. 30 years later, they re-unite at two isolated houses in the New Forest, England, where horrific truths are uncovered about the family’s occult pact with an ancient evil that’s enabled their wealth and power.

12. Mother Nocturna

Mother Nocturna

Release: On Demand
Agnese is a wolf biologist who gets back to her husband and daughter after a long hospitalization in a mental institution. The moon has an occult power over Agnese, whose mind begins to disrupt and her body transforms, while the visions of the “God of the woods” intrude on reality. She will deal with the ghosts from the past, locked in a house surrounded by woods, where nightmares take over, and obscure presences become ever more disturbing.

13. Oddity

Oddity

Release: Shudder
When Dani is brutally murdered at the remote country house that she and her husband Ted are renovating, everyone suspects a patient from the local mental health institution, where Ted is a doctor. However, soon after the tragic killing, the suspect is found dead. A year later, Dani’s blind twin sister Darcy, a self-proclaimed psychic and collector of cursed items, pays an unexpected visit to Ted and his new girlfriend, Yana. Convinced that there was more to her sister’s murder than people know, Darcy has brought with her the most dangerous items from her cursed collection to help her exact revenge.

14. The Path

The Path

Release: On Demand
After her parents’ death, a young woman returns home to care for her sister and soon discovers the dark past surrounding her family’s farm.

15. Sleep

Sleep

Release: Theatrical (Limited)/On Demand
SLEEP follows newlyweds Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun, PARASITE) and Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi), whose domestic bliss is disrupted when Hyun-su begins speaking in his sleep, ominously stating, “Someone’s inside.” From that night on, whenever he falls asleep, Hyun-su transforms into someone else, with no recollection of what happened the night before. Overwhelmed with anxiety that he may hurt himself or their young family, Soo-jin can barely sleep because of this irrational fear. Despite treatment, Hyun-su’s sleepwalking only intensifies, and Soo-jin begins to feel that her unborn child may be in danger.

16. Tenants

Tenants

Release: On Demand
Joni is desperate, very desperate to find her sister Emily. So desperate, she searchers for her in an apartment complex that feels strange, yet familiar to her. She franticly searches every floor and interacts with the inhabitants of the building, unknowingly leaving a bloody trail of bodies behind her. An actress finds a thirst for blood. A widower comes face to face with a monster of his belongings. A couple faces the horrors of a lost baby when it returns. The apartment manager is haunted by the sins of his past and two roommates literally kill each other over unpaid bills and cleanliness. Joni also isn’t alone on her mission to find her sister. She is being stalked by a dark shadowy figure. Will Joni live long enough to find Emily? One thing is certain in this apartment complex, the cost of rent, is your life.

17. American Horror Project Volume 2

American Horror Project Volume 2

Continuing its mission to unearth the very best in weird and wonderful horror obscura from the golden age of US independent genre moviemaking, Arrow Video is proud to present the long-awaited second volume in its American Horror Project series. Starting off with a little-seen 1970 offering from underrated cult auteur John Hayes (Grave of the Vampire, Garden of the Dead), Dream No Evil is a haunting, moving tale of a young woman’s desperate quest to be reunited with her long-lost father – only to find herself drawn into a fantasyland of homicidal madness. Meanwhile, 1976’s Dark August stars Academy Award-winner Kim Hunter (A Streetcar Named Desire) in a story of a man pursued by a terrifying and deadly curse in the wake of a hit-and-run accident. Lastly, 1977’s Harry Novak-produced The Child is a gloriously delirious slice of horror mayhem in which a young girl raises an army of the dead against the people she holds responsible for her mother’s death. All three films have been newly remastered from the best surviving film elements and appear for the first time ever on Blu-ray, alongside a wealth of supplementary material.

18. Anxiety

Anxiety

A recovering alcoholic’s journey lurches into a nightmare tailspin during a global crisis. Sober for only a few months, her sanity erodes as the demon in her brain drags her deeper and deeper into a vortex of madness.

19. Bloodbath at the House of Death

Bloodbath at the House of Death

A group of six scientists have assembled to test the apparent abundance of supernatural goings-on at the secluded Headstone Manor. No sooner have they set up all of their ghost-catching gadgetry than the hauntings begin: from randy spirits to unexplained manifestations, all the signs of the afterlife incarnate are present. But when members of their party start winding up deceased, it becomes clear that these undead souls aren’t very friendly, and all the while the foggy grounds of the manor are being traversed by another mysterious figure.

20. Cocaine Cougar

Cocaine Cougar

A black cougar high on cocaine escapes an animal testing facility and wrecks havoc on Los Angeles

21. Devil Times Five 4K

Devil Times Five 4K

Julie, her boyfriend Rick and a number of other guests have assembled at the chalet of her wealthy father, nestled deep in the snowy surroundings of Lake Arrowhead. Their laid-back boozing and petty arguments are upended by the unexpected arrival of a group of five mysterious children who claim to have become stranded after their bus broke down. Taking pity on the youngsters, the group offers to let them stay at the house until help arrives. Unbeknownst to the adults, these tots are in fact on the run from an asylum, and they waste no time in getting down to manipulating and then viciously killing their unsuspecting hosts.

22. The Exorcism

The Exorcism

Academy Award-winner Russell Crowe stars as Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins), wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play. The film also stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg and David Hyde Pierce.

23. Hell’s Trap (Trampa Infernal)

Hell’s Trap (Trampa Infernal)

Nacho and Mauricio are friends, but their competitive nature has them at each other’s throats. After an embarrassing defeat, Mauricio comes up with one last bet to settle the score. When a number of gory bear attacks are reported in the paper, the boys decide whoever can kill the deadly beast will be declared the macho-est man of them all. With girlfriends and sidekicks in tow they venture out for the ultimate hunt, but when they start getting attacked and mutilated they realize they’ve gone from being the hunters to the hunted! And the bear they thought they’d catch may be something more sinister than they could have ever dreamed…

24. Here for Blood

Here for Blood

In this throwback to ’90s horror, a rowdy pro-wrestler, struggling to make ends meet, agrees to fill in as a last-minute replacement for his girlfriend’s well-paying babysitting job. Upon arriving at the secluded family home, he meets the precocious 10-year-old Grace. What starts off as a quiet night of pizza and video games quickly spirals into bloody, violent chaos as they find themselves fighting for their lives as they battle an evil cult.

25. I’ll Play Mother

I’ll Play Mother

After the death of their birth mother, two young children are placed in the care of prospective adopter parents, however, it’s not long before the new family begin to question if something more sinister is at play.

26. In a Violent Nature

In a Violent Nature

Delve into the wilderness where an undead horror awakens. “In a Violent Nature” flips the script on traditional slashers, inviting you to witness the rampage from the monster’s eyes.

27. Jurassic Exorcist

Jurassic Exorcist

A reluctant priest is sent back into time to perform an exorcism on an evil dinosaur who has been summoned by Satanic forces to destroy modern day earth.

28. Link 4K

Link 4K

Elisabeth Shue and Terence Stamp co-star in this suspenseful horror film directed by Richard Franklin (Road Games, F/X2) and featuring a chilling score by legendary composer Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen). Young graduate student Jane Chase (Shue) becomes the new assistant to an eccentric zoology professor (Stamp) at the remote home he shares with two brilliant chimpanzees and an elderly orangutan butler named Link. But when one of the chimps is found dead and the professor mysteriously disappears, Link becomes dangerously aggressive towards Jane. Now, the time for “monkey business” is over and the true terror is about to begin.

29. La Llorona

La Llorona

An early horror classic drawn from Mexico’s rich tradition of folklore, La Llorona recounts the chilling tale of the ‘wailing woman’ who kills herself and her child before returning to haunt the living. Expressionistic, lyrical and atmospheric, Ramón Peón’s film draws on the influence of Universal Pictures’ contemporaneous horror cycle and incorporates elements of period melodrama and romance. This landmark production in the evolution of Mexican cinema has been newly restored from the only surviving film elements, and is presented here with a selection of essential extras.

30. Longlegs

Longlegs

In pursuit of a serial killer, an FBI agent uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end his terrifying killing spree. Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood and Alicia Witt star.

31. The Mummy and the Curse Of The Jackals

The Mummy and the Curse Of The Jackals

Experience the notorious 1969 horror epic that’s been barely seen since its fly-by-night VHS release while existing mostly via sordid rumors for more than 50 years: Anthony Eisley (THE NAKED KISS, DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN) stars in this brain-melting mash-up of dubious Egyptology, risible werewolf transformations, H.G. Lewis-level gore, cut-rate psychedelia and an oven-mitted mummy on a Las Vegas rampage, all set to a swinging soundtrack of lounge and surf instrumentals. The legendary John Carradine earns a day’s pay in this “truly incredible masterpiece of bad cinema” (Harbinger) written and produced by William Edwards, directed by Oliver Drake and scanned in 4K from the blow up internegative discovered at Ewing ‘Lucky’ Brown’s Los Angeles estate sale, now with over 2 hours of Special Features that include the thought-lost Vega International adult feature ANGELICA, THE YOUNG VIXEN scanned from the sole surviving print.

32. Night of the Harvest

Night of the Harvest

A year after an attack, Madison grapples with recovery. Her sister’s friends plan a Halloween bash, but a killer is released on the group. In a night where masks and costumes are meant for fun, an age-old curse reveals its horrifying face.

33. Omen

Omen

After spending years in Belgium, Koffi (Marc Zinga), a young Congolese man, returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront his family and homeland culture. Secrecy and sorcery erupt when a nosebleed is mistaken for a curse, and Koffi is shunned from his family. Using magical realism to paint a portrait of “undesirables” and “sorcerers,” OMEN delves into the intricacies of identity, culture, and belief systems through a deeply rich and visually captivating lens.

34. Once Upon A Time In Amityville

Once Upon A Time In Amityville

Two bounty hunters searching for a wanted man find themselves in the newly built town of Amityville, where nothing is what it seems and evil lurks right under the surface. Soon they are fighting for their lives and souls against a centuries old demonic force that destroys everything it encounters.

35. Our World Is Drowning and Going to Hell: The Underground Films of Richard Baylor

Our World Is Drowning and Going to Hell: The Underground Films of Richard Baylor

Exploring themes of isolation, suicide, voyeurism, murder, sexual aberrations, and the condemnation of organized religion, Michigan born, UK based filmmaker and provocateur Richard Baylor sent shockwaves throughout the repressive and censorious ‘90s British film scene with his subversive and button-pushing underground video works. Drawing inspiration from the short and shocking films of Richard Kern, Nick Zedd, and their contemporaries from New York’s Cinema of Transgression scene, Baylor became an honorary member of the movement by creating similarly insurgent works on video in his native Ipswich, England, culling collaborators from the local punk rock and industrial noise communities and employing acting performances and soundtrack contributions from members of Extreme Noise Terror, Whiteslug, and Optimum Wound Profile.

36. Paranormal Activity 8-Movie Collection

Paranormal Activity 8-Movie Collection

Celebrating 15 years of PARANORMAL ACTIVITY—the hit horror franchise that has enticed and terrified audiences around the globe. This terrifying 8-Movie Collection delivers the scares, packed thrills, chills, and unexpected surprises across 8 movies, including the most recent chapter PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: NEXT OF KIN and the behind-the-scenes documentary UNKNOWN DIMENSION: THE STORY OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.

37. The Profane Exhibit

The Profane Exhibit

Ladies and gentlemen! My fellow creatures of the night! You are invited to join us on a perilous journey into the land of the damned. Please ensure to keep your limbs safely inside the speeding vehicle at all times, for what you are about to witness is a dangerous miracle of the macabre. Ten renowned horror movie directors from all over the world have recreated their most gruesome dreams and frenzied nightmares for your viewing displeasure. Your ticket entitles you to enjoy a surfeit of screams, palpitations, and gut-wrenching violence – the like of which has never before been seen by man or beast. Watch your step, don’t look behind you, and try to keep your eyes open because you are about to witness…THE PROFANE EXHIBIT.

38. Succubus

Succubus

SUCCUBUS follows a young father going through a marital separation, joins a dating app, and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman…whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he could have ever imagined.

39. T-Blockers

T-Blockers

In small-town Australia, a nightmare is brewing. Sophie is a young filmmaker obsessed with finding a thought-to-be long-lost film. Meanwhile, an earthquake unleashes ancient parasites in the area that thrive on hatred, causing outbursts of violence. Now Sophie and her friends, struggling with dating and their undesirable jobs, must also face off against an ancient evil that spreads like wildfire.

40. Village of the Damned: Collector’s Edition 4K

Village of the Damned: Collector’s Edition 4K

From the master of suspense, John Carpenter, comes a chilling new version of the sci-fi classic. Something is terribly wrong in the tiny village of Midwich. After an unseen force invades a quiet coastal town, ten women mysteriously find themselves pregnant. Local physician Dr. Alan Chaffee (Christopher Reeve) and government scientist Dr. Susan Verner (Kirstie Alley) join forces when the women simultaneously give birth…and the reign of supernatural terror begins. In what The New York Times calls “one scarifying trip,” the people of Midwich must try to find a way to stop the unstoppable in the Village of the Damned.

41. We Are Zombies

We Are Zombies

In a city infested with the living-impaired — also known as non-cannibal zombies — three slackers after easy money must fight small-time crooks and an evil megacorporation to save their kidnapped grandma.

42. A Wounded Fawn

A Wounded Fawn

Meredith Tanning, a local museum curator, is dipping her toe back into the dating pool, only to be targeted by a charming serial killer. When a fateful romantic getaway between the two becomes a tense game of cat and mouse, both must confront the madness within him.