Fearsome Fiction

A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 12 to 18 May 2024

7 horror movies this week

Themes: Psychological, cannibal, monster, serial killer, and survival horror

Horror movies

Table of Contents

Faceless After Dark

Survival horror

Following her breakout success as the star of a killer clown horror flick, Bowie struggles to capitalize on its success.

When she is held hostage by an unhinged fan posing as that same killer clown, she fights to escape before he completes his sinister plan to recreate the film’s fatal plot.

Released on VOD

I Saw the TV Glow

Psychological horror

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show that shows a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own.

Released in cinemas

Killer Body Count

Survival horror

Cami is sent to an isolated rehab center by her devout father. When a killer begins to hunt the teens, Cami realizes that her survival and her independence are intertwined in ways she could never imagine.

Released on Tubi

Monster

Indonesian monster horror

After being abducted and taken to a desolate house, a girl sets out to rescue her friend and escape from their malicious kidnapper.

Released on Netflix

Nightwatch: Demons are Forever

Danish serial killer horror

Emma takes on a night watch job to unravel the mystery of her parents’ disappearance nearly thirty years ago. When she awakens a serial killer from a coma, she triggers a series of catastrophic events.

Released on Shudder

Silence of the Prey

Cannibal horror

“You’re not welcome here”

In a desperate bid to secure a future for her child, an undocumented immigrant mother takes a caretaker job. Unbeknownst to her, the elderly man conceals a horrifying truth.

Released on VOD

The Strangers: Chapter 1

Survival horror

“They don’t need a reason”

After their car breaks down, a young couple is forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive.

Released in cinemas

Published: 18 May 2024

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