Fearsome Fiction

A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 16 to 22 Feb 2025

7 horror movies this week

Themes: Supernatural, psychological, western, and home invasion horror

Horror movies

Table of Contents

The Baby in the Basket

Supernatural horror

“Evil isn’t raised. It’s born.”

When a baby is left on the steps of an isolated monastery, on a remote Scottish island during WWII, the nuns take it in, planning to care for it until a storm passes.

Soon though, strange and unexplained events begin to happen at the convent.

Released on VOD

Blood in Them Hills

Western horror

“Evil wears many faces”

A bank robber, a doctor, and a midwife with a rescued baby stranded in a desolate wilderness discover they’ve stumbled upon the site of a demonic massacre. They band together to survive the relentless pursuit of a deadly Wendigo Demon, cannibalistic horrors, and a murderous outlaw gang.

Released on VOD

Everyone is Going to Die

Home invasion horror

“Fear has a face”

An entrepreneur is attempting to reconnect with his daughter on her birthday, but the party is interrupted and they are taken hostage by two masked female robbers who appear to have real problems with the patriarchy.

Released on VOD

Invader

Home invasion horror

Ana is a long way from home, but eager to visit her cousin Camila in the Chicago suburbs. After Ana’s bus gets delayed, she arrives very late and begins to fear the worst when she can’t get hold of Camila.

Accompanied by Carlo, one of Camila’s co-workers, Ana decides to venture on foot to search for her cousin, encountering ominous signs, hostile locals, and the punishingly empty expanse of suburban America.

When they arrive at Camila’s house, the night spirals into chaos when Ana and Carlo realize the bizarre and jaw-dropping truth.

Limited release

Little Bites

Psychological horror

“Mother. Daughter. Monster.”

In a desperate attempt to protect her ten-year-old daughter, a young widow allows a nightmarish monster to slowly eat her alive.

Released on Shudder

The Monkey

Psychological horror

When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tear their family apart. Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree forcing the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy.

Released in cinemas

Taro Curse

Supernatural horror

After a tarot reading in New Orleans, a group of students are horrified to realize the cards are predicting their gruesome deaths, one-by-one.

Released on Tubi

Published: 22 February 2025

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