Fearsome Fiction

A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 27 Jul to 2 Aug 2025

9 horror movies this week

Themes: Supernatural, psychological, pirate slasher, comedy, cannibal, sci-fi, and body horror

Horror movies

Table of Contents

Blood Red Beach

Pirate slasher horror

A cursed demon pirate is hellbent on revenge, and anyone who sets foot on his island will pay the price.

Released on Blu-ray, DVD, VHS

Ick

Comedy sci-fi horror

“Don’t touch”

A dark, mysterious and ‘innocuous’ alien substance has slowly taken root in the world.

Hank, a failed football star turned-high-school science teacher, has blamed the Ick all these years for his limp.

When the Ick eventually evolves and attacks, he chooses to save the life of a student he suspects may be his daughter above the lives of all the other possessed and panicked students.

Limited release

Never Blink

Supernatural horror

“You blink, you die”

A team of medical students capture images of the world we don’t see when we blink, and the results are beyond terrifying.

A frightening journey into a macabre world that will make you never want to blink again.

Released on VOD

Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy

South Korean apocalypse horror

Kim Dok Ja suddenly finds himself living in the world of a fantasy novel he was reading.

Armed with the knowledge of what happened in the novel, Kim Dok Ja sets out to save the world.

Released in cinemas

The Plastic Men

Psychological horror

A Vietnam veteran, struggling with guilt and horrifying hallucination, plans his suicide, but a chance encounter with a mysterious woman changes every thing.

Released on VOD

Queen of Bones

Supernatural horror

“Every family has its secrets”

Lily and Sam are determined to uncover the truth behind their mother’s untimely death and her ties to the supernatural, despite their father’s relentless efforts to keep the past buried.

Released on VOD

River of Blood

Cannibal horror

A jungle kayak adventure descends into terror when a group of friends becomes the target of a merciless, bloodthirsty tribe.

Released on VOD

Together

Body horror

After moving to the countryside, a supernatural encounter starts to transform a couple’s love, their lives, and their flesh.

Released in cinemas

War of the Worlds

Sci-fi horror

A grounded sci-fi film in the vein of District 9, that touches on themes of privacy versus surveillance

Released on VOD

Published: 2 August 2025