Fearsome Fiction

A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 12 to 18 Oct 2025

15 horror movies this week

Themes: Supernatural, psychological, sci-fi, Frankenstein, serial killer, and Halloween horror

Horror movies

Table of Contents

The Astronaut

Sci-fi horror

When astronaut Sam Walker crash lands back to Earth, she’s discovered alive in a punctured capsule off the Atlantic coast.

General William Harris places her in quarantine under strict NASA surveillance for rehabilitation and testing.

But as disturbing events escalate, she begins to fear that something extraterrestrial has followed her home.

Released in cinemas

Black Phone 2

Supernatural horror

“Dead is just a word”

As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, his sister begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp known as Alpine Lake.

Released in cinemas

The Boat

Italian psychological horror

The trip aboard a luxury yacht for three couples soon turns from an exciting experience to a terrible nightmare.

Released on VOD

Broken Bird

Psychological horror

“She likes dead people and poetry”

Sybil works at an undertaker’s. It’s a lonely job, with few perks. So she takes solace where she can.

Released in cinemas

Delivery Run

Psychological horror

A food delivery driver gets caught in a deadly chase in the icy Minnesota wilderness, pursued by a crazed snowplow driver for unknown reasons, facing life-threatening situations and forced to outsmart his relentless pursuer alone.

Released on VOD

Exorcism Chronicles: The Beginning

South Korean animated supernatural horror

When a demonic uprising threatens to end the world as they know it, a monk and an excommunicated priest join forces to protect a powerful young boy and the next generation of magic.

As dark forces close in, the unlikely trio must confront their inner demons.

Released in cinemas

Frankenstein

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein horror

A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.

Limited release – see the official Frankenstein ticketing website for locations

Jabberjaw

Psychological horror

A young woman goes camping with her best friend to escape her abusive partner, but they are terrorized by a stalker in the woods.

She questions whether it’s her abuser, or something more sinister.

Released on VOD

The Jester 2

Halloween horror

“You can’t cheat death twice”

When teen magician Max crosses paths with the sinister Jester on Halloween night, she must outsmart a supernatural killer whose magic is all too real and whose tricks always end up in blood.

Released on VOD

The Mannequin

Supernatural horror

“She likes to watch”

When aspiring fashion designer Sofia Rojas dies alone in a historical downtown Los Angeles building, most people accept it as a tragic suicide.

Her younger sister Liana, however, remains unconvinced. When she returns to the site with plans to rekindle her sister’s ambitions, Liana begins to have paranormal experiences that quickly escalate from unsettling to downright terrifying.

She discovers that the building is haunted by a serial killer who brutally murdered and dismembered his victims there over half a century earlier.

Now that he’s marked Liana and her friends as his next victims, they have to find a way to escape the ghost’s deadly grasp before they lose their own body parts.

Released on VOD

MAR.IA

Spanish sci-fi horror

Maria Black transforms from an erotic film star to vengeful cyborg.

After a car accident puts her in a coma, her body mysteriously disappears from the hospital.

Three years later, she resurfaces seeking revenge against abuse, leading to sinister events and a very bloody finale.

Released on VOD

Other

Psychological horror

“You are beautiful”

Alice returns to her childhood home after her mother’s death, only to find the house is rigged with surveillance tracking her every move, as a sinister presence lurks, driving her towards a terrifying revelation.

Released on Shudder

R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead

YA Halloween horror

When his brother disappears and everyone forgets he existed, Sam must unravel the mystery before Finn is gone forever.

Released on Tubi

Snow Angel

Psychological horror

“No one is completely innocent”

In the aftermath of a fatal accident in a snowy village, ex-snowboarder Mary-Jane, consumed by guilt, decides to pack up her isolated cabin and leave town for good.

But terrifying events unfold and someone or something seems intent on stopping her.

Released on VOD

Your Host

Serial killer horror

“There is always a winner”

Four friends find themselves trapped in a sadistic game show, forced to outwit a twisted serial killer while racing against time.

Every move brings them closer to freedom or a gruesome fate.

Released on VOD

Published: 18 October 2025