Fearsome Fiction

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

6 horror movies this week

Themes: Supernatural, psychological, creature, slasher, and werewolf horror

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Both Eyes Open

Psychological horror

Ally escapes an abusive relationship but hallucinates about her abuser. She receives cryptic messages suggesting he’s nearby. As the messages intensify and her reality unravels, Ally realizes the truth may be closer than she thought.

Limited release

Dinogator

Creature horror

“You won’t know what bit you”

When a gigantic, mutated reptile gets loose in the swampy wilderness, the murky waters suddenly become an all-you-can-eat human buffet.

The scientist that created the beast, a big-game hunter, and a group of tourists must stop it from devouring the entire city.

With their numbers dwindling, and the hungry creature closing in, they’ll have to use their wits to avoid becoming its next meal.

Released on VOD

A Hard Place

Supernatural horror

“Don’t get caught”

A group of criminals on the run find themselves caught in the middle of an ancient feud between the monsters that roam the day and the creatures that rule the night.

Limited release

Lizzie Lazarus

Psychological horror

“The people in Hell are starving while the people in Heaven feast”

Summer Solstice, 1990. Strangers Eli and Bethany carry a corpse through the woods.

The dead girl is Lizzie, Bethany’s younger sister and Eli’s ex-girlfriend.

They’re on a nine-mile hike toward a mythical zone they believe will bring the dead body back to life.

Released on Screambox

Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare

Slasher horror

“He’s every parent’s worst nightmare”

Wendy Darling strikes out in an attempt to rescue her brother Michael from the clutches of the evil Peter Pan who intends to send him to Neverland.

Limited release

Wolf Man

Werewolf horror

“Protect your own”

Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. With his marriage to his high-powered wife fraying, Blake persuades her to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter, Ginger.

As the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they’re attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape, they barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter.

As the night stretches on, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable, and Charlotte is forced to decide whether the terror within their house is more lethal than the danger without.

Released in cinemas

Published: 18 January 2025

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