Fearsome Fiction

A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 14 to 20 Jan 2024

10 horror movies this week

Themes: Supernatural, psychological, slasher, serial killer, vampire, and sci-fi horror

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Table of Contents

Founders Day

Slasher horror

“Change is here.”

A small town is shaken by a series of killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election.

Released in cinemas

Guess Who

Serial killer horror

A family visit turns deadly when a psychotic killer, hiding behind an unusual tradition, shows up with one target in mind.

Released on Tubi

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.

In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

Premiered at Sundance Film Festival

Lachrymose Primrose

Psychological horror

“Nothing lasts forever”

After the unexpected death of his daughter, Caleb, a washed-up best-selling author, hits rock bottom and turns to the bottle and a life of solitude in an attempt to cope with his inner demons.

His wife, Elizabeth, may be the only one who can save him. But at what cost?

Released on VOD and DVD

Last Night at Terrace Lanes

Slasher horror

“Heads will roll”

When a bloodthirsty cult invades a bowling alley on its final night of operation, a high schooler joins forces with her survivalist dad to fend off the crazed murderers.

Released on VOD

Project Dorothy

Sci-fi horror

James and Blake, small-time criminals, flee the police and take refuge in an abandoned scientific facility.

Their attempt to restore power activates an AI, DOROTHY, responsible for the former occupants’ demise.

They realize their predicament is worse than evading the law and must use their streetwise instincts to thwart DOROTHY’s escape into the world.

Released on VOD

Punch

Slasher horror

“That’s the way to do it!”

Before returning to university, a young woman decides to have one last night out in her seaside hometown.

But it’s not just friends, family and ex-boyfriends that don’t want to see her leave.

Local bogeyman Mr Punch is stalking the town tonight, and he knows The Way To Do It.

Released on Digital

Scalper: Night Caller 2

Serial killer horror

“The night he called back.”

With a series of brutal murders unfolding around psychic Clementine Carter, all fingers point to ‘The Scalper,’ a masked killer instilling fear in the hearts of many. Is it the notorious Andrew Lubitz risen from the dead, a sinister copycat, or a terror too horrific to fathom?

Clementine’s unique abilities are her only hope to unravel this blood-curdling mystery, as she races against time to evade the killer’s relentless pursuit. Will her second sight be enough to outsmart the blade-wielding maniac?

Released on VOD

Spring Lakes

Supernatural horror

“Family is forever”

When Marcus, a down-and-out struggling filmmaker, goes searching for his missing sister in Spring Lakes, he encounters strange occurrences and a satanic cult.

Released on VOD

Sunrise

Vampire horror

“The sun never sets on evil.”

When an ex-cop returns to the scene of a horrific crime, the residents of a rural town soon discover that he is really a vampire who feeds on blood and fear.

After he is befriended by a kind immigrant family, the instinctive killer is faced with a choice between revenge and redemption.

Released on VOD

Published: 20 January 2024

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