Fearsome Fiction

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

8 horror movies this week

Themes: Supernatural, psychological, killer, space, slasher, and witch horror

Horror movies

Table of Contents

Ash

Space horror

Riya awakens on a planet to find her crew slaughtered.

When a man arrives to rescue her, an ordeal of psychological and physical terror ensues while they decide if they can trust each other.

Released in cinemas

Devil’s Stay

South Korean supernatural horror

After the sudden tragic loss of his daughter following an exorcism, a renowned heart surgeon refuses to face the reality that his child has died, despite declarations from medical examiners and even the priest who performed the expulsion.

As the funeral rites begin, mourners start witnessing unnerving changes to the girl’s body, leaving the priest to wonder whether something much more sinister – an evil more ancient than Catholicism itself – may once again be looming over them all.

Released on VOD

Director’s Cut

Killer horror

Excited to shoot their first music video, a punk rock band ventures into the woods of Pennsylvania, never to return.

Released on VOD

Hood Witch

French witch horror

Nour makes a living from smuggling exotic animals and illicit products.

Wishing to get her son out of the city and offer him a better future, she designs and develops a mobile app that connects clients and spiritual healers.

It’s a success, until a patient’s consultation turns into a tragedy.

Released on VOD

Locked

Psychological horror

When Eddie breaks into a luxury SUV, he steps into a deadly trap set by a self-proclaimed vigilante delivering his own brand of twisted justice.

With no means of escape, Eddie fights to survive in a ride where escape is an illusion, survival is a nightmare, and justice shifts into high gear.

Released in cinemas

Popeye the Slayer Man

Slasher horror

“He is what he is.”

A group of friends sneak into an abandoned spinach canning factory to film a documentary on the legend of the ‘Sailor Man’, who is said to haunt the factory and local docks.

Released on VOD

Revelations

South Korean psychological horror

A pastor is convinced that a divine revelation has called him to punish the person guilty of a missing person case, while a detective assigned to the case is haunted by her dead sister’s shadow.

Released on Netflix

Revenge of the Boogeyman

Killer horror

A group of friends retreat to a secluded cabin in the woods, hoping to help one of their own overcome a battle with substance addiction.

But their plans take a dark turn as strange, unsettling events unfold.

Released on VOD

Published: 22 March 2025