A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 22 to 28 Sep 2024
Themes: Supernatural, psychological, sci-fi, witch, revenge puppet and vampire horror
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Table of Contents
Abruptio
Puppet animated horror
“Everyone’s a puppet”
Les Hackel is a guy down on his luck who wakes to find an explosive device has been implanted in his neck.
Limited release
Apartment 7A
Supernatural horror
“Rosemary was not the first”
Set prior to Rosemary’s Baby, a struggling young dancer finds herself drawn in by dark forces when a peculiar, well-connected, older couple promises her a shot at fame.
Released on Paramount+ and VOD
Azrael
Supernatural horror
“Many years after the Rapture… Among the survivors, some are driven to renounce their sin of Speech.”
In a world where no one speaks, a devout female-led community hunts down a young woman who has escaped imprisonment. Recaptured, Azrael is due to be sacrificed to an ancient evil in the wilderness, but fights for her own survival.
Released in cinema
Bagman
Supernatural horror
“He’s always closer than you think”
For centuries and across cultures, parents have warned their children of the legendary Bagman, who snatches innocent children and stuffs them into his vile, rotting bag, never to be seen again.
Patrick McKee narrowly escaped such an encounter as a boy, which left him with lasting scars throughout his adulthood. Now, Patrick’s childhood tormentor has returned, threatening the safety of his wife and son.
Released in cinemas
The Becomers
Sci-fi comedy horror
“No matter what form… No matter what planet… Their love would survive.”
Forced to flee their dying planet, two body-snatching alien lovers arrive separately on Earth. Determined to find each other, the aliens jump from body to body, but they quickly learn that it’s not easy to inhabit their new, fleshy hosts, and that life in modern-day America is more complicated than they could have ever imagined.
Released on VOD
Beezel
Witch horror
“The blind witch waits”
Over six tumultuous decades, three unwitting guests of a cursed New England home stumble upon a sinister secret dwelling beneath its floors – an eternal witch with an insatiable thirst for the souls of the living.
Released on VOD
Bibi
Psychological horror
A grieving woman, consumed by her own demons, must confront a relentless stalker who blurs the boundaries between nightmare and reality, forcing her to question her sanity.
Released on VOD
Death Streamer
Vampire horror
“Log on. Bleed out.”
A modern-age vampire employs technologically advanced glasses that enable him to not only hunt his victims in and out of the virtual world, but also live stream his bloody feasts.
His internet-based cult of personality expands, but when a trio of young supernatural investigators lock-down on the trail of the “Death Streamer”, the fiend turns the tables and begins stalking them.
Released on Full Moon Features
The Front Room
Psychological horror
“All hell moves in”
Everything goes to hell for newly-pregnant Belinda after her mother-in-law moves in. As the diabolical guest tries to get her claws on the child, Belinda must draw the line somewhere.
Released on VOD
Hayride to Hell
Revenge horror
On the Coxe Family Farm in rural Willis County, Farmer Sam exacts his bloody revenge on unscrupulous local town-folk, including Sheriff Jubel, who menace him and attempt to steal the farm that has been in his family for 200 years.
Released on VOD
I’ll Play Mother
Psychological horror
“The children will settle”
After the death of their birth mother, two young children are placed in the care of prospective adoptive parents, however, it’s not long before the new family begin to question if something more sinister is at play.
Released on VOD
Night of the Harvest
Halloween horror
A year after an attack, a woman grapples with recovery. Her sister’s friends plan a Halloween bash, but a killer is released on the group. In a night where masks and costumes are meant for fun, an age-old curse reveals its horrifying face.
Released on VOD
Madre Notturna
Italian psychological horror
Agnese is a wolf biologist who gets back to her family after a long hospitalization in a mental institution. Her daughter Arianna is an introverted teenager who lives for dancing and has a problematic relationship with her mother. Her husband, Riccardo, is a doctor who tries to hold the pieces of a family about to collapse.
The moon has an occult power over Agnese, whose mind begins to disrupt and her body transforms, while the visions of the “God of the woods” intrude on reality.
As Riccardo becomes seriously ill due to the pandemic, mother and daughter will find themselves alone to deal with the ghosts from the past, locked in a house surrounded by woods, where nightmares take over, and obscure presences become ever more disturbing.
Released on Apple TV
The pATH
Supernatural horror
A young woman returns to her family farm after the tragic death of her parents, only to encounter a series of eerie and unexplained events. As she and her sister unravel the dark secrets of their home, they confront a haunting past.
Released on VOD
The Shrouds
Psychological horror
Karsh, a prominent businessman, is inconsolable following the death of his wife. He invents GraveTech, a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear departed in their shrouds. One night, multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated. Karsh sets out to track down the perpetrators.
Released in cinemas
Sleep
South Korean psychological horror
“Something awakens”
The domestic bliss of newlyweds Hyun-su and Soo-jin is disrupted when Hyun-su begins speaking in his sleep, stating, “Someone’s inside.” From that night on, whenever he falls asleep, Hyun-su transforms into someone else, with no recollection of what happened the night before.
Released in cinemas and on VOD
Succubus
Psychological horror
“Beauty is skin deep.”
Chris, a new father, joins the StarCrossed dating app “just to see what’s out there,” and eventually comes to the conclusion he should probably rekindle things with his estranged wife.
But when he matches with Adra, a seductive young woman with a mysterious past, his curiosity gets the better of him, and he finds himself getting sucked into her world even as his own life falls apart.
As Chris, his friend Eddie, and Adra’s stalker, Dr. Zephyr circle her, Adra’s power grows, finally revealing her harrowing true nature.
Released on VOD
Tenants
Horror anthology
After waking up in an unfamiliar apartment complex, a woman desperately searches for her sister while being hunted by a shadowy figure. As she makes her way through the building, unspeakable horrors befall the tenants she interacts with in this 7-story anthology.
Released on VOD
Winter Island
Supernatural horror
“You can leave the island, but you’ll take a part of it with you”
When a young girl is found dead on a small, wooded island, her teenage brother’s visions point to an evil presence within their own family.
Released on VOD
Published: 28 September 2024
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