Fearsome Fiction

A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 23 Feb to 1 Mar 2025

8 horror movies this week

Themes: Supernatural, psychological, slasher, werewolf, and witch curse horror

Horror movies

Table of Contents

The Buildout

Psychological horror

A friendship is tested as two women experience something strange in the desert.

Released on VOD

Demon City

Japanese supernatural horror

Just as hit man Shuhei Sakata is about to clean up his act for his family, the mysterious organization Kimen-gumi murders his wife and daughter, pinning the blame on him and sullying his name.

After being shot in the head, he miraculously survives but falls into a coma.

Twelve years later, the Kimen-gumi attacks him again, but his dormant killer instinct awakens, setting him on an epic course of revenge.

However, what awaits him is a truth that threatens to completely alter his destiny.

Released on Netflix

I Heart Willie

Slasher horror

“It started with a mouse-boy”

An obsessed psychopath unknowingly leads her friends into a deadly mousetrap where pure evil seeks to harvest their skin.

Limited release

The Jolly Monkey

Supernatural horror

After their mother’s death, siblings Jenny and Marshall return to renovate her crumbling motel, The Jolly Monkey. But as they work, a deadly force tied to their family’s dark past emerges, forcing them to face terrifying truths if they want to survive.

Limited release

Presence

Supernatural horror

“In this house there is a presence”

A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone.

Released on VOD

Project Silence

South Korean psychological horror

“Every survivor is a target”

Jung-won and his daughter are on their way to Incheon Airport when a thick fog causes a massive chain-reaction crash on the airport bridge.

They get stuck in the chaos with a group of people including a brash-yet-harmless tow truck driver.

Things take a turn for the worse when mutated military dogs are accidentally released from their transport vehicle and start preying upon humans, putting the group in a terrifying life-or-death situation.

Released on VOD

Unholy Song

Witch curse horror

After releasing an evil witch from its cursed tape, a landlord and his two new renters confront their fears and skepticism to defeat this entity.

Limited release

Vicious

Psychological horror

A woman spends the night fighting for her existence as she slips down a rabbit hole contained inside a gift from a late-night visitor.

Released in cinemas

Published: 1 March 2025