Fearsome Fiction

A Selection of Horror Movies Released, 30 Mar to 5 Apr 2025

11 horror movies this week

Themes: Psychological, sci-fi, haunted house, slasher, zombie, and survival horror

Horror movies

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825 Forest Road

Haunted house horror

After a family tragedy, Chuck Wilson hopes to start a new life in Ashland Falls with his wife and sister, but discovers that the town has a dark secret.

Released on Shudder

Gazer

Psychological horror

Afflicted with a rare and fatal condition that affects her ability to perceive time and causes sudden blackouts, single mother Frankie Rhodes relies on self-recorded cassette tapes to help her navigate the world.

Desperate to make ends meet while she fights for custody of her young daughter, she accepts a risky but high-paying job from a mysterious woman, which draws her into a world of paranoid conspiracies.

Limited release

The Grove

Psychological horror

“What lies beneath”

When a Black Ops soldier goes under an experiment to create a better life for him and his fiancée, his homecoming turns tragic when he stops taking medication, descending into feral madness.

Released in cinemas

Hell of a Summer

Slasher horror

“Pack your body bags”

A camp counselor arrives at Camp Pineway thinking his biggest problem is that he feels out of touch with his teenage co-workers.

What he doesn’t know is that a masked killer is lurking on the campgrounds, brutally picking counselors off one by one.

Released in cinemas

The Monkey

Psychological horror

When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tear their family apart.

Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree forcing the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy.

Released on VOD

Parvulos: Children of the Apocalypse

Mexican zombie horror

“Family is worth dying for”

Three young brothers living in a cabin in the middle of the woods hide a dark, disturbing secret in their basement.

Limited release

Screamboat

Slasher horror

A mischievous mouse stalks a group of New Yorkers on a late-night ferry ride, unleashing murderous mayhem on a relaxing commute.

Limited release

Shiver Me Timbers

Popeye horror

What starts as a serene evening of stargazing quickly turns into a harrowing nightmare when a meteor transforms Popeye into a terrifying and unstoppable killing machine.

Released on VOD

Wake Up

Survival horror

“From save-the-world to survive-the-night”

A group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore as it closes.

But their plan goes terribly wrong when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security guard with a gruesome passion for primitive hunting.

Released on VOD

Wellwood

Sci-fi horror

“In the end, what would you believe?”

When Laura receives a terminal diagnosis, her husband desperately seeks a miraculous cure.

His journey uncovers an extraterrestrial entity that could hold the key to saving Laura.

But their discovery soon draws unwanted attention from determined Deputy Gracie Marsh and steadfast Sheriff Bradley, spiraling them into a dangerous web of unforeseen consequences.

Released on VOD

Y2K

Sci-fi comedy horror

Two high school nobodies make the decision to crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year’s Eve 1999.

The night becomes even crazier than they could have ever dreamed when the clock strikes midnight.

Released on Max

Published: 5 April 2025

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