Updated:
11 Dec 2023
The Roaring Twenties are alive with the sound of screams.
With new additions to series such as "The Purge" and "Insidious" to be announced and Jordan Peele’s revival of "Candyman" lurking in the shadows, the horror genre is undead and thriving. Several horror remakes also take the stage in the upcoming months, as well as original nightmares from big name production companies such as Blumhouse, Lionsgate, and Paramount.
From supernatural entities plaguing rural communities to zombies picking off the remnants of humanity, here are fifty horror movies we’re excited for in 2020.
| Movie Name | Release Date | Trailer | What's The Movie About? |
|---|---|---|---|
| After Midnight | February 14, 2020 | Trailer | After Hank’s girlfriend vanishes without a trace, a monster appears from the woods and begins trying to break into his house. |
| Alien Outbreak | February 11, 2020 | Trailer | A rural community is plagued by an alien presence, resulting in mass suicide and widespread panic. |
| The Alpha Test | March 10, 2020 | Trailer | A robot servant is driven to violence after being abused by her owner. |
| Alone | January 17, 2020 | Trailer | A writer seeking peace and quiet in the countryside soon discovers her inner demons are the least of her worries. |
| Antebellum | April 24, 2020 | Trailer | An author finds herself caught in a terrifying reality and must uncover the truth in order to escape. |
| Antlers | April 17, 2020 | Trailer | An Oregon teacher discovers that one of her young students harbors a dangerous secret that threatens a small town. |
| Awoken | January 22, 2020 | Trailer | A medical student’s attempt to cure her brother of his sleep disorder reveals a far more sinister explanation for his condition. |
| Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest | February 27, 2020 | Trailer | A young boy goes on a quest to find his little sister after both her and his nanny disappear without a trace. |
| Brahms: The Boy II | February 21, 2020 | Trailer | After a new family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son becomes friends with a terrifying doll called Brahms, unleashing mayhem on their household. |
| Candyman | June 12, 2020 | Trailer | An urban legend about a hook-handed serial killer who appears when his name is called five times plagues a small housing project in Chicago. |
| Color Out of Space | January 24, 2020 | Trailer | After a meteor crashes in a secluded farm, a family finds themselves haunted by a strange light that twists their reality and compels them to violence. |
| Come to Daddy | February 7, 2020 | Trailer | A man travels to visit his estranged father, with deadly consequences. |
| The Conjuring 3 | September 10, 2020 | Trailer | Paranormal experts Ed and Lorraine Warren continue their mission to exorcise evil spirits plaguing unsuspecting victims. |
| The Dark Red | February 27, 2020 | Trailer | A woman suffering from a mental breakdown claims her newborn was stolen by a secret society. |
| Dead Earth | January 28, 2020 | Trailer | Two women living an isolated life after a world-ending disaster are discovered by outsiders, plunging them back into the chaos. |
| Disrupted | March 6, 2020 | Trailer | A widower is driven to seek revenge when a local killing shares similarities to his wife’s unsolved murder. |
| Do Not Reply | October 2, 2020 | Trailer | A high school introvert is abducted by a boy who keeps women trapped in his house to live out his virtual reality-themed murders. |
| Don't Speak | March 10, 2020 | Trailer | After arriving at their grandparents’ farm house, a family realizes they are being hunted by a creature that uses sound to track them. |
| The Dustwalker | February 8, 2020 | Trailer | A rural town is plagued by a creature whose infection causes the townsfolk to transform and turn violent. |
| The Empty Man | August 7, 2020 | Trailer | An ex-cop stumbles upon a secret society attempting to summon a supernatural entity. |
| Fantasy Island | February 14, 2020 | Trailer | A group of friends travels to an island that makes their greatest fantasies come to life, only to realize their desires come with deadly consequences. |
| Ghostbusters: Afterlife | July 10, 2020 | Trailer | A single mother and her two children discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the legacy they left behind. |
| Gretel & Hansel | January 31, 2020 | Trailer | In a desperate search for food, a brother and sister stumble upon a cottage in the woods, tended to by a sinister witch. |
| The Grudge | January 3, 2020 | Trailer | A house is cursed by a deadly spirit, driving those within to commit horrific murders and plaguing those who enter with a violent death. |
| Halloween Kills | October 16, 2020 | Trailer | The saga of the serial killer Michael Myers continues in this next thrilling installation to the Halloween series. |
| Hunter's Moon | March 24, 2020 | Trailer | A sheriff is called to an orchard where three sisters have been attacked by a gang of young delinquents, only to make a strange and startling discovery. |
| The Hunt | March 13, 2020 | Trailer | Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing to discover they have been chosen to be part of the Hunt. |
| The Invisible Man | February 28, 2020 | Trailer | A young woman suspects her abusive ex-boyfriend may have faked his death when an unseen entity begins plaguing her. |
| The Lodge | February 7, 2020 | Trailer | A woman and her fiancé’s two children are snowed in during a remote vacation, when strange and frightening events begin to haunt them. |
| Morbius | July 31, 2020 | Trailer | A young man tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, only to end up inflicting himself with a form of vampirism. |
| Mortal | February 28, 2020 | Trailer | A young man discovers he has frightening god-like powers similar to the god Thor from Norse mythology. |
| The New Mutants | April 3, 2020 | Trailer | Five young mutants, newly adjusting to their powers, find themselves trapped in a facility against their will. |
| Promising Young Woman | April 17, 2020 | Trailer | A woman suffering trauma from an event in her past seeks vengeance on those who cross her path. |
| A Quiet Place Part II | March 20, 2020 | Trailer | A mother and her young children face countless dangers in a world plagued by monsters who use sound to hunt their prey. |
| Sadistic Intentions | February 14, 2020 | Trailer | A musician lures a fellow band-mate and a young woman to a remote mansion for a night of deception and torture. |
| Saint Maud | March 27, 2020 | Trailer | A religious nurse becomes obsessed with saving the soul of a dying patient, no matter the cost. |
| Skin Walker | TBD 2020 | Trailer | A young woman moves to the city to escape the memories of her traumatic childhood, but her family’s dark secrets draw her back. |
| Spiral | May 15, 2020 | Trailer | In this new chapter in the Saw series, police officials seek to stop a twisted mastermind from inflicting a new form of justice on unsuspecting victims. |
| The Superdeep | TBD 2020 | Trailer | A research team investigates the Kola Borehole in Russia and unleashes a deadly threat on humanity. |
| Swallow | March 6, 2020 | Trailer | A pregnant housewife finds herself compelled to swallow dangerous objects, and must confront the reason behind her new obsession. |
| Transference | March 10, 2020 | Trailer | A brother struggles to keep his mentally disturbed sister in an asylum while he tries to find the reason behind their supernatural experiences. |
| The Turning | January 24, 2020 | Trailer | A governess is hired to watch after two children following their parents’ deaths, only to discover something sinister lurking in the mansion they call home. |
| Uncaged | March 17, 2020 | Trailer | A zoo veterinarian leads the hunt for an escaped lion that begins terrorizing the city of Amsterdam. |
| Underwater | January 10, 2020 | Trailer | A crew of aquatic researches struggles to survive after an earthquake destroys their undersea base, leaving them at the mercy of the monsters lurking in the depths. |
| The Vast of Night | March 13, 2020 | Trailer | A strange audio frequency disrupts a small town in New Mexico one fateful night in the 1950s. |
| VFW | March 31, 2020 | Trailer | A group of veterans fights against a drug dealer and his gang of mutants in order to protect an innocent teen. |
| Vivarium | March 27, 2020 | Trailer | A young couple searching for their new home finds themselves trapped in a terrifying maze of houses that all look the same. |
| The Witch: Subversion | March 10, 2020 | Trailer | A high school student suffering from amnesia tries to piece together the mystery of her past and the darkness surrounding her. |
| The Witches | October 9, 2020 | Trailer | A seven-year-old boy finds himself facing off against a terrifying cult of witches who have remained hidden among society for decades. |
| The Woman in the Window | May 15, 2020 | Trailer | An agoraphobic woman living in New York City witnesses a horrific act of violence after she spies on her new neighbors. |
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