14 Horror Movies We Can’t Wait to Scare Us in 2024

Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse star in this horror comedy about a goth girl who reanimates a corpse and sets out to make him her perfect man in every way.

Release Date: February 9, 2024

This horror film takes an innocent childhood toy and turns it sinister. When a woman returns to her childhood home, she finds her younger sister has grown attached to her old stuffed teddy bear. But as she learns more about her sister’s fascination with the toy, she realizes the games they play are anything but innocent.

Release Date: March 8, 2024

It may not be horror in the spooky sense, but Godzilla and Kong are two notable horror icons teaming up in this upcoming action flick. After the success of Godzilla vs. Kong (and following up on Apple TV+’s Monarch series), Warner Bros. is back with another entry in the MonsterVerse franchise. Rebecca Hall, Bryan Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, and Kaylee Hottle are set to star.

Release Date: March 29, 2024

The Watchers is the debut filmmaker for Ishana Shyamalan (daughter of M. Night!) and it stars Dakota Fanning as a woman who ends up stranded in a mysterious forest in Ireland. As she explores the landscape, she discovers three other people who are all stalked by strange creatures at night.

Release Date: June 7, 2024

Fans of A Quiet Place franchise will enjoy this spin-off film. Lupita N’yongo, Joseph Quinn, and others, the film will serve as a prequel detailing the beginning of the world’s strange and terrifying monsters. The movie will be helmed by Pig director Michael Sarnoski, so we’ve got high expectations.

Release Date: June 28, 2024

James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, and Scoot McNairy star in this American remake of a 2022 Danish psychological horror film. It follows a family who meets another on vacation, and soon after receives an invitation to stay in a remote house with them. As both families get to know one another, it becomes clear they don’t know each other nearly as well as they thought.

Release Date: August 9, 2024

Set between the events of Alien and Aliens, this newest entry in the long-running horror franchise stars Isabela Merced and Cailee Spaeny, will be directed by Evil Dead (2013)’s Fede Alvarez, and Ridley Scott himself told Alvarez that the movie is great. We don’t know much more than that, but we’re hopeful it’ll be a solid horror flick.

Release Date: August 16, 2024

35 years after the original Beetlejuice (yes, it’s been that long), there’s a sequel on the way. Beetlejuice 2 will star Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder, along with a new addition to the film: Jenna Ortega. That’s all we know for now, but it’s sure to be an exciting 2024 release.

Release Date: September 6, 2024

After the major box office success of Saw X, there’s of course a sequel on the way. We really don’t know anything more other than a tentative release date, but here’s hoping franchise mainstay Tobin Bell will return.

This film is expected to be released in September 2024.

Parker Finn’s directorial debut Smile was an unexpected success. The sequel will star Lukas Gage and Naomi Scott, with Kyle Gallner returning in his role as Joel. If the sequel is as good as the original, we could have a fun new franchise on our hands.

Release Date: October 18, 2024

Nosferatu will arguably be one of the biggest releases of 2024, horror or not. Written and directed by Robert Eggers, the film stars Lily-Rose Depp, Bill Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Nicholas Hoult, and serves as a remake of the 1922 film of the same name. Fans of Eggers’ previous films—including The Northman, The Lighthouse, and The VVitch—should be in for another treat.

Release Date: December 25, 2024

Bill Skarsgård will also star in a reboot of The Crow, alongside musician FKA Twigs. The film follows a murdered musician who is resurrected to avenge his death and his fiancée’s.

This film is expected to be released in 2024.

We had high hopes Hunter Schafer’s Cuckoo would appear in 2023, but the odds are looking good for a 2024 release. The film has no official U.S. release date yet, but will premiere at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. If it does well there, it’s only a matter of time before we can see it.

This film is expected to be released in 2024.

If there’s anything Nicolas Cage can do well, it’s play a really off-the-wall character. Longlegs comes from director Oz Perkins (son of Anthony) and follows an FBI agent (played by It Follows‘s Maika Monroe) who discovers she has a connection to a ruthless serial killer (Cage), and must work to prevent his next murder. NEON has already released a few teasers for the film which are truly engrossing and chilling.

This film is set to be released in 2024.