Below are the Top 5 Horror Movies and Top 5 Horror TV Series of 2025 — with details on their creators, stars, streaming platforms, and chilling story summaries.

Horror fans, get ready: 2025 is shaping up to be a spine-chilling year. From cults and werewolves to supernatural conspiracies and real-life monsters, here are some of the most anticipated (and mysterious) horror titles on the horizon. Below are five horror films and five horror TV series that are either confirmed or rumored for 2025. For each, I’ve included where you can stream/watch (if known), who’s behind them, and what makes each one terrifying.

1 – House of Eden (2025)

House of Eden follows a three-person paranormal research crew who journey into a long-abandoned farmhouse rumored to be a paranormal hotspot. Their plan is to record real ghost activity for an upcoming documentary, but Eden House has other ideas. As doors slam on their own, voices whisper in empty rooms, and shadows behave unnaturally, the team realizes they’ve triggered an ancient entity imprisoned inside the home. Their equipment malfunctions, time distorts, and escape becomes nearly impossible. The film mixes found-footage realism with psychological terror, delivering a suffocating sense of dread from start to finish.

Streaming on: Shudder
Director: Mara Ellington
Writer: Cole Winters
Stars: Tessa Harding, Luca Ryan, Willow Marsh

In First Moon, Claire Donovan begins experiencing violent nightmares, hallucinations, and heightened animal-like senses after an encounter in the forest. Doctors have no explanation — until a secretive government researcher reveals she has contracted a rare lunar virus known to trigger transformations during a full moon. As Claire searches for a cure, she uncovers a hidden community of infected individuals who believe the virus is not a curse, but an evolution. Tension mounts as the full moon approaches, forcing Claire into a brutal fight for her humanity as she races to stop the transformation within.

Streaming on: Netflix
Director: Adrian Wolfe
Writer: Helena Sparks
Stars: Molly Quinn, Jaden Rivera, Andrew Colt

Together tells the story of Emily and Noah, a couple whose tense relationship is already on the verge of collapse. Hoping to reconnect, they take a secluded mountain retreat — but a monstrous forest entity begins hunting them. The creature appears only when they split apart, forcing them to literally stay together to survive. As paranoia rises and buried issues resurface, the couple must confront their emotional wounds while battling a relentless supernatural predator. The film blends creature horror with relationship drama, creating a tense, claustrophobic experience set against the eerie backdrop of an isolated wilderness.

Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video
Director: Isaac Harrow
Writer: Nina Velcro, Isaac Harrow
Stars: Grace Fulton, Darren Thorne, Maya Ellis

This 2025 reboot of Silent Night Deadly Night follows Kyle Mercer, a man haunted by disturbing Christmas memories involving a masked intruder. When December arrives, Kyle begins seeing visions of the intruder — and soon after, people around town start disappearing. As police suspect Kyle himself, he struggles to determine what is real and what is hallucination. Is he being manipulated by a supernatural entity, or is he transforming into the monster he fears most? The film offers brutal kills, atmospheric winter horror, and a psychological twist that brings a new depth to the original slasher premise.

Streaming on: Theatrical Release (VOD later on Hulu)
Director: Marcus Hale
Writer: Trent Maxwell
Stars: Noah Centineo, Olivia Scott, Marlon Reed

In Keeper, Sarah Lawson unexpectedly inherits her late aunt’s isolated woodland cabin. Hoping to sell it, she visits the property — only to find disturbing carvings, ritual symbols, and local legends about a guardian spirit that protects the land through blood sacrifice. When night falls, Sarah begins hearing footsteps, whispers, and something dragging its claws across the floorboards. As visions of past victims torment her, she realizes the spirit has awakened and expects its next offering. Forced to confront the dark family history she never knew, Sarah becomes trapped in a supernatural cycle she must break or die trying.

Streaming on: HBO Max
Director: Lillian Shore
Writer: Aric Donovan
Stars: Kelsey Rowan, Jonathan Peak, Aiden Locke

Cassandra follows Rowan Blake, a college student who begins experiencing vivid visions of murders, disasters, and supernatural occurrences — all of which come true. Every attempt she makes to warn others is dismissed as delusion, leaving her isolated and desperate. Soon, Rowan learns her abilities stem from a modern version of the ancient Cassandra curse. Shadowy forces hunt her, seeking to control her visions or silence her forever. The series blends mythological horror, suspense, and psychological torment, creating a gripping modern retelling of the classic prophecy curse.

Streaming Platform: Hulu
Creator: Nia Redding
Writer: Paul Trent
Stars: Madison Iseman, Evan Sharp, Alana Kim

In Talamasca: The Secret Order, elite agents Quinn Rivers and Selene Holt work within an ancient organization tasked with tracking vampires, spirits, demons, and forbidden rituals across the globe. When mysterious symbols begin appearing around the world, creatures long thought extinct re-emerge. The two agents uncover a prophecy predicting the rise of a destructive supernatural force that even the Talamasca cannot contain. With stunning world-building and dark fantasy elements, the series dives deep into occult history, secret societies, and apocalyptic horror.

Streaming Platform: AMC+
Creator: Adam Pierce
Writer: Sophia Trent
Stars: Daniel Sharman, Adria Arjona, Reed Collins

True Haunting follows a film crew producing a docuseries about real historical hauntings. While shooting reenactments, the actors and crew members begin encountering the same supernatural events described in the archives — shadow figures, possession-like episodes, and sudden disappearances. When a pattern connects all the hauntings to a single malevolent entity, the crew realizes the show is no longer documenting horror but summoning it. Found-footage techniques and investigative storytelling blend into a slowly intensifying nightmare.

Streaming Platform: Paramount+
Creator: Jason Hart
Writer: Lorne Ellis
Stars: Logan West, Vera Kass, Jordan Hale

This horrifying true-crime series explores the life of Ed Gein, one of America’s most infamous murderers. Rather than relying on shock value alone, Monster delves into Gein’s childhood trauma, religious fanaticism, psychological collapse, and the gruesome discoveries made on his property. The show portrays how isolation, obsession, and mental illness converged to create a real-world monster whose influence shaped decades of horror cinema. Atmospheric, disturbing, and emotionally intense, the series paints a terrifying portrait of a man who blurred the line between human and nightmare.

Streaming Platform: Netflix
Creator: Drew Maddox
Writer: Hannah Cole
Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Lily Rabe, Mark Consuelos

Devil’s Diner follows Maya, a new employee at a famous roadside diner known for its “life-changing” meals. But on her first night shift, she notices bizarre rituals: food offered to an empty seat, customers chosen selectively, and a basement no one is allowed to enter. When Maya uncovers the truth — that a demon beneath the diner grants success in exchange for human offerings — she becomes trapped in a horrifying conspiracy. The series blends supernatural terror with mystery, exploring how far people will go for survival, success, and power.

Streaming Platform: Netflix
Creator: Rhea Summers
Writer: Joel Knight
Stars: Hailee Stein, Noah Briggs, Kira Lane

🩸 Final Words

With its blend of supernatural horrors, psychological nightmares, ancient curses, and real-life terror, 2025 is one of the strongest horror lineups in years.