What New Horror Movies Come Out This Week?

New Horror/Suspense Films and TV Shows in Theaters, on Demand and on DVD/Blu-ray

Week of April 27-May 3:

1. Big Freaking Rat

Big Freaking Rat

Release: On Demand
Ranger Brody believes looking after his teenage niece and nephew will be the biggest challenge of the summer until his brand-new campground is turned into a den of terror by a massive mutant rat. Years of dumping toxic waste into the land have created a monstrous rodent with a taste for blood, and now it’s up to a reluctant band of warriors to exterminate the beast.

2. Daydreamers

Daydreamers

Release: Theatrical (Limited)
The tale of two totally opposite and estranged brothers, Nhat and Marco. Both are vampires. Nhat is a daydreamer, vowing to never devour human blood again. Marco is a rebel who fully embraces his vampirism. Marco re-enters Nhat’s life, but things are complicated when Nhat develops a relationship with a human woman who knows his secret. Marco learns of the relationship, and will stop at nothing to keep the family secret, even if it means harming his brother.

3. Death of a Unicorn

Death of a Unicorn

Release: Premium VOD
A father (Paul Rudd) and daughter (Jenna Ortega) accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss (Richard E. Grant) seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.

4. A Desert

A Desert

Release: Theatrical (Limited)
A past his prime photographer heads out on a road trip across the American Southwest to recapture the magic and success of his previous work. Instead, he finds himself thrust into the dark and chaotic underbelly of America and unwittingly drags his wife and a shady private detective down into this nightmare world with him.

5. Drop

Drop

Release: Premium VOD
Meghann Fahy plays Violet, a widowed mother on her first date in years, who arrives at an upscale restaurant where she is relieved that her date, Henry (Brandon Sklenar) is more charming and handsome than she expected. But their chemistry begins to curdle as Violet begins being irritated and then terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone. She is instructed to tell nobody and follow instructions or the hooded figure she sees on her home security cameras will kill Violet’s young son and babysitting sister. Violet must do exactly as directed or everyone she loves will die. Her unseen tormentor’s final directive? Kill Henry.

6. Electra

Electra

Release: Theatrical (Limited)/On Demand
Electra follows two journalists who travel to the lush Italian villa of a famous musician and his partner for an interview, but all is not as it seems and the trip spirals into deceit and deadly betrayals.

7. Fear Below

Fear Below

Release: Theatrical (Limited)/On Demand
A mismatched group of divers attempting to recover a sunken car from a river are hunted by a vicious and relentless bull shark.

8. Holy Night: Demon Hunters

Holy Night: Demon Hunters

Release: Theatrical (Limited)
Starring Don Lee as Bau, the leader of a secret team known as Holy Night, that hunts down demon-worshipping cults threatening Seoul. Alongside Sharon (Seohyun), who can detect and exorcise demons, and Kim-kun (David Lee), their tactical support, the team faces a rising evil. When psychiatrist Jung-Won (Kyung Soo-Jin) seeks their help to save her younger sister Eun-Seo (Jung Ji-So) from demonic possession, the mission becomes more dangerous than ever.

9. The Last Cabin

The Last Cabin

Release: On Demand
A film crew retreating to a remote cabin, only to find themselves hunted by mysterious figures who seem intimately familiar with both the terrain and the crew’s movements.

10. Project MKHEXE

Project MKHEXE

Release: Screambox
Tim, an amateur filmmaker, returns home to film his brother Sean’s funeral after his apparent suicide. But in the days that follow, Tim discovers Sean’s obsession with an Internet urban legend that does not exist about a secret government mind control experiment gone horrifically wrong, Project MKHEXE.

11. Rosario

Rosario

Release: Theatrical (Wide)
Wall Street stockbroker, Rosario Fuentes, returns to her grandmother’s apartment after her sudden death. While sorting through her Grandmother’s belongings, Rosario uncovers a horrifying secret—a hidden chamber filled with occult artifacts tied to dark generational rituals. As supernatural occurrences plague her, Rosario must confront her family’s buried secrets and face the truth about the sacrifices and choices they made.

12. The Surfer

The Surfer

Release: Theatrical (Wide)
In the psychological thriller directed by Lorcan Finnegan, a man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. But his desire to hit the waves is thwarted by a group of locals whose mantra is “don’t live here, don’t surf here.” Humiliated and angry, the man is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising in concert with the punishing heat of the summer and pushes him to his breaking point.

13. Vulcanizadora

Vulcanizadora

Release: Theatrical (Limited)
VULCANIZADORA follows two friends as they trudge through a Michigan forest with the intention of following through on a disturbing pact. Once their plan goes shockingly awry, the haunting consequences of their failure can’t stay hidden for long.

14. The Beast of Walton Street

Beast of Walton Street

In a nameless Ohio town, a beast is roaming the Christmas decorated streets and picking off the most vulnerable: the unhoused. Friends Constance (Athena Murzda) and Sketch (Mia Jones) live on the fringes of society, barely scraping by and living in an abandoned auto repair shop. As the two notice more and more of the city’s at-risk residents disappearing, they decide to take matters into their own hands and defend their town from the ravenous beast: a bloodthirsty werewolf.

15. Birth/Rebirth

Birth/Rebirth

A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.

16. Bloody Axe Wound

Bloody Axe Wound

Abbie Bladecut is a teenager torn between the macabre traditions of her family’s bloody trade and the tender stirrings of her first crush. In the small town of Clover Falls, Abbie’s father, Roger Bladecut, has built an infamous legacy by capturing real-life killings on tape and selling them to eager customers, but as Abbie delves deeper into the grisly family business, she begins to wonder if it’s time to take the family tradition in a new direction.

17. Brimstone & Treacle 4K

Brimstone & Treacle 4K

Young con man Martin Taylor is out grifting on the streets of London when he happens across Tom Bates, a middle-class family man who, Martin quickly learns, has a disabled daughter at home who’s been left brain-damaged by a hit-and-run accident. Pretending to be an old love interest of the girl, Pattie, Martin soon tricks his way into the family’s countryside home, where he promptly charms mother Norma and convinces her to let him stay for a few days to be close to and care for Pattie – much to the wariness of Tom, who questions Martin’s intentions. As the young man ingratiates himself more and more into their family life, it soon becomes clear that he harbors a much more sinister purpose.

18. Cannibal Girls

Cannibal Girls

During a winter road trip, young couple Cliff (Schitt’s Creek’s Eugene Levy) and Gloria (Black Christmas’ Andrea Martin) get lost and make an unplanned stop in Farnhamville, Ontario, a snowy small town known as “The Friendly City.” When they hear the legend of three local women with a history of murdering men, they playfully investigate. But to their horror, it seems the killers are still active, police and other locals are complicit, and they’re all feasting on the victims. When the cannibals develop an appetite for Cliff and Gloria, they race to get on the road – before they get on the menu.

19. Cannibal Orgy and the Films of J.T. IV

Cannibal Orgy and the Films of J.T. IV

Shot on Super 8 film and edited on decaying VHS tapes in Chicago, the experimental horror movies of late musician and filmmaker J.T. IV (aka John Henry Timmis IV) feel like an unholy alliance between David Bowie and Charles Manson. CANNIBAL ORGY AND THE FILMS OF J.T. IV is an historical archive that collects Timmis’s collage-like films for the first time on home video. This includes CANNIBAL ORGY—a Satanic panic ode to BLOOD FEAST, Lucio Fulci, and stoned glam rock. It does not include THE CURE FOR INSOMNIA, Timmis’s 85-hour movie that holds the Guinness World Record for the longest film ever made.

20. Cold Wallet

Cold Wallet

An intense thriller set in the world of cryptocurrency, Cold Wallet stars Raúl Castillo as a man whose life is ruined by crypto grifter Josh Brener. When he tracks down the man who ruined him, all hell breaks loose.

21. Death Web

Death Web

A fearless young livestreamer and Alan expert in the occult embark on a journey that transcends the boundaries of the living and the dead. A journey into the unknown where every click, every stream, takes them closer to the abyss.

22. Devil Fetus/Her Vengeance

Devil Fetus/Her Vengeance

There was nothing quite as outrageous as Hong Kong cinema in the 1980s. From horrific black magic to spellbindingly choreographed action and dark and lurid stories of revenge, Hong Kong filmmakers created genre cinema that broke new ground. Amongst the companies producing some of the craziest films was Golden Harvest. Legendary for their martial arts epics, Golden Harvest stormed full force into every corner of genre filmmaking, and presented here are two of their most memorable and audacious works.

23. Devon

Devon

Years after Devon disappeared, a mysterious website draws five adventurers to the abandoned asylum where she was last seen. Armed with cameras, they plunge into the darkness, unaware they’re filming their own descent into horror never meant to return.

24. The Immortal Hunters

The Immortal Hunters

World War II, battle of Turda. Vladimir, a Romanian Lieutenant-Colonel is about to die when a young female vampire bites him and saves him. But he doesn’t know he now belongs to the Tepesh family, hunted down by Cardinal Baldini.

25. Late Checkout

Late Checkout

When a group of friends return to their hometown to rent a cabin for a weekend getaway, everything seems wonderful…until the sun sets. Little do they know a string of brutal killings are happening nearby and somewhere lurking in the darkness is a masked madman watching their every move. One thing is certain, some of these guests might not check out at all!

26. Looky-Loo

Looky-Loo

A budding documentarian’s innocent passion for filmmaking morphs into a harrowing obsession, leading him down a dark path of stalking and filming women. His newfound hobby sets off a descent into darkness, from peeking through windows, to home invasion, to cold-blooded murder. Themes of voyeurism, violence and the power of images drive the narrative, creating a chilling atmosphere with gritty, disturbing imagery. Looky-loo will leave you terrified, long after the credits roll.

27. The McKinney Family Home Videos

The McKinney Family Home Videos

A loving father’s obsession with recording family memories takes a sinister turn as his home videos reveal a dark presence threatening to destroy everything he holds dear.

28. Night Train Murders 4K

Night Train Murders 4K

When two girls taking a train home for the holidays encounter a pair of sadistic thugs, it will trigger a nightmare of sexual brutality and revenge.

29. Private Caller

Private Caller

A mysterious phone call plunges writer Valentino Lombardi and his family into a nightmare, when an obsessed psychopath, who has studied their every move for years, violently stalks them, transforming their lives into a bloody game of terror and revenge.

30. Screamboat

Screamboat

Be our guest on a New York City ferry ride that turns into a hilarious nightmare when a mischievous mouse named Steamboat Willie becomes a monstrous reality. As passengers set sail, their trip turns deadly when the tiny terror unleashes murder and mayhem. Packed with big kills, big laughs, and a miniature menace, SCREAMBOAT is a cinematic thrill ride that re-imagines Steamboat Willie like never before!

31. Screamwalkers

Screamwalkers

The terrifying truth of the mysterious Screamwalkers is revealed in this original 90’s style shot-on-video slasher movie that has become the talk of the micro budget film community!

32. Shanks 4K

Shanks 4K

Malcolm Shanks (Marcel Marceau) is a deaf, mute, reclusive puppeteer who lives with his overbearing sister (Tsilla Chelton) and her lush of a husband, Mr. Barton (Philippe Clay). The only source of joy in his harsh world is his puppets, which is noticed by a beguiling inventor named Dr. Baker (also played by Marceau), who promptly offers him a job as his assistant. Upon Dr. Baker’s sudden death, Shanks discovers that he can, with the aid of electrodes, reanimate the dead, bringing a new reality to their experiments. The final film from gimmick-prone, American genre film icon William Castle, SHANKS is a decidedly surrealist amalgamation of quirky fantasy and mid-70s character-driven horror.

33. Short Night Of Glass Dolls 4K

Short Night Of Glass Dolls 4K

American foreign correspondent Gregory Moore (Jean Sorel) is on his final assignment in Prague before transitioning to London. He plans to bring his beautiful Czech girlfriend Myra (Barbara Bach) with him, freeing her from the shackles of oppressive Iron Curtain politics. But their plans are suddenly derailed when Myra vanishes without a trace. His investigation into her disappearance makes him realize that decadence, superstition, and hunger for power run deep in the City of a Hundred Spires. And then his own body turns up in a park… With no sign of life or rigor mortis, doctors prepare to perform an autopsy to discover the cause of his mysterious and symptomless death. What they don’t know is that in his mind, Greg is frantic. Silently screaming. “I am alive!”

34. Spoonful of Sugar

Spoonful of Sugar

A disturbed babysitter experiences a sexual awakening while using LSD to alternatively treat a seemingly “sick” child from a family with dark secrets of their own.

35. Untitled Footage

Untitled Footage

One year after the death of Rachel Montgomery, her sister Tessa seeks answers. Armed with a camera, Tessa and her friend Grant decide it is time to uncover the mystery and try to identify the man responsible for brutal murder and unspeakable evil: The Claw Hammer Killer. ‘