Simply forward of the brand new yr, the Sundance Movie Pageant has unveiled its 2025 slate of programming that’s full of thrilling and buzzworthy new horror.
At this time the fest introduced their complete slate of movies chosen from the fest that may happen January 23 –February 2, 2025, in individual in Park Metropolis, Salt Lake Metropolis, and the Sundance Resort, together with a number of movies obtainable on-line beginning January 30. Packages and passes can be found now at Sundance’s website.
We’ve combed by way of the whole slate at the moment to search out all of the style titles, with first-look photographs and data the place obtainable. Highlights from the upcoming slate of programming consists of Alison Brie and Dave Franco‘s co-dependency horror film Collectively, SpectreVision’s Celtic Faerie horror Rabbit Entice starring Dev Patel, and extra.
What are you most excited to see at Sundance subsequent yr? Learn on for all of the horror heading to Sundance Movie Pageant 2025:
MIDNIGHT: From horror and comedy to works that defy style classification, these movies will maintain you conscious, even on the most arduous hour. Movies which have premiered on this class lately embrace FRESH, Hereditary, Mandy, Relic, Assassination Nation, and The Babadook.
Lifeless Lover, an official number of the Premieres program on the 2025 Sundance Movie Pageant. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
Lifeless Lover / Canada (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Grace Glowicki, Screenwriter and Producer: Ben Petrie, Producer: Yona Strauss) — A lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses lastly meets her dream man, however their whirlwind affair is reduce quick when he tragically drowns at sea. Grief-stricken, she goes to morbid lengths to resurrect him by way of madcap scientific experiments, leading to grave penalties and unlikely love. Forged: Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie, Leah Doz, Lowen Morrow. World Premiere. Fiction.
Didn’t Die, an official number of the Premieres program on the 2025 Sundance Movie Pageant. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
Didn’t Die / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Meera Menon, Screenwriter and Producer: Paul Gleason, Producers: Erica Fishman, Joe Camerota, Luke Patton) — A podcast host desperately clings to an ever-shrinking viewers within the zombie apocalypse. Forged: Kiran Deol, George Basil, Samrat Chakrabarti, Katie McCuen, Vishal Vijayakumar. World Premiere. Fiction. Obtainable online for Public.
Opus, an official number of the Premieres program on the 2025 Sundance Movie Pageant. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
Opus / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Mark Anthony Inexperienced, Producers: Collin Creighton, Brad Weston, Poppy Hanks, Jelani Johnson, Josh Bachove) — A younger author is invited to the distant compound of a legendary pop star who mysteriously disappeared 30 years in the past. Surrounded by the star’s cult of sycophants and intoxicated journalists, she finds herself in the midst of his twisted plan. Forged: Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett, Amber Midthunder. World Premiere. Fiction.
Rabbit Entice, an official number of the Premieres program on the 2025 Sundance Movie Pageant. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
Rabbit Entice / U.Ok. (Director and Screenwriter: Bryn Chainey, Producers: Daniel Noah, Lawrence Inglee, Elijah Wooden, Elisa Lleras, Adrian Politowski, Martin Metz) — When a musician and her husband transfer to a distant home in Wales, the music they make disturbs native historic people magic, bringing a anonymous youngster to their door who’s intent on infiltrating their lives. Forged: Dev Patel, Rosy McEwen, Jade Croot. World Premiere. Fiction.
The Ugly Stepsister, an official number of the Premieres program on the 2025 Sundance Movie Pageant. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
The Ugly Stepsister / Norway (Director and Screenwriter: Emilie Blichfeldt, Producer: Maria Ekerhovd) — In a fairy-tale kingdom the place magnificence is a brutal enterprise, Elvira battles to compete along with her extremely stunning stepsister, and she is going to go to any size to catch the prince’s eye. Forged: Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp, Flo Fagerli, Isac Calmroth, Malte Gårdinger. World Premiere. Fiction.
Collectively, an official number of the Premieres program on the 2025 Sundance Movie Pageant. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
Collectively / Australia, U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Michael Shanks, Producers: Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Mike Cowap, Andrew Mittman, Erik Feig, Max Silva) — With a transfer to the countryside already testing the bounds of a pair’s relationship, a supernatural encounter begins an excessive transformation of their love, their lives, and their flesh. Forged: Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Damon Herriman. World Premiere. Fiction.
Contact Me, an official number of the Premieres program on the 2025 Sundance Movie Pageant. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
Contact Me / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Addison Heimann, Producers: John Humber, David Lawson Jr.) — Two codependent greatest buddies change into hooked on the heroin-like contact of an alien narcissist who might or is probably not attempting to take over the world. Forged: Olivia Taylor Dudley, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jordan Gavaris, Marlene Forte, Paget Brewster. World Premiere. Fiction.
NEXT: Pure, daring works distinguished by an modern, forward-thinking method to storytelling populate this program. Unfettered creativity guarantees that the movies on this part will form the higher subsequent wave in international cinema. Movies which have premiered on this class lately embrace Little Demise, Searching for Mavis Beacon, KOKOMO CITY, A Love Tune, RIOTSVILLE, USA, Looking out, Skate Kitchen, A Ghost Story, and Tangerine. NEXT is introduced by Adobe.
Obex, , an official number of the Premieres program on the 2025 Sundance Movie Pageant. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
OBEX / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Albert Birney, Screenwriter and Producer: Pete Ohs, Producers: Emma Hannaway, James Belfer) — Conor Marsh lives a secluded life along with his canine, Sandy, till at some point he begins taking part in OBEX, a brand new, state-of-the-art pc sport. When Sandy goes lacking, the road between actuality and sport blurs and Conor should enterprise into the unusual world of OBEX to convey her residence. Forged: Albert Birney, Callie Hernandez, Frank Mosley. World Premiere. Fiction. Obtainable online for Public.
Rains Over Babel, , an official number of the Premieres program on the 2025 Sundance Movie Pageant. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
Rains Over Babel / Colombia, U.S.A., Spain (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Gala del Sol, Producers: H.A Hermida, Ana Cristina Gutiérrez, Andrés Hermida, Natalia Rendón Rodríguez) — A bunch of misfits converges at Babel, a legendary dive bar that doubles as purgatory, the place La Flaca — town’s Grim Reaper — presides. Right here, souls gamble years of their lives along with her, daring to outwit Demise herself. Forged: Saray Rebolledo, Felipe Aguilar Rodríguez, John Alex Castillo, William Hurtado, Santiago Pineda, Celina Biurrun. World Premiere. Fiction. Obtainable online for Public.
WORLD DRAMATIC COMPETITION: These narrative characteristic movies from rising expertise around the globe supply contemporary views and creative types. Movies which have premiered on this class lately embrace Ladies Will Be Ladies, Sujo, Scrapper, Mami Wata, Hive, The Memento, The Responsible, Monos, Yardie, The Nile Hilton Incident, and Second Mom.
The Virgin of Quarry Lake, darkish folklore and adolescent angst that pushes simmering self-empowerment to its boiling level.
The Virgin of Quarry Lake / Argentina, Spain, Mexico (Director: Laura Casabé, Screenwriter: Benjamin Naishtat, Producers: Tomas Eloy Muñoz, Valeria Bistagnino, Alejandro Israel, David Matamoros, Angeles Hernandez, Diego Martinez Ulanosky) — In 2001, three youngsters from the outskirts of Buenos Aires all fall in love with Diego. Natalia has all the time had essentially the most chemistry with him, however when it appears inevitable that their friendship will flip into one thing extra, the older and extra skilled Silvia seems and shortly captures Diego’s consideration. Forged: Dolores Oliverio, Luisa Merelas, Fernanda Echevarría, Dady Brieva, Agustín Sosa. World Premiere. Obtainable on-line for Public. Described by the competition as a horror romance that blends ” darkish folklore and adolescent angst that pushes simmering self-empowerment to its boiling level.”
