It’s the ultimate days earlier than Christmas and since horror is the reward that retains on giving, the style is dropping a small handful of ultimate releases down the chimney earlier than the top of the yr.
Right here’s all the brand new horror launched December 16 – December 22, 2024!
For day by day reminders about new horror releases, remember to observe @HorrorCalendar.
First up is the psychological horror film Hear Fastidiously from director Ryan Barton-Grimley (Hawk and Rev: Vampire Slayers), which hit VOD shops this previous Monday.
Within the indie horror movie, “When troubled assistant financial institution supervisor Andy McNeary’s child daughter goes lacking, he should observe the directions of a mysterious voice on the opposite finish of a child monitor to save lots of her earlier than she disappears and his life is ruined endlessly.”
Ryan Barton-Grimley stars alongside co-star/producer Simone Barton-Grimley (Elijah’s Ashes) and co-star/producer Ari Schneider (Hawk and Rev: Vampire Slayers, Elijah’s Ashes).
The filmmaking staff for Hear Fastidiously is joined by frequent collaborators Audrey Haworth (manufacturing designer), David Rickabaugh (artwork director) and Sean Ayers (cinematographer).
True crime and the paranormal intertwine within the model new documentary The Girl of the Lake from Uncork’d Leisure and director Ryan Grulich (Georgie, Silly Mortals).
Journey into the center of the unknown on VOD now.
Directed by Ryan Grulich and led by famend paranormal investigator Amanda D. Paulson, the movie delves into the haunting legend of Lake Crescent, situated within the Pacific Northwest’s enigmatic Port Angeles, WA.
The Girl of the Lake revisits the chilling 1937 homicide of Hallie Illingworth, a neighborhood waitress whose physique, eerily preserved by the lake’s frigid waters, resurfaced to disclose a story wrapped in layers of violence, historical past, and the supernatural. Paulson’s investigation uncovers secrets and techniques buried within the depths of Lake Crescent, weaving a story that transcends the boundaries of actuality.
Via compelling interviews with native residents, historians, and paranormal specialists captured with eerily stunning cinematography, The Girl of the Lake brings to life the ethereal magnificence and darkish attract of Lake Crescent.
A meticulous exploration of the liminal areas the place historical past and thriller converge, the documentary is a cinematic tapestry of reality and phantasm that challenges viewers to confront their deepest fears and curiosities.
The documentary is produced by Creepy Kingdom Studios in affiliation with award-winning documentarian John Campopiano (Pennywise: The Story of It, Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary) and Bloody Disgusting’s personal Alex DiVincenzo.
Following within the wake of Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse getting their very own horror films, Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid is the following to get its personal “R” rated twist.
Lionsgate‘s horror film The Little Mermaid launched on VOD this previous Tuesday.
The movie is rated “R” for language, violence, and nudity. Lionsgate previews, “Magnificence is deceiving and harmful on this darkly fascinating twist on Hans Christian Andersen’s story.”
Within the fantasy horror film from director Leigh Scott, “After archeologist Dr. Eric Prince and his college students uncover an historic pagan temple within the depths of the Caribbean, Eric falls for a mysterious lady who resembles a mermaid he and his staff encountered at sea.
“As their relationship intensifies, she leads Eric deeper into her evil underwater world till he should select between real love and the destruction of all humanity.”
Mike Markoff, Jeff Denton, Samuel Selman, Sean Michael Argo, Winston Crooke, Steven Yniguez, Manon Laurent, and Lydia Helen star on this unofficial Little Mermaid story.
Written and directed by Justin Geldzahler, Glue Lure additionally hit VOD on Tuesday.
Within the movie, “KJ and Dan are struggling to speak. Just a few years right into a strained relationship, the couple takes a weekend journey to a good friend’s cabin to recapture their romance… solely to discover a dying-but-not-quite-dead mouse caught to a glue lure. They disagree about learn how to deal with, KJ advocating for a swift demise whereas Dan proposes making the mouse’s final moments as nice as attainable. The couple compromises and strikes on, slowly discovering their method again to one another on this idyllic setting.
“Sadly, their serenity is damaged by the arrival of a small lady who may be charitably described as “eccentric” — she’s their host’s youthful sister and had no concept anybody was staying on the household cabin. No downside if she crashes, proper? Because the couple struggles to juggle this interloper on high of their already tense dynamic, KJ and Dan start to fret this obnoxious third wheel might threaten greater than their relationship.”
Brittany Bradford, Isaac W. Jay, Gloria Bangiola, Alex Warheit, Caroline Hertz, and Kasey Marr star in Glue Lure, which was launched onto VOD shops by Gravitas Ventures.
It’s after all not a brand new film however we figured you’d admire a reminder right here that Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later was lastly introduced again to Digital shops this previous Wednesday.
You should purchase or hire 28 Days Later on Digital shops proper now. Over on Amazon Prime Video, for instance, you may hire the movie for $3.99 or buy the movie for $14.99.
Bodily media copies of 28 Days Later have been out-of-print for a while now, and the 2002 an infection horror film had additionally been unavailable to digitally stream in any capability.
Animal rights activists free a gaggle of contaminated chimpanzees to horrifying outcomes on this speculative sci-fi horror effort from author Alex Garland and director Danny Boyle. Waking from a coma in a abandoned London hospital, bicycle courier Jim (Cillian Murphy) takes to the abandoned metropolis streets in a state of mystified confusion. Becoming a member of forces with one other group of survivors following a terrifying encounter in a seemingly deserted church, Jim quickly learns the reality behind the abandoned streets and the menacing creatures that lurk within the shadows.
Sequel 28 Years Later will probably be unleashed in theaters on June 20, 2025 from Sony.
And at last, vacation horror film The Naughty Record of Mr. Scrooge got here down the chimney on VOD shops starting at this time (December 20) from the style distributor Terror Movies.
In author/director Jake Helgren’s The Naughty Record of Mr. Scrooge, “a gaggle of former school pals collect for a reunion at a winter chalet fifteen years after certainly one of their very own dies throughout their manufacturing of A Christmas Carol. The group then finds themselves being stalked and killed off one after the other by somebody dressed as a terrifying imaginative and prescient of Ebenezer Scrooge.”
Skye Coyne, Colin Koth, Kim Whalen, and Liz Fenning star.
Helgren stated in an announcement, “There have been numerous spins on basic characters bursting by means of the pipelines as of late, however Scrooge has all the time been probably the most undeniably basic vacation villain, so to lastly convey the lore of his legacy to life in our enjoyable slasher rollercoaster has really been a Christmas want come true.
“Our staff put a ton of affection into this vacation love letter to all these naughty horror followers on the market…and Scrooge is about to convey a ton of slashing to the season of giving.”
