A vengeful intercourse bot, a murderous monkey toy, and a blood-sucking icon lead this week’s lineup of recent horror film releases, and so they’re joined by a twisted perversion of a popular culture icon.
Right here’s all the brand new horror that launched February 17 – February 21, 2025!
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Put together for a sea of blood, as a result of the general public area slasher Popeye’s Revenge sailed onto VOD solely on Amazon by way of ITN Distribution this previous Tuesday, February 18.
The indie horror movie turns the traditional character right into a slasher villain when the legend of Popeye haunts a gaggle of counselors as they intend to open a summer season camp.
William Stead directs from a script by Harry Boxley (Cinderella’s Curse).
Steven Murphy stars as Popeye alongside Poohniverse alumni Kelly Rian Sanson, Danielle Scott, Danielle Ronald, and Amanda Jane York.
Created by E.C. Segar, Popeye the Sailor first appeared in 1929 within the King Options caricature Thimble Theatre. Popeye’s Revenge is the primary of some horror films to take advantage of the character’s current public area standing, with Popeye the Slayer Man additionally due out this yr.
The brand new horror film from Warner Bros., New Line Cinema, and producer Zach Cregger (Barbarian), Companion starring Sophie Thatcher (Heretic) is now obtainable at dwelling.
You possibly can lease Companion on Digital for $19.99 or buy it for $24.99.
In Companion, the directorial debut of Drew Hancock, “A billionaire’s demise units off a sequence of occasions for Iris and her associates throughout a weekend journey to his lakeside property.”
Rupert Pal (Separation), Harvey Guillén (“What We Do within the Shadows”), Lukas Gage (“You”), Megan Suri (It Lives Inside), and Jack Quaid (Scream, “The Boys”) additionally star.
Meagan wrote in her overview for Bloody Disgusting, “Sophie Thatcher continues her ascension to stardom with one other outstanding efficiency. Although acquainted in some ways, Hancock’s assured path and dedication to entertaining mayhem ensures a extremely entertaining trip that builds to one of the crucial triumphant conclusions in current reminiscence.”
Director Osgood Perkins is again with NEON’s The Monkey, a horror-comedy adaptation of Stephen King’s same-titled brief story, and it’s now enjoying in theaters nationwide.
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From NEON and producer James Wan, The Monkey has been rated a tough “R” for “Robust bloody violent content material, gore, language all through, and a few sexual references.”
In The Monkey, “When twin brothers discover a mysterious wind-up monkey, a sequence of outrageous deaths tear their household aside. Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a brand new killing spree forcing the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy.”
The Monkey is a brief horror story that appeared in King’s Skeleton Crew, a 1985 assortment that additionally featured The Mist, The Jaunt, The Raft, Survivor Kind, The Attain, and extra.
Theo James (“The White Lotus”), Tatiana Maslany (She–Hulk: Legal professional at Regulation), Elijah Wooden (Maniac), Christian Convery (Candy Tooth), Colin O’Brien (Wonka), Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends) and Sarah Levy (Schitt’s Creek) star on this one.
Recent off its 4 Academy Award nominations, Robert Eggers‘ Nosferatu is now streaming solely on Peacock. The field workplace hit sunk its fangs into the streamer at the moment.
Each the 132-minute theatrical reduce and the 136-minute prolonged reduce can be found on the streaming service, together with a behind-the-scenes featurette, Nosferatu: An Inside Look.
A reimagination of F.W. Murnau‘s 1922 silent horror traditional, Nosferatu is a gothic story of obsession between a haunted younger girl and the terrifying vampire infatuated together with her, inflicting untold horror in its wake. Invoice Skarsgård stars as Rely Orlok with Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, and Willem Dafoe.
Meagan Navarro wrote in her 5-skull overview, “It’s impeccably crafted, boasting manufacturing design and values not often seen in horror, with out sacrificing the taboo-pushing, visceral horror within the course of. It’s operatic and dramatic, daring and revolting, with a strong closing shot.”
The movie can also be at the moment obtainable on Digital and bodily media.
Worry has a brand new face in director Craig Tuohy’s dwelling invasion film Everybody Is Going to Die, which begins when a father invitations his estranged daughter over for a birthday dinner.
However when the luxurious house is invaded by two masked people armed with shotguns, a deadly recreation of cat and mouse ensues, culminating in a life-altering revelation.
Everybody Is Going to Die is now obtainable on VOD retailers.
Jaime Winstone, Chiara D’Anna, Lila Lasso, Richard Cotton, Brad Moore, Marina Lazaris, Gledisa Arthur, and Tamsin Dean star within the movie. Watch the trailer beneath.
And at last, a model new Tubi Authentic horror film is now streaming.
In director Jason Winn’s Tarot Curse, “After a Tarot studying in New Orleans, a gaggle of scholars are horrified to appreciate the playing cards are predicting their ugly deaths—one after the other.”
Lauren Chanel, Kamarion Miller, Triston Dye, Evelyn Kim, and Selena Turner star.
