This 12 months’s SXSW Movie Pageant (March 7-15, 2025), happening in Austin, TX, has unveiled its lineup this afternoon and it’s one other insanely packed 12 months for horror premieres.
Whereas the Midnighter part is devoted to the style lovers, SXSW 2025 has crammed its Headliner part and past with buzzy, extremely anticipated titles together with Flying Lotus‘s sci-fi horror film Ash, Christopher Landon‘s ode to Brian De Palma in Drop, and A24’s Demise of a Unicorn. Additionally search for Clown in a Cornfield, the movie adaptation of Adam Cesare’s YA slasher novel.
Learn on for the style titles included in SXSW 2025’s lineup, and keep tuned for extra programming bulletins.
HEADLINER
Large names, large expertise that includes purple carpet premieres and gala movie occasions with main and rising names in cinema.
Ash
Director: Flying Lotus, Producers: Nate Bolotin, Matthew Metcalfe, Screenwriter: Jonni Remmler
A girl wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her house station viciously killed. Her investigation into what occurred units in movement a terrifying chain of occasions. Solid: Eiza González, Aaron Paul, Flying Lotus, Iko Uwais, Kate Elliott, Beulah Koale (World Premiere)
Demise of a Unicorn
Director/Screenwriter: Alex Scharfman, Producers: Drew Houpt, Lucas Joaquin, Alex Scharfman, Lars Knudsen, Tyler Campellone, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Web page
A father and daughter by chance hit and kill a unicorn whereas en path to a weekend retreat, the place his billionaire boss seeks to take advantage of the creature’s miraculous healing properties. Solid: Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni, Richard E. Grant, Anthony Carrigan, Sunita Mani, Jessica Hynes (World Premiere)
Drop
Director: Christopher Landon, Producers: Jason Blum, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Cameron Fuller, Screenwriters: Jillian Jacobs, Chris Roach
A widowed mom, on her first date in years, arrives at an upscale restaurant the place she meets her good-looking date. However their chemistry curdles as she begins being irritated after which terrorized by a collection of nameless drops to her telephone. Solid: Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane, Jacob Robinson, Ed Weeks (World Premiere)
Holland
Director: Mimi Cave, Producers: Kate Churchill, Peter Dealbert, Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, Screenwriter: Andrew Sodroski
On this unpredictable thriller, Nancy is a trainer whose life along with her husband in Holland, Michigan, tumbles right into a twisted story when she and her colleague turn out to be suspicious of a secret. Solid: Nicole Kidman, Matthew Macfadyen, Jude Hill, Gael García Bernal (World Premiere)
MIDNIGHTER
Thrilling after-dark options for style lovers and the terminally curious.
Descendent
Director/Screenwriter: Peter Cilella, Producers: David Lawson Jr., Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Caleb Ward
After a traumatic mind damage triggers terrifying visions of extraterrestrials and a newfound expertise for drawing, a father-to-be begins to query his actuality and turns into obsessive about the necessity to shield his household from an unseen menace. Solid: Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger, Susan Wilder, Charlene Amoia, Dan O’Brien, Brandon Scott, Alexandra Barreto, Alex Ruiz, Clare Cooney, Emily Pendergast (World Premiere)
Good Boy
Director: Ben Leonberg, Producers: Kari Fischer, Ben Leonberg, Screenwriters: Alex Cannon, Ben Leonberg
Do you ever surprise why your canine stares at empty corners, barks for no purpose, or refuses to enter the basement? Good Boy is the story of a canine who sees every thing that goes bump within the night time. No speaking pets, simply terrifying scares. Solid: Indy, Shane Jensen, Larry Fessenden, Arielle Friedman, Stuart Rudin, Anya Krawcheck, Max (World Premiere)
Picture credit score: Julie Vrabelova
Hallow Highway (Czechia, Eire, United Kingdom)
Director: Babak Anvari, Producers: Lucan Toh, Ian Henry, Richard Bolger, Screenwriter: William Gillies
Two dad and mom enter a race towards time after they obtain a distressing late-night telephone name from their daughter after she triggered a tragic automotive accident. Solid: Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys, Megan McDonnell (World Premiere)
The Residence (Estonia, Iceland, Sweden)
Director: Mattias J Skoglund, Producer: Siri Hjorton Wagner, Screenwriter: Mattias J Skoglund, Mats Strandberg
Joel reluctantly returns to his childhood city to assist his mom Monika transfer into a house for individuals with dementia after she suffers a stroke. She is unrecognizable and Joel turns into satisfied that one thing has adopted her again from the opposite aspect. Solid: Philip Oros, Anki Lidén, Gizem Erdogan, Malin Levanon, Peter Jankert, Lottie Ejenbrant, Ayan Ahmed, Bengt CW Carlsson (World Premiere)
New Jack Fury
Director/Screenwriter: Lanfia Wal, Producers: Van White, Mariah Morgenstern, Denaun Porter, Lanfia Wal, Akino Childrey
After his girlfriend is kidnapped by a ruthless kingpin, a former cop should search the assistance of two illegal R&B eccentrics to assist save her. Solid: Andre Corridor, Web page Kennedy, Dean “Michael Trapson” Morrow, Paul Wheeler, Ally Renee, Shawn Nathan, Wrekless Watson, Ace Vane, James Markham Corridor, Jr., Vincent M. Ward (World Premiere)
Nirvanna the Band the Present the Film (Canada)
Director: Matt Johnson, Producers: Matthew Miller, Matt Greyson, Screenwriters: Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol
Matt and Jay attempt to get a present on the Rivoli. Solid: Solid: Jay McCarrol, Matt Johnson (World Premiere)
Redux Redux
Administrators/Screenwriters: Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus, Producers: Michael J. McGarry, Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus, Nate Cormier, PJ McCabe
In an try to avenge her daughter’s dying, Irene Kelly travels by parallel universes, killing her daughter’s assassin again and again. She grows hooked on the revenge streak, placing her personal humanity in jeopardy. Solid: Michaela McManus, Stella Marcus, Jeremy Holm, Jim Cummings, Grace Van Dien, Taylor Misiak, Dendrie Taylor (World Premiere)
The Give up
Director/Screenwriter: Julia Max, Producers: Mia Chang, Lovell Holder, Julia Max, Ian McDonald, Robert J. Ulrich
When the household patriarch dies, a grieving mom and daughter threat their lives to carry out a brutal resurrection ritual that can convey him again from the useless. Solid: Colby Minifie, Kate Burton, Neil Sandilands, Vaughn Armstrong, Mia Ellis, Pete Ploszek, Chelsea Alden, Alaina Pollack, Riley Rose Critchlow, Lola Prince Kelly (World Premiere)
NARRATIVE SPOTLIGHT
Unforgettable options receiving their World, North American, or U.S. premieres.
Picture credit score Bernard Walsh
The Astronaut
Director/Screenwriter: Jess Varley, Producers: Brad Fuller, Eric B. Fleischman, Chris Abernathy, Cameron Fuller
An astronaut believes one thing extraterrestrial has adopted her again to Earth. Solid: Kate Mara, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Luna, Ivana Milicevic, Macy Grey (World Premiere)
Clown in a Cornfield
Director: Eli Craig, Producers: Marty Bowen, John Fischer, Wyck Godfrey, Screenwriters: Carter Blanchard, Adam Cesare, Eli Craig
A fading midwestern city wherein Frendo the clown, a logo of bygone success, reemerges as a terrifying scourge. Solid: Katie Douglas, Will Sasso, Cassandra Potenza, Aaron Abrams, Carson MacCormac, Verity Marks, Dylan McEwan, Daina Leitold, Vincent Muller, Kaitlyn Bacon (World Premiere)
