10 Of The Best Upcoming 4K And Blu-Ray Horror Releases

Luckyand Imitation Girl director Natasha Kermani put a new spin on a classic vampire tale last year with Abraham's Boys: A Dracula Story. Based on the short story by bestselling author Joe Hill, Abraham's Boys stars Titus Welliver (Bosch), Jocelin Donahue (The House of the Devil), Judah Mackey (The Young And The Restless), Aurora Perrineau (Westworld) and Brady Hepner (The Black Phone), and follows Max and Rudy Van Helsing, who have spent their lives under the strict and overprotective rule of their father, Abraham – yes, THAT Abraham Van Helsing.

Vinegar Syndrome and Shudder's new release of Abraham's Boys comes with extras including audio commentary with Kermani, cinematographer Julia Swain, editor Gabriel de Urioste and producer James Howard Herron, new writing on the film, and more.

Pre-order Abraham's Boys here.

It's been a long time coming, but Zach Cregger's Barbarian is finally creeping onto physical media shelves with a new 4K UHD release. Starring Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård and Justin Long, Barbarian follows a woman who rents a house on Airbnb and discovers a dark secret inside. Cregger's solo feature debut, the pic opened to rave reviews from critics and racked up a worldwide box office total of $45.4 million, against a production budget of $4.5 million.

If you still haven't seen Barbarian, and somehow have avoided any spoilers since its release in 2022, now's the perfect time to find out what all the fuss was about. The new release comes with behind the scenes footage, an audio commentary with Cregger and producer Roy Lee, and more.

Pre-order Barbarian for an August 11 release right here.

Genki Kawamura's twisty turny liminal nightmare Exit 8 was a hit with horror fans earlier this year, being an all-too-rare example of video game to movie adaptation done well. Based on Kotake Create's ‘walking simulator' of the same name, Exit 8  stars Kazunari Ninomiya (Letters from Iwo Jima) as the Lost Man, a commuter desperately trying to escape a seemingly endless looping Tokyo subway station.

The new Blu-ray release of Exit 8 comes with a making of featurette (which is bound to be very intriguing, as plenty of movie magic was used on the set to achieve the endless illusion) and Q&A with Kawamura.

Pre-order Exit 8 for an August 4 release here.

Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra’s Brazilian dark fantasy film Good Manners is a true hidden gem – a beautifully told tale with heart and horror in equal measure. Set in São Paulo, the film follows Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of the city who is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana to be the nanny of her soon to be born child. Against all odds, the two women develop a strong bond, but a fateful night marked by a full moon changes their plans.

While the Limited Edition slipcover version of Good Manners is already sold out, the Standard Edition is still well worth grabbing, especially if you're on the hunt for underrated werewolf movies to check out ahead of Robert Eggers' Werwulf.

Grab your copy of Good Manners right here.

What better way to make it through a particularly swampy summer than watching tourists get chopped into pieces by a mad slasher? Umbrella Entertainment has you covered with their stacked new set of movies from Adam Green's Hatchet series, including Hatchet 1 – 111 and Victor Crowley in both 4K UHD and BD.

As is tradition with Umbrella's Collector's Edition release, Hatchet comes with a murderer's row of special features and extras, including a VHS of the original film, a 100-page booklet featuring behind the scenes material, production journals and essays, Adam Green’s Hatchet graphic novel volumes 1-4, A3 reversible poster, commentaries, documentaries, making of featurettes, and much more.

Pre-order the Hatchet Collector's Edition for August 28 release right here.

With Caveat, Oddity and now Hokum, Damian McCarthy is quickly establishing himself as a master of modern horror. Starring Adam Scott, Hokum follows novelist Ohm Bauman as he retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, only to become consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance force him to confront the darkest corners of his past.

The new release of Hokum comes with commentary from McCarthy, making of, and a featurette titled ‘Jack the Donkey: A Family Favorite', which is sure to be pure nightmare fuel.

Pre-order Hokum for August 11 release right here.

When it crawled into our lives all the way back in 2002, Ju-On: The Grudge not only scarred an entire generation of horror fans, but also introduced many of us to the terrifying world of J-horror. Takashi Shimizu's terrifying supernatural horror follows the ghostly fallout after a social worker unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that is transmitted via its victims further and further from its original source.

While those in the UK have been able to enjoy Ju-On: The Grudge in crisp 4K for a couple of years, the release is only just now available in the US. Ju-On: The Grudge comes with an introduction from Shimizu, audio commentaries. interviews, featurettes and much more.

Pre-order Ju-On: The Grudge for August 11 release right here.

Frank LaLoggia's 1988 supernatural horror mystery Lady in White is a true cult classic, having been financially disastrous upon release, but a hit with critics and fans alike. Described as “a nostalgia-driven ghost story wrapped within an intricate murder mystery and coming-of-age drama”, Lady in White follows a schoolboy (Lukas Haas) who, after witnessing the ghost of a young girl, becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding a series of brutal child murders.

Vinegary Syndrome's new limited edition release of Lady in White comes with new commentaries from LaLoggia and cast, interviews, featurettes, deleted scenes, and a 40-page perfect bound book with essays by film historians Molly Henery, Mark H. Harris, and Heidi Honeycutt.

Grab your copy of Lady in White here.

Tim Burton's B-movie sci-fi send-up Mars Attacks! remains an intriguing outlier in the auteur's gloomy and gothic filmography, hence why it's a cult favorite. A cast of A-listers, including Jack Nicholson and Glenn Close, play citizens of planet Earth trying to survive a full scale invasion by freaky big brained Martians looking to gain control of our planet.

In celebration of the film's 30th anniversary, the brand new 4K release comes with special features in which filmmakers swap stories about working with Burton, and filmmakers explore how then-cutting-edge CGI shaped the film’s iconic look.

Pre-order Mars Attacks! here for August 11 release.

Following Halloween and The Fog, the legendary Jamie Lee Curtis further established herself as a scream queen for the ages when she starred in Prom Night, Paul Lynch's high school-set slasher that has – rightfully – had something of a critical appraisal in recent years. The film follows four high school seniors who are targeted at their prom by a masked killer, seeking vengeance for the accidental death of Robin Hammond, a young girl, from six years earlier.

Synapse Films' new release of Prom Night includes the all-new 4K remaster of the original 35mm camera negative by Synapse Films in Dolby Vision, commentary with Lynch and screenwriter William Gray,  making of featurette, outtakes, and more.

Pre-order Prom Night for August 3 release right here.