Last Updated on June 2, 2025 by Angel Melanson
June is coming in hot with some of the most anticipated new horror movies of the year. Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are back with their long awaited 28 Years Later, and our favorite dancing killer doll returns in M3GAN 2.0. Don't sleep on the non-franchise titles, Al Pacino and Dan Stevens will be teaming up to tackle some exorcisms in The Ritual, and Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project will offer some comedic relief. Here's a rundown of all the upcoming horror movies coming our way, both theatrical releases and new scary movies streaming at home.
For this month and beyond, check out our complete list of all the upcoming horror movies being released in 2025. If you're looking for something to watch tonight from the comfort of your own couch, we've got you covered with the best streaming horror movies.
In the meantime, enjoy the upcoming horror movies with dates of release below.
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The Ritual - June 6
Stop me if you've heard this one before… Al Pacino and Dan Stevens take on a demon. Are you sold? The Ritual is based on the real-life case of Anna Ecklund aka Emma Schmidt, an American possession said to have inspired William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist. If that’s not enough for ya, nothing will be! But here’s the synopsis just for fun:
The Ritual follows two priests — one questioning his faith (Stevens) and one reckoning with a troubled past (Pacino) — who must put aside their differences to save a possessed young woman through a difficult and dangerous series of exorcisms. The film is an authentic portrayal of Emma Schmidt, an American woman whose demonic possession culminated in harrowing exorcisms. Her case remains the most thoroughly documented exorcism in American history.
Also starring Twilight alum Ashley Greene, Ashley Cowan (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), and Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond). Pacino plays the role of Father Theophilus Riesinger, a friar and priest who performed exorcisms across the United States in the 1900s.
Dangerous Animals - June 6
Do you like your shark movies with a side of serial killer horror? Well, have we got the movie for you! After premiering at Cannes, Dangerous Animals is swimming into your local cinema.
Dangerous Animals follows Zephyr (Hassie Harrison), a rebellious surfer who finds herself caught in the clutches of Jai Courtney’s shark-obsessed killer. As she's held captive on his boat, she must determine how to escape before she becomes a part of his ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.
Byrne’s feature, however, takes the focus off the deadly instincts of sharks and proves once again – man is the most dangerous animal (and biggest monster) of all. The aquatic creature feature is Byrne’s third horror film after The Loved Ones and The Devil’s Candy, and his first film in a decade.
The Other - June 13
Produced by Final Destination creator Jeffrey Reddick and directed by Paul Etheredge (Hellbent), supernatural horror The Other stars Olivia Macklin, Dylan McTee, Avangeline Friedlander, Lily D. Moore, and Saw legend Shawnee Smith.
The Other was born from a nightmare Etheredge had while on his honeymoon that raised the question: What happens when parent/child bonding utterly fails, and the relationship becomes dangerous? Etheredge recently stopped in for an impromptu chat during a recent FANGORIA Town Hall meeting. The monthly chats are part of a private group open to all Fango magazine subscribers and often feature surprise guest drop-ins.
The Other is streaming June 13.
28 Years Later - June 20
Written by original 28 Days Later scribe and Ex Machina director Alex Garland, the follow-up to both 2002's 28 Days Later and 2007‘s 28 Weeks Later is set to kickstart a brand new trilogy, with Nia DaCosta (Candyman) directing the second movie into the trilogy titled 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Jack O'Connell and Erin Kellyman, 28 Years Later follows the fallout of a rage virus which destroyed Britain almost three decades prior:
It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected […] One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway.
When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.
Find more 28 Years Later goodness in FANGORIA #28.
Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project - June 20
Executive produced by Ready or Not and Scream‘s Radio Silence, this new horror mockumentary is directed by Max Tzannes and co-written by Tzannes and David San Miguel. Inspired by the likes of This is Spinal Tap and found footage classics like The Blair Witch Project, The Making of the Patterson Project tells the story of a crew of acclaimed documentarians as they chronicle a young filmmaker’s quest to create the world’s greatest found footage horror film.
Brennan Keel Cook (The Pale Blue Eye), Chen Tang (Warrior), Erika Vetter (Somebody I Used to Know) and Dean Cameron (Straight Outta Compton, Summer School) star in the film, set for limited theatrical release June 20 and available on demand beginning June 24 in North America and June 30 in the UK.
M3GAN 2.0 - June 27
Killer robot doll M3GAN has gone viral with her dance moves, modeled for a Deftones x Marc by Marc Jacobs collaboration, and this time around she’s even got her own M3GAN popcorn bucket. Is there anything she can’t do? We doubt it. Find out when M3GAN 2.0 dances into theaters on June 27, picking up two years after the events of M3GAN.
