Trailers & First Looks

Sidney Prescott's new life shatters when Ghostface targets her teenage daughter. Kevin Williamson directs his own franchise for the first time. Neve Campbell returns with a Super Bowl–teased trailer that had fans dissecting every frame — including Stu Macher's callback line "This is gonna be fun." The franchise's biggest marketing push since the 2022 reboot.

The month's biggest trailer by raw numbers — nearly 10 million YouTube views the day it dropped (Feb 18). From the director of Evil Dead Rise, this Blumhouse/Atomic Monster reimagining ditches adventure for pure supernatural horror: a journalist's daughter vanishes in the Egyptian desert and is found eight years later inside a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus. She's not the same. Cronin calls it "one part Poltergeist, one part Se7en." Stars Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy. Produced by James Wan and Jason Blum.

Grace survived the Le Domas family — now four rival "High Council" families hunt her for the throne that controls the world. Samara Weaving leads a stacked cast: Elijah Wood, Sarah Michelle Gellar, David Cronenberg. Searchlight is positioning this as the studio's biggest genre bet since the original's surprise breakout in 2019.

A paranormal podcast host receives 10 increasingly terrifying audio recordings — and whatever's inside them wants to be heard. Started as a $500K Canadian indie, snapped up by A24 after festival buzz. 87% on Rotten Tomatoes. The "audio horror" hook has cinephiles calling it the most original genre premise of the year. A24's acquisition strategy continues to mine international festival circuits for low-budget horror with crossover potential.

A mall store employee secretly runs a witch cult in the basement with coworkers. When a new hire challenges their sisterhood, things turn bloody. Produced by Diablo Cody. Stars Lili Reinhart, Lola Tung, Victoria Pedretti. IFC dropped the trailer on Galentine's Day — millions of views in the first week. SXSW premiere positions it for acquisition buzz heading into spring.

Three college friends witness a murder in a gated religious community and become hunted by its sinister pastor. James Van Der Beek's final film role before his passing — the Feb 18 trailer release coincided with tributes and went viral. Mason Gooding co-stars. A modest production that benefited from an organic social media moment.

Entertainment Weekly exclusively premiered this trailer Jan 8, and the "Wizard of Oz as horror" premise did the rest. Dorothy's granddaughter Emily inherits a family curse and is pulled into a decayed, nightmarish Oz ruled by twisted versions of the Tin Man, Scarecrow, and worse. Based on a 2023 short film that went viral. Fathom's one-night theatrical event sold out in multiple markets. PG-13 — proof the concept travels beyond gorehounds. Mixed reviews but strong audience curiosity.

Shot on 16mm. A young woman fights for survival after being abducted by a monstrous figure in a porcelain babydoll mask. Gritty throwback to '70s horror with gnarly practical effects. 82% on Rotten Tomatoes. Shudder co-produced — the kind of low-budget, high-craft genre entry that festival programmers love and streamers fight over for day-and-date.

Canadian production. Gothic psychological horror from filmmakers Madeleine Sims-Fewer & Dusty Mancinelli (Violation). A woman wakes from a coma with no memories; her husband takes her to a remote wilderness trauma facility where nothing is what it seems. Stars Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie, Jason Isaacs, Kate Dickie, Julian Richings. Premiered at Berlin 2025, screened at TIFF and Fantastic Fest. IndieWire called it "Shudder's answer to Oddity." Shot in Ontario.

The final chapter of the slasher trilogy brings back the masked killers for one last rampage. Hit theaters Feb 6 to moderate but steady franchise interest. Late-January trailer built word-of-mouth on genre forums and Reddit. A reliable closer for horror fans tracking the series — and another data point in Lionsgate's bet on back-to-back horror franchise production.

A doomed wedding. A bride's growing paranoia. Snowy forests and ominous whispers. 8-episode horror miniseries from the Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things) and Blumhouse, directed by Weronika Tofilska (Baby Reindeer). Stars Camila Morrone, Adam DiMarco, Jennifer Jason Leigh. Press has called it "the Rosemary's Baby of weddings." Netflix's biggest original horror bet of Q1.

The most-watched series in MGM+ history returns with a Feb 4 teaser for Season 4. The nightmare town's residents get closer to answers — and closer to consequences. "If we push too hard, something will push back." Created by John Griffin, executive produced by the Russo Brothers, directed by Jack Bender (Lost, Game of Thrones). A flagship show that's keeping MGM+ relevant in the streaming wars.

Sci-fi/horror hybrid. The Season 2 trailer exploded with ~29M YouTube views — the biggest raw number of anything on this list, though the genre leans more thriller than pure horror. Sterling K. Brown, Shailene Woodley. Monster-on-island premise. A breakout that proves genre-adjacent content can drive massive platform engagement.

No full trailer yet, but the cast announcement — Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters returning, plus John Waters joining — has horror Twitter in a frenzy. Expect a trailer drop to dominate when it lands. The franchise's most anticipated season in years.

Mike Flanagan's Stephen King series adaptation with Matthew Lillard and Amber Midthunder. Casting and development news driving the anticipation. Flanagan's first project under his Amazon overall deal — and a signal of the platform's appetite for prestige horror IP.

A24-produced Friday the 13th prequel series with Linda Cardellini. Still in development — no trailer confirmed yet. The A24 + slasher IP combination keeps it on every horror watchlist. A rare case of a prestige indie studio taking on a legacy franchise.