Springtime is warm and beautiful right now as we reach the end of April. This month has been exciting for horror enthusiasts, especially with the release of the acclaimed vampire film Sinners, which is already set up to become one of the highest-grossing horror movies of the year.
Ahead of us is the premiere of Until Dawn and a new Irish-language folk horror movie on Shudder. Additionally, several recent theatrical releases are coming to VOD, including Hell of a Summer, Ash, and Locked.
Here's all seven of the best new horror movies and shows coming out this week and where you can watch them!
Until Dawn (Theaters, Apr. 25)
- Director: David F. Sandberg
- Writers: Gary Dauberman and Blair Butler
- Cast: Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Odessa A'zion, Ji-young Yoo, Belmont Cameli, Maia Mitchell, and Peter Stormare
The highly anticipated movie adaptation of the popular video game Until Dawn finally arrives in theaters this weekend. Gamers have mixed feelings about this adaptation, as it doesn't actually follow the story from the game, instead opting to utilize more meta elements to create a unique setup that forces the characters to die over and over again in a myriad of different ways. It's more like The Cabin in the Woods, but it does embrace the game's "choice" system. Early reviews have been positive.
You season 5 (Netflix, Apr. 24)
It's the end of the road for Joe Goldberg. The final saga of Netflix's darkly thrilling series You premieres this week. All ten episodes of the final season will drop on Thursday, April 24. Badgley has already started doing promo for the final season. He's proud of what the writers have created for Joe's last ride.
Hell of a Summer (VOD, Apr. 22)
- Directors/Writers: Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk
- Cast: Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk, Abby Quinn, Fred Hechinger, and D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
Jason Hochberg is a 24-year-old camp counselor who has remained a devoted participant at Camp Pineway, though he struggles to connect with the younger teenage counselors. A summer camp slasher movie, Jason's summer vacation takes a sharp turn into darkness when a killer starts picking off the counselors. This movie marks the feature directorial debut of Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk. If you haven't seen it in theaters, you can watch it at home this week.
Ash (VOD, Apr. 22)
- Director: Flying Lotus
- Writer: Jonni Remmler
- Cast: Eiza González, Aaron Paul, Iko Uwais, Kate Elliott, Beulah Koale, and Flying Lotus
Ash is one of this year's highest-reviewed horror movies and will eventually come to Shudder. But for now, you can check out Ash on VOD starting on Tuesday, April 22. Eiza González has received significant praise for her leading role as Riya, an astronaut who wakes up on a distant planet to discover that all of her crewmates have been violently slaughtered, with just one man (Aaron Paul) claiming to be her only salvation.
Locked (VOD, Apr. 22)
- Director: David Yarovesky
- Writer: Michael Arlen Ross
- Cast: Bill Skarsgård and Anthony Hopkins
Bill Skarsgård and Anthony Hopkins face off in this tense thriller that arrives on demand on Tuesday. It had a brief theatrical window, but I'm guessing many people missed this one in cinemas. Skarsgård plays a carjacker who finds himself way over his head when he tries to rob the wrong person. He soon finds himself trapped inside a rigged vehicle owned by a sociopath (Hopkins).
The Killgrin (VOD, Apr. 25)
- Director/Writer: Joanna Tsanis
- Cast: Konstantina Mantelos, Adam Tsekhman, and Cristo Fernández
The latest indie horror movie from Dark Sky Films follows a struggling woman named Miranda, who uses some unusual self-help methods. She learns something has infected her aura, a mysterious entity known as the "killgrin" that thrives on misery.
Fréwaka (Shudder, Apr. 25)
- Director/Writer: Aislinn Clarke
- Cast: Clare Monnelly, Bríd Ní Neachtain, and Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya
Shudder nabbed the streaming rights (in North America, the UK, Irish, Australia, and New Zealand) to this Irish-language horror movie. Aislinn Clarke wrote and directed the folk horror movie, which follows a home care worker assigned to care for an agoraphobe. She fears leaving her house because of sinister entities known as the Na Sídhe, who she believes once kidnapped her many years before.