Unlike many of its monsters, vampires and virus-y Alphas, the horror genre is alive and well. It is, you might even say, well-endowed. Because anyone who loves that shivery sensation of being spooked witless in a cinema is being a lot better served than anyone searching for big laughs. The biggest stories in horror this year – Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu , Ryan Coogler’s Sinners , Zach Cregger’s – have packed in audiences and birthed a million memes along the way, but don’t sleep on the following flicks either.

Best horrors of 2025 at a glance :

📍 – Netflix (US); also on Prime Video/Apple TV+

- US: streaming on Prime Video; US & UK: rent/buy on PVOD

– US: streaming on Max; UK: rent/buy on PVOD

– Rent/buy now on Prime Video/Apple TV (PVOD); still in some cinemas

– Max (U

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