Horror movies that will be released in January 2023
A new year is here with a lot of new horror for us to enjoy. We have already 50+ confirmed horror projects for 2023, you can check my list here. With a total of 11 films and 3 series January is giving the right start of this year. This month includes content being released in theaters, streaming services, or cable giving something for every horror fan out there to enjoy. Here’s all the horror movies and series that will be released in January 2023.
Jan 6 | M3GAN (Theaters)
A robotics engineer at a toy company builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own.
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Jan 6 | The Pale Blue Eyes (Netflix)
A world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case – a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.
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Jan 8| Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches (AMC)
Follows a neurosurgeon who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. She must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.
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Jan 13| Skinamarink (Select Theaters)
Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.
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Jan 13 | The Offering (Limited Release)
A family struggling with loss finds themselves at the mercy of an ancient demon trying to destroy them from the inside.
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Jan 15| The Last of Us (HBO MAX)
Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across post-pandemic America.
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Jan 17 | There’s Something Wrong with the Children (VOD)
A family takes a weekend trip with longtime friends and their two young children, but, they suspect something supernatural when the kids behave strangely after disappearing into the woods overnight.
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Jan 17 | Snow Falls (VOD)
After a winter storm strands five friends in a remote cabin with no power and little food, disorientation slowly claims their sanity as each of them succumbs to a fear that the snow itself may be contaminated or somehow evil.
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Jan 19 | Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (Netflix)
From the mind of horror manga maestro Junji Ito comes a spine-tingling selection of some of his most bizarre, disturbing and terrifying tales.
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Jan 19 | Sorry About the Demon (Shudder)
A young man struggling with a broken heart learns that his new place is full of restless spirits.
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Jan 26 | The Lair (Shudder)
When Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair is shot down over Afghanistan, she finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made biological weapons – half human, half alien – are awakened.
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Jan 27 | Infinity Pool (Select Theaters)
James and Em Foster are enjoying an all-inclusive beach vacation in the fictional island of La Tolqa, when a fatal accident exposes the resort’s perverse subculture of hedonistic tourism, reckless violence and surreal horrors.
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Jan 27 | Unwelcome (Theaters)
Married couple Maya and Jamie escape their urban nightmare to the tranquility of rural Ireland only to discover malevolent and murderous goblins lurking in the gnarled, ancient wood at the foot of their new garden.
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Jan 27 | Fear (Select Theaters)
A much needed getaway and a celebration weekend turns into a nightmare due to the contagious airborne threat.
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