New Horror in October 2025: Theaters and Streaming
October 2025 is stacked with horror! Whether you’re hitting theaters or streaming from home, horror fans are in for a treat. Keep reading to find out all the horror releases coming out in October 2025.
Oct 3 | V/H/S/Halloween (Shudder)
A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival
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Oct 3 | Bone Lake (Theaters)
A couple’s vacation at a secluded estate is upended when they’re forced to share the mansion with a mysterious couple. A dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, triggering a battle for survival.
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Oct 3 | Good Boy (Theaters)
A loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner Todd, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most.
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Oct 3 | Coyotes (Theaters)
Trapped in their Hollywood Hills home, a family must fight for survival as a pack of savage coyotes closes in.
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Oct 17 | Black Phone 2 (Theaters)
As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, his sister begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp known as Alpine Lake.
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Oct 17 | Frankenstein (Limited Release)
Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
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Oct 17 | Broken Bird (Theaters)
Sybil works at an undertakers. It’s a lonely job, with few perks. So she takes solace where she can.
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Oct 17 | Other (Shudder)
Alice returns to her childhood home after her mother’s death, only to find the house is rigged with surveillance tracking her every move, as a sinister presence lurks, driving her towards a terrifying revelation.
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Oct 24 | Shelby Oaks (Theaters)
A woman’s desperate search for her long-lost sister falls into obsession upon realizing that the imaginary demon from their childhood may have been real.
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Oct 24 | Queens of the Dead (Theaters)
Drag queens and club kids battle zombies craving brains during a zombie outbreak at their drag show in Brooklyn, putting personal conflicts aside to utilize their distinct abilities against the undead threat.
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Oct 26 | IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO MAX)
It will follow the events in the 1960s, the time leading up to the events of the first film in the Stephen King It series.
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