'Scream 7,' '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,' 'The Bride!' and 'Ready or Not 2.' Paramount Pictures; Sony Pictures; Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures; Pief Weyman/Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on Reddit Post a Comment Share on Whats App Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Print the Article Share on Tumblr Logo text Coming off 2025, the bar for horror is set high. Last year, audiences watched as original films like Sinners and Weapons earned strong critical praise and box-office success. As we've entered the New Year, we're looking ahead to the titles arriving soon. They range from high-profile legacy franchises like Scream and Insidious returning with new installments to indie films like Obsession, which are putting young filmmakers on the map. There's also Zach Cregger's Resident Evil, a fresh take on the gaming franchise that's been adapted countless times before. Read on to see our picks for the most anticipated horror releases of the year. And don't panic if you don't see titles like Terrifier 4, The Exorcist, The Young People or The Backrooms on the list - those and additional films will be added as official release dates are revealed. '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' (Jan. 16) Image Credit: Sony Pictures Logo text In Danny Boyle's revival of the post-apocalyptic horror franchise, the next installment, The Bone Temple, picks up where things left off for Ralph Fiennes' Dr. Ian Kelson in last year's 28 Years Later. After the revival proved successful both critically and at the box office, anticipation is built even further, as the film marks Cillian Murphy's first return to the franchise since the 2002 original, 28 Days Later - and sets things up for his larger role in the future fifth movie. Nia DaCosta (Hedda, Candyman, The Marvels) directs, from a script by 28 Years Later writer Alex Garland. 'Send Help' (Jan. 30) Image Credit: Brook Rushton/20th Century Studios Logo text Sam Raimi and Rachel McAdams both returning to horror - and it being Raimi's first original movie since 2009's Drag Me to Hell? That alone should get you excited. Twenty-one years after starring opposite Cillian Murphy in Wes Craven's Red Eye, McAdams is back in the genre, this time alongside buzzy co-star Dylan O'Brien, with the pair playing the only survivors on a deserted island after their plane crashes en route to a company event. The 1981 Evil Dead filmmaker Raimi directs from a script by Freddy vs. Jason writers Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, and when The Hollywood Reporter exclusively revealed in 2019 that the project was in the works, it was described as "Misery meets Cast Away." 'Scream 7' (Feb. 27) Image Credit: Paramount Pictures Logo text The seventh film in the Scream franchise welcomes back Neve Campbell as final girl Sidney Prescott after she sat out Scream VI due to a salary dispute, with Courteney Cox also returning alongside David Arquette and Matthew Lillard - the latter two having previously died in the franchise. The film also features a major shake-up in the cast, as Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega, who led the last two installments, are not returning. Kevin Williamson, who wrote the original Scream as well as Scream 2 and Scream 4, directs and writes Scream 7, which sees Sidney and her daughter attempting to escape a new killer, as revealed in the film's first trailer. With franchise favorites coming back from the dead and a new Ghostface killer - or killers - targeting Sidney, it shapes up to be a thrilling next chapter from Paramount Pictures. Check out everything The Hollywood Reporter knows about Scream 7 here. 'The Bride!' (March 6) Image Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Logo text Warner Bros.' The Bride! is a punk spin on the classic Bride of Frankenstein story. This time, Christian Bale plays the monster, Frankenstein, while Jessie Buckley stars as his bride. Maggie Gyllenhaal directs the picture, marking her second feature film and aspiring to do something "radical" after the Oscar-nominated The Lost Daughter. Her inspiration for the movie came from seeing a man with a tattoo of the bride of Frankenstein on his arm at a party. After that, she watched the film and assured that, unlike the original Bride of Frankenstein, which gave the title character only about three minutes of screen time, her Bride "could not be more different." Also included in the cast are Maggie's brother and Academy Award-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal, as well as Peter Sarsgaard, Penélope Cruz, Annette Bening and Julianne Hough. 'Ready or Not 2: Here I Come' (March 27) Image Credit: Pief Weyman/Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures Logo text After Samara Weaving's Grace survived the deadly game her husband's family put her through on their wedding night in 2019's Ready or Not, she's back for another round. Now, she's trying to outrun four rival families competing for power with her sister Faith, played by