{"id":643033,"date":"2025-12-19T22:28:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/643033\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T22:28:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:28:20","slug":"friday-december-19-these-9-new-horror-movies-released-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/643033\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, December 19 \u2013 These 9 New Horror Movies Released This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s the final new release week before the holidays slow things down to a crawl, and it\u2019s brought NINE brand new horror movies to keep you company these next couple weeks.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s all the new horror released from December 15 \u2013 December 21, 2025<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Emmy-nominated \u201cDragula\u201d creators\u00a0The Boulet Brothers<\/strong> are gifting fans with\u00a0The Boulet Brothers\u2019 Holiday of Horrors<\/strong> this Christmas, and it\u2019s now streaming on Shudder.<\/p>\n

The anthology film features four original shorts from Swanthula & Dracmorda Boulet<\/strong>,\u00a0Late Night with the Devil\u00a0star\u00a0David Dastmalchian<\/strong>,\u00a0Malginant\u00a0and\u00a0M3GAN\u00a0writer\u00a0Akela Cooper<\/strong>, and \u201cThe Haunting of Hill House\u201d and \u201cMidnight Mass\u201d actress\u00a0Kate Siegel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cGaudete<\/strong>\u201d is written and directed by the Boulets and stars\u00a0Bonnie Aarons, Aaron Abrams, Briana Venskus,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Eloisa Huggins<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

After inheriting their grandmother\u2019s old house, a family attempts to settle in on Christmas Eve.\u202fBut as strange sounds echo through the halls and tensions rise, an unseen presence forces them to face\u202fa chilling secret buried within the home.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeti or Not<\/strong>\u201d is directed by Dastmalchian from a script he co-wrote with\u00a0Leah Kilpatrick\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Jennifer Polania<\/strong>. Dastmalchian plays the Yeti along with Lauren LaVera, Jennifer Polania,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Leah Kilpatrick<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Three close friends embark on a wilderness search to find their missing sister and friend. What they discover in the snow covered wild is something more terrifying and inhuman than they could have ever imagined.<\/p>\n

\u201cOld Acquaintance<\/strong>\u201d is written and directed by Cooper and stars\u00a0Tracie Thoms, Tiffany Smith, Charles Murray,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Abhora<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s New Years Eve and a woman returns home after her father\u2019s sudden death only to find the demon that was haunting him is now after her.<\/p>\n

\u201cDown the Chimney<\/strong>\u201d is written and directed by Kate Siegel and features the voices of Dominic Hure, Theodora Flanagan,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Cody Flanagan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The worst case scenario for good little boys and girls comes true\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Said to be in the vein of Jordan Peele, Afraid?<\/strong> is now available on VOD.<\/p>\n

The movie is written and directed by SkyDirects<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFive daring teenagers head to the woods for a Halloween weekend getaway. What begins as an innocent table game called What Are You Afraid Of? quickly turns deadly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kendre Berry, Teairra Mari, Lil\u2019 Fizz,\u00a0<\/strong>and Nakosha Briggs<\/strong>\u00a0star.<\/p>\n

The horror movie\u2019s soundtrack includes \u201cX Moves\u201d by DMX featuring Bootsy Collins, Steve Howe, and Ian Paice, \u201cWerk That\u201d by Salma Slims featuring Too $hort, and \u201cShe Likes\u201d by Pleasure P featuring LeToya Luckett, plus music from Babychaos, Nite, and 12AM.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfraid?\u00a0was inspired by my curiosity about what fear looks like when it\u2019s real. Not the kind that comes from monsters, but the kind that lives inside people,\u201d explains SkyDirects. \u201cI wanted to explore how fear strips away comfort and reveals who we really are when trust turns to survival. It\u2019s a reflection of how fear tests our humanity when the masks come off.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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A brand new New Years Eve-themed horror movie from producer\u00a0Jeffrey Reddick<\/strong>\u00a0(Final Destination), New Fears Eve <\/strong>is now streaming exclusively on Screambox.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0New Fears Eve\u00a0from directors\u00a0P.J. Starks & Eric Huskisson<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen three co-workers are forced to host their company\u2019s annual New Year\u2019s Eve party, they\u2019re not prepared for an unexpected guest: a serial killer dubbed \u201cThe Doctor,\u201d who targets the party and turns the night of celebration into a bloodbath and fight for survival.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cast includes\u00a0Felissa Rose<\/strong>\u00a0(Sleepaway Camp),\u00a0Dave Sheridan<\/strong>\u00a0(Scary Movie),\u00a0Hannah Fierman<\/strong>\u00a0(V\/H\/S), Lily Claire Harvey, Jay Woolston, Alyssa Rhoads, Roni Jonah, Turner Vaughn\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Jesse MacDonald<\/strong>.\u00a0The film\u2019s Special Effects were handled by Taintbad Productions\u2019\u00a0Stephen J. Hodke<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0Isa Suzanne<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Blaze Bolden<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

P.J. Starks previews, \u201cI\u2019m a huge fan of slashers. Particularly the 1980s. I repeatedly watch\u00a0Hell Night, My Bloody Valentine, Madman, The Prowler, and the like. It was only a matter of time before I conceived my own take on the sub-genre. Once I came up with the title, which randomly popped into my head one day, it was a matter of fleshing out the story.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The explosive action event of the year, sequel\u00a0SISU: Road to Revenge<\/strong> is now available on Digital at home. Writer\/Director\u00a0Jalmari Helander<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Rare Exports, Big Game) is back at the helm, steering this carnage-fueled sequel into over-the-top excess.<\/p>\n

In the sequel, \u201cReturning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, \u2018the man who refuses to die\u2019 (Jorma Tommila<\/strong>) dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Red Army commander who killed his family (Stephen Lang<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0Don\u2019t Breathe) comes back hellbent on finishing the job, a relentless, eye-popping cross-country chase ensues \u2013 a fight to the death, full of clever, unbelievable action set pieces.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richard Brake<\/strong>\u00a0(3 from Hell) also stars in the mega-violent action-thriller.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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While the new Anaconda\u00a0reboot<\/a> goes for comedy in theaters next week on Christmas Day, The Asylum\u2019s latest mockbuster The Anacondas<\/strong>\u00a0echoes the franchise\u2019s creature feature roots.<\/p>\n

The Anacondas was unleashed onto VOD outlets today.<\/p>\n

The film follows explorers in Mexico who uncover the ruins of an ancient, snake-worshiping civilization. Celebration turns to horror when they awaken an ever-growing anaconda, starved of human sacrifices for centuries. The team must band together to survive.<\/p>\n

Marcel Walz<\/strong>\u00a0(Blood Feast\u00a02016,\u00a0Blind) directs from a script by\u00a0Ryan Ebert<\/strong>\u00a0(Shark Side of the Moon) and\u00a0Marc Gottlieb<\/strong>\u00a0(Aquarium of the Dead). Dominic Keating<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201cStar Trek: Enterprise\u201d),\u00a0Danielle Titus<\/strong>, and\u00a0Bix Krieger<\/strong>\u00a0(V\/H\/S\/Beyond) star in the film.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s said that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, but what happens when sinister forces want the past to be the present? That\u2019s the premise behind The Plantation<\/strong>, which appears to be a socially charged genre film in the vein of\u00a0Get Out.<\/p>\n

The horror-thriller is now available on VOD from Quiver Distribution.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn interracial couple takes a backpacking trip deep into the Louisiana swamps where they encounter sinister forces at an old plantation hell-bent on turning the past into the present.\u201d<\/p>\n

Liz Lafontant<\/strong>\u00a0(Killroy Was Here),\u00a0Brandon Lessard, Devante Winfrey, Baylee Toney, Robert Clohessy<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201cOz\u201d), and\u00a0Kristina Klebe<\/strong>\u00a0(Halloween\u00a02007) star.<\/p>\n

Myles Wyatt Clohessy<\/strong> writes and directs horror movie The Plantation, in addition to producing alongside Antony Ware, Ramsey Heitmann, Rob Simmons, and Mike Walsh.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Indie psychological thriller No More Time<\/strong> has also infected VOD today.<\/p>\n

The film follows a couple that seeks refuge in a remote mountain town to escape a mysterious disease that makes some people disappear and others turn into hateful murderers. Strange figures begin to emerge from the surrounding forest, unclear if they are helping or harming.<\/p>\n

As the stakes grow higher and the dangers draw closer, the couple must decide who to trust and what they are willing to do to survive.<\/p>\n

Writer-director\u00a0Dalila Droege<\/strong>\u00a0makes her feature debut on the project.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Harlow, Mark Reeb, Tunde Adebimpe<\/strong>\u00a0(Twisters), and\u00a0David Sullivan<\/strong>\u00a0(Primer) star with\u00a0Amy Seimetz<\/strong>\u00a0(Alien: Covenant) and\u00a0Jim Beaver<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201cSupernatural\u201d).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Sydney Sweeney<\/strong>\u00a0(Immaculate) and\u00a0Amanda Seyfried<\/strong>\u00a0(Jennifer\u2019s Body) play a seductive game in psychological thriller The Housemaid<\/strong>, now playing in theaters nationwide.<\/p>\n

Paul Feig<\/strong>\u00a0(Ghostbusters, A Simple Favor) directed The Housemaid.<\/p>\n

In the film, \u201cMillie, trying to escape her past, accepts a position as a live-in housemaid for a wealthy family. But what begins as a dream job quickly unravels into something far more dangerous \u2014 a sexy, seductive game of secrets, scandal, and power.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rebecca Sonnenshine<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201cThe Boys,\u201d \u201cThe Vampire Diaries\u201d) wrote the script, based on\u00a0Freida McFadden<\/strong>\u2018s 2022 novel of the same name. Brandon Sklenar<\/strong>\u00a0(Drop),\u00a0Michele Morrone<\/strong>\u00a0(Another Simple Favor), and\u00a0Elizabeth Perkins<\/strong> (\u201cWeeds\u201d) also star.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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A catastrophic, world-ending flood creates an intense fight for survival in the Korean sci-fi disaster movie The Great Flood<\/strong>, which is now streaming exclusively on Netflix.<\/p>\n

In the film, \u201cWhen a raging flood traps a researcher and her young son, a call to a crucial mission puts their escape \u2014 and the future of humanity \u2014 on the line.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Great Flood centers on An-na (Kim Da-mi<\/strong>) and her son Ja-in (Kwon Eun-seong<\/strong>) as their everyday life gets brutally upended by a natural disaster of apocalyptic proportions.<\/p>\n

Glimpses of a space bound rocket and teases a strange mission from security officer Hee-jo (Park Hae-soo<\/strong>) in the film\u2019s official trailer (below) indicate more sci-fi than meets the eye.<\/p>\n

The Great Flood\u00a0was written and directed by\u00a0Kim Byung-woo<\/strong>\u00a0(The Terror Live).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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