Ready or not, a ton of terrifying movies are making their way to theaters this Fall [1]. Whether you're into spooky haunted houses, serial killers with a craving for taking out teens, or even a reboot of a beloved horror classic [2], Hollywood's upcoming batch of nightmarish silver screen offerings has something right up your deeply twisted alley. Check them out ahead, and then peruse the scariest movies currently streaming on Netflix [3].
The Nun
- The scoop: Even the poster for this follow-up to the Conjuring franchise is enough to send chills down our spines, so we can only imagine how terrifying the actual movie is going to be. This time around, we travel to 1950s Romania, where a nun and a Catholic priest are sent by the Vatican to investigate the mysterious suicide of another nun at a monastery. What they don't realize is that an intensely powerful demonic force is already there, waiting to claim them.
- Release date: Sept. 7
Mandy
- The scoop: Nicolas Cage [5] and Andrea Riseborough star in this thriller set in 1983. The pair play Red Miller and Mandy Bloom, who lead a remote, peaceful existence in the Pacific Northwest until a sadistic cult destroys everything they hold dear. The invasion sparks a tale of bloody vengeance that will have you on the edge of your seat.
- Release date: Sept. 14
The Predator
- The scoop: Alfie Allen, Olivia Munn, and more star in this sequel, which will see soldiers teaming up to battle the vicious extraterrestrial we all know and love (to have nightmares of).
- Release date: Sept. 14
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
- The scoop: A young boy goes to stay with his uncle in a creaky old house and soon realizes that there's much more to the home than meets the eye — get ready for thrills, chills, witches, and warlocks.
- Release date: Sept. 21
Venom
- The scoop: No, Tom Hardy's upcoming Spider-Man spinoff [6] Venom [7] isn't your typical "scary" movie. But after seeing the villain in all his terrifying glory, we can hopefully expect some body horror and good old fashioned gore from the antihero. Why else would he have such long teeth, hmm?
- Release date: Oct. 5
Apostle
- The scoop: Occult horror-thriller Apostle stars Beauty and the Beast's Dan Stevens as Thomas Richardson, who returns home to London in 1905 only to discover that his sister has been captured by a cult led by the dangerously charismatic Prophet Malcolm (Michael Sheen) and is being held for ransom. Thomas sets out to rescue his sister, infiltrating the cult's island community and eventually uncovering an evil secret.
- Release date: Oct. 12
Bad Times at the El Royale
- The scoop: Did God herself cast Bad Times at the El Royale [8]? Because this thriller is seriously stacked with talent. Jeff Bridges [9], Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson [10], Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, and Nick Offerman play a group of strangers who find themselves clashing at the titular creepy hotel, owned by Jon Hamm [11]. According to the film's description, "Over the course of one fateful night, secrets are unearthed, and everyone will have a last shot at redemption before everything goes to hell." Apparently "hell" is code for "Chris Hemsworth shirtless [12]."
- Release date: Oct. 12
Halloween
- The scoop: A David Gordon Green-directed reboot [13] of the terrifying franchise sees Jamie Lee Curtis reprising her role as Laurie Strode from the 1978 original. Now older (but perhaps not altogether wiser), Laurie has spent years praying that her attempted murderer, Michael Myers, would escape from his psychiatric ward so that she can get revenge for the trauma he put her through by killing him herself. Well, thanks to a bus crash, she gets her wish, and the unstoppable homicidal maniac is let loose on the world once again.
- Release date: Oct. 19
Suspiria
- The scoop: As a follow-up to award season darling Call Me by Your Name [14], director Luca Guadagnino has dramatically changed courses by remaking one of the scariest horror movies from the 1970s [15]: Suspiria [16]. It follows Dakota Johnson's ambitious young dancer, Susie [17], arriving at a world-renowned dance company led by a mysterious artistic director (Tilda Swinton), who will send Susie on a journey filled with darkness (translation: satanic rituals, witches, curses, murder, etc.). Mia Goth, Lutz Ebersdorf, Jessica Harper, and Chloë Grace Moretz also star.
- Release date: Oct. 26
The Girl in the Spider's Web
- The scoop: In the first book since David Lagercrantz took over the Millennium trilogy from the late Stieg Larsson, Lisbeth Salander (Claire Foy, taking over for Rooney Mara [19]) investigates an organization called the Spider Society. In the first trailer [20] for the highly anticipated follow-up to 2011's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo [21], Foy looks unrecognizable as she terrorizes men who have harmed other women and confronts her dark, mysterious past. Obviously don't expect outright horror from a film like this, but do expect not to sleep for a few nights afterwards while you toss and turn pouring over Lisbeth's righteous brutality.
- Release date: Nov. 9
Piercing
- The scoop: Reed (Christopher Abbott) kisses his wife goodbye, telling her that he's headed out of town for a business trip. In actuality, he's off to hire and murder an unsuspecting prostitute, Jackie (Mia Wasikowska [23]), in an effort to alleviate the urges he has to kill his own newborn baby. Little does he know, Jackie has more skills up her sleeve than he realizes, making for one bloody face-off.
- Release date: Dec. 7
Bird Box
- The scoop: Josh Malerman's horrifying novel is coming to Netflix with a whole lot of star power. Sandra Bullock [24] is set to play a mother struggling to keep her two children alive in the midst of an apocalypse that turns people into violent monsters, and finds herself faced with navigating them down a dangerous river while blindfolded in search of salvation. Academy Award winner Susanne Bier is in the director's chair, and the film also stars Trevante Rhodes, Sarah Paulson, and John Malkovich.
- Release date: Dec. 21