A24 is back on the big screen with a brand new nightmare this weekend, and that film from the directors of Talk to Me is joined by four fresh new horrors that are now available at home.
Here’s all the new horror that released from May 26 – May 30, 2025!
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In A Hard Place, the monsters that roam the day and creatures that rule the night are separate entities, and they’re both out to kill genre favorites like Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp).
The indie horror-thriller was released onto VOD outlets this past Tuesday.
In the film, “After a botched job leaves a trail of bodies behind, a gang of desperate criminals seeks refuge in a remote desert hideout. But their plans fall apart fast when they discover the area is home to something far worse than the law — an ancient war between monstrous predators of day and night. As tensions rise and the body count climbs, the crew must decide if survival is worth trusting each other or the creatures hunting them.”
Lynn Lowry (Shivers), Rachel Amanda Bryant (M.F.A.), Kevin Caliber (“Future Man”), Ashley Undercuffler (Craving), Glenn Plummer (Saw II), Sadie Katz (Wrong Turn 6), and Bai Ling (The Crow) also star alongside Felissa Rose. J. Horton (Craving) directs the horror film from a script he co-wrote with Michael J. Epstein (Clickbait).
Evil wears a new face in Pretty Boy, a brand new Valentine’s Day-themed sequel to the 2019 indie film Blind. It’s now available on VOD from Lionsgate and Grindstone Entertainment.
Suffering from blindness after a botched laser surgery, actress Faye is abducted from her hillside estate by a masked lunatic named Pretty Boy. He drags her to a nearby home, where several decadent swingers are throwing a retro Valentine’s Day party. As the partiers meet up one by one with Pretty Boy and his machete, Faye awakens and struggles to plot her escape.
Blind director Marcel Walz (Blood Feast) and writer Joe Knetter (Twilight of the Dead) reunite for more bloodshed along with Sarah French as Faye and Jed Rowen as Pretty Boy.
Heather Grace Hancock, Devanny Pinn (Camp Pleasant Lake), Jake Red, Andrew Rohrbach, Sarah Nicklin (Popeye The Slayer Man), Robert Felsted Jr., Fritzi Marth, Ben Stobber, Tyler Gallant, Dave Sheridan (Scary Movie), Robert Rusler (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge), and Maria Olsen (Starry Eyes) round out the cast.
Director Joshua Erkman’s feature debut A Desert blends nihilistic neo-noir and horror, and after a limited theatrical rollout, the film is now available on VOD outlets at home.
In the noir horror thriller, “A past his prime photographer heads out on a road trip across the American Southwest to recapture the magic and success of his previous work. Instead, he finds himself thrust into the dark and chaotic underbelly of America and unwittingly drags his wife and a shady private detective down into this nightmare world with him.”
David Yow (The Toxic Avenger), Kai Lennox (Green Room), Sarah Lind (A Wounded Fawn), Zachary Ray Sherman (“Under the Banner of Heaven”), Ashley B. Smith (Off Ramp, Extremity), Rob Zabrecky (A Ghost Story), and S.A. Griffin (Vegas Vacation) star.
Meagan Navarro wrote in her review out of Tribeca Film Fest, “A Desert reaches a fitting conclusion, thematically and tonally, but the steadfast refusal for tidy answers may polarize. Still, the refreshingly unpredictable journey and richly textured worldbuilding establish Erkman as a bold new voice, one that deftly blends genres with stunning precision.”
The big screen summer horror season officially kicks off with A24’s Bring Her Back, the second movie from Talk to Me directing duo Danny and Michael Philippou.
Bring Her Back is now playing in theaters nationwide.
Academy Award nominee Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) stars. In the film, “A brother and sister uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother.”
Billy Barratt, Sora Wong, Jonah Wren Phillips, Sally-Anne Upton, Stephen Phillips, and Mischa Heywood also star in the film directed by Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou.
The final new horror release for the week is director Stephen Roach’s The Crucifix, an exorcism tale set on the wild coast of Scotland that was released onto VOD outlets today.
In the film, “When a couple moves to the wild coast of Scotland after the death of their son, a gruesome discovery unleashes an evil spirit that has lain dormant for centuries.”
Alex Walton, Hannaj Bang Bendz, and Nicholas Anscombe star.
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