{"id":232482,"date":"2025-10-17T22:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/232482\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T22:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:36:11","slug":"friday-october-17-these-12-new-horror-movies-released-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/232482\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday, October 17 \u2013 These 12 New Horror Movies Released This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Halloween is now just two weeks away, which means you have two weeks to pack in as many horror movies as you can before Thanksgiving and Christmas take over the spooky vibes.<\/p>\n

The good news? TWELVE brand new ones were just released this week!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s all the new horror released from\u00a0October 13 \u2013 October 19, 2025!<\/p>\n

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

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After flopping at the box office with just $15.9 million worldwide in total,\u00a0Renny Harlin\u2019s\u00a0The Strangers: Chapter 2\u00a0has now been unceremoniously dumped onto Digital at home.<\/p>\n

You can rent\u00a0The Strangers: Chapter 2\u00a0on Digital at home for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99. The physical media release will follow in the coming weeks. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0The Strangers: Chapter 2, \u201cThe Strangers are back \u2013 more brutal and relentless than ever. When they learn that one of their victims, Maya (Madelaine Petsch), is still alive, they return to finish what they\u2019ve started. With nowhere to run and no one to trust, Maya must survive another horrific chapter of terror as The Strangers \u2013 driven by a senseless, unceasing purpose \u2013 pursue her, more than willing to kill anyone who stands in their way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meagan writes in her 1-star\u00a0review for Bloody Disgusting<\/a>, \u201cThe Strangers:\u00a0Chapter 2\u00a0throttles and chokes out any lingering interest in the Strangers and this confounding trilogy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The director of the 2020 slasher\u00a0Initiation<\/a> is back for Halloween with The Mannequin, a new possession horror movie that was just released onto VOD outlets at home on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In the film from director\u00a0John Berardo, \u201cLiana Rojas (Isabella Gomez), a creatively starved stylist assistant, discovers that the historical downtown Los Angeles factory building where her fashion designer sister mysteriously died is haunted by a serial killer posing as a headshot photographer for film studios who brutally murdered and dismembered his victims half a century earlier. This knowledge forces Liana and her friends to find a way to free themselves from the curse and escape the sinister ghost before they lose their own body parts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Krystle Martin\u00a0(The Mean One),\u00a0Lindsay LaVanchy\u00a0(Predator: Killer of Killers),\u00a0Jack Sochet\u00a0(Smile) and\u00a0Maxwell Hamilton\u00a0(I Don\u2019t Feel at Home in This World Anymore) also star.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Price Is Right\u201d meets SAW in Your Host, starring Jackie Earle Haley\u00a0(A Nightmare on Elm Street, Watchmen) as a sadistic serial killer. It\u2019s now available on VOD outlets.<\/p>\n

In director DW Medoff\u2019s horror movie, \u201cFour friends wake up to find themselves trapped in an abandoned factory. Their captor is a deranged host in a terrifying mask who forces them to play a deadly game show. The only way to escape is to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ella-Rae Smith\u00a0(\u201cFoundation\u201d),\u00a0Jamie Flatters\u00a0(Avatar: The Way of Water),\u00a0David Angland\u00a0(\u201cThe Devil\u2019s Hour\u201d), and\u00a0Joelle Rae\u00a0(\u201cGet Even\u201d) also star.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first read Joey Miller\u2019s script, I was immediately drawn in,\u201d said Medoff. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t just the sharp dialogue or the relentless pace. It gave me a raw, unapologetic framework to explore the good and bad that coexists in all of us, and the brutal fallout of selfish choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Justice has no limits in MAR.IA, which is described as\u00a0The Terminator\u00a0meets\u00a0I Spit on Your Grave. The film hit VOD outlets from Alliance Home Entertainment on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In the Argentinian sci-fi horror revenge thriller, \u201cMaria Black transforms from an erotic film star to vengeful cyborg. After her mysteriously disappearance, she resurfaces seeking revenge, leading to a gory series of reckonings and a blood-soaked finale.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gabriel Grieco\u00a0and\u00a0Nicanor Loreti\u00a0co-direct from a script by Loreti.<\/p>\n

Daria Panchenko stars alongside Sof\u00eda Gala Castiglione, Malena S\u00e1nchez, Juan Palomino, Ezequiel Rodr\u00edguez, Demi\u00e1n Salom\u00f3n, Sergio Boris, William Prociuk, Ezequiel De Almeida, Andrea Rinc\u00f3n, Magui Bravi, and Gabriel Grieco.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Tubi\u00a0is your home for the next adaptation of an R.L. Stine terror tale, with the free streaming service serving up new movie\u00a0R.L. Stine\u2019s Pumpkinhead\u00a0on the road to Halloween.<\/p>\n

A feature adaptation of the same-titled episode from the television series \u201cR.L. Stine\u2019s The Haunting Hour<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0R.L. Stine\u2019s Pumpkinhead is now streaming only on Tubi!<\/p>\n

\u201cR.L. Stine\u2019s Pumpkinhead\u00a0centers on teenage Sam, whose family\u2019s move to Redhaven is made worse when his brother Finn disappears \u2014 and no one else remembers that he existed.<\/p>\n

\u201cSam joins friend Becka and eccentric Rusty in the race to find Finn and break a harvest curse before Halloween ends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bean Reid, Adeline Lo, Kevin McNulty, Bob Frazer, Matty Finochio\u00a0and\u00a0Seth Isaac Johnson\u00a0star.\u00a0Jem Garrard\u00a0(Slay<\/a>) directed\u00a0Pumpkinhead\u00a0and also wrote the screenplay.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Director\u00a0Scott Derrickson\u2019s\u00a0Black Phone 2\u00a0is now playing in theaters nationwide.<\/p>\n

Scott Derrickson\u00a0returns to direct from a script he co-wrote with\u00a0C. Robert Cargill.\u00a0Joe Hill, author of the short story on which the 2021 film was based, executive produces.<\/p>\n

\u201cFour years ago, 13-year-old Finn killed his abductor and escaped, becoming the sole survivor of The Grabber. But true evil transcends death \u2026 and the phone is ringing again.<\/p>\n

\u201cFour-time Academy Award\u00ae nominee\u00a0Ethan Hawke\u00a0returns to the most sinister role of his career as The Grabber seeks vengeance on Finn (Mason Thames) from beyond the grave by menacing Finn\u2019s younger sister, Gwen (Madeleine McGraw).<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, the headstrong 15-year-old Gwen 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cDetermined to solve the mystery and end the torment for both her and her brother, Gwen persuades Finn to visit the camp during a winter storm. There, she uncovers a shattering intersection between The Grabber and her own family\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether, she and Finn must confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Fresh off its two-night theatrical run, The Jester 2 is now available on VOD. Colin Krawchuk returns to write and direct the sequel to his 2023 supernatural slasher movie.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Halloween, teen magician Max finds herself locked in a brutal showdown with the Jester, a nightmarish and supernatural trickster with real dark magic and a killer act. As illusions turn lethal and every escape is a trap, Max must pull off the ultimate trick: staying alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Sheffield, Kaitlyn Trentham, Jessica Ambuehl,\u00a0and Dingani Beza\u00a0star.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Guillermo del Toro\u2019s\u00a0Frankenstein arrives in theaters today\u00a0before the Netflix premiere on\u00a0November 7, but the catch there is that it\u2019s only playing in \u201cselect theaters.\u201d<\/p>\n

What exactly does that mean? How many theaters will Guillermo del Toro\u2019s\u00a0Frankenstein\u00a0actually be releasing in this weekend? And are any of them located anywhere near YOU?<\/p>\n

Click here to find out if\u00a0Frankenstein\u00a0is playing near you this weekend.<\/a><\/p>\n

Del Toro promises this morning, \u201cthe number of theatres will expand soon!\u201d<\/p>\n

Oscar Isaac\u00a0stars in the new adaptation of Mary Shelley\u2019s classic sci-fi\/horror novel as Victor Frankenstein, with\u00a0Jacob Elordi\u00a0as The Creature,\u00a0Mia Goth\u00a0as Elizabeth Harlander,\u00a0Christoph Waltz\u00a0as Heinrich Harlander, and\u00a0Felix Kammerer\u00a0as William Frankenstein.<\/p>\n

\u201cEgotistical scientist Victor Frankenstein brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meagan writes in her\u00a0review for Bloody Disgusting<\/a>, \u201cFrankenstein\u00a0is absolutely breathtaking, with imagery and set pieces that instantly embed themselves in your memory. It showcases del Toro\u2019s strength as a filmmaker, creating immersive worlds that enhance what he does best: championing monsters and their tragic humanity instead of using them to scare us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Beauty fades, but scars are forever for\u00a0Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) in\u00a0Other. The horror movie from the director of Them and MadS is now streaming on Shudder.<\/p>\n

In the France-Belgium co-production, \u201cAlice returns to her childhood home after her mother\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

David Moreau wrote and directed, with Jon Goldman adapting the script into English.\u00a0Jean Schatz, Lola Bonaventure,\u00a0and\u00a0Jacqueline Ghaye\u00a0round out the cast.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Kate Mara\u00a0believes something extraterrestrial has followed her back to Earth in The Astronaut, a sci-fi thriller that landed on VOD outlets at home today from Vertical.<\/p>\n

Laurence Fishburne co-stars in the film.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen astronaut Sam Walker (Mara) crash lands back to Earth, she\u2019s discovered alive in a punctured capsule off the Atlantic coast. General William Harris (Fishburne) places her in quarantine under strict NASA surveillance for rehabilitation and testing. But as disturbing events escalate, she begins to fear that something extraterrestrial has followed her home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Writer-director\u00a0Jess Varley\u00a0(Phobias) makes her feature debut on the sci-fi thriller.<\/p>\n

Brad Fuller\u00a0(A Quiet Place, The Purge) produced The Astronaut.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u00a0actor\u00a0Allen Danziger presents a massacre of a different kind in meta horror-comedy The WeedHacker Massacre, now available on VOD.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cast and crew of The WeedHacker Massacre boldly attempt to film their movie where a series of gruesome unsolved murders occurred 10 years ago. Bad acting, bounced payroll checks, and the masked killer\u2019s return threaten what is surely to become their worst movie ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Co-created by Allen Danziger and screenwriter Ray Spivey, the film is directed by stunt\u00a0performer\u00a0Jody Stelzig\u00a0(Splinter, Time Trap). Danziger also appears in the film.<\/p>\n

The cast for The WeedHacker Massacre includes David Trevi\u00f1o, Molly Sakonchick, Bobbie Grace\u00a0(\u201cFear the Walking Dead\u201d),\u00a0Sean Reyna, and\u00a0Parrish Randall.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Looking like a Winter Horror version of films like Duel, Joy Ride, and The Hitcher, icy cold indie Delivery Run features a crazed snowplow driver as its villain. It\u2019s now available on VOD.<\/p>\n

In the film, \u201cA food delivery driver gets caught in a deadly chase in the icy Minnesota wilderness, pursued by a crazed snowplow driver for unknown reasons, facing life-threatening situations and forced to outsmart his relentless pursuer alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joey Palmroos directed Delivery Run, co-written with Anders Holmes.<\/p>\n

Alexander Arnold stars, with Jussi Lampi as \u201cMr. Plow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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