If you’re a fan of horror movies, 2015 is going to be a pretty good year in theaters. New horror/thrillers are on the way from Guillermo del Toro, M. Night Shyamalan, Rob Zombie, Leigh Whannell, and Michael Dougherty, with 2015’s releases including a remake of Poltergeist, another visit to Amityville, as well as new Insidious, Sinister, and Paranormal Activity films. Here’s a look at what horror fans can expect, listed in alphabetical order and with plot details (if they’re available).
2015 Horror Movies
31 – To Be Determined 2015
Starring Sheri Moon Zombie
Directed by Rob Zombie
The Plot: Halloween-set 31 follows five carnival workers who are kidnapped the night before Halloween and held hostage in a large secret compound known as Murder World. Once there, they have 12 hours to survive a terrifying game called 31 in which ‘The Heads’- murderous maniacs dressed as clowns – are released to hunt them down and kill them.
Amityville: The Awakening – To Be Determined 2015
Starring Bella Thorne, Cameron Monaghan, and Jennifer Jason Leigh
Directed by Franck Khalfoun
The Plot: Belle (Thorne), her little sister, and her comatose twin brother (Monaghan) move into a new house with their single mother Joan in order to save money to help pay for her brother’s expensive healthcare. But when strange phenomena begin to occur in the house including the miraculous recovery of her brother, Belle begins to suspect her Mother isn’t telling her everything and soon realizes they just moved into the infamous Amityville house.
Bone Tomahawk – To Be Determined 2015
Starring Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, and David Arquette
Directed by S. Craig Zahler
The Plot: After an outlaw unknowingly leads a band of cannibalistic Troglodytes into the peaceful western town of Bright Hope, the monsters kidnap several settlers, including the wife of a local rancher. Despite his injured leg the rancher joins a small rescue party with the sheriff, his aging deputy and a strong-willed gunslinger. What follows is a journey into hell on earth as the posse comes to realize it is up against a foe whose savagery knows no bounds. The film takes place in the mid 1800’s around the border of what is now Texas and New Mexico.
Crimson Peak – October 16, 2015
Starring Charlie Hunnam, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, and Mia Wasikowska
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
The Plot: In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds…and remembers.
Demonic – To Be Determined 2015
Starring Maria Bello, Frank Grillo, and Dustin Milligan
Directed by Will Canon
The Plot: The film centers on the aftermath of a horrific massacre where five college students were brutally murdered inside an abandoned home. Detective Mark Lewis and psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Klein question one of the few survivors who explains they were amateur ghost-hunters, seeking out paranormal phenomenon at the abandoned house, which was believed to be haunted. But what started out as a harmless activity turned into something truly terrifying.
The Final Girls – To Be Determined 2015
Starring Nina Dobrev, Taissa Farmiga, Alexander Ludwig, and Malin Akerman
Directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson
The Plot: The Final Girls follows a girl grieving the loss of her mother, who was a scream queen in the 1980s. When she and her friends are mysteriously sucked into the world of her mother’s most famous horror movie, Max is reunited with her mom and must face the pic’s crazed killer.
The Gallows – July 10, 2015
Starring Cassidy Gifford, Ryan Shoos, Reese Mishler, and Pfeifer Brown
Directed by Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff
The Plot: Twenty years after an accident during a small town high school play results in death, students at the school resurrect the failed stage production in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy – but ultimately find out that some things are better left alone.
Insidious Chapter 3 – June 5, 2015
Starring Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Leigh Whannell, and Lin Shaye
Directed by Leigh Whannell
The Plot: This chilling prequel, set before the haunting of the Lambert family, reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier (Shaye) reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl (Scott) who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity.
Krampus – December 4, 2015
Starring Allison Tolman and Emjay Anthony
Directed by Michael Dougherty
The Plot: Based on the ancient legend of a pagan demon who punishes the wicked, Legendary Pictures’ Krampus, a twisted horror comedy set during the holidays, is written and directed by Michael Dougherty (Trick ‘r Treat).
Maggie – To Be Determined 2015
Starring Abigail Breslin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joely Richardson, and Laura Cayouette
Directed by Henry Hobson
The Plot: The film tells the story of a deadly zombie virus that has put a plague on the world. When Maggie, a vivacious young woman becomes infected, her father brings her home to let her be with their family. As Maggie’s condition worsens, their relationship is tested, a father’s love holding on stronger than the disease. This heart-wrenching twist on the zombie apocalypse puts a human face on an inexplicable horror.
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension – March 13, 2015
Starring Katie Featherston, Billy Shepperd, and Tyler Craig
Directed by Gregory Plotkin
The Plot: The fifth Paranormal Activity movie will follow a video game designer and his family who movie into a new house where something evil resides.
Poltergeist – July 24, 2015
Starring Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Nicholas Braun, and Jared Harris
Directed by Gil Kenan
The Plot: The Bowens are like any other Californian suburban family. But one night their youngest, 5-year-old Madison, hears a voice from inside the television set. At first there is an invasion of friendly spirits, but then a force of evil threatens to destroy them. (per Facebook)
Scouts vs. Zombies – October 30, 2015
Starring Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller, Joey Morgan, Sarah Dumont, Cloris Leachman, and Patrick Schwarzenegger
Directed by Christopher Landon
The Plot: Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller, and newcomer Joey Morgan are three scouts who, on the eve of their last camp out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak.
Sinister 2 – August 21, 2015
Starring Shannyn Sossamon, James Ransone, Robert Sloan, and Dartanian Sloan
Directed by Ciaran Foy
The Plot: In the aftermath of the shocking events in Sinister, a protective mother (Sossamon) and her 9-year-old twin sons find themselves in a rural house marked for death. James Ransone, who portrayed the concerned sheriff’s deputy in Sinister, will be reprising his character in Sinister 2.
Victor Frankenstein – October 2, 2015
Starring Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy
Directed by Paul McGuigan
The Plot: James McAvoy is Victor Von Frankenstein and Daniel Radcliffe stars as Igor in a unique, never-before-seen twist on Mary Shelley’s classic 19th century novel. Told from Igor’s perspective, we see the troubled young assistant’s dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Victor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man—and the legend—we know today.
The Visit – September 25, 2015
Starring Kathryn Hahn and Ed Oxenbould
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
The Plot: The Visit tells the story of a brother and sister on a weeklong trip at their grandparents’ Pennsylvanian farm. While there, the siblings discover their grandparents have been hiding some disturbing secrets, slimming down the children’s chances of ever returning home. (source: EW)
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death – January 2, 2015
Starring Jeremy Irvine, Phoebe Fox, Helen McCrory, Adrian Rawlins, Leanne Best, and Ned Dennehy
Directed by Tom Harper
The Plot: When a group of orphaned children are forced to move from their home in London, caretakers Eve (Fox) and Jean (McCrory) bring everyone to the desolate and eerie British countryside. 40 years after Arthur Kipps left, this supernatural horror film introduces this new group to the now abandoned Eel Marsh House; an odd but seemingly safe location. It isn’t long before Eve starts to sense that this house is not what it appears to be as the children in her care begin to disappear. As their house of safety becomes a house of horrors, Eve enlists the help of a handsome pilot (Irvine) to help investigate what is happening. Eve soon discovers that it may not be a coincidence that she has come to reside in the house inhabited by the Woman in Black.
Yoga Hosers – June 1, 2015
Starring Harley Quinn Smith, Lily-Rose Depp, Johnny Depp, Haley Joel Osment, Tyler Posey, Genesis Rodriguez, and Justin Long
Directed by Kevin Smith
The Plot: 15-year-old yoga-nuts Colleen Collette and Colleen McKenzie love their smart phones and hate their after school job at Manitoban convenience store Eh-2-Zed. But when an ancient evil rises from beneath Canada’s crust and threatens their big invitation to a Grade 12 party, the Colleens join forces with the legendary man-hunter from Montreal named Guy Lapointe to fight for their lives with all seven Charkas, one Warrior Pose at a time. Depp, Depp the younger and Smith the younger are returning in the roles they created for Tusk.
