There’s no doubt about it: Horror movies are hot right now. Here’s a list of horror flicks with U.S. releases in 2020. They’re all here, whether they are movies with theatrical releases, films that went directly to video, or movies that are only available on streaming services or TV networks. (Movies that were originally released before 2020 and were re-released in 2020 are not included.) Movies that were reviewed on Culture Mix get a featured spotlight, while all the rest of the movies are listed below.
For the purposes of this list, “horror movies” are defined as movies that are intended to be scary, which are often different from crime movies. For example, “Halloween” is a horror movie. “Scarface” is not. As a helpful guide, the movies on this list are identified by the subgenres in horror.
NOTE: This list is only for movies released in the United States. The availability of a movie on this list might vary outside the U.S.
Horror Movies of 2020: Culture Mix Reviews
Complete List of Horror Movies Released in 2020
- sci-fi horror = futuristic science or outer-space aliens
- slasher horror = killer humans or wild animals
- supernatural horror = evil spirits
- vampire horror = killer vampires
- zombie horror = killer zombies
0.0MHz — supernatural horror
1BR — supernatural horror
8 Graves — supernatural horror
12 Hour Shift — slasher horror
47 Hours to Live — supernatural horror
Abominable (2020) — supernatural horror
Acacia Motel — supernatural horror
After Midnight (2020) (formerly titled Something Else) — supernatural horror
Agony (2020) — supernatural horror
Algorithm: Bliss — sci-fi horror
Alien Outbreak — sci fi horror
#Alive — zombie horror
Alone (2020) (starring Jules Willcox) — slasher horror
Alone (2020) (starring Tyler Posey) — zombie horror
Amulet — supernatural horror
Angels Fallen — supernatural horror
Antebellum — slasher horror
The Antenna — supernatural horror
Aquaslash — slasher horror
Archons — sci-fi horror
The Arrangement (2020) — supernatural horror
The Assent — supernatural horror
Asylum: Twisted Horror and Fantasy Tales — anthology horror
Attack of the Demons — supernatural horror
Attack of the Unknown — sci-fi horror
Attraction 2: Invasion — sci-fi horror
A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting — supernatural horror
The Babysitter: Killer Queen — supernatural horror
Bad Hair — supernatural horror
Bad Impulse — slasher horror
The Barge People — supernatural horror
Battlefield 2025 — sci-fi horror
The Beach House — supernatural horror
Beast No More — supernatural horror
Becky — slasher horror
Becoming (2020) — supernatural horror
Before the Fire — sci-fi horror
Behind You — supernatural horror
Beneath Us — slasher horror
Bhoot – Part One: The Haunted Ship — supernatural horror
Bit — vampire horror
Black Box (2020) — sci-fi horror
The Blackout: Invasion Earth — sci-fi horror
Black Pumpkin — supernatural horror
Black Water: Abyss — slasher horror
Blood Clots — zombie/supernatural horror
Blood From Stone — vampire horror
Blood Quantum — zombie horror
The Blood Thins — supernatural horror
Blood Vessel — vampire horror
Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island — supernatural horror
Body Cam — supernatural horror
Books of Blood — supernatural horror
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Resurrection — documentary horror
Brahms: The Boy II — supernatural horror
Bright Hill Road — slasher horror
Bring Me a Dream — supernatural horror
Broil — slasher horror
Bulbbul — supernatural horror
Bullets of Justice — slasher horror
The Call (2020) — supernatural horror
The Candy Witch — supernatural horror
Chop Chop — slasher horror
The Clearing (2020) — zombie horror
The Cleansing Hour — supernatural horror
Climate of the Hunter — vampire horror
The Closet — supernatural horror
Color Out of Space — sci-fi horror
Coma (2020) — sci-fi horror
Come Play — supernatural horror
Come to Daddy — slasher horror
Confessional — supernatural horror
Corona Zombies — zombie horror
Coven — supernatural horror
Coven of Evil — supernatural horror
The Craft: Legacy — supernatural horror
Crawlers — sci-fi horror
Cruel Peter — supernatural horror
Cupid (2020) — supernatural horror
The Current Occupant — sci-fi horror
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw — supernatural horror
The Curse of Hobbes House — zombie horror
Cut and Chop — slasher horror
Cut Off — slasher horror
The Dare (2020) — slasher horror
The Dark and the Wicked — supernatural horror
Dark Encounter — sci-fi horror
Darkness Falls (2020) — slasher horror
Darkness in Tenement 45 — sci-fi horror
A Dark Path — supernatural horror
The Dark Red — supernatural horror
Dark Stories — anthology horror
Dead by Dawn — slasher horror
A Deadly Legend — supernatural horror
Dead Sound (2020) — slasher horror
Death of Me — supernatural horror
Deep Blue Sea 3 — sci-fi horror
The Deeper You Dig — supernatural horror
Delivered — slasher horror
Devil’s Night: Dawn of the Nain Rouge — supernatural horror
Diablo Rojo (PTY) — supernatural horror
The Dinner Party — slasher horror
Dirty Fears — slasher horror
Doctor Death — slasher horror
Dogs Don’t Wear Pants — slasher horror
Do Not Reply — slasher horror
Don’t Click (2020) — supernatural horror
Don’t Let Them In — slasher horror
Don’t Look Back (2020) (formerly titled Good Samaritan) — supernatural horror
Don’t Speak (2020) — supernatural horror
Dreamkatcher — supernatural horror
Driven (2020) — supernatural horror
The Empty Man — supernatural horror
Entwined (2020) — supernatural horror
Eve — supernatural horror
Evil Boy — supernatural horror
Evil Eye (2020) — supernatural horror
Evil Little Things — supernatural horror
Evil Takes Root: The Curse of the Batibat — supernatural horror
Exorcism at 60,000 Feet — supernatural horror
Extra Ordinary — supernatural horror
The Fear Footage 2: Curse of the Tape — supernatural horror
Followed (2020) — supernatural horror
Freaky — slasher horror
The Furies — slasher horror
Game of Death (2020) — supernatural horror
Getaway — slasher horror
Get Gone — slasher horror
Ghost Stories (2020) — anthology horror
Girl (2020) — slasher horror
Good Boy — slasher horror
Greenlight — supernatural horror
Gretel & Hansel — supernatural horror
The Grudge (2020) — supernatural horror
Habitual — supernatural horror
Halloween Party (2020) — supernatural horror
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! — animation/supernatural horror
The Haunting of Margam Castle — supernatural horror
Haunting of the Mary Celeste — supernatural horror
His House — supernatural horror
Holland Road Massacre: The Legend of Pigman — slasher horror
Home With a View of the Monster — supernatural horror
Homewrecker — slasher horror
The Honeymoon Phase — sci-fi horror
Host (2020) — supernatural horror
The Host (2020) — slasher horror
Hosts — slasher horror
The House in Between — supernatural horror
Housesitter: The Night They Saved Siegfried’s Brain — slasher horror
Hubie Halloween — supernatural horror
Human Persons — slasher horror
The Hunt — slasher horror
Hunter Hunter — slasher horror
Immortal — sci-fi horror
Impetigore — supernatural horror
Infection (2020) — zombie horror
Ingenium — supernatural horror
Inmate Zero (also titled Patients of a Saint) — sci-fi horror
Inner Ghosts — supernatural horror
Interviewing Monsters and Big Foot — supernatural horror
In the Trap — supernatural horror
The Invisible Man (2020) — sci-fi horror
It Cuts Deep — slasher horror
The Jack in the Box — supernatural horror
Jessica Forever — sci-fi horror
The Jonestown Haunting — supernatural horror
Killer Mode — sci-fi horror
A Killer Next Door — slasher horror
Killer Therapy — slasher horror
Koko-Di Koko-Da — supernatural horror
Lake of Death — supernatural horror
La Llorona — supernatural horror
The Last Laugh (2020) — slasher horror
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist — documentary horror
Let It Snow — slasher horror
Let’s Scare Julie — supernatural horror
Letters to Satan Claus — supernatural horror
The Lingering — supernatural horror
The Lodge — supernatural horror
Love and Monsters — sci-fi horror
The Luring — supernatural horror
Luz: The Flower of Evil — slasher horror
The Marshes — supernatural horror
May the Devil Take You Too — supernatural horror
Metamorphosis (2020) — supernatural horror
Mon Mon Mon Monsters — zombie horror
Monstrum — supernatural horror
The Mortuary Collection — anthology horror
The Mothman Legacy — documentary horror
Mrs. Serial Killer — slasher horror
Mummy Dearest — supernatural horror
Murder in the Woods (2020) — slasher horror
My Valentine — slasher horror
Nicole — slasher horror
A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio — anthology horror
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight — slasher horror
Nocturne (2020) — supernatural horror
No Escape (2020) (formerly titled Follow Me) — slasher horror
A Nun’s Curse — supernatural horror
The Occupant — slasher horror
One Cut of the Dead — zombie horror
On Halloween — supernatural horror
Onus — slasher horror
Open 24 Hours — slasher horror
The Owners — slasher horror
The Pale Door — slasher horror
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin — supernatural horror
Penance Lane — supernatural horror
A Perfect Host — slasher horror
The Perished — supernatural horror
Phobic — slasher horror
The Platform — sci-fi horror
Playhouse — supernatural horror
Pooka Lives! — sci-fi horror
Possessor Uncut — sci-fi horror
Prevenge — supernatural horror
Psychosynthesis — sci-fi horror
Random Acts of Violence — slasher horror
Range Runners — slasher horror
Relic — supernatural horror
The Rental (2020) — slasher horror
Rent-A-Pal — slasher horror
Return to Splatter Farm — slasher horror
Roald Dahl’s The Witches — supernatural horror
The Room (2020) — supernatural horror
Rot — supernatural horror
Save Yourselves! — sci-fi horror comedy
Scare Me — supernatural horror
Scare Package — anthology horror
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street — documentary horror
Sea Fever — sci-fi horror
Shakespeare’s Shitstorm — supernatural horror
Shortcut — supernatural horror
Skin Walker — supernatural horror
Smiley Face Killers — slasher horror
The Sonata — supernatural horror
Sorry I Killed You — slasher horror
Souvenirs — slasher horror
The Special — supernatural horror
Spell (2020) — supernatural horror
Spiral (2020) — supernatural horror
Spontaneous — sci-fi horror
Spree — slasher horror
Sputnik — sci-fi horror
Stalked (2020) — slasher horror
Sweet Taste of Souls — supernatural horror
Synchronic — sci-fi horror
Tales From the Hood 3 — supernatural horror
Tar — supernatural horror
Ten Minutes to Midnight — vampire horror
They Live Inside Us — supernatural horror
They Reach — supernatural horror
Toys of Terror — supernatural horror
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula — zombie horror
Tremors: Shrieker Island — sci-fi horror
Triggered — slasher horror
The Turning (2020) — supernatural horror
Two Heads Creek — slasher horror
Uncaged (also titled Prey) – slasher horror
Uncle Peckerhead — supernatural horror
Underwater — sci-fi horror
Vampires vs. The Bronx — vampire horror
VFW — supernatural horror
The Voices (2020) (starring Lin Shaye) — supernatural horror
The Voices (2020) (starring Ashley Bell) — supernatural horror
Warning: Do Not Play — supernatural horror
A Werewolf in England — slasher horror
We Summon the Darkness — slasher horror
Wolfman’s Got Nards — documentary horror
The Wolf of Snow Hollow — slasher horror
The Wretched — supernatural horror
You Die — supernatural horror
You Should Have Left — supernatural horror
Yummy — zombie horror
Z — supernatural horror
Zombi Child — zombie horror