There’s no doubt about it: Horror movies are hot right now. Here’s a list of horror flicks with U.S. releases in 2021. 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 2021 and were re-released in 2021 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 2021: Culture Mix Reviews
Complete List of Horror Movies Released in 2021
- 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
The 8th Night — supernatural horror
100 Candles (also titled The 100 Candles Game) — anthology horror
6:45 — sci-fi horror
The Accursed (2021) — supernatural horror
The Advent Calendar — supernatural horror
Aftermath (2021) — supernatural horror
Agnes (2021) — supernatural horror
Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman — slasher horror
The Amusement Park — slasher horror
Anonymous Animals — slasher horror
Antidote (2021) — sci-fi horror
Antlers (2021) — slasher horror
Aquarium of the Dead — zombie horror
The Arbors — sci-fi horror
Army of the Dead (2021) — zombie horror
Autumn Road — supernatural horror
Babysitter Must Die — slasher horror
Bad Candy — supernatural horror
The Banishing — supernatural horror
Baphomet — supernatural horror
The Battle of Ramree Island — slasher horror
Behemoth — sci-fi horror
Benny Loves You — supernatural horror
Beyond Paranormal — sci-fi horror
Bingo Hell — supernatural horror
Black as Night — vampire horror
Black Friday (2021) — sci-fi horror
Blackstock Boneyard — supernatural horror
The Blazing World (2021) — sci-fi horror
Bleed With Me — slasher horror
Blood Conscious — slasher horror
Blood Red Sky — vampire horror
Bloodthirsty — slasher horror
Bloody Hell — slasher horror
Boomika — sci-fi horror
The Boy Behind the Door — supernatural horror
Boys From County Hell — vampire horror
Bright Hill Road — supernatural horror
Butchers (2021) — slasher horror
Cactus Jack — slasher horror
Candyman (2021) — supernatural horror
Castle Freak — supernatural horror
Caveat — slasher horror
Censor (2021) — slasher horror
Chompy & the Girls — slasher horror
A Classic Horror Story — supernatural horror
Claw — slasher horror
The Columnist — slasher horror
Coming Home in the Dark — slasher horror
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It — supernatural horror
Crack House of the Dead — zombie horror
Crucified (2021) — vampire horror
The Curse of Humpty Dumpty — supernatural horror
The Curse of the Blind Dead — supernatural horror
Dachra — supernatural horror
The Darkness of the Road — supernatural horror
Dark Spell — supernatural horror
Dark Stories — supernatural horror
Dawn of the Beast — supernatural horror
Dead & Beautiful — vampire horror
Deadhouse Dark — anthology horror
The Dead of Night (2021) — supernatural horror
Death Drop Gorgeous — slasher horror
Death Ranch — slasher horror
Death Valley (2021) — sci-fi horror
The Deep House — supernatural horror
Dementer — slasher horror
Dementia Part II — supernatural horror
Demonic (2021) — supernatural horror
Detention (2021) — supernatural horror
The Devil Below (formerly titled Shookum Hills) — supernatural horror
The Devil’s Child — supernatural horror
The Djinn — supernatural horror
Digging to Death — supernatural horror
Dogface: A Trap House Horror — supernatural horror
Don’t Breathe 2 — slasher horror
Don’t Let Her In: Chapter One — supernatural horror
Double Walker — supernatural horror
Dreamcatcher (2021) — slasher horror
Embryo (2021) — zombie horror
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions — slasher horror
Escape the Undertaker — slasher horror
The Evil Next Door — supernatural horror
Famously Haunted: Amityville — documentary horror
F.E.A.R. — supernatural horror
Fear of Rain — slasher horror
Fear Street Part 1: 1994 — supernatural horror
Fear Street Part 2: 1978 — supernatural horror
Fear Street Part 3: 1666 — supernatural horror
The Feast (2021) — supernatural horror
The Forever Purge — slasher horror
Fried Barry — sci-fi horror
For the Sake of Vicious — slasher horror
The Funeral Home (2021) — supernatural horror
Funhouse (2021) — slasher horror
Funny Face — slasher horror
Gaia — sci-fi horror
Getaway — slasher horror
Ghostbusters: Afterlife — supernatural horror
Ghost Lab — supernatural horror
A Ghost Waits — supernatural horror
Girl Next — slasher horror
The Girl Who Got Away — slasher horror
The Green Knight — supernatural horror
Grizzly II: Revenge — slasher horror
Hail to the Deadites — documentary horror
Halloween Kills — slasher horror
The Haunted Hotel — anthology horror
The Heiress (2021) — supernatural horror
Held — slasher horror
Hell Trip — supernatural horror
Honeydew — slasher horror
Horror Noir — anthology horror
Hostage (2021) — slasher horror
The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2 — vampire horror
A House on the Bayou — supernatural horror
Hum (2021) — supernatural horror
Hunted (2021) — slasher horror
Implanted (2021) — sci-fi horror
The Inheritance (2021) — supernatural horror
Initiation (2021) — slasher horror
In Search of Darkness: Part II — documentary horror
In the Earth — sci-fi horror
An Intrusion — slasher horror
Isolation — anthology horror
It Came From Below — sci-fi horror
Jakob’s Wife — vampire horror
Kandisha — supernatural horror
Killer Among Us — slasher horror
Kin Dread — supernatural horror
Lair — supernatural horror
Lamb (2021) — supernatural horror
Lantern’s Lane — slasher horror
Last Night in Soho — supernatural horror
The Legend of Fall Creek — supernatural horror
Let Us In — sci-fi horror
Like Dogs — slasher horror
The Mad Hatter — supernatural horror
Madres (2021) — supernatural horror
Making Monsters — supernatural horror
Malignant (2021) — supernatural horror
The Manor (2021) — supernatural horror
The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre — slasher horror
Marionette (2021) — supernatural horror
Martyrs Lane — supernatural horror
Masquerade (2021) — slasher horror
Meander — sci-fi horror
The Medium (2021) — supernatural horror
Medusa (2021) — supernatural horror
The Midwife (2021) — supernatural horror
Mosquito State — slasher horror
Motherly — slasher horror
The Mutation (2021) — sci-fi horror
My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To — slasher horror
Necropath — slasher horror
Nest of Vampires — vampire horror
The Night (2021) — supernatural horror
Night at the Eagle Inn — supernatural horror
Nightbooks — supernatural horror
Night Drive — slasher horror
The Night House — supernatural horror
A Nightmare Wakes — supernatural horror
Night Teeth — vampire horror
No One Gets Out Alive — slasher horror
Old — sci-fi horror
Open Your Eyes — supernatural horror
Paranormal Prison — supernatural horror
The Parish (2021) — supernatural horror
P.G.: Psycho Goreman — supernatural horror
Phobias (2021) — anthology horror
The Power (2021) — supernatural horror
The Queen of Black Magic — supernatural horror
Queen of Spades — supernatural horror
A Quiet Place Part II — sci-fi horror
The Reckoning (2021) — supernatural horror
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City — zombie horror
The Resort (2021) — supernatural horror
The Retreat (2021) — slasher horror
The Return (2021) — supernatural horror
Roh — supernatural horror
Royal Jelly — slasher horror
Saint Maud — slasher horror
The Scary of Sixty-First — slasher horror
School’s Out Forever — sci-fi horror
Seance (2021) — supernatural horror
The Secret of Sinchanee — supernatural horror
Separation (2021) — supernatural horror
The Seventh Day (2021) — supernatural horror
Shadow in the Clouds — sci-fi horror
Shark Huntress — slasher horror
Shark Season (also known as Deep Blue Nightmare) — slasher horror
Shelter in Place — supernatural horror
Shook (2021) — supernatural horror
The Sinners (2021) (also titled The Virgin Sinners; formerly titled The Color Rose) — slasher horror
Skinwalker (2021) — supernatural horror
Skull: The Mask — supernatural horror
Slaxx — supernatural horror
Slumber Party Massacre (2021) — slasher horror
Son (2021) — supernatural horror
Sound of Violence — supernatural horror
The Spine of Night — supernatural horror
Spiral (2021) — slasher horror
Spoor — supernatural horror
The Stairs — supernatural horror
Stay Out of the F**king Attic — supernatural horror
The Strange House — supernatural horror
The Strings — supernatural horror
The Stylist — slasher horror
Superdeep — sci-fi horror
Superhost — supernatural horror
The Swarm — sci-fi horror
Sweet River — supernatural horror
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman — slasher horror
Teddy (2021) — slasher horror
There’s Someone Inside Your House — slasher horror
Things Heard & Seen — supernatural horror
Till Death — slasher horror
Titane — slasher horror
The Toll — supernatural horror
Too Late (2021) — slasher horror
Unearth — supernatural horror
The Unhealer — supernatural horror
The Unholy (2021) — supernatural horror
An Unquiet Grave — slasher horror
Untitled Horror Movie — supernatural horror
Val — supernatural horror
V/H/S/94 — anthology horror
Vicious Fun — slasher horror
The Vigil (2021) — supernatural horror
The Village in the Woods — supernatural horror
Violation (2021) — slasher horror
We Need to Do Something — supernatural horror
Werewolves Within — slasher horror
Whitetail — supernatural horror
The Widow (2021) — supernatural horror
Willy’s Wonderland — slasher horror
Wired Shut — slasher horror
Witch Hunt (2021) — supernatural horror
Woe — supernatural horror
Women (2021) — slasher horror
Wrong Place, Wrong Time — supernatural horror
Wrong Turn (2021) — slasher horror
Zombie Bro — zombie horror