Most Anticipated Horrors of 2018

Now that 2017 is in the books, its time to look forward to what the new year has to offer. Here is the January films we are looking forward to in 2018.

Day of the Dead: Bloodline

A reimagining of George A. Romero's cult classic, DAY OF THE DEAD: BLOODLINE is set in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-filled world where a former med school student is tormented by a dark figure from her past. The only thing is, he's a half-human, half-zombie hell-bent on destroying her world.

Directed By: Hèctor Hernández Vicens, Pearry Reginald Teo

Written By: Mark Tonderai, Lars Jacobson, George A. Romero

Stars: Sophie Skelton, Johnathon Schaech, Jeff Gum

Release: Jan 5, 2018  Limited Theater, On Disc/Streaming

Insidious: The Last Key

Parapsychologist Dr. Elise Rainier faces her most fearsome and personal haunting yet - in her own family home.

Directed By: Adam Robitel
Written By: Leigh Whannell
Stars: Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson
Release: Jan 5, 2018 Theater

Suspiria (remake)

A young American ballerina comes to train at a prestigious German dance academy and uncovers the school's dark and menacing secrets.

Directed By: Luca Guadagnino
Written By: Dario Argento, Daria Nicolodi, David Kajganich
Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton
Release: TBD

The Endless 

Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought

Directed By: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Written By: Justin Benson
Stars: Callie Hernandez, James Jordan, Tate Ellington
Release: TBD - currently in festivals

Psychopaths

An executed serial killer, an escaped mental patient, a beautiful seductress, a crazed strangler and a masked murderer unleash blood-soaked mayhem over the course of one night.

Directed By: Mickey Keating
Written By: Mickey Keating
Stars: Ashley Bell, Josh Ethier, Larry Fessenden
Release: currently on VOD

Tragedy Girls

A twist on the slasher genre, following two death-obsessed teenage girls who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small mid-western town into a frenzy and cement their legacy as modern horror legends.

Directed By: Tyler MacIntyre
Written By: Chris Lee Hill, Tyler MacIntyre
Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Brianna Hildebrand, Kevin Durand
Release: currently in limited theaters

Nosferatu 

Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
(remake from writer/director of The VVitch)

Directed By: David Lee Fisher
Stars: Doug Jones, Sarah Carter, Joely Fisher
Release: TBD

Abruptio 

Les Hackel (Marsters) is a guy down on his luck who wakes to find an explosive device has been implanted in his neck. He must carry out heinous crimes in order to stay alive while trying to identify the mastermind manipulating the now twisted and strange world around him.

Directed By: Evan Marlowe
Written By: Evan Marlowe
Stars: Jordan Peele, James Marsters, Hana Mae Lee
Release: TBD

Penance Lane

A hardened criminal fresh out of the joint takes a job as a handyman in a dilapidated house; but the twisted horrors he finds inside are enough to send anyone running. So why does he stay? And why are so many people drawn to Penance Lane?

Directed By: Péter Engert
Written By: Munier Sharrieff
Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, John Schneider, Tyler Mane
Release: TBD

Winchester: The House that Ghosts Built  

After the sudden death of her family, firearms heiress Sarah Winchester becomes convinced that she's haunted by the souls of those killed by guns. Winchester then decides to build an enormous mansion that's designed to keep the evil spirits at bay. When skeptical psychiatrist Eric Price visits the estate to evaluate her state of mind, he soon discovers that her obsession may not be so far-fetched after all.

Directed By: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Written By: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Stars: Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook, Jason Clarke
Release: 2 February 2018 (USA)

Victor Crowley

Ten years after the events of the original movie, Victor Crowley is mistakenly resurrected and proceeds to kill once more.

Directed By: Adam Green
Written By: Adam Green
Stars: Parry Shen, Kane Hodder, Laura Ortiz
Release: 6 February 2018 (USA)

Death House 

A power breakdown inside a secret prison sends two agents fighting through a labyrinth of horrors. As they fight to escape, the agents discover a supernatural group of evil beings who may be their chance for survival.

Directed By: B. Harrison Smith
Written By: Gunnar Hansen (original writer), B. Harrison Smith
Stars: Dee Wallace, Adrienne Barbeau, Michael Berryman
Release: 23 February 2018 (USA)

The Strangers: Prey at Night 

A road trip to visit relatives takes a dangerous turn when a family arrives at a secluded mobile home park that's mysteriously deserted -- until three masked psychopaths show up.

Directed By:  Johannes Roberts
Written By: Bryan Bertino (original screenplay), Ben Ketai (screenplay)
Stars: Christina Hendricks, Bailee Madison, Martin Henderson
Release: 9 March 2018 (USA)

A Quiet Place 

A family lives an isolated existence in utter silence, for fear of an unknown threat that follows and attacks at any sound.
(Project Green Light winner)

Directed By: John Krasinski
Written By:  Bryan Woods, Scott Beck
Stars: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Noah Jupe
Release: 6 April 2018 (USA)

Slenderman

Terror strikes when four teenage girls in a small town perform a ritual to debunk the lore of a tall, thin, horrifying figure known as the Slender Man. They soon fear that the legend is true when one of them suddenly goes missing.

Directed By: Sylvain White
Written By: Slender Man; by Eric Knudsen
Stars: Joey King, Annalise Basso, Javier Botet
Release: May 18, 2018 (USA)

Meg 

A deep-sea submersible is attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep-sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer to save the crew from this prehistoric threat.

Directed By: Jon Turteltaub
Written By: Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror; by Steve Alten, Belle Avery
Stars: Ruby Rose, Jason Statham, Robert Taylor
Release: 10 August 2018 (USA)

Cadaver 

When a cop who is just out of rehab takes the graveyard shift in a city hospital morgue, she faces a series of bizarre and violent events caused by an evil entity in one of the corpses.
(Director is remaking the Birds)

Directed By:  Diederik Van Rooijen
Written By: Brian Sieve
Stars: Stana Katic, Shay Mitchell, Grey Damon
Release: 24 August 2018 (USA)

Halloween

Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

Directed By: David Gordon Green
Written By: John Carpenter (characters), David Gordon Green (screenplay)
Stars: John Carpenter (characters), David Gordon Green (screenplay)
Release: 19 October 2018 (USA)