15 most anticipated horror movies of 2021

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

New part of "The Conjuring", restart of "Saw" and horror from Edgar Wright.

1. Turning the wrong way

• Germany, 2021.
• Horror, thriller.
• Premiere: January 29.

The seventh part of the famous slasher franchise will simultaneously reboot the whole story. The plot tells the story of a group of friends who go hiking along the Appalachian Trail. But they are hunted by members of a closed community that has lived in the mountains for hundreds of years.

2. Deer antlers

• USA, 2021.
• Horror.
• Premiere: 18 February.

Director of the films "Foes" and "Black Mass" Scott Cooper has joined forces with the creator of the TV series "Channel Zero" Nick Antoska. The plot of the film tells about a teacher and her brother, a police officer, who are trying to understand the fears of one of the students. It turns out that something sinister really lurks in his house.

3. Morbius

• USA, 2021.
• Adventure, horror, fantasy.
• Premiere: March 18.

Jared Leto will star in the film adaptation of the dark comic book. He got the image of Dr. Michael Morbius, who suffers from a rare blood disorder. His only chance to survive is a risky experiment. But in the end, Morbius turns into a vampire.

The film will be in the same MCU as Venom with Tom Hardy. The plot promises to mix superheroics and horror vampires.

4. Quiet place - 2

• USA, 2020.
• Horror, thriller.
• Premiere: April 22.

As in the first part, the action will take place in a world captured by monsters that rely on hearing. After Lee Abbott's death, his family and their newborn child are trying to find a safe haven.

Cillian Murphy joined the cast. John Krasinski will direct again, with his wife Emily Blunt starring in the lead role.

5. Last night in Soho

• UK, USA, 2021.
• Horror, thriller.
• Premiere: April 29.

Director Edgar Wright is known as a comedy writer: he directed "Zombie Called Sean", "Scott Pilgrim Against All" and several other films. But now Wright is putting out a real horror movie. He will talk about London in the 60s, where a young girl who is fond of design falls. A meeting with an idol seems to her a real happiness, but soon things take a very gloomy turn.

Anya Taylor-Joy, one of the most sought-after young actresses, will play the main role.

6. Saw: Spiral

• USA, Canada, 2021.
• Horror, thriller.
• Premiere: May 20.

Comedian Chris Rock is rebooting the legendary horror franchise. The plot will again be devoted to people who have to prove their right to live in a deadly game.

Chris Rock will play a police officer who investigates cases involving a maniac. The actor will be accompanied by the magnificent Samuel L. Jackson.

7. Godzilla vs. Kong

• USA, 2021.
• Science fiction, action, horror.
• Premiere: May 20.

In their solo films, the radioactive lizard Godzilla and the giant gorilla Kong defended the world from other dangerous monsters. But now the strongest creatures will have to face each other.

8. Conjuring-3: By the will of the devil

• USA, 2021.
• Horror, thriller.
• Premiere: June 3.

The main characters of the franchise are exorcists and ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren. In the next case, they are fighting for the soul of a young man. This leads to the first trial, where the defendant claims to have committed a crime by being possessed by the devil.

9. Judgment night - 5

• USA, 2021.
• Horror, thriller, action movie.
• Premiere: 8 July.

The plot of the new part of the famous franchise is still unknown. But the action will still unfold in a world where any crime is allowed for one night a year.

10. Don't breathe - 2

• USA, 2020.
• Horror, thriller, crime.
• Premiere: 12 August.

The film will continue the history of the famous 2016 film. After a fire in the house, the blind man lives for several years with an orphaned girl in a secluded hut. But then the hero's pupil is kidnapped by criminals.

11. Candyman

• Canada, USA, 2021.
• Horror, thriller.
• Premiere: August 26.

In the sequel to the legendary slashers of the 90s, the action will again develop in the Cabrini Green area. The artist who moved there will reveal the terrible truth about the supernatural maniac who appears to the victims through the mirror.

12. Resident Evil

• Germany, USA, 2021.
• Horror, fantasy, thriller.
• Premiere: September 9.

The new film, based on the first two parts of the cult game, relaunches the franchise on the big screens. The action will take place in 1998 in Raccoon City. The authors promise that this time everything will be in the spirit of the original story.

13. Halloween kills

• USA, 2021.
• Horror, thriller.
• Premiere: October 21.

In 2018, the slasher series returned to its origins, directly continuing the very first part of 1978. Now the plot will be continued. The silent maniac Michael Myers turns out to be alive again and continues to haunt Laurie Strode and her family.

14. Curse of the nun - 2

• USA, 2021.
• Horror.
• Premiere: 2021.

In 2018, The Conjuring Screamer got his own movie. It turned out to be successful, so the authors are filming a sequel. It is already known that Bonnie Aarons, who played a creepy nun, possessed by evil, will return to her role.

15. Army of the Dead

• USA, 2021.
• Horror, action movie.
• Premiere: 2021.

The director of Watchmen and Batman v Superman, Zack Snyder is releasing a horror action movie about a group of mercenaries for Netflix. The heroes go to the casino city, captured by the zombie army.

In addition to the main film, a prequel to it has already been filmed, and the next in turn is an anime series around the world of Army of the Dead.