20 Awesome Horror Movies In 2025 You Definitely Missed
Sleep on these fantastic horror films no longer.
With 2025 all but over, what better time to pore back over the past year's worth of horror movies?
It's thankfully been one hell of a 12 months for the genre, whether you were desperately waiting for the next entry in your favourite franchise or wowed by an original gem like Ryan Coogler's Sinners.
But with so many horror films being released every single week, it's simply impossible to watch them all, and it's only natural that some really, really great ones end up falling through the cracks.
Case in point, these 20 horror films from the past year all absolutely deserve your attention, even though they ended up flying a little under the radar compared to 2025's biggest genre hits.
From low-budget indie horrors overflowing with creativity to fine-tuned slasher flicks that didn't get the audience they deserved, and even a certain international Oscar nominee, these horrors films all deserve far more esteem than they've gotten from genre fans at large.
So if you've got some spare time before 2026 starts delivering its own loaded platter of horror offerings, do yourself a solid and catch up on these intense, brutal, outrageous, and unforgettable recent films...
20. Dangerous Animals
Dangerous Animals is the long overdue third feature from Sean Byrne (The Loved Ones, The Devil's Candy) - a stupendously entertaining survival horror film in which a free-spirited surfer (Hassie Harrison) finds herself preyed upon by a serial killer (Jai Courtney) with a penchant for feeding his victims to sharks.
There's something to be said for tight, lean, efficient horror flicks that deliver the expected goods without much fat on the bone, and Dangerous Animals is a stellar example of this.
Byrne understands the intricate mechanics of suspense and is aided by what's undeniably the best performance of Jai Courtney's career.
As Aussie serial killer Tucker, Courtney cuts an absolutely terrifying presence throughout even while clearly having a whole ton of fun playing an unrepentant psychopath.
Despite scoring strong reviews from critics Byrne's film sadly posted modest box office results before being quietly chucked on streaming, though hopefully it'll win itself a cult of devoted fans just as Byrne's two previous projects did.