20 Upcoming Horror Movies That Might Surprise You
These new horror films might not be entirely what you think.
The horror genre truly is the gift that keeps on giving - over the decades it's served as a sandbox for filmmakers and actors to bring their most twisted ideas to life.
Even accepting that the overwhelming majority of horror films released every year don't stray too far from the expected formula, there are always a few that dare to do something different and surprise us all.
And of all the horror films due to release in short order, these are the 20 that just might do something nobody expects.
From what the trailers have shown off so far combined with online buzz, it looks like these films aren't going to rest on their laurels and instead try to give audiences something they didn't even know they wanted.
It remains to be seen if these films will indeed deliver a left-field surprise that also satisfies audiences, but in the very least it seems like the outcome is going to be something most didn't see coming.
With the current Hollywood era being so frustratingly safe and risk-averse, that's got to be something to celebrate...
20. 28 Years Later Part III
First off, we're operating under the assumption that 28 Years Later Part III will actually still get made at all, following the disappointing box office performance of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.
The Bone Temple concluded by teasing that the third film will see Spike (Alfie Williams) and Kellie (Erin Kellyman) team up with original survivor Jim (Cillian Murphy) and his teenage daughter Sam (Maiya Eastmond) to survive the ongoing apocalypse.
That would be the safe, sensible option, and of course, being able to prominently feature Cillian Murphy in Part III's marketing might win back some of those viewers spooked by the last two films' bolder storytelling risks.
But it's also fair to say that nothing has really been all that safe about this trilogy so far, and so if Part III does get made, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are unlikely to close things out with a conventional Zombie Movie.
Part III could very well take a starkly different form from the expected, and it's likely to land in a far more interesting place than simply using Dr. Kelson's (Ralph Fiennes) discoveries to initiate a wider treatment or even cure of the Rage virus.
Again, this is all assuming that Sony actually decides to make the film at all, so keep your fingers and toes crossed for that.