10 Horror Franchises Set For A Huge 2024

This year is set to be a massive one for these hugely popular horror franchises.

by Andrew Pollard
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With 2024 now scarily, speedily underway - how is it February already? - it's set to be another big year for horror. Hot on the heels of an excellent 2023 which delivered the likes of Evil Dead Rise, M3GAN, When Evil Lurks, and Talk to Me, there's plenty for horror hounds to look forward to right now.

Of course, no genre of cinema is as synonymous with franchises as the murky world of horror, and a whole bunch of those big-name franchises are set for a huge 2024 and beyond. Some of the heaviest hitters in the game are gearing up to return to movie theatres or our TV screens - or in the case of some IPs, both!

For of some of these franchises, they're picking up the momentum of a hot few years where their particular brand of horror is concerned. As for certain other franchises, they may have been dormant for years or even decades, with fresh output now finally back on the horizon.

So, with that in mind, here are ten horror franchises for whom 2024 should prove to be a massive year by the time all's said and done.

10. The Walking Dead

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The Walking Dead is a property that forever has its wheels spinning, expanding on its existing lore and looking to spotlight new angles to the post-apocalyptic world that's dominated by the shuffling undead and the even more sinister threat of certain humans. And 2024 is no different for the wider Walking Dead franchise, with plenty more horrors on the way.

First and foremost, the story of Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) will be picked up with in The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. Premiering on 25 February, this series will follow-on from the end of the main Walking Dead show, as Michonne looks to finally find her once-believed-dead partner. Pollyanna McIntosh will be back as Jadis, the CRM officer who played such a pivotal part in Rick's disappearance, and she'll be joined by Lost favourite Terry O'Quinn, who'll be playing Major General Beale, a villainous character teased throughout The Walking Dead: World Beyond and someone already responsible for countless deaths.

Elsewhere, 2024 finds the Maggie and Negan-centric Walking Dead: Dead City with a second season in production, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon renewed for a second year known as The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - The Book of Carol, and Tales of the Walking Dead to be followed by More Tales from the Walking Dead Universe.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.