10 Most Disappointing Horror Movies Of 2025

2025 should be remembered as another triumphant year for horror, thanks to films like Weapons, Sinners, and Frankenstein. Even though these frightfests got a lot of buzz, each of them managed to meet or surpass the wildest expectations.

Of course, last year also saw its fair share of duds. Although The Strangers - Chapter 2 and Bambi: The Reckoning were hot garbage, the negative reception they received wasn't unexpected. However, it's aggravating when a horror flick that's hyped to unrealistic proportions ends up being a big load of nothing. 

Some entries on this list aren't god-awful, but they still proved to be anticlimactic, especially if they had franchise potential, were overseen by a big-shot director, or were based on a beloved property. If the movie in question was supposed to conclude an IP or kickstart a new one, it amplifies the disappointment exponentially.

Several of these movies were in the works for years or decades, so it's more crushing to see how uneven or incomprehensible the end result turned out. Whether they were tolerable or borderline unwatchable, the following ten horrors should've been so much better.

The Conjuring Universe has earned almost $3 billion across its nine movies, making it the highest-grossing horror franchise of all time. As a result, anticipation was high for The Conjuring: Last Rites, since it served as the series' final chapter (for now).

But instead of delivering a powerful climax, Last Rites felt like a tired retread. Rather than basing the story on any of Ed and Lorraine Warren's paranormal investigations, the creators invented a supernatural plot from scratch. Even though their imaginations could've run wild, Last Rites centres around an evil mirror, a trope that's already been done in plenty of horror features over the years, such as Oculus and Mirrors.

What's worse is that Last Rites trades the slow-burn tension and grounded sense of dread of its predecessors for bombastic scares. Rather than building emotional stakes, the narrative rushes from one haunting sequence to the next, leaving character development behind. 

Though the Warrens used to be the emotional anchor of the Conjuring films, they've been reduced to symbols of the franchise rather than fully realised characters, making it difficult to care about the outcome.

Last Rites isn't a complete disaster, but depressingly formulaic for the supposed culmination of the Conjuring saga.