For horror fans, there's nothing like watching the latest thrilling release through your fingers on a Friday night. This year's slate of upcoming scary movies brings back some of the most beloved horror franchises, while also showing new works by our favorite directors (Jordan Peele, anyone?). From a comic book antihero to several novel adaptations, including one from Stephen King, these are the horror movies to put on your watchlist in 2022.
'Scream'
Premieres: January 14, 2022
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Marley Shelton, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Dylan Minnette, and Jack Quaid
The scary story: The Ghostface killer has re-emerged 25 years after the events of the original film, and Sidney Prescott (Campbell) and her friends have to return to Woodsboro to help a new group of victims with ties to the OG characters.
'The Requin'
Premieres: January 28, 2022
Starring: Alicia Silverstone, James Tupper, Kameron Hood, Deidre O'Connell, Jennifer Mudge, and Danny Chung
The scary story: A couple vacationing in a remote over-water cabin get swept away in a massive storm. They're forced to survive on the wreckage in shark-infested waters, hoping to be rescued.
'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'
Premieres: February 18, 2022
Starring: Mark Burnham, Alice Krige, Elsie Fisher, Nell Hudson, Sarah Yarkin, and Jacob Lattimore
The scary story: In this direct sequel for the 1974 film, Leatherface emerges from near 50 years of hiding when a group of teens disturb his home turf.
'Fresh'
Premieres: March 4, 2022
Starring: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian Stan, Jojo T. Gibbs, Andrea Bang, Dayo Okeniyi, Charlotte Le Bon, and Brett Dier
The scary story: A newly-in-love woman discovers that her boyfriend has some strange appetites in this horrific satire on modern dating.
'Umma'
Premieres: March 18, 2022
Starring: Sandra Oh, Fivel Stewart, MeeWha Alana Lee, Tom Yi, Odeya Rush, and Dermot Mulroney
The scary story: In this film, named after the Korean name for "mother," a woman living on a secluded farm with her daughter becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her estranged mother.
'You Won't Be Alone'
Premieres: April 1, 2022
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Alice Englert, Anamaria Marcina, Sara Klimoska, and Arta Dobroshi
The scary story: In 19th century Macedonia, a young girl is kidnapped and transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit. After she accidentally kills a nearby villager and takes over her victim's shape (and life), the witch continues to kill in order to discover what it means to be human.
'Morbius'
Premieres: April 1, 2022
Starring: Jared Leto, Adria Arjona, Michael Keaton, Jared Harris, Matt Smith, and Tyrese Gibson
The scary story: While working to cure himself of a rare blood disease, biochemist Michael Morbius accidentally turns himself into a living vampire, in this adaptation of the Marvel Comics antihero.
'Firestarter'
Premieres: May 13, 2022
Starring: Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Zac Efron, Sydney Lemmon, Gloria Reuben, Michael Greyeyes, and Tina Jung
The scary story: A young girl (Armstrong) who develops pyrokinetic abilities is abducted by a secret government agency that wants to use her power as a weapon.
'The Black Phone'
Premieres: June 24, 2022
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, E. Roger Mitchell
The scary story: After a 13-year-old boy (Thames) is abducted by a serial killer (Hawke), he and his sisters begin receiving supernatural clues to help him escape.
'Nope'
Premieres: July 22, 2022
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, and Barbie Ferreira
The scary story: Like with Jordan Peele's other films, plot details for Nope are under wraps. All we do know is that Peele reunited with Get Out star (and now Oscar winner) Kaluuya for this sure-to-be terrifying film.
'Salem's Lot'
Premieres: September 9, 2022
Starring: Alfre Woodard, William Sadler, Bill Camp, Spencer Treat Clark, Cade Woodward, and John Benjamin Hickey
The scary story: Based off the Stephen King novel, a writer moves to a small town in Maine only to discover the residents are vampires.
'Dark Harvest'
Premieres: September 23, 2022
Starring: Luke Kirby, Elizabeth Reaser, Jeremy Davies, Emyri Crutchfield, Jake Brennan, and Britain Dalton
The scary story: On Halloween in 1963, a young boy faces off against October Boy, a legendary monster that rises from the cornfields with a butcher's knife every year to fight those who are brave enough to confront him.
'Don't Worry Darling'
Premieres: September 23, 2022
Starring: Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Olivia Wilde, Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, KiKi Layne, and Nick Kroll
The scary story: A '50s's housewife (Pugh) living with her husband (Styles) in a utopian experimental community begins to worry that he may be hiding dark secrets.
'Halloween Ends'
Premieres: October 14, 2022
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Kyle Richards, Andi Matichak, Nick Castle, and James Jude Courtney
The scary story: In the final film of the reboot trilogy, Michael Myers and Laurie Stode (Curtis) face off one last time.
'The Devil's Light'
Premieres: October 28, 2022
Starring: Jacqueline Byers, Virginia Madsen, Colin Salmon, Nicholas Ralph, Ben Cross, and Christian Navarro
The scary story: A nun training to perform exorcisms has to face a demonic force from her past when it possesses a young girl.
'Orphan: First Kill'
Premieres: TBA
Starring: Isabella Fuhrman, Julia Stiles, Rossif Sutherland, Matthew Finlan and Hiro Kanagawa
The scary story: This prequel to 2009's Orphan follows Leena (Fuhrman), a murderous sociopath who looks like a child due to a medical condition. After escaping a psychiatric facility and traveling to America, she poses as the missing child of a wealthy family, whose matriarch (Stiles) will stop at nothing to protect her family.
