5 horror movies to sweat out this summer

A sequel, a reboot and a follow-up from the director of 'Barbarian' highlight the upcoming scary movie slate

Alfie Williams, Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes in Danny Boyle's '28 Years Later' (2025)
The zombie sequel '28 Years Later' might become the horror hit of summer 2025
(Image credit: FlixPix / Columbia Pictures / Alamy)

Summer action movies get the most attention, but the dog days are also when studios love to release big-name horror films. During the summer of 2024, Oz Perkins' goofy "Longlegs" dominated the genre's releases, and one of these five highly anticipated features is likely to do the same this year.

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David Faris

David Faris is an associate professor of political science at Roosevelt University and the author of It's Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics. He is a frequent contributor to Informed Comment, and his work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and Indy Week.