November is the perfect month for horror movies. Standing on the edge of rising cold, with titles like Frankenstein and Bramulla releasing just after Halloween, horror movies in November 2025 feel like they’re dying to give you nightmares.
Well, if, like me, you’re obsessed with these nightmares too, let’s dive right into the list of horror movies releasing in November 2025 and see what’s going to haunt us this month.
Week 1: The Opening Bloodbath (Nov 4–7)
The month kicks off with an absolute tidal wave. No warm-up. We’re getting a major sequel hitting home, two of the year’s biggest cinematic events, and a slew of VOD terrors. Brace yourself.
Black Phone 2
- Premiere Date: November 4, 2025
- Where to Watch: On Digital and VOD
- Genre: Supernatural Horror
- Cast: Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies
Making a sequel to a perfect standalone? Risky. But Scott Derrickson is doubling down, not on the suspense, but on the supernatural. It’s set four years later (Finney is 17, Gwen is 15), and the new haunt is a winter camp called Alpine Lake.
This time, the calls are coming to Gwen’s dreams, and the plot seems to involve the Grabber’s original victims from decades prior. Turning him from a grounded serial killer into a full-blown “demonic force” could either be a brilliant expansion or a franchise-killing misstep.
Find it on Amazon
Dorothea
- Premiere Date: November 4, 2025
- Where to Watch: On Digital and VOD
- Genre: Horror / Thriller / True Story
- Cast: Susan Priver, Lew Temple, Ginger Lynn
True crime is already horror; DREAD’s new “biographical horror” slate, which also includes an Ed Kemper film, is just removing the filter. This tackles the terrifying true story of Dorothea Puente, the Sacramento “granny” who murdered her tenants.
Director Chad Ferrin said he took a “Goodfellas approach with voiceover,” which is either a stroke of genius for this kind of banal evil or deeply tasteless. I’m morbidly fascinated.
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The Beldham
- Premiere Date: November 7, 2025
- Where to Watch: Limited Theaters and VOD
- Genre: Supernatural Horror
- Cast: (Not specified in data)
If I had a dollar for every “new mother in a haunted childhood home” film, I’d have a very haunted, very large house. This is perhaps the most well-worn trope in the genre. The execution here needs to be flawless to stand out, relying on atmosphere and a suffocating sense of dread over cheap scares.
Die, My Love
- Premiere Date: November 7, 2025
- Where to Watch: In Theaters
- Genre: Drama / Thriller
- Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, LaKeith Stanfield
Let’s be clear: this is not your Lifetime movie about postpartum. This is Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin). Based on Ariana Harwicz’s novel, this is a “bonkers, crazy love story” about a woman’s full-blown psychological unravelling.
Early buzz is, predictably, polarizing. Time Out called it “deeply raw,” while Variety found it “overdetermined.” This is not a “horror” movie; it’s a “terror” movie. Expect a raw, visceral, and divisive piece of art.
Stone Cold Fox
- Premiere Date: November 7, 2025
- Where to Watch: Limited Theaters and VOD
- Genre: Action / Thriller
- Cast: Kiernan Shipka, Kiefer Sutherland, Krysten Ritter
A pure 80s-set revenge shot. Kiernan Shipka as “Fox” escapes an abusive commune, only for the “queenpin” (Krysten Ritter) to kidnap her sister, forcing her to re-infiltrate with the help of a “crooked cop” (Kiefer Sutherland). The algorithm that created this in a lab for me deserves a raise. This looks like a neon-soaked, high-energy, throwback blast.
Wormtown
- Premiere Date: November 7, 2025
- Where to Watch: On VOD
- Genre: Horror / Body Horror
- Cast: (Not specified in data)
Just in case you thought the week was too high-brow, here’s Wormtown. A small-town cult that worships mind-altering, flesh-eating parasites. This November movie is your grimy, practical-effects palate cleanser. Expect nothing but gore and poor decisions.
Predator: Badlands
- Premiere Date: November 7, 2025
- Where to Watch: In Theaters (IMAX)
- Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Horror
- Cast: Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi
This is the one. After Prey, Dan Trachtenberg has a blank check, and he’s cashing it. This isn’t just another hunt; it’s a full-on Predator underdog story. The main Yautja is a “runt” named Dek, exiled, with no cloak and no shoulder cannon, hunting an “unkillable” creature. Elle Fanning plays his unlikely ally, a “severed robot” named Thia. Trachtenberg compared Prey to Terminator and Badlands to T2. The audacity. I’m so in.
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein
- Premiere Date: November 7, 2025
- Where to Watch: On Netflix (after limited theatrical run)
- Genre: Gothic Horror / Drama
- Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz
On the exact same day, we get the prestige event. This is GDT’s passion project—a beautiful, “monstrously beautiful” gothic tragedy, not a monster-in-the-closet flick. Jacob Elordi is reportedly “staggeringly good.” But critics are split.
The Guardian loved the visuals, but Variety and IndieWire found it “overstuffed,” “unwieldy,” and lacking the “grit” of his earlier work. It’s exactly the high-art debate we need.
Read my full Frankenstein review!
Baramulla
- Premiere Date: November 7, 2025
- Where to Watch: On Netflix
- Genre: Supernatural Horror / Thriller
- Cast: Manav Kaul, Bhasha Sumbli, Neelofar Hamid, Arista Mehta
From the director of Article 370, this is not a typical jump-scare flick. This is a cold, atmospheric, and politically charged supernatural thriller. Manav Kaul plays a DSP investigating a string of missing children in Kashmir, only to find the case bleeds into a haunting supernatural mystery tied to the region’s violent past and the Kashmiri Pandit exodus. It’s a slow-burn procedural that collides with a folk-horror story. Expect less The Conjuring and more
Hereditary-meets-a-political-headline. This looks like a heavy, haunting, and necessary watch.
Read my full Baramulla review!
Week 2: The Art-House Assault (Nov 11–14)
The second week brings the indie darlings, the unhinged auteurs, and the werewolf attacks. This is where the real weirdness begins.
Frenzy Moon
- Premiere Date: November 11, 2025
- Where to Watch: On VOD
- Genre: Horror / Werewolf
- Cast: Alyssa Grace Adams, Aaron Krygier, Kayla Malika Walker
A werewolf movie! Finally! Six grad students in a secluded cabin… it’s the classic setup. We get so few of these that I’m just starved for a good, practical-effects werewolf siege. Please, please don’t be bad CGI.
Keeper
- Premiere Date: November 14, 2025
- Where to Watch: In Theaters (via Neon)
- Genre: Psychological Horror
- Cast: Tatiana Maslany, Rossif Sutherland
Pay attention. Osgood Perkins is on a historic run (Longlegs, The Monkey). True to form, the marketing is a paranoia-fueled nightmare. The plot involves a couple (Maslany and Sutherland) at a cabin where he abruptly leaves her alone. The title itself is a threat. Is he the “keeper”? Is she? The buzz is that this is a vicious, terrifying two-hander. This is A-list, art-house dread.
The Carpenter’s Son
- Premiere Date: November 14, 2025
- Where to Watch: In Theaters
- Genre: Supernatural Horror
- Cast: Nicolas Cage, FKA twigs, Noah Jupe
And now for the most gloriously unhinged film of 2025. This isn’t a nativity play. This is a horror film based on the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas, where a young Jesus (“the Boy”) is portrayed as a child wrestling with terrifying, violent powers.
And Nicolas Cage plays a “tortured, blood-soaked” Joseph. Read that sentence again. This is either blasphemous genius or a spectacular train wreck. First in line.
Week 3 & 4: The Final Cuts (Nov 21–25)
The month closes out with intellectual terror and one last dose of gonzo greatness.
Chainsaws Were Singing
- Premiere Date: November 25, 2025
- Where to Watch: On VOD
- Genre: Horror / Comedy / Musical
- Cast: Karl Joosep Ilves, Laura Niils, Martin Ruus
And for dessert… an Estonian horror-comedy musical? About lovers split up by a chainsaw killer? It’s described as “Monty Python meets Texas Chainsaw meets Les Misérables.” What else do you even need to know? This is the chaotic, cult-classic energy we need to end the month.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1. What is the single biggest horror movie of November 2025?
It’s a two-headed monster fighting for the crown on November 7th. You have the blockbuster brawl of Predator: Badlands (for sci-fi action) versus the prestige, high-art terror of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. It’s a fantastic problem to have.
2. I’m looking for something truly weird and original. What should I watch?
No contest: The Carpenter’s Son (in theaters Nov. 14). It’s a horror film about the childhood of Jesus, starring Nicolas Cage as Joseph, where a young Jesus has to face off against Satan. It doesn’t get more original (or weirder) than that.
3. What if I want to stay home? What’s the best VOD/Streaming horror this month?
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein (Netflix, Nov. 7) is the biggest streaming event, period. For franchise horror, Black Phone 2 (VOD, Nov. 4) is the main event, but for real-world terror, don’t sleep on Dorothea (VOD, Nov. 4).
4. Are there any classic-style horror movies (werewolves, hauntings)?
Yes! For a classic werewolf siege, your only bet is Frenzy Moon (VOD, Nov. 11). For a more traditional “entity-in-the-house” haunting, The Beldham (VOD, Nov. 7) is your go-to.
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