It’s the final days before Christmas and since horror is the gift that keeps on giving, the genre is dropping a small handful of final releases down the chimney before the end of the year.
Here’s all the new horror released December 16 – December 22, 2024!
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First up is the psychological horror movie Listen Carefully from director Ryan Barton-Grimley (Hawk and Rev: Vampire Slayers), which hit VOD outlets this past Monday.
In the indie horror film, “When troubled assistant bank manager Andy McNeary’s baby daughter goes missing, he must follow the instructions of a mysterious voice on the other end of a baby monitor to save her before she disappears and his life is ruined forever.”
Ryan Barton-Grimley stars alongside co-star/producer Simone Barton-Grimley (Elijah’s Ashes) and co-star/producer Ari Schneider (Hawk and Rev: Vampire Slayers, Elijah’s Ashes).
The filmmaking team for Listen Carefully is joined by frequent collaborators Audrey Haworth (production designer), David Rickabaugh (art director) and Sean Ayers (cinematographer).
True crime and the paranormal intertwine in the brand new documentary The Lady of the Lake from Uncork’d Entertainment and director Ryan Grulich (Georgie, Foolish Mortals).
Journey into the heart of the unknown on VOD now.
Directed by Ryan Grulich and led by renowned paranormal investigator Amanda D. Paulson, the film delves into the haunting legend of Lake Crescent, located in the Pacific Northwest’s enigmatic Port Angeles, WA.
The Lady of the Lake revisits the chilling 1937 murder of Hallie Illingworth, a local waitress whose body, eerily preserved by the lake’s frigid waters, resurfaced to reveal a tale wrapped in layers of violence, history, and the supernatural. Paulson’s investigation uncovers secrets buried in the depths of Lake Crescent, weaving a narrative that transcends the boundaries of reality.
Through compelling interviews with local residents, historians, and paranormal experts captured with eerily beautiful cinematography, The Lady of the Lake brings to life the ethereal beauty and dark allure of Lake Crescent.
A meticulous exploration of the liminal spaces where history and mystery converge, the documentary is a cinematic tapestry of truth and illusion that challenges viewers to confront their deepest fears and curiosities.
The documentary is produced by Creepy Kingdom Studios in association with award-winning documentarian John Campopiano (Pennywise: The Story of It, Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary) and Bloody Disgusting’s own Alex DiVincenzo.
Following in the wake of Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse getting their own horror movies, Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid is the next to get its own “R” rated twist.
Lionsgate‘s horror movie The Little Mermaid released on VOD this past Tuesday.
The film is rated “R” for language, violence, and nudity. Lionsgate previews, “Beauty is deceiving and dangerous in this darkly fascinating twist on Hans Christian Andersen’s tale.”
In the fantasy horror movie from director Leigh Scott, “After archeologist Dr. Eric Prince and his students uncover an ancient pagan temple in the depths of the Caribbean, Eric falls for a mysterious woman who resembles a mermaid he and his team encountered at sea.
“As their relationship intensifies, she leads Eric deeper into her evil underwater world until he must choose between true love and the destruction of all humanity.”
Mike Markoff, Jeff Denton, Samuel Selman, Sean Michael Argo, Winston Crooke, Steven Yniguez, Manon Laurent, and Lydia Helen star in this unofficial Little Mermaid tale.
Written and directed by Justin Geldzahler, Glue Trap also hit VOD on Tuesday.
In the film, “KJ and Dan are struggling to communicate. A few years into a strained relationship, the couple takes a weekend trip to a friend’s cabin to recapture their romance… only to find a dying-but-not-quite-dead mouse stuck to a glue trap. They disagree about how to handle, KJ advocating for a swift death while Dan proposes making the mouse’s last moments as pleasant as possible. The couple compromises and moves on, slowly finding their way back to each other in this idyllic setting.
“Unfortunately, their serenity is broken by the arrival of a small woman who can be charitably described as “eccentric” — she’s their host’s younger sister and had no idea anyone was staying at the family cabin. No problem if she crashes, right? As the couple struggles to juggle this interloper on top of their already tense dynamic, KJ and Dan begin to worry this obnoxious third wheel may threaten more than their relationship.”
Brittany Bradford, Isaac W. Jay, Gloria Bangiola, Alex Warheit, Caroline Hertz, and Kasey Marr star in Glue Trap, which was released onto VOD outlets by Gravitas Ventures.
It’s of course not a new movie but we figured you’d appreciate a reminder here that Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later was finally brought back to Digital outlets this past Wednesday.
You can purchase or rent 28 Days Later on Digital outlets right now. Over on Amazon Prime Video, for example, you can rent the film for $3.99 or purchase the film for $14.99.
Physical media copies of 28 Days Later have been out-of-print for some time now, and the 2002 infection horror movie had also been unavailable to digitally stream in any capacity.
Animal rights activists free a group of infected chimpanzees to horrifying results in this speculative sci-fi horror effort from writer Alex Garland and director Danny Boyle. Waking from a coma in a deserted London hospital, bicycle courier Jim (Cillian Murphy) takes to the deserted city streets in a state of mystified confusion. Joining forces with another group of survivors following a terrifying encounter in a seemingly abandoned church, Jim soon learns the truth behind the deserted streets and the menacing creatures that lurk in the shadows.
Sequel 28 Years Later will be unleashed in theaters on June 20, 2025 from Sony.
And finally, holiday horror movie The Naughty List of Mr. Scrooge came down the chimney on VOD outlets beginning today (December 20) from the genre distributor Terror Films.
In writer/director Jake Helgren’s The Naughty List of Mr. Scrooge, “a group of former college friends gather for a reunion at a winter chalet fifteen years after one of their own dies during their production of A Christmas Carol. The group then finds themselves being stalked and killed off one by one by someone dressed as a terrifying vision of Ebenezer Scrooge.”
Skye Coyne, Colin Koth, Kim Whalen, and Liz Fenning star.
Helgren said in a statement, “There have been a lot of spins on classic characters bursting through the pipelines as of late, but Scrooge has always been the most undeniably classic holiday villain, so to finally bring the lore of his legacy to life in our fun slasher rollercoaster has truly been a Christmas wish come true.
“Our team put a ton of love into this holiday love letter to all those naughty horror fans out there…and Scrooge is about to bring a ton of slashing to the season of giving.”