Hot Ghoul Summer: 5 Horror Movies Slaying the 2025 Summer Lineup
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Summer is always a sizzling season for horror (pun fully intended), and 2025 is certainly no exception. From long-awaited sequels and twisted reimaginings to bold original nightmares, this year’s lineup has us shivering with anticipation. Here are five horror films the Scary Overload team can’t wait to watch this summer!
The Ritual
Release Date: June 6, 2025
Director: David Midell
Starring: Al Pacino, Dan Stevens, Abigail Cowen
Inspired by true events, The Ritual follows two priests as they battle through a harrowing series of exorcisms in a desperate attempt to save a young woman from a powerful demonic force. As the line between faith and fear begins to blur, their beliefs—and sanity—are pushed to the brink.
28 Years Later
Release Date: June 20, 2025
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes
Nearly thirty years after the Rage virus first devastated the UK, the third chapter in the 28 Days Later saga unfolds. Isolated survivors living on a quarantined island risk everything as they journey back to the mainland—only to face evolved threats, unspeakable horrors, and a virus that’s deadlier than ever.
M3GAN 2.0
Release Date: Jun 27, 2025
Director: Gerard Johnstone
Starring: Jenna Davis, Ivanna Sakhno, Allison Williams, Violet McGraw
The world’s most terrifying AI doll returns in M3GAN 2.0. After the deadly events of the original, a new version of the high-tech companion emerges—smarter, more advanced, and chillingly lifelike. As AI innovation spirals out of control, so does M3GAN’s capacity for obsession, protection… and violence.
Bambi: The Reckoning
Release Date: July 25, 2025
Director: Dan Allen
Starring: Roxanne McKee, Tom Mulheron
A twisted take on the childhood classic, this horror reboot centers on a mother and son who find themselves hunted by a monstrous, mutated deer after a tragic accident in the woods. As part of the growing “Twisted Childhood Universe,” Bambi: The Reckoning transforms a familiar tale into a relentless nightmare.
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Release Date: July 18, 2025
Director: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders
This modern sequel to the 1998 slasher classic reunites Julie James and Ray Bronson, who must confront a new generation caught in a web of secrets and lies. When the infamous hook-wielding killer resurfaces, the past proves impossible to bury.
