Well, we are approaching mid-October and are just a couple weeks away for Halloween. If you’re like my household, it’s time to ramp up consumption of horror movies (though admittedly we do watch a lot anyway).
While there are certainly a number of classics, there are a number of horror films that came out this year with very high Rotten Tomatoes critic scores, and I can vouch for almost all of these that they really are that good. All of these are now available on streaming, either for purchase or free on various services, so you should check them out if the description sounds like something you’d be into. So, here’s the ranking order of the top ten horror movies of 2025 via Rotten Tomatoes score:
1) Sinners – 97% - The Ryan Coogler magnum opus about twin criminals and their younger cousin setting up shop and dealing with a plague of vampires set to ruin their plans (and kill them all)
2) Weapons – 94% - The latest film from Zach Cregger, director of Barbarian, about a classroom of children who run out into the night and disappear. The reason why is a fantastic turn.
3) V/H/S Halloween – 94% - Another anthology from the V/H/S series, a number of connected short films, and this is one of the best entries in the lengthy series.
4) Companion – 93% - Sophie Thatcher shines as an android designed to be the perfect girlfriend, but things go very wrong during a trip to a lake house with her boyfriend’s friends.
5) Final Destination: Bloodlines – 92% - The Final Destination series has been up and down over the years, but this is easily one of the best entries in the series, with an unforgettable opening sequence.
6) Together – 90% - An exceptionally bizarre body horror film from real-life husband and wife Dave Franco and Allison Brie who find themselves more connected than they ever would have imagined.
7) 28 Years Later – 89% - The decades-later return to the zombie franchise brings back both director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland. A follow-up sequel will be released very shortly as well.
8) Bring Her Back – 89% - From the directors of Talk to Me comes another possession horror story that’s even more disturbing than the previous one.
9) Presence – 88% - A very interesting concept where the perspective of the film is that of a floating spirit haunting a house and its residents, but all is not what it seems.
10) Nosferatu – 84% - The wild Robert Eggers adaptation of the famed story, and unforgettable exploration of the original vampire and continuing Eggers’ legacy of quality.
Out of those, I would specifically recommend Sinners, Companion and Weapons, which are my favorites. I still need to see 28 Years Later and V/H/S Halloween, but I’ll get to those before the holiday on the 31st. Enjoy, and let me know what you think of any of these on Twitter.