August 15, 2025 – 5 New Horror Movies Released Today (making 10 total for the week)

Today is a little light on streaming releases with only two, but there are three new horror movies in theaters to check out! Take a look below for trailers, descriptions, and links to watch all five new movies out today, and visit our New and Upcoming Horror Movies tracker for a gigantic list of nearly every new horror and horror-adjacent thriller from the past twelve months.

Now Playing in Theaters

Jimmy and Stiggs

Filmmaker Jimmy Lang’s career isn’t doing so well at the moment, and his drug and alcohol benders aren’t helping. Jimmy attempts to contact his buddy Stiggs to get his life back on track, but before that happens he needs to fight off a bunch of aliens who are trying to abduct him.

Witchboard

A couple comes into possession of a pendulum board with a dark history. After using it, people around the couple start dying as the supernatural force connected to the board tries to come through.

Went Up the Hill

A woman named Elizabeth dies. Attending her funeral is Elizabeth’s estranged son Jack, and Elizabeth’s widow Jill. Jill didn’t know her wife had a son, and so the two strangers come together in their grief. With them, perhaps, is Elizabeth’s spirit.

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Descendent

After seeing a strange light in the sky one night and having an accident that sends him to the hospital, Sean begins seeing images that lead him to believe he was abducted by aliens. As his fear grows, he becomes convinced that he needs to protect his pregnant wife from a dark force.

The Ruse

An in-home caregiver accepts a job in a house that is said to be haunted. She has unusual experiences, but the longer she stays in the house, the more she suspects that something else might be going on besides a haunting.

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