Top 21 must-see new serial killer movies from serial killer movies, including Psycho Killer, Dangerous Animals, Dorothea, Peter Pans Neverland Nightmare, The Jester 2, What She Doesnt Know, 9 Windows, Get Away, Longlegs, and The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer ranked and rated by release date, new serial killer movie releases first.
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Plot / Synopsis: Synopsis: When Zephyr, a savvy and free-spirited surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.
Tagline: The ocean leaves no trace...
Director: Sean Byrne Stars: Hassie Harrison, Jai Courtney, Josh Heuston, Rob Carlton, Ella Newton
Plot / Synopsis: A twisted true crime nightmare where serial killer granny Dorothea Puente lures the vulnerable, kills without remorse, and buries secrets in her garden. Evil wears a smile. You'll never trust kindness again.
Epic Pictures’ DREAD Label Sets Release Date for True-Crime Horror Film Dorothea
Epic Pictures’ specialty horror label DREAD presents DOROTHEA. The film follows serial killer granny Dorothea...
Plot / Synopsis: Wendy Darling strikes out in an attempt to rescue her brother Michael from 'the clutches of the evil Peter Pan.' Along the way she meets Tinkerbell, who will be seen taking heroin, believing that it's pixie dust.
Tagline: He's every parents' worst nightmare.
From Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios, the makers of Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey 1 & 2, comes Peter...
Director: Scott Chambers Stars: Kierston Wareing, Chrissie Wunna, Nicholas Woodeson, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney, Martin Portlock
Plot / Synopsis: Synopsis: On Halloween, Max encounters the Jester, a sinister magical trickster. They form a tense alliance for the night as she tries to outwit this truly supernatural being.
The Jester 2 is in theaters nationwide 9/15 and 9/16 from DREAD and Fathom Entertainment.
Epic Pictures’ specialty horror label DREAD proudly presents THE JESTER 2, coming to theatres nationwide with a special...
Directors: Adrian Langley, Agasyah Karim, Aizada Amangeldy …
Plot / Synopsis: The Film focuses on a group of high school seniors grappling with the reality of moving away to college. As if senior year couldn't be stressful enough, there is also a serial killer on the loose...
Directors: Adrian Langley, Agasyah Karim, Aizada Amangeldy …
Plot / Synopsis: After a tragic accident that killed her parents, Liza is unable to walk and spends her days trolling vloggers. When she witnesses a murder online, the police dismisses it as a hoax, and it's up to Liza to find the killer.
White Lotus Productions announced today that their horror film 9 Windows is available to the North American public just in...
Director: Lou Simon Stars: William Forsythe, Michael Paré, Diana Garle, Christopher Millan, Jason Hignite
Plot / Synopsis: A family's vacation to a remote getaway takes an unexpected turn when they discover the island they're on is inhabited by a serial killer.
Tagline: Get ready for a killer holiday...
Director: Steffen Haars Stars: Nick Frost, Aisling Bea, Sebastian Croft, Jouko Ahola, Eero Milonoff
Plot / Synopsis: FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes unexpected turns, revealing evidence of the occult. Harker discovers a personal connection to the killer and must stop him before he strikes again...
Directors: Osgood Perkins, Oz Perkins Stars: Nicolas Cage, Alicia Witt, Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Lisa Chandler
Plot / Synopsis: A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.
BRAINSTORM MEDIA ACQUIRES TOLGA KARAÇELIK’S "PSYCHO THERAPY: THE SHALLOW TALE OF A WRITER WHO DECIDED TO WRITE ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER"
LOS ANGELES, February 13, 2025 —...
Director: Tolga Karaçelik Stars: Britt Lower, Sydney Cole Alexander, John Magaro, Steve Buscemi, Ward Horton
Plot / Synopsis: Developed by scientists Harry and Meg, the "Quadrant" helmet allows your mind to transport you into a world where all your phobias and nightmares are real, while also granting you the strength to defeat them, liberating you from their control forever. But the Quadrant experiment is about to go horribly wrong. When Erin, a young girl who's obsessed with...
Director: Charles Band Stars: Emma Reinagel, Christian Carrigan, Lexi Lore, Kaylene Snarsky, Shannon Barnes
Plot / Synopsis: Clare Bleecker is an average Catholic high school student who lives with her grandparents after being orphaned. She seems normal, but Clare will do whatever it takes to protect loved ones when confronted by the evil she faces in her small town.
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Saint Clare gets its UK Premiere on 25 August FrightFest...
Director: Mitzi Peirone Stars: Bella Thorne, Rebecca De Mornay, Ryan Phillippe, Frank Whaley, Bart Johnson
Plot / Synopsis: Synopsis: A faux true-crime documentary about two detectives pursuit of an serial killer named Mr. Shiny who terrorized Southern California for almost two decades.
Press Release Oct. 14, 2025
Vertigo Releasing has confirmed that their faux true-crime docu-horror, Strange Harvest, will be released this month. Directed and written by Stuart Ortiz (Grave Encounters), Strange Harvest will be available on Digital Download...
Director: Stuart Ortiz Stars: Peter Zizzo, Terri Apple, Andrew Lauer, Andy Lauer, Matthew Peschio
Plot / Synopsis: Story centers around a depressed mute serial killer tormented in his house by the ghost of his victims. On the morning he's set to kill himself he's visited by a sudden walk-in client in need of a photo shoot.
Entertainment Squad is delighted to announce that upcoming horror, The Deserving, will be released worldwide on Digital Download on October...
Director: Koka Singh Arora Stars: Venkat Sai Gunda, Simone Stadler, Kelsey Stalter, Koka Singh Arora, Mariam Lomsadze
