List of horror films of 2020 explained

This is a list of horror films that were released in 2020. This list includes films that are classified as horror as well as other subgenres. They are listed in alphabetical order.

Horror films released in 2020

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Genre	Ref
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="A Quiet Place Part II"	A Quiet Place Part II			United States		[1]
A Ghost Waits	Adam Stovall	MacLeod Andrews, Natalie Walker, Sydney Vollmer, Amanda Miller	United States	Horror, Romantic comedy	[2]
Angels Fallen	Ali Zamani	Nicola Posener, Houston Rhines, Michael Teh, Li Jing, Michael Madsen, Said Legue, Caroline Amiguet, Eric Roberts	United States	Horror Science Fiction	[3]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Alone"	Alone	Johnny Martin		United States	Apocalyptic Zombie Survival	[4]
Alone	John Hyams	Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca, Anthony Heald	United States	Thriller	[5]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Antebellum"	Antebellum	Gerard Bush, Christopher Renz				[6]
Behind You	Andrew Mecham, Matthew Whedon	Addy Miller, Elizabeth Birkner, Jan Broberg	United States	Horror	[7]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Block Z"	Block Z			Philippines		[8]
Books of Blood	Brannon Braga	Britt Robertson, Anna Friel, Rafi Gavron, Yul Vazquez	United States	Anthology, Horror	[9]
Butchers	Adrian Langley	Simon Phillips, Michael Swatton,Julie Mainville, Anne-Carolyne Binette, Samantha De Benedet, James Gerald Hicks	Canada	Slasher
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Brahms: The Boy II"				United States	Supernatural Horror	[10]
Caveat	Damian Mc Carthy	Johnny French, Leila Sykes, Ben Caplan, Conor Dwane	Ireland	Horror	[11]
Children of the Corn	Kurt Wimmer	Elena Kampouris, Kate Moyer, Callan Mulvey	United States	Horror Slasher	[12]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Corona Zombies"	Corona Zombies		Robin Sydney, Cody Renee Cameron, Russell Coker	United States		[13]
Death of Me	Darren Lynn Bousman	Maggie Q, Luke Hemsworth	United States	Horror	[14]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Deep Blue Sea 3"	Deep Blue Sea 3			United States		[15]
The Empty Man	David Prior	James Badge Dale, Marin Ireland, Sasha Frolova, Robert Aramayo, Samantha Logan, Aaron Poole, Rob Canada, Joel Courtney	United States	Supernatural horror
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Fantasy Island"	Fantasy Island			United States		[16]
Freaky	Christopher Landon	Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Newton, Katie Finneran, Misha Osherovich, Celeste O'Connor, Alan Ruck	United States	Slasher, Comedy
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Friend of the World"	Friend of the World		Nick Young, Alexandra Slade, Michael C. Burgess, Kathryn Schott, Neil Raymond Ricco	United States		[17]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Ghosts of War"	Ghosts of War			United Kingdom, Bulgaria		[18]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Gretel & Hansel"	Gretel & Hansel				Supernatural horror	[19]
Hacksaw	Anthony Leone	Amy Cay, Brian Patrick Butler, Michael C. Burgess, Cortney Palm, Sadie Katz	United States	Found Footage Horror Slasher
Her Name Was Christa	James L. Edwards	Shianne Daye, James L. Edwards, Drew Fortier	United States	Horror	[20]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Host"	Host	Rob Savage	Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore, Emma Louise Webb	United Kingdom		[21]
Kindred	Joe Marcantonio	Tamara Lawrance, Jack Lowden, Fiona Shaw	United Kingdom	Horror, Mystery, Drama	[22]
	Topel Lee	Vhong Navarro	Philippines	Fantasy Horror Comedy	[23]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Nocturne"	Nocturne	Zu Quirke	Sydney Sweeney, Jacques Colimon, Madison Iseman	United States	Supernatural horror Drama
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Peninsula"	Peninsula			South Korea	Apocalyptic Action Zombie	[24]
Possessor	Brandon Cronenberg	Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott,Rossif Sutherland, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean, Jennifer Jason Leigh	Canada, United Kingdom	Science fiction Psychological horror	[25]
Relic	Natalie Erika James	Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin, Bella Heathcote	United States	Psychological horror	[26]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Rent-A-Pal"	Rent-A-Pal	Jon Stevenson	Wil Wheaton, Brian Landis Folkins, Kathleen Brady, Amy Rutledge, Adrian Egolf	United States	Psychological Thriller	[27]
Run Sweetheart Run			United States	Horror-thriller	[28]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="She Dies Tomorrow"	She Dies Tomorrow			United States		[29]
Shortcut	Alessio Liguori	Jack Kane, Zanda Emlano, Zak Sutcliffe, Sophie Jane Oliver, Molly Dew	Italy	Horror	[30]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Spree"	Spree	Eugene Kotlyarenko		United States		[31]
Sputnik	Egor Abramenko	Oksana Akinshina, Anton Vasiliev, Pyotr Fyodorov, Fyodor Bondarchuk	Russia	Science Fiction Horror	[32]
Stay Out of the Attic	Jerren Lauder	Ryan Francis, Morgan Alexandria, Bryce Fernelius	United States	Horror	[33]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Sweet Taste of Souls"	Sweet Taste of Souls	Terry Ross	Honey Lauren, Sarah J. Bartholomew, Amber Gaston, Mark Valeriano, Thom Michael Mulligan	United States		[34]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="The Babysitter: Killer Queen"				United States		[35]
The Banishing	Christopher Smith	Jessica Brown Findlay, John Heffernan, John Lynch, Sean Harris	United Kingdom	Gothic, Horror	[36]
The Dark and the Wicked	Bryan Bertino	Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr., Xander Berkeley	United States	Supernatural horror	[37]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="The Grudge"	The Grudge			United States		[38]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="The Hunt"	The Hunt			United States	Action Horror Thriller	[39]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="The Invisible Man"	The Invisible Man					[40]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="The New Mutants"	The New Mutants		Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton	United States		[41]
The Owners	Julius Berg	Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy, Jake Curran, Ian Kenny, Andrew Ellis, Rita Tushingham	United States, United Kingdom, France	Horror Thriller	[42]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="The Reckoning"	The Reckoning		Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee, Steven Waddington	United Kingdom		[43]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="The Rental"	The Rental		Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Sheila Vand	United States	Horror	[44]
The Superdeep	Arseny Syuhin	Milena Radulovic, Vadim Demchog, Maksim Radugin, Nikita Dyuvbanov, Kirill Kovbas	Russia	Horror	[45]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="The Turning"	The Turning			United States	Gothic Supernatural horror	[46]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Uncle Peckerhead"	Uncle Peckerhead	Matthew John Lawrence		United States
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Underwater"	Underwater			United States		[47]
style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="You Should Have Left"	You Should Have Left	David Koepp	Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried, Avery Essex	United States	Psychological horror	[48]

External links

• Horror films of 2020 on Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. News: Evans . Greg . 'A Quiet Place Part II' Trailer: Super Bowl Spot Surprises From The Start . . January 31, 2020 . January 31, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200131183645/https://deadline.com/video/quiet-place-part-ii-trailer-super-bowl-ad-john-krasinski-surprise/ . January 31, 2020 . live .
2. Web site: Frightfest Glasgow - BEST. WORLD. PREMIERE. EVER!!! . 2021-02-06 . A Ghost Waits . en-US.
3. Web site: Burnham . Christine . 2019-12-29 . Supernatural Film 'Angels Fallen' Is Coming Soon . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191230230106/https://pophorror.com/supernatural-film-angels-fallen-is-coming-soon/ . 2019-12-30 . 2023-05-06 . PopHorror . en-US.
4. Web site: Alone (2020) . Rotten Tomatoes . 3 December 2020.
5. Web site: N'Duka . Amanda . 2017-12-04 . Jules Willcox To Star In Indie Thriller 'Alone' . 2022-12-19 . . en-US.
6. News: Janelle Monae's Horror Film 'Antebellum' Sets August Release Date . Dave . McNary . May 1, 2020 . Variety.
7. Web site: Allen . Nick . 2020-04-17 . Behind You . 2024-02-07 . en-US.
8. Web site: Moviegoers impressed, excited by stills of upcoming Filipino zombie flick 'Block Z' . . 3 November 2020.
9. Web site: BOOKS OF BLOOD (2020) Movie Trailer; Film will open Screamfest Horror Film Festival; Full Festival Lineup. Film Book. Tomasi. Rollo. September 27, 2020. October 3, 2020.
10. Web site: Brahms: The Boy II. Box Office Mojo. July 5, 2020.
11. Web site: Irish Chiller "Caveat" Coming Exclusively to Shudder This Summer. Gingold. Michael. 4 May 2021. Rue Morgue. 12 June 2021. 12 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210612083545/https://rue-morgue.com/irish-chiller-caveat-coming-exclusively-to-shudder-this-summer/. live.
12. Web site: Abrams . Simon . 2023-03-03 . Children of the Corn . 2024-02-08 . Roger Ebert . en-US.
13. Web site: Corona Zombies . NME . 15 April 2020 . 3 November 2020.
14. Web site: Death of Me Netflix. 2021-01-23. www.netflix.com. en.
15. Web site: Deep Blue Sea 3 (2020) . Rotten Tomatoes . 3 November 2020.
16. Web site: Fantasy Island. Box Office Mojo. July 5, 2020.
17. Web site: Friend of the World (2020) . Rotten Tomatoes. August 3, 2021.
18. Web site: WWII supernatural thriller Ghosts of War gets a trailer and poster. 12 June 2020. Flickering Myth. January 5, 2021.
19. Web site: Gretel & Hansel. Box Office Mojo. July 5, 2020.
20. Web site: Gingold . Michael . 20 December 2018 . EXCLUSIVE COMMENTS, PLUS TRAILER AND POSTERS: SOV VETERAN TURNS DIRECTOR WITH "HER NAME WAS CHRISTA" . Rue Morgue.
21. Web site: The Grudge. NPR. Sep 28, 2020.
22. Web site: Kindred. Montclair Film Festival. 7 February 2024. 25 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210725185441/https://montclairfilm.org/events/kindred/. dead.
23. News: Paulo Avelino's 'Fan Girl' joins 9 other films in 2020 MMFF . November 24, 2020 . ABS–CBN News. November 24, 2020.
24. Web site: Peninsula (2020) . . . August 13, 2020.
25. Web site: British Council Film: Possessor . . February 13, 2021.
26. Web site: Relic . . 10 March 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200712000823/https://www.sundance.org/projects/relic . July 12, 2020.
27. Web site: Rent-A-Pal . IFC Films . 3 November 2020.
28. Web site: Anthony. D’Alessandro. Prime Video Dates Fall Movie Slate: Harry Styles' 'My Policeman', Lena Dunham's 'Catherine Called Birdy', Sylvester Stallone's 'Samaritan', 'Good Night Oppy' & More. August 1, 2022. Deadline Hollywood. August 4, 2022.
29. Web site: She Dies Tomorrow (2020) . Rotten Tomatoes . 22 August 2020.
30. Web site: Shortcut (2020). . October 23, 2020.
31. Web site: Spree . Rotten Tomatoes . 3 November 2020.
32. Web site: Где и как снимали фильм "Спутник". Chachelov. Artur. 24 April 2020. Kinometro.ru. ru. Where and how to shoot the film Sputnik. 23 July 2020.
33. Web site: Stay Out of the F**king Attic. 2024-02-07. Atlanta Horror Film Festival : Atlanta Horrorfest. en.
34. Web site: Sweet Taste of Souls . Rotten Tomatoes . 27 June 2022.
35. Web site: Sequel 'The Babysitter: Killer Queen' Coming to Netflix in September!. Bloody Disgusting. John. Squires. August 12, 2020. August 12, 2020.
36. Web site: The Banishing (2020). Box Office Mojo. February 7, 2024.
37. Web site: Gateway Film Center. The Dark and the Wicked. live. October 22, 2022. https://archive.today/20221022060550/https://gatewayfilmcenter.org/movies/the-dark-and-the-wicked/.
38. Web site: The Grudge. Box Office Mojo. July 5, 2020.
39. Web site: The Hunt. Box Office Mojo. July 5, 2020.
40. Web site: The Invisible Man. Box Office Mojo. May 30, 2019.
41. Vilkomerson . Sara . The New Mutants details revealed: X-Men franchise goes horror . May 25, 2017 . . May 26, 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170527124936/http://ew.com/movies/2017/05/25/the-new-mutants-details-x-men-horror/ . May 27, 2017 .
42. Web site: Berlin: Maisie Williams to Star in Thriller 'The Owners'. The Hollywood Reporter. Gregg. Kiladay. February 8, 2019. April 23, 2020.
43. Web site: The Reckoning (2020) . . February 2, 2021.
44. Web site: The Rental (2020) . . August 21, 2020.
45. Web site: Дедушка с характером: комедия с Робертом де Ниро возглавила кассу. Сергей. Сычев. February 7, 2024. Известия.
46. Web site: The Turning. Box Office Mojo. May 30, 2019.
47. Web site: Underwater. Box Office Mojo. May 30, 2019.
48. Web site: 'You Should Have Left' and Why Horror Works at Home. Richard Newby. June 18, 2020. The Hollywood Reporter. February 7, 2024.