Between 28 Years Later, Sinners, and Final Destination: Bloodlines, 2025 has been filled with blockbuster horror hits.
And now it looks like Zach Cregger’s Weapons is shaping up to be this year’s next big scary smash.
Weapons is already the most acclaimed horror film of 2025, boasting a perfect 100 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Starring Josh Brolin and Julia Garner, Weapons follows a group of characters in a small town where seventeen children from the same classroom vanish in one night.
Not only is Weapons being praised for being terrifying, it’s also surprising viewers with an unexpected comedic twist.
‘Weapons is even more of a blast than I thought it would be. Swings so confidently between horror and comedy that it makes tonal whiplash its b***h,’ gushed one fan.
Another wrote, ‘Director Zach Cregger proves once again he’s a master of the unexpected. #Weapons is a slow-burn ride packed with pitch-black humor, creeping dread, and an ending that goes completely off the rails — in the best way.’
A third commented, ‘Right when THE NAKED GUN set the bar for hardest I’ve laughed at all year, WEAPONS’ final act friggin’ cleared it. Oh it’s a terrifying Rashomon-styled horror but also the funny as hell. Had me hooting and hollering like crazy.’
Zach Cregger’s Weapons is shaping up to be this year’s next big scary smash thanks to a terrifying plot and unexpectedly hilarious twist
Starring Josh Brolin and Julia Garner, Weapons follows a group of characters in a small town where seventeen children from the same classroom vanish in one night
Another exclaimed, ‘WEAPONS: tense, nerve wracking, funny, scary, funny again, disturbing. With an insane ending that will have you cheering, laughing and then wincing.’
Cregger previously directed the horror-comedy Barbarian, which shocked moviegoers with its wild plot twists in 2022.
Weapons is far from the only horror film scaring audiences this summer.
Together, starring real-life married couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie, was released this week to glowing reviews from critics.
The body-horror film follows a couple who move to the countryside after coming to a crossroads in their relationship, only to find themselves battling an evil, unnatural force.
Supernatural horror movie Do Not Enter is also garnering buzz online after releasing its trailer this week.
According to Bloody Disgusting, ‘the story follows a group of thrill-seeking urban explorers known as the Creepers, who livestream their adventures from abandoned locations.
‘They venture into New Jersey’s notorious Paragon Hotel seeking a legendary gangster’s missing $300 million fortune, only to encounter hostile rivals and supernatural forces.’
Weapons is already the most acclaimed horror film of 2025, boasting a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes
Viewers have praised the horror film for being surprisingly funny on top of its scares
The movie is notable for being directed by famed music video director Marc Klasfeld, who has previously worked with Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Charli XCX, and Ozzy Osbourne.
‘I have waited decades to find the right feature film project to which I could truly dedicate myself,’ Klasfeld said.
Other horror movies set for release this year include The Strangers Chapter II, Black Phone 2, Five Nights At Freddy’s 2, and Stephen King’s The Long Walk.
The small screen will also get a dose of horror with Alien: Earth and Welcome to Derry.
Meanwhile, a follow-up to the disturbing 1984 flick Silent Night, Deadly Night is set to hit theatres just in time for Christmas.
The remake is coming from the same team behind last December’s bloody holiday hit Terrifier 3, which grossed over $90 million a the box office.
The original film, released in 1984, followed the story of Billy Chapman, who suffered from PTSD after witnessing his parents’ murder on Christmas Eve by a man dressed as Santa Claus.
After his parents were killed, he was then sent to an orphanage where he’s brutally abused by Catholic nuns.
As an adult, the holiday season sent Billy into a psychological breakdown and resulted in the disturbed young man donning a Santa suit and going on a killing spree.
The film was incredibly controversial at the time, with outraged parents eventually getting it pulled from theatres.
