7 New Horror Movies Releasing This Week Including ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ in Theaters – Bloody Disgusting

While the Halloween Season has been underway for a couple weeks now, this week is a special one because it actually marks the official start of Fall. And Halloween is inching closer!

The next several weeks will be loaded up with far more horror than this week is set to deliver, but were still getting seven brand new movies one of which arrives in theaters.

Heres all the new horror releasing between September 20 September 25, 2022!

Fangorias Editor-in-Chief Phil Nobile Jr. raved thatWhen the Screaming Startsdoes for serial killers whatWhat We Do in the Shadowsdid for vampires.

Watch the official trailer forWhen the Screaming Startsbelow.

Directed byConor Boru,When the Screaming Startsfollows struggling journalist turned filmmaker Norman, who finds himself face to face with aspiring serial killer Aidan Mendle. When Norman is invited to follow Aidan on his journey, he thinks hes finally landed his big break. But as Aidan and his newly recruited murder cult embark on a blood-soaked rampage, Normans dream of becoming a renowned documentary filmmaker turns into a nightmare.

The film was co-written by Boru and lead actorEd Hartland, who previously collaborated on several shorts. Hartland stars as Aidan, the not-so-charismatic leader of the family;Jared Rogersas ambitious filmmaker Norman;Kaitlyn Reynellas Aidans girlfriend and literal partner in crime, Claire; andOctavia Gilmoreas Amy, one of the familys first and finest recruits.

Also available today is director Scott Friends directorial debut To the Moon, which plunges a young married couple into a nightmare when an estranged family member resurfaces.

Its now available on Digital outlets from 1091 Pictures.

To the Moon follows Dennis and Mia, a young couple who find their weekend retreat becomes a hallucinatory nightmare when Dennis estranged brother Roger arrives and begins to distort their senses. A dysfunctional family study by way of psychological, psychedelic thriller that plays out under the weight of addiction and takes its three leads to darkly funny lows, the film takes the trope of the uninvited house guest and turns it into a metaphor for the fallout of trauma on the relationship between a young couple.

Scott Friend and Madeleine Morgenweck star as the young couple at the center of the film.

Its a television series rather than a movie but dont forget that Ryan Murphys new Netflix project Dahmer premieres on Wednesday, September 21, starring Evan Peters as Dahmer.

The series, chronicles the story of one of Americas most notorious serial killers (Peters), largely told from the point of view of Dahmers victims, and dives deeply into the police incompetence and apathy that allowed the Wisconsin native to go on a multiyear killing spree.

Between 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer gruesomely took the lives of seventeen innocent victims.DAHMER Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Storyis a series that exposes these unconscionable crimes, centered around the underserved victims and their communities impacted by the systemic racism and institutional failures of the police that allowed one of Americas most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.

The cast also includesMolly Ringwald,Niecy Nash,Michael Beach,Michael Learned,Penelope Ann Miller,Shaun J. Brown,Colin Ford, andRichard Jenkins.

Shudderis heading into the Halloween season with a handful of brand new Shudder Originals, one of which isRavens Hollow, a horror story about a young Edgar Allan Poe.

Ravens Hollowpremieres onSeptember 22, only on Shudder.

In directorChristopher Hattons film, West Point cadet Edgar Allan Poe and four other cadets on a training exercise in upstate New York are drawn by a gruesome discovery into a forgotten community where they find a township guarding a frightening secret.

William Moseleyplays the role of Edgar Allan Poe, starring alongsideMelanie Zanetti,Kate Dickie(The Witch),David Hayman,Callum Woodhouse, andOberon K.A. Adjepong.

Christopher Hatton wrote the script withChuck Reeves.

A24continues to be in theHalina Reijnbusiness, withVariety reporting this week that A24 has acquired another genre movie from the director of their Bodies Bodies Bodies.

The film is titledInstinct, described as an erotic psychological thriller. It actually premiered back in 2019, with A24 set to make it available in North America for the first time.

Variety notes, A24 is planning a one-night-only event to release the film on the companys screening room onThursday, Sept. 22. Tickets will go on sale Sept. 19 at 1 p.m. ET.

Instinctfollows a criminal psychologist who becomes infatuated with a charismatic, manipulative patient.

Carice Van Houten(Game of Thrones) andMarwan Kenzaristar.

Instinctwill be available to watch as a double feature with this yearsBodies Bodies Bodies.

The biggest new release for the week is Olivia Wildes Dont Worry Darling, which stars Florence Pugh and Harry Styles and will be available only in movie theaters this Friday.

Gemma Chan(Crazy Rich Asians),KiKi Layne(The Old Guard) andChris Pine(All the Old Knives) also star inDont Worry Darling, billed as twisted and visually stunning.

Heres the full plot synopsis

Alice (Pugh) and Jack (Styles) are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. The 1950s societal optimism espoused by their CEO, Frank (Pine)equal parts corporate visionary and motivational life coachanchors every aspect of daily life in the tight-knit desert utopia.

While the husbands spend every day inside the Victory Project Headquarters, working on the development of progressive materials, their wivesincluding Franks elegant partner, Shelley (Chan)get to spend their time enjoying the beauty, luxury and debauchery of their community. Life is perfect, with every residents needs met by the company. All they ask in return is discretion and unquestioning commitment to the Victory cause.

But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive faade, Alice cant help questioning exactly what theyre doing in Victory, and why. Just how much is Alice willing to lose to expose whats really going on in this paradise?

A writing retreat becomes a techno horror nightmare in sci-fi/horror movie Blank, with director Natalie Kennedys AI-based movie headed our way this Friday, September 23.

In the film, Struggling author, Claire Rivers signs up for a fully A.I. operated retreat to help her writers block, but when an unforeseen software glitch occurs, she gets trapped inside her unit with a malfunctioning android, a degenerating host and no communication with the outside world.

As time is running out, food supplies getting desperately low and the android becoming increasingly unstable, Claire must overcome her fears and find a way to outsmart the technology in order to make it out of the retreat alive.

Rachel Shelley, Heida Reed, Wayne Brady, Rebecca-Clare Evans, andAnnie Cussellestar.

Stephen Hermanwrote the film, produced by Rebecca-Clare Evans.

Released in 1997, theDisney ChannelOriginal MovieUnder Wrapsgot a modern remake this past Halloween, andUnder Wraps 2 is coming to the Disney Channel this weekend.

Under Wraps 2premieres Sunday,September 25.

Alex Zammreturned to directUnder Wraps 2, which introduces an evil mummy.

Amy is preparing for her fathers Halloween-themed wedding to his fianc Carl when Amy, Gilbert and Marshall discover that their mummy friend Harold and his beloved Rose may be in danger. Stobek, an evil mummy with a thousand-year-old grudge against his best friend-turned bitter rival Harold, is unexpectedly awakened and out for revenge.

With help from his hypnotized lacky Larry, Sobek kidnaps Rose, and Amy, Gilbert, Marshall, Buzzy, and Harold must use their skills once again to save her and get back in time to attend the wedding.

Malachi Barton, Christian J. Simon, Sophia Hammons, andPhil Wrightare back, alongside newcomersMelanie Brook, T.J. Storm, Rryla McIntosh, Jordan ConleyandAdam Wylie.

Josh A. Caganwrote the script forUnder Wraps 2.

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