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ntPrescence</em> requires some degree of patience. Before the presence makes itself known to the Payne family, itu2019s merely an observer and is the audience. We witness sibling rivalries, martial struggles and financial hurdles, but none of this seems particularly impactful. But when Tyleru2019s friend Ryan (West Muholland) enters the picture and takes an interest in Chloe, the film shifts and weu2019re caught in this presenceu2019s desperate, rageful feeling to do something while the horrible and inevitable creeps closer. The reveal of the presence recontextualizes the entire film and all of the moments spent watching the family earlier in the film take on additional meaning resulting in a devastating ending.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”Presence, Lucy Liu, 2024.”,”image_credit”:”Neon/Courtesy Everett Collection”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-horror-movies-of-2025-streaming/”,”image_id”:1236317961,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MCDPRES_EC125-H-2025.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MCDPRES_EC125-H-2025.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MCDPRES_EC125-H-2025.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MCDPRES_EC125-H-2025.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:451},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MCDPRES_EC125-H-2025.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:577},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/MCDPRES_EC125-H-2025.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:721}},”fullWidth”:1020,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t
ntu201cThereu2019s a house under the house.u201d Frewaka</em>, which translates to u201croots,u201d is an Irish folk horror movie from Aislinn Clarke that creeps and snarls around history and long buried secrets. After the death of her mother, a home care worker, Shoo (Clare Monnelly) is assigned to an elderly and deeply superstitious woman, Pieg (Brid Ni Neachtain), who fears her neighbors and the evil being called the Na Sidhe who she claims kidnapped her decades earlier. </p>nnnn
ntWhile Shoo initially assumes Pieg, whose moods shift dramatically, is suffering from dementia or another mental affliction, she learns that Piegu2019s superstitions may be warranted. Shoo is drawn to a sealed door sheu2019s been forbidden to open but feels may hold the answers sheu2019s spent her life looking for.</p>nnnn
ntFrewaka</em> is a genuinely frightening affair, one thatu2019s worth going into knowing nothing more than whatu2019s above. Directed with unnerving precision, and beautifully shot by Narayan Van Maele, this folk horror film will pull you down into its steadily growing nightmare residing just beneath the surface.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:”‘Fru00e9waka'”,”image_credit”:”Courtesy of ‘Alibi Communications”,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-horror-movies-of-2025-streaming/”,”image_id”:1235971442,”image”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Frewaka-2.jpg?w=1024″,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Frewaka-2.jpg?w=320″,”width”:320,”height”:180},”pmc-gallery-m”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Frewaka-2.jpg?w=640″,”width”:640,”height”:360},”pmc-gallery-l”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Frewaka-2.jpg?w=800″,”width”:800,”height”:450},”pmc-gallery-xl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Frewaka-2.jpg?w=1024″,”width”:1024,”height”:576},”pmc-gallery-xxl”:{“src”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Frewaka-2.jpg?w=1280″,”width”:1280,”height”:720}},”fullWidth”:1022,”fullHeight”:575,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t
ntIn 1980s-set and heavily stylized Dead Mail</em>, a post office receives a letter from a kidnapping victim, leading Jasper (Tomas Boykin) u2014 a postal employee who investigates undeliverable mail u2014 to investigate its origins. That is, until his mystery is abruptly cut short by his murder. The film u2014 directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy u2014 then circles back to Josh (Sterling Macer Jr.) a keyboardist who catches the attention of Trent (John Fleck), who claims to be fellow synthesizer aficionado who offers to bankroll Josh in the hopes of being able to create a synthesized woodwind sound. Josh, initially grateful for Trentu2019s interest and investment in his work, grows concerned as Trent starts showing up increasingly frequently to his home uninvited, and begins to reveal how little he knows about synthesizers. With Josh established as the kidnapping victim, the postal workers introduced in the beginning, Ann (Micki Jackson) and Bess (Susan Priver), continue Jasperu2019s work.</p>nnnn
ntThereu2019s a surreal, neighborly element to Dead Mail</em>, that when coupled with its synth score and period accurate clothing and setting makes the film feel like some undiscovered relic of the past u2013 a result that is somehow both disorienting, quirky and a little dangerous. The world created here feels like you could round the corner and run into either Eddie Murphyu2019s Mr. Robinson or Ted Bundy and be unsurprised by either. Rife with unease about overly friendly strangers, yet also celebratory of postal workers who interact with strangers every day, Dead Mail</em> is a unique and memorable experience that canu2019t be boxed neatly into a single package.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:””,”image_credit”:””,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-horror-movies-of-2025-streaming/”,”image_id”:0,”image”:””,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:[],”pmc-gallery-m”:[],”pmc-gallery-l”:[],”pmc-gallery-xl”:[],”pmc-gallery-xxl”:[]},”fullWidth”:0,”fullHeight”:0,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t
ntAs previously alluded to, fairy tales and horror just fit together and feed off each other. Thatu2019s true for original, modern fairy tales like Weapons </em>and Keeper</em>, but also classics like Cinderella. Norwegian film, The Ugly Stepsister</em>, directed by Emilie Blichfeldt, turns the Cinderella story on its head, focusing on Elvira (Lea Myren) who is caught in a battle of beauty with her arrogant new stepsister, Agnes (Thea Sofie Loch Naess) who has been forced to serve as housemaid by her new stepmother, Rebekka (Ane Dahl Torp). Despite her thoughtful sister Almau2019s (Flo Fagerli) concerns, Elvira sets her sites on the boorish prince and is determined by beautiful by any means possible u2013 be that finishing school, early forms of cosmetic surgery, tape worms or a butcheru2019s knife.</p>nnnn
ntBleakly amusing and alarming, The Ugly Stepsister</em> is a cringe-worthy experience that practically dares the viewer to look away during some of its more extreme body horror sequences.</p>nnnn
ntBut The Ugly Stepsister</em> has far more going for it than just gross-out moments. It is a surprisingly empathetic film. Myrenu2019s performance as Elvira is so wonderfully pained and desperate that you canu2019t help but feel for her, and what sheu2019s done to herself. The ugliness she submits herself to is juxtaposed by the dreamy cinematography of Marcel Zyskind, John Erik Kaadau2019s score, and Sabine Hviidu2019s production design. Blichfedlt kaleidoscopic approach to a beloved fairy tale may not startle with new revelations but does allow for a different perspective and color that illuminate our continued fascination with these frequently adapted, centuries-old stories.</p>n</div>”,”alt”:””,”image_credit”:””,”url”:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-horror-movies-of-2025-streaming/”,”image_id”:0,”image”:””,”sizes”:{“pmc-gallery-s”:[],”pmc-gallery-m”:[],”pmc-gallery-l”:[],”pmc-gallery-xl”:[],”pmc-gallery-xxl”:[]},”fullWidth”:0,”fullHeight”:0,”mime_type”:”image”,”ad”:””,”appleSongID”:null,”enableAppleGA”:false,”additionalDescription”:null,”subtitleColor”:null,”additionalSubtitle”:null,”additionalSubtitleColor”:null,”ads”:{“html”:”t
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