Complete Guide to Every Horror Franchise Coming Back in 2024

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A Complete Guide to Every Horror Franchise Coming Back in 2024

The only thing better than a good scary movie is a new installment to a beloved franchise. Fans of the original hostage film The Strangers are in for a fun surprise with a new iteration starring Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez. The 2024 slasher follows a couple on the road who are forced to face off against masked killers. The screenplay for the 2008 version was inspired by the Manson family’s infamous Tate murders from 1969 and a series of break-ins that occurred at director and writer Bryan Bertino‘s home when he was a child. A sequel was subsequently released in 2018 with an all-new cast. Before The Strangers debuted in theaters, Petsch exclusively opened up to Us Weekly about the research she did for the project. “I’m a very big horror fan and The Strangers is probably the first movie I ever saw that really scared me. When I got the script in my inbox, I went back and rewatched it. [I wanted to] find out what really was so scary about those films and they’re really not jump scare [movies],” she told Us in July 2023. “It’s really not about that. It’s just so like bone chilling would be the word that I used because it’s kind of like the original home invasion films. Yeah. Where there is no rhyme or reason to it. So we were able to take that and elevate it. A Quiet Place is another horror franchise set to return in 2024. The first film in the series was released six years prior and starred real-life couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt as parents who struggle to raise their children in a post-apocalyptic world that is inhabited by blind extraterrestrial creatures. A sequel was subsequently released in 2020 and another followup is planned for 2025. A Quiet Place: Day One is a prequel which expands the universe by taking fans back to the day when the creatures took over the world. Keep scrolling for a guide to every horror franchise returning in 2024:

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‘Alien: Romulus’

The sci-fi horror movie, which is slated for an August release, will take place between the events of 1979’s Alien and the sequel Aliens. Alien: Romulus stars Cailee Spaeny, Isabela Merced, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike Fearn and Aileen Wu. (August 16)

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‘A Quiet Place: Day One’

Based on the original story from Krasinski and Michael Sarnoski, A Quiet Place: Day One is a prequel to the franchise. Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn and Alex Wolff star in the movie that reveals how blind extraterrestrial creatures with an acute sense of hearing inhabited the world. (June 28)

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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’

Nearly four decades after Beetlejuice became a horror staple, Tim Burton returns with the sequel titled Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The highly-anticipated film stars franchise newcomers Jenna Ortega, Monica Bellucci, Willem Dafoe and Justin Theroux. Stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara will reprise their characters from the OG movie. (September 6)

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‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’

In addition to being a sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is the fifth film in the MonsterVerse. The movie is also the 38th film of the Godzilla franchise and the 13th film in the King Kong franchise.

Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns and Fala Chen star in the monster movie. (March 29)

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‘Smile 2’

The untitled Smile sequel is a sequel to the original film, which is based off director Parker Finn‘s short film Laura Hasn’t Slept. Kyle Gallner, Naomi Scott, Lukas Gage and Rosemarie DeWitt are set to star in the franchise about an invisible entity that predicts someone’s death by appearing as various smiling people. (October 18)

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‘Terrifier 3’

Following the surprising introduction of Art the Clown, Terrifier 3 leans into the holiday slasher vibes with a Christmas-themed story line. It is the fourth film to feature the character who originally appeared in the anthology film All Hallows’ Eve. (October 25)

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‘The Crow’

While technically the fifth installment in The Crow film series, the supernatural superhero film reboots the franchise, introducing a murdered musician who is resurrected to avenge the deaths of himself and his fiancée.

The remake, which stars Bill Skarsgård, FKA Twigs, Danny Huston and Jordan Bolger, is also based on the 1989 limited comic book series of the same name. The source material was first adapted in 1994, and star Brandon Lee infamously died while filming the movie. (August 23)

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‘The First Omen’

Serving as a prequel to 1976’s The Omen, The First Omen follows an American woman who starts working at a church in Rome, where she uncovers a sinister conspiracy to bring about the birth of an Antichrist. 

The supernatural horror movie stars Nell Tiger Free, Tawfeek Barhom, Sônia Braga, Ralph Ineson and Bill Nighy. (April 5)

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‘The Strangers: Chapter 1’

The upcoming slasher, which takes inspiration from its predecessors, stars Petsch and Gutierrez. The original home invasion horror film was released in 2008 and featured Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman. 

The newest iteration of The Strangers is a trilogy — with all three movies already filmed. (May 17)