Prepare for the shocks & chills with a list of release dates for upcoming horror, horror-comedy, thriller, sci-fi, indie, and genre-adjacent movies and series. All dates subject to change, of course. Titles marked in orange are Recommended.
JANUARY 2021
1 - Shadow in the Cloud (VOD)
4 - Fingers (Shudder)
4 - 30 Coins (Series, HBO Max)
5 - Sorry I Killed You (VOD)
6 - Surviving Death (Series, Netflix)
8 - The Devil’s Light (VOD)
9 - A Discovery of Witches, Season 2 (Series, Shudder)
11 - Before the Fire (Shudder)
12 - Butchers (VOD)
12 - Skyfire (VOD)
12 - Two Sentence Horror Story, Season 2 (Series, CW)
12 - Go/Don't Go (VOD)
12 - Curse of Aurore (VOD)
13 - Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer (Docuseries, Netflix)
14 - Hunted (Shudder)
15 - Promising Young Woman (VOD)
15 - Incision (VOD)
15 - The Empty Man (VOD)
15 - Servant, Season 2 (Apple TV+)
15 - Don't Tell a Soul (VOD)
19 - Bloody Hell (VOD)
19 - The Village in the Woods (VOD)
19 - Ten Minutes to Midnight (VOD)
19 - The Wolf House (Shudder)
19 - Clapboard Jungle (Documentary, VOD)
19 - La Casa (VOD)
21 - The Walking Dead: World Beyond (Series, Shudder)
22 - Psycho Goreman (VOD)
25 - Snowpiercer, Season 2 (Series, TNT)
28 - The Queen of Black Magic (Shudder)
29 - The Night (VOD)
29 - Saint Maud (Theaters)
29 - The Fall of the House of Usher (Boston Lyric Opera's film version of Philip Glass opera)
FEBRUARY 2021
2 - 4x4 (VOD)
2 - The Funeral Home (VOD)
4 - A Nightmare Wakes (Shudder)
5 - The Reckoning (VOD)
5 - Reunion (VOD)
5 - A Glitch in the Matrix (Documentary, VOD)
5 - Bliss (Amazon Prime)
9 - Sator (VOD)
9 - Sacrifice (VOD)
10 - Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (Docuseries, Netflix)
11 - Clarice (Series, CBS)
12 - Are You Afraid of the Dark: Curse of the Shadows (Series, Nickelodeon)
12 - Fear the Rain (VOD)
12 - Saint Maud (Epix)
12 - Tentacles (Hulu)
12 - Paradise Cove (VOD)
12 - Willy's Wonderland (VOD)
18 - Shook (Shudder)
19 - Tell Me Your Secrets (Series, Amazon Prime)
19 - The Sinners (VOD)
19 - Blithe Spirit (VOD)
19 - Paranormal Prison (VOD)
23 - The Pond (VOD)
26 - The Vigil (VOD)*
26 - Wrong Turn (VOD)
26 - Safer at Home (VOD)
26 - The Resonator: Miskatonic U (VOD)
MARCH 2021
1 - The Stylist (VOD)
2 - Monster Hunter (VOD release)
2 - Undertow (VOD)
2 - Dementer (VOD)
2 - Buoyancy (VOD)
3 - Murder Among the Mormons (Docuseries, Netflix)
4 - Lucky (Shudder)
4 - Pacific Rim: The Black (Animated series, Netflix)
4 - Mr. Mercedes, Season 3 (Series, Peacock)
5 - Chaos Walking (VOD)
5 - The Canyonlands (VOD)
5 - Son (VOD)
5 - Concrete Plans (VOD)
5 - The Winter Lake (VOD)
9 - Crucified (VOD)
11 - Stay Out of the Attic (Shudder)
11 - The Block Island Sound (Netflix)
12 - Come True (VOD)
12 - Honeydew (Theaters)
12 - Know Fear (VOD)
12 - Cosmic Sin (Theaters/VOD)
16 - The Parish (VOD)
16 - Hawk & Rev: Vampire Slayers (VOD)
16 - Sacrilege (VOD)
16 - Todd (VOD)
16 - I Am Lisa (VOD)
18 - Slaxx (Shudder)
19 - Phobias (VOD)
19 - Calls (Series, Apple+)
23 - Doors (VOD)
23 - The Winter Lake (VOD)
25 - Violation (Shudder)
26 - The Irregulars (Series, Netflix)
26 - The Seventh Day (VOD)
26 - The Toll (VOD)
26 - Blood Moon (Hulu)
26 - The Arbors (VOD)
26 - Making Monsters (VOD)
30 - The Widow (VOD)
31 - Godzilla Vs. Kong (Theaters, HBO Max)
APRIL 2021
1 - Creepshow, Season 2 (Series, Shudder)
2 - The Unholy (VOD)
2 - The Believer (VOD)
6 - Embryo (VOD)
6 - Dawn of the Beast (VOD)
8 - The Power (Shudder)
9 - Them (Series, Amazon Prime)
9 - Held (VOD)
9 - Ed Gein: The Read Psycho (Shock Doc series, Discovery+)
11 - Fear the Walking Dead, Season 6 (Series, AMC/AMC+)
13 - Honeydew (VOD)
14 - The Woman in the Window (Netflix)
15 - The Banishing (Shudder)
16 - In The Earth (Theaters)
16 - Jakob's Wife (VOD)
16 - Sensation (VOD)
16 - Van Helsing, Season 5 (Series, SyFy)
17 - The Ghost Brothers: Lights Out (Series, Discovery+)
20 - Interviewing Monsters and Bigfoot (VOD)
20 - Sasquatch (Docuseries, Hulu)
20 - For the Sake of Vicious (VOD)
20 - At Night Comes Wolves (VOD)
20 - Death Ranch (VOD)
22 - Boys from County Hell (Shudder) 3
22 - Unearth
23 - Mortal Kombat (Theaters, HBO Max)
23 - Shadow and Bone (Series, Netflix)
23 - Bloodthirsty (VOD)
23 - Sweet River (VOD)
27 - Murder Bury Win (VOD)
27 - An American Satan (Documentary, VOD)
29 - Deadhouse Dark (Shudder)
30 - Separation (Theaters)
30 - The Resort
MAY 2021
6 - Fried Barry (Shudder)
7 - Initiation (VOD)
7 - In The Earth (VOD Debut)
7 - The Devil's Child (VOD)
7 - The Water Man (VOD)
11 - Scavenger (VOD)
11 - Morgue (VOD)
11 - Benny Loves You
12 - Oxygen (Dir: Alexandre Aja, Netflix)
14 - The Djinn (Theaters/VOD)
14 - Spiral: From the Book of Saw (Theaters)
14 - Love Death + Robots S2 (Series, Netflix)
16 - Fall River (Docuseries, EPIX)
18 - The Mad Hatter (VOD)
21 - Army of the Dead (Dir: Zack Snyder, Netflix)
21 - Seance (VOD)
21 - The Retreat (Queer Horror)
21 - Sound of Violence
28 - A Quiet Place: Part II (Theaters, Paramount+ in 45 days)
28 - Funhouse
28 - Endangered Species
JUNE 2021
3 - Caveat (Shudder)
4 - The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (Theaters, HBO Max)
4 - Lisey's Story (Based on Stephen King book, Apple TV+)
4 - The Carnivores (VOD)
8 - The Unhealer (VOD)
8 - Terror Eyes (VOD)
11- The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2 (VOD)
12 - Baphomet (VOD)
15 - Queen of Spades (VOD)
15 - The Darkness (VOD)
17 - Black Summer S2 (Series, Netflix)
18 - Censor (VOD)
18 - Siberia (with Williem Dafoe)
22 - Babysitter Must Die (VOD)
22 - Miranda Veil (VOD)
23 - An Unquiet Grave (Shudder)
25 - Werewolves Within (Theater, VOD on July 2)
25 - My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (VOD)
25 - False Positive (Studio: A24, Hulu)
25 - The Evil Next Door (VOD)
25 - Etheria 2021 Short Films (Shudder)
25 - Gaia (VOD)
25 - Too Late (VOD)
28 - Scare Us (VOD)
JULY 2021
1 - Till Death (VOD)
2 - The Tomorrow War (with Chris Pratt, Amazon Prime)
2 - The Forever Purge (Theaters)
2 - Fear Street: 1994 (Netflix)
2 - Let Us In (VOD)
6 - Unearth (VOD)
6 - Dark Spell (VOD)
6 - Rock, Paper, Scissors (VOD)
9 - Meander (VOD)
9 - Dachra
9 - Fear Street: 1978 (Netflix)
9 - Scales
11 - Wellington Paranormal (Series, CW/HBO Max)
12 - Separation (VOD)
13 - Fin (VOD, Documentary by Eli Roth)
13 - Ghost Master (VOD)
13 - The Green Sea (VOD)
14 - Nebulous Dark (VOD)
15 - American Horror Stories (Hulu)
16 - Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
16 - Fear Street: 1666 (Netflix)
16 - The Sleepless Unrest: The Real Conjuring Home (VOD)
20 - The Nest (VOD)
20 - Room 9 (VOD)
20 - Rot (Shudder)
22 - Kandisha (Shudder)
23 - Old (Dir: M. Night Shyamalan, Theaters)
23 - Holy Beasts
23 - Blood Red Sky (Netflix)
23 - Mandibles (VOD)
27 - Hail to the Deadites (Evil Dead Doc, VOD)
29 - The Boy Behind the Door (Shudder)
30 - The Green Knight (Studio: A24)
30 - Masquerade (VOD)
30 - The Maid (VOD)
31 - The Possessed (VOD)
AUGUST 2021
3 - Destination Marfa
3 - The Cage (Venezuela, VOD)
3 - A Savage Nature (VOD)
3 - Pig (VOD)
5 - The Old Ways (Netflix)
6 - High Strangeness (Doc, VOD)
6 - John and the Hole (VOD)
6 - Night Drive (VOD)
10 - Dark Stories (VOD)
10 - Eye Without a Face (VOD)
12 - Slasher: Flesh & Blood (Series, Shudder)
13 - Don't Breathe 2 (Theaters)
13 - 13 Minutes of Horror (Shudder)
13 - 10/31 Part II (VOD)
13 - Brand New Cherry Flavor (Series, Netflix)
15 - Alien Invasion: Hudson Valley (Shock Doc Series, Discovery+)
17 - Howling Village (VOD)
19 - Jakob's Wife (Shudder premiere)
20 - The Night House (Theaters)
20 - Demonic (Dir: Neill Blomkamp)
20 - The Girl Who Got Away (VOD)
20 - Risen (VOD)
20 - Blood Conscious (VOD)
23 - Chapelwaite (Series, EPIX)
24 - The Last Matinee (VOD)
25 - American Horror Story: Double Feature (FX)
25 - Clickbait (Netflix)
26 - Mosquito State (Shudder)
27 - Candyman
27 - The Stairs (VOD)
27 - No Man of God (VOD)
SEPTEMBER 2021
2 - What We Do In The Shadows S3 (Series, FX)
2 - Superhost (Shudder)
3 - We Need To Do Something (VOD)
9 - Martyrs Lane (Shudder)
9 - Death Drop Gorgeous (VOD)
10 - Malignant (Dir: James Wan, HBO Max)
10 - The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre (VOD)
10 - Kate (Netflix)
13 - Shelter in Place (VOD)
14 - Lady Usher (VOD)
14 - Bad Candy (VOD)
15 - Nightbooks (Netflix)
15 - The Evil Next Door (VOD)
17 - Prisoners of the Ghostland (VOD)
17 - Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
21 - The Night of the Animated Dead (VOD)
23 - Creepshow S3 (Series, Shudder)
24 - Midnight Mass (Series, Netflix)
24 - Venom: Let There Be Carnage
24 - Dark Harvest
24 - The Curse of the Chippendales (Docu-series, Discovery+)
25 - Eli Roth's History of Horror S3 (Docu-series, AMC+)
25 - Elvira’s 40th Anniversary, Very Scary, Very Special Special (Shudder)
29 - Séance (Shudder premiere)
OCTOBER 2021
1 - Black as Night (Amazon Prime)
1 - Titane (Theaters)
1 - Bingo Hell (Amazon Prime) 1 - Coming Home in the Dark (VOD)
1 - Witch Hunt (VOD)
5 - Val (VOD)
5 - Behind the Monsters (Docu-series, Shudder)
5 - Escape the Undertaker (Netflix)
5 - The Mutation (VOD)
6 - V/H/S/94 (Shudder)
6 - There's Someone Inside Your House (Netflix)
8 - The Addams Family 2 (Theaters)
8 - Lamb (Theaters)
8 - Madres (Amazon Prime) 8 - The Manor (Amazon Prime)
8 - Muppets Haunted Mansion (Disney+)
8 - Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (VOD)
8 - The Secret of Sinchanee (VOD)
8 - Under Wraps (Disney+)
10 - The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror XXXII (Fox)
10 - Killer Camp (Reality Series, CW)
12 - Chucky (Series, SyFy)
12 - Dwellers (VOD)
14 - Snoop And Martha’s Very Tasty Halloween (Peacock)
14 - The Medium (Shudder)
15 - Halloween Kills (Theaters & Peacock)
15 - I Know What You Did Last Summer (Series, Amazon)
15 - Day of the Dead (Series, SyFy)
15 - Wekufe: The Origin of Evil (Amazon Prime)
16 - Slumber Party Massacre (USA)
19 - Knocking (VOD)
19 - The Boulet Brothers' Dragula S4 (Series, Shudder)
19 - Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini (VOD)
22 - Invasion (Apple TV+)
22 - Frank (VOD)
26 - Behind the Monsters (Docuseries, Shudder)
27 - Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight: Part 2 (Netflix)
27 - Hypnotic (Netflix)
28 - Horror Noire (anthology, Shudder)
29 - Antlers (Theaters)
29 - Last Night in Soho (Theaters)
29 - Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (Paramount+)
29 - Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity (Documentary, Paramount+)
29 - The Spine of Night (Animated, VOD)
29 - They're Outside (VOD)
NOVEMBER 2021
2 - The Spore (VOD)
2 - Night at Eagle Inn (VOD)
4 - Dead & Beautiful (Shudder)
5 - The Deep House (Epix, VOD)
5 - The Beta Test (VOD)
5 - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (Documentary, VOD)
7 - Dexter: New Blood (Series, Showtime)
9 - Lair (VOD)
12 - The Accursed (VOD)
19 - Hide and Seek (VOD)https://www.senorscary.com/post/calendar2022
19 - The Pizzagate Massacre (VOD)
19 - The Feast (VOD)
19 - Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Theaters)
19 - A House on the Bayou (EPIX)
23 - Autumn Road (VOD)
23 - Black Friday (VOD)
23 - The Strings (Shudder)
24 - Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (Theaters)
26 - The Last Rite (VOD)
DECEMBER 2021
3 - Silent Night (AMC+)
9 - The Advent Calendar (Shudder)
9 - Death Valley (Shudder)
9 - Agnes (VOD)
17 - Nightmare Alley (Dir: Guillermo del Toro) (Theaters)
21 - Reposession (VOD)
22 - The Matrix Resurrections (Theaters, HBO Max)
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Just wanted to say thank you so much for doing this list! Helped me catch up on releases I missed. Looking forward to your 2022 one!