21 Horror Movies Coming Out in 2018 for When Real Life Isn't Scary Enough

Release date: February 2, 2018.

Starring: Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, and Sarah Snook

The Premise: Helen Mirren stars as Sarah Winchester in this movie based on the true story of the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California. Sarah—the heir to the Winchester rifle fortune—builds a massive haunted mansion that's terrorized by the ghosts of people killed by Winchester rifles. Which is a lot of people.

Release date: February 23, 2018.

Starring: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, and Oscar Isaac

The Premise: The movie follows a group of scientists who have to explore a mysterious disaster area where another group of scientists disappeared—except for one (played by Oscar Isaac), who came back horrifically injured.

Release date: March 9, 2018.

Starring: Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison, and Lewis Pullman

The Premise: This sequel to 2008's The Strangers features a new family being terrorized by the same horrifying group from the first movie.

Release date: March 23, 2018.

Starring: Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple, Aimee Mullins, and Amy Irving

The Premise: This movie—shot by Steven Soderbergh on an iPhone (because why not?)—stars Claire Foy as a woman who is committed to a mental institution against her will.

Release date: April 6, 2018.

Starring: Emily Blunt and John Krasinski

The Premise: This film, starring America's favorite couple Emily Blunt and John Krasinski (and directed by Krasinksi), is about a family hiding from a supernatural baddie that can only hunt them if it can hear them. As a means of survival, they've learned to live an entirely silent life.

Release date: April 13, 2018.

Starring: Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey, Violett Beane, Nolan Gerard Funk, Hayden Szeto, Sophia Ali, Sam Lerner, and Landon Liboiron

The Premise: Every time you lie (or refuse a dare) in Truth or Dare, you die. Kind of like The Ring meets Final Destination meets the worst slumber party ever.

Release date: June 1, 2018

Starring: Logan Marshall-Green, Melanie Vallejo, Betty Gabrial

The Premise: Belonging to the elusive "science fiction action body horror" genre, this gorefest is about a guy who gets "upgraded" into a killing machine as part of a secret government experiment and then goes on a revenge quest to figure out who killed his wife.

Release date: June 5, 2018

Starring: Topher Grace, Patricia Clarkson, Genesis Rodriguez

The Premise: A man who was recently released from a psychiatric hospital decides to recuperate in a mansion he inherits a mansion from his dead father. But—surprise!—there might be ghosts living there. Gee thanks, Dad.

Release date: June 8, 2018

Starring: Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, and Gabriel Byrne

The Premise: When the family matriarch passes away, her daughter's family starts to unravel horrifying secrets about their ancestry and realize they've all inherited a terrible fate.

Release date: July 4, 2018.

Starring: Y'Lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Joivan Wade, Luna Lauren Velez, and Marisa Tomei

The Premise: How did the Purge begin? This prequel (with a Make America Great Again knockoff hat as its logo) will tell us!

Release date: August 24, 2018

Starring: Jon Cho, Debra Messing, Michelle La

The Premise: The story of a widower who tries to discover the whereabouts of his missing daughter using only her online presence, this thriller is about what we get from technology and what it takes away from us.

Release date: Streaming as of September 11 (watch it here)

Starring: Chance the Rapper, Zazie Beetz, Joe Keery, Paul Scheer

The Premise: I'm sorry, is this an A24-released, pizza-themed horror movie starring Chicago's own Chance the Rapper? Say no more. Just take my money.

Release date: September 19. 2018 (France)

Starring: Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Kiddy Smile

The Premise: This trippy, surrealist movie from visionary director Gaspar Noé (Enter the Void) follows a party full of dancers who slowly realize that reality is getting mixed up, thanks to someone dosing the communal sangria with LSD. Wondering where the horror comes in? Take a look at that trailer and you'll begin to see just how scary a prospect that could be.

Release Date: September 21, 2018

Starring: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sunny Suljic, and Kyle MacLachlan

The Premise: In this family-friendly horror-comedy, a young orphan has to help his uncle and a witch ::shrug emoji:: find a magic clock with the power to end the world.