{"id":59026,"date":"2025-07-19T14:44:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T14:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/why-2025-is-big-for-horror\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T14:44:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T14:44:42","slug":"why-2025-is-big-for-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/why-2025-is-big-for-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"Why 2025 is big for horror"},"content":{"rendered":"


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I Know What You Did Last Summer is the latest big horror release out of Hollywood<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Lights down, armrest gripped, teeth clenched – just an average evening at the cinema for a horror film fan.<\/p>\n

The genre is having a great year in 2025, with the top three examples – Sinners, Final Destination: Bloodlines and 28 Years Later – taking a total of \u00a341.3m ($55.6m) in the UK.<\/p>\n

That’s compared with \u00a339.5m ($53m) for the nine biggest horrors released throughout last year, according to Box Office Mojo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In North America, scary movies have accounted for 17% of ticket purchases this year – up from 11% in 2024 and 4% a decade ago, according to a report from the Reuters news agency.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Right now it feels like we’re in the renaissance of horror,” Chase Sui Wonders, one of the stars of I Know What You Did Last Summer (IKWYDLS), tells BBC Newsbeat.<\/p>\n

“Everyone’s going to theatres watching horror movies.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The small screen’s also helping to switch us on to new releases. <\/p>\n

According to data provided by TikTok, there’s been an rise in horror-related videos globally on the app in the past 12 months.<\/p>\n

It said 10.7m people used the horror hashtag – an increase of 38% – while HorrorTok rose 40% to 2.6m.<\/p>\n

The tags aren’t exclusively used on movie-related content, but TikTok said it had noticed a spike in videos using them during the Cannes Film Festival in May. <\/p>\n

While the figures for the past year could suggest a horror explosion, long-time fans argue the popularity hasn’t crept up on us out of nowhere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ash Millman, a journalist and presenter who specialises in covering horror, says the genre’s success has been more of a slow-burn than a jump-scare.<\/p>\n

Over the last 10 years, she says, it’s been gathering more critical and commercial success.<\/p>\n

She says the success of artier efforts such as Hereditary, from studio A24, and crowd pleasers from horror specialists Blumhouse.<\/p>\n

But Ash does admit that this year has been a particularly good one for fans.<\/p>\n

“It’s got a bit of everything for everyone,” she says. <\/p>\n

“We have sequels, then amazing new things like Sinners.<\/p>\n

“I do think we’re going to be talking about 2025 for years to come.”<\/p>\n

Ash points out that the genre has constantly been fed by producers of smaller-scale indie productions, but the number of major releases this year is notable.<\/p>\n

“I think blockbuster horror has become a thing again,” she says. <\/p>\n

“People want to go to the cinema, they want to see it on the big screen, they want to be scared.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jonah Hauer-King thinks there can be a “feel-good” factor to horror<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Since the Covid-19 pandemic, when streaming films at home increased, Hollywood has been struggling to get people back into cinemas. <\/p>\n

Horror movies, which tend to be relatively cheap to make, seem to be bucking the trend, and IKWYDLS is the latest big studio release hoping to do the same. <\/p>\n

Its director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson tells Newsbeat the feeling of watching with an audience is hard to replicate on your sofa.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s the collective experience of being scared,” she says. <\/p>\n

“It’s so fun. Everybody wants to go to the movies with their friends and jump and scream and have a good time.”<\/p>\n

IKWYDLS is a retread of the cult 1997 slasher movie about a group of friends who agree to cover up a tragic accident, only to be pursued a year later by an anonymous killer known as the Fisherman.<\/p>\n

The original came out in October – the traditional “spooky season” window for big horror releases. <\/p>\n

But IKWYDLS cast member Jonah Hauer-King says he thinks the new version won’t feel out of place in July.<\/p>\n

“Counter-intuitively, though it is frightening and scary, there is something feel-good about this kind of film,” he says.<\/p>\n

“It doesn’t take itself too seriously and it is a bit of a wild ride, so it feels like a summer popcorn film with the scares and with the thrills.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Horror enthusiast Ash says 2025 is likely to be remembered as a major year for the genre<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Jonah thinks there is also a deeper reason for the appeal of horror, too.<\/p>\n

“I think at the moment people want to go to the cinema for a bit of escapism, forget about things and have a bit of fun,” he says.<\/p>\n

Ash agrees, and says times of “chaos and uncertainty” in the wider world tend to boost the genre.<\/p>\n

“I think that’s always a big festering ground for horror to make statements,” she says.<\/p>\n

“I feel like horror is a reflection of society but gives us a bit of control over it.<\/p>\n

“Usually you see people kind of battling against a great evil and overcoming it in blockbuster horror, where we get a nice wrapped-up ending.<\/p>\n

“And I think that’s a really nice form of escapism and a way of kind of moving past these horrible things going on in the world.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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