Looking to get spooked? Come face to face with otherworldly terrors, sinister killers, and more with a specially curated playlist on KrisWorld. These selections range from wild, supernatural horror movies to psychological thrillers.

Dead of Winter
Oscar winner Emma Thompson trades period drama for pulse-pounding thrills in this icy survival tale. Barb (Thompson), a grieving widow travelling to Lake Hilda in northern Minnesota to scatter her husband’s ashes, stumbles upon something she was never meant to see: a teenage girl (Lauren Marsden) bound and gagged in the basement of a remote cabin. 

The captors — a married couple played by Judy Greer and Marc Menchaca — are armed and dangerous. But Barb proves far tougher than anyone expects. With time running out and the frozen wilderness closing in, this unlikely heroine must outwit the pair and free their captive before it’s too late.

Directed by Brian Kirk (21 Bridges), the film unfolds against stark, snow-bleached landscapes — filmed in Finland (standing in for Minnesota) — turning the bitter cold into a character of its own in this tense, edge-of-your-seat thriller.

The Housemaid
Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried face off in this twisty domestic thriller where every locked door hides a secret.

Fresh out of prison and desperate for a fresh start, Millie Calloway (Sweeney) lands a job as the live-in housemaid for wealthy socialite Nina Winchester (Seyfried). The catch? Millie’s room is a cramped attic, Nina’s temper is explosive, and something about the Winchester household feels … off.

As Millie settles into the family’s pristine suburban home, the cracks beneath the perfect facade begin to show, especially when Nina’s charming husband, Andrew (Brandon Sklenar), enters the picture. The deeper Millie digs, the clearer it becomes that this job may be more dangerous than the past she’s trying to escape.

Directed by Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, The Heat), this adaptation of Freida McFadden’s bestselling novel delivers a deliciously dark game of scheming and manipulation. 

The Conjuring: Last Rites
The case that finally convinces Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) to retire from demon-hunting is also the most personal of their careers. Set in the 1980s, The Conjuring: Last Rites brings the Conjuring franchise full circle as the Warrens are drawn into a chilling investigation involving their daughter, Judy (Mia Tomlinson). Years earlier, a cursed antique mirror nearly claimed Judy’s life; now it has resurfaced, attached to the troubled Smurl family with a vengeful demon bound to it.

As Judy prepares to build a quiet, ordinary life of her own, she struggles to suppress the clairvoyant abilities she’s inherited from her mother. But when the Smurls reach out for help, the past comes back to haunt the Warrens. Forced back into the darkness one final time, Ed and Lorraine must face demons — both the literal and figurative kind. 
 
Haunting and emotional, Last Rites delivers a chilling farewell to the Warrens’ legacy. 

Weapons
Seventeen children run from their homes and disappear into the night. No one knows where they’ve gone.   

Weapons opens with that jaw-dropper of a sequence, immediately plunging viewers into a slow-burning — but truly terrifying — thriller. It then follows the aftermath of that chaos: Justine Gandy (Julia Garner), the young teacher whose students — save for one, Alex Lilly (Cary Christopher) — have disappeared, searches for answers. Many believe her to be a suspect, including one of the parents, Archer (Josh Brolin). Utterly consumed by the disappearance of his son, Archer sets out to find the truth. 
 
Director Zach Cregger, who made the breakout horror hit Barbarian, fuses mystery, heartache, and pure terror into what has become the surprise horror hit of 2025. 

Sinners
Black Panther director Ryan Coogler takes a bite out of the vampire-horror genre in his fifth film collaboration with actor Michael B. Jordan.

In the Deep South during the Jim Crow era, twin brothers Smoke and Stack (Jordan in a dual role) return to their hometown in Mississippi, where Stack runs into his old flame, Mary (Hailee Steinfeld), and Smoke reunites with his estranged wife, Annie (Wunmi Mosaku).

But it’s not just long-buried relationships that are being reawakened — the brothers’ brand-new juke joint soon attracts the attention of the undead, led by the Irish bloodsucker Remmick (Jack O’Connell), on opening night. They’re thirsty as hell, and it’s not for the moonshine …

Sinners isn’t just a scare-fest — Coogler smuggles in hefty themes, such as the oppression of Black people in America, into the movie. But none of its thematic explorations feel heavy-handed or clunky. At turns terrifying, sexy, and smart, Sinners is, as trade magazine Variety says, a “wild throat-ripping blowout”.