6 Excellent Horror Movies You Can Watch This Week at Home or in Theaters, Including ‘Lilly Lives Alone’

This week brings a mix of theatrical chills and at home frights, with a handful of indie shockers and a franchise finale landing over just a few days. Whether you want a haunted mansion mystery, a found footage universe returning to Abaddon, or a psychological spiral set off by grief, there is something new to queue up or catch on the big screen.

Below you will find concise details for each title, including the core premise, the key cast and creators, and when and where you can watch. Release days are grouped around Tuesday through Friday, so you can plan both midweek streaming nights and a weekend theater trip without missing a scare.

‘Evil Unearthed’ (2025)

This feature length documentary investigates the Monroe House in Hartford City, Indiana, a location often cited as the most haunted home in the state, and follows teams from the Paranormal Research Unit, DIG Paranormal, and Interface Death as they reveal evidence collected over years of access to the site. Matt Benton directs and writes, with on camera appearances that include Benton, Eric Conner, Joe Vitale, and Helena Benton, and the film runs about two hours and twenty one minutes. The film is distributed by Indie Rights. It begins streaming on August 19, 2025 on digital platforms with availability to buy or rent on Prime Video.

Production credits list Justin Brown, Eric Conner, and Michael Ditty Jr as producers. The documentary structure focuses on recovered ritual items from the crawl space and long form investigation footage tied to claims of demonic activity inside the residence. Language is English and the project is completed in 2025. The film arrives to home viewers on August 19, 2025 as a streaming release.

‘Custom’ (2024)

This paranoid indie thriller follows Jasper and Harriet, a couple making bespoke erotic videos to stay afloat, who accept lucrative instructions from a mysterious client known only as The Audience and begin filming a sequence of rituals that endanger both their work and their lives. Tiago Teixeira writes and directs, with leads played by Abigail Hardingham and Rowan Polonski, and supporting turns from Brad Moore and Samantha Steel. The film is a United Kingdom production credited to Paranoid Android Films and Obliquebleak Films, with distribution by The Movie Partnership. It begins streaming on August 19, 2025 on digital video on demand.

Teixeira’s debut feature premiered on the genre festival circuit before moving to wide digital release. The narrative leans on analog media aesthetics and a creeping conspiracy that escalates through the couple’s commissioned shoots. The release on August 19, 2025 makes the title available to rent or purchase across standard digital storefronts.

‘Whisper of the Witch’ (2024)

This Russian supernatural horror centers on a group of teenagers who break into a decaying mansion where a century old evil known as the witch of Merden Manor awakens and leaves one of them dead. A city detective with a history tied to the house joins the investigation as the case connects to ritual artifacts and a phonograph that binds past and present. Serik Beyseu directs, with a script by Sergey Kaluzhanov, Dmitriy Zhigalov, and Yuliana Zakrevskaya. The cast features Artur Beschastnyy, Maryana Spivak, Sofya Shidlovskaya, Igor Grabuzov, Sergey Safronov, and Valeria Kot. The film is distributed in North America by Well Go USA and begins its digital release on August 19, 2025.

Production companies include KD Studios and Altermax, and the original language is Russian with availability in English friendly formats. Running about ninety five minutes, the film builds its mythology around the Mara spirit and the legend of Merden Manor. Viewers can watch at home starting August 19, 2025 on digital platforms.

‘Hell House LLC: Lineage’ (2025)

The fifth and final entry in the found footage franchise follows Vanessa Shepherd years after a near death experience as she settles in the town of Abaddon and confronts new deaths that link to the Abaddon Hotel and the Carmichael family. Stephen Cognetti writes and directs, with Elizabeth Vermilyea returning as Vanessa Shepherd alongside Searra Sawka as Alicia Cavalini, Mike Sutton as Father David, and Joe Bandelli appearing in the signature clown role. The film is produced by Cognetti Films with Joe Bandelli and Stephen Cognetti among the producers, and is distributed by Terror Films and Iconic Events for theaters. It opens in limited theatrical release on August 20, 2025.

The feature runs about one hour and forty eight minutes and expands the lore across decades of unexplained murders tied to prior entries set at the Abaddon Hotel and Carmichael Manor. Language is English and the release on August 20, 2025 targets big screen engagements before follow up availability on genre platforms after the theatrical window.

‘Lilly Lives Alone’ (2025)

This psychological horror follows Lilly a decade after the death of her young daughter as grief, pills, and traumatic memories of her upbringing blur into apparitions that may be more than a damaged mind. Martin Melnick writes and directs, with Shannon Beeby as Lilly, Ryan Jonze as Jed, and Erin Way as Claire, and producing by Sarah Johnston and Martin Melnick. The distributor is Dark Sky Films. It arrives in limited theaters on August 22, 2025 with a day and date digital release on the same day.

The feature runs about one hour and forty minutes and was an official selection at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. The production company is credited as Lilly Film and the story is designed as a single night descent that ties Lilly’s present collapse to unresolved family ghosts. Viewers can choose a theatrical screening or stream at home starting August 22, 2025.

‘We’re Not Safe Here’ (2025)

After vanishing, a woman returns with a story that terrifies her closest friend and the two become targets of an unseen force that turns fear into reality. Solomon Gray writes and directs, with Hayley McFarland as Rachel, Sharmita Bhattacharya as Neeta, and Margaret Wuertz appearing as the gray haired woman, and producing by Gray and Sonny Mallhi. The distributor is Saban Films. The film opens in limited theaters on August 22, 2025 and also begins streaming the same day.

The feature has a runtime of about one hour and thirty one minutes and carries a rating of PG 13 for terror and violent content. Language is English and the project credits Gray as writer and director on a contained story built around a disappearance, a return, and the escalation of psychological and supernatural threat. Both a theatrical option and a digital option are available on August 22, 2025.

Tell us which of these you are planning to watch first this week and share your thoughts in the comments.