New Horror Movies and Shows To Watch This Week at Home or in Theaters, Including ‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’

October is doing what October does best: stacking the week with new frights across theaters and TV. Below you’ll find fresh films hitting the big screen alongside true-crime and anthology series built for late-night binges. Dates are for this week, and for the shows we’ve included where you can watch them.

Each entry keeps it practical: what it’s about, who’s in it, and the creative team steering the scares. Release dates and platforms live in the paragraphs—never the headings—so you can scan the essentials fast and dive deeper if something grabs you.

‘Good Boy’ (2025)

Ben Leonberg directs and co-writes with Alex Cannon a dog-eye-view haunted-house chiller about Indy, a fiercely loyal pup who moves with his owner Todd into a rural family home that seems to hide a predatory presence. As Todd begins to unravel, Indy perceives warnings from a long-dead dog and tracks an invisible entity around the creaking halls; Larry Fessenden appears as Grandpa, with Shane Jensen as Todd and additional roles from Arielle Friedman, Stuart Rudin, and Anya Krawcheck. The film runs 73 minutes and lands this week on October 3.

Behind the camera, Leonberg also produces alongside Kari Fischer under the banner What’s Wrong With Your Dog?, leaning into a lean, supernatural mystery that plays with perspective and animal performance. The synopsis emphasizes Indy’s battle with a malevolence “intent on dragging his beloved Todd into the afterlife,” a premise that has already drawn festival-circuit attention for its stripped-down tension.

‘She Loved Blossoms More’ (2025)

Greek filmmaker Yannis Veslemes writes and directs this surreal science-fiction-meets-horror tale about three brothers who attempt to build a time machine to bring back their long-dead mother, with their experiments devolving into a drug-fogged, grief-soaked obsession. The cast includes Panos Papadopoulos, Julio Giorgos Katsis, Aris Balis, Sandra Abuelghanam Sarafanova, Alexia Kaltsiki, and Dominique Pinon. It’s a Greece/France production running in the high-80s minutes and arrives October 3.

Cinematography is by Christos Karamanis, with editing by Yorgos Mavropsaridis; producers include Fenia Cossovitsa and Alexis Perrin, with Ant Timpson among executive producers. Notes from festival lineups describe an unsettling genre hybrid that pairs audacious practical imagery with a deadpan sensibility.

‘Bone Lake’ (2025)

Directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan from a script by Joshua Friedlander, this relationship-from-hell thriller follows Sage and Diego on a romantic getaway that goes sideways when they’re forced to share a secluded mansion with the alluring Will and Cin. Cast members include Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita, and Marco Pigossi; LD Entertainment produces, with Bleecker Street handling distribution. The U.S. release is set for October 3.

Morgan frames the story as an escalation from awkward dinner conversations to psychological warfare, using a confined setting to pull the characters into mind-games and shifting loyalties. Production took place across Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Rhode Island.

‘Coyotes’ (2025)

Colin Minihan directs and edits a horror-comedy about a family trapped in their Hollywood Hills home as a pack of aggressive coyotes closes in; the cast features Justin Long and Kate Bosworth as spouses Scott and Liv, with Mila Harris as their daughter, plus Katherine McNamara, Brittany Allen (who also composes the score), Keir O’Donnell, and Norbert Leo Butz. The screenplay is by Tad Daggerhart and Nick Simon, from a story by Simon, Daniel Meersand, and Daggerhart.

Gramercy Park Media and Source Management Production lead the project with financing from Capstone Studios and Magnetic Labs, and principal photography took place in Bogotá, Colombia. The story leans into siege-survival chaos inside a modern hillside home, with supporting roles that include neighbors and an exterminator drawn into the fray; the film runs about 92 minutes.

‘Scared Shitless’ (2025)

Directed by Vivieno Caldinelli, this creature-feature horror-comedy pairs Steven Ogg with Daniel Doheny as Don, a blue-collar plumber, and Sonny, his germophobic son. After Sonny’s mother dies, the two try to reconnect on a routine house call—only to face a killer entity lurking in the building’s pipes. Supporting players include Chelsea Clark and Mark McKinney. Lands October 3.

Plot details outline an escalating series of grisly attacks as the father-son team navigates crawlspaces and corroded infrastructure while confronting their fractured relationship. Practical-effects gags and tight interior staging drive the set pieces from one apartment to the next.

‘The Real Murders on Elm Street’ (2024– )

This Investigation Discovery docuseries explores homicide cases that unfolded on Elm Streets around the United States, combining interviews, archival materials, and law-enforcement perspectives to reconstruct each investigation. Participant credits include Adam Chisnall, Olivia Abreu, Jessica Moore, and Michael DeBartolo, with new episodes starting Wednesday, October 1 on Investigation Discovery.

Each hour focuses on a single case—victims, suspects, and the investigative steps that cracked it—using location footage and first-person accounts to map out the timeline.

‘The Friday the 13th Murders’ (2025– )

Investigation Discovery’s six-part true-crime series examines cases connected to the infamous date, opening with a Texas rampage by a teen fixated on Satan and serial killers. The series premieres Wednesday, October 1 on Investigation Discovery, with additional episodes running weekly.

Across the run, the production weaves interviews, police records, and survivor testimony into narrative case files that track motives, timelines, and forensic breakthroughs. The program is part of ID’s crime-focused lineup.

‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’ (2025– )

Season 3 of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s anthology centers on Ed Gein in 1950s Wisconsin, with Charlie Hunnam as Gein and Laurie Metcalf as his domineering mother, Augusta. The season also features Tom Hollander as Alfred Hitchcock and Olivia Williams as Alma Reville, among others. It debuts Friday, October 3 on Netflix.

The production continues the series’ true-crime-driven format, with writing and producing by Murphy and Brennan and episodes directed by a rotating slate of series regulars. The storyline situates Gein’s crimes alongside the cultural ripples that later influenced fictional works such as ‘Psycho.’

Share which of these you’re queuing up first in the comments—what’s your must-watch this week?