It’s been a year punctuated by a lot of alright or pretty-good movies, with a few gems emerging as the best among a batch of mid-tier titles. If one genre has thrived in 2024, though, it’s undoubtedly horror.

Fans of horror can look forward to many exciting releases in 2025, including new takes on classics and projects from horror-savvy directors.

M. Night Shyamalan’s latest psychological thriller is so preposterous it makes “ The Front Room ,” my pick for the dumbest horror movie of 2024, look like “The Shining.” But unlike “The Front Room,” “Trap” takes itself very unseriously — God, I hope it does — and watching it was the most fun I had at a horror movie this year.