If you’re into horror movies, IFC Films and Shudder are like peanut butter and jelly. The two have combined to make some of the best original horror movies this decade. They’re continuing that trend with a 2025 Summer slate of films that is sure to terrify and entertain. Here are the highlights of the slate.

Clown In A Cornfield

RLJE Films & Shudder | In Theaters May 9

Based On The Bram Stoker Award-Winning Horror Novel By Adam Cesare

Synopsis: Adapted to a screenplay by Carter Blanchard and Craig, CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD follows Quinn and her father, who have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burned down. As the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a sinister, grinning figure emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens, one bloody victim at a time. Welcome to Kettle Springs. The real fun starts when Frendo the clown comes out to play.

Director: Eli Craig

Written by: Carter Blanchard, Eli Craig 

Cast: Katie Douglas, Carson MacCormac, Aaron Abrams, Will Sasso, Kevin Durand

Genre: Horror, Comedy

Language: English

Runtime: 96 min

The Surrender

Shudder I Streaming on Shudder May 23

Synopsis: A fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead. As the bizarre and brutal resurrection spirals out of control, both women must confront their differences as they fight for their lives – and for each other.

Director & Writer: Julia Max

Cast: Colby Minifie, Kate Burton, Neil Sandilands

Genre: Thriller, Horror

Language: English

Runtime: 90 min

Tornado

IFC Films | In Theaters May 30

Synopsis: Set in the rugged landscape of 1790s Britain, Tornado is a young and determined Japanese woman who finds herself caught in a perilous situation when she and her father’s travelling puppet Samurai show crosses paths with a gang of ruthless criminals led by Sugarman, and his ambitious son Little Sugar. In an attempt to create a new life for herself, Tornado seizes the opportunity to take matters into her own hands and steal the gold from their most recent heist. With her father murdered by the gang and her life in grave danger, Tornado races against time to escape a violent demise and avenge her father’s death.

Director & Writer: John Maclean

Cast: Tim Roth, Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira and Koki

Genre: Thriller

Language: English

Runtime: 91 min

Dangerous Animals

IFC Films & Shudder | In Theaters June 6

Synopsis: When Zephyr, a rebellious surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.

Director: Sean Byrne

Written by: Nick Lepard

Cast: Jai Courtney, Hassie Harrison, Josh Heuston

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Language: English

Runtime: 97 min

Hot Milk

IFC Films | In Theaters June 27

Synopsis: Set in the scorching heat of a Spanish summer, the film follows Rose and her daughter Sofia as they travel to the seaside town of Almería to consult an enigmatic healer who may hold the key to Rose’s mysterious illness, which has led her to now use a wheelchair. But in the sun-drenched town, Sofia, trapped until now by her mother’s condition, begins to shed her inhibitions as she is drawn to the magnetic charms of a free spirited traveler, Ingrid. Sofia’s increased freedom becomes too much for her controlling mother, and as the hot sun beats down, their relationship simmers with pent-up resentments and bitterness, threatening to tear the fragile threads that hold them together.

Director & Writer: Rebecca Lenkiewicz

Cast: Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, Vicky Krieps

Genre: Drama, Romance

Language: English

Runtime: 92 min

Abraham’s Boys

RLJE Films & Shudder | In Theaters This Summer

Based On The Short Story By Joe Hill

Synopsis: Max and Rudy Van Helsing have spent their lives under the strict and overprotective rule of their father, Abraham. Unaware of his dark past, they struggle to understand his paranoia and increasingly erratic behavior. But when they begin to uncover the violent truths behind their father’s history with Dracula, their world unravels, forcing them to confront the terrifying legacy they were never meant to inherit.

Director & Writer: Natasha Kermani

Cast: Titus Welliver, Jocelin Donahue, Judah Mackey, Aurora Perrineau, Brady Hepner

Genre: Horror

Language: English

Runtime: 89 min

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