9 Upcoming A24 Movies to Look Out For

A24 doing A24 things.

A24 have got a bunch of films coming up that I want to see, and there’s some good horror names in the mix too, along with some crime and thriller projects to look out for.

Slayground

Director: Jeremy Saulnier

Plot - Scare-actor “Metal Mike” Graves wakes up in a haunted attraction surrounded by the dead bodies of his co-workers. As a state-wide manhunt closes in, he races to uncover the truth--even if the trail leads straight back to him.

This is probably the A24 movie I am looking forward to the most, maybe because it’s just around the corner too. Jeremy Saulnier gave us Green Room and Blue Ruin, so he’s already made two films that I rate pretty highly, so it’s worth looking forward to just for him.

The cast though is also good, and includes Cory Michael Smith, Chase Sui Wonders, Sophie Wilde, Imogen Poots and James Badge Dale, so plenty there to get on with, and with a January 29, 2027 release date already announced, not long to wait!

Watch the Slayground teaser.

The Masque of the Red Death

Director: Charlie Polinger

Plot: A noblewoman's exile leads her twin to assume her identity in a plague-sealed medieval kingdom. As she navigates deadly court intrigue with her daughter, she questions whether safety behind castle walls is worth the price of brutality.

An Edgar Allan Poe adaptation from A24 with Mikey Madison in the lead. That’s a combination I’m not going to complain about.

Charlie Polinger is directing, and after The Plague, it’ll be good to see what he does with a bigger project - Poe’s work has been adapted plenty of times, obviously, but there’s still room to do something different with it, especially when A24 are involved, so I’m hoping this one goes a bit mad with the horror.

No official release date yet.

Enemies

Director: Henry Dunham

Plot: A solitary hitman's new job catches a detective's attention, leading both to discover unexpected similarities between them.

Austin Butler and Jeremy Allen White together in a crime thriller is a pretty good starting point, and both have been making some decent choices lately, and I want to see them in something a bit darker.

Ari Aster is producing through Square Peg, which is another reason this one has caught my eye. It doesn’t mean we’re getting horror, of course, but I’m not going to complain about a crime film turning up on the A24 schedule with Ari Aster involved.

There’s no confirmed release date to get excited about yet, so we’ll have to wait and see when this one lands.

Flesh of the Gods

Director: Panos Cosmatos

Plot: Married couple in 1980s LA leaves luxury life for nightly adventures with enigmatic Nameless and hedonistic group, entering surreal world of excess and violence.

Panos Cosmatos made Mandy, which is still one of the stranger and more memorable horror films of recent years, so yes, I want to see what he does here.

Kristen Stewart and Wagner Moura are a good pairing too, and I hope Cosmatos gets to go all out with the visuals, and while his films aren’t exactly for everyone, I still like it when a film is a a bit weird..

This could be brilliant, completely bonkers, or both, and with no release date yet, might be a bit of time before we find out.

The Entertainment System Is Down

Director: Ruben Östlund

Plor: Set on a long-haul flight where the entertainment system fails, the film will see passengers forced to face the horror of being bored.

Satire films are either brilliant, or rubbish, but generally, I am a fan of them, so I am hoping this one has some good dark humor and satire involved, and with Ruben Östlund directing and Kirsten Dunst and Keanu Reeves involved, I have high hope.

A24 also tend to have a habit of putting out films that get people arguing about whether they’re brilliant or complete rubbish, and this might just be another one.

This one was previously expected earlier, so hopefully it doesn’t keep getting pushed back.

Deep Cuts

Director: Sean Durkin

Plot: Two music-loving twentysomethings face love, ambition, and growing up during the 2000s, a decade that changed everything.

Sean Durkin’s The Iron Claw was a strong film I though, and Cailee Spaeny has been showing up in some good projects lately, with Drew Starkey rounding out the main pairing here, and it’s another one where the people involved have done enough to make me want to give it a go.

I’m always happy to see what Durkin comes up with next.

Untitled Arkasha Stevenson Horror Movie

Director: Arkasha Stevenson

Plot: Follows a bachelor party that spirals into terror.

I know The First Omen had mixed reviews, but I was a fan, especially for a prequel, and thought Arkasha Stevenson did a good job with it, so am keeping an eye out for this one. The cast for this horror project is pretty stacked as well, with Josh Hutcherson, Hunter Schafer, Sophie Wilde and Emma Corrin involved.

Schafer has described the film as “batshit crazy”, which seems to be a far more useful way of getting horror fans talking than the usual claims that something will be terrifying.

Altar

Director: Egor Abramenko

Plot: A twisted, coming-of-age horror story following a young boy forced to grow up faster than he ever imagined during a momentous summer.

Egor Abramenko directed Sputnik, a science-fiction horror film that deserves a bit more attention. It wasn’t great, but it had enough going for it.

There’s not much to go on with Altar yet, but the description of it being a twisted coming-of-age horror story has my interest fairly high.

The Land of Nod

Director: Kyle Edward Ball

Plot: Three strangers dream about the exact same house in a story involving isolation.

Kyle Edward Ball is the director of Skinamarink, which is probably one of the most divisive horror films of recent years, and a film I was not a fan of it’s fair to say, but I do always respect it when someone tries something different.

So I’m curious to see where Ball does here, as it sounds like it could be another weird one - Will he stick with that experimental style or try something that gives the audience a bit more to work with?

Either way, I don’t want every horror director making the same film over and over, and The Land of Nod is certainly one I am interested to see.

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