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Three of this year’s recent theatrical horror releases were made available at home this week, while Cronenberg’s latest expands wide and a popular video game comes to the big screen.

Here’s all the new horror that released April 21– April 25, 2025!

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A mind-bending sci-fi horror movie directed by Grammy winning artist Flying Lotus (V/H/S/99, Kuso), Ash was released in theaters on March 21 from Rlje Films and Shudder, and it’s now available at home. Rent it now for $19.99 or purchase it for $24.99.

Eiza González (Baby Driver) and Aaron Paul (“Breaking Bad”) star in the sci-fi horror film alongside Iko Uwais (The Raid), Beulah Koale (Shadow in the Cloud), Kate Elliott (“Xena: Warrior Princess”), and Flying Lotus. Jonni Remmler wrote the film.

On the mysterious planet of Ash, Riya (González) awakens to find her crew slaughtered.

There’s a popular theory about how nightmares may have evolved as a natural form of exposure therapy where our brains simulate encounters with our deepest fears in order to better prepare us for the horrors of the waking world. Funnily enough, psychologists claim that consuming horror media can have the same cathartic effects in real life, which is likely the reason why we see so many scary movies incorporate relatable horrors into their stories – horrors like the suffering that can arise from living with a mental illness.

And in honor of Joanna Tsanis’ The Killgrin personifying mental anguish as a literal monster that feeds off of its victims’ misery, we’ve decided to come up with a list highlighting six Mental Health Monster Movies. After all, the horror genre has a long and celebrated history of crafting memorable antagonists inspired by the darkest recesses of the human mind.

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"I think that pain is a powerful thing." Dark Sky Films has revealed the official trailer for an indie horror film titled The Killgrin, by Greek-Canadian indie filmmaker Joanna Tsanis making her feature directorial debut. This first premiered at FilmQuest last year and will be out to watch at the end of April including on VOD at home. After a personal tragedy, Miranda explores self-help methods, she learns from a healer that her aura is infected by something called a "killgrin", which thrives off her misery. As people close to her suddenly suffer gruesome fates, Miranda unravels a scary truth. The cast includes Konstantina Mantelos as Miranda, with Cristo Fernández, Adam Tsekhman, Ramona Milano, Peter MacNeill, Gillian Fortin, Matt Murray, and Lynne Griffin. Another derivative horror movie where grief is turned into a supernatural force, as if there aren't already 100s of other stories like this. Nothing to see here,...

Dark Sky Films is bringing more terror to the table this coming April with writer/director Joanna Tsanis’s (Bloody Bites) The Killgrin, and we’ve got the trailer debut for ya today.

In the upcoming horror movie from Dark Sky, “After a personal tragedy, Miranda explores unconventional self-help methods, only to learn from a spiritual healer that she has an infection of her aura called a ‘Killgrin’, which thrives off her misery.

“Initially skeptical, Miranda turns to the more traditional method of group therapy, but soon unravels a terrifying truth when people close to her suffer a gruesome fate.”

The Killgrin will be released on VOD outlets at home on April 25, 2025.

Exclusively watch the official trailer below.

The cast includes Konstantina Mantelos, Cristo Fernández, Adam Tsekhman, Ramona Milano, Peter MacNeill, Gillian Fortin (Deadly Ex Next Door), Matt Murray, and Lynne Griffin

Ali Mashayekhi & Zeus Kontoyannis produced The Killgrin.

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