From Firestarter to Nope, there is a slew of promising summer 2022 horror movies arriving on screens. Summer is not usually a time associated with horror movies, but a surprising number of the genre’s biggest hits arrived at the sunniest time of year. Everything from Steven Spielberg’s Jaws to Wes Craven’s original Nightmare On Elm Street was released in summer, proving that horror can excel even when the nights aren’t so long or dark.
Continuing this tradition, summer 2022 promises a slate of impressive horror releases. From genre-bending sci-fi horror efforts to comedic slashers, summer 2022’s horror lineup is nothing if not unpredictable. However, with horror heavyweights like David Cronenberg and Jordan Peele releasing their first movies in years, one thing viewers can predict is that summer 2022 will have no shortage of great horror movies.
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The Stephen King adaptation Firestarter kicks off the summer horror release schedule in May and hopefully, the much-hyped release won’t repeat Pet Sematary’s King remake mistakes when it arrives. After that sci-fi horror, June will see It Follows star Maika Monroe return to horror with Watcher while the same month sees Jessie Buckley tormented by the titular threat of director Alex Garland’s enigmatic indie horror, Men. June will also see the arrival of David Cronenberg’s much-anticipated comeback Crimes of the Future, a Palme d’Or contender, as well as Scott Derrickson’s Joe Hill adaptation The Black Phone. July will be all about Jordan Peele’s Nope while August sees the arrival of a smaller indie slasher, Bodies Bodies Bodies. As well as all of these, streaming services like the horror-centric
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