May 23, 2025 – 4 New Horror Movies Released on Streaming Today (making 8 total for the week)

A killer prom, a deadly dawn, a surrender, and a restless night are today’s streaming releases.

Ella Rubin is featured in two movies released on streaming today: Until Dawn and Fear Street: Prom Queen.

This Friday’s most exciting new movie is Netflix’s Fear Street: Prom Queen. It’s the latest in the series, and it’s a good, straightforward slasher movie with some fun death scenes. Also released on streaming today are Until Dawn, The Surrender, and Restless.

Check out trailers and descriptions for all of the movies below, and take a look at our New & Upcoming Horror Movies tracker for many, many more new horror movies released throughout the past twelve months.

Fear Street: Prom Queen

Fear Street: Prom Queen is the fourth movie released in the Fear Street film series. Chronologically, it is the third story, but it can be watched as a standalone movie.

For viewers who enjoy: teen slashers, whodunit slashers, bloody movies

Lori Granger is competing to be crowned the queen of the 1988 Shadyside High School prom, but someone in a mask is killing all of the nominees one by one. Who is the killer, and who is next on their list?

Until Dawn

Until Dawn is based on the video game of the same name, but it takes excessive liberties with the source material.

For viewers who enjoy: movies based on video games, time loop movies, supernatural horror

Clover’s search for her missing sister leads her and her friends to an isolated building in an odd small town. They’re all murdered during their first night there, but then they wake up and realize that they’re going to be reliving the same night over and over unless they can find a way to survive until dawn.

The Surrender

The Surrender is the first feature film written and directed by Julia Max.

For viewers who enjoy: supernatural horror, psychological horror, occult movies

An estranged mother and daughter come together when their family’s ailing patriarch dies. The mother invites people into her home to perform a ritual to bring her husband back from the dead, and the daughter is convinced that the best course of action is just to go along with it. But not everything goes as they expect.

Restless

Restless was written and directed by Jed Hart in his feature film directing debut.

For viewers who enjoy: revenge movies, psychological thrillers

A woman who keeps to herself is forced to endure new neighbors who party at all hours of the night. As the noise and the attitudes of her neighbors wear on her down, she might be driven to take drastic action to reclaim her quiet life.

More Horror Movies Released This Week

Check our previous article for trailers and descriptions for each of the following films, all released between May 18th and May 20th.

Meet The Author

Chris has a degree in film studies at Temple University’s campus in Tokyo, Japan. He is a renowned expert on horror cinema.