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I found 10 films likely out next year that I'm most excited for.

Resident Evil - Zach Cregger has said this is his passion project for a long time and after Weapons and Barbarian, I'm definitely intriguiged by what he has next. And I know people are worried it may not be a straightforward adpatation of the games, I'm not a purist. Resident Evil has changed image multiple times; think back to RE4 being radically different from RE3 and RE7 shifting tones from RE6. So I'm less interested in a "biblically" Resident Evil adaptation and more interested in "Zach Cregger's Resident Evil".

Backrooms - After Resident Evil, this is the horror movie I'm most excited for. I love A24 giving a platform to Kane Parsons after his fantastic short film of the same name. And I know people are more interested in the lore and backstory of the Backrooms but I hope this is doesn't explain anything and is more like the short but expanded: atmospheric, creepy, and abstract but still scary.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple - Loved the first film, can't wait to see the follow-up. Already loving what I've seen from the trailers and I sincerely think this could end up as the best horror trilogy of all time.

Mother Mary - I've actually not seen any David Lowery film (I do hope to watch A Ghost Story and The Green Knight before this) but I've always heard he's got a great eye for cinematography. And with Anne Hathaway in the cast who's been doing really great work recently, yeah I'm excited.

Werwulf - I might not adore Nosferatu as others did but I did really enjoy it, and reuniting with Willem Dafoe, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Ineson, and Lily-Rose Depp for a (hopefully) good werewolf movie again is appealing

Send Help -Sam Raimi? Back doing a horror film? Yes please!

Evil Dead Burns - This is just a customary Evil Dead entry. I thought Rise was a fine elevant immensely elevated by Alyssa Sutherland and I'm curious to see what Sébastien Vaniček has (I've still yet to see Infested but I may check it out) but I'm not picky. Just give me a ton of creative gore and kills and I'll enjoy my time.

They Will Kill You - Warner Bros. has been KILLING it with their horror movies lately, especially their originals. This year had the three-hit combo with Companion, Sinners, and Weapons, so I'm definitely looking forward to their next original film.

Forbidden Fruits - A horror comedy I think some might not even be aware of. Though not written by Diablo Cody, it is produced by her and follows witches who operate in the basement of a store and are challenged on their power by a new hiree.

Hokum - I wasn't as big of a fan of Oddity of everyone else but I am curious about his next film, especially with Adam Scott as the lead star. Love he's getting more dramatic work after Severance.

I would include SOULM8TE but uh apparently this is coming out next month but there hasn't even been ANY promo for this film, not a poster or even a few preview pictures. I guess after M3GAN 2.0 did really badly, Universal freaked out so I don't know if this has been scrapped or put on hold.