Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Evan Peters and Donald Glover play a group of medical students who figure out how to bring the dead back to life, but when one of them flatlines and returns somehow changed, horror predictably ensues. Uber-producer Jason Blum says that The Lazarus Effect tips its hat to Flatliners, but judging from the trailer, there’s more than just hat-tipping going on, with the film looking like a carbon-copy of the 1990 horror. The Lazarus Effect Release Date: US February 27, Elsewhere TBA While there they fight for their lives by playing 31, which the synopsis claims to be “the most violent game known to man.” Zombie has stated that the film will be similar to The Devil’s Rejects in spirit, and his most nasty and bloody film to date. Rob Zombie’s first crowdfunded project, the film revolves around five people kidnapped on the five days leading up to Halloween and held hostage in a place called Murder World. Speaking of which… 31 Release Date: TBA Scared of clowns? Then you might want to give 31 a miss as it’s apparently filled with the smiling bastards. Sounds like a sexy Funny Games, which we have no problem with, and Knock Knock isn’t the only Eli Roth production hitting screens in 2015 either, with The Green Inferno and Clown both being unleashed on the planet. But while his family is away, two gorgeous girls – played by Lorenza Izzo and Ana de Armas – show up on Evan’s doorstep, and slowly turn his dream life into a nightmare.
Knock Knock Release Date: TBA Eli Roth and Keanu Reeves combine for this psychological chiller in which the latter plays Evan Webber, a successful businessman with a beautiful wife, two lovely children and the perfect home. Rest assured we’ll be covering those titles down the line, but these are 10 less derivative films that will be scaring up a storm in 2015. We’ve avoided remakes and sequels in favour of championing original fare, so there’s no Sinister 2, Insidious 3, Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension, Poltergeist or Amityville: The Awakening. Better late-than-never, the following are the horror films that IGN is most looking forward to this year.