Warner Bros. Reportedly Pushing 2025 Horror Hits for Oscar Consideration Actorsvaultpro

This has truly been a standout year for horror. As awards season kicks off, and the first contenders start to appear on the horizon, there’s always a feeling that the genre might once again be pushed to the background… but 2025 might be a different story, because according to The Hollywood Reporter, it seems that Warner Bros. might be making a concerted effort to change the game.

Warners, the studio behind the most successful horror movies of the year, is reportedly pushing a “for your consideration” campaign for two of its recent successes: Ryan Coogler’s Sinners and Zach Cregger’s Weapons. A number of the studio’s 2025 releases, including A Minecraft Movie, Superman and F1, became massive hits at the global box office. Horror was also among their winning genres, with most of their releases earning both commercial and critical acclaim. Those familiar with horror should know that critical approval is relatively rare for the genre, and scary movies are often forgotten when mainstream award nominations are handed out.

The Hollywood Reporter piece focuses on Warner heads Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, and how their business decisions have resulted in more hits than misses. The piece also asserts that Warner Bros. will make a substantial push for Sinners and Weapons at next year’s Oscars in an attempt to make them part of the relatively slim chapter of Academy Awards horror history that includes Misery in 1991, The Silence of the Lambs in 1992, and Get Out in 2018.

Whether this will lead to results during the nomination process remains uncertain, but predictions are still welcome. We’ll go ahead and throw our predictions here: Sinners getting nods for Best Original Score and Best Cinematography is not off the table. Best Supporting Actor for Delroy Lindo would be great, as well as Best Production Design.

Weapons is more of a conventional horror movie, but we’d love to see it nominated for Best Makeup, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing and Best Actress for Julia Garner.

2025 Has Given Horror Fans Standouts Beyond Just ‘Sinners’ and ‘Weapons’

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Apart from Sinners and Weapons earning critical and commercial acclaim, the genre has delivered other bangers this year, showing the industry once again why horror is so consistently popular — and profitable. The films are relatively economical when compared to others, and franchises are always ripe for sequels and revivals. Ironically, for a genre that features so much death, horror is more alive than ever.

Final Destination Bloodlines grossed hundreds of millions, showing that fans were eager for more blood from the dormant franchise. 28 Years Later followed the franchise trend, bringing back to the table the zombie universe created by Danny Boyle and proving the undead are still a draw for audiences. Franchises like I Know What You Did Last Summer and M3GAN also returned, with more mixed results. The Conjuring: Last Rites recently smashed the box office, breaking the record for best global horror opening of all time.

Original horror movies like Companion, Bring Her Back, Dangerous Animals, Heart Eyes, and Together were good enough to continue the conversation about scary movies not based on previous IPs and franchises. They’re riskier in terms of projections, and often less successful at the box office. But no one can say original horror is dead.