As you can see from our list of 2025 anticipated horror films, the year has a lot to offer genre fans. One film we’re particularly excited about is Heart Eyes, which has the potential to become a modern Valentine’s Day horror classic. While the Day of Love has a few notable devoted slashers, such as My Bloody Valentine (1981), Lovers Lane (1999), Valentine (2001), and My Bloody Valentine (2009), there is always room for more.
Spyglass Media Group, the same company behind Scream (2022), Scream VI (2023), Thanksgiving (2023), and the upcoming Scream 7 (2026), is producing the movie. We’ll soon find out if audiences welcome it like they did Eli Roth’s Turkey Day slasher.
The Plot
For years, the “Heart Eyes Killer” has terrorized Seattle on Valentine’s Day, stalking and killing lovers. Unfortunately, two coworkers working overtime are mistaken for targets and must spend the most romantic night of the year running for their lives.
As reported by Variety, director Josh Ruben is pretty passionate about the film, stating, “My love of horror is rivaled only by my love of romantic comedies. I’m excited as hell to mount my most challenging genre-bender to date: a brutal slasher in a nostalgic rom-com universe.”
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Cast & Crew
Josh Ruben is no stranger to making horror comedies, having directed Scare Me (2020) and Werewolves Within (2021). Heart Eyes was written by Christopher Landon and Michael Kennedy, who collaborated on Freaky (2020), and Phillip Murphy. Landon also wrote and directed the Happy Death Day films and helmed the upcoming horror thriller Drop (read more here).
The film stars Olivia Holt (Totally Killer, Cruel Summer), Mason Gooding (Scream VI, Y2K), Gigi Zumbado (The Rookie, Hightown), Devon Sawa (Final Destination, Chucky), Jordana Brewster (Fast X, Neon), Chris Parker (Wellington Paranormal), Latham Gaines (The Gone, The Cult), and Ben Black (Black Christmas remake, One of Us Is Lying).
How to Watch Heart Eyes
The film will be released in theaters via Screen Gems on February 7, 2025, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
