Heart Eyes
We are nearly halfway through the year, and despite that, we only have a couple good mainstream horror movies that have been released thus far. As such, when Netflix has snagged one that has gotten rather high scores, it’s worth highlighting.
That movie is Heart Eyes, what looked like a goofy slasher film, and…is a goofy slasher film, but one that’s a throwback to schlocky classics in a way that’s actually quite fun. It’s not a cerebral A24 flick by any means, but it’s something we don’t see too often these days and not everything needs to be “elevated” horror. Here’s the synopsis:
“For the past several years, the “Heart Eyes Killer” has wreaked havoc on Valentine’s Day by stalking and murdering romantic couples. This Valentine’s Day, no couple is safe….”
Heart Eyes has a solid 81% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, which believe it or not is one of the highest-scored of the year so far. It also has a decently good (for horror) 77% audience score. Here’s a breakdown of the list of more major entries of 2025, with perhaps a few missing:
- Sinners (you can say this is a horror movie, but it’s a lot more than that) – 97%
- Companion (amazing movie) – 93%
- Heart Eyes – 81%
- The Monkey – 79% (this should be lower)
- Clown in a Cornfield – 74%
- The Gorge – 63%
- Borderline – 56%
- Wolf Man – 49%
- The Woman in the Yard – 42%
- Opus – 42%
Heart Eyes
So you get the idea, it’s just been a rough year overall so far, but Heart Eyes is more or less in third place. Second, if you remove Sinners because it’s way more than just a vampire film. But either way, you should watch Sinners.
This will probably not be the case for long. There are a large number of big-name horror movies coming out soon, Bring Her Back, Fear Street: Prom Queen, 28 Years Later, M3GAN 2.0, I Know What You Did Last Summer (remake) and Weapons, which I assume may be the best of the bunch as that’s from the director of Barbarian. But all of those are not out until later this month to August of this year, so in the meantime, your options are kind of few and far between.
Is Heart Eyes one of the best horror movies I’ve ever seen? Not even close. Is it a fun revisiting of a classic slasher? Certainly, and Olivia Holt gives a great performance in particular. The villain himself is pretty cool with a slate of terrifying weapons. There’s a good amount of gore here but we’re not in full Terrifier territory, though few things are. Besides this film, I would recommend Companion without question, but I’ve focused on Heart Eyes here because it’s free (“free”) on Netflix as of this week. Enjoy.
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