Blumhouse’s 2024 Horror Movie House Of Spoils Is Underrated

I’m eagerly awaiting the upcoming horror legacy sequels Scream 7, Scary Movie 6, and I Know What You Did Last Summer. But I’m also excited about Blumhouse’s 2025 horror releases, from Wolf Man to the Christopher Landon thriller Drop. Since Jason Blum founded the company in 2000, Blumhouse has been entertaining horror fans with supernatural franchises such as Paranormal Activity and Insidious. But the company has also made plenty of original films, from Get Out to The Black Phone.

I’ve marked my calendar with Blumhouse’s 2025 releases and can’t wait to be creeped out. However, there’s one Blumhouse 2024 horror movie that I’m still reflecting on. It’s an underrated story that deserved more attention than it got, and I think all horror and thriller fans should watch it.

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Here’s Why I Love The Blumhouse 2024 Horror Movie House Of Spoils

House of Spoils is an underrated Blumhouse 2024 horror movie that began streaming on Amazon Prime Video in October 2024. It tells the story of a character known as Chef (Ariana DeBose) who dreams of leaving her stressful life behind and running her own restaurant. She moves to the country to be the head chef of a new and exciting venture… only to discover a supernatural presence on the property. Did a witch used to live there? Is the place haunted? Is the chef in danger? There are some terrible supernatural villains in thriller and horror movies, but this one is great.

I love House of Spoils for two reasons: it brilliantly explores the creative challenge of being a chef and it also serves as a great example of a well-made supernatural film. As Chef works through a cool new menu that is inspired by the natural beauty and plants around her, she hires Lucia (Barbie Ferreira) to be her sous chef. The two struggle to find common ground as Lucia doesn’t have much experience. This professional relationship perfectly explores the real power dynamics in the restaurant industry. While House of Spoils has unsettling moments that rival the trailer for the upcoming The Woman in the Yard, it’s also a look at how someone tries to achieve their career dreams, and I rooted for Chef the whole time.

Although there are some great Blumhouse non-supernatural movies, some of Blumhouse’s most compelling films deal with the paranormal. House of Spoils fits into that category and tells a memorable story about an intelligent and ambitious main character. The movie has a proper ending and explains what is going on at the property instead of being vague. I appreciate a solid ending that doesn’t leave everything up in the air and think that House of Spoils delivers on its eerie and haunting premise.

Like House of Spoils, Smile 2 is a well-made funny yet scary movie, and I appreciate that both movies have a sense of humor. I think the best films include some humorous scenes along with jump scares and supernatural entities or masked killers. My favorite scene is when Chef makes a gourmet meal for the investor Andres (Arian Moayed) out of ingredients from a local supermarket and the fancy people she’s trying to impress have no idea.

What Other Horror Movies Did Blumhouse Release In 2024?

Every year, Blumhouse releases a variety of horror movies ranging from sequels to originals. Blumhouse’s 2024 horror movies included Speak No Evil, Afraid, Night Swim, and Imaginary.

These four movies offer up something for every kind of horror fan. The Speak No Evil remake is one of the creepiest horror movies released recently. It’s the perfect watch for anyone who loves horror movies set during vacations and characters who aren’t who they first appear to be. Afraid is a fun film about a smart house that causes harm and distress to the family who lives there.

Of these four Blumhouse 2024 releases, Night Swim and Imaginary are the weakest, but still interesting. Night Swim has a solid ending and while it wasn’t the most beloved scary movie released last year, it’s an interesting look at a family dealing with the tragedy of a husband and father’s injury and the supernatural entity found in their pool. In Blumhouse’s supernatural movie Imaginary, Jessica (DeWanda Wise) moves back into her childhood home with her husband Max (Tom Payne) and his daughter Alice (Pyper Braun), who finds a bear named Chauncey who ends up being evil.

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