SHRINK CHAT: Best Horror of 2025 - Sinners, IT: Welcome to Derry & Our Top Picks of the Year

What made horror worth watching in 2025? Two therapists with strong opinions, honest reactions, and no patience for hype without substance have your year-end guide.

This is Terror Talk's annual Best of Horror episode - a curated, spoiler-free breakdown of the movies, series, and surprises that defined horror in 2025, with the clinical lens and dark humor you come here for.

This episode covers:

To kick things off:

• Cathy's new obsession - Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons, the horror board game that's earned a permanent spot at the table

Top horror TV series of 2025:

• IT: Welcome to Derry - the Pennywise origin story and whether it delivers on the promise of the source material
• Dexter: Resurrection - the return of TV's most beloved serial killer and the psychology of why we root for him
• The Hunting Wives - Shannon and Cathy's take on the series everyone was talking about
• Alien: Earth - the franchise's small screen debut reviewed
• Zero Day - discussed and dissected
• Stranger Things - Shannon and Cathy disagree. Strongly. You'll want to hear this one.

Top horror movies of 2025:

• Sinners - the year's most talked about horror film and what it does psychologically that almost no other horror film attempted
• Frankenstein - the latest reimagining and whether it earns its place in the legacy
• House of Dynamite - a surprise entry and why it worked
• Wolfman - reviewed with the clinical lens on monster psychology
• Companion - the film that caught them both off guard
• Plus, surprise mentions that didn't make the list but deserve your attention

Shannon and Cathy bring their forensic and clinical psychology expertise to the year in horror - not just what was good, but why it worked, what it was doing psychologically, and what it says about where the genre is headed.

A female-driven, expert perspective on the best horror 2025 had to offer. Smart recommendations, honest reactions, no spoilers.

Two licensed therapists — one forensic psychologist, one clinical marriage and family therapist — reviewing horror so you know exactly what's worth your time.

Until then... sleep safe. 😴

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