NEW YORK, NY.- Horror movies can be great summertime escapes because, unlike soaring temperatures and global political upheaval, their terrors are temporary and, at least for fans of the genre, a ton of fun.

Here’s a look at new movies and beloved classics that will (metaphorically) scare your pants off in theaters, at home and under the stars this summer.

Fresh Hells

Whether it’s date night or a solo Summer Friday afternoon, movie theaters are chockablock with new scares. They include “MaXXXine,” the final entry in a slasher trilogy starring Mia Goth; “A Quiet Place: Day One,” a prequel to the hit franchise about bloodthirsty creatures with really good hearing; and “The Exorcism,” a supernatural drama starring Russell Crowe as an actor who unravels playing the role of an exorcist.

For fans of oddball indie horror, there’s “In a Violent Nature,” an extravagantly gory, genre-smashing slasher film; “I Saw the TV Glow,” a darkly atmospheric meditation on youth and isolation; and “The Devil’s Bath,” a folk-horror psychodrama set in the 18th century.

Classic Frights

The stylishly lurid, 1970s Italian horror genre known as giallo — Leather-gloved killers! Glistening blades! — gets the spotlight this month at the Nighthawk Cinema in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The films are by giallo masters: Mario Bava’s “Blood and Black Lace,” set in the killer world of fashion (July 12-13); Lucio Fulci’s “Murder Rock,” a dance-inspired mystery (July 19-20); and Dario Argento’s “Opera,” in which an aria is truly torture (July 26-27).

On Aug. 6, the Nighthawk hosts a rare screening of “Aelita, Queen of Mars,” a 1924 silent science-fiction film from Russia, to be accompanied live by the electronic duo the Flushing Remonstrance.

On July 12, take a time machine to ’80s New York City when Anthology Film Archives hosts a double feature of the works of maverick filmmaker Abel Ferrara and starring Zoë Lund: “Ms. 45,” an ultraviolent rape-revenge film, and “Bad Lieutenant,” with Harvey Keitel as the faith-questioning title character. On July 24, Anthology shows “Landscape Suicide,” a disturbing 16-mm film from 1986 in which actors re-create the court testimonies of killers.

The Metrograph Theater on the Lower East Side of Manhattan this month offers four screenings of “Cure,” Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s labyrinthine murder mystery from 1997, and a special screening of David Lynch’s dystopian “Eraserhead,” featuring a Q&A with cinematographer Frederick Elmes (July 20).

“Instead of getting sticky in the grimy city heat, come get the juices flowing”: That’s how the Spectacle Theater, a microcinema in Brooklyn, describes “Bloodpumpers!,” a three-film series of delightfully terrible workout-inspired scary movies. Choose from the new aerobicide comedy “Murdercise” (July 19 and 22) and two low-budget slasher oddities from the 1980s: “Killer Workout” (July 20 and 25) and “Death Spa” (July 19 — at midnight! — and 21).

Next month, the Museum of Modern Art celebrates the 50th anniversary of “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” Tobe Hooper’s brutal and influential horror film, with a weeklong revival (Aug. 8-14). A companion series (Aug. 12-20) highlights the director’s darkly comic 1980s filmography, including the underseen “Funhouse” and the Oscar-nominated “Poltergeist.”

From Aug. 16-22, Film Forum in Manhattan presents “Blaxploitation, Baby!,” a 16-film series featuring beloved hard-core Black action films from the 1970s, including the Pam Grier, take-no-prisoners thriller “Coffy” and the bloodsucker-in-Los Angeles saga “Blacula.” Film Forum follows that with a weeklong run (Aug. 23-29) of a new 4K restoration of “Frenzy,” Hitchcock’s 1972 thriller about a killer with a thing for neckties.

Outdoors and All Ages

The New York City Parks Department is offering a summer-long calendar of free screenings at dusk. For the littlest horror fans, there’s “Mummies” (July 24, Naples Playground on Staten Island), an animated adventure film about three mummified friends and their baby crocodile. Teenagers will get a kick out of “Morbius” (July 19, James J. Walker Park in Manhattan), starring Jared Leto as a scientist who accidentally turns himself into a vampire; and “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” (July 31, Westerleigh Park on Staten Island), the latest comedy in the long-running franchise.

For a premium outdoor experience, the Rooftop Cinema Club lets you watch movies under the stars nestled in a comfy chair with a bag of popcorn, all for just under $40. On tap at the club’s midtown Manhattan location this month are “American Psycho” (July 22); “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (July 26); and “Scream” (July 28).

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy’s Movies With a View series features free outdoor movies on Thursday evenings through Aug. 29 at Pier 1 Harbor View Lawn. Choose from two big-budget genre classics of the ‘90s: Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” (July 18) and Francis Ford Coppola’s “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” (Aug. 15).

Back-to-back genre madness hits Brooklyn next month. On Aug. 7, Rooftop Films heads to Brooklyn Commons Park to show “Dark Toons,” an anthology of not-for-kids animated short films from Finland, Poland and other countries. The next night, “The Warriors,” a bonkers 1979 action film about rival gangs at war on the streets of New York City, shows at Coney Island Beach as part of the Paramount+ Movie Nights program.

At the Drive-In

If there’s a horror nerd’s destination getaway, it’s the Mahoning Drive-In Theater, located in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, a Poconos town about a 2-1/2 hour drive from Manhattan. Make a weekend of it at the Troma-Thon (July 19-20), a 50th anniversary celebration of B-movie studio Troma, which includes a screening of the oddball “Toxic Avenger,” or come for Back to the Woods (Aug. 16-17), with its 25th anniversary 35-mm screening of the indie trailblazer “The Blair Witch Project.”

For families vacationing in the Catskills of upstate New York, the Greenville Drive-In in Greene County is a good place to introduce kids to Steven Spielberg’s science fiction-adventure drama “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (July 19-20).

Stream at Home

For those nights when the heat feels like the devil is breathing down your neck, there’s always the couch.

Best new streaming bets include “The First Omen” (Hulu), a prequel to the 1976 evil-kid movie “The Omen”; “Lisa Frankenstein” (Peacock), a teenage coming-of-age horror-comedy; and “Disappear Completely” (Netflix), a Mexican supernatural thriller about a photojournalist who slowly loses his senses after being inhabited by an evil entity.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.