Surprisingly Good Horror Films
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- DirectorDan BushStarsJames FrancoScott HazeTaryn ManningTwo estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. But this is no ordinary bank.Really interesting film and quite a scary twist which sounds silly on paper but actually fits really well. You find yourself caring about the characters and you can’t stop watching. Recommend highly.
- DirectorKevin GreutertStarsDeborah Kara UngerBen SullivanChelsea RickettsSet in the 1980s, an estranged family hires a cult deprogrammer to take back their teenage son from a murderous cult, but find themselves under siege when the cultists surround their cabin, demanding the boy back.Was really interesting to me I’m really into cult stuff so this was defiantly up my street. Acting was really good and made you feel really emotional at the end.
- DirectorMike FlanaganStarsElizabeth ReaserLulu WilsonAnnalise BassoIn 1967 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her daughters add a new stunt to bolster their seance scam business by inviting an evil presence into their home, not realizing how dangerous it is.I haven’t seen the first one yet but decided to put this on. Set in the fifties and seemed interesting with frauds and then something actually happening. Wasn’t particularly scary but the twist makes your skin crawl. Really interesting entertaining film that keeps you on your toes the whole time.
- DirectorNigel BachStarsNigel BachA man realizes something sinister lives inside his new home.This seemed kinda silly at first. But you keep forgetting it’s acted and seems so real I felt myself wanting to hide as I thought anything could come out at any moment. Actually super scary.
- DirectorJon WattsStarsAndy PowersLaura AllenPeter StormareA loving father finds a clown suit for his son's birthday party, only to realize that it's cursed.Another film that sounds silly on paper but is so interesting and different. Gruesomely terrifying. Defiantly recommended someone who’s seen so many horror films and fancies a change and not to get something you always get.
- DirectorChristopher LandonStarsJessica RotheIsrael BroussardRuby ModineA college student must relive the day of her murder over and over again, in a loop that will end only when she discovers her killer's identity.Really funny and entertaining even though I saw the twist coming, I hate Groundhog Day sort of films but this was a classic defiantly will go down in horror history.
- DirectorJames DeMonacoStarsEthan HawkeLena HeadeyMax BurkholderA wealthy family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legal.My favourite in the whole series brought something new and interesting and how the world is going from 2013 to now it actually seems possible now which makes the film that much scarier.
- DirectorGerard McMurrayStarsY'lan NoelLex Scott DavisJoivan WadeAmerica's third political party, the New Founding Fathers of America, comes to power and conducts an experiment: no laws for 12 hours on Staten Island. No one has to stay on the island, but $5,000 is given to anyone who does.After the first purge anarchy and Election Day were very disappointing and seemed like cash grabs. This actually brought meaning and heart and a pulse to this series. Really good directing and was beautiful at times.
- DirectorAndy MuschiettiStarsJessica ChastainNikolaj Coster-WaldauMegan CharpentierAfter a young couple take in their two nieces, they suspect that a supernatural spirit named Mama has latched onto their family.Really good plot and good actors as well. Made you constantly guess what was going to happen next and kept things interesting.
- DirectorChristopher SmithStarsMelissa GeorgeJoshua McIvorJack TaylorFive friends set sail and their yacht is overturned by a strange and sudden storm. A mysterious ship arrives to rescue them, and what happens next cannot be explained.Another Groundhog Day film I don’t usually like them but honestly this was great. I haven’t really seen anything like it. Totally recommend and Chris Hemsworth in his early days.
- DirectorDeon TaylorStarsMike EppsZulay HenaoAlex HendersonAs Carl Black gets the opportunity to move his family out of Chicago in hope of a better life, their arrival in Beverly Hills is timed with that city's annual purge, where all crime is legal for twelve hours.A spoof on the purge a series I enjoy and I found it hilarious and laughed from start to finish.
- DirectorMichael SpierigPeter SpierigStarsMatt PassmoreTobin BellCallum Keith RennieBodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one suspect: John Kramer, the man known as Jigsaw, who has been dead for over 10 years.
- DirectorJames WanStarsCary ElwesLeigh WhannellDanny GloverTwo strangers awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there, and soon discover they're pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious serial killer.
- DirectorMcGStarsJudah LewisSamara WeavingRobbie AmellWhen Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot baby sitter belongs to a satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.
- DirectorDrew GoddardStarsKristen ConnollyChris HemsworthAnna HutchisonFive college friends head out to a remote cabin for a getaway, but things don't go as planned when they start getting killed. They soon discover that there is more to the cabin than it seems.
- DirectorGreg McLeanStarsJohn Gallagher Jr.Tony GoldwynAdria ArjonaIn a twisted social experiment, eighty Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia, and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed.
- DirectorMike FlanaganStarsJohn Gallagher Jr.Kate SiegelMichael TruccoA deaf and mute writer who retreated into the woods to live a solitary life must fight for her life in silence when a masked killer appears at her window.
- DirectorBrian O'MalleyStarsCharlotte VegaBill MilnerEugene SimonA family curse confines orphaned twins Rachel and Edwards to their home, in punishment for their ancestors' sins. Bound to the rules of a haunting childhood lullaby, the twins must never let any outsiders inside the house.
- DirectorAndrew DouglasStarsRyan ReynoldsMelissa GeorgeJimmy BennettNewlyweds are terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a large house that was the site of a grisly mass murder a year before.
- DirectorAaron HannMario MiscioneStarsAllegra MastersAimee McKayAshley KeyHeld captive and faced with their imminent executions, fifty strangers are forced to choose the one person among them who deserves to live.
- DirectorFede AlvarezStarsStephen LangJane LevyDylan MinnetteHoping to walk away with a massive fortune, a trio of thieves break into the house of a blind man who isn't as helpless as he seems.
- DirectorSimon WestStarsCamilla BelleTommy FlanaganKatie CassidyDuring a babysitting gig, a high-school student is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller.
- DirectorDaniel SackheimStarsDiane LaneLeelee SobieskiStellan SkarsgårdAn orphaned teenager is taken in by a Malibu couple but discovers they aren't the caring friends they seemed to be.
- DirectorMichael ThelinStarsSarah BolgerJoshua RushCarly AdamsA couple's replacement babysitter turns out to be more than they bargained for when she subjects their kids to a series of twisted activities.
- DirectorMike FlanaganStarsCarla GuginoBruce GreenwoodChiara AureliaA couple tries to spice up their marriage in a remote lake house. After the husband dies unexpectedly, the wife is left handcuffed to their bed frame and must fight to survive and break free.
- DirectorSimon VerhoevenStarsAlycia Debnam-CareyWilliam MoseleyConnor PaoloWhen a college student unfriends a mysterious girl online, she finds herself fighting a demonic presence that wants to make her lonely by killing her closest friends.
- DirectorSimeon HalliganStarsPollyanna McIntoshLee WilliamsJoanne MitchellIt's Ed and Sarah's first night in their new home, a perfect farmhouse in the country. A new beginning away from their stressful city lives. It suddenly dawns on them: they do not belong here and they're certainly not welcome.
- DirectorDavid Robert MitchellStarsMaika MonroeKeir GilchristOlivia LuccardiA young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.
- DirectorPhil HawkinsStarsRobert EnglundFinn JonesEmily BerringtonA couple trapped in a cinema are manipulated into becoming unwilling actors in a film being captured by CCTV cameras.
- DirectorDavid TennantStarsJason PatricScott AdkinsNatasha HenstridgeIntruders shoot Chloe's friend and break into Chloe's home on an isolated island on a rainy night. Can the high tech security company help Chloe and her stepson?
- DirectorRyan RothmaierStarsErin CahillEdi GathegiDenise CrosbyUnaware of its terrible history, a young couple purchases their dream home. But it soon becomes clear that they may not be alone in the house... and that someone -- or something -- is determined to drive them out.
- DirectorAlfonso Gomez-RejonStarsAddison TimlinVeronica CartwrightAnthony Anderson65 years after a masked serial killer terrorized the small town of Texarkana, the so-called "moonlight murders" begin again. Is it a copycat or something even more sinister? A lonely high-school girl may be the key to catching him.
- DirectorRoland JofféStarsElisha CuthbertDaniel GilliesPruitt Taylor VinceA man and a woman awaken to find themselves trapped in a cellar. As their kidnapper drives them mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed.
- DirectorEli RothStarsJay HernandezDerek RichardsonEythor GudjonssonThree backpackers head to a Slovak city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
- DirectorChris ShadleyStarsMelissa Joan HartWilliam Lee ScottJohn TerryNine strangers are kidnapped and forced to figure out the connection they have to each other as one has to die every ten minutes.
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsAnthony LaPagliaSamara LeeMiranda OttoTwelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, Annabelle.
- DirectorJohannes RobertsStarsChristina HendricksMartin HendersonBailee MadisonA family of four staying at a secluded mobile home park for the night are stalked and then hunted by three masked psychopaths.
- DirectorAri AsterStarsToni ColletteMilly ShapiroGabriel ByrneA grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.
- DirectorDennis IliadisStarsYvonne StrahovskiAnna PniowskyAbigail PniowskyOn vacation at a remote lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath.
- DirectorPeter DukesStarsSkeet UlrichSean YoungChristine DonlonUnaware that the employee paid to scare them has been possessed by a demon, four friends must overcome their rising terror and find the way out of the escape room before it's too late.
- DirectorJohn Erick DowdleStarsPerdita WeeksBen FeldmanEdwin HodgeWhen a team of explorers venture into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.
- DirectorAri AsterStarsFlorence PughJack ReynorVilhelm BlomgrenA couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
- DirectorLars KlevbergStarsTim MathesonBen DaonZahra AndersonA mother gives her 13-year-old son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature.