All* the horror movies I've seen roughly in order of how much I like them
This is not a list of favorites. This is a list of all the horror movies I've seen so far, so only the top several on the list are ones I consider favorites. I've just recently gotten into watching & reading more horror.
That was ~September 2020. I've watched a lot of movies since then...
*Really it's _almost_ all the horror movies I've seen because I split horror-comedy into a separate list: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls505577476/ If it's more horror than comedy (or a pretty even mix), then it's on both lists. If it's more comedy than horror, then I removed it from this list.
Also, any "creepy" or "scary" kids movies I've seen are not on this list. I have a separate list for them here: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls082990934/
I'm including the "The Haunting of..." shows because a mini-series is close enough to movie for me, as long as the story is no more than one season long. Also, I wanted to show that I liked them better than most actual horror movies I've seen.
Two honorable mentions that were listed as horror, but didn't make this list because they aren't really horror are Enter Nowhere (sci-fi/mystery) and Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil (dark fantasy/folktale). Both would be at least tier 4 if they were on this list.
I separated the list into tiers because just having a list doesn't show where the gaps and almost-ties are. So:
Tier 1 Favorite horror movies I've seen: #1-6
Tier 2 Great horror movies: #7-23
Tier 3 I liked it a lot: #24-45
Tier 4-5 I liked it t1, t2...
(I didn't feel like keeping all these tiers updated...
The line between "I liked it" and "It was okay" can depend on my mood, but it's probably somewhere between #97 and #111.)
Tier 7-8 It was okay t1, t2...
Tier 9 "It was okay" is being generous: #172-200
Tier 10 My time would have been better spent reading Wikipedia (I've seen worse): #201-209
Tier 11 My time would have been better spent studying the nutrition information of cat food (I don't have a cat) while watching reruns of Family Guy (I hate that show): #210-215
Tier 13 My time would have been better spent trying to wax my back hair a square inch at a time while listening to elevator music and being stabbed in the kidney by a creepy doll with a sharp paper clip. (The absolute worst I've seen): #216-218
This list order may not match up with the number of stars I give a movie. This list is strictly for how much I like a movie personally. But when I choose how many stars I give a movie, I try to be (slightly) more objective. (If I were being more subjective with stars, the bottom three movies on this list would all get only 1 star and that only because I can't give a zero-star rating.)
That was ~September 2020. I've watched a lot of movies since then...
*Really it's _almost_ all the horror movies I've seen because I split horror-comedy into a separate list: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls505577476/ If it's more horror than comedy (or a pretty even mix), then it's on both lists. If it's more comedy than horror, then I removed it from this list.
Also, any "creepy" or "scary" kids movies I've seen are not on this list. I have a separate list for them here: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls082990934/
I'm including the "The Haunting of..." shows because a mini-series is close enough to movie for me, as long as the story is no more than one season long. Also, I wanted to show that I liked them better than most actual horror movies I've seen.
Two honorable mentions that were listed as horror, but didn't make this list because they aren't really horror are Enter Nowhere (sci-fi/mystery) and Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil (dark fantasy/folktale). Both would be at least tier 4 if they were on this list.
I separated the list into tiers because just having a list doesn't show where the gaps and almost-ties are. So:
Tier 1 Favorite horror movies I've seen: #1-6
Tier 2 Great horror movies: #7-23
Tier 3 I liked it a lot: #24-45
Tier 4-5 I liked it t1, t2...
(I didn't feel like keeping all these tiers updated...
The line between "I liked it" and "It was okay" can depend on my mood, but it's probably somewhere between #97 and #111.)
Tier 7-8 It was okay t1, t2...
Tier 9 "It was okay" is being generous: #172-200
Tier 10 My time would have been better spent reading Wikipedia (I've seen worse): #201-209
Tier 11 My time would have been better spent studying the nutrition information of cat food (I don't have a cat) while watching reruns of Family Guy (I hate that show): #210-215
Tier 13 My time would have been better spent trying to wax my back hair a square inch at a time while listening to elevator music and being stabbed in the kidney by a creepy doll with a sharp paper clip. (The absolute worst I've seen): #216-218
This list order may not match up with the number of stars I give a movie. This list is strictly for how much I like a movie personally. But when I choose how many stars I give a movie, I try to be (slightly) more objective. (If I were being more subjective with stars, the bottom three movies on this list would all get only 1 star and that only because I can't give a zero-star rating.)
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- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi LópezIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.Honestly, this barely qualifies as horror, but it does. I guess I really wanted to put this movie at the top of one of my lists. Some parts are hard to watch, but I love it.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppChristina RicciMiranda RichardsonIchabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.
- DirectorJames WanStarsPatrick WilsonVera FarmigaRon LivingstonParanormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
- CreatorMike FlanaganStarsVictoria PedrettiOliver Jackson-CohenAmelia EveAfter an au pair’s tragic death, Henry hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisHaley Joel OsmentToni ColletteMalcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, starts treating a young boy, Cole, who encounters dead people and convinces him to help them. In turn, Cole helps Malcolm reconcile with his estranged wife.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsMia WasikowskaJessica ChastainTom HiddlestonIn the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds - and remembers.
- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsNicole KidmanChristopher EcclestonFionnula FlanaganIn 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
- CreatorMike FlanaganStarsMichiel HuismanCarla GuginoHenry ThomasFlashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
- DirectorAndré ØvredalStarsZoe CollettiMichael GarzaGabriel RushIn 1968, the night of Halloween brings mayhem in a small town when a group of friends discovers a notebook written by a mysterious girl that foretells terrifying events.
- DirectorBrad AndersonStarsKate BeckinsaleJim SturgessDavid ThewlisAn Oxford graduate takes up a job in a mental asylum, only to discover that the "revolutionary" new treatments are inhumane, and that there is more going on than meets the eye.
- DirectorJames WanStarsVera FarmigaPatrick WilsonMadison WolfeEd and Lorraine Warren travel to North London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by a supernatural spirit.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith DavidA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.This and Gremlins were the first two horror movies I watched before I realized I could watch the scariest ones and not get nightmares or have trouble sleeping.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellSarah BerryDan HicksAsh Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.Now I know why this is considered the classic horror comedy. It totally deserves the title.
- 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.
- DirectorSteve MinerStarsWilliam KattKay LenzGeorge WendtA troubled writer moves into a haunted house after inheriting it from his aunt.this is hilarious
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsJames BrolinMargot KidderRod SteigerNewlyweds and their three children move into a large house where a mass murder was committed. They start to experience strange, inexplicable manifestations which have strong effects on everyone living in or visiting the house.Very well done, especially considering how old it is.
- 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.
- DirectorCurtis HarringtonStarsShelley WintersMark LesterChloe FranksA demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie HarrisClaire BloomRichard JohnsonHill House has stood for about 90 years and appears haunted: its inhabitants have always met strange, tragic ends. Now Dr. John Markway has assembled a team of people who he thinks will prove whether or not the house is haunted.
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsThomasin McKenzieAnya Taylor-JoyMatt SmithAspiring fashion designer Eloise is mysteriously able to return to 1960s London, where she encounters dazzling wannabe singer Sandie. But the glamour is not as it seems, and the dreams of the past crack and splinter into something darker.Scary, but in a very different way than most horror movies.
- DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsNaomi WattsMartin HendersonBrian CoxA journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.I didn't like what Rachel did at the end (obviously, it is meant to be disturbing with that). The movie is creepy, interesting, and well done. If it had a better ending, it easily could've made my top ten, probably even top five favorite horror movies. Still, it places pretty well in this list.
- DirectorChuck KonzelmanCary SolomonStarsSean Patrick FlaneryJordan BelfiTom OhmerOn the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own.very well done.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsSam NeillJürgen ProchnowJulie CarmenAn insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.
- DirectorRemi WeekesStarsSope DirisuWunmi MosakuMalaika Wakoli-AbigabaA refugee couple makes a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but then they struggle to adjust to their new life in an English town that has an evil lurking beneath the surface.I like haunted house movies (as anyone can tell by looking at this list), and this is a unique and well done take on the haunted house story.
- CreatorMike FlanaganStarsCarla GuginoBruce GreenwoodMary McDonnellSiblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built a pharmaceutical company into an empire of wealth, privilege and power; however, secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying.
- DirectorJustin BensonAaron MoorheadStarsAaron MoorheadJustin BensonCallie HernandezAs kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.I guess this qualifies as horror? barely. I don't know what other genre it would fit in. Anyway, I really liked it.
- DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsBelén RuedaFernando CayoRoger PríncepA woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
- DirectorMike FlanaganStarsKate BosworthThomas JaneJacob TremblayA couple adopt an orphaned child whose dreams - and nightmares - manifest physically as he sleeps.Better than I expected.
- DirectorMike FlanaganStarsKaren GillanBrenton ThwaitesKatee SackhoffA recently released inmate from a mental asylum learns from his sister that the murders he was convicted of committing were actually orchestrated by a supernatural entity, the Lasser Glass mirror.This is a really creepy and great horror movie in most ways, but I took off a star from what it mostly deserved because there were too many points near the end where it was too dark to tell what was going on. I hate it when they make it too dark to tell what's going on.
- DirectorWill BylesStarsHayden PanettierePeter StormareRami MalekA group of teenagers spend the weekend in a ski lodge on the anniversary of their friends' disappearance, unaware that they are not alone.I know. This is a video game not a movie. But this game is part of what got me to start watching more horror movies. I thought "If this doesn't bother me much, then I doubt I'll have a problem watching actual horror movies."
I could've done with less swearing, but otherwise the game was excellently done. It uses the cliched situation of a group of ~18-19 year-old kids at a cabin in the woods, but Josh's madness and the folklore/backstory of the wendigos made for a unique and interesting storyline. And the game plays like a choose-your-own-adventure horror movie, but in this case the body count depends on you. - DirectorChris McKayStarsNicholas HoultNicolas CageAwkwafinaRenfield, Dracula's tortured henchman, is forced to capture prey for his master and do his every bidding. But now, after centuries of servitude, Renfield is ready to see if there is a life outside his boss's shadow.
- DirectorJohn KrasinskiStarsEmily BluntJohn KrasinskiMillicent SimmondsA family struggles for survival in a world where most humans have been killed by blind but noise-sensitive creatures. They are forced to communicate in sign language to keep the creatures at bay.
- DirectorJustin P. LangeKlemens HufnaglStarsNadia AlexanderToby NicholsKarl MarkovicsAn undead teenage girl befriends a blind boy that she meets in a forest she haunts and hunts in. Both have been victims of unimaginable abuse, and each finds solace in the other. There may be a chance of light at the end of their tunnel, but it will come with a body count.This is a dark fairy tale more than a horror movie. I actually like it that way.
- DirectorJoe DanteStarsZach GalliganPhoebe CatesHoyt AxtonA young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.(no star rating because it's been a long time since I watched it and I don't remember it that well.)
- DirectorJames WatkinsStarsDaniel RadcliffeJanet McTeerCiarán HindsA young solicitor travels to a remote village where he discovers that the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.A classic gothic-ish ghost story. I like the classic haunted house tropes, and I don't get tired of well done ghost stories like this.
- DirectorJennifer KentStarsEssie DavisNoah WisemanDaniel HenshallA single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.
- DirectorMatt ReevesStarsKodi Smit-McPheeChloë Grace MoretzRichard JenkinsA bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian.This is the first movie that I have seen both the foreign language version and the American remake. The remake is very faithful and close to the original story. There's a few things the original does better, and there's a few things that the remake does better. I think I like the remake a little better mainly because the dilemma for the main character is clearer to the audience (and because of that, it's more sympathetic and difficult -more striking, to me at least, about what is evil in the story and what his choice is).
- DirectorSergio G. SánchezStarsGeorge MacKayAnya Taylor-JoyCharlie HeatonA young man and his three younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved mother in order to remain together, are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.
- DirectorNick MurphyStarsRebecca HallDominic WestImelda StauntonIn 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the 'missing' begin to show themselves.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsJennifer ConnellyDonald PleasenceDaria NicolodiA young girl who has an amazing ability to communicate with insects is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
- DirectorParker FinnStarsSosie BaconJessie T. UsherKyle GallnerAfter witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, a psychiatrist becomes increasingly convinced she is being threatened by an uncanny entity.In many ways, I think this is what a horror movie should be. There's a threat. The threat is (kind of/ partially) identified as a demon (or ghost/monster in other movies), but the demon is still undefined enough to be scary. The MC tries to find out more about the demon in order to beat it. Whatever happened at the end, the hero of the story put up a heroic fight and didn't give up. To me, that makes a horror movie stand out among others.
- DirectorTom HollandStarsChris SarandonWilliam RagsdaleAmanda Bearse"Fright Night" sees a teenager believing that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire. He turns to an actor in a television hosted horror movie show for help to deal with the undead.
- DirectorTroy NixeyStarsKatie HolmesGuy PearceBailee MadisonA young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend believes that she has released creatures from a sealed ash pit in the basement of her new home.Slightly less gore and scariness and it could've been a kids' movie (and that's not a bad thing IMO).
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsCate BlanchettKatie HolmesKeanu ReevesA fortune teller with extrasensory perception is asked to help find a young woman who has mysteriously disappeared.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsIan Patrick WilliamsCarolyn Purdy-GordonCarrie LorraineA dysfunctional family of three stop by a mansion during a storm -- father, stepmother, and child. The child discovers that the elderly owners are magical toy makers and have a haunted collection of dolls.
- StarsSuranne JonesTom EllisDouglas HenshallA year after their son goes missing, a family moves to Crickley Hall. When supernatural events begin to take place, Eve feels the house is somehow connected to her lost son.
- DirectorTom ElkinsStarsAbigail SpencerChad Michael MurrayKatee SackhoffA young family moves into a historic house in Georgia and learns that they're not the house's only inhabitants. They find themselves in the presence of a secret rising from underground that threatens to bring down anyone in its path.Pretty good movie, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the first "Haunting in Connecticut" movie. Doesn't even take place in Connecticut...
- DirectorPeter CornwellStarsVirginia MadsenMartin DonovanElias KoteasAfter a family is forced to relocate for their son's health, they begin experiencing supernatural behavior in their new home, and uncover a sinister history.
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsGeorge C. ScottTrish Van DevereMelvyn DouglasAfter experiencing tragic personal losses, a music professor rents a Seattle mansion, haunted by a slain boy.
- DirectorMichael ChavesStarsPatrick WilsonVera FarmigaRuairi O'ConnorArne Cheyenne Johnson stabs and murders his landlord, claiming to be under demonic possession while Ed and Lorraine Warren investigate the case and try to prove his innocence.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsOlivia DeJongeEd OxenbouldDeanna DunaganTwo siblings become increasingly frightened by their grandparents' disturbing behavior while visiting them on vacation.Why isn't this listed as horror-comedy? It was pretty funny.
- DirectorJeremy DysonAndy NymanStarsSamuel BottomleyDeborah WastellAmy DoyleAfter receiving a file with details of three unexplained cases of apparitions, skeptical professor Phillip Goodman embarks on a terrifying trip.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorDouglas CheekStarsJohn HeardDaniel SternChristopher CurryA bizarre series of sudden disappearances on the streets of New York City seems to point toward something unsavory living in the sewers.I was surprised at how good this was. I mean, the monsters look super cheesy, but just pretend the funny parts are actually meant to be funny and it's very enjoyable.
- DirectorRose GlassStarsMorfydd ClarkCaoilfhionn DunneJennifer EhleA pious nurse becomes dangerously obsessed with saving the soul of her dying patient.It barely qualifies as a horror movie, but it is unpleasant, disturbing, and thought-provoking.
- DirectorCharles GuardThomas GuardStarsEmily BrowningArielle KebbelElizabeth BanksAnna returns home after a stint in a mental hospital, but her recovery is jeopardized by her father's new girlfriend and ghastly visions of her dead mother.
- DirectorGary DaubermanStarsVera FarmigaPatrick WilsonMckenna GraceWhile babysitting the daughter of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll.
- DirectorScott DerricksonStarsLaura LinneyTom WilkinsonShohreh AghdashlooA lawyer takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest who performed an exorcism on a young girl.
- DirectorRahi Anil BarveAnand GandhiAdesh PrasadStarsSohum ShahJyoti MalsheAnita Date-KelkarA mythological story about a goddess who created the entire universe. The plot revolves around the consequences when humans build a temple for her first-born.
- DirectorHideo NakataStarsHitomi KurokiRio KannoMirei OguchiA mother and her 6-year-old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water.
- DirectorAndy MuschiettiStarsBill SkarsgårdJaeden MartellFinn WolfhardIn the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsVincent PriceCarol OhmartRichard LongA millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.I finally found the movie that Clue is a parody of!
(It's so campy, it lists acting credits for the skeleton.) - DirectorJung HuhStarsYum Jung-ahPark Hyuk-kwonHeo JinThe Jangsan Tiger, who mimics human voices to lure them close, encounters a family affected by the creature.This was way better than the Grudge imo.
- CreatorMike FlanaganStarsKate SiegelZach GilfordKristin LehmanAn isolated island community experiences miraculous events - and frightening omens - after the arrival of a charismatic, mysterious young priest.
- DirectorJames WanStarsPatrick WilsonRose ByrneBarbara HersheyThe Lamberts believe that they have defeated the spirits that have haunted their family, but they soon discover that evil is not beaten so easily.Glad I gave this a chance after not liking the first one much. This one was much better than the first, imo. Still, there were things that annoyed me about this one too. (The music. I mean, I hate it when they try to scare/startle you with the music more than what is happening in the movie. I don't want scary music. I want a good scary story.)
- DirectorDavid BrucknerStarsRafe SpallArsher AliRobert James-CollierA group of old college friends reunite for a trip to a most dangerous country in Europe - Sweden, encountering a menacing presence there stalking them.
- DirectorLeigh JaniakStarsKiana MadeiraAshley ZukermanGillian JacobsThe origins of Sarah Fier's curse are finally revealed as history comes full circle on a night that changes the lives of Shadysiders forever.
- DirectorOle BornedalStarsNatasha CalisJeffrey Dean MorganKyra SedgwickA young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.I like that the evil is what causes the evil and that the good guys are good.
Also, Matisyahu. I didn't know he did movies. - DirectorPeter DuffellStarsJohn BryansJohn BennettDenholm ElliottAn anthology of four horror stories revolving around a mysterious rental house in the U.K.fun campy old style horror
- DirectorCorin HardyStarsDemián BichirTaissa FarmigaJonas BloquetA priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsMarisa ParedesEduardo NoriegaFederico LuppiAfter Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets which he must uncover.
- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer RagnarOskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.It's well done, and I like that it had a real storyline and makes you think. Its downfall is that it seems to try to make evil look like it's not so bad.
- DirectorJeremy GillespieSteven KostanskiStarsAaron PooleKenneth WelshEllen WongShortly after delivering a patient to an understaffed hospital, a police officer experiences strange and violent occurrences seemingly linked to a group of mysterious hooded figures.
- DirectorDoron PazYoav PazStarsHani FurstenbergIshai GolanKirill CernyakovDuring an outbreak of a deadly plague in Lithuania, a mystical woman must save her tight-knit Jewish community from a gang of ruffians led by a local landowner, but the entity she conjures to protect them is a far greater evil.
- DirectorJohn PolsonStarsRobert De NiroDakota FanningFamke JanssenAs a widower tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide, his daughter finds solace, at first, in her imaginary friend.
- DirectorLeigh JaniakStarsSadie SinkEmily RuddRyan SimpkinsShadyside, 1978. School's out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider is possessed with the urge to kill, the fun in the sun becomes a gruesome fight for survival.
- DirectorStephen CognettiStarsGore AbramsAlice BahlkeDanny BelliniFive years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out what really happened.
- DirectorAndré ØvredalStarsBrian CoxEmile HirschOphelia LovibondA father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a complex mystery while attempting to identify the cause of death of a young woman who was apparently harboring dark secrets.
- DirectorNa Hong-jinStarsJun KunimuraHwang Jung-minKwak Do-wonSoon after a stranger arrives in a little village, a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman, drawn into the incident, is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.
- DirectorMark TonderaiStarsJennifer LawrenceElisabeth ShueMax ThieriotAfter moving with her mother to a small town, a teenager finds that an accident happened in the house at the end of the street. Things get more complicated when she befriends a boy. A double murder is not an accident.
- DirectorAdam RobitelStarsJill LarsonAnne RamsayMichelle AngAn elderly woman battling Alzheimer's disease agrees to let a film crew document her condition, but what they discover is something far more sinister going on.
- DirectorJohn KrasinskiStarsEmily BluntMillicent SimmondsCillian MurphyFollowing the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path.Good, but not as good as the first. It kind of left me wanting more.
- DirectorLluís QuílezStarsJulia StilesScott SpeedmanStephen ReaA couple and their daughter move to Colombia to take over a family manufacturing plant, only to realize their new home is haunted.(There's no reason this movie should be rated R. It should be PG13 imo.)
- DirectorCorin HardyStarsJoseph MawleBojana NovakovicMichael McElhattonA family who moved into a remote mill house in Ireland finds themselves in a fight for survival with demonic creatures living in the woods.
- DirectorAnthony Scott BurnsStarsJohn RalstonThomas MannPercy Hynes WhiteA young genius accidentally invents a device that amplifies the paranormal activity within his family's house, possibly bringing back the spirits of loved ones, and unleashing things far worse.
- DirectorTom HarperStarsHelen McCroryJeremy IrvinePhoebe Fox40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrives, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.
- DirectorBrian GilbertStarsChristina RicciIoan GruffuddStephen DillaneAmnesiac Cassie Grant has a premonition that someone or something wants the family that's helping her recover dead. She investigates the secrets of the town they live in and uncovers darkness, both human and supernatural.
- DirectorDanishka EsterhazyStarsKatie DouglasCelina MartinSara CanningIn a highly regimented boarding school, a pair of students discover that things are not as they seem.Barely qualifies as horror, but it's pretty a good movie.
- DirectorBrett PierceDrew T. PierceStarsJohn-Paul HowardPiper CurdaJamison JonesA defiant teenage boy, struggling with his parents' imminent divorce, faces off with a thousand year-old witch, who is living beneath the skin of and posing as the woman next door.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.Some movies are timeless. Some movies seem a little dumb 40 years later. To me, this one was among the latter kind. The special effects obviously, but also the music and even the acting all seemed out of date. (Part of it may be the fact that I was thinking "That's the girl from the Popeye movie" in every scene with Wendy. Her style of acting was perfect for Olive Oil, but seemed silly in a horror movie.) But between the fact that I thought it was just okay, and hearing that Stephen King hated it, it makes me interested to read the book. So it succeeded in that at least.
- DirectorFede AlvarezStarsJane LevyShiloh FernandezJessica LucasFive friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods.The cabin and the book are the same as in the original. The story is almost the same. Unlike the original, it's convincingly done and could be scary. Still, after seeing the original trilogy (and Ash vs the Evil Dead series), it makes it hard to take it seriously when there are several references to the original two movies.
- DirectorLeigh JaniakStarsKiana MadeiraOlivia Scott WelchBenjamin Flores Jr.A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounter the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years. Welcome to Shadyside.
- DirectorTi WestStarsMia GothJenna OrtegaBrittany SnowIn 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the crew find themselves fighting for their lives.This is messed up, but at least it knows it's messed up...
- DirectorJaume BalagueróPaco PlazaStarsManuela VelascoFerran TerrazaJorge-Yamam SerranoA television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
- DirectorFelix FuchssteinerKatharina SchödeStarsMax SchimmelpfennigLea van AckenTijan MareiA wealthy teen and his friends attending an elite private school uncover a dark conspiracy while looking into a series of strange supernatural events.
- DirectorPeter HyamsStarsPenelope Ann MillerTom SizemoreLinda HuntA homicide detective and an anthropologist try to destroy a South American lizard-like god, who's on a people eating rampage in a Chicago museum.Pretty good monster movie.
- DirectorShari Springer BermanRobert PulciniStarsAmanda SeyfriedJames NortonNatalia DyerAn artist relocates to the Hudson Valley and begins to suspect that her marriage has a sinister darkness, one that rivals her new home's history.
- DirectorWilliam Brent BellStarsLauren CohanRupert EvansJames RussellAn American nanny is shocked that her new English family's boy is actually a life-sized doll. After she violates a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive.
- DirectorMike MendezStarsDominic PurcellClare KramerJosie MaranAfter a night of drunken exploits, Allison, Harris, and Kira are chased and terrorized by the ghosts of a child pyromaniac, an ax murderer, and a rapist.Reading the description made me think this might be a horror comedy that they forgot to put the comedy label on. It was played straight, but it had some funny parts anyway. Reminded me of Poltergeist. Not quite as corny as Poltergeist, but this had some ridiculous elements that poltergeist didn't (and a few of the same kinds of thing as well). This would I would call a MMM: Mindless monster movie, but not a bad one.