Horror Movie Suggestions (for when you have nothing else to do~)
by Ravenlich | created - 08 Oct 2011 | updated - 20 Aug 2014 | PublicWatch them if you're bored or something, left comments on each one. =) Not going to list all the ones I've seen (that would be too many) but a few. I also need to rewatch some films and finally watch ones I should've seen ages ago but haven't gotten round to seeing, so I'll also be adding more on later!
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1. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
R | 91 min | Horror
Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, John Saxon
Votes: 262,628 | Gross: $25.50M
If you're smaller then avoid watching this at night, but when you're a little older and you learn to love Robert Englund and Freddy Krueger both, then you won't be so afraid. This film is pretty much made of ~*~WIN~*~.
2. Alien (1979)
R | 117 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 951,423 | Gross: $78.90M
This film never gets old. I'm serious, if you want to see merciless aliens kill random people and badass mofo facehugging things then go see it! =D
3. Friday the 13th (1980)
R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer.
Director: Sean S. Cunningham | Stars: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan
Votes: 157,517 | Gross: $39.75M
Slasher film, if you don't like them then bad luck, but this franchise will always be one of my favourites and even though this film doesn't have Jason as the killer, it's still pretty good.
4. Trick 'r Treat (2007)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Horror
Five interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his match with a demonic, supernatural trick-or-treater.
Director: Michael Dougherty | Stars: Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes
Votes: 104,648
YEAH! I advise you watch this on Halloween, just because it's only right to do so. ;) Anyway, the film is actually executed pretty well (as are the people), and you'll find out everything in it fits together from beginning to end.
5. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
R | 101 min | Action, Horror
A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer, Jake Weber
Votes: 272,573 | Gross: $59.02M
One of the better zombie movies out there. I hadn't known that Zack Snyder (who directed Watchmen) was the director of this film until I looked it up, to my satisfied surprise.
6. I Am Legend (2007)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Votes: 814,589 | Gross: $256.39M
Based on a novel, I Am Legend is a not-so-traditional vampire film, taking a zombie-like plot (in the sense that a virus has turned people into infected, psychotic killers with large mouths). If you didn't like the theatrical ending so much, there's an alternate ending which is apparently closer to the source material, so Google it or something if you want to find out about it. Even if you don't like these types of movies, Will Smith is in it, so watch it anyway. >D
7. Black Death (2010)
R | 102 min | Action, Drama, History
Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is given the task of learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to life in a small village.
Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean, Carice van Houten, Kimberley Nixon
Votes: 51,254 | Gross: $0.02M
Unlike a lot of horrors, this film has characters you get to know before they get killed off, meaning you might actually care when someone dies. The ending isn't so amazing but it's decent, and the film itself isn't REALLY a slasher, though it does have its gory moments. Honestly, if you want a different kind of horror, consider giving this a watch. All in all, this is a rather underrated film.
8. Predator (1987)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall, Elpidia Carrillo
Votes: 455,087 | Gross: $59.74M
More aliens! No, no, not xenomorphs. These aliens are high-tech, intelligible warriors who more closely resemble humans than xenomorphs ever will. Well, I won't give much away but I will say that this is an excellent film worth watching.
9. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Horror
The uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis
Votes: 594,213 | Gross: $13.54M
How I love this movie, mmm. =) It's a comedy film, but doesn't overdo it, and the comedy actually works! It's also quite emotional at times and the characters are awesome (except for one particular annoying-ass guy with glasses). How's about it, ey? If that doesn't convince you, Simon Pegg will, because that's right, he's in it.
10. Severance (2006)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Horror
During a team-building retreat in the mountains a group of sales representatives are hunted down one by one.
Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens
Votes: 40,697 | Gross: $0.14M
Another film directed by Christopher Smith is THIS ONE, and if you hadn't known earlier, he's the one who directed Black Death. O that's right, you remember now? Anyway, this one's a real slasher, with comedic elements cleverly sewn into it to create an entertaining film. Love it or hate it, I don't really care.
11. Saw (2004)
R | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two 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.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Ken Leung
Votes: 466,927 | Gross: $56.00M
You've heard of Saw, right? Yeah, yeah you have. Well, now's the time to actually see it if you haven't already. No, really. Go.
12. Hostel (2005)
R | 94 min | Horror
Three backpackers head to a Slovak city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson, Barbara Nedeljakova
Votes: 191,044 | Gross: $47.33M
Ahhh, Hostel. Yep, hostel scared the *beep* out of me when I was 11 (or 12) and has scarred me for life. It was then that I vowed I'd never go to Slovakia. In fact, this is one of only two films that has actually made me look away (I stumbled off to bed to escape), EVER. I haven't seen it since the first time, maybe sometime soon I'll watch it again and see if anything has changed for me since then. Maybe I overreacted then? I don't know. Anyway, the plot may not be as good as Saw, but if you like seeing gore, then alright, you will probably like it.
13. The Grudge (2004)
PG-13 | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, Clea DuVall, William Mapother
Votes: 150,898 | Gross: $110.36M
Ooahahahahahaha*cry*haha. The Grudge is the second film that has scarred me for life. Damn it, there's just something about it that scares the hell out of me. I dunno, creepy-sounding/looking ghosts just don't tickle my fancy.
14. Planet Terror (2007)
R | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodríguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton
Votes: 223,333
Strange film... As in, very strange. Strange but entertaining. That is all.
15. Deep Blue Sea (1999)
R | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Searching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease, a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the prey, as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Samuel L. Jackson, Jacqueline McKenzie
Votes: 142,604 | Gross: $73.65M
I loved the part where the shark jumps out of the water and grabs - Ok ok, I won't spoil it. Alternative to Jaws.
16. Paranormal Activity (2007)
R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery
After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.
Director: Oren Peli | Stars: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong
Votes: 256,275 | Gross: $107.92M
This is NOT on this list because it's good. NOT. GOOD. In fact, I'm only putting it on this list if you want to torture yourself with this piece of crap. Like, seriously, torture yourself. It's utterly boring, the acting was terrible and I genuinely fell asleep for the first time ever while watching a movie.
17. Dead Silence (2007)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After his wife meets a grisly end, Jamie Ashen returns to his hometown of Ravens Fair to find answers. His investigation leads him to the ghost of a ventriloquist named Mary Shaw who seems to have ties to his entire family tree
Director: James Wan | Stars: Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Fairman
Votes: 101,888 | Gross: $16.81M
This is a rather dark film, as in it has a dark feeling throughout the whole this. Usually that would be annoying but it's actually a pretty good movie, further leading me to hate dolls/puppets etc even more. Beware the stare of Mary Shaw... She had no children, only dolls...
18. Stake Land (2010)
R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
In a world of vampires, an expert vampire hunter and his young protégé travel toward sanctuary.
Director: Jim Mickle | Stars: Connor Paolo, Nick Damici, Kelly McGillis, Gregory Jones
Votes: 44,150 | Gross: $0.02M
What's this? A vampire movie with an attempt at character development...which succeeded? Not possible! O yes, it IS possible. Stake Land is a decent film, not the best but it's entertaining with a fair amount of killing and whatnot, and amongst all that, you'll probably only be indignant about one (implied) death.
19. Scream (1996)
R | 111 min | Horror, Mystery
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich
Votes: 388,625 | Gross: $103.05M
I love Scream. I love everything about it. This is a slasher with a plot, and that's always a good thing, right? Yes, that's right. Lock your doors, kiddies!
20. Mirrors (I) (2008)
R | 110 min | Horror, Mystery
An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.
Director: Alexandre Aja | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Amy Smart, Cameron Boyce
Votes: 113,753 | Gross: $30.69M
Pfft, I hated mirrors before this, and after seeing this, I hated them even more. It's another one of those movies with a permanently-present dark feel to it, but it's entertaining to say the least.
21. Hellraiser (1987)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld.
Director: Clive Barker | Stars: Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman
Votes: 140,599 | Gross: $14.56M
Hellraiser is one hell of a film all right. It's based on a novella - The Hellbound Heart - which you should read beforehand, and truly, it's a wonderful film.
22. 28 Days Later (2002)
R | 113 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Alex Palmer
Votes: 446,047 | Gross: $45.06M
Another zombie film has inched its way onto this list. I loved the characters, I loved the...zombies... I loved everything about it. O and if you love Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins, Inception), you get to see him butt-naked. xD
23. 30 Days of Night (2007)
R | 113 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.
Director: David Slade | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster
Votes: 189,493 | Gross: $39.57M
As far as I know this is based on a comic book series. Anyway, it's a vampire film, and no, no, the vampires don't fall in love with annoying, weird girls like Bella Swan. They're vicious. That's always a good thing ahaha.
24. Blade II (2002)
R | 117 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, Leonor Varela
Votes: 234,505 | Gross: $82.35M
Anything by Guillermo del Toro is good, as is this film (rated 6.6?! What!?) which includes weird little vampire menaces called Reapers which somewhat resemble Predators AND Xenomorphs... Stars Ron Perlman and Luke Goss who were in del Toro's second Hellboy film (which was amazing by the way).
25. Insidious (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye
Votes: 339,143 | Gross: $54.01M
This is an alright-ish film. The first half was excellent but...the second half went down into the gutters and was lost in other crap and litter.
26. Silent Hill (2006)
R | 125 min | Horror, Mystery
A woman, Rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill.
Director: Christophe Gans | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger
Votes: 244,119 | Gross: $46.98M
It truly is a weird movie, Silent Hill, but it's not all awful to be honest. It's based on a game of the same name and it features Pyramid Head, a large, freaky man with an obvious pyramid-like structure which conceals his head and an overly large butcher's knife which he puts to good use. Don't watch it alone at night.
27. Final Destination (2000)
R | 98 min | Horror, Thriller
After getting a premonition about a plane crash on his school trip, Alex, a student saves a few of his classmates. However, their situation gets complicated when death starts chasing them.
Director: James Wong | Stars: Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Kristen Cloke
Votes: 279,648 | Gross: $53.33M
I really need to catch up on this franchise... Uh but back to the point. After this you'll probably hope to never survive a tragic accident involving a lot of other people in fear that death will follow you and kill you gruesomely.
28. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
R | 98 min | Horror
After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding loon and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
Director: Marcus Nispel | Stars: Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Andrew Bryniarski, Erica Leerhsen
Votes: 152,423 | Gross: $80.57M
That's right, this is the remake. I didn't like the original...it became boring seeing an annoying screaming idiot run around on screen for half an hour wondering why Leatherface was still chasing her (she was screaming, duh).
Anyway, this, to me, was superior to the original. =) I hate chainsaws though. Like, I HATE them. x_x
29. The Descent (2005)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.
Director: Neil Marshall | Stars: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder
Votes: 247,057 | Gross: $26.02M
Damn them Crawlers, livin' in dem caves, eatin' dem people... This is a GREAT film, and it'll make you think twice about going into some strange cave the next time you feel like doing that.
30. The Cave (2005)
PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Blood-thirsty creatures await a pack of divers who become trapped in an underwater cave network.
Director: Bruce Hunt | Stars: Piper Perabo, Morris Chestnut, Cole Hauser, Eddie Cibrian
Votes: 41,456 | Gross: $15.01M
The Cave is about a group of people who go into a cave which comes alive to eat them all. The cave separates into smaller, living caves which chase the people inside the mother-cave and they all die.
O, you silly things, I'm joking. ^^
It was released the same year as The Descent and is an inferior version of it, also featuring weird creatures inside a (ta da!) cave!
There's one massive motherf-cking beasty which I recall is somehow able to fly, swim and scale walls with the grace and beauty of a ballerina shot in the leg.
Turns out, every beast in the cave used to be -
31. Amusement (2008)
R | 85 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Three women are stalked by a killer with a grudge that extends back to the girls' childhoods.
Director: John Simpson | Stars: Katheryn Winnick, Laura Breckenridge, Jessica Lucas, Keir O'Donnell
Votes: 12,381
This is filled with cliches, but sometimes cliches can be fun! In fact, sometimes they can be amusing. The antagonist in the film is literally psychopathic, with a strange infatuation with a girl who he tries to amuse by showing her some f-cked up shizzle~
32. Zombieland (2009)
R | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting bruiser in search of the last Twinkie and a pair of sisters striving to get to an amusement park join forces in a trek across a zombie-filled America.
Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin
Votes: 621,641 | Gross: $75.59M
Zombieland, unlike the title suggests, is about... Ah, who am I kidding. It's about zombies, people killing zombies and zombies (attempting) to kill people. It's a decent movie mixed with a bit of humour here and there, but not nearly as hilarious as Shaun of the Dead.
33. A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The spectre of a disfigured man haunts the children of the parents who murdered him, stalking and killing them in their dreams.
Director: Samuel Bayer | Stars: Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Katie Cassidy
Votes: 107,522 | Gross: $63.08M
You know what? I don't CARE if you hate this. I don't CARE if this is said to be absolutely awful. I LIKE it. So much, in fact, that I will praise it like it's the most important thing in the world. >D I know, it's not as great as the original, and that's definitely true, but it's a decent remake. At first I wasn't sure about Jackie Earle Haley portraying Freddy instead of Robert Englund but then I watched Watchmen and got a taste of what he could do, and promptly went out of my way to see this film to find out that he's spectacular in it. It's also nice to hear Jackie's normal voice in it as well, he's actually kind of adorable LOL. Freddy will always be one of the most legendary characters in my eyes, and Jackie didn't disappoint, neither did the other actors who danced around on screen until they were killed! =D
34. The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
R | 107 min | Horror, Thriller
A traveling family falls victim to a group of mutated cannibals in a desert far away from civilization.
Director: Alexandre Aja | Stars: Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan, Dan Byrd, Emilie de Ravin
Votes: 183,318 | Gross: $41.78M
I need to rewatch this film some time...um...anyway, yet another film that'll probably make you think twice about going into the middle of nowhere for a holiday. Again, this isn't one of the best movies out there but it's a good way to pass the time and be entertained for a while.
35. House on Haunted Hill (1999)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An amusement park mogul offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.
Director: William Malone | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Peter Gallagher
Votes: 60,156 | Gross: $40.85M
Yes, because obviously going into a giant haunted asylum for a night is a great idea. Trust me, you won't find me doing that for any amount of money. This film isn't amazing, in fact, it's not really that good at all, but when you're desperate to watch something because you're dying of boredom, you'll realise that it's not SO bad... Features vengeful ghosts and an adopted guy!
36. Darkness Falls (2003)
PG-13 | 86 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before.
Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Chaney Kley, Emma Caulfield Ford, Antony Burrows, Lee Cormie
Votes: 33,394 | Gross: $32.55M
The tooth faerie never was this scary, huh? I heard that Doug Jones was supposed to be the tooth faerie until the film got a new director or something, and didn't realise that until after watching the film not long ago. The film has its flaws and whatnot, and a few plot holes and questionable scenes but it's really not that bad a movie. Everyone has different opinions so don't take notice of ratings until you've watched it yourself.
37. Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
R | 94 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Alice wakes up in the Raccoon City hospital after the area has been overrun by zombies, and must now make it out of the city before a nuclear bomb is dropped.
Director: Alexander Witt | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Eric Mabius, Oded Fehr
Votes: 210,014 | Gross: $51.20M
So much hate for this series, but in all honesty I like it. Not only is it filled to the brim with badassery but you have to feel sorry for Nemesis, who is also really cool, even if he is the antagonist for the majority of the film. Blame Umbrella.
38. Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
R | 94 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Survivors of the Raccoon City catastrophe travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against the evil Umbrella Corp.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Oded Fehr, Iain Glen
Votes: 205,551 | Gross: $50.65M
Yes that's right, another RE film, with crazy desert zombies who want to kill you.
39. Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
R | 97 min | Action, Horror
Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.
Director: Ronny Yu | Stars: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Kelly Rowland, Monica Keena
Votes: 127,319 | Gross: $82.62M
Don't hate me cause I like it, we all like different things and really, FvJ isn't bad. It has Freddy, Jason, people dying...what else do you want? <3
40. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Votes: 1,548,926 | Gross: $130.74M
YES, this movie is epic. Cannibalism...ftw? =o
41. Dead Snow (2009)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.
Director: Tommy Wirkola | Stars: Jeppe Beck Laursen, Charlotte Frogner, Jenny Skavlan, Geir Vegar Hoel
Votes: 70,032 | Gross: $0.04M
I didn't really like the first twenty minutes, but after that it got better, and turned out to be a pretty epic film. It's not in English, so if you watch this, remember to watch with subtitles. =) Who doesn't like nazi zombies?
42. Creep (I) (2004)
R | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Trapped in a London subway station, a woman who's being pursued by a potential attacker heads into the unknown labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city's streets.
Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Franka Potente, Sean Harris, Vas Blackwood, Ken Campbell
Votes: 31,759
Another one by Christopher Smith. You'd think watching an annoying lady running around a railway station all night would be boring but it isn't! Sadly a good character dies, but never fear, the dog lives on! There are a few things you might wonder about, but it's a good slasher.
43. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
R | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy, War
In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú
Votes: 703,229 | Gross: $37.63M
Why is this so far down on the list? Well, cause I was wondering whether to put this on the list at all. To begin, this is my second favourite movie of all time, and I'll keep this short even though I want to rant on and on about it. Pan's Labyrinth is in Spanish (so here come the subtitles) and is more of an adult-type fairy tale, with realistic elements of life merged with fantasy and horror. It grabs you in emotionally, not only with the storyline but with the characters. Horror aspects include the Pale Man, I suppose the toad, in a sense, and there are a few bits of gore scattered around as well. It doesn't overdo the horror but it doesn't underdo it either, everything is balanced. I highly recommend it.
44. Child's Play (1988)
R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
A struggling single mother unknowingly gifts her son a doll imbued with a serial killer's consciousness.
Director: Tom Holland | Stars: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif
Votes: 116,806 | Gross: $33.24M
It's a pretty entertaining film, though Chucky is somewhat a comedic character in my eyes. That doll has style~ Sooo, if you do happen to like possessed dolls then alright, go watch it. If you don't, watch it anyway, you might like it. ;D
45. Fragile (2005)
PG-13 | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
At her new job in a rundown children's hospital, a nurse desperately tries to keep her patients safe from a plague of random, mysterious attacks.
Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Calista Flockhart, Richard Roxburgh, Elena Anaya, Gemma Jones
Votes: 17,531
Fragile is just one of THOSE movies. You smirk, you facepalm, occasionally your eyes might bulge while you think 'holy crap', but this film is a mixture of both good and bad.
46. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
R | 89 min | Horror
Two young couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of murder end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sid Haig, Karen Black, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie
Votes: 93,435 | Gross: $12.63M
Another display of curios idiocy. It proves you should probably stay away from places where there are rumoured to have been crazy people lurking about that are willing to f-cking kill you.
47. Wolf Creek (2005)
R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller
Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.
Director: Greg McLean | Stars: Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, John Jarratt
Votes: 78,386 | Gross: $16.19M
The majority of this film was actually boring like you wouldn't imagine. In the last half hour, though, you see how pro the killer is as he blows a guy's head off from far away! =D No really, the last half hour wasn't so bad.
48. Misery (1990)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen
Votes: 235,712 | Gross: $61.28M
This is more a THRILLER but you know, it's good enough. Did you know that psychopaths are hard to kill? (You probably know this after watching the Scream films) Well anyway, the moral of the story is... Don't be a good author.
49. Slither (2006)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker, Don Thompson
Votes: 88,907 | Gross: $7.77M
Truly a film worth watching, Slither proves to be a rather original film which will often leave you thinking 'wtf' at times, but never boring you. It's actually quite hilarious at times, too, which is also a good thing. It doesn't lay back with the gore, and no doubt you'll find it...intriguing.
50. The Host (2006)
R | 120 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-Bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona
Votes: 132,795 | Gross: $2.20M
I can't tell you how much I laughed my head off at one certain scene at the end, but I'll leave that to you if you decide to watch it. The Host is an odd little film but definitely entertaining, uh, but...again, subtitles!!! Features a BEAUTIFUL creature who um...eats people...
51. Scream 4 (2011)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Lucy Hale
Votes: 171,255 | Gross: $38.18M
Alright, you have to admit, Scream 4 is probably the best in the series after the original, it has comedy, death...a few Scream cliches but really, a great movie.
52. Event Horizon (1997)
R | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A rescue crew is tasked with investigating the mysterious reappearance of a spaceship that had been lost for seven years.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson
Votes: 197,264 | Gross: $26.67M
Ah, I remember watching this when I was really young, one scene in particular where eyes are being gouged out. =D
53. Pitch Black (2000)
R | 109 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A transport ship crashes and leaves its crew stranded on a desert planet inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures that come out during an eclipse.
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Vin Diesel, Keith David
Votes: 253,043 | Gross: $39.24M
I have to be honest with you, this film bored me to hell in the first half hour, then, eventually, it proved to me that it was worth waiting for. As the title suggests, there'll be a lot of darkness.
54. The Sixth Sense (1999)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Malcolm 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.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams
Votes: 1,051,755 | Gross: $293.51M
I see dead people...
If you haven't seen this already, see it.
I remember I was about six and I was watching this, thinking 'I don't get the ending' until I watched it a few years later and realised.
55. The Mist (2007)
R | 126 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher
Votes: 340,612 | Gross: $25.59M
I must say, this movie was actually better than I first thought it would be. The name...I get confused occasionally with The Fog, which I've never seen but heard of. *facepalm* Anyway, hilariously unfortunate ending for one of the characters, but you know, too bad.
56. Teeth (I) (2007)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence.
Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein | Stars: Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman
Votes: 46,472 | Gross: $0.35M
Not really that good a movie, good to see if you're with a few people and you want to laugh at the guys who get pwned though.
57. Martyrs (2008)
R | 99 min | Horror
A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Director: Pascal Laugier | Stars: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin, Robert Toupin
Votes: 106,504
58. The Orphanage (2007)
R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A 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.
Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera
Votes: 163,645 | Gross: $7.16M
59. Let the Right One In (2008)
R | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl
Votes: 226,833 | Gross: $2.12M
No, I don't mean the remake.
60. The Collector (I) (2009)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
Director: Marcus Dunstan | Stars: Josh Stewart, Andrea Roth, Juan Fernández, William Prael
Votes: 72,245 | Gross: $7.71M
61. Chained (I) (2012)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A young man held prisoner by a cab-driving serial killer must make a life or death choice between following in his captor's footsteps or breaking free.
Director: Jennifer Lynch | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Eamon Farren, Evan Bird, Julia Ormond
Votes: 20,901
62. Sinister (I) (2012)
R | 110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A controversial true-crime writer finds a box of Super 8 home movies in his new home, revealing that the murder case he is currently researching could be the work of an unknown serial killer whose legacy dates back to the 1960s.
Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, James Ransone, Fred Thompson
Votes: 280,360 | Gross: $48.09M
63. The Crazies (2010)
R | 101 min | Horror
After a strange and insecure plane crash, an unusual toxic virus enters a quaint farming town. A young couple are quarantined, but they fight for survival along with help from a couple of people.
Director: Breck Eisner | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant, Danielle Panabaker, Joe Anderson
Votes: 128,975 | Gross: $39.12M
64. The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late night commuters, ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways.
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura | Stars: Vinnie Jones, Bradley Cooper, Leslie Bibb, Brooke Shields
Votes: 71,145 | Gross: $0.08M
65. Session 9 (2001)
R | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Paul Guilfoyle, Josh Lucas
Votes: 62,922 | Gross: $0.38M
66. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
R | 114 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After being institutionalized in a mental hospital, Su-mi reunites with her sister, Su-yeon, and they return to live at their country home. But strange events plague the house, leading to surprising revelations and a shocking conclusion.
Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Lim Soo-jung, Yum Jung-ah, Kim Kap-su, Moon Geun-young
Votes: 68,295
67. Audition (1999)
R | 115 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura
Votes: 89,281
68. Evil Dead II (1987)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Horror
Ash 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.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley DePaiva
Votes: 181,991 | Gross: $5.92M
69. Army of Darkness (1992)
R | 81 min | Comedy, Horror
When Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie
Votes: 194,427 | Gross: $11.50M
70. The Conjuring (2013)
R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor
Votes: 555,139 | Gross: $137.40M
71. Unrest (I) (2006)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
A young pathology med student suspects that the spirit of a dead cadaver in the hospital morgue where she works is killing off all those who handle or desecrate the body.
Director: Jason Todd Ipson | Stars: Corri English, Scot Davis, Joshua Alba, Marisa Petroro
Votes: 8,282
72. Ju-on: The Curse (2000 Video)
TV-PG | 70 min | Horror, Mystery
A teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing, only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Yûrei Yanagi, Yue, Ryôta Koyama, Hitomi Miwa
Votes: 8,983
73. Ringu (1998)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Mystery
A reporter and her ex-husband investigate a cursed video tape that is rumored to kill the viewer seven days after watching it.
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Yûko Takeuchi, Hitomi Satô
Votes: 77,530
74. Splinter (I) (2008)
R | 82 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
Trapped in an isolated gas station by a voracious Splinter parasite that transforms its still-living victims into deadly hosts, a young couple and an escaped convict must find a way to work together to survive this primal terror.
Director: Toby Wilkins | Stars: Shea Whigham, Jill Wagner, Paulo Costanzo, Charles Baker
Votes: 40,945
75. 1408 (2007)
PG-13 | 104 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A man who specialises in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub
Votes: 294,301 | Gross: $71.99M
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