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Thriller/horror/scary/crime movies worth watching.

by girl_peace66 • Created 14 years ago • Modified 12 years ago
some are terrifying and disturbing. some are just plain good and worth watching. some are full of suspense. in total, i enjoyed all of them. in no numerical order.
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  • Isabelle Fuhrman in Orphan (2009)

    1. Orphan

    20092h 3mR42Metascore
    7.0 (267K)
    A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.
    DirectorJaume Collet-SerraStarsVera FarmigaPeter SarsgaardIsabelle Fuhrman
  • Vacancy (2007)

    2. Vacancy

    20071h 25mR54Metascore
    6.2 (111K)
    Stranded in an isolated motel, a couple become the unsuspecting subjects of a snuff film.
    DirectorNimród AntalStarsKate BeckinsaleLuke WilsonFrank Whaley
  • The Uninvited (2009)

    3. The Uninvited

    20091h 27mPG-1343Metascore
    6.3 (87K)
    Anna 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.
    DirectorsCharles GuardThomas GuardStarsEmily BrowningArielle KebbelElizabeth Banks
  • Jeepers Creepers (2001)

    4. Jeepers Creepers

    20011h 30mR49Metascore
    6.2 (150K)
    A brother and sister driving home through isolated countryside for spring break encounter a flesh-eating creature which is in the midst of its ritualistic eating spree.
    DirectorVictor SalvaStarsGina PhilipsJustin LongJonathan Breck
  • Quinn Lord in Trick 'r Treat (2007)

    5. Trick 'r Treat

    20071h 22mR
    6.7 (110K)
    Five Halloween stories: A principal has a secret life, a virgin is looking for her first time, a group of kids pull a prank, a woman who loathes Halloween does not respect the rules and a mean old man meets a demonic trick-or-treater.
    DirectorMichael DoughertyStarsAnna PaquinBrian CoxDylan Baker
  • Halle Berry in Gothika (2003)

    6. Gothika

    20031h 38mR38Metascore
    5.8 (122K)
    A psychiatrist awakens as a patient in a mental institution, with no memory of the murder she's accused of committing. As she tries to regain her memory, a vengeful spirit manipulates her.
    DirectorMathieu KassovitzStarsHalle BerryPenélope CruzRobert Downey Jr.
  • Natalie Mendoza, Shauna Macdonald, Saskia Mulder, Alex Reid, Nora-Jane Noone, and MyAnna Buring in The Descent (2005)

    7. The Descent

    20051h 39mR71Metascore
    7.2 (260K)
    A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.
    DirectorNeil MarshallStarsShauna MacdonaldNatalie MendozaAlex Reid
  • Brad Dourif and Dinah Manoff in Child's Play (1988)

    8. Child's Play

    19881h 27mR58Metascore
    6.7 (125K)
    A dying serial killer transfers his consciousness into a popular kids doll using voodoo. A struggling single mother gifts her six-year-old son the much sought-after doll for his birthday, and the doll slowly begins to show its true colors.
    DirectorTom HollandStarsCatherine HicksChris SarandonAlex Vincent
  • Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, and Fionnula Flanagan in The Others (2001)

    9. The Others

    20011h 44mPG-1374Metascore
    7.6 (410K)
    In 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.
    DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsNicole KidmanChristopher EcclestonFionnula Flanagan
  • Jennifer Connelly in Dark Water (2005)

    10. Dark Water

    20051h 45mPG-1352Metascore
    5.6 (67K)
    A mother and daughter, still wounded from a bitter custody dispute, hole up in a run-down apartment building, where they are targeted by the ghost of a former resident.
    DirectorWalter SallesStarsJennifer ConnellyAriel GadeJohn C. Reilly
  • Eliza Dushku in Wrong Turn (2003)

    11. Wrong Turn

    20031h 24mR32Metascore
    6.1 (140K)
    Chris and a group of five friends are left stranded deep in the middle of the woods after their cars collide. As they venture deeper into the woods, they face an uncertain and bloodcurdling fate.
    DirectorRob SchmidtStarsEliza DushkuJeremy SistoEmmanuelle Chriqui
  • Tim Curry in It (1990)

    12. It

    19902 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    6.8 (146K)
    In 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
    StarsRichard ThomasTim ReidAnnette O'Toole
  • Pulse (2006)

    13. Pulse

    20061h 30mPG-1329Metascore
    4.7 (32K)
    When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world.
    DirectorJim SonzeroStarsKristen BellRick GonzalezChristina Milian
  • House of Wax (2005)

    14. House of Wax

    20051h 53mR41Metascore
    5.5 (140K)
    A group of teens are unwittingly stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
    DirectorJaume Collet-SerraStarsChad Michael MurrayParis HiltonElisha Cuthbert
  • Shrooms (2007)

    15. Shrooms

    20071h 24mNot Rated
    4.6 (18K)
    A group of friends are stalked and murdered whilst looking for psilocybin mushrooms in the Irish woods.
    DirectorPaddy BreathnachStarsLindsey HaunJack HustonMax Kasch
  • Vinnie Jones in The Midnight Meat Train (2008)

    16. The Midnight Meat Train

    20081h 40mR58Metascore
    6.0 (74K)
    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.
    DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsVinnie JonesBradley CooperLeslie Bibb
  • The Stepfather (2009)

    17. The Stepfather

    20091h 41mPG-1333Metascore
    5.6 (41K)
    Michael Harding returns home from military school to find his mother, Susan, happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David. As the two men get to know each other, he becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there to help.
    DirectorNelson McCormickStarsPenn BadgleyDylan WalshSela Ward
  • Megan Fox in Jennifer's Body (2009)

    18. Jennifer's Body

    20091h 42mR47Metascore
    5.5 (162K)
    A newly-possessed high-school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?
    DirectorKaryn KusamaStarsMegan FoxAmanda SeyfriedAdam Brody
  • Valentine (2001)

    19. Valentine

    20011h 36mR18Metascore
    4.9 (31K)
    Five women are stalked by an unknown assailant while preparing for Valentine's Day.
    DirectorJamie BlanksStarsDenise RichardsDavid BoreanazMarley Shelton
  • Wolf Creek (2005)

    20. Wolf Creek

    20051h 39mR56Metascore
    6.2 (82K)
    Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.
    DirectorGreg McLeanStarsNathan PhillipsCassandra MagrathKestie Morassi
  • My Bloody Valentine (2009)

    21. My Bloody Valentine

    20091h 41mR51Metascore
    5.4 (63K)
    Tom returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine's night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame is the only one that believes he's innocent.
    DirectorPatrick LussierStarsJensen AcklesJaime KingKerr Smith
  • Ghost Ship (2002)

    22. Ghost Ship

    20021h 31mR28Metascore
    5.6 (113K)
    A salvage crew discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea, and soon notices that its long-dead inhabitants may still be on board.
    DirectorSteve BeckStarsJulianna MarguliesGabriel ByrneRon Eldard
  • Liv Tyler and Kip Weeks in The Strangers (2008)

    23. The Strangers

    20081h 26mR47Metascore
    6.1 (152K)
    James Hoyt and Kristen McKay visit an isolated vacation home to enjoy some time together. However, they are in for a rude surprise when three masked assailants make their stay a nightmare.
    DirectorBryan BertinoStarsScott SpeedmanLiv TylerGemma Ward
  • Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)

    24. Jeepers Creepers 2

    20031h 44mR36Metascore
    5.7 (74K)
    Set a few days after the original, a championship basketball team's bus is attacked by The Creeper, the winged, flesh-eating terror, on the last day of his 23-day feeding frenzy.
    DirectorVictor SalvaStarsJonathan BreckRay WiseNicki Aycox
  • Glenn Jacobs, Christina Vidal, Luke Pegler, and Samantha Noble in See No Evil (2006)

    25. See No Evil

    20061h 24mR17Metascore
    5.1 (30K)
    A group of delinquents are sent to clean the Blackwell Hotel. Little do they know reclusive psychopath Jacob Goodnight has holed away in the rotting hotel. When one of the teens is captured, those who remain - a group that includes the cop who put a bullet in Goodnight's head four years ago - band together to survive against the brutal killer.
    DirectorGregory DarkStarsGlenn JacobsChristina VidalMichael J. Pagan

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