2001 - Top 29 Horror Movies
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1. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
R | 106 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
After 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.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve
Votes: 70,986 | Gross: $0.75M
2. 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: 62,873 | Gross: $0.38M
3. Dagon (2001)
R | 98 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A boating accident runs a young man and woman ashore in a decrepit Spanish fishing town which they discover is in the grips of an ancient sea god and its monstrous half human offspring.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal, Raquel Meroño, Macarena Gómez
Votes: 21,023
4. Wolf Girl (2001)
R | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Tara Talbot (Victoria Sanchez) is afflicted with the rare genetic condition known as hypertrichosis - she is covered head to toe in hair. She lives her life in Harley Dune's (Tim Curry's) ... See full summary »
Director: Thom Fitzgerald | Stars: Shelby Fenner, Shawn Ashmore, Tony Denman, Nate Dushku
Votes: 1,043
5. Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
R | 91 min | Fantasy, Horror
When Cyrus Kriticos, a very rich collector of unique things, dies, he leaves his house, fortune, and his prized collection of ghosts.
Director: Steve Beck | Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Shannon Elizabeth, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard
Votes: 93,771 | Gross: $41.87M
6. The Shaft (2001)
R | 111 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
When the elevators in New York's 102-story Millennium Building start to malfunction, mechanic Mark Newman is sent to find the cause. After a series of gruesome and deadly "accidents" occur, Mark joins forces with spunky reporter Jennifer.
Director: Dick Maas | Stars: James Marshall, Naomi Watts, Eric Thal, Michael Ironside
Votes: 5,295
7. The Others (2001)
PG-13 | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann
Votes: 393,056 | Gross: $96.52M
8. The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)
R | 113 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A family moves to the country to run a rustic mountain inn when, to their horror, the customers begin befalling sudden and unlikely fates.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida
Votes: 10,019
9. The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A bad scientist and his wife, a mad scientist, a skeleton, and two aliens and their escaped pet are all searching for the elusive element "atmospherium".
Director: Larry Blamire | Stars: Larry Blamire, Fay Masterson, Brian Howe, Dan Conroy
Votes: 5,102 | Gross: $0.14M
10. From Hell (2001)
R | 122 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After five ritualistic murders are committed in 1888 London, Inspector Abberline's assignment is to investigate the "Jack the Ripper" murders. Along with a string of mutilated prostitutes, he uncovers a conspiracy involving the government.
Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane
Votes: 164,159 | Gross: $31.60M
11. Joy Ride (2001)
R | 97 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychopathic killer.
Director: John Dahl | Stars: Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski, Jessica Bowman
Votes: 75,899 | Gross: $21.97M
12. The Hole (2001)
R | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.
Director: Nick Hamm | Stars: Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Daniel Brocklebank, Laurence Fox
Votes: 48,237
13. Sleepless (2001)
R | 117 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer who's resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year period.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli, Gabriele Lavia
Votes: 7,488
14. Inugami (2001)
Unrated | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Akira, the young new schoolteacher in town falls for secretive Miki, an older woman who takes care of her family's urn that supposedly holds a forest wolf-spirit, inugami. People soon start disappearing and the town blames Akira.
Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Yûki Amami, Atsuro Watabe, Eugene Harada, Shiho Fujimura
Votes: 908
15. Maniacts (2001)
R | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Two serial killers meet and fall in love in an asylum for the criminally insane. Upon escaping their corrupt captors, they flee to the country to try and lead a happy, normal life. ... See full summary »
Director: C.W. Cressler | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Kellie Waymire, John Furlong, Mel Winkler
Votes: 364
16. The Bunker (2001)
R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Germany, 1944. The forests of the Ardennes. A platoon of battle weary German soldiers, forced into confusion and retreat by advancing Allied forces, take refuge in an isolated Siegfried Line bunker.
Director: Rob Green | Stars: Jason Flemyng, Andrew Tiernan, Christopher Fairbank, Simon Kunz
Votes: 6,175
17. Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001 Video)
PG | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
The now famous Burt Gummer returns to his hometown of Perfection, Nevada for the first time in years, but the deadliest Graboid evolution yet forces him to save the town he swore to protect.
Director: Brent Maddock | Stars: Michael Gross, Shawn Christian, Susan Chuang, Charlotte Stewart
Votes: 19,225
18. The Forsaken (2001)
R | 90 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A young man gets embroiled in a war against vampires.
Director: J.S. Cardone | Stars: Kerr Smith, Brendan Fehr, Izabella Miko, Johnathon Schaech
Votes: 9,169 | Gross: $7.29M
19. Valentine (2001)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Five women are stalked by an unknown assailant while preparing for Valentine's Day.
Director: Jamie Blanks | Stars: Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton, Jessica Capshaw
Votes: 30,251 | Gross: $20.38M
20. Love Bites (2001)
Not Rated | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
Antoine is a social wannabe who drops an elusive aristocrat's name to get into an exclusive party. The name - Jordan - gets him whisked by two burly bodyguards into the office of the host, ... See full summary »
Director: Antoine de Caunes | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Asia Argento, Gérard Lanvin, Gilbert Melki
Votes: 1,457
21. The Breed (2001)
R | 91 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
When a rogue vampire kills his partner, an NSA special agent reluctantly teams with another officer who is a "good" vampire in an attempt to track down the evil vampire killer.
Director: Michael Oblowitz | Stars: Adrian Paul, Bokeem Woodbine, Bai Ling, Péter Halász
Votes: 2,952
22. Mimic 2 (2001 Video)
R | 82 min | Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi
A human mimicking giant bug survived Mimic (1997) and is killing humans and stalking a woman, who's bug/biology school teacher in NYC.
Director: Jean de Segonzac | Stars: Alix Koromzay, Bruno Campos, Will Estes, Gaven E. Lucas
Votes: 6,137
23. Shredder (2001)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror
At an exclusive, secluded North American ski resort up on Mount Rocky Summit, brutal slashing, severing and beheading on a group of teenagers are taking place and are believed to be the work of a mysterious skier dressed in black.
Director: Greg Huson | Stars: Scott Weinger, Lindsey McKeon, Juleah Weikel, Billy O'Sullivan
Votes: 1,992
24. Return to Cabin by the Lake (2001 TV Movie)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Murderous screenwriter Stanley Caldwell, who incidentally is thought to be dead, returns to the scenes of his crimes.
Director: Po-Chih Leong | Stars: Judd Nelson, Brian Krause, Dahlia Salem, Claudette Mink
Votes: 1,177
25. Arachnid (2001)
R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A scientific expedition investigating the outbreak of an unknown viral epidemic on an island in the south Pacific battles with a giant alien spider in the jungle.
Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Chris Potter, Alex Reid, José Sancho, Neus Asensi
Votes: 3,151
26. Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell (2001 Video)
R | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
The evil Djinn is back at again, this time wreaking havoc on the students of Illinois' Baxter University.
Director: Chris Angel | Stars: Jason Connery, A.J. Cook, Tobias Mehler, Louisette Geiss
Votes: 5,112
27. Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001 Video)
R | 82 min | Horror, Thriller
When a girl named Jamie repeatedly tries to contact her grandmother to no avail, she investigates by going to her apartment in Omaha Nebraska....only to find that it's been condemned and ... See full summary »
Director: Guy Magar | Stars: Claudette Mink, Kyle Cassie, Michael Ironside, Troy Yorke
Votes: 3,214
28. Flying Virus (2001)
R | 100 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A journalist uncovers a government conspiracy to unleash virus-carrying killer bees that could wipe out humanity.
Director: Jeff Hare | Stars: Gabrielle Anwar, Craig Sheffer, Rutger Hauer, Duncan Regehr
Votes: 1,022
29. Spiders II: Breeding Ground (2001)
R | 96 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
After the events of Spiders (2000), a scientist conducts genetic tests, and a couple becomes the perfect host. Now, the hunt is on, as an army of arachnids is after the succulent human flesh. Who can stop the spiders' feeding frenzy?
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Stephanie Niznik, Greg Cromer, Daniel Quinn, Richard Moll
Votes: 1,742
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