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1. Gothic (1986)

R | 87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The Shelleys visit Lord Byron and compete to write a horror story.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Myriam Cyr

Votes: 8,870 | Gross: $0.92M

2. The House of the Devil (2009)

R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery

73 Metascore

In 1983, financially struggling college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.

Director: Ti West | Stars: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig

Votes: 51,308 | Gross: $0.10M

3. Angst (I) (1983)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.

Director: Gerald Kargl | Stars: Erwin Leder, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Silvia Ryder, Karin Springer

Votes: 13,485

4. From Hell (2001)

R | 122 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

54 Metascore

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: 164,268 | Gross: $31.60M

5. Wolf Creek (2005)

R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller

56 Metascore

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: 78,395 | Gross: $16.19M

6. Borderland (2007)

R | 105 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

On a trip to a Mexican border town, three college friends stumble upon a human-sacrifice cult.

Director: Zev Berman | Stars: Brian Presley, Jake Muxworthy, Rider Strong, Beto Cuevas

Votes: 10,654

7. My Sweet Satan (1994)

19 min | Short, Crime, Horror

A group of directionless, bored, drug-using teenagers get involved in a cult, resulting in a murder.

Director: Jim Van Bebber | Stars: Jim Van Bebber, Terek Puckett, Alydra Kelly, Sherri Rickman

Votes: 746

8. Psycho (1960)

R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

97 Metascore

A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin

Votes: 718,761 | Gross: $32.00M

9. Dahmer (2002)

R | 101 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

63 Metascore

Biopic about notorious American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, taking place in both the past and the present.

Director: David Jacobson | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Bruce Davison, Artel Great, Matt Newton

Votes: 11,670 | Gross: $0.14M

10. Megan Is Missing (2011)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Two teenage girls encounter an Internet child predator.

Director: Michael Goi | Stars: Amber Perkins, Rachel Quinn, Dean Waite, Jael Elizabeth Steinmeyer

Votes: 15,521

11. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

46 Metascore

A lawyer takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest who performed an exorcism on a young girl.

Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Campbell Scott

Votes: 140,121 | Gross: $75.07M

12. The Clinic (II) (2010)

R | 94 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

While traveling across country with her fiancé, Beth wakes alone in an isolated clinic to find her unborn baby has been removed. Just how far will she go to get her child back?

Director: James Rabbitts | Stars: Tabrett Bethell, Freya Stafford, Andy Whitfield, Clare Bowen

Votes: 6,644

13. Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

R | 92 min | Drama, Horror

71 Metascore

The filming of Nosferatu (1922) is hampered by the fact that its star Max Schreck is taking the role of a vampire far more seriously than seems humanly possible.

Director: E. Elias Merhige | Stars: John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier, Cary Elwes

Votes: 44,191 | Gross: $8.29M

14. The Eye (2002)

R | 99 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

66 Metascore

A blind girl gets a cornea transplant so that she will be able to see again. She gets more than she bargained for upon realizing she can also see ghosts.

Directors: Danny Pang, Oxide Chun Pang | Stars: Angelica Lee, Chutcha Rujinanon, Lawrence Chou, Jinda Duangtoy

Votes: 30,085 | Gross: $0.51M

15. Dead Man's Lake (2012)

10 min | Short, Horror

When 3 campers visit a private lakeside hideaway for some summer fun, little do they know the horror that awaits them. Based on true events that took place in Norfolk, England in 1984.

Director: Ben Franklin | Stars: Caroline Haines, Lewis Osborne, James Powell, Jon Campling

Votes: 238

16. Deranged (1974)

R | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A deranged rural farmer becomes a grave robber and murderer after the death of his possessive mother, whose corpse he keeps, among others, as his companion in a decaying farmhouse.

Directors: Jeff Gillen, Alan Ormsby | Stars: Roberts Blossom, Cosette Lee, Leslie Carlson, Robert Warner

Votes: 5,763 | Gross: $0.05M

17. The Girl Next Door (2007)

R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

29 Metascore

Follows the unspeakable torture and abuses committed on a teenage girl in the care of her aunt and the boys who witness and fail to report the crime.

Director: Gregory Wilson | Stars: William Atherton, Blythe Auffarth, Blanche Baker, Kevin Chamberlin

Votes: 29,404

18. Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
Episode: Family (2006)

TV-MA | 58 min | Horror

Harold is seemingly a peaceful neighbor in a quiet American midwestern town, but he's actually a murderous psychopath, setting a trap for a couple who has just moved in across the street from him.

Director: John Landis | Stars: George Wendt, Meredith Monroe, Matt Keeslar, Haley Guiel

Votes: 3,401

19. Man Behind the Sun (1988)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, History, Horror

Japanese troops round up Chinese and Russian prisoners of war and take them to unit 731, where they're horribly tortured and experimented on to test new biological weapons.

Director: Tun-Fei Mou | Stars: Gang Wang, Dai Yao Wu, Runshen Wang, Zhe Quan

Votes: 7,287

20. Mum & Dad (2008)

Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Thriller

Lena, a young Polish immigrant working as a cleaner at an airport, is invited to the family home of a co-worker, which turns sinister quickly as the family intend to 'adopt' her.

Director: Steven Sheil | Stars: Perry Benson, Dido Miles, Olga Fedori, Ainsley Howard

Votes: 6,473

21. The Afflicted (2011)

Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Thriller

A story of incomprehensible abuse delivered by an explosively violent mother of four. Journey through the mind of a child that experiences a living hell, defined and defended by the twisted religious beliefs of her mother.

Director: Jason Stoddard | Stars: Leslie Easterbrook, Kane Hodder, J.D. Hart, Michele Grey Hartsoe

Votes: 1,493 | Gross: $0.18M

22. The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)

PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

33 Metascore

After 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.

Director: Peter Cornwell | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Martin Donovan, Elias Koteas, Kyle Gallner

Votes: 65,174 | Gross: $55.39M

23. Audrey Rose (1977)

PG | 113 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A stranger attempts to convince a happily married couple that their daughter is actually his daughter reincarnated.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Marsha Mason, John Beck, Susan Swift

Votes: 6,691

24. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller

64 Metascore

On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Susan Lanier, Robert Houston, John Steadman, Janus Blythe

Votes: 39,254 | Gross: $25.00M

25. Eaten Alive (1976)

R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller

48 Metascore

A psychotic redneck, who owns a dilapidated hotel in rural East Texas, kills various people who upset him or his business, and he feeds their bodies to a large crocodile that he keeps as a pet in the swamp beside his hotel.

Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer, Carolyn Jones, Marilyn Burns

Votes: 8,713

26. The Amityville Horror (1979)

R | 117 min | Horror

28 Metascore

Newlyweds 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.

Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud

Votes: 44,618 | Gross: $86.43M

27. The Conjuring (2013)

R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

68 Metascore

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: 555,252 | Gross: $137.40M

28. Grimm Love (2006)

R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis, she becomes obsessed with her subject and ultimately plunges into a lifestyle similar to Hagen's and the thousands of people like him.

Director: Martin Weisz | Stars: Thomas Kretschmann, Keri Russell, Thomas Huber, Rainier Meissner

Votes: 3,602

29. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

R | 98 min | Fantasy, Horror

64 Metascore

An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield

Votes: 27,653 | Gross: $19.60M

30. Chaos (I) (2005)

Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Thriller

1 Metascore

Two teenage girls on a mission to find drugs at a rave get more than they bargained for. One is sexually assaulted and they are both tortured in horrific ways. The attackers seek refuge in the parents' of one of the victims' homes.

Director: David DeFalco | Stars: Kevin Gage, Sage Stallone, Kelly K.C. Quann, Maya Barovich

Votes: 2,286

31. Them (2006)

R | 77 min | Horror, Thriller

60 Metascore

Lucas and Clementine live peacefully in their isolated country house, but one night they wake up to strange noise... they're not alone... and a group of hooded assailants begin to terrorize them throughout the night.

Directors: David Moreau, Xavier Palud | Stars: Olivia Bonamy, Michaël Cohen, Adriana Mocca, Maria Roman

Votes: 32,090

32. Guilty of Romance (2011)

144 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

56 Metascore

A grisly murder occurs in Maruyama-cho, Shibuya, Tokyo - a love hotel district - a woman was found dead in a derelict apartment. Kazuko (Miki Mizuno) is a police officer called to ... See full summary »

Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Miki Mizuno, Makoto Togashi, Megumi Kagurazaka, Kazuya Kojima

Votes: 5,837

33. A Woman Called Sada Abe (1975)

85 min | Biography, Drama

A true-life tale of a broken woman whose hedonistic tryst with a high-class restaurateur resulted in a horrific crime of passion that littered Tokyo headlines in 1936.

Director: Noboru Tanaka | Stars: Junko Miyashita, Eimei Esumi, Genshû Hanayagi, Yoshie Kitsuda

Votes: 605

34. Little Monsters (2012)

Not Rated | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

2 Little Monsters tells the fictional story of two boys who are released from prison on their eighteenth birthdays after killing a three-year old boy when they were ten.

Director: David Schmoeller | Stars: Rose Basl, Christopher Boeres Hipp, Michael Brown, Charles Cantrell

Votes: 324

35. La casa muda (2010)

Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young woman becomes trapped inside a house and is unable to contact the outside world as mysterious forces haunt it.

Director: Gustavo Hernández | Stars: Florencia Colucci, Abel Tripaldi, Gustavo Alonso, María Salazar

Votes: 8,027

36. Broken (III) (2006)

R | 110 min | Horror, Thriller

A terrifying journey into one man's twisted world of torture and cruelty, in which a young woman must fight back against a sadistic, psychopath hell bent on breaking her mind and body.

Directors: Simon Boyes, Adam Mason | Stars: Nadja Brand, Eric Colvin, Abbey Stirling, Megan Van Kerro

Votes: 3,018

37. Naked Fear (2007)

R | 108 min | Horror, Thriller

Diana arrives in a town to start a new job. She's threatened into working as an exotic dancer. She's later kidnapped and let loose naked in the wilderness as prey for the psycho hunter, like many women before her. Will she survive?

Director: Thom Eberhardt | Stars: Sonja Runar, Ronald Dunas, Arron Shiver, J.D. Garfield

Votes: 2,905

38. Death Tunnel (2005)

R | 97 min | Horror

For an initiation stunt, five college women are locked in a Kentucky hospital built in 1910 where 63,000 people died from a disease known as the "white plague". Deep under the hospital is the "Death Tunnel" which once were used to secretly remove the dead from the grounds.

Director: Philip Adrian Booth | Stars: Steffany Huckaby, Melanie Lewis, Yolanda Pecoraro, Kristin Novak

Votes: 5,353

39. Evilenko (2003)

Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A disgraced communist schoolteacher in Kyiv becomes a brutal, unfeeling serial killer. Based on the crimes of Andrei Chikatilo.

Director: David Grieco | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Marton Csokas, Ronald Pickup, Ruby Kammer

Votes: 3,542

40. Las Vegas Serial Killer (1986)

Not Rated | 87 min | Horror, Drama, Thriller

August 31, 1986: Dangerously unhinged serial killer Johnathan Glick gets released from the Nevada State Penitentiary on a technicality. Three days after his release Johnathan arrives in Las... See full summary »

Director: Ray Dennis Steckler | Stars: Pierre Agostino, Ron Jason, Chris Cave, Kathryn Downey

Votes: 267

41. Mark of the Devil (1970)

R | 90 min | Drama, History, Horror

In 1700s Austria, a witch-hunter's apprentice has doubts about the righteousness of witch-hunting when he witnesses the brutality, the injustice, the falsehood, the torture and the arbitrary killing that go with the job.

Directors: Michael Armstrong, Adrian Hoven | Stars: Herbert Lom, Udo Kier, Olivera Katarina, Reggie Nalder

Votes: 3,917

42. Tower of London (1962)

Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, History, Horror

The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England.

Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Michael Pate, Joan Freeman, Robert Brown

Votes: 2,580

43. Tony (I) (2009)

Unrated | 76 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A thriller centered on a serial killer in a rundown London suburb.

Director: Gerard Johnson | Stars: Peter Ferdinando, Greg Kam, Ricky Grover, Kerryann White

Votes: 3,603

44. Three on a Meathook (1972)

R | 80 min | Horror

Four girls go on a romping weekend at a lake, and have car problems on the way home. A nice local boy takes them back to his farm, where he lives with his father. Something ghastly happens,... See full summary »

Director: William Girdler | Stars: Charles Kissinger, James Carroll Pickett, Sherry Steiner, Madelyn Buzzard

Votes: 863

45. The Toolbox Murders (1978)

R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

35 Metascore

A ski-masked maniac kills apartment complex tenants with the contents of a toolbox.

Director: Dennis Donnelly | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Pamelyn Ferdin, Wesley Eure, Nicolas Beauvy

Votes: 4,930

46. Hate Crime (2012)

Not Rated | 73 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

A Jewish family, that just arrived in a new neighborhood, are recording their youngest son's birthday celebrations on video when their home is suddenly invaded by a bunch of crystal-meth-crazed Neo-Nazi lunatics.

Director: James Cullen Bressack | Stars: Jody Barton, Nicholas Adam Clark, Gregory DePetro, Debbie Diesel

Votes: 1,166

47. Last Cannibal World (1977)

R | 88 min | Adventure, Horror

An oil prospector is captured and imprisoned by a violent and primitive cannibal tribe in the Philippines' rain forest. He manages to escape with a female hostage, and begins searching for his missing companion and their airplane.

Director: Ruggero Deodato | Stars: Massimo Foschi, Me Me Lai, Ivan Rassimov, Sheik Razak Shikur

Votes: 4,166

48. Wolf Creek 2 (2013)

Not Rated | 106 min | Horror, Thriller

44 Metascore

The outback once more becomes a place of horror as another unwitting tourist becomes the prey for crazed, serial-killing pig-hunter Mick Taylor.

Director: Greg McLean | Stars: John Jarratt, Ryan Corr, Shannon Ashlyn, Philippe Klaus

Votes: 22,718

49. The Possession (I) (2012)

PG-13 | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

45 Metascore

A 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.

Director: Ole Bornedal | Stars: Natasha Calis, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Madison Davenport

Votes: 63,247 | Gross: $49.13M

50. Long Pigs (2007)

Not Rated | 82 min | Horror

A documentary by two desperate young filmmakers who stumble upon the ultimate subject, a 33 year old cannibalistic serial killer named Anthony McAllister, who has agreed to let them ... See full summary »

Directors: Nathan Hynes, Chris Power | Stars: Anthony Alviano, Al Bernstein, Jean-Marc Fontaine, Phyllis Cooper

Votes: 760

51. The Amityville Horror (2005)

R | 90 min | Horror

33 Metascore

Newlyweds are terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a large house that was the site of a grisly mass murder a year before.

Director: Andrew Douglas | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jimmy Bennett, Jesse James

Votes: 117,379 | Gross: $65.23M

52. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

R | 83 min | Horror

90 Metascore

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain

Votes: 183,805 | Gross: $30.86M

53. Kemper (2008 Video)

R | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

A film based on the true story of Ed Kemper, a serial killer who murdered ten in Santa Cruz, CA during the late sixties and early seventies.

Director: Rick Bitzelberger | Stars: Christopher Stapleton, Robert Sisko, Sean Thomas, Jordan Blanchard

Votes: 610

54. Baby Blues (2008 Video)

R | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

On a secluded family farm, a mother suffers a psychotic break due to postpartum depression, forcing the eldest son to protect his siblings from the mother they have always known and loved.

Directors: Lars Jacobson, Amardeep Kaleka | Stars: Colleen Porch, Aiden Kersh, Ridge Canipe, Sean Johnson

Votes: 2,463

55. Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas (2009)

R | 91 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

The true story of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas.

Director: Michael Feifer | Stars: Antonio Sabato Jr., John Burke, Kelly Curran, Kostas Sommer

Votes: 767

56. Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007 Video)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

The twisted and murderous appetites of the notorious Ed Gein, whose depredations in his small town of Plainfield come as quite a shock to his neighbors, especially Deputy Mason, whose mother Vera and girlfriend Erica have gone missing.

Director: Michael Feifer | Stars: Kane Hodder, Adrienne Frantz, Michael Berryman, Priscilla Barnes

Votes: 2,207

57. Blood Shed (2013)

99 min | Horror, Thriller

A homeless loner moves into a self-storage facility for searching his past, but soon he realizes that this place is being haunted by a deranged female ghost.

Directors: Patrick Hasson, Juan Carlos Saizarbitoria | Stars: Gabriel De Santiago, Bai Ling, Bree Essrig, Cherie Jimenez

Votes: 682

58. There Is a Secret in My Soup (2001)

84 min | Biography, Crime, Horror

Three triad gangsters kidnap and brutally torture a woman for one month until she died. Then they dismember and cook the body, hide the skull inside the head of a giant-sized Hello Kitty doll.

Director: Chi-Kin Yeung | Stars: Cherry Chiu-Chiu Chan, Hugo Ng, Angela Ying-Ying Tong, Gabriel Harrison

Votes: 222

59. Fortress (1985)

TV-MA | 88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

After being kidnapped for ransom by four criminals, a schoolteacher and her students flee into a cave and build fortifications in anticipation of a decisive battle with their captors.

Director: Arch Nicholson | Stars: Sean Garlick, Rachel Ward, Elaine Cusick, Laurie Moran

Votes: 3,547

60. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014)

R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

47 Metascore

65 years after a masked serial killer terrorized the small town of Texarkana, the so-called "moonlight murders" begin again. Is it a copycat or something even more sinister? A lonely high-school girl may be the key to catching him.

Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | Stars: Addison Timlin, Veronica Cartwright, Anthony Anderson, Travis Tope

Votes: 16,715

61. Vampire Clan (2002)

R | 87 min | Drama, Horror

Based on the true story of the murder of a girl's parents in Eustis, FL (USA), five teens in a vampire cult on the run are captured by police in New Orleans, LA and tell their tale of how they got there.

Director: John Webb | Stars: Drew Fuller, Alexandra Breckenridge, Timothy Lee DePriest, Marina Black

Votes: 946

62. The Uninvited (1996 TV Movie)

94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Inspired by true events. After Patti Johnson gives birth to a still-born child, she and her husband try to forget the tragedy. They move into a new house, but a number of supernatural ... See full summary »

Director: Larry Shaw | Stars: Sharon Lawrence, Beau Bridges, Shirley Knight, Alex D. Linz

Votes: 483

63. An American Haunting (2005)

PG-13 | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

38 Metascore

An invisible entity haunts a 19th century family, and family secrets soon begin to surface.

Director: Courtney Solomon | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, Rachel Hurd-Wood, James D'Arcy

Votes: 26,877 | Gross: $16.30M

64. Confessions of a Serial Killer (1985)

R | 89 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

After being arrested, a Texas man begins confessing to the brutal murder of over 200 women. He recounts his random selection of victims and his traveling companions, his friend and friend's... See full summary »

Director: Mark Blair | Stars: Robert A. Burns, Dennis Hill, Berkley Garrett, Sidney Brammer

Votes: 815

65. The Strangers (2008)

R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

47 Metascore

A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants.

Director: Bryan Bertino | Stars: Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler, Gemma Ward, Alex Fisher

Votes: 143,751 | Gross: $52.60M

66. Dr. Lamb (1992)

Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Thriller

An abnormal taxi driver lusts for blood every rainy night, and several young women are killed as a result.

Directors: Danny Lee, Billy Hin-Shing Tang | Stars: Danny Lee, Simon Yam, Kent Cheng, Pik Yu Chung

Votes: 939

67. The Haunted (1991 TV Movie)

Unrated | 100 min | Drama, Horror

When the Smurl family moves into a duplex, they find out its haunted.

Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Sally Kirkland, Jeffrey DeMunn, Louise Latham, George D. Wallace

Votes: 2,206

68. Human Pork Chop (2001)

88 min | Biography, Crime, Horror

A group of men brutally torture and murder a prostitute, who was caught stealing from them.

Director: Benny Chi-Shun Chan | Stars: Yiu-Cheung Lai, Emily Kwan, Amanda Lee, Lan Law

Votes: 285

69. The Rapist (1994)

91 min | Crime, Horror

A serial rapist is loose in the Hong Kong suburb of Tuen Mun. Based on the true story of Lam Kwok-wai, who raped and murdered women in the early 90s.

Director: Chuen-Yee Cha | Stars: Dickson Ga-Sing Lee, Kwok-Pong Chan, Farini Cheung, Gwan Chin

Votes: 128

70. Deliver Us from Evil (I) (2014)

R | 118 min | Crime, Fantasy, Horror

40 Metascore

New York police officer Ralph Sarchie investigates a series of crimes. He joins forces with an unconventional priest, schooled in the rites of exorcism, to combat the possessions that are terrorizing their city.

Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Eric Bana, Edgar Ramírez, Olivia Munn, Chris Coy

Votes: 85,763 | Gross: $30.58M

71. Baan phii sing (2007)

110 min | Horror

This is inspired by a true story of three horrible murders that happened to three women in years past. Chalinee, a young reporter, is curious as to the truth behind the three mysterious ... See full summary »

Director: Monthon Arayangkoon | Stars: Inthira Charoenpura, Chutcha Rujinanon, Chamanun Wanwinwatsara, Khomsan Nanthajit

Votes: 342

72. Carver (2008 Video)

R | 97 min | Horror

Based on a true story, Carver depicts the real life events of five 20-something's that went camping in the mountain town of Halcyon Ridge and never returned.

Director: Franklin Guerrero Jr. | Stars: Natasha Charles Parker, Erik Fones, Matt Carmody, Neil Kubath

Votes: 2,778

73. Toolbox Murders (2004)

R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A historic Hollywood hotel houses a supernatural evil. It's been subdued for decades, but when renovations start, a series of murders take place.

Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Angela Bettis, Brent Roam, Marco Rodríguez, Rance Howard

Votes: 8,786

74. Psycho (1998)

R | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

47 Metascore

A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.

Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen

Votes: 50,716 | Gross: $21.46M

75. Beloved (1998)

R | 172 min | Drama, History, Horror

58 Metascore

A slave is visited by the spirit of a mysterious young woman.

Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Yada Beener, Emil Pinnock

Votes: 9,586 | Gross: $22.85M

76. Roseville (2013)

120 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The events surrounding the unsolved police case in which guests of a mountain hut come face to face with terror, when the mysterious force that stalks them in the dark, violently knocks on the door of their consciousness.

Director: Martin Makariev | Stars: David Chokachi, Lora Dekova, Lydia Indjova, Plamen Manassiev

Votes: 1,340

77. 247°F (2011)

R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

Four friends travel to a lakeside cabin for a carefree weekend, the fun turns into a nightmare when 3 of them end up locked in a hot sauna. Every minute counts and every degree matters as they fight for their lives in the heat up to 247°F.

Directors: Beqa Jguburia, Levan Bakhia, Beka Jguburia | Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Christina Ulloa, Travis Van Winkle, Michael Copon

Votes: 6,739

78. The Rite (2011)

PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

38 Metascore

American seminary student Michael Kovak travels to Italy to take an exorcism course.

Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: Colin O'Donoghue, Anthony Hopkins, Ciarán Hinds, Alice Braga

Votes: 102,660 | Gross: $33.05M

79. The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

52 Metascore

A reporter is drawn to a small West Virginia town to investigate a series of strange events, including psychic visions and the appearance of bizarre entities.

Director: Mark Pellington | Stars: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, David Eigenberg, Bob Tracey

Votes: 84,826 | Gross: $35.75M

80. Hoboken Hollow (2006)

Not Rated | 98 min | Horror

Loosely based on the famous "Texas Slave Ranch" of West Kerr County Texas, in the Mt. Home, Texas area on the Ellebracht Ranch during the late 1970s into the early 1980s.

Director: Glen Stephens | Stars: Jason Connery, C. Thomas Howell, Mark Holton, Lin Shaye

Votes: 1,295

81. Shadow People (II) (2013)

PG-13 | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

A radio talk show host unravels a conspiracy about encounters with mysterious beings known as The Shadow People and their role in the unexplained deaths of several hundred victims in the 1980s.

Director: Matthew Arnold | Stars: Dallas Roberts, Alison Eastwood, Mattie Liptak, Anne Dudek

Votes: 3,302

82. Black Water (2007)

R | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

A boat tour of a mangrove swamp turns into a fight for survival when a group of people are attacked by a ferocious saltwater crocodile.

Directors: David Nerlich, Andrew Traucki | Stars: Diana Glenn, Maeve Dermody, Andy Rodoreda, Ben Oxenbould

Votes: 16,043

83. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

R | 91 min | Horror

76 Metascore

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: 262,696 | Gross: $25.50M

84. Child's Play (1988)

R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller

58 Metascore

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: 116,829 | Gross: $33.24M

85. The Atticus Institute (2015)

TV-14 | 83 min | Horror

When the US government attempts to weaponize the power of a possessed woman, they soon discover that there are forces that exist in this world that simply cannot be controlled.

Director: Chris Sparling | Stars: Rya Kihlstedt, William Mapother, Sharon Maughan, Harry Groener

Votes: 9,344

86. Hostel (2005)

R | 94 min | Horror

55 Metascore

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: 191,073 | Gross: $47.33M

87. Hostel: Part II (2007)

R | 94 min | Horror

46 Metascore

Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel and discover the grim reality behind it.

Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Lauren German, Heather Matarazzo, Bijou Phillips, Roger Bart

Votes: 96,049 | Gross: $17.61M

88. Encounter with the Unknown (1972)

PG | 90 min | Horror, Mystery

Three eerie tales based on actual events are enacted in this film. First, three college students play a prank on a geeky classmate, who is accidentally shot and killed. His vengeful mother ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Thomason | Stars: Rod Serling, Robert Ginnaven, Gary Brockette, John Leslie

Votes: 676

89. The Horror Vault Vol.1 (2008)

Unrated | 111 min | Horror, Thriller

Nine tales of human cruelty, nine tales of human depravity, nine tales of true horror

Directors: Rusty Apper, David Boone, Josh Card, Mark Marchillo, Kenny Selko, Kim Sønderholm, Thomas Steen Sørensen, J.P. Wenner | Stars: Claire Ross-Brown, Kim Sønderholm, Sally Wells Cook, Chad Mehle

Votes: 238

90. Death Game (1977)

R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller

Two crazy women seduce and then torment a businessman in his plush San Francisco home.

Director: Peter S. Traynor | Stars: Sondra Locke, Seymour Cassel, Colleen Camp, Beth Brickell

Votes: 1,537

91. The Entity (1982)

R | 125 min | Drama, Horror

35 Metascore

A woman is tormented by an invisible being.

Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa, George Coe

Votes: 18,285 | Gross: $13.28M

92. Sop Dek 2002 (2011)

TV-14 | 96 min | Horror, Thriller

Inspired by the true story of a woman who claimed that the ghost of her aborted child was haunting her.

Director: Poj Arnon | Stars: Somchai Kemglad, Pitchanart Sakakorn, Shinaradee Anupongpichart, Chudapha Chanthakhet

Votes: 304

93. The Scissors Massacre (2008)

98 min | Drama, Horror

Three sisters grow up on a chicken farm in a small town of Gifu. The oldest sister, Sachiko Sawada, is engaged to be married, the middle sister, Yukie works at a beauty salon and the ... See full summary »

Director: Kôtarô Terauchi | Stars: Rin Asuka, Yukie Kawamura, Akihiro Mayama, Yôsuke Saitô

Votes: 452

94. Ravenous (1999)

R | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

46 Metascore

In a remote military outpost in the 19th century, Captain John Boyd and his regiment embark on a rescue mission which takes a dark turn when they are ambushed by a sadistic cannibal.

Director: Antonia Bird | Stars: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette, Jeremy Davies

Votes: 43,268 | Gross: $2.06M

95. Blackwater Valley Exorcism (2006 Video)

R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller

THE OMEN meets THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE.

Directors: Del Zamora, Ethan Wiley | Stars: Cameron Daddo, Kristin Erickson, James Russo, Jeffrey Combs

Votes: 796

96. Annabelle (I) (2014)

R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

37 Metascore

A couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.

Director: John R. Leonetti | Stars: Ward Horton, Annabelle Wallis, Alfre Woodard, Tony Amendola

Votes: 175,388 | Gross: $84.27M

97. #Horror (2015)

Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

42 Metascore

Six preadolescent girls face a night of terror when the compulsive addiction of an online social media game turns a moment of cyber bullying into a night of insanity.

Director: Tara Subkoff | Stars: Sadie Seelert, Haley Murphy, Bridget McGarry, Blue Lindeberg

Votes: 3,961

98. Diary of a Cannibal (2007 Video)

R | 81 min | Crime, Horror

They met on the Internet. They fell in love. They drove to the desert and stopped at an abandoned warehouse. They wandered inside. Inside they found unspeakable horror. Only one of them ... See full summary »

Director: Ulli Lommel | Stars: Trevor Parsons, Jillian Swanson, Michael Barbour, Danielle Petty

Votes: 884

99. Robert (2015)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

In this chilling story based on real life events a family experience terrifying supernatural occurrences when their son acquires a vintage doll called Robert.

Director: Andrew Jones | Stars: Suzie Frances Garton, Lee Bane, Flynn Allen, Judith Haley

Votes: 2,893

100. Dark Reel (2008)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Based on rare crime scene footage of the (unpublicized) 1958 murder of Actress Scarlett May. A supernatural Horror/Mystery based on actual events.

Director: Josh Eisenstadt | Stars: Daniel Wisler, Alexandra Holden, Kevin Ryder, Edward Furlong

Votes: 1,169



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