OHMC Theme: Breaking the Fourth Wall/Meta-Horror

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plus a handful from here and here and here. probably more to be found on tvtropes, but metafiction is broken down by specific tropes/themes, and I wasn't up to mining through each of those. :)

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1. The Bat Whispers (1930)

Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A master criminal terrorizes the occupants of an isolated country mansion.

Director: Roland West | Stars: Chester Morris, Una Merkel, William Bakewell, Grayce Hampton

Votes: 1,146

2. Frankenstein (1931)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

91 Metascore

Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.

Director: James Whale | Stars: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, John Boles

Votes: 79,735

3. Night of Terror (1933)

Approved | 65 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The heirs to a family fortune are required to attend a seance at the spooky old family mansion. However, throughout the night members of the family are being killed off one by one.

Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Sally Blane, Bryant Washburn

Votes: 792

4. Maniac (1934)

Not Rated | 51 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A former vaudevillian gifted at impersonation assists a mad scientist in reanimating corpses and soon goes mad himself.

Director: Dwain Esper | Stars: Bill Woods, Horace B. Carpenter, Ted Edwards, Phyllis Diller

Votes: 2,706

5. The Return of the Vampire (1943)

Not Rated | 69 min | Drama, Horror

When an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the London Blitz, a gravedigger unknowingly reanimates the monster by removing the stake from his heart

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, Nina Foch, Roland Varno

Votes: 2,745 | Gross: $1.09M

6. The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)

Passed | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance

In a turn-of-the-century Renaissance Italian mansion, its tyrannical owner, a wheelchair-bound one-handed pianist with a strong belief in the occult is murdered.

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen

Votes: 3,011

7. Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)

Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Two bumbling American cops hunt for the mysterious Mr. Hyde in London, England.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Craig Stevens

Votes: 5,000 | Gross: $2.62M

8. House on Haunted Hill (1959)

Approved | 75 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal

Votes: 30,844

9. The Tingler (1959)

Not Rated | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

An obsessed pathologist discovers and captures a parasitic creature that grows when fear grips its host.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman, Patricia Cutts

Votes: 9,467

10. 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: 718,500 | Gross: $32.00M

11. Mr. Sardonicus (1961)

Approved | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A mysterious and cruel Baron, whose face has become frozen in a horrifying grin, demands that a prominent London physician apply experimental treatments on him to restore his face.

Director: William Castle | Stars: Oscar Homolka, Ronald Lewis, Audrey Dalton, Guy Rolfe

Votes: 3,642

12. The Devil's Messenger (1962)

Approved | 72 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Satan enlists the help of a suicide victim in Hell to lure unsuspecting earthly victims to their eternal doom. Contains three somewhat unrelated Twilight Zone-esque stories.

Directors: Herbert L. Strock, Curt Siodmak | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Karen Kadler, Michael Hinn, Ralph Brown

Votes: 534

13. Black Sabbath (1963)

Approved | 97 min | Horror

82 Metascore

Boris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories concerning a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi, Boris Karloff, Mark Damon

Votes: 13,915

14. At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)

84 min | Horror

A gravedigger prowls the city in search of a female to bear him a son.

Director: José Mojica Marins | Stars: José Mojica Marins, Magda Mei, Nivaldo Lima, Valéria Vasquez

Votes: 3,863

15. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)

Approved | 98 min | Horror

Aboard a British train, mysterious fortune teller Dr. Schreck uses tarot cards to read the futures of five fellow passengers.

Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Neil McCallum, Ursula Howells

Votes: 7,502

16. Carry on Screaming! (1966)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Horror

The sinister Dr Watt has an evil scheme going. He's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores.

Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Harry H. Corbett, Charles Hawtrey

Votes: 5,829

17. Torture Garden (1967)

Not Rated | 93 min | Fantasy, Horror

An anthology of four short horror stories about people who visit Dr. Diabolo's fairground haunted-house attraction show.

Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Jack Palance, Burgess Meredith, Beverly Adams, Peter Cushing

Votes: 3,356

18. Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967)

Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Horror

63 Metascore

A caretaker devotes himself to three demented siblings after their father's death.

Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Carol Ohmart, Quinn K. Redeker, Beverly Washburn

Votes: 7,814

19. Bizarre (1970)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A brainy sex flick with a sense of humor, the film begins with a narrator/mummy who guides us through a number of vignettes promising to show what some of us go through in the pursuit of ... See full summary »

Director: Antony Balch | Stars: Richard Schulman, Janet Spearman, Dorothy Grumbar, Anthony Rowlands

Votes: 417

20. The House That Dripped Blood (1971)

PG | 102 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

55 Metascore

An anthology of four horror stories revolving around a mysterious rental house in the U.K.

Director: Peter Duffell | Stars: John Bryans, John Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Peter Cushing

Votes: 7,511

21. Will to Die (1971)

R | 82 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In order to qualify to inherit the family fortune, the four heirs, their in-laws, and the household servants must spend the night in the family estate. However, during the night someone starts killing them off.

Director: Carl Monson | Stars: Rodolfo Acosta, Merry Anders, Norman Bartold, Ivy Bethune

Votes: 904

22. The Vampire Happening (1971)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Horror

An American actress inherits a castle in Transylvania. What she doesn't know is that her ancestor, the Baroness Catali, was in actuality a vampire countess, and emerges from her tomb to ravage the nearby village and Catholic seminary.

Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Pia Degermark, Thomas Hunter, Yvor Murillo, Ingrid van Bergen

Votes: 723

23. Tales from the Crypt (1972)

PG | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Five strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die.

Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Ralph Richardson, Geoffrey Bayldon

Votes: 13,021 | Gross: $1.70M

24. The Gore Gore Girls (1972)

X | 81 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

A young reporter enlists the help of a top notch private eye to solve the murder of a female stripper at a Chicago nightclub.

Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis | Stars: Frank Kress, Amy Farrell, Hedda Lubin, Henny Youngman

Votes: 2,804

25. Torso (1973)

R | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

A string of appalling lust murders shocks the University of Perugia as a sadistic serial killer strangles to death beautiful college girls with a red and black scarf.

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Suzy Kendall, Tina Aumont, Luc Merenda, John Richardson

Votes: 7,825 | Gross: $0.74M

26. The Vault of Horror (1973)

R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller

An anthology of five horror stories shared by five men trapped in the basement of an office building.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Terry-Thomas, Tom Baker, Dawn Addams

Votes: 6,256

27. Schlock (1973)

PG | 80 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A small town is terrorized by "The Banana Killer", which turns out to be the missing link between man and ape.

Director: John Landis | Stars: John Landis, Saul Kahan, Joseph Piantadosi, Richard Gillis

Votes: 1,984

28. From Beyond the Grave (1974)

PG | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

An anthology of four short horror stories revolving around a mysterious antique shop owner and his antique pieces, each of which hides a deadly secret.

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Peter Cushing, Ian Bannen, Ian Carmichael, Diana Dors

Votes: 5,298

29. The Killer of Dolls (1975)

98 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A groundskeeper's son, who is mentally unstable due to childhood trauma, goes on a murdering spree where his perception of reality is distorted by imagining people as mannequins and vice versa.

Director: Miguel Madrid | Stars: David Rocha, Inma de Santis, Helga Liné, Elisenda Ribas

Votes: 392

30. House (1977)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror

A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.

Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ôba, Ai Matsubara

Votes: 33,743

31. Arrebato (1979)

Unrated | 115 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

80 Metascore

A low budget horror filmmaker gets in touch with an eccentric who is trying to film his consciousness during drug abuse.

Director: Iván Zulueta | Stars: Eusebio Poncela, Cecilia Roth, Will More, Marta Fernández Muro

Votes: 3,391

32. Microwave Massacre (1979)

Not Rated | 76 min | Comedy, Horror

Fed up of his wife's bad cooking, Donald kills her and turns to cannibalism to satisfy his appetite.

Director: Wayne Berwick | Stars: Jackie Vernon, Loren Schein, Al Troupe, Marla Simon

Votes: 3,208

33. The Howling (1981)

R | 91 min | Horror

68 Metascore

After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.

Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone

Votes: 40,223 | Gross: $17.99M

34. Student Bodies (1981)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

41 Metascore

A serial killer with his signature heavy breathing proceeds to systematically kill the students and teachers of Lamab high school.

Directors: Mickey Rose, Michael Ritchie | Stars: Kristen Riter, Matthew Goldsby, Jerry Belson, Joe Flood

Votes: 5,366 | Gross: $5.17M

35. Full Moon High (1981)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A popular high school football player becomes a werewolf after a trip to Romania, and struggles to come to terms with his new reality.

Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Adam Arkin, Roz Kelly, Ed McMahon, Joanne Nail

Votes: 1,619

36. Nightmare (1981)

R | 97 min | Horror

A mental patient embarks on a murder spree upon escaping from an institution.

Director: Romano Scavolini | Stars: Baird Stafford, Sharon Smith, C.J. Cooke, Mik Cribben

Votes: 4,433

37. Pandemonium (1982)

PG | 82 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

A former high school student who always wanted to be a cheerleader decides to reopen the cheerleading program at her former high school after years of closure for being targeted by a serial killer.

Director: Alfred Sole | Stars: Tom Smothers, Carol Kane, Tammy Alverson, Pamela Harlow

Votes: 1,513

38. Big Meat Eater (1982)

Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical

Strange events occur in a small town after a mild mannered butcher hires an unusual apprentice.

Director: Chris Windsor | Stars: Clarence 'Big' Miller, George Dawson, Andrew Gillies, Stephen Dimopoulos

Votes: 402

39. Wacko (1982)

PG | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Thirteen years after the "Lawnmower Killer" killed her sister, high school student Mary Graves and obsessed detective Dick Harbinger are on the lookout for the killer to reappear during the annual Halloween Pumpkin Prom.

Director: Greydon Clark | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Stella Stevens, George Kennedy, Julia Duffy

Votes: 1,435

40. Tales of the Third Dimension (1984)

85 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

"Tales of the Third Dimension" was a 1984 hosted horror anthology 3-D movie; with the skeleton "Igor" as host. The movie has three scary tales.

Directors: Todd Durham, Worth Keeter, Thom McIntyre, Earl Owensby | Stars: Fran Taylor, Kevin Campbell, Robert Bloodworth, Kate Hunter

Votes: 197

41. 'Babicky dobíjejte presne!' (1984)

101 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A family purchases a home robot designed to look like a grandmum. Their neighbours immediately buy a more expensivve model as the two families always try to up the other one. Both grandmums... See full synopsis »

Director: Ladislav Rychman | Stars: Jirí Lábus, Daniela Kolárová, Libuse Havelková, Jana Dítetová

Votes: 144

42. Night Train to Terror (1985)

R | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

"Night Train to Terror" is a 1985 horror anthology movie where God and Satan are on a train discussing the fate of three individuals.

Directors: John Carr, Phillip Marshak, Tom McGowan, Jay Schlossberg-Cohen, Gregg G. Tallas | Stars: Barbara Wyler, Jamie Scoggin, Stacey Lyons, Linda Maderas

Votes: 2,826

43. Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood (1985 Video)

42 min | Short, Horror

Late at night, a woman is kidnapped by an unknown assailant and taken back to his blood-spattered dungeon, where he turns her into a "flower of blood and flesh" through a series of dismemberment and evisceration.

Director: Hideshi Hino | Stars: Hiroshi Tamura, Kirara Yûgao, Anja Blagojevic

Votes: 4,492

44. Deadtime Stories (1986)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

"Deadtime Stories" is a 1986 horror anthology, where a babysitting uncle tells his nephew three horror stories about killer witches, Little Red Riding Hood and a werewolf, and "Goldi Lox" and the three bears.

Director: Jeffrey Delman | Stars: Scott Valentine, Nicole Picard, Matt Mitler, Cathryn de Prume

Votes: 2,573 | Gross: $2.75M

45. Psycho III (1986)

R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

58 Metascore

Norman Bates falls in love with a fallen nun who stays at the Bates Motel alongside a drifter and a curious reporter. Meanwhile, "Mother" is still watching.

Director: Anthony Perkins | Stars: Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey, Roberta Maxwell

Votes: 16,513 | Gross: $14.48M

46. Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)

R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller

30 Metascore

Tommy Jarvis exhumes Jason Voorhees to cremate his corpse, but inadvertently brings him back to life instead. The newly revived killer seeks revenge, and Tommy may be the only one who can stop him.

Director: Tom McLoughlin | Stars: Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, David Kagen, Kerry Noonan

Votes: 51,243 | Gross: $19.47M

47. Eat and Run (1986)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

A 1940s-style detective traces missing persons to a tubby, man-eating alien who likes spicy food.

Director: Christopher Hart | Stars: Ron Silver, Sharon Sharth, Pat Ryan, John J. Fleming

Votes: 383

48. Slaughter High (1986)

R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller

Eight people are invited to their alma mater for their 10-year reunion, where a fellow former student, disfigured from a prank gone wrong, is out to seek revenge.

Directors: George Dugdale, Mark Ezra, Peter Mackenzie Litten | Stars: Caroline Munro, Simon Scuddamore, Carmine Iannaccone, Donna Yeager

Votes: 7,009

49. Psychos in Love (1987)

Unrated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror

A strip-joint owner and a manicurist find that they have many things in common, the foremost being that they are psychotic serial killers. They fall in love and are happy being the family ... See full summary »

Director: Gorman Bechard | Stars: Carmine Capobianco, Patti Chambers, Carla Bragoli, Carrie Gordon

Votes: 1,471

50. Ghost Chase (1987)

PG-13 | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

In an old Hollywood mansion, the spirit of an old family retainer inhabits an old grandfather clock. When a movie company uses the mansion for a film, the spirit inhabits the body of a ... See full summary »

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Jason Lively, Tim McDaniel, Jill Whitlow, Leonard Lansink

Votes: 954

51. Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)

R | 77 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical

49 Metascore

Courtney Bates, the younger sister of Valerie, and her friends go to a condo for a weekend getaway, but Courtney can't get rid of the haunting feeling that a supernatural rockabilly driller killer is coming to murder them all.

Director: Deborah Brock | Stars: Crystal Bernard, Jennifer Rhodes, Kimberly McArthur, Patrick Lowe

Votes: 7,419

52. Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)

PG | 98 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Crazy old Professor Gangreen has developed a way to make tomatoes look human for a second invasion.

Director: John De Bello | Stars: Anthony Starke, George Clooney, Karen M. Waldron, Steve Lundquist

Votes: 7,672

53. Pledge Night (1988)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror

A college fraternity in the middle of hazing their new pledges during "hell week" incur the wrath of a long deceased pledge who died during a hazing gone wrong 20 years ago.

Director: Paul Ziller | Stars: Todd Eastland, Dennis Sullivan, Craig Derrick, David Neal Evans

Votes: 1,234

54. Redneck Zombies (1989 Video)

R | 84 min | Comedy, Horror

A barrel of radioactive waste is lost out in the woods. Some demented rednecks find it and use it as part of their still. Everybody who drinks the liquor they produced turns into zombies.

Director: Pericles Lewnes | Stars: Steve Sooy, Anthony M. Carr, Ken Davis, Stan Morrow

Votes: 3,228

55. Beverly Hills Vamp (1989)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Horror

A trio of geeks go to Hollywood to make a movie and are bored one night so they get some hookers to have some sex. Unfortunately, the hookers like to drink blood.

Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Britt Ekland, Eddie Deezen, Tim Conway Jr., Tom Shell

Votes: 762

56. Transylvania Twist (1989)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

The nephew of a librarian must go collect a 200 year old book, "The Book of Ulthar." that should have never been checked out by the Evil Count Orlock cause one of the spells in it could ... See full summary »

Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Robert Vaughn, Teri Copley, Steve Altman, Ace Mask

Votes: 667

57. Monster High (1989)

R | 84 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Two aliens steal a doomsday device from another world and abscond to earth. The device is Mr. Armageddon, a living embodiment of destruction who intends to destroy the planet. A ragtag group of high school students stand in his way.

Director: Rudy Poe | Stars: Dean Iandoli, Diana Frank, David Marriott, Robert Lind

Votes: 725

58. Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator (1989)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Horror

STUFF STEPHANIE IN THE INCINERATOR is the twisted tale of a husband and wife, Jared and Stephanie, who delve into the demented fantasy games of the super wealthy.

Director: Don Nardo | Stars: Catherine Dee, William Dame, M.R. Murphy, Dennis Cunningham

Votes: 451

59. Guinness: Just a Nightmare (1989 Video)

1 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

"Pure genius" (Rutger Hauer) ascertains it was just a nightmare, as he drinks a cocktail.

Star: Rutger Hauer

Votes: 15

60. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

54 Metascore

To stall a witch plotting to eat him, a boy reads her horror tales dealing with a collegian's resurrection of a mummy, a murderous cat, and an artist's pact with a gargoyle.

Director: John Harrison | Stars: Debbie Harry, Matthew Lawrence, Christian Slater, David Forrester

Votes: 19,365 | Gross: $16.32M

61. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

69 Metascore

The Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken control of a New York City media mogul's high-tech skyscraper.

Directors: Joe Dante, Chuck Jones | Stars: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Howie Mandel, Tony Randall

Votes: 112,877 | Gross: $41.48M

62. Singapore Sling (1990)

Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Horror

A man searching for his long-lost lover is kidnapped by her killers, an insane, mother-daughter duo, and they force him to commit various sexual atrocities with them.

Director: Nikos Nikolaidis | Stars: Meredyth Herold, Panos Thanassoulis, Michele Valley

Votes: 2,767

63. Repossessed (1990)

PG-13 | 80 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

31 Metascore

Parody of The Exorcist (1973), with Linda Blair once again possessed by Satan, and Leslie Nielsen as the exorcist.

Director: Bob Logan | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Linda Blair, Ned Beatty, Anthony Starke

Votes: 9,914 | Gross: $1.38M

64. Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout (1990 Video)

Unrated | 60 min | Comedy, Horror, Sport

After a nice shower, Linnea does some warm-up stretches and then goes for a run. She encounters some flabby zombies who follow her back to the house, where she leads them in some poolside ... See full summary »

Director: Kenneth J. Hall | Stars: Linnea Quigley, Cynthia Garris, Amy Hunt, Victoria Nesbitt

Votes: 490

65. There's Nothing Out There (1991)

Unrated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror

When a horror film buff tries to warn his friends spending spring break in a house in the woods of impending danger, they scoff at him, that is, until a huge mutant frog starts to pick them up one by one.

Director: Rolfe Kanefsky | Stars: Craig Peck, Wendy Bednarz, Mark Collver, Bonnie Bowers

Votes: 2,518

66. I Was a Teenage Mummy (1992)

Horror

A demented exchange student kidnaps a beautiful goody two shoes. Together, they wreak havoc on the gang of merciless delinquents who made their lives hell.

Director: Chris Frieri | Stars: Greg Kalek, Robert Reiss, Billy Miller, Bruce Bennett

Votes: 49

67. Body Bags (1993 TV Movie)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

54 Metascore

Three short stories in the horror genre: the first about a serial killer, the second about a hair transplant gone wrong, and the third about a baseball player.

Directors: John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, Larry Sulkis | Stars: John Carpenter, Tom Arnold, Tobe Hooper, Robert Carradine

Votes: 12,613

68. Funny Man (1994)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror

After winning a English stately house in a game of poker, a record producer finds it to be haunted by a demonic jester intent on murdering his family.

Director: Simon Sprackling | Stars: Tim James, Christopher Lee, Benny Young, Ingrid Lacey

Votes: 1,417

69. Ghoulies IV (1994 Video)

R | 84 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A retired occultist turned police officer must battle a former lover as she attempts to summon forth demonic forces after escaping an asylum.

Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Peter Liapis, Barbara Alyn Woods, Stacie Randall, Raquel Krelle

Votes: 2,318

70. New Nightmare (1994)

R | 112 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

64 Metascore

A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Jf Davis, Miko Hughes

Votes: 64,220 | Gross: $18.09M

71. Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)

R | 92 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

48 Metascore

High-level demons collect low-level demons as warriors in attempt to obtain a key containing the blood of Christ. The key is guarded by immortal warriors called Demon Knights.

Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett Smith, Brenda Bakke

Votes: 26,317 | Gross: $21.09M

72. Tiny Toons' Night Ghoulery (1995 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 43 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

In this Halloween Special, Babs Bunny plays the part of host as she and the Tiny Toons gang spoof various popular horror stories. Some of the ones they parody are: "The Twilight Zone" "The ... See full summary »

Directors: Rich Arons, Michael Gerard, Rusty Mills, Greg Reyna | Stars: Joe Alaskey, Tress MacNeille, John Kassir, Don Messick

Votes: 486

73. Twists of Terror (1997 TV Movie)

90 min | Horror, Thriller

Stuck in the attic of his house, a paranoid man recounts several different tales to an unknown listener in order to explain the dangers of the world.

Director: Douglas Jackson | Stars: Jennifer Rubin, Françoise Robertson, Nick Mancuso, Joseph Ziegler

Votes: 444

74. Hollywood Mortuary (2000 Video)

70 min | Comedy, Horror

By 1941, Pierce Jackson Dawn, the greatest make-up artist of the early 20th century, is considered washed-up. Pierce's mirror reflection warns him that he has been forgotten and must find ... See full summary »

Director: Ron Ford | Stars: Randal Malone, Tim Sullivan, Ron Ford, Joseph Haggerty

Votes: 98

75. Nexxt (2001)

116 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

The powerful and famous TV-personality, Frau Plastic Chicken is providing a live coverage of a brutal serial killer's arrest by the police in her show, namely Nexxt. In the meantime as for ... See full summary »

Director: Árpád Schilling | Stars: Dorottya Udvaros, Zoltán Mucsi, Viktor Bodó, Gergely Bánki

Votes: 273

76. Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Horror

48 Metascore

Spooky high jinks abound when Elvira finds herself spending the night in a mysterious castle en route to 1851 Paris.

Director: Sam Irvin | Stars: Cassandra Peterson, Richard O'Brien, Mary Scheer, Scott Atkinson

Votes: 4,714

77. The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

60 Metascore

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: 10,028

78. Mickey's House of Villains (2002 Video)

TV-G | 68 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

When villains come to Mickey's House of Mouse, he and his friends attempt to keep the show running.

Directors: Jamie Mitchell, Rick Calabash, Tony Craig, Bobs Gannaway, Burt Gillett, Jack Hannah, Jack King, Mike Moon | Stars: Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Jeff Bennett, Susanne Blakeslee

Votes: 4,184

79. Dead Bodies (2003)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

The return of a vengeful ex-girlfriend sets into motion a series of gruesome events for a hapless Irish bachelor in director Robert Quinn's grim black comedy.

Director: Robert Quinn | Stars: Andrew Scott, Katy Davis, Eamonn Owens, Darren Healy

Votes: 1,085

80. Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

R | 97 min | Action, Horror

37 Metascore

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: 127,310 | Gross: $82.62M

81. Looney Tunes: Stranger Than Fiction (2003 Video)

68 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Collection of 19 new original Looney Tunes shorts made as webisodes with Daffy, Bugs, Porky, Sylvester, Twitty, Taz, Foghorn and others. Segments include Daffy's show about the supernatural and Duck Dodgers' take on Planet of the Apes.

Director: Steve Belfer | Stars: Joe Alaskey, Bob Bergen, Greg Burson, Jim Cummings

Votes: 141

82. Anna's Eve (2004)

R | 93 min | Horror

A social worker struggles to uncover the mystery of why she is being haunted by ghosts.

Director: Kantz | Stars: Grayce Wey, Lemar Knight, Lou Klein, Wu Yan

Votes: 147

83. The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)

91 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

The notorious fictional town of Royston Vasey is under threat and its inhabitants are forced to leave.

Director: Steve Bendelack | Stars: Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Michael Sheen

Votes: 5,921

84. Doom (2005)

R | 105 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

34 Metascore

Space Marines are sent to investigate strange events at a research facility on Mars but find themselves at the mercy of genetically enhanced killing machines.

Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak | Stars: Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike, Dwayne Johnson, Deobia Oparei

Votes: 118,744 | Gross: $28.21M

85. Skeleton Key (2006 Video)

Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy, Horror

John Johnson's Skeleton Key is a horror comedy about a tabloid reporter, Howard, who in the process of covering a story on a five-legged two-headed goat comes across the town of Nilbog.

Director: John Johnson | Stars: John Johnson, Karthik Srinivasan, David Simmons, William G. Smith

Votes: 186

86. Ex Drummer (2007)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

36 Metascore

Three handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.

Director: Koen Mortier | Stars: Dries Vanhegen, Norman Baert, Gunter Lamoot, Sam Louwyck

Votes: 10,971

87. Muoi: The Legend of a Portrait (2007)

Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, History, Horror

"Muoi" charts the path of a Korean writer who travels to Vietnam in search of stories for her second novel. There she learns about a mystery centered around a century-old vengeful spirit.

Director: Tae-kyeong Kim | Stars: Jo An, So-hee Hong, Hong-Anh, Yong-tae Kim

Votes: 1,102

88. The Devil's Chair (II) (2007)

Not Rated | 91 min | Horror

With a pocketful of drugs, Nick West takes out his girlfriend Sammy, for a good time. When they explore an abandoned asylum, the discovery of a bizarre device, a cross between an electric ... See full summary »

Director: Adam Mason | Stars: Andrew Howard, Pollyanna Rose, Olivia Hill, Nadja Brand

Votes: 3,222

89. Bad Biology (2008)

Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Horror

Driven by biological excess, a man and a woman search for sexual fulfillment, unaware of each other's existence. Unfortunately, they eventually meet, and the bonding of these two very unusual human beings ends in a god awful love story.

Director: Frank Henenlotter | Stars: Charlee Danielson, Anthony Sneed, Mark Wilson, John A. Thorburn

Votes: 4,572

90. Skeleton Key 2: 667 Neighbor of the Beast (2008 Video)

Not Rated | 123 min | Horror

If you dare take this trip across that bridge and into the town of nightmares be prepared for what awaits you! BLOOD! BOOBS! And MUSIC NUMBERS! Oh yes, songs about soiling yourself and ... See full summary »

Director: John Johnson | Stars: John Johnson, William G. Smith, David Simmons, Michael McDonnell

Votes: 385

91. Sexy Killer: You'll Die for Her (2008)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A femme fatale fashionista at a trendy design school embarks on a brutal and bloody killing spree, while gleefully evading the hapless cops assigned to the murder cases.

Director: Miguel Martí | Stars: Macarena Gómez, Alejo Sauras, César Camino, Ángel de Andrés López

Votes: 1,642

92. Igor (2008)

PG | 87 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

40 Metascore

Animated fable about a cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant who aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.

Director: Tony Leondis | Stars: John Cusack, Molly Shannon, Steve Buscemi, Myleene Klass

Votes: 24,336 | Gross: $19.53M

93. Death Racers (2008 Video)

R | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

In a dystopian future, contestants compete in a cross-country road race in which killing is part of the game.

Director: Roy Knyrim | Stars: Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope, Scott Levy, Jason Ellefson

Votes: 1,226

94. Watch Out (2008)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

A narcissistic man sexually fascinated with his own body finds himself heading down a path of disturbed behavior.

Director: Steve Balderson | Stars: Matt Riddlehoover, Amy Kelly, Peter Stickles, Jeff Dylan Graham

Votes: 301

95. Penance (I) (2009)

Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Thriller

A young mother decides to become a stripper to earn some fast cash, only to find her worst nightmares are about to begin.

Director: Jake Kennedy | Stars: Marieh Delfino, Jason Connery, Michael Rooker, Graham McTavish

Votes: 1,198

96. I Spit on Your Grave (2010)

R | 108 min | Horror, Thriller

27 Metascore

A writer who is brutalized during her cabin retreat seeks revenge on her attackers, who left her for dead.

Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Sarah Butler, Jeff Branson, Andrew Howard, Daniel Franzese

Votes: 93,200 | Gross: $0.09M

97. Rubber (2010)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

59 Metascore

A homicidal car tire, discovering it has destructive psionic power, sets its sights on a desert town once a mysterious woman becomes its obsession.

Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Stephen Spinella, Roxane Mesquida, Wings Hauser, Jack Plotnick

Votes: 40,327 | Gross: $0.10M

98. Zompyres: Texas (2010)

Unrated | 65 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A band of survivors struggle to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic world filled with mutated Zompyres.

Director: Jordan Funderburk | Stars: Stefan Beck, Chase Burnett, Laura Dumas, Cory Bourland

Votes: 38

99. Vampires Suck (2010)

PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy, Horror

18 Metascore

In this spoof of vampire-themed movies, teenager Becca finds herself torn between two boys. She and her friends wrestle with endless dramas that crescendo at the prom.

Directors: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer | Stars: Jenn Proske, Matt Lanter, Diedrich Bader, Chris Riggi

Votes: 51,539 | Gross: $36.66M

100. Detention (2011)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance

45 Metascore

As a copycat killer named after movie villain Cinderhella stalks the student body at Grizzly Lake High School, a group of co-eds band together to survive while serving detention.

Director: Joseph Kahn | Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Shanley Caswell, Spencer Locke, Dane Cook

Votes: 16,517



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