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1. 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: 446,226 | Gross: $45.06M
2. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Doctor Strange teams up with a mysterious teenage girl who can travel across multiverses, to battle other-universe versions of himself which threaten to wipe out the multiverse. They seek help from the Scarlet Witch, Wong and others.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong
Votes: 478,854 | Gross: $411.33M
3. Gerald's Game (2017)
TV-MA | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A couple tries to spice up their marriage in a remote lake house. After the husband dies unexpectedly, the wife is left handcuffed to their bed frame and must fight to survive and break free.
Director: Mike Flanagan | Stars: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Chiara Aurelia, Carel Struycken
Votes: 127,506
4. 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: 106,566
5. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Musical
The legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall
Votes: 387,048 | Gross: $52.90M
6. Braindead (1992)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin
Votes: 103,356 | Gross: $0.24M
7. Crawl (I) (2019)
R | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A young woman, while attempting to save her father during a category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped in a flooding house and must fight for her life against alligators.
Director: Alexandre Aja | Stars: Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark, Ross Anderson
Votes: 94,097 | Gross: $39.01M
8. 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: 78,400 | Gross: $16.19M
9. 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: 164,272 | Gross: $31.60M
10. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
After being announced dead and taken to a morgue, Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives, escapes from the hospital, and stalks a group of friends renting a house in the countryside near Crystal Lake.
Director: Joseph Zito | Stars: Erich Anderson, Judie Aronson, Peter Barton, Kimberly Beck
Votes: 59,214 | Gross: $32.98M
11. Phenomena (1985)
R | 116 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A young girl who has an amazing ability to communicate with insects is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi, Dalila Di Lazzaro
Votes: 30,080
12. Serial Mom (1994)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
She's the perfect all-American parent: a great cook and homemaker, a devoted recycler, and a woman who'll literally kill to keep her children happy.
Director: John Waters | Stars: Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard
Votes: 32,674 | Gross: $7.88M
13. Child's Play 2 (1990)
R | 84 min | Horror, Thriller
While Andy's mother is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the young boy is placed in foster care, and Chucky, determined to claim Andy's soul, is not far behind.
Director: John Lafia | Stars: Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, Christine Elise
Votes: 57,703 | Gross: $28.50M
14. Night of the Living Dead (1990)
R | 92 min | Horror
When the unburied dead return to life and seek human victims, seven refugees shelter in a house in the Pennsylvanian countryside.
Director: Tom Savini | Stars: Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, Tom Towles, McKee Anderson
Votes: 45,524 | Gross: $5.84M
15. Zombie (1979)
R | 91 min | Horror
Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson, Al Cliver
Votes: 30,750
16. Dead Set (2008)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
During a fictional series of Big Brother, a zombie outbreak occurs, but the house-mates are unaware of the impending doom outside of the Big Brother House.
Stars: Paul 'Bubble' Ferguson, Jaime Winstone, Andy Nyman, Riz Ahmed
Votes: 20,926
17. Hell of the Living Dead (1980)
Unrated | 99 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After an experiment gone wrong, a virus that turns people into zombies spreads throughout New Guinea. A female reporter and her cameraman, and a team of four commandos sent to investigate try to survive the onslaught.
Directors: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso | Stars: Margie Newton, Franco Garofalo, Selan Karay, José Gras
Votes: 5,929
18. A Bay of Blood (1971)
R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The murder of a wealthy countess triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to seize her large estate.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Claudine Auger, Luigi Pistilli, Claudio Camaso, Anna Maria Rosati
Votes: 12,725
19. City of the Living Dead (1980)
Not Rated | 93 min | Horror
A reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi
Votes: 19,373
20. Mother's Day (1980)
Unrated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Two brothers kidnap and brutalize three women for the pleasure of their demented mother.
Director: Charles Kaufman | Stars: Tiana Pierce, Nancy Hendrickson, Deborah Luce, Frederick Coffin
Votes: 6,209
21. Satan's Baby Doll (1982)
Not Rated | 75 min | Horror
In the crypt of the remote castle of the Aguilars lies the recently-deceased body of Maria. Her husband Antonio is a jealous bully, his mute brother Ignazio is in a wheelchair peeping on ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Bianchi | Stars: Jaqueline Dupré, Mariangela Giordano, Aldo Sambrell, Giuseppe Carbone
Votes: 773
22. Snuff 102 (2007)
Unrated | 105 min | Horror, Thriller
A young reporter fascinated by the urban legend of snuff movies gets more than she bargained for when her deep research begins.
Director: Mariano Peralta | Stars: Andrea Alfonso, Julián Alfonzo, Rodrigo Bianco, Nicolás Blanco
Votes: 1,168
23. The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
Not Rated | 113 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi, Luigi Diberti
Votes: 9,214
24. Edge of the Axe (1988)
Not Rated | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An axe murderer terrorizes a small Northern California mountain community, while two young computer-obsessed adults attempt to solve the killings.
Director: José Ramón Larraz | Stars: Barton Faulks, Christina Marie Lane, Page Mosely, Fred Holliday
Votes: 2,941
25. Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes (2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to his gruesome crimes in unguarded interviews, offering an unsettling view into a disturbed mind.
Stars: Park Dietz, Wendy Patrickus, Anne E. Schwartz, Kenneth Smail
Votes: 9,399
26. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Horror, Musical
Barber Sweeney Todd returns to London to uncover the past, along the way meeting pie shop owner Mrs. Nellie Lovett, and begins to start his life of crime.
Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal, Sara Woods
Votes: 3,886
27. 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
28. Doctor X (1932)
Unrated | 76 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster
Votes: 4,266 | Gross: $0.88M
29. FleshEater (1988)
R | 88 min | Horror
A group of college students on an overnite hayride come across a group of maneating zombies. They must fight for their lives while trying to escape and warn the authorities.
Director: S. William Hinzman | Stars: S. William Hinzman, John Mowod, Leslie Ann Wick, Kevin Kindlin
Votes: 2,011
30. Feral (2017)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Students fight to survive a weekend in the woods.
Director: Mark Young | Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Olivia Luccardi, Lew Temple, Renee Olstead
Votes: 4,521
31. Game of Death (I) (2017)
R | 73 min | Horror, Thriller
Kill or be killed is the golden rule of the Game of Death. Sucks for seven millennials who ignored that rule. Now each one's head will explode unless they kill someone. Will they turn on ... See full summary »
Directors: Sebastien Landry, Laurence Morais-Lagace | Stars: Sam Earle, Victoria Diamond, Emelia Hellman, Catherine Saindon
Votes: 2,408
32. World of Glory (1991)
17 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
After witnessing an act of unprecedented violence without even flinching, an emotionally numb real-estate agent visits his ailing mother at the hospital, and then, the graveyard. Is there a speck of happiness in this cruel and short life?
Director: Roy Andersson | Stars: Klas-Gösta Olsson, Lennart Björklund, Christer Christensen, Bernard Eiger
Votes: 2,826
33. 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
34. Hidden in the Woods (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Thriller
Two sisters who have been raised in isolation, are subjected to the torment of their abusive, drug dealing father.
Director: Patricio Valladares | Stars: Michael Biehn, Jeannine Kaspar, Electra Stone, William Forsythe
Votes: 636
35. All Light Will End (2018)
TV-MA | 84 min | Horror, Mystery
When a capricious young author hiding a dark secret returns home for her brother's graduation, she finds herself haunted by the past and tormented by grim night terrors.
Director: Chris Blake | Stars: Ashley Pereira, Ted Welch, Graham Outerbridge, Alexandra Harris
Votes: 1,601
36. Dragon in Jail (1990)
97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Henry, a juvenile delinquent, trying to escape life in the ghetto. After releasing from jail, he is bullied by a local tyrant, Charlie. His rich jail mate Wayne, who has become a famous lawyer, decides to help him out.
Director: Kent Cheng | Stars: Andy Lau, Kenny Ho, Gigi Lai, Ka-Kui Ho
Votes: 203
37. Captifs (2010)
Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of medical aid workers in Kosovo are kidnapped by a Serbian gang of organ traffickers.
Director: Yann Gozlan | Stars: Zoé Félix, Eric Savin, Arié Elmaleh, Ivan Franek
Votes: 2,370
38. Old 37 (2015)
Not Rated | 84 min | Horror
Two brothers intercept 911 calls in a beat up old ambulance to torture and kill helpless victims.
Director: Christian Winters | Stars: Kane Hodder, Bill Moseley, Caitlin Harris, Olivia Alexander
Votes: 1,495
39. Kapitan Paile: Hindi kita iiwanang buhay (1990)
Action
Director: Dante Pangilinan | Stars: Miguel Rodriguez, Bembol Roco, Lani Lobangco, Star Querubin
40. Kahit singko ay di ko babayaran ang buhay mo (1990)
115 min | Action, Drama
A MILITARY OFFICER THWARTS A CULT'S PLAN TO ELIMINATE THE RICH, WHOM THEY BELIEVE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUFFERINGS OF OTHERS.
Director: Lito Lapid | Stars: Lito Lapid, Tony Ferrer, Alma Moreno, Raul Aragon
41. Bedlam in Paradise (1955)
Passed | 16 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
Shemp dies but cannot get into heaven until he reforms Moe and Larry. He returns to earth as an invisible spirit and sets out to prevent the other two stooges, who are in league with the ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Vernon Dent
Votes: 323
42. Basagulero (1992)
Action
Director: Jett C. Espiritu | Stars: Ronnie Ricketts, Dennis Roldan, Efren Reyes Jr., Rachel Lobangco
43. Exit 33 (2011)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror
A few miles off EXIT 33, lies IKE'S LAST CHANCE GAS. A secluded sleepy hideaway where Ike prepares a special jerky for customers, and a terrifying secret. Ike and his son are controlled by ... See full summary »
Director: Tommy Brunswick | Stars: Kane Hodder, Antoinette Kalaj, Jerry Reid, Maria Hildreth
Votes: 255
44. Walang piring ang katarungan (1990)
Action, Drama, Thriller
Director: Lito Lapid | Stars: Lito Lapid, Monica Herrera, Efren Reyes Jr., Louella De Cordova
Votes: 15
46. I've Seen Dead People
Horror | Announced
Donna Francart was a Deputy Coroner who spent years of hands-on experience with dead people. The dead didn't just stay dead, so to speak, but some started making their presence known. Adapted from her book, "I've Seen Dead People".
Director: Jeff Olm | Stars: Dan Davies, David J. Paul, Jody Pucello, Candis Higgins
47. Bakit pa kita minahal (1994)
100 min | Drama, Romance
This film focuses on the plight of two ill-fated sisters separated by the need to live a better life and reunited in tragedy. Mirriam, the eldest sister, is an ambitious woman who marries ... See full summary »
Director: Chito S. Roño | Stars: Kris Aquino, Aga Muhlach, Ruffa Gutierrez, Richard Gomez
48. Garlic or Pardon me but Vampires do not exi.. arghhh! (2020)
3 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A clumsy vampire killer tries to stop ancient Evil from escaping Purgatory.
Director: Ivan Dimitrov | Stars: Radoslav I. Todorov, Seraphim Nikolov, Nedelin Shishkov
Votes: 9
49. WreckVlogs (2021)
Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
A terrifying website forces its victims to create videos depicting acts of torture and mutilation.
Director: Jackson Cooperman | Stars: Bradley Harlow, Colton Parish, Nicholas Singer
50.
Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode:
Jamestown's Dark Winter
(2015)
TV-14 | 54 min | Documentary, History, War
Forensic anthropologists investigate the recently found remains of a young girl in the British colony of Jamestown, Virginia, which may prove the rumors of cannibalism in the colony during the time of great hunger around 1610.
Director: Richard J. Wells | Stars: William Kelso, James Horn, Jamie May, Bly Straube
Votes: 58