Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "sadistic-serial-killer"

1. The Batman (2022)

PG-13 | 176 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When a sadistic serial killer begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.

Director: Matt Reeves | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell

Votes: 787,977 | Gross: $369.35M

2. Scream (I) (2022)

R | 114 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

25 years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, Calif., a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past.

Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Melissa Barrera

Votes: 159,082 | Gross: $81.64M

3. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

R | 83 min | Horror

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: 183,817 | Gross: $30.86M

4. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

R | 89 min | Horror

Two young couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of murder end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.

Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sid Haig, Karen Black, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie

Votes: 93,464 | Gross: $12.63M

5. I Saw the Devil (2010)

Not Rated | 144 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases.

Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Choi Min-sik, Jeon Gook-hwan, Chun Ho-jin

Votes: 146,363 | Gross: $0.13M

6. Happy Death Day (2017)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

A college student must relive the day of her murder over and over again, in a loop that will end only when she discovers her killer's identity.

Director: Christopher Landon | Stars: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken

Votes: 162,949 | Gross: $55.68M

7. The Devil's Rejects (2005)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.

Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sid Haig, Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, William Forsythe

Votes: 105,819 | Gross: $17.04M

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: 78,399 | Gross: $16.19M

9. Halloween (2007)

R | 109 min | Horror

After being committed for 15 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution and immediately returns to Haddonfield to find his baby sister, Laurie.

Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif

Votes: 130,629 | Gross: $58.27M

10. The Toxic Avenger (1984)

R | 82 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.

Directors: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman | Stars: Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion

Votes: 32,196

11. The Last House on the Left (1972)

R | 84 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

Two teenage girls heading to a rock concert for one's birthday try to score marijuana in the city, where they are kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychopathic convicts.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln

Votes: 40,309 | Gross: $3.10M

12. 3 from Hell (2019)

R | 115 min | Action, Horror

After barely surviving prison, the demented Firefly clan go on the run, unleashing a whole new wave of murder, madness and mayhem.

Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Jeff Daniel Phillips

Votes: 17,933

13. Pieces (1982)

Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

The co-eds of a Boston college campus are targeted by a mysterious killer who is creating a human jigsaw puzzle from their body parts.

Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Frank Braña, Edmund Purdom

Votes: 12,843 | Gross: $2.03M

14. Maniac (1980)

18+ | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A psychopathic man goes on a killing and mutilation spree in New York City.

Director: William Lustig | Stars: Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro, Abigail Clayton, Kelly Piper

Votes: 20,237

15. Doom Asylum (1987)

R | 77 min | Comedy, Horror

A horribly disfigured lawyer, wrongfully pronounced dead after a terrible car accident, is taken to an asylum for dissection, only to come back alive, kill everyone, and make the asylum his killing grounds.

Director: Richard Friedman | Stars: Patty Mullen, Ruth Collins, Kristin Davis, William Hay

Votes: 2,266

16. 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

17. Wolf Creek 3

Action, Horror, Thriller | Announced

An American family on holiday in the Australian outback catch the attention of notorious serial killer Mick Taylor. A hellish nightmare ensues as the couple's two children escape only to be hunted by Australia's most infamous murderer.

Director: Rachele Wiggins | Star: John Jarratt

18. The Monster (1994)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

After a series of bizarre actions, Loris is mistaken for a serial killer. Jessica, a policewoman in undercover, will try to induce him to commit a murder.

Director: Roberto Benigni | Stars: Roberto Benigni, Michel Blanc, Nicoletta Braschi, Dominique Lavanant

Votes: 11,327 | Gross: $0.64M

19. Big Bad Wolf (2006)

R | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

After being attacked by a werewolf, a teenager believing it may have been his stepfather attempts to expose him.

Director: Lance W. Dreesen | Stars: Trevor Duke-Moretz, Kimberly J. Brown, Richard Tyson, Sarah Aldrich

Votes: 2,808

20. The Sadist (1963)

R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

Three people driving into Los Angeles for a Dodgers game have car trouble and pull off into an old wrecking yard where they are held at bay by a bloodthirsty psycho and his crazy girlfriend.

Director: James Landis | Stars: Arch Hall Jr., Helen Hovey, Richard Alden, Marilyn Manning

Votes: 3,044

21. Horror High (1973)

PG | 85 min | Horror

A shock-filled tale of a serious and shy but brilliant science student who, when wrongfully forced to consume a new drug he'd created, becomes a modern day Jekyll and Hyde.

Director: Larry N. Stouffer | Stars: Pat Cardi, Austin Stoker, Rosie Holotik, John Niland

Votes: 1,181

22. Cold Hell (2017)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A vicious serial killer is targeting prostitutes in Vienna, Austria. A tough young woman from Turkey who works as a taxi driver witnesses one of the murders and becomes a target. The police are of no help, so she must stop him herself.

Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Violetta Schurawlow, Tobias Moretti, Sammy Sheik, Friedrich von Thun

Votes: 2,126

23. Halloween at Aunt Ethel's (2019)

80 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Everyone in town knows the story of Old Aunt Ethel. It's said she makes Halloween candy and pumpkin pie out of the kids that trick-or-treat at her house. This Halloween, the neighborhood teens are going to find out the truth.

Director: Joseph Mazzaferro | Stars: Chris Cavalier, Melissa Daddio, Sean Michael Gloria, Jason Henne

Votes: 1,461

24. Savage Vengance (1993 Video)

Not Rated | 65 min | Horror, Thriller

Five years after she avenged her own rape, young law student Jennifer decides to take a brief vacation with a girlfriend. Unfortunately, they become the next targets of two depraved men.

Director: Donald Farmer | Stars: Camille Keaton, Nikki Riggins, James Cochran, Bill Gatson

Votes: 776

25. Go Away (2024)

Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Completed

During a family gathering, dinner is interrupted by a knock at the door. 5 intruders take the guests hostage and put them through a series of sadistic games. As the night goes on, the intruders realize they also may have something to fear.

Director: David Kerr | Stars: Felissa Rose, Tuesday Knight, Thom Mathews, Robert Allen Mukes

26. You Are a Widow, Sir! (1971)

97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be ... See full summary »

Director: Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Iva Janzurová, Olga Schoberová, Eduard Cupák, Jirí Sovák

Votes: 857

27. Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue (1992 Video)

90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In Shotaro Ishinomori's own deconstructionist entry in his famous "Masked Rider" series, young Shin Kazamatsuri is transformed into a powerful grasshopper mutant by a scientific institute known only as the "Foundation," which targets him.

Directors: Makoto Ishikawa, Makoto Tsuji | Stars: Kohisa Ishikawa, Yumi Nomura, Joe Onodera, Akira Ishihama

Votes: 239

28. La composteuse (2016)

3 min | Short, Comedy, Crime

A serial killer have a lesson on her environmental practices.

Director: Luis Dion-Dussault | Stars: Elizabeth Anne, Nicolas Paquin, Jérémie Thibault

29. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: The Strip Strangler (2001)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

There's a serial killer on the loose in Las Vegas. Since this is a very high-profile case, the sheriff brings in the FBI to help. This annoys Grissom very much as the FBIs like to assume ... See full summary »

Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 978

30. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Sweet Jane (2007)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The C.S.I. team doesn't know what to make of their new member (Schreiber), who joins them in the hunt for a serial killer, active since the 1970's.

Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 842

31. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Past Imperfect (2007)

TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A body of a woman, Emma, in a black party dress is found in a dumpster. Her head is wrapped in packing tape. When the ME examines the body, he finds that her eye lids have been removed. ... See full summary »

Director: Oz Scott | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Anna Belknap

Votes: 321

32. Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles (2015–2016)
Episode: Twisted (2015)

TV-MA | 6 min | Animation, Short, Action

Batman tracks Harley Quinn to an abandoned warehouse, which he finds full of her victims - living and dead.

Director: Bruce Timm | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Tara Strong

Votes: 128