Best Body Horror Movies & Films Subgenre
Top 37 must-see best body horror movies from body horror movies, including Alien, The Thing, The Fly, The Substance, The Wailing, Frankenstein, The Ugly Stepsister, Together, Taxidermia, and Good Boy ranked and rated by score.
Body Horror Movies List
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31). Scanners (1981) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
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Score: 6.68/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 65,539 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.8/10 | Metascore: 6.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $14,225,876
Scanners is Streaming on HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him.
Tagline: There are 4 billion people on earth. 237 are Scanners. They have the most terrifying powers ever created... and they are winning.
Scanners is the cornerstone of 1980s horror/sci-fi and a breakthrough for the now legendary director David Cronenberg (Crimes of the Future, The Fly, Videodrome), now the seminal...
Director: David Cronenberg
Stars: Jennifer O''Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Michael Ironside
32). The Beach House (2019) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.6/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 8,992 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.1/10 | Metascore: 6.4/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Psychological, Survival, Thriller, Body Horror, Confined, Isolation, Madness, Medical, Road Trip, Tourists, Wilderness
Plot / Synopsis: A romantic getaway for two troubled college sweethearts turns into a struggle for survival when unexpected guests - and the surrounding environment - exhibit signs of a mysterious infection...
Director: Jeffrey A. Brown
Stars: Liana Liberato, Noah Le Gros, Jake Weber, Maryann Nagel, Michael Brumfield
33). Bloodsucking Bastards (2015) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
In-Depth Bloodsucking Bastards Review
Score: 6.59/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 7,357 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.8/10 | Metascore: 5.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: An action-packed horror comedy, BLOODSUCKING BASTARDS stars Fran Kranz as Evan, a dutiful and overworked...Tagline: Work. It sucks the life out of you...
Director: Brian James O''Connell
Stars: Fran Kranz, Pedro Pascal, Joey Kern, Joel Murray, Emma Fitzpatrick
34). Cold Storage (2026) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Cold Storage Horror Movie Review
Score: 6.55/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,606 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: When a highly dangerous fungus escapes from a secret laboratory, a former bioterrorism agent is called back into action. Alongside two young employees, he must confront an invisible and out-of-control threat.
Tagline: If it spreads, you're dead...
35). Grafted (2024) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.53/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 2,747 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.8/10 | Metascore: 6.2/10 | MPAA Rating:
Grafted is Streaming on ShudderPlot / Synopsis: A bright but socially awkward exchange student takes her craving for popularity to horrifying heights.
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced today that they have acquired the North American, UK, and Ireland rights to Sasha Rainbow’s feature debut GRAFTED ahead of its Spanish premiere at the 2024 Sitges Film Festival. The film...
Director: Sasha Rainbow
Stars: Jess Hong, Mark Mitchinson, Jared Turner, Eden Hart, Alison Quigan
36). The Breach (2022) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.5/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,547 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Gore, Haunted House, Thriller, Twisted Mystery, Body Horror, Dangerous Exploration, Haunted, Haunted House - Investigation, Lovecraftian, Mad Scientist, Mutants, Police, Sci-Fi
Plot / Synopsis: Based on the novel by Nick Cutter (The Troop) and screenplay written by Cutter and Ian Weir, THE BREACH tells the story of John Hawkins, counting down his last days as Chief of Police in the tiny town of Lone Crow nestled deep in the desolate woods of Northern Ontario. But when a mangled body with uncanny wounds washes...
Director: Rodrigo Gudiño
Stars: Emily Alatalo, Mary Antonini, Natalie Brown, David R Carter, Wesley French
37). Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (2023) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.5/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 7,658 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5/10 | MPAA Rating: TV-MA
Comedy, Zombies, Body Horror, Campy, Dangerous Exploration, Thrill Kill, Zombie - Comedy, J-Horror, B-Horror
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is Streaming on NetflixPlot / Synopsis: Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats being a wage slave any day. After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's life has lost its luster. He lives in a trash-filled apartment, his pay is abysmal, and he can't even muster up the nerve to confess his love to his beautiful co-worker. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his...
Director: Yûsuke Ishida
Stars: Eiji Akaso, Mai Shiraishi, Shuntarô Yanagi, Yui Ichikawa, Kazuki Kitamura
38). The Cursed (2021) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.5/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 20,556 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.1/10 | Metascore: 6.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $4,588,389
The Cursed is Streaming on NetflixPlot / Synopsis: In rural 19th-century France, a mysterious, possibly supernatural menace threatens a small village. John McBride, a pathologist, comes to town to investigate the danger - and exorcise some of his own demons in the process...
Director: Sean Ellis
Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran, Nigel Betts
39). Brain Damage (1988) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.5/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 14,321 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.9/10 | Metascore: 6.1/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: One morning, a young man wakes to find that a small, disgusting creature has attached itself to the base of his brain stem. The creature gives him a euphoric state of happiness but demands human victims in return.
Tagline: The movie that will blow your mind!...
Director: Frank Henenlotter
Stars: Rick Hearst, Gordon MacDonald, Jennifer Lowry, Theo Barnes, Lucille Saint-Peter
40). Animale (2024) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.43/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 353 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.2/10 | MPAA Rating:
Plot / Synopsis: Camargue, France - Nejma trains hard to win the local bullfighting competition. When she is mauled after a celebration, she starts to notice disturbing changes. News of a rogue bull on the loose terrifies the community, killing yo...
In the Camargue region of the South of France, there remains an infamous, long-standing tradition of bullfighting. Local youths participate in...
Directors: Adrian Langley, Agasyah Karim, Aizada Amangeldy …
41). Splice (2009) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Detailed Review: Splice (2009)
Score: 6.41/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 104,921 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5/10 | Metascore: 6.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $17,010,170
Splice is Streaming on Netflix, HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: Two scientists (Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley) embark on a dangerous journey when they splice human DNA into preexisting genetic-engineered experiments in this sci-fi thriller from director Vincenzo Natali and executive producer Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth)...
Director: Vincenzo Natali
Stars: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac, Brandon McGibbon, Simona Maicanescu
42). Yummy (2019) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.4/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 6,680 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Psychological, Survival, Thriller, Zombies, Body Horror, Mad Scientist, Medical, Sci-Fi, Tourists, Virus
Plot / Synopsis: Yummy is an orgy of blood, violence and fun in which a young couple travel to a shabby Eastern European hospital for plastic surgery. The young woman wants a breast reduction. Her mother comes along for yet another face-lift. Wandering through an abandoned ward the boyfriend stumbles upon a young woman, gagged and strapped to an operating table; she...
Director: Lars Damoiseaux
Stars: Maaike Neuville, Bart Hollanders, Benjamin Ramon, Clara Cleymans, Annick Christiaens
43). Ten Minutes to Midnight (2020) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Our Take on Ten Minutes to Midnight (2020)
Score: 6.39/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 835 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Vampires, Gore, Psychological, Slasher, Survival, Body Horror, Campy, Cursed, Madness, Revenge, Thrill Kill, Virus
Plot / Synopsis: On the eve of forced retirement, a violent hurricane traps veteran late night radio host Amy Marlowe and her uneasy staff at WLST while her mysterious new replacement shadows her every move...
Director: Erik Bloomquist
Stars: Caroline Williams, Nicole Kang, Nicholas Tucci, William Youmans, Adam Weppler
44). Slanted (2025) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.34/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 801 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: An insecure Chinese-American teenager undergoes experimental surgery to appear white, hoping to secure the prom queen title and peer acceptance...
Stars: Shirley Chen, Mckenna Grace, Amelie Zilber, Vivian Wu, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
45). Iron Lung (2026) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Detailed Review: Iron Lung (2026)
Score: 6.29/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 18,573 | Metascore: 5.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $34,960,000
Plot / Synopsis: Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic future after "The Quiet Rapture" event, a convict explores a blood ocean on a desolate moon using a submarine called the "Iron Lung" to search for missing stars/planets...
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