Top 37 must-see best cult horror movies from 167 cult horror movies, including Halloween, Psycho, Pan's Labyrinth, Rosemary's Baby, The Silence of the Lambs, Jaws, Aliens, The Exorcist, Alien, and Eyes Without a Face ranked and rated by score.
167 Cult Horror films sorted alphabetically from A-Z
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Plot / Synopsis: Todd Strauss-Schulson's The Final Girls (2015) is one of those movies that initially did not win me over but after watching the trailer, I have to see this film. The Final Girls releases in movie theaters this upcoming October 9, 2015, in time for Halloween 2015. The characters in this new horror film are pulled into a 1980's horror movie...
Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson Stars: Taissa Farmiga, Malin Akerman, Alexander Ludwig, Nina Dobrev, Alia Shawkat
Plot / Synopsis: A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
Tagline: Something went wrong in the lab today. Very wrong...
Director: David Cronenberg Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel, Leslie Carlson
Plot / Synopsis: Legend says that Antonio Bay was built in 1880 with blood money obtained from shipwrecked lepers, which no one believes. On the eve of the town's centennial, many plan to attend the celebrations, including the murdered lepers.Tagline: What you can't see won't hurt you... it'll kill you!...
Director: John Carpenter Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Houseman, Tom Atkins
Plot / Synopsis: A scientist doing research on the paranormal invites two women to a haunted mansion. One of the participants soon starts losing her mind.Tagline: An evil old house, the kind some people call haunted, is like an undiscovered country waiting to be explored. Hill House had stood for 90 years and might stand for 90 more. Silence lay steadily against...
Director: Robert Wise Stars: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, Fay Compton
Plot / Synopsis: A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.Tagline: Apparitions? Evils? Corruptions?...
Director: Jack Clayton Stars: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave, Martin Stephens
Plot / Synopsis: Two teenage girls head to a rock concert for one's birthday. While trying to score marijuana in the city, they are kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychotic convicts.
Tagline: WARNING: Not Recommended for Persons Over 30!...
Director: Wes Craven Stars: Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln, Jeramie Rain
Plot / Synopsis: After moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires.Tagline: Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire...
Director: Joel Schumacher Stars: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes, Edward Herrmann
Plot / Synopsis: A young group of monster fanatics attempt to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters.Tagline: The End of the World Starts at Midnight...
Director: Fred Dekker Stars: Andre Gower, Robby Kiger, Stephen Macht, Duncan Regehr, Tom Noonan
Plot / Synopsis: In 1895, British archaeologists find and open the tomb of Egyptian Princess Ananka with nefarious consequences.
Tagline: Torn from the tomb to terrify the world!...
Director: Terence Fisher Stars: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne, Felix Aylmer
Plot / Synopsis: Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.
Tagline: Beware the night!...
Director: James Whale Stars: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Lilian Bond, Ernest Thesiger
Plot / Synopsis: Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?Tagline: OUR FINAL WARNING...
Director: Richard Donner Stars: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Harvey Stephens
The Return of the Living Dead is Streaming on HBO Max, Tubi
Plot / Synopsis: When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.Tagline: They're Back From The Grave and Ready To Party!...
Directors: Dan O`Bannon, Dan O'Bannon Stars: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews, Beverly Randolph
Plot / Synopsis: An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.Tagline: Don't bury me...I'm not dead!...
Director: Wes Craven Stars: Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield, Brent Jennings
Plot / Synopsis: The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick based on the Stephen King novel. Kubrick was a meticulous director who added many Easter eggs that are still being discovered in the film. Reports of Duvall being terrorized by Kubrick can be found all over the web. The Shining was filmed on a $19 million budget, and although Stephen King was mad...
Director: Stanley Kubrick Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson
The Silence of the Lambs is Streaming on Netflix, Hulu, Tubi
Plot / Synopsis: A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.
Tagline: Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Brilliant. Cunning. Psychotic. In his mind lies the clue to a ruthless killer. - Clarice Starling, FBI. Brilliant. Vulnerable. Alone. She must trust him to stop the killer...
Director: Jonathan Demme Stars: Jodie Foster, Lawrence A. Bonney, Kasi Lemmons, Lawrence T. Wrentz, Scott Glenn
