37 Best Cult Horror Movies & Films

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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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151). The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Slasher, Madness, Medical, Party, Teens, B-Horror

Plot / Synopsis: An eighteen-year-old high school girl is left at home by her parents and she decides to have a slumber party. There is friction between some of the invited guests and the new girl, who is better at basketball than they, so the new girl decides to stay at home (which is conveniently across the street from the host's house)...

Director: Amy Holden Jones
Stars: Michelle Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella, Debra De Liso, Andree Honore

152). The Stink of Flesh (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 4.54/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 709 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Plot / Synopsis: Wandering a zombie wasteland, matool survives by his wits and animal instinct, often employing his trusty... Tagline: How do you lead an alternative lifestyle... When everybody's dead?...

Director: Scott Phillips
Stars: Kurly Tlapoyawa, Ross Kelly, Diva, Billy Garberina, Kristin Hansen

153). The Stuff (1985) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Stuff (1985) Review

Score: 6.36/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 20,170 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R

Comedy, Campy, Mutants, Sci-Fi

Plot / Synopsis: A delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any cost begin infesting the world.Tagline: Are you eating it ...or is it eating you?...

Director: Larry Cohen
Stars: Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris, Paul Sorvino, Scott Bloom

154). The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Exploring The Texas Chain Saw Massacre – Full Review

Slasher, Cult Classic, Dysfunctional Family, Maniac, Desert, B-Horror

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is Streaming on Tubi

Plot / Synopsis: Two siblings visit their grandfather's grave in Texas along with three of their friends and are attacked by a family of cannibalistic psychopaths. Tagline: The idyllic summer's day that became a nightmare of fear and blood... Dark Sky Selects proudly presents The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 50th Anniversary Chainsaw Edition. This multi-disc set will include the new 4K UHD...

Director: Tobe Hooper
Stars: Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain, William Vail, Teri McMinn

155). The Thing (1982) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Full Review of The Thing (1982)

Aliens, Creatures, Body Horror, Cult Classic, Sci-Fi

The Thing is Streaming on Tubi

Plot / Synopsis: Master of Horror John Carpenter directed The Thing (1982), and this horror mystery sci-fi film is one I can watch every month of the year. A research facility crew discover a creature that can become anything it touches. The only weakness it has is to fire. The Thing had an estimated movie budget of $15 million and grossed $13,782,838 at...

Director: John Carpenter
Stars: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David

156). The Thing from Another World (1951) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.55/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 35,565 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.7/10 | MPAA Rating: Approved

Classic, Classic Sci-Fi

The Thing from Another World is Streaming on Tubi

Plot / Synopsis: Scientists at an Arctic research station discover a spacecraft buried in the ice. Upon closer examination, they discover the frozen pilot. All hell breaks loose when they take him back to their station and he is accidentally thawed out! Tagline: Look Out...It's...

Directors: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks
Stars: Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite, Douglas Spencer, James Young

157). The Toxic Avenger (1984) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Exploring The Toxic Avenger – Full Review

Comedy, Cult Classic, Mutants, Sci-Fi, B-Horror

Plot / Synopsis: This is the story of Melvin, the Tromaville Health Club mop boy, who inadvertently and naively trusts the hed***stic, contemptuous and vain health club members, to the point of accidentally ending up in a vat of toxic waste. The devastating results then have a transmogrification effect, his alter ego is released, and the Toxic Avenger is born, to deadly...

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

158). The Wicker Man (1973) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Our Take on The Wicker Man (1973)

Mystery, Psychological, Thriller, Cult, Cult Classic, Drama, Folk Horror, Madness, Mind Bender, Police, Religion, Urban Legend

The Wicker Man is Streaming on Shudder

Plot / Synopsis: A police sergeant is sent to a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl whom the townsfolk claim never existed. Stranger still are the rites that take place there. Tagline: From the writer of 'Frenzy & Sleuth' Anthony Shaffer's incredible occult thriller...

Director: Robin Hardy
Stars: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt

159). The Wolf Man (1941) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Our Take on The Wolf Man (1941)

Classic, Classic Werewolves, Werewolves

Plot / Synopsis: A practical man returns to his homeland, is attacked by a creature of folklore, and infected with a horrific disease his disciplined mind tells him can not possibly exist. Tagline: In many a distant village, there exists the Legend of the Werewolf or Wolf Man, a legend of a strange mortal man with the hair and fangs of an...

Director: George Waggner
Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles

160). Them! (1954) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Classic, Classic Sci-Fi

Plot / Synopsis: In the New Mexico desert, Police Sgt. Ben Peterson and his partner find a child wandering in the desert and sooner they discover that giant ants are attacking the locals. FBI agent Robert Graham teams up with Ben and with the support of Dr. Harold Medford and his daughter Dr. Patricia 'Pat' Medford, they destroy the colony of ants...

Director: Gordon Douglas
Stars: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness, Onslow Stevens

161). Ticks (1993) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 4.9/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 6,111 | Metascore: 4.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R

Creatures, Critters, Mutants

Plot / Synopsis: Problem teens in Los Angeles join an inner-city wilderness project in and attempt to get back in touch with life's priorities, led by do-gooders Holly and Charles. When they get to the campsite, they begin having problems adjusting to the wild life, particularly local marijuana growers using herbal steroids to accelerate plant growth, and the mutated ticks that the...

Director: Tony Randel
Stars: Rosalind Allen, Ami Dolenz, Seth Green, Virginya Keehne, Ray Oriel

162). Tokyo Gore Police (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 6.95/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 13,483 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.0/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Gore, Police, Sci-Fi, J-Horror

Plot / Synopsis: Set in a future-world vision of Tokyo where the police have been privatized and bitter self-mutilation is so casual that advertising is often specially geared to the "cutter" demographic, this is the story of samurai-sword-wielding Ruka and her mission to avenge her father's assassination. Ruka is a cop from a squad whose mission is to destroy homicidal mutant humans...

Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura
Stars: Eihi Shiina, Itsuji Itao, Yukihide Benny, Jiji Bû, Ikuko Sawada

163). Troll (1986) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Honest Review: Troll (1986)

Creatures, Mutants, Sci-Fi

Plot / Synopsis: A wicked troll king in search of a mystical ring that will return him to his human form invades a San Francisco apartment complex where a powerful witch lives.Tagline: Apartment for Rent. Inquire Within...

Director: John Carl Buechler
Stars: Noah Hathaway, Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Jenny Beck, Sonny Bono

164). Tusk (2014) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Honest Review: Tusk (2014)

Comedy, Psychological, Body Horror, Madness, Torture, A24

Tusk is Streaming on Netflix

Plot / Synopsis: When podcaster Wallace Bryton goes missing in the backwoods of Manitoba while interviewing a mysterious seafarer named Howard Howe, his best friend Teddy and girlfriend Allison team with an ex-cop to look for him. Tagline: Let me tell you a story...

Director: Kevin Smith
Stars: Michael Parks, Justin Long, Genesis Rodriguez, Haley Joel Osment, Johnny Depp

165). Videodrome (1983) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Exploring Videodrome – Full Review

Psychological, Cult Classic, Mind Bender, Sci-Fi

Videodrome is Streaming on Peacock

Plot / Synopsis: A sleazy cable-TV programmer begins to see his life and the future of media spin out of control in a very unusual fashion when he acquires a new kind of programming for his station. Tagline: First it controlled her mind, then it destroyed her body... Long live the new flesh!...

Director: David Cronenberg
Stars: James Woods, Sonja Smits, Debbie Harry, Peter Dvorsky, Leslie Carlson

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