37 Best Scary Movies & Films
Top 37 must-see best scary movies from 293 scary movies, including Halloween, The Exorcist, The Witch, Let the Right One in (Lat den ratte komma in), The Thing, Evil Dead II, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Shaun of the Dead, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Ringu ranked and rated by score.
293 Scary films sorted alphabetically from A-Z
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136). Quarantine (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Quarantine Horror Movie Review
Score: 5.74/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 80,743 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.5/10 | Metascore: 5.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $31,691,811
Quarantine is Streaming on HBO Max, TubiPlot / Synopsis: Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn...
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Stars: Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Jay Hernandez, Johnathon Schaech, Columbus Short
137). Red Eye (2004) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 4.83/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 979 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: When a new stewardess joins the night shift crew of the train, she find that some mystic events become occur during the train night run. As the film goes we see that the train has more hidden secrets that lead to a suspicion that it might be linked to the crash of the same train several years ago. The...
Director: Dong-bin Kim
Stars: Shin-yeong Jang, Ji-min Kwak, Dong-kyu Lee, Hye-na Kim, Eol Lee
138). Reincarnation (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 5.25/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 6,930 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $321,875
Possession, Vengeance, Exorcisms, Sci-Fi, Serial Killer, Supernatural Serial killer (Top Supernatural Serial Killers in Movies), J-Horror
Plot / Synopsis: A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago.
Tagline: Death Is Only The Beginning...
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Stars: Yûka, Karina, Kippei Shîna, Tetta Sugimoto, Shun Oguri
139). Resident Evil (2002) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Full Review of Resident Evil (2002)
Score: 6.12/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 301,912 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.6/10 | Metascore: 3.5/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $40,119,709
Resident Evil is Streaming on NetflixPlot / Synopsis: A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.Tagline: A secret experiment. A deadly virus. A fatal mistake...
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Stars: Ryan McCluskey, Oscar Pearce, Indra Ové, Anna Bolt, Joseph May
140). Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Exploring Resident Evil: Afterlife – Full Review
Score: 4.61/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 183,560 | Rotten Tomatoes: 2.1/10 | Metascore: 3.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $60,128,566
Plot / Synopsis: Experience a new dimension in action horror as director Paul W.S. Anderson uses the 3D technology pioneered by James Cameron and Vincent Pace to take movie lovers on a nightmare thrill-ride. It's been five years since the zombie virus swept across the globe, and Alice (Milla Jovovich) is still traveling tirelessly in search of survivors. When the Umbrella Corporation ratchets...
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Stars: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Sergio Peris-Mencheta
141). Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) Review
Score: 4.94/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 217,265 | Rotten Tomatoes: 1.8/10 | Metascore: 3.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $51,201,453
Resident Evil: Apocalypse is Streaming on NetflixPlot / Synopsis: Alice awakes in Raccoon City, only to find it has become infested with zombies and monsters. With the help of Jill Valentine and Carlos Olivera, Alice must find a way out of the city before it is destroyed by a nuclear missile.Tagline: You're all going to die...
Director: Alexander Witt
Stars: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr, Thomas Kretschmann, Sophie Vavasseur
142). Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Detailed Review: Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Score: 4.85/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 212,029 | Rotten Tomatoes: 2.4/10 | Metascore: 4.1/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $50,648,679
Plot / Synopsis: Survivors of the Raccoon City catastrophe travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against the evil Umbrella Corp.Tagline: We Have Witnessed The Beginning... We Have Seen The Apocalypse... Now We Face Extinction...
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Stars: Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Iain Glen, Ashanti
143). Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) Review
Score: 4.7/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 154,958 | Rotten Tomatoes: 2.8/10 | Metascore: 3.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $42,345,531
Resident Evil: Retribution is Streaming on Netflix, HuluPlot / Synopsis: Resident Evil: Retribution returns with Alice (Milla Jovovich) returning in the fifth Resident Evil movie in the franchise. This film questions what is real and what has been made up by The Umbrella Corporation. This Resident Evil focuses on the global factor and what is happening on a worldwide aspect.Resident Evil: Retribution is directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. The cast includes Milla...
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Stars: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Michelle Rodriguez, Aryana Engineer, Bingbing Li
144). Ringu (1998) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Our Take on Ringu (1998)
Score: 7.98/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 82,388 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.8/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: Ruthlessly murdered by her father, the ghost of a seer's daughter kills all those seven days after they watch the strange contents of a mysterious video tape, unless the viewer finds the escape clause.Tagline: Will scare the hell out of you!...
Director: Hideo Nakata
Stars: Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Yûko Takeuchi, Hitomi Satô, Yôichi Numata
145). Rubber (2010) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Detailed Review: Rubber (2010)
Score: 6.07/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 41,741 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.7/10 | Metascore: 5.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $100,370
Plot / Synopsis: As film spectators watch, a killer car tire comes to life in a desert dump site. Flexing its... rubber... and ready to roll, it soon discovers its telekinetic ability to make small animals and people's heads explode. Lt. Chad hopes to end this movie by fatally poisoning every last spectators, but failing that, the show must go on, and...
Director: Quentin Dupieux
Stars: Stephen Spinella, Jack Plotnick, Wings Hauser, Roxane Mesquida, Ethan Cohn
146). Saw (2004) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Honest Review: Saw (2004)
Score: 6.53/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 507,217 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.0/10 | Metascore: 4.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $56,000,369
Saw is Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, PeacockPlot / Synopsis: James Wan's Saw (2004) has become a real classic of modern horror movies and today we have the official poster for the Saw 10th Anniversary Re-release. This will be a one-week only re-release into movie theaters. I don't know about you but I watch Saw once every year, this year I will relive the movie theater experience. Starring in Saw...
Director: James Wan
Stars: Leigh Whannell, Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Ken Leung, Dina Meyer
147). Saw 3D: The Traps Come Alive (2010) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Exploring Saw 3D: The Traps Come Alive – Full Review
Score: 4.01/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 117,924 | Rotten Tomatoes: 0.9/10 | Metascore: 2.4/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $45,710,178
Saw 3D: The Traps Come Alive is Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, PeacockPlot / Synopsis: The Saw series continues with this seventh entry, spearheaded by returning Saw VI director Kevin Greutert. Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton also are back to pen the script, which details the exploits of serial killer Jigsaw's surviving victims, who seek counseling from a self-help mentor (Sean Patrick Flanery) whose past as a previous victim figures directly into each one's fate...
Director: Kevin Greutert
Stars: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Betsy Russell, Cary Elwes, Sean Patrick Flanery
148). Saw II (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
In-Depth Saw II Review
Score: 5.59/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 295,630 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.9/10 | Metascore: 4.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $87,039,965
Saw II is Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, PeacockPlot / Synopsis: A detective and his team must rescue eight people trapped in a factory by the twisted serial killer known as Jigsaw.
Tagline: We Dare You Again...
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Stars: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Donnie Wahlberg, Erik Knudsen, Franky G
149). Saw III (2006) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Full Review of Saw III (2006)
Score: 5.09/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 227,077 | Rotten Tomatoes: 2.8/10 | Metascore: 4.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $80,238,724
Saw III is Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, PeacockPlot / Synopsis: Jigsaw kidnaps a doctor to keep him alive while he watches his new apprentice put an unlucky citizen through a brutal test.
Tagline: Sometimes Rules Are Meant To Be Broken...
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Stars: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Donnie Wahlberg
150). Saw IV (2007) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
What We Thought of Saw IV
Score: 4.55/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 175,921 | Rotten Tomatoes: 1.8/10 | Metascore: 3.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $63,300,095
Saw IV is Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, PeacockPlot / Synopsis: Despite Jigsaw's death, and in order to save the lives of two of his colleagues, Lieutenant Rigg is forced to take part in a new game, which promises to test him to the limit.
Tagline: It's a Trap...
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Stars: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Lyriq Bent
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