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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Plot / Synopsis: Detective Mark Hoffman is deemed a hero after he saves a young girl and "escapes" one of Jigsaw's games, or so it seems. Special Agent Peter Strahm is suspicious of him after an injured Agent Lindsay Perez says Hoffman's name. While Agent Strahm looks into Detective Hoffman's past, five people, who helped burn down a building which was supposedly...
Director: David Hackl Stars: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Julie Benz
Plot / Synopsis: Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood...
Director: Kevin Greutert Stars: Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell, Shawnee Smith
Plot / Synopsis: A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a new killer, who targets the girl and her friends by using horror films as part of a deadly game.
Tagline: A new thriller from Wes Craven...
Director: Wes Craven Stars: Drew Barrymore, Roger Jackson, Kevin Patrick Walls, David Booth, Carla Hatley
Plot / Synopsis: While Sidney and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, a new Ghostface begins to terrorize them once again.Tagline: The final Scream is going to be the loudest!...
Director: Wes Craven Stars: Liev Schreiber, Beth Toussaint, Roger Jackson, Kelly Rutherford, Neve Campbell
Plot / Synopsis: The Scream franchise returns from the dead in Wes Craven's fourth entry of the Dimension Films slasher series. Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox Arquette return to their iconic roles dating back to the original breakthrough film in 1996...
Director: Wes Craven Stars: Lucy Hale, Roger Jackson, Shenae Grimes-Beech, Dane Farwell, Anna Paquin
Plot / Synopsis: While investigating a call in an abandoned house, Officer Frank Williams and a rookie find a woman brutally blinded, but they are attacked by a huge psychopath with an ax; the rookie is killed and Frank shoots the criminal in the head, but has a severed arm. Four years later, the mutilated Frank is relocated, working as a guard...
Director: Gregory Dark Stars: Glenn Jacobs, Christina Vidal, Michael J. Pagan, Samantha Noble, Steven Vidler
Plot / Synopsis: An undertaker's birthday party is interrupted when Jacob Goodnight rises from the dead and proceeds to terrorize her and her friends.Tagline: You Will Pay for Your Sins...
Plot / Synopsis: Chucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their innocent son, Glen, and hit Hollywood, where a movie depicting the killer dolls' murder spree is underway.Tagline: Time to Raise Some Hell...
Director: Don Mancini Stars: Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Billy Boyd, Redman, Hannah Spearritt
Plot / Synopsis: Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.Tagline: Fear Is A Place...
Director: Brad Anderson Stars: David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Paul Guilfoyle, Josh Lucas, Peter Mullan
Plot / Synopsis: A sexy summer weekend turns into a blood-soaked nightmare for a group of college students trapped on an island surrounded by voracious underwater predators in 'Shark Night 3D,' a terrifying thrill ride from director David Ellis ('The Final Destination,' 'Snakes On a Plane'), featuring a red-hot young cast including Sara Paxton ('Superhero Movie,' 'Last House on the Left'), Dustin Milligan...
Director: David R. Ellis Stars: Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Chris Carmack, Katharine McPhee, Joel David Moore
Plot / Synopsis: Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead (2004) is a comedy horror and cult favorite. The zombies in this film and story make his movie a personal favorite with many horror fans. Shaun of the Dead had an estimated movie budget of about four million euros. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Kate Ashfield star in Shaun of the Dead...
Director: Edgar Wright Stars: Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran
Plot / Synopsis: A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.Tagline: The most terrifying images are the ones that are real...
Director: Masayuki Ochiai Stars: Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, Megumi Okina, David Denman, John Hensley
Plot / Synopsis: A young photographer and his girlfriend discover mysterious shadows in their photographs after a tragic accident. They soon learn that you can not escape your past.
Tagline: The most terrifying images are the ones that are real...
Plot / Synopsis: A woman, Rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill.
Tagline: Enjoy your stay...
Director: Christophe Gans Stars: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates
Plot / Synopsis: We return to Silent Hill finally in the sequel Silent Hill: Revelation. Heather Mason and her father have been on the run for many years and now her father has disappeared mysteriously. Heather finds out that her very existence is not real and is then taken to Silent Hill's alternate reality. Hopefully she can now figure out what her terrifying...
