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: An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.
Tagline: It never forgives. It never forgets...
Director: Takashi Shimizu Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, William Mapother, Clea DuVall, KaDee Strickland
Plot / Synopsis: Three interwoven stories about a terrible curse. A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo; a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong; a woman with a deadly secret moves into a Chicago apartment building.Tagline: What Was Once Trapped, Will Now Be Unleashed...
Plot / Synopsis: A young Japanese woman who holds the key to stopping the evil spirit of Kayako, travels to the haunted Chicago apartment from the sequel...Tagline: You can't escape the curse...
Director: Toby Wilkins Stars: Matthew Knight, Shawnee Smith, Mike Straub, Aiko Horiuchi, Shimba Tsuchiya
Plot / Synopsis: Corin Hardy's The Hallow (2015), aka The Woods (2015), is a very ancient world scary film. Mankind has always been scared of the unknown that lurks in the woods and this horror film emerges us in that fact. Imagine that, in New England, there was a place where the evil fairies and banshees were, and they felt threatened. A new...
Director: Corin Hardy Stars: Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton, Michael Smiley, Gary Lydon
Plot / Synopsis: A science teacher, his wife, and a young girl struggle to survive a plague that causes those infected to commit suicide.Tagline: We've Sensed It. We've Seen The Signs. Now... It's Happening...
Director: M. Night Shyamalan Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez, Betty Buckley
Plot / Synopsis: In the tradition of such real-life horror movies as 'The Exorcist' and 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose', "The Haunting in Connecticut" tells the astounding true story of one family's supernatural ordeal. When Sara and Peter Campbell's son Matt is diagnosed with cancer, they uproot their family to Connecticut for his treatment. As the family settles into their new home, Matt...
Director: Peter Cornwell Stars: Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Elias Koteas, Amanda Crew, Martin Donovan
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia is Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max
Plot / Synopsis: I wasn't a big fan of the original but this time around The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia may have a chance at doing better. Right now; I saw the trailer and this looks a little dull and boring. Lots of "I seen that before" moments.
This time around they are going with the underground railroad, transporting the...
Director: Tom Elkins Stars: Abigail Spencer, Morgana Shaw, Emily Alyn Lind, Chad Michael Murray, Grant James
The Haunting of Molly Hartley is Streaming on Netflix
Plot / Synopsis: Molly Hartley looks to put her troubled past behind her with a fresh start at a new school, where she sparks with one of the most popular students...Tagline: This Halloween her past is yet to come...
Plot / Synopsis: A suburban American family is being stalked by a group of psychotic people who live in the desert, far away from civilization.Tagline: Life is shorter than you think...
Director: Alexandre Aja Stars: Maxime Giffard, Michael Bailey Smith, Tom Bower, Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan
Plot / Synopsis: A group of National Guard trainees find themselves battling against a vicious group of mutants on their last day of training in the desert.Tagline: The lucky ones die fast...
Director: Martin Weisz Stars: Cécile Breccia, Michael Bailey Smith, Archie Kao, Jay Acovone, Jeff Kober
Plot / Synopsis: A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and focuses its attention on attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.Tagline: It is Lurking Behind You...
Director: Bong Joon Ho Stars: Kang-ho Song, Hee-Bong Byun, Hae-il Park, Bae Doona, Doona Bae
Plot / Synopsis: A coed struggling to pay her rent ends up taking the wrong part-time job in writer-director Ti West's old-school 1980s-set horror flick, The House of the Devil. Samantha (Jocelin Donahue) is a sweet-natured and retiring young woman, unlike her rambunctious, loud, and self-assured best buddy, Megan (mumblecore stalwart Greta Gerwig).
After moving into a new apartment, Samantha is desperate for...
Director: Ti West Stars: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig, AJ Bowen
Plot / Synopsis: Five friends are stalked by a group of mysterious and disturbed individuals while on a road trip looking for the ultimate haunted house attraction.Tagline: In the search for the most extreme haunt, the haunt found them...
Director: Bobby Roe Stars: Brandy Schaefer, Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe, Mikey Roe, Jeff Larson
Plot / Synopsis: Two American girls find themselves trapped in a terrifying makeshift hospital by a retired surgeon, Dr. Heiter. The doctor explains that he is retired surgeon who had specialized in separating Siamese twins. However the girls are not about to be separated, but joined together in a horrific operation. He plans to be the first to connect people, one to the...
Director: Tom Six Stars: Dieter Laser, Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, Akihiro Kitamura, Andreas Leupold
