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: A mercenary-for-hire accepts a mission from a billionaire to capture a dangerous snake that could possibly help cure a terminal illness.
Tagline: They Can Taste Your Fear...
Director: Don E. FauntLeRoy Stars: David Hasselhoff, Crystal Allen, Ryan McCluskey, Patrick Regis, Anthony Green
Plot / Synopsis: A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant longer life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of snakes and each other.
Tagline: The hunters will become the hunted...
Director: Dwight H. Little Stars: Johnny Messner, KaDee Strickland, Matthew Marsden, Nicholas Gonzalez, Eugene Byrd
Plot / Synopsis: Director John R. Leonettiwill be bring the scary Annabelle doll to the big screen this October 3, 2014 and many speculate that the events in Annabelle (2014) may have specific tie-ins to The Conjuring 2 (2015) premiered October 23, 2015. As of right now there is no official synopsis released besides stating that Annabelle is a spin-off to The Conjuring...
Director: John R. Leonetti Stars: Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, Tony Amendola, Alfre Woodard, Kerry O`Malley
Plot / Synopsis: Director David F. Sandberg is attached to direct the latest installment of the Annabelle series, Annabelle 2 (2017). Sandberg will direct from a script written by Gary Dauberman. The poster teases more scares than in the first installment. At this time of writing, no actors are attached to the new 2017 film. Annabelle 2 is set to release in movie...
Director: David F. Sandberg Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Samara Lee, Miranda Otto, Brad Greenquist, Lulu Wilson
Plot / Synopsis: A grieving couple (Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg) are the subject of evil forces during a cabin getaway shortly after their son has died in this horror film from auteur Lars von Trier...
Director: Lars von Trier Stars: Willem Dafoe, Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
Plot / Synopsis: John Erick Dowdle's As Above, So Below (2014) looks great! Paris sits atop the largest grave site with miles of twisting catacombs with untold millions of human remains. To make matters worse, this new horror film looks to inject the already haunting chilling site with a plot that the catacombs themselves are the gate way to hell, awesome. There is...
Director: John Erick Dowdle Stars: Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, François Civil, Marion Lambert
Plot / Synopsis: Mike Flanagan strikes again as a director after his Oculus (2013) horror film that I personally liked a lot with his new horror film Before I Wake (2015). Before I Wake is set for a September 25, 2015 release. I watched the trailer, and I was very intrigued by the story. Before I Wake is a nice spin on something...
Director: Mike Flanagan Stars: Kate Bosworth, Thomas Jane, Jacob Tremblay, Annabeth Gish, Topher Bousquet
Plot / Synopsis: Cody, a little girl abandoned by her mother and raised by a nurse, is kidnapped. The girl's guardian, aided by an FBI agent, learn that Cody has supernatural abilities and the abductees are a Satanic cult wanting to harness her abilities.Tagline: Fear the Darkness. Fight the Evil. Bless the Child...
Director: Chuck Russell Stars: Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Holliston Coleman, Rufus Sewell, Angela Bettis
Plot / Synopsis: When a group of psychiatric hospital nurses invoke the spirit of Bloody Mary-a supposed urban myth-the slaughter begins...
Tagline: Want to Play?...
Director: Richard Valentine Stars: Kim Tyler, Matt Borlenghi, Danni Ravden, Troy Turi, Christian Schrapff
Plot / Synopsis: A young man tries to deal with the childhood terror that has affected his life.
Tagline: You thought it was a just a story... but it's real...
Director: Stephen Kay Stars: Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Tory Mussett, Andrew Glover
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 is Streaming on Shudder
Plot / Synopsis: A group of tourists arrive in Burkittsville, Maryland after seeing The Blair Witch Project (1999) to explore the mythology and phenomenon, only to come face to face with their own neuroses and possibly the witch herself.Tagline: Evil Doesnt Die...
Director: Joe Berlinger Stars: Kurt Loder, Chuck Scarborough, Bruce D. Reed, Jeffrey Donovan, Joe Berlinger
Plot / Synopsis: A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.
Tagline: Unsichtbar. Lautlos. T?dlich. (Invisible. Silent. Deadly.) (German DVD)...
Director: Eli Roth Stars: Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent, Joey Kern
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever is Streaming on HBO Max
Plot / Synopsis: A high school prom faces a deadly threat: a flesh-eating virus that spreads via a popular brand of bottled water.
Tagline: This time it's spreading...
Director: Ti West Stars: Rider Strong, Noah Segan, Alexi Wasser, Rusty Kelley, Marc Senter
Plot / Synopsis: Sony and MGM bring us a remake of the popular Stephen King Carrie. The original Carrie has always been a movie I wanted to see. Chloe Grace Moretz is a rising star and has been doing well lately. I think I will see this one first then check out the original. This version they are stressing that Carrie is not...
Plot / Synopsis: Prompted to rescue ten-year-old Lillith Sullivan (Jodelle Ferland) from her parents after allegations of abuse suggest that the child is not safe in her own home, kind-hearted social worker Emily Jenkins (Renée Zellweger) discovers to her horror that the situation is far deadlier than she ever suspected. Ian McShane and Bradley Cooper also star in the thriller from Antibodies director...
Director: Christian Alvart Stars: Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper, Callum Keith Rennie
