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 group of teenagers in Colorado find themselves being stalked and killed one by one by a mysterious figure with a hook, exactly one year after they covered up a friend's accidental death.
Tagline: What he knows, might kill you...
Director: Sylvain White Stars: Brooke Nevin, David Paetkau, Torrey DeVitto, Ben Easter, Seth Packard
Plot / Synopsis: Four young offenders and their care workers visit the remote Yorkshire village of Mortlake, which prides on keeping itself to itself. A minor incident with locals rapidly escalates into a blood-soaked, deliriously warped nightmare.
Tagline: They came in peace... they left in pieces...
Director: Alex Chandon Stars: Jo Hartley, James Doherty, Seamus O''Neill, James Burrows, Terry Haywood
Plot / Synopsis: Four months after the death of her husband, a woman on the brink of motherhood is tormented in her home by a strange woman who wants her unborn baby...
Plot / Synopsis: Josh and Renai have along with their three young children are the average happy family. When tragedy strikes their young son, Josh and Renai begin to experience things that are unexplained and seem like classic haunted house phenomenon...
Director: James Wan Stars: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell
Insidious Chapter 2 (Insidious 2) is Streaming on Netflix
Plot / Synopsis: James Wan's Insidious Chapter 2 looks awesome. I loved the first movie and the ending was killer. I can't wait to see the new installment. FilmDistrict will distribute so in the meantime, queue up the original movie in Netflix.
The Lambert family get plunged back into the terrifying supernatural world when an old secret from the past emerges. Director James...
Director: James Wan Stars: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye, Barbara Hershey
Plot / Synopsis: *Updated Nov. 11, 2014 - We just received news that Insidious: Chapter 3 has been pushed back one week from the original May 29, 2015 release date to the new release date on June 5, 2015.
Leigh Whannell's Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) should be Whannell's complete vision of the horror movie since James Wan has passed on the directors seat...
Plot / Synopsis: An ex-cop, now working as a security guard in a shopping mall, tries to uncover the secret behind a series of mysterious deaths linked to mirrors.
Tagline: In the deep night, if you live alone, don't look in the mirror!...
Director: Sung-ho Kim Stars: Ji-Tae Yoo, Myung-Min Kim, Hye-na Kim, Ju-bong Gi, Kim Myeong Su
Plot / Synopsis: David Robert Mitchell has written and directed his new film It Follows (2014) and I absolutely cannot wait to see it when it releases in movie theaters and on VOD this upcoming March 27, 2015. I have seen a couple of trailers for the film so far and I love the tease of actual scares, I miss scary horror movies...
Director: David Robert Mitchell Stars: Bailey Spry, Carollette Phillips, Loren Bass, Keir Gilchrist, Maika Monroe
Plot / Synopsis: A brother and sister driving home through isolated countryside for spring break encounter a flesh-eating creature which is on the last day of its ritualistic eating spree.
Tagline: Fear takes a road trip...
Director: Victor Salva Stars: Gina Philips, Justin Long, Jonathan Breck, Patricia Belcher, Brandon Smith
Plot / Synopsis: Set a few days after the original, a championship basketball team's bus is attacked by The Creeper, the winged, flesh-eating terror, on the last day of his 23-day feeding frenzy.Tagline: Every 23rd Spring, for 23 days, it gets to eat. Welcome to day 23...
Director: Victor Salva Stars: Ray Wise, Jonathan Breck, Garikayi Mutambirwa, Eric Nenninger, Nicki Aycox
Plot / Synopsis: Demon possession, devilish cheerleaders, and Satanic rock stars are all on the chopping block with this horror comedy from the production team behind Juno. Screenwriter Diablo Cody provides the script, with producing duties handled by Jason Reitman and Dan Dubiecki. The story centers on an impish high-school student (Amanda Seyfried) who has to protect her town against her best friend,...
Director: Karyn Kusama Stars: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody, Sal Cortez
Plot / Synopsis: Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.Tagline: Don't screw with people you don't know (UK)...
Director: John Dahl Stars: Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski, Jessica Bowman, Stuart Stone
Plot / Synopsis: A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.
Tagline: When a grudge from the dead passes to the living - Who is safe?...
Plot / Synopsis: The story of a woman who is slowly losing her sight whilst trying to investigate the mysterious death of her twin sister.
Tagline: En la oscuridad no puedes esconderte (You can't hide in the dark)...
Director: Guillem Morales Stars: Belén Rueda, Lluís Homar, Pablo Derqui, Francesc Orella, Joan Dalmau
Plot / Synopsis: The living dead have taken over the world, and the last humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they come to grips with the situation.Tagline: The dead shall inherit the Earth...
Director: George A. Romero Stars: Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy
