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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121). Ouija (2014) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
In-Depth Ouija Review
Score: 3.68/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 60,384 | Rotten Tomatoes: 0.6/10 | Metascore: 3.8/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: $50,856,010
Plot / Synopsis: Stiles White's Ouija (2014) has a lot to prove and I am hoping that on October 24, 2014 we will see how good Ouija is. I have not hid my excitement for this upcoming horror film and I know there are other like me out there looking forward to this film too. Starring in Ouija are Olivia Cooke, Douglas Smith and...
Director: Stiles White
Stars: Olivia Cooke, Ana Coto, Daren Kagasoff, Bianca A. Santos, Douglas Smith
122). Paranormal Activity (2007) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Full Review of Paranormal Activity (2007)
Score: 6.74/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 264,911 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3/10 | Metascore: 6.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $107,918,810
Paranormal Activity is Streaming on Netflix, HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: A haunted house makes no secret of the fact it's not pleased with its new tenants in this independent tale of supernatural horror. Katie (Katie Featherson) and Micah (Micah Sloat) are a twentysomething couple who've just moved into a new home in San Diego, CA. Katie has an interest in the paranormal and believes that malevolent spirits have been following...
Director: Oren Peli
Stars: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong, Ashley Palmer
123). Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
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Score: 5.72/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 113,143 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.7/10 | Metascore: 5.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $84,752,907
Paranormal Activity 2 is Streaming on HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: Synopsis: After experiencing what they think are a series of "break-ins", a family sets up security cameras around their home, only to realize that the events unfolding before them are more sinister than they seem.
Spooky hauntings are once again the main course in this Paramount Pictures follow-up to Oren Peli's wildly successful supernatural thriller, Paranormal Activity. Kip Williams directs from...
Director: Tod Williams
Stars: David Bierend, Brian Boland, Molly Ephraim, Katie Featherston, Seth Ginsberg
124). Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
In-Depth Paranormal Activity 3 Review
Score: 6.09/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 102,532 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.7/10 | Metascore: 5.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $104,028,807
Paranormal Activity 3 is Streaming on HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.
Tagline: It Runs In The Family...
Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Stars: Lauren Bittner, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown, Hallie Foote
125). Paranormal Activity 4 (2012) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Honest Review: Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)
Score: 4.13/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 72,438 | Rotten Tomatoes: 2.3/10 | Metascore: 4.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $53,885,000
Paranormal Activity 4 is Streaming on HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: Paranormal Activity 4 is the fourth installment in which we see the return of Katie and Hunter. They went missing in previous movies and have come back and moved into a house. The neighbors however begin experiencing weird paranormal activity in their own house. Talk about evil beings jumping from one person to the other, this ups the stakes by...
Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Stars: Katie Featherston, Kathryn Newton, Matt Shively, Aiden Lovekamp, Brady Allen
126). Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Exploring Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension – Full Review
Score: 3.37/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 32,245 | Rotten Tomatoes: 1.5/10 | Metascore: 3.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $18,300,124
Plot / Synopsis: Officially the last film in the Paranormal Activity franchise, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) is said to answer every lingering question in the franchise and end the series in a really fantastic way. Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions decided to tell the world now that they are ending Paranormal Activity before they grind the horror franchise into the ground. Director Gregory...
Director: Gregory Plotkin
Stars: Chris J. Murray, Brit Shaw, Ivy George, Dan Gill, Olivia Taylor Dudley
127). Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Our Take on Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014)
Score: 4.98/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 46,978 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.0/10 | Metascore: 4.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $32,462,372
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones is Streaming on HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones is a spinoff on the extremely popular Paranormal Activity franchise and based on the movie trailer, this horror film look very promising. The demon returns and I can not wait to see how this horror movie plays out. From the trailer, we see Jesse (Andrew Jacobs) as he progresses through the demon possession and eventually...
Director: Christopher Landon
Stars: Andrew Jacobs, Jorge Diaz, Gabrielle Walsh, Renee Victor, Noemi Gonzalez
128). Paranormal Entity (2009) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Paranormal Entity Horror Movie Review
Score: 4.2/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 5,155 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Prepare to see what is allegedly the "actual footage" of the supernatural events leading up to the 2008 murder of Samantha Finley...Tagline: The Finley "Murder" Tapes...
Director: Shane Van d*ke
Stars: Erin Marie Hogan, Erin Marie Hogan, Fia Perera, Fia Perera, Norman Saleet
129). Pet Sematary (1989) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Detailed Review: Pet Sematary (1989)
Score: 5.55/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 120,596 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.6/10 | Metascore: 3.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $57,469,467
Pet Sematary is Streaming on NetflixPlot / Synopsis: Behind a young family's home in Maine is a terrible secret that holds the power of life after death. When tragedy strikes, the threat of that power soon becomes undeniable.
Tagline: Iconic terror from the No 1 bestselling writer...
Director: Mary Lambert
Stars: Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby, Brad Greenquist, Michael Lombard
130). Piranha (2006) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 5.2/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,955 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Agent of special department "Piranha" Kirill Mazur and his colleague Olga go to the far north with the assignment to liquidate an underwater secret weapon lab in the guise of a mutual vacation. All of a sudden, they find themselves in the world where civilization laws are forgotten, and this deadly weapons are kept by gangsters who are controlled...
Director: Andrey Kavun
Stars: Vladimir Mashkov, Svetlana Antonova, Evgeniy Mironov, Viktoriya Isakova, Anna Banshchikova
131). Piranha 3D (2010) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Full Review of Piranha 3D (2010)
Score: 6.07/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 100,072 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5/10 | Metascore: 5.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $25,003,155
Plot / Synopsis: After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area's new razor-toothed residents.
In Lake Havasu, Arizona, a tremor causes the lake's floor to open, setting free scores of prehistoric piranhas...
Director: Alexandre Aja
Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Ving Rhames, Elisabeth Shue, Christopher Lloyd, Eli Roth
132). Poltergeist (2015) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Our Take on Poltergeist (2015)
Score: 4.46/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 63,194 | Rotten Tomatoes: 2.9/10 | Metascore: 4.7/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: $47,425,125
Mystery, Psychological, Cursed, Dangerous Exploration, Dysfunctional Family, Haunted House - Investigation
Poltergeist is Streaming on HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: Update 04-06-2015: Added new movie poster featuring the possessed clown doll.
Update: 03-05-2015: Release date has been pushed forward to a new earlier release date of May 22, 2015 from the previous July 24, 2015. I just cannot wait to see the Poltergeist Remake, awesome news!
Update 02-05-2015: Added new Poltergeist movie poster.
The Poltergeist (2015), The Poltergeist remake, is...
Director: Gil Kenan
Stars: Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Saxon Sharbino, Kyle Catlett, Kennedi Clements
133). Prom Night (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Prom Night (2008) Review
Score: 2.83/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 38,975 | Rotten Tomatoes: 0.9/10 | Metascore: 1.7/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: $43,869,350
Prom Night is Streaming on NetflixPlot / Synopsis: Donnas senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, one of magic, beauty, and love. Surrounded by her best friends, she should be safe from the horrors of her dark past. But when the night turns from magic to murder there is only one man who could be responsible, the man she thought was gone...
Director: Nelson McCormick
Stars: Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Jessica Stroup, Dana Davis, Collins Pennie
134). Pulse (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.97/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 29,593 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.6/10 | Metascore: 6.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $51,420
Featured Supernatural, Psychological, Supernatural, Haunted, Internet, Isolation, Mind Bender, Ghosts, J-Horror
Pulse is Streaming on TubiPlot / Synopsis: Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet.
Tagline: Yûrei ni aitai desu ka? (Do you want to meet a ghost?)...
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Stars: Haruhiko Katô, Kumiko Asô, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka, Masatoshi Matsuo
135). Pulse (2006) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
What We Thought of Pulse
Score: 3.29/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 31,759 | Rotten Tomatoes: 1.1/10 | Metascore: 2.9/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: $20,264,436
Pulse is Streaming on TubiPlot / Synopsis: The hacker Josh invades the computer of Douglas Ziegler, who is developing a powerful wireless signal, and accidentally releases a mysterious force that takes the will to live of human beings, generating a suicide epidemic and increasing the force. His girlfriend and student of psychology, Mattie, sees each one of their common friends die and the destruction of the...
Director: Jim Sonzero
Stars: Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian, Rick Gonzalez, Jonathan Tucker
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