Top 37 must-see best serial killer movies from 327 serial killer movies, including Halloween, Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, Se7en, Frenzy, Zodiac, Mother, Peeping Tom, Deep Red, and The Secret in their Eyes ranked and rated by score.
327 Serial Killer films sorted alphabetically from A-Z
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Plot / Synopsis: Chucky, the doll possessed by a serial killer, discovers the perfect mate to kill and revive into the body of another doll.
Tagline: Here comes the bride... there goes everyone else...
Director: Ronny Yu Stars: Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile, Alexis Arquette
Plot / Synopsis: The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Tagline: We Dare You To Say His Name Five Times!...
Director: Bernard Rose Stars: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Xander Berkeley, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Williams
Plot / Synopsis: Small-town lawyer Sam Bowden's life becomes torturous when Max Cady re-enters his life. Cady went to jail for 8 years after Bowden testified that Cady attacked a young woman. Now that Cady has been released, he begins to terrorize Bowden and his family, particularly targeting Bowden's daughter, Nancy. Initially, Cady uses his newfound knowledge of the law (learned in...
Director: J. Lee Thompson Stars: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin, Martin Balsam
Plot / Synopsis: A convicted r**ist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.Tagline: The Bowden family has moved to New Essex...
Director: Martin Scorsese Stars: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker
Plot / Synopsis: Los Angeles, 1928. A single mother returns from work to find her nine-year-old son gone. She calls the LAPD to initiate a search. Five months later, a boy is found in Illinois who fits the description; he says he's her son. To fanfare and photos, the LAPD reunite mother and son, but she insists he's not her boy. The...
Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Angelina Jolie, Gattlin Griffith, Michelle Gunn, Jan Devereaux, Erica Grant
Plot / Synopsis: Emily and her friend Angelica go to a rave in the woods, and when they arrive, they meet a stranger called Swan that promises some Exstasy for the girls. They follow him to a cabin into the forest where they meet the sad**tic gang lead by the psychotic Chaos. The girls are abused, tortured and r**ed in a night...
Director: David DeFalco Stars: Kevin Gage, Sage Stallone, Kelly K.C. Quann, Maya Barovich, Chantal Degroat
Plot / Synopsis: A single mother gives her son a much sought after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.
Tagline: No one believes the truth...or lives to tell it.
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA - Are we having fun now?... Everyone’s friend ‘til the end is here for more fun as...
Director: Tom Holland Stars: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff
Plot / Synopsis: "ChromeSkull" is the sequel to the 2009 horror hit "Laid to Rest." It brings back ChromeSkull, who barely...
Tagline: Death polished...
Director: Robert Hall Stars: Brian Austin Green, Thomas Dekker, Mimi Michaels, Owain Yeoman, Danielle Harris
Plot / Synopsis: Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed over 50 victims, mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a Communist state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewpoint of the detective in charge of the case.
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Director: Chris Gerolmo Stars: Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow, Jeffrey DeMunn, Joss Ackland
Plot / Synopsis: While treating a policewoman for smoking, hypnotherapist Michael Strother has a telepathic vision of a young girl floating beneath the surface of a stream. The escaped victim of a ritualistic serial killer, the girl has become mute, and Michael is called upon by Scotland Yard to unlock the secrets she holds in order to catch a man who believes...
Director: Nick Willing Stars: Shirley Henderson, Goran Visnjic, Miranda Otto, Sophie Stuckey, Josh Richards
Plot / Synopsis: In a psychiatric clinic for rich women, dies murdered, one after another, a nurse and two patients, while an arrow hit another woman. The guilty is a masked man. The police decide to set up a trap, but the line of murdering isn't still over.
Tagline: Carved Out of Today's Headlines!...
Director: Fernando Di Leo Stars: Klaus Kinski, Margaret Lee, Rosalba Neri, Jane Garret, John Karlsen
Plot / Synopsis: After the statute of limitation expires on the murders he has committed, Lee Du-seok publishes an autobiography describing all his murders in great detail. Detective Choi, who investigated Lee's murders 15 years ago starts the chase once again and Han Ji-soo, who lost her daughter to Lee, pledges vengeance. Meanwhile, another killer appears, casting doubt to whether Lee is...
Director: Byung-gil Jung Stars: Jae-yeong Jeong, Shi-hoo Park, Hae-Kyun Jung, Yeong-ae Kim, Choi Wonyoung
Plot / Synopsis: After being arrested, a Texas man begins confessing to the brutal murder of over 200 women. He recounts his random selection of victims and his traveling companions, his friend and friend's sister. But the police can't be sure whether to believe him or not until he locates a body and shows them some polaroids. Based on the true story...
Director: Mark Blair Stars: Robert A. Burns, Dennis Hill, Berkley Garrett, Sidney Brammer, DeeDee Norton
Plot / Synopsis: In San Francisco, the criminal psychologist Helen Hudson is specialized in serial-killers. During a trial, the accused Daryll Lee Cullum kills a police officer and tries to kill her and she becomes agoraphobic. Now Helen lives a reclusive life with her gay friend Andy that helps her. Sometime later, there is a wave of crimes and Detectives M.J. Monahan...
Director: Jon Amiel Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara, Harry Connick Jr.
