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: The first in a series of collaborations from Media Rights Capital and M. Night Shyamalan comes in Devil, a supernatural thriller based on an idea by the enigmatic filmmaker. Going off a script by Brian Nelson is Quarantine director John Erick Dowdle, who handles producing duties with his brother Drew...
Director: John Erick Dowdle Stars: Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Jenny O`Hara, Jenny O''Hara, Bojana Novakovic
Plot / Synopsis: Tormented by the serial killer who took her mother's life, journalist LAURA NELSON investigates the only clue he ever leaves behind at his crime scenes: his diary pages.
Tagline: He learned from the masters...
Director: Andy Hurst Stars: Chloe Snyder, Mark Hengst, Andreas Beckett, Bruce Robert Cole, Garrett Brawith
Plot / Synopsis: A teen living under house arrest becomes convinced his neighbor is a serial killer.Tagline: Every killer lives next door to someone...
Director: D.J. Caruso Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, Carrie-Anne Moss, David Morse, Aaron Yoo
Plot / Synopsis: A deeply disturbed Vietnam veteran terrorizes the young women of Los Angeles and taunts a radio psychologist with descriptions of his grisly crimes.
Tagline: He'll Know You're Alone!...
Director: Robert Hammer Stars: James Westmoreland, Ben Frank, Flo Lawrence, Nicholas Worth, Denise Galik
Plot / Synopsis: A slasher film about a victim of child abuse (Dan Grimaldi) who grows up to become a maniacal construction worker. He stalks women at discos, takes them home, then chains them up in a special steel-walled room and sets them on fire.
Tagline: If you do...then don't say we didn't warn you...
Director: Joseph Ellison Stars: Dan Grimaldi, Charles Bonet, Bill Ricci, Robert Carnegie, Dennis M. Hunter
Plot / Synopsis: A doctor comes to the town where his crazy father was murdered and soon begins murdering people and becoming infatuated with a young teenage girl who has a heart condition.Tagline: Sorry...the Doctor is in...sane...
Director: Manny Coto Stars: Larry Drake, Holly Marie Combs, Cliff De Young, Glenn Quinn, Keith Diamond
Plot / Synopsis: While taking a shower, Kate Miller, a middle-aged, s**ually frustrated New York City housewife, has a r**e fantasy while her husband stands at the sink shaving. Later that day, after complaining to her psychiatrist Dr. Robert Elliott about her husband's pathetic performance in bed, she meets a strange man at a museum and returns to his apartment where they...
Director: Brian De Palma Stars: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, Dennis Franz
Plot / Synopsis: Two horror tales based on short stories by Edgar Allan Poe directed by two famous horror directors, George A. Romero and Dario Argento.
Tagline: When I Wake You...You'll Be Dead...
Directors: Dario Argento, George A. Romero Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Ramy Zada, Bingo O''Malley, Jeff Howell, E.G. Marshall
Plot / Synopsis: A psychotic redneck who owns a dilapidated hotel in rural East Texas kills various people who upset him or his business, and he feeds their bodies to a large crocodile that he keeps as a pet in the swamp beside his hotel.
Tagline: He's out there and he's got murder on his mind!...
Director: Tobe Hooper Stars: Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer, Carolyn Jones, Marilyn Burns, William Finley
Plot / Synopsis: The story of Ed Gein, who dug up the corpses of over a dozen women and made things out of their remains before finally shooting two people to death and butchering their bodies like beef sides.
Tagline: Before DAHMER, Before GACY, There was ED...
Director: Chuck Parello Stars: Steve Railsback, Carrie Snodgress, Carol Mansell, Sally Champlin, Steve Blackwood
Plot / Synopsis: Inspired by the true story of one of the most gruesome killers in American history. Now, years after inspiring "Psycho's" Norman Bates...
Director: Michael Feifer Stars: Kane Hodder, Adrienne Frantz, Michael Berryman, Priscilla Barnes, Shawn Hoffman
Plot / Synopsis: Three strangers arrive one by one to a mysterious cabin in the middle of nowhere after enduring separate life-altering predicaments. Searching for a way out of the woods, frustrated, hungry and battling to stay warm they discover their mysterious connection and realize what they have to do in order to get out of the woods alive.
Tagline: Welcome to...
Director: Jack Heller Stars: Katherine Waterston, Scott Eastwood, Sara Paxton, Shaun Sipos, Christopher Denham
Plot / Synopsis: FBI agent Jake Malloy just can't nail a serial killer who's been targeting cops. The killer has already killed nine cops. Not only does the killer despise policemen, but he also has a grudge against Malloy for pursuing him during a string of prostitute murders four years ago. The killer finally decides to hit Malloy where it hurts, killing...
Director: Jim Gillespie Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Charles S. Dutton, Polly Walker, Kris Kristofferson, Mif
Plot / Synopsis: A maniac killer in a red cape and hood is killing off American tourists on a tour bus by gouging out their eyeballs.
Tagline: A stabbing nightmare becomes a living terror!...
Director: Umberto Lenzi Stars: Martine Brochard, John Richardson, Ines Pellegrini, Andrés Mejuto, Mirta Miller
Plot / Synopsis: Enterprising local news anchor Jane Harris discovers that one of her neighbors is actually the serial killer/rapist who has been terrorizing the city. Jane must prove her suspicions before the killer gets to her.
Tagline: Sorry, your party is dead...
Director: Ken Wiederhorn Stars: Lauren Tewes, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John DiSanti, Peter DuPre, Gwen Lewis
