Top Horror Movies


The Top Horror Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Horror List". Lists are calculated daily.

111. In the Mouth of Madness

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Sam Neill, David Warner, Jürgen Prochnow, Peter Jason, Julie Carmen, John Glover
Plot: When horror author Sutter Cane disappears, an insurance agent has to track
him down. But the closer he gets to finding him, the more he finds the
walls of reality and fiction bleeding together.

112. Grindhouse

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
Actors: Rose McGowan, Kurt Russell, Freddy Rodríguez, Rosario Dawson, Michael Biehn, Marley Shelton
Plot: A double feature representing the 70's and 80's Grindhouse feature films with bad dialog, gore, and action. Fake trailers were placed between the two feature films to try to complete the experience of a true Grindhouse.

113. May

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lucky McKee
Actors: Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Farris, James Duval, Nichole Hiltz, Kevin Gage
Plot: May is shy, lonely and weird little girl with only a doll for a friend. She grows up to become a shy, lonely and weird young woman. As she slowly comes out of her shell she discovers that people aren't perfect... only certain parts of them make the cut.

114. Host, The ( Gwoemul )

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Actors: Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Kang-ho Song, Ah-sung Ko, David Joseph Anselmo, Du-na Bae
Plot: Years after dumping formaldehyde into Seoul's Han River, a deadly creature emerges to terrorize the river bank. The Park family is devastated when their youngest member is taken and presumed dead. However, a late-night phone call changes everything, and they will do anything to get her back.

115. Faust ( Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage )

Year of Release: 1926
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: F.W. Murnau
Actors: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard, William Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert
Plot: The classic story brought to life by F.W. Murnau as God and Satan battle for the souls of earth, they wager on one man's soul: Faust. Mephisto is sent to corrupt the learned man's soul - as a plague ravages his town, Faust searches for a cure in vain - but Mephisto arrives with insight into a cure and later tempts him with youth.

116. The Hitcher

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Harmon
Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn, John M. Jackson, Billy Green Bush
Plot: A driver transporting a friend's car picks up a deadly passenger - a
hitchhiker with a taste for murder. He gets away, but soon is implicated
in the madman's killing spree.

117. Nosferatu

Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Eggers
Actors: Emma Corrin, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bill Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe, Lily-Rose Depp

118. Prey

Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dan Trachtenberg
Actors: Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro, Stormee Kipp, Michelle Thrush, Julian Black Antelope
Plot: The origin to the Predator series set 300 years in the past where the deadliest hunters in the universe face off against Naru, a highly skilled Comanche warrior who is put to the test to protect her people.

119. Caché

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Haneke
Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot, Bernard Le Coq, Walid Afkir
Plot: A VHS cassette shows up on a man's front door step. Great tension ensues as he tries to unravel its mystery.

120. Creepshow

Year of Release: 1982
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Hal Holbrook, Leslie Nielsen, E.G. Marshall, Ted Danson, Ed Harris, Adrienne Barbeau
Plot: Inspired by the classic '50s EC Comics, the film includes five twisted tales: A father's day one family will never forget, a meteor that really grows on you, a vengeful husband who finds revenge isn't always so sweet, a husband sick of his wife who finds the answer to his problem in a crate and finally a heartless germaphobe millionaire who goes up against an army of roaches.

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