Top Horror Movies


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

411. Dead Calm

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Phillip Noyce
Actors: Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane, Rod Mullinar, Joshua Tilden, George Shevtsov
Plot: Trying to escape from the world following a terrible accident, John Ingram and his wife Rae decide to sail the Pacific on a yacht. A month later they spot a seemingly deserted yacht, but there is one survivor and although his story seems plausible, John decides to head to the sinking ship on his own, a decision that will have fateful consequences.

412. Body Bags

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper
Actors: John Carpenter, Sam Raimi, Stacy Keach, Mark Hamill, Twiggy, Robert Carradine
Plot: A coroner presents three bodies in the morgue and the tragic tale behind each: the first story involves a serial killer loose at a remote gas station; the second involves a man searching for the perfect hair replacement only to regret the decision to get a revolutionary transplant; the last is about a baseball player who has an accident and must get his eye replaced only to suffer from unexpected side effects.

413. Speak No Evil

Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Watkins
Actors: Mackenzie Davis, James McAvoy, Scoot McNairy, Aisling Franciosi, Alix West Lefler, Dan Hough
Plot: After meeting another family while on vacation, the Daltons accept an
invitation to their country home. But what at first seems to be a perfect
getaway soon begins to sour and turn into something far more sinister.

414. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Scott Glosserman
Actors: Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals, Robert Englund, Scott Wilson, Bridgett Newton, Kate Lang Johnson
Plot: A man, who is believed dead, explains his life and his destiny to a small film crew. His destiny is simple, kill a bunch of people until his name goes down in the history books.

415. Tales from the Crypt

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Roy Dotrice, Richard Greene, Ian Hendry, Patrick Magee
Plot: A group of people touring some catacombs find themselves lost until the run into the Crypt Keeper - who tells five tales: a murdering wife comes face-to-face with a homicidal Santa on Christmas Eve; a philandering husband runs off with a mistress only to face death - more than once; a snobbish man and his son drive a kindly neighbor to death only to face the consequences when he comes back; a wish-granting statue is a curse rather than blessing for a husband and wife; finally, a greedy director for a home for the blind finds the tables turned when his cost-cutting results in death.

416. Return of the Living Dead Part II

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Actors: Michael Kenworthy, Thor Van Lingen, Jason Hogan, James Karen, Jonathan Terry, Marsha Dietlein
Plot: A barrel of Trioxin 2-4-5 falls out of a truck into a quaint town, but
when a group of teenagers find it and unleash the deadly gas, the dead
once again rise and seek out fresh brains to appease their hunger.

417. Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank De Felitta
Actors: Charles Durning, Robert F. Lyons, Claude Earl Jones, Lane Smith, Tonya Crowe, Larry Drake
Plot: A mentally-challenged young man, dressed as a scarecrow, saves a young
woman, but a crowd blames him for the attack and kills him. When members
of the posse start dying, it appears the man has come back from the dead
seeking vengeance.

418. The Greasy Strangler

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jim Hosking
Actors: Michael St. Michaels, Sky Elobar, Elizabeth De Razzo, Gil Gex, Abdoulaye NGom, Joe David Walters
Plot: The Los Angeles-set tale follows Ronnie, a man who runs a Disco Walking tour along with
his browbeaten son, Brayden. When a sexy, alluring woman comes to take the tour, it
begins a competition between father and son for her attentions. It also signals the
appearance of an oily, slimy inhuman maniac who stalks the streets at night and strangles
the innocent, soon dubbed 'The Greasy Strangler.'

419. Locked

Year of Release: 2025
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Yarovesky
Actors: Bill SkarsgÄrd, Anthony Hopkins, Ashley Cartwright, Michael Eklund, Navid Charkhi, Sofia Tesema
Plot: Eddie Barrish is barely scraping by and when opportunity presents him with
an unlocked luxury SUV, he thinks he has found a quick score. But he soon
realizes that the owner of the vehicle, William, has devised his own brand
of justice and the SUV could very well be Eddie's coffin - but not before
putting him through hell and back.

420. A Bucket of Blood

Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone, Julian Burton, Ed Nelson, Bert Convy
Plot: A wimpy busboy wants to be a part of the artist and hipsters that hang out in the cafe where he works; so he comes up with a novel way to create sculpture.

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