Top Horror Movies


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

271. Cujo

Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lewis Teague
Actors: Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Christopher Stone
Plot: A large, gentle St. Bernard named Cujo is turned into a monster when he is bit by a rabid bat. Donna Trenton and her son Tad pull into repair shop just as their car dies not knowing that the only one to greet them is going to be Cujo.

272. Scream VI

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Actors: Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Courteney Cox, Jasmin Savoy Brown
Plot: After surviving the most recent Ghostface killings in Woodsboro, the remaining group packs up for New York only to learn that putting the past behind them will not be so easy as a new wave of killings begins.

273. The Unknown

Year of Release: 1927
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tod Browning
Actors: Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz
Plot: Alonzo is an apparently armless knife thrower who uses his feet to encircle Estrellita with blades. Zanzi is killed by Alonzo (who really does have arms). Estrellita allows herself to fall in love with Alonzo (she fears men's arms), so he goes to a hospital and has his amputated. Meantime Malabar cures Estrellita of her fear of men's arms, so Alonzo tries to have him killed during a circus act.

274. Pit and the Pendulum

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Vincent Price, John Kerr, Barbara Steele, Luana Anders
Plot: A man arrives at a castle to pay his respects to his deceased sister. But, her widower makes that very difficult.

275. Scream 4

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Hayden Panettiere
Plot: On a cross-country tour promoting her new book, Sydney Prescott returns to her home town where old friends wait... and also a new serial killer inheriting the Ghostface mantle.

276. [ Rec ] 2

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Actors: Manuela Velasco, Javier Botet, Leticia Dolera, Ferran Terraza
Plot: Following the events of REC - a SWAT team and doctor are sent into the quarantined apartment after contact is lost.

277. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Marcus Nispel
Actors: Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel
Plot: A group of college students traveling the back roads to Texas en route to Dallas pick up a strange female hitchhiker. What follows is a gruesome series of event involving a small community and a demented madman.

278. I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Actors: Toni Collette, Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley, David Thewlis

279. The People Under the Stairs

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Brandon Quintin Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A.J. Langer
Plot: On his 13th birthday, a boy helps his sister's boyfriend attempt to rob the house of the greedy local landlord. Getting inside is the easy part, escaping is another matter entirely.

280. House of Usher

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerbe
Plot: Roderick Usher's cursed New England bloodline dooms him and his sister, Madeline, to madness and debauchery. When Philip Winthrop arrives at the grim Usher mansion with plans of marrying Madeline, Roderick attempts to dissuade him with the tales of the Usher curse.

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