Top Horror Movies


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

101. 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
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.

102. 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
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.

103. Day of the Dead

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Terry Alexander, Lori Cardille, Joseph Pilato, Jarlath Conroy
Plot: As the dead have taken over most of the world, a group of scientists, along with a military unit, hole up in an underground bunker and attempt to cure the zombie problem.

104. The Uninvited

Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lewis Allen
Actors: Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Cornelia Otis Skinner
Plot: A sister and brother buy a house in the country where they soon discover the house is haunted, and that the haunting is related to their newly introduced neighbors.

105. 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
Plot: A VHS cassette shows up on a man's front door step. Great tension ensues as he tries to unravel its mystery.

106. Train to Busan ( Busanhaeng )

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sang-ho Yeon
Actors: Yoo Gong, Dong-seok Ma, Woo-sik Choi, Yu-mi Jeong
Plot: A father who spends more time with his work than with his daughter honors her birthday wish to visit her mother, and his ex-wife. But boarding the high-speed KTX train turns in to a fight for survival when a zombie outbreak cripples South Korea and an infected passenger soon threatens everyone on board.

107. The Mist

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Frank Darabont
Actors: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Andre Braugher, Laurie Holden
Plot: After a mysterious crash a mysterious storm passes through in which a clan of creatures rise up to take over a small town with only the citizens to protect themselves.

108. 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
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.

109. Thirst ( Bakjwi )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chan-wook Park
Actors: Eriq Ebouaney, Kang-ho Song, Mercedes Cabral, Ok-bin Kim
Plot: A priest takes part in a medicinal experiment with the purpose of creating a vaccine to a deadly virus, but something goes wrong and the priest becomes a vampire. Now the battle for his soul begins as he is torn between beeing a priest and the temptations of the night.

110. 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
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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