Top Horror Movies


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

111. 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.

112. 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.

113. 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.

114. Last Night in Soho

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Edgar Wright
Actors: Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin McKenzie, Diana Rigg, Matt Smith, Terence Stamp, Michael Ajao
Plot: A young fashion student, obsessed with the 60s aesthetic, moves to London where she inexplicably finds herself connected across time and space to Sadie, a rising 60s starlet. But even as she dives deeper down the rabbit hole and her connection to Sadie grows stronger, reality begins to take a surreal turn.

115. The Lighthouse

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Eggers
Actors: Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, Valeriia Karaman
Plot: Follows the story of two lighthouse keepers who operate on a remote island in the 1890s who must contend with a series of strange events.

116. 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, Nathan Gamble, William Sadler
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.

117. Butcher, The ( boucher, Le )

Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passalia, Pascal Ferone, Mario Beccara, William Guérault
Plot: A working-class butcher strikes up an unlikely friendship with a repressed schoolteacher. A series of gristly murders around town have everyone on edge.

118. 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.

119. Hour of the Wolf ( Vargtimmen )

Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gertrud Fridh, Georg Rydeberg, Erland Josephson, Naima Wifstrand
Plot: Ingmar Bergman's sole foray into the horror genre, an artist, vacationing on a remote island with his pregnant wife, finds the nightmares of his repressed past coming back to him.

120. Pitch Black

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Twohy
Actors: Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Claudia Black, Rhiana Griffith, Keith David
Plot: A deep space commuter vessel crashes onto an inhabited planet. The passengers must work as a team to survive this sun-scotched dessert planet and fight the creatures that live on it.

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