Top Horror Movies


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

121. High Tension ( Haute tension )

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alexandre Aja
Actors: Cécile De France, Maïwenn Le Besco, Franck Khalfoun, Philippe Nahon
Plot: Marie and Alexia are classmates and best friends. Hoping to prepare for their college exams in peace and quite, they decide to spend a weekend in the country at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But in the dead of night, a stranger comes knocking at the front door. And with the first swing of his knife the weekend turns into an endless night of horror.

122. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Barton
Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi
Plot: Two freight handlers Wilbur Grey and Chick Young (Abbot and Costello) find themselves in deep trouble when Dracula and a weakened Frankenstein escape on route to a house of horrors exhibit. When the Wolfman comes calling to stop Dracula - who is after Wilbur's brain to revitalize his monster - things seem to be going better... until the full moon arrives.

123. Talk to Me

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou
Actors: Sophie Wilde, Joe Bird, Alexandra Jensen, Otis Dhanji
Plot: A group of friends learn that an embalmed hand holds the key to conjuring spirits - and the ability to do so becomes like a drug, a rush to find out how far they can go... until they go too far an unleash an unspeakable horror that seeks to destroy them.

124. Last House on the Left

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Sandra Cassel, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln
Plot: Two teens go to the city to see their favorite band and score some drugs. But instead they run into escaped convict Krug and his sadistic group. After having their way with the two girls the gang unknowingly seeks refuge at the house of one of the girl's parents who realize what's happened and plan the ultimate revenge.

125. Ginger Snaps

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Fawcett
Actors: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers
Plot: Two sisters Ginger and Brigitte, both outcasts in school, share a strong bond until an attack by a wolf leads Ginger through some changes that affect her look, attitude and appetite. Brigitte must come up with a way to save her sister before they both fall victim to the curse.

126. Near Dark

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actors: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen
Plot: A small group of vampires turn a new man into one of them. But before they accept him into the group he must make his first kill. Can he go through with it?

127. Stir of Echoes

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Koepp
Actors: Kevin Bacon, Illeana Douglas, Zachary David Cope, Kathryn Erbe
Plot: Working-class man Tom Witzky has a son and pregnant wife and hangs out with the same group of friends - one night his sister-in-law convinces him to get hypnotized where she plants the simple suggestion to "open your mind." What nobody would suspect is that Tom is soon treated to visions of the ghost of a young woman who went missing from the neighborhood years ago.

128. Deep Red ( Profondo rosso )

Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Horror/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dario Argento
Actors: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril
Plot: A jazz musician witnesses a horrible murder and tracks down the killer himself.

129. World War Z

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Marc Forster
Actors: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Daniella Kertesz
Plot: Based on the book World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks - ten years after a zombie epidemic nearly exterminates the human race, the author takes a tour of the world interviewing survivors and tracing the history of the outbreak and how humanity fought back.

130. Drag Me to Hell

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sam Raimi
Actors: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao
Plot: An ambitious loan officer is forced to evict an old woman from her long-time home. But the elderly, mysterious Mrs. Ganush won't go quietly: she places a curse on her - turning her life into a literal living hell. When it is revealed the only way to stop the curse is to pass it on to another person, how far will she go to rid herself of the curse?

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