Top Horror Movies


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

71. Ringu

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hideo Nakata
Actors: Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yuko Takeuchi
Plot: A reporter investigates a video tape that is supposed to kill you seven days after viewing it.

72. Kwaidan

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Actors: Rentaro Mikuni, Katsuo Nakamura, Kanemon Nakamura, Tatsuya Nakadai
Plot: Four Japanese tales revolving around the supernatural: A poor samurai disowns his wife in order to marry for money only to regret the decision and return home, but something has changed; a woodcutter is rescued from a snowstrom by an ice spirit who saves him on condition he never tell anyone about her - 10 years later he breaks the promise; a blind musician in a monastery is commissioned by a ghostly host to sing their ballad, but as his lifeforce is drained the monks rush to save him; finally, a writer recounts the story of man who keeps seeing a mysterious face in his cup of tea.

73. Trick 'r Treat

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Dougherty
Actors: Quinn Lord, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker, Leslie Bibb
Plot: Four interwoven stories share the Halloween theme: a high school principal moonlights as a serial killer, a female college virgin thinks she has met the right guy, a group of teens look to pull a mean-spirited prank and a man obsessed with the holiday drives his wife crazy.

74. The Phantom of the Opera

Year of Release: 1925
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rupert Julian
Actors: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe
Plot: The Opera of Paris is visited by a mysterious phantom (Lon Chaney) who has his eye on the famous singer - but after frightening her away, an ingenue, Christine Daae is brought in and becomes intrigued by the phantom living in the catacombs and his reason for staying.

75. Us

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jordan Peele
Actors: Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex
Plot: A family on vacation is terrorized by the appearance of a second family - one that is wholly evil and looks just like them.

76. From Dusk Till Dawn

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis
Plot: Two brother criminals high-jack an RV heading to Mexico when they end up at a exotic dance club in which they turn into vampire type menaces.

77. Diabolique ( diaboliques, Les )

Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Actors: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Charles Vanel, Michel Serrault
Plot: After a wife and a man's mistress Kill her husband, the body mysteriously disappears as the two women appear cursed.

78. The Babadook

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jennifer Kent
Actors: Essie Davis, Daniel Henshall, Tim Purcell, Noah Wiseman
Plot: A woman loses her husband in a car crash on the way to giving birth to her child, Samuel. Coping with life as a single mother, she watches as Samuel grows, and as he begins to see monsters everywhere, with often violent reactions. One particular book, The Babadook, talks of a monster hiding in the dark places in houses - it affects not only Samuel, but her as well.

79. Duel

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Dennis Weaver, Eddie Firestone, Gene Dynarski, Tim Herbert
Plot: A man plays a deadly game of cat and mouse with a driver of an 18-wheeler.

80. [ Rec ]

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Actors: Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge Serrano, Pablo Rosso
Plot: A local television reporter and her cameraman are tracking the practices of a local fire department for a segment. The department is dispatched on an emergency call and the television crew goes along for the film. Once inside the building where the call came from the government quarantines the building. And what's with the old lady that bit that guy? They're both acting like zombies!

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