Top 100 Horror Movies List

#40 Horror Movie

Pet Sematary (1989) R

Behind a young family's home in Maine is a terrible secret that holds the power of life after death. When tragedy strikes, the threat of that power soon becomes undeniable.

Director:

Mary Lambert

Writers:

Stephen King

Stars:

Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Fred Gwynne

#39 Horror Movie

World War Z (2013) PG-13

Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to destroy humanity itself.

Director:

Marc Forster

Writers:

Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard

Stars:

Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz

#38 Horror Movie

The Conjuring (2013) R

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.

Director:

James Wan

Writers:

Chad Hayes, Carey Hayes

Stars:

Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston

#37 Horror Movie

Paranormal Activity (2007) R

After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.

Director:

Oren Peli

Writers:

Oren Peli

Stars:

Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs

#36 Horror Movie

Insidious (2010) PG-13

A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.

Director:

James Wan

Writers:

Leigh Whannell

Stars:

Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins

#35 Horror Movie

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) R

A depressed musician reunites with his lover, though their romance - which has already endured several centuries - is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.

Director:

Jim Jarmusch

Writers:

Jim Jarmusch, Marion Bessay

Stars:

Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska

#34 Horror Movie

Child's Play (1988) R

A single mother gives her son a much sought after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.

Director:

Tom Holland

Writers:

Don Mancini, Don Mancini

Stars:

Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent

#33 Horror Movie

The Hills Have Eyes (2006) R

A suburban American family is being stalked by a group of psychotic people who live in the desert, far away from civilization.

Director:

Alexandre Aja

Writers:

Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur

Stars:

Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan, Dan Byrd

#32 Horror Movie

The Ring (2002) PG-13

A journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone in a week of viewing it.

Director:

Gore Verbinski

Writers:

Ehren Kruger, Kôji Suzuki

Stars:

Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox

#31 Horror Movie

The Others (2001) PG-13

A woman who lives in a darkened old house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her family home is haunted.

Director:

Alejandro Amenábar

Writers:

Alejandro Amenábar

Stars:

Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan

#30 Horror Movie

Queen of the Damned (2002) R

The vampire Lestat becomes a rock star whose music wakes up the queen of all vampires.

Director:

Michael Rymer

Writers:

Anne Rice, Scott Abbott

Stars:

Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau

#29 Horror Movie

Poltergeist (1982) PG

A family's home is haunted by a host of ghosts.

Director:

Tobe Hooper

Writers:

Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais

Stars:

JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Craig T. Nelson

#28 Horror Movie

Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996) R

In the 22nd century, a scientist attempts to right the wrong his ancestor created: the puzzle box that opens the gates of Hell and unleashes Pinhead and his Cenobite legions.

Director:

Kevin Yagher

Writers:

Peter Atkins

Stars:

Bruce Ramsay, Valentina Vargas, Doug Bradley

#27 Horror Movie

The House of the Devil (2009) R

During a night of 1983 with full lunar eclipse, Samantha Hughes takes a babysitting job surrounded by mysterious circumstances before she finds out her client's terrifying secret.

Director:

Ti West

Writers:

Ti West

Stars:

Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov

#26 Horror Movie

Oculus (2013) R

A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

Director:

Mike Flanagan

Writers:

Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard

Stars:

Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff

#25 Horror Movie

The Amityville Horror (2005) R

Newlyweds are terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a large house that was the site of a grisly mass murder a year before.

Director:

Andrew Douglas

Writers:

Scott Kosar, Jay Anson

Stars:

Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, Jimmy Bennett

#24 Horror Movie

Silver Bullet (1985) R

A werewolf terrorizes a small city where lives Marty Coslaw, a paralytic boy, his uncle and his sister, the narrator of the story.

Director:

Daniel Attias

Writers:

Stephen King

Stars:

Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Corey Haim

#23 Horror Movie

Tusk (2014) R

When podcaster Wallace Bryton goes missing in the backwoods of Manitoba while interviewing a mysterious seafarer named Howard Howe, his best friend Teddy and girlfriend Allison team with an ex-cop to look for him.

Director:

Kevin Smith

Writers:

Kevin Smith

Stars:

Justin Long, Michael Parks, Haley Joel Osment

#22 Horror Movie

Halloween (1978) R

On Halloween night of 1963, six-year-old Michael Myers stabbed his sister to death. After sitting in a mental hospital for 15 years, Myers escapes and returns to Haddonfield to kill.

Director:

John Carpenter

Writers:

John Carpenter, Debra Hill

Stars:

Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran

#21 Horror Movie

The Blair Witch Project (1999) R

Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.

Director:

Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez

Writers:

Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez

Stars:

Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard

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