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- The Mummy (1999) While Tom Cruise did a noteworthy job with his 2017 version of The Mummy, this homage goes to the 1999 remake. Before getting an overdue Academy Award for his performance in The Whale, Brendan Fraser was best associated with his performance as Rick O'Connell in The Mummy.
- The Omen (1976) The Omen is a horror classic that improves on every element of David Seltzer's 1976 book. Everything about this film adaptation is spectacular, from Jerry Goldsmith's eerie score serving as a backdrop for the movie's kills, Billie Whitelaw's sinister performance as Mrs. Baylock, to Gregory Peck leading the action through every twist and turn The Omen delivers.
- The Hills Have Eyes (2006) Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes is one of the director's most bloody, sadistic horror franchises, ridding Craven of the notorious reputation he received due to The Last House on the Left's exploitative nature.
- The Thing (1982) John Carpenter's The Thing cemented him as the master of horror following his success with Halloween, The Fog, and Halloween 2. Partnering with one of his favorite performers, Kurt Russell, John Carpenter's The Thing puts a horrifying spin on the 1950s original source work, The Thing From Another World.
4 days ago · New horror movies for 2024 on the horizon include They Follow (sequel to It Follows, with Maika Monroe and writer/director David Robert Mitchell returning), MaXXXine (Ti West’s closing his...
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- 39 'The Perfection'
- 38 'Funny Games'
- 37 'Deliver Us from Evil'
- 36 '[REC]'
- 35 'Host'
- 34 'The Descent'
- 33 'Veronica'
- 32 'The Hills Have Eyes'
- 31 'Sinister'
Director: Zach Cregger
Barbarian is one of the most bonkers horror movies to hit screens in recent memory. On the surface, it seems like your standard creepy horror flick. A woman named Tara (Georgina Campbell) books an Airbnb, only to find it has been double-booked by a mysterious stranger named Keith (Bill Skarsgård). Just when you think you know where the narrative is going, Barbarian flips the script and goes to a totally unexpected and wild place. The film’s second half is completely demented and gross, but it...
Director: Richard Shepard
Netflix has released a slew of original horror films, but one that stands out (and is easily underrated) is The Perfection, starring Get Out and M3GAN’s Allison Williams. Williams plays troubled music prodigy Charlotte, who returns to her prestigious music school to find that she has been replaced by new star pupil Lizzie (Logan Browning). The pair are sent down a sinister path there is no returning from, embarking on the ultimate revenge plot. While viewers may initially make comparisons to...
Director: Michael Haneke
Despite not technically being a horror movie, Michael Haneke’s original Funny Games is one of the most terrifying non-horror films of all time, and is truly difficult to stomach. The psychological thriller follows two young men (Arno Frisch and Frank Giering) who hold a family hostage in their lakeside vacation home. They abuse and force them to play sadistic games for their own sick entertainment. The psychotic Paul (Firsch) and Peter (Giering) often break the fourth wall throughout the film...
Director: Scott Derrickson
While there are definitely better exorcism films out there than Scott Derrickson’s Deliver Us from Evil, there is no denying that it leaves you feeling unsettled and frightened. Eric Bana plays Ralph, a police officer who teams up with Mendoza (Édgar Ramírez), a priest, to combat possessions that are wreaking havoc on New York City. From gruesome corpses to otherworldly demons, Deliver Us from Evilfeatures some truly grotesque and scarring imagery that leaves an impact. Its religious themes a...
Directors: Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró
The use of found-footage filmmaking is extremely popular within the horror genre, thanks to the success of films like The Blair Witch Project. One of the most effective and frightening uses of the stylistic technique can be seen in the Spanish horror film [Rec]. Entirely using found footage, it depicts a television reporter (Manuela Velasco) and her cameraman (Pablo Rosso), who follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building. There is a virus outbreak, trapping everybody inside and sl...
Director: Rob Savage
We have all become far too familiar with Zoom and communicating remotely through work meetings and social catch-ups during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, director Rob Savage capitalized on the popularity of the application (and social circumstances) to make Host, a film that proves you don’t need a big budget to make something terrifying. Filmed entirely through webcams and set on a computer screen, a group of friends perform an online seance and accidentally invite a demonic presence into t...
Director: Neil Marshall
One of the most terrifying and claustrophobic movies ever made, The Descentis a lean and nasty horror experience. The film follows a group of friends on a cave expedition, where they become trapped inside and are hunted by bloodthirsty creatures. The film is a back-to-basics horror thriller, utilizing the isolation and limited space of its setting for some truly horrific and visceral sequences. It starts with a slow-burn build and then releases full carnage for its remaining runtime. The suff...
Director: Paco Plaza
Commonly referred to as one of the scariest movies on Netflix, Veronica is full of well-executed scares and demonic imagery that will haunt audiences. During a solar eclipse, a teenage girl (Sandra Escacena) uses an Ouija board with her friends to summon her father. Afterward, she becomes plagued by evil forces. Veronicafeatures all the unease and spookiness of any possession film, but what really makes it so memorable and frightening is the fact that it is loosely based on a true story. It t...
Director: Alexandre Aja
While the 1977 version of The Hills Have Eyesis definitely a horror classic, its 2006 remake is certainly more effective and brutal, and might even be a better version. The film follows a family traveling to California to celebrate an anniversary, but things turn nightmarish when they are captured by mutated cannibals. The Hills Have Eyesfeatures extreme gore and repulsive elements like animal cruelty and sexual assault, with certain scenes that are particularly hard to stomach. It will make...
Director: Scott Derrickson
Considered by many to be the scariest modern horror film of all time, Sinister is… well, pretty darn sinister. Ethan Hawkeplays Ellison Oswald, a true crime non-fiction crime writer who moves his family into a house where gruesome murders took place. Desperate for inspiration for his work, he delves into who may have been responsible for those murders, but his research reveals horrifying discoveries. The film has a simple plot but is executed in a way that will be lodged in your subconscious...
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4 days ago · We’ve re-vamped, fangs and all, our guide to the 200 best horror movies of all time, with critics and audiences now coming together in hellacious harmony to pick the freakiest, frightiest, and...
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- Pitch Black. Notorious for being one of the most underrated sci-fi films of the early 2000s, Pitch Black is the film that helped put Vin Diesel on the map.
- Orca. Jaws was the first movie to be called a blockbuster and is one of the most iconic movies ever made. So after it came out, there were a lot of knock-offs including Piranha, Tentacles, and even other shark movies.
- REC. When The Blair Witch Project hit theaters, it terrified the world so found-footage movies were the new thing. In 2007, a Spanish film known as REC attempted to do the same thing but with a zombie-like threat inside an apartment building while someone films the whole time.
- The Descent. In 2005, there were two movies about people lost in an uncharted cave with monsters. Both came out in the exact same month. One was a big-budget theatrical film called The Cave while the other was an independently made film by Neil Marshall known as The Descent.
May 21, 2024 · Voting Rules. Put on your thinking cap and vote up the best mystery horror movies of all time! The fusion of mystery and horror has long been a cornerstone of cinema. Intricate storylines entwined with spine-tingling suspense and fear define the best mystery horror movies, capturing the essence of the two genres: excitement and intrigue.
Oct 27, 2022 · Dead & Buried (1981) Dead and Buried (1981) - Official Trailer HD. Speaking of coastal towns with undead issues, the picturesque getaway of Potters Bluff finds itself troubled by some...
