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1. The Ritual (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of old college friends reunite for a trip to a most dangerous country in Europe - Sweden, encountering a menacing presence there stalking them.
Director: David Bruckner | Stars: Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier, Sam Troughton
Votes: 119,997
2. The Piano (1993)
R | 121 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In the mid-19th century a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a farmer, but is soon lusted after by a farm worker.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin
Votes: 95,247 | Gross: $40.16M
3. Cobra (1986)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far-reaching plans.
Director: George P. Cosmatos | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson
Votes: 79,676 | Gross: $49.04M
4. The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)
TV-MA | 101 min | Comedy, Horror
Two years after Cole survived a satanic blood cult, he's living another nightmare: high school. And the demons from his past? Still making his life hell.
Director: McG | Stars: Judah Lewis, Samara Weaving, Jenna Ortega, Emily Alyn Lind
Votes: 51,022
5. The Amityville Horror (1979)
R | 117 min | Horror
Newlyweds and their three children move into a large house where a mass murder was committed. They start to experience strange, inexplicable manifestations which have strong effects on everyone living in or visiting the house.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud
Votes: 44,633 | Gross: $86.43M
6. Prom Night (1980)
R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
At a high-school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously.
Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens, Anne-Marie Martin
Votes: 20,951 | Gross: $14.80M
7. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis, who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees, is sent to a secluded halfway house in the countryside, where the killing of a young man triggers a brutal series of murders in the area.
Director: Danny Steinmann | Stars: Melanie Kinnaman, John Shepherd, Anthony Barrile, Suzanne Bateman
Votes: 43,961 | Gross: $21.93M
8. Pieces (1982)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The co-eds of a Boston college campus are targeted by a mysterious killer who is creating a human jigsaw puzzle from their body parts.
Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Frank Braña, Edmund Purdom
Votes: 12,851 | Gross: $2.03M
9. Censor (2021)
84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After viewing a strangely familiar video nasty, Enid, a film censor, sets out to solve the past mystery of her sister's disappearance, embarking on a quest that dissolves the line between fiction and reality.
Director: Prano Bailey-Bond | Stars: Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin
Votes: 19,904
10. Waxwork (1988)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Horror
A wax museum owner uses his horror exhibits to unleash evil on the world.
Director: Anthony Hickox | Stars: Zach Galligan, Deborah Foreman, Jennifer Bassey, Joe Baker
Votes: 14,046 | Gross: $0.81M
11. Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016 Video)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Snipers ordered to protect a gas pipeline from terrorists suspect a security breach when they're targeted by a ghost shooter who knows their location.
Director: Don Michael Paul | Stars: Chad Michael Collins, Billy Zane, Dennis Haysbert, Nick Gomez
Votes: 5,271
12. Cutting Class (1989)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A murderer is loose in a high school in this 'whodunit' movie.
Director: Rospo Pallenberg | Stars: Donovan Leitch Jr., Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 5,920
13. Fog City (2023)
97 min | Horror, Thriller
A mysterious fog forces a group of friends to take cover before it's too late. Once trapped inside, they'll soon find out it's already too late.
Director: Steve Wolsh | Stars: Victoria Konefal, Connor Weil, Reese Mishler, Luke Benward
Votes: 432
14. Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)
R | 80 min | Comedy, Horror
After murdering a young girl, Angela Baker assumes her identity and travels to Camp New Horizons, built on the grounds of the camp she terrorized the year before, and starts killing again.
Director: Michael A. Simpson | Stars: Pamela Springsteen, Tracy Griffith, Michael J. Pollard, Mark Oliver
Votes: 9,444
15. Funhouse (2019)
106 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
When 8 celebrities from around the globe are invited to compete in an online reality show, they soon realize that they are playing for their very lives, as those voted off suffer horrific consequences, broadcast live to the entire world.
Director: Jason William Lee | Stars: Valter Skarsgård, Khamisa Wilsher, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Christopher Gerard
Votes: 8,290
16. The Boy Behind the Door (2020)
88 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After Bobby and his best friend Kevin are kidnapped and taken to a strange house in the middle of nowhere, Bobby manages to escape. But then he hears Kevin's screams for help and realizes he can't leave his friend behind.
Directors: David Charbonier, Justin Powell | Stars: Lonnie Chavis, Ezra Dewey, Kristin Bauer, Micah Hauptman
Votes: 5,878
17. Neon Maniacs (1986)
R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A group of teenagers in San Francisco discover a nest of homicidal monsters living in a tower of the Golden Gate Bridge, but when they try to tell authorities, no one believes them.
Director: Joseph Mangine | Stars: Clyde Hayes, Leilani Sarelle, Donna Locke, Victor Brandt
Votes: 3,017
18. The Baby (1973)
PG | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A social worker, still reeling from the loss of her architect husband, investigates the eccentric, psychedelic Wadsworth Family, consisting of a mother, two daughters, and an adult son with the apparent mental capacity of an infant.
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Marianna Hill, Susanne Zenor
Votes: 4,433
19. Retreat (I) (2011)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Kate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a Man is washed ashore, with news of airborne killer disease that is sweeping through Europe.
Director: Carl Tibbetts | Stars: Thandiwe Newton, Cillian Murphy, Jamie Bell, Jimmy Yuill
Votes: 12,708
20. Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
92 min | Horror, Comedy
Six scientists investigate a strange phenomenon at the creepy Headstone Manor, the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier that took the lives of 18 guests in one night.
Director: Ray Cameron | Stars: Kenny Everett, Vincent Price, Pamela Stephenson, Gareth Hunt
Votes: 2,768
21. Strait-Jacket (1964)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Howard St. John
Votes: 6,664
22. The Landlord (1970)
PG | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
At the age of 29, Elgar Enders (Beau Bridges) "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his ... See full summary »
Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey
Votes: 3,091 | Gross: $0.96M
23. Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998 Video)
R | 83 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Six college students on a road trip take a wrong turn and end up trapped in a strangely deserted rural town inhabited by a murdeous cult of children.
Director: Ethan Wiley | Stars: Stacy Galina, Alexis Arquette, Eva Mendes, Greg Vaughan
Votes: 5,235
24. Phantasm: Ravager (2016)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
The final installment of the long-running Phantasm series.
Director: David Hartman | Stars: A. Michael Baldwin, Reggie Bannister, Dawn Cody, Gloria Lynne Henry
Votes: 5,171
25. The Beast Must Die (1974)
PG | 93 min | Horror, Mystery
Eight people are invited to an island estate for the weekend. One of them is a werewolf. Can you guess which one?
Director: Paul Annett | Stars: Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Marlene Clark, Charles Gray
Votes: 4,179
26. Children of the Corn: The Gathering (1996 Video)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A nurse returns to her hometown in Nebraska, only to find that the town's children have fallen under a mysterious mass illness connected to its sinister past.
Director: Greg Spence | Stars: Naomi Watts, Jamie Renée Smith, Karen Black, Mark Salling
Votes: 5,378
27. Dead Shack (2017)
R | 85 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
While staying at a cabin in the woods for a weekend, three teenagers discover that their neighbor is 'feeding' guests to her zombie family. In short order, the battle is on as the kids fight to save themselves and their family.
Director: Peter Ricq | Stars: Matthew Nelson-Mahood, Lizzie Boys, Gabriel LaBelle, Lauren Holly
Votes: 2,868
28. The Housemaid (2016)
Not Rated | 105 min | Horror, Romance
When an orphaned Vietnamese girl is hired to be a housemaid at a haunted rubber plantation in 1953 French Indochina, she unexpectedly falls in love with the French landowner and awakens the... See full summary »
Director: Derek Nguyen | Stars: Nhung Kate, Jean-Michel Richaud, Kim Xuan, Svitlana Kovalenko
Votes: 899
29. Two Heads Creek (2019)
TV-MA | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A timid butcher and his drama queen twin sister quit the hostile confines of post- Brexit Britain and adventure to Australia in search of their birth mother, but the seemingly tolerant townsfolk are hiding a dark, meaty secret.
Director: Jesse O'Brien | Stars: Gary Sweet, Kerry Armstrong, Kathryn Wilder, Stephen Hunter
Votes: 1,367
30. The Vampire Doll (1970)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror
Keiko and her friend are trying to find her missing brother after he disappeared visiting his girlfriend Yuko.
Director: Michio Yamamoto | Stars: Kayo Matsuo, Akira Nakao, Yukiko Kobayashi, Yôko Minakaze
Votes: 1,346
31. Triggered (I) (2020)
R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Nine high school friends have a five-year reunion camping in a forest. They all have secrets. An unknown person straps a time bomb to each of them. Killing another gives one their time. Last one lives.
Director: Alastair Orr | Stars: Reine Swart, Russell Crous, Liesl Ahlers, Cameron Scott
Votes: 8,441
32. Dear Dead Delilah (1972)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A sickly matriarch of a dysfunctional family living in an old Southern mansion teases her siblings about finding a long lost treasure hidden in the premises, little did she know that there is someone ready to kill to get their hands on it.
Director: John Farris | Stars: Agnes Moorehead, Will Geer, Michael Ansara, Dennis Patrick
Votes: 502
33. Birthmarked (2018)
90 min | Comedy
Two scientists raise 3 children contrarily to their genetic tendencies to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.
Director: Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais | Stars: Matthew Goode, Toni Collette, Andreas Apergis, Jordan Poole
Votes: 3,652
34. The Killer Is One of 13 (1973)
Not Rated | 95 min | Mystery, Thriller
A widow invites thirteen guests to stay at her rural mansion. She reveals to them that she suspects whoever killed her husband must be one of them. Soon, they too are being murdered one by one.
Director: Javier Aguirre | Stars: Patty Shepard, Simón Andreu, José María Prada, Trini Alonso
Votes: 552
35. Saint (2010)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A horror film that depicts St. Nicholas as a murderous bishop who kidnaps and murders children when there is a full moon on December 5.
Director: Dick Maas | Stars: Egbert Jan Weeber, Bert Luppes, Caro Lenssen, Huub Stapel
Votes: 9,674
36. Miss Leslie's Dolls (1973)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A young college professor and three of her students seek shelter during a storm in the rural farmhouse of a strange woman who collects lifelike mannequins.
Director: Joseph G. Prieto | Stars: Salvador Ugarte, Terri Juston, Marcelle Bichette, Kitty Lewis
Votes: 229
37. The Black Cat (1966)
73 min | Horror
A mentally unbalanced man is obsessed with the idea that a black cat is possessed. He tortures and kills it. Later, he comes to believe that the cat has returned from the dead to kill him.
Director: Harold Hoffman | Stars: Robert Frost, Robyn Baker, Sadie French, Scotty McKay
Votes: 441
38. Toys of Terror (2020)
R | 89 min | Horror
Just before Christmas, young Zoe, her brother Franklin and their family move into a secluded mansion with a dark past. While the adults focus on renovating the place, the bored kids find a ... See full summary »
Director: Nicholas Verso | Stars: Kyana Teresa, Georgia Waters, Verity Marks, Dayo Ade
Votes: 1,208
39. Her Body (2018)
10 min | Short, Thriller
A Latina immigrant must face her abusive American boyfriend when she wakes up bound in a garage about to be sold to an underground body trafficking ring.
Director: Juan Avella | Stars: Ilean Almaguer, Krizia Bajos, Sammy Horowitz, Aidan Kahn
Votes: 109
40. Badrinath (2011)
Not Rated | 140 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Badri, a warrior and the protector of Badrinath temple, finds himself in troubled waters after an agnostic woman falls for him and his mentor suspects him of loving her back.
Director: V.V. Vinayak | Stars: Allu Arjun, Tamannaah Bhatia, Prakash Raj, Kelly Dorji
Votes: 2,451 | Gross: $0.05M
41. Ride Scare (2020)
72 min | Horror
Slasher/Thriller as blood thirsty share ride driver goes on rampage throughout the city.
Director: Eduardo Castrillo | Stars: Alexander Hero, Jackie Dallas, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Jacqui Cohen
Votes: 58
42. An Eldritch Place (2016)
17 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
A Lovecraftian tale of frontiers and madness.
Director: Julien Jauniaux | Stars: Habib Ben Tanfous, Ludovic Philips, Florence Guillaume
Votes: 36
43.
MacGyver (1985–1992)
Episode:
The Outsiders
(1988)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In the middle of nowhere, MacGyver gets involved in a car accident. He is luckily found by an Amish family and nursed back to health. MacGyver then helps the Amish community to confront a ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Gustaf Kristjanson
Votes: 349
44.
Psych (2006–2014)
Episode:
Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast
(2007)
TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
While Juliet is undercover, she asks for psychic help at a sorority; back at the station, Lassiter is paired with a most challenging partner.
Director: John Landis | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson
Votes: 1,489
45.
Magnum P.I. (2018–2024)
Episode:
Make It 'til Dawn
(2019)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
On Halloween, Magnum and Jin search for a skip-tracer at a Halloween bash, just as Katsumoto tracks an escaped killer who is headed to that same party.
Director: Bryan Spicer | Stars: Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks, Zachary Knighton, Stephen Hill
Votes: 515
46.
Prodigal Son (2019–2021)
Episode:
Alone Time
(2020)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Malcolm is kidnapped by Junkyard Killer and begins to remember his first meeting with him, which will affect Malcolm's psychological future.
Director: Adam Kane | Stars: Tom Payne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Halston Sage, Aurora Perrineau
Votes: 820
47.
Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023)
Episode:
Alaska
(2020)
TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Al and Dwight go rogue on a recon mission for Ginny to follow a lead thought lost, but Al must choose between what she has now and what she's chasing.
Director: Colman Domingo | Stars: Lennie James, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Maggie Grace, Colman Domingo
Votes: 3,359
48.
Momma Named Me Sheriff (2019–2021)
Episode:
Good Guys
(2021)
TV-MA | 11 min | Animation, Comedy
Somebody or something is kidnapping Good Guys all around town. But when Sheriff discovers that he's not good enough to be kidnapped, he sets out to prove that he's the goodest guy in town.
Directors: Zac Palladino, Rich Wilkie | Stars: Sean Conroy, Will Carsola, Dave Stewart, Jay Johnston
Votes: 30
49.
Riverdale (2017–2023)
Episode:
Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Witching Hour(s)
(2021)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bailey's Comet passes over Rivervale, Cheryl and Nana Rose revisit the tragic stories of the Blossom women. Once in a lifetime event prompts Cheryl to summon a familiar face to Rivervale.
Director: James DeWille | Stars: Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch
Votes: 855
50.
The Bridge (2011–2018)
Episode:
Avsnitt 1
(2011)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A woman is found murdered in the middle of the Oresund Bridge - on the border between Sweden and Denmark. What looks at first to be one murder, however, turns out to be two.
Director: Charlotte Sieling | Stars: Sofia Helin, Kim Bodnia, Dag Malmberg, Ellen Hillingsø
Votes: 1,564