| Beetlejuice (1988) | 7.4 | |
| Candyman (1992) | 6.7 | |
| Midsommar (2019) | 7.1 | |
| The Ring (2002) | 7.1 | |
| In the Mouth of Madness (1994) | 7.1 |
Frightening movies and TV shows – page 3
Best films
New films
| Shimmer Lake (2017) | 6.3 | |
| The Snare (2017) | 5.5 | |
| Geostorm (2017) | 5.4 | |
| Get Out (2017) | 7.8 | |
| Midnight Mass (2021) | 7.7 |
List of frightening movies
Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of "droogs". But he's a boy who also likes Beethoven's Ninth and a bit of "the old in-out, in-out". He later finds himself at the ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, psychedelic, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, insanity, dystopia, surrealism, gang, rape, violent, controversy, violence, psychopath, sociopath, murder ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s ...
Place:
britain, london, england, united kingdom, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
Style:
controversial, disgusting, erotic, extreme horror, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult, teen drama
Plot:
torture, atrocity, sexual perversion, sex, fascism, sexual abuse, sexual torture, sadism, brutality, rape, libertine, captivity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1975, 20th century, year 1943, year 1944 ...
Place:
italy, europe, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, psychological thriller, bloody, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, insanity, sociopath, satire, violence, dark humor, psycho killer, materialism, yuppie, nihilism, millionaire ...
Time:
year 2000, 80s, 2000s, year 1987, y2k ...
Place:
new york, yale university, manhattan new york city, america, seattle ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
Style:
bloody, disturbing, scary, splatter, brutal ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
halloween, gory, violent, violence, macabre, urban legend, killer clown, dark humor, hitchhiker, brutality, psychopath, evil wins ...
Time:
year 2003, 70s, 2000s, year 2000, y2k ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
Style:
disturbing, splatter, sexy, black comedy, frightening ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gory, violence, gang, gangster, sadism, organized crime, massacre, rage, danger, yakuza, psychopath, insanity ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
Is relevant?
203K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
torture, gory, psychopath, survival, danger, captivity, sadistic horror, revenge, blood, tourist, torment, dismemberment ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
amsterdam, slovakia, europe, iceland
Is relevant?
128K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, gothic ...
Plot:
wilderness, rape, survival, friendship, canoe, rape and revenge, nature, forest, river, nightmare, camping, revenge ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, 20th century
Place:
georgia, southern usa, usa, appalachia
Is relevant?
166K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An unsettlling omen washes ashore in the wake of the storm. Later, when the locals gather for a potluck, tragedy strikes - and a miracle occurs.
Style:
scary, psychological horror, mystical, mysterious, suspense ...
Plot:
community, vampire, secret, priest, supernatural, island, supernatural horror, church, catholicism, religious fanaticism, small community, supernatural power ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, israel
Is relevant?
105K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Rachel Keller must prevent evil Samara from taking possession of her son's soul.
Style:
scary, frightening, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, macabre, ghost, evil child, supernatural horror, investigation, family problems, supernatural ability, small town, scared, spell, creepy kid ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
astoria oregon, usa, seattle, oregon
Is relevant?
295K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a new murder victim is discovered with all the signs of Jigsaw's hand, Detective Eric Matthews begins a full investigation and apprehends Jigsaw with little effort. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his plan. Eight ...
Style:
scary, slasher, brutal, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, torture, gory, trap, sadistic horror, mind game, serial murder, antidote, killer, violent, insanity, plot twist ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Is relevant?
226K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detective scramble to locate ...
Style:
scary, brutal, twist ending, frightening, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
torture, serial killer, mind game, game of death, sadism, trap, violent, mutilation, gory, sadistic horror, killer, plot twist ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
53K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Four friends fleeing a viral pandemic soon learn they are more dangerous than any virus.A deadly virus has spread across the globe. Contagion is everywhere, no one is safe and no one can be trusted. Four young attractive people race through the back ...
Style:
scary, road movie, frightening, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
virus, survival, infection, pandemic, road trip, post apocalyptic, biohazard, post apocalypse, deadly virus, dystopia, apocalypse, blood ...
Time:
distant future, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, frightening, scary ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
zombie, survival, virus, post apocalypse, apocalypse, pandemic, walking dead, supernatural, zombie apocalypse, peril, plague, fear ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, america, atlanta georgia, georgia
Is relevant?
328K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, brutal, twist ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
home invasion, trapped, kidnapping, blind man, murder, breaking and entering, twists and turns, survival, blindness, psychopath, violence, paranoia ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
michigan, california, detroit
Is relevant?
651K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
Style:
suspense, scary, disturbing, visually stunning, frightening ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
creature, post apocalypse, sign language, monster, survival, creature feature, silence, survival horror, deafness, fear, alien invasion, self sacrifice ...
Time:
2010s, near future, distant future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york state
Is relevant?
364K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, twist ending, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, demon, fear, afterlife, nightmare, paranormal activity, boy, psychic, danger, evil spirit, supernatural horror ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, year 2000, year 2011, 2010s ...
Place:
america, usa
Is relevant?
1.1M
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs ...
Style:
scary, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, frightening ...
Audience:
kids, manly, adult
Plot:
monster, alien, space travel, outer space, space and aliens, heroine, survival horror, evil alien, spaceship, female protagonist, creature, alien monster ...
Time:
future, 22nd century, 20th century, year 1979, distant future
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing ...
Style:
scary, dark, spooky, demonic, satanic ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
demon, devil, supernatural, religion, courtroom, exorcism, supernatural horror, demonic possession, priest, courtroom drama, life & death, evil force ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
Is relevant?
31K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A blind girl gets a cornea transplant so that she would be able to see again. However, she got more than what she bargained for when she realised she could even see ghosts. And some of these ghosts are down right unfriendly. So she embarks on a ...
Style:
scary, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
ghost, able to see the dead, supernatural, blindness, afterlife, fear, woman in danger, transplant, supernatural ability, transformation, elevator, gory ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
china, hong kong, asia, thailand, japan
Is relevant?
67K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
Style:
twist ending, psychological, psychological horror, dark, gothic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental institution, macabre, psychology, twists and turns, haunted, mental illness, hospital, ghost, insanity, transformation, murder, obsession ...
Time:
year 2001, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
Style:
suspense, black comedy, gothic, horror comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
werewolf, monster, nightmare, transformation, supernatural, full moon, violence, monster as victim, gory, wolf, ghost, hospital ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
england, london, europe, united kingdom, northern england ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent deaths, along with the exact date and time of their future death, listed on the message log. The plot ...
Style:
atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
telephone call, macabre, death, urban legend, supernatural, child abuse, hospital, spirit, good versus evil, vengeance, haunted by the past, supernatural ability ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Is relevant?
31K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After one of their friends commits suicide, strange things begin happening to a group of young Tokyo residents. One of them sees visions of his dead friend in the shadows on the wall, while another's computer keeps showing strange, ghostly ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, scary, dark, creepy ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
internet, afterlife, supernatural, ghost, suicide, missing person, haunting, depression, college student, technology, lifestyle, confined ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, asia, japan, latin america
Is relevant?
84K
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The action continues from [REC], with the medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras are sent into the sealed off apartment to control the situation.
Style:
scary, bloody, suspense, creepy, demonic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, virus, gory, found footage, trapped, quarantine, demon, supernatural horror, demonic possession, supernatural, infection, evil wins ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
europe, spain
Is relevant?
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young man who escaped the clutches of a murderous hitch-hiker is subsequently stalked, framed for the hitcher's crimes, and has his life made into hell by the same man he escaped.
Style:
road movie, psychological, slasher, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Audience:
date night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
psycho killer, hitchhiker, serial killer, psychopath, desert, stalker, violence, sociopath, stalking, kidnapping, highway, motel ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The mutilated body of a six year old girl is found in a water hole. The girl is identified as the missing daughter of Claudia. However, only two peices of evidence could be used to identify her; a bracelet with her name on it near the crime scene, ...
Style:
scary, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric, frightening ...
Plot:
amateur detective, murder, good versus evil, investigation, kidnapping, sect, curses spells and rituals, child killer, occult, evil child, insanity, female nudity ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
spain, europe
Is relevant?
611K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 2035, where robots are common-place and abide by the three laws of robotics, a techno-phobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may ...
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, exciting, apocalyptic, serious ...
Audience:
manly, teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, cyberpunk, cyborgs, distopia, androids and robots, dystopia, dystopian future, androids, technology gone awry, fate of humanity, hi-tech ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 2030s, 20th century, near future ...
Place:
chicago, usa, north america
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Set in 19th Century Canada, Brigette and her sister Ginger take refuge in a Traders' Fort which later becomes under siege by some savage werewolves. And an enigmatic Indian hunter decides to help the girls, but one of the girls has been bitten ...
Style:
gothic, dark, scary, horrifying, period piece ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, female werewolf, transformation, mythical creature, wilderness, shapeshifter, sister sister relationship, dark heroine, eaten alive, sister, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
1810s, 19th century, regency period, georgian era, 1800s
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: Germany, USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of people find themselves trapped in the backwoods of West Virginia, fighting for their lives against a group of vicious and horribly disfigured inbred cannibals.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cannibal, psycho killer, hillbilly, supernatural, murder of a nude woman, cannibalism, voyeur, survival horror, chase, insanity, sheriff, forest ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, virginia, usa
Is relevant?
152K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young punk rock band find themselves trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling upon a horrific act of violence.
Style:
suspense, bleak, dark, creepy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
skinhead, murder, violence, brutality, survival, friendship, punk, punk band, neo nazi, killed by a dog, violent, revenge ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2015
Place:
oregon, portland oregon, astoria oregon
Is relevant?
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