Scary movies and TV shows – page 2
Best films
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, India
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
horror for children, adult
Plot:
witch, demon, supernatural, evil wins, ghost, curses spells and rituals, supernatural horror, evil, dark humor, macabre, exorcism, legends and myths ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 20th century, year 1969, 60s ...
Place:
los angeles, pasadena california
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of family and friends travels to a secluded island for a destination wedding. They've come to laugh... to love... and, though they don't know it... to die. As the wedding festivities begin, friendships are tested and secrets ...
Style:
serious, tense, scary, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, multiple suspects, murder, serial murder, friends, murderer, wedding, island, danger, whodunit, gory, threat ...
Place:
washington state
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. Soon after she learns ...
Style:
twist ending, scary, surprise ending, psychological thriller, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, mental illness, ghost, family problems, supernatural horror, woman in danger, parents and children, uncover truth, family in danger, secret relationship, siblings relations, mistrust ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, year 2000, year 1986, 80s ...
Place:
maine, new england
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Crains, a fractured family, confront haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
Style:
scary, enigmatic, disturbing, surreal, demonic ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, old dark house, supernatural horror, mysterious past, addiction, haunted, sibling relationship, past coming back to haunt, haunted castle, supernatural, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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199K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that ...
Style:
scary, suspense, gothic, frightening, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, children, supernatural horror, haunted house, mother daughter relationship, afterlife, adoption, macabre, imaginary friend, danger, hospital ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada
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194K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken ...
Style:
scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
kids, horror for children, adult
Plot:
poltergeist, haunted house, supernatural, ghost, psychic, suburban life, suburbs, child in peril, children, parallel world, television, supernatural power ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
california
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2.0M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. ...
Style:
suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, detective, bad ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, twists and turns, psychopath, psychology, mind game, police investigation, police, police detective, sin, maniac, murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, usa, persia, iran, america ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. Penny Dreadful is a frightening psychological thriller ...
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, dark fantasy, gothic horror, scary ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, witch, fear, vampire, werewolf, psychotherapy, deadly creature, sex scene, victorian england, imaginary, sex, supernatural ability ...
Time:
victorian era, 1890s, 19th century
Place:
england, london
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400K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspense, creepy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, life is a bitch, supernatural horror, death, twists and turns, urban legend, female protagonist, danger, investigation, curse, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, astoria oregon, washington state, fictional island
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116K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre occurrences happen and the group becomes ...
Style:
scary, slasher, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, ship, ghost, ghost ship, supernatural horror, survival, gory, danger, ocean, twists and turns, macabre, shipwreck ...
Time:
2000s, year 1962, 60s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
usa, pacific ocean, alaska
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When a frightening wave of violence sweeps through New York City, troubled cop Sarchie fails to find a rational explanation for the bizarre crimes. However, his eyes are opened to a frightening alternate reality when renegade Jesuit priest, Mendoza ...
Style:
scary, suspense, demonic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
demonic possession, exorcism, supernatural, occult, curses spells and rituals, partner, catholic, supernatural horror, priest, possessed, bible, religions or cults ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2014, year 2010, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
iraq, new york, usa, bronx new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, maniac, murder investigation, mind game, fbi, cannibal ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place:
pittsburgh, baltimore, persia, usa, memphis ...
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152K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 192 min.
TV show
Story:
A series of murders prompts Mike Hanlon to suspect that the supernatural menace that he and a group of friends battled as children has returned. He begins to call his friends to remind them of the oath they swore: if It returned again, they would ...
Style:
scary, disturbing, suspense, demonic, spooky ...
Audience:
teens, kids, horror for children
Plot:
stephen king, friendship, fear, killer clown, clown, children, childhood, supernatural, villain, monster, asthma, small town ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 60s, year 1960, 80s
Place:
maine, usa, new york
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110K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, UK, Austria, Germany, Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When Ann, husband George and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, scary, brutal, bad ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, hostage, torture, psychopath, home invasion, danger, bad guy wins, maniac, murder, brutality, violence, torment ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 2008, 21st century
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144K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Style:
disturbing, sexy, dark, psychological, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
insanity, depression, cruelty, guilt, controversy, fear, violence, woods, female nudity, nudity, black magic, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
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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
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154K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, gory, alien, deadly creature, alien invasion, blood, evil alien, body horror, survival horror, chase, survival, alien encounter ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, year 2011, future, year 1982 ...
Place:
antarctica
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Emily Johnson, her boyfriend Bobby and their friends Clare and Jude are recent college grads driving cross-country, taking a last vacation together before they face the "real" world. An accident leaves them hurt and stranded on a lonely ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, slasher, suspense, spooky ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
evil doctor, group of friends, medical, torture, supernatural, loss of friend, danger, serial killer, hospital, gory, mardi gras, murder ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa
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124K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) comes to, only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband -- but she has no memory ...
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, psychological thriller, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mental institution, serial killer, murder, mental illness, mind game, supernatural, insanity, investigation, psychiatrist, supernatural horror, rape, violence against women ...
Time:
year 2003, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, new hampshire
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87K
Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three skiers are stranded on a chairlift and forced to make life-or-death choices that prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, natural horror ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, isolation, stranded, survival horror, ski resort, snow, frostbite, animal attack, danger, mountain, youth, sole survivor ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
antarctic, utah
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's ...
Style:
scary, gothic, creepy, demonic, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, haunting, haunted, paranormal phenomena, occult, seance, evil force, curses spells and rituals, cancer patient, ouija, funeral home ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2000, 80s, year 1987, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, usa
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
As they celebrate their high school graduation, four friends are involved in a hit-and-run accident when their car hits and apparently kills a pedestrian on an isolated roadway. They dispose of the body and vow to keep the incident a secret, a year ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, creepy, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, youth, psychopath, secret, murder, teenager, urban legend, characters killed one by one, blood, masked killer, mystery killer ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, future, 20th century, year 1998 ...
Place:
north carolina
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410K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. But the locals believe the culprit to be none other than the ghost of the legendary Headless Horseman.
Style:
gothic, dark, scary, atmospheric, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick, teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, witch, ghost, murder, investigation, supernatural horror, magical, witchcraft, small town, horseman, goth, legends and myths ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 19th century, 90s, year 1999 ...
Place:
new york, new york state, britain, america, madagascar
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371K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, bad ending, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, monster, apocalypse, stephen king, creature, fear, trapped, twists and turns, survival horror, cosmic horror, chaos and mayhem, death ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, distant future, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, maine
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109K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Style:
scary, slasher, bloody, frightening, creepy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
urban legend, serial killer, revenge, urban decay, belief, folklore, supernatural, macabre, investigation, ghost, legend, accused of murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
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137K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.
Style:
scary, suspense, creepy, splatter, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
infected, insanity, chaos and mayhem, plague, deadly virus, epidemic, gory, survival, quarantine, survival horror, transformation, virus ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s
Place:
usa, iowa, kansas
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Western
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The sequel to House of 1000 Corpses – the Firefly family are ambushed at their isolated home by Sheriff Wydell and a squad of armed men guns blazing – yet only Otis and his sister, Baby, manage to escape the barrage of bullets unharmed. Hiding ...
Style:
scary, bloody, suspense, cult classic, dark ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, torture, brutality, psychopath, sheriff, kidnapping, maniac, violence, female villain, hostage, killer clown ...
Time:
70s, year 2005, 2000s, y2k, year 2000 ...
Place:
texas, bolivia, austin texas, usa
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then ...
Style:
scary, dark, demonic, spooky, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
exorcism, ghost, demon, paranormal phenomena, paranormal investigation, supernatural, psychic, terror, possession, demonic possession, supernatural horror, paranormal activity ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s, 2020s, 20th century
Place:
usa, connecticut, massachusetts
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113K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, trapped, murder, hotel, survival horror, hostage, danger, voyeurism, kidnapped, estranged couple, motel, macabre ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a cop who is just out of rehab takes the graveyard shift in a city hospital morgue, she faces a series of bizarre, violent events caused by an evil entity in one of the corpses.
Style:
scary, demonic, suspense, mystical, satanic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
demonic possession, morgue, corpse, exorcism, demon, hospital, supernatural, terror, fear, police officer, priest, delusion ...
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