Spooky movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant spooky movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out scary, psychological, spooky, suspenseful, dark and suspense films and TV shows about / with supernatural, terror, blood, macabre, danger, brutality, gory, fear, storytelling and violence plots mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as spooky: Vacancy (2007), Trick 'r Treat (2007), The Orphanage (2007), The House of the Devil (2009), Hush (2016), Come Play (2020), The Descent (2005), Southbound (2015), The Visit (2015), The Tunnel (2011).
Best films
New films
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: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a bitter old recluse receives ...
Style:
scary, spooky, slasher, psychological, anthology ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, adult
Plot:
halloween, werewolf, masked killer, serial killer, psychopath, supernatural horror, halloween party, monster, prank, corpse, holiday horror, scarecrow ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa
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170K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico, France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
Style:
twist ending, scary, surprise ending, psychological, gothic ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, twists and turns, macabre, fear, haunted, death, missing child, tragic event, haunted by the past, imaginary friend ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, y2k, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
spain
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the 1980s, college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret.
Style:
creepy, spooky, suspenseful, frightening, gothic ...
Plot:
ritual, satanic cult, supernatural, female protagonist, macabre, satanic ritual, haunted house, devil, sacrifice, lunar eclipse, female college student, religious cult ...
Time:
80s, year 2009, year 2000, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
new jersey, california
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168K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
Style:
slasher, suspense, dark, psychological thriller, scary ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, trapped, home invasion, deaf, survival, brutality, deafness, violence, macabre, deaf mute, masked killer, writers ...
Time:
year 2016, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
america, california
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20K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A lonely young boy feels different from everyone else. Desperate for a friend, he seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses the boy’s devices against him to break into our world, his parents ...
Style:
spooky, scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
imaginary friend, husband wife relationship, haunted house, autism, supernatural, child protagonist, monster, found footage, loneliness, family relations, demon, hallucination ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
270K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, cave, survival horror, trapped, survival, creature, fear, expedition, claustrophobia, gory, group of friends, woman in danger ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, appalachia
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation are ...
Style:
spooky, anthology, dark, enigmatic, disturbing ...
Plot:
occult, desert, macabre, masked killer, arizona desert, highway, road trip, trapped, surgery, murder, monster, insanity ...
Place:
arizona
Is relevant?
172K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip. Once the children discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing, they see their chances ...
Style:
twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, atmospheric, dark ...
Audience:
teens, kids, horror for children
Plot:
danger, elderly, murder, kids in trouble, siblings relations, found footage, grandmother granddaughter relationship, plot twist, basement, farm, parents and children, child protagonist ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 2007, in the midst of the drought and water shortages, the NSW State government has unveiled plans to tap into and recycle millions of litres of water trapped in a network of abandoned train tunnels just beneath the heart of Sydney. However the ...
Style:
spooky, dark, suspenseful, suspense, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, creature, missing person, journalism, tunnel, urban legend, underground, food, survival, investigation, uncover truth, hidden truth ...
Time:
year 2011, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
australia, oceania, sydney australia, new zealand
Is relevant?
268K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, spooky, dark ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, macabre, ghost, nightmare, monster, fear, danger, trauma, book, single mother, nightmare comes true, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia, oceania, new zealand
Is relevant?
336K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, slasher horror, spooky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, psychopath, murder, holiday horror, babysitter, death, masked killer, killer, small town, psychiatrist, female nudity ...
Time:
year 1978, year 1963, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
illinois, chicago, north america, midwest, california
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263K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, insanity, hostage, loneliness, psychopath, stephen king, kidnapping, snow, isolation, captivity, obsessed fan, female psychopath ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place:
colorado, persia, usa, new york
Is relevant?
213K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the year 2047 a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the long lost starship "Event Horizon". The ship disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage and with its return comes even more mystery as the ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, scary, lovecraft, spooky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, outer space, spaceship, cosmic horror, space station, trapped in space, insanity, space and aliens, violence, supernatural, hallucination, nightmare ...
Time:
future, 2040s, 90s, year 1997, 21st century
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After being hypnotized by his sister in law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.
Style:
psychological, sexy, twist ending, dark, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, hypnosis, murder, afterlife, supernatural, murder mystery, haunted, psychic, supernatural horror, paranoia, disappearance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1999
Place:
usa, chicago
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
About an orphaned child whose dreams - and nightmares - manifest physically as he sleeps.
Style:
psychological, scary, spooky, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural horror, insomnia, subconscious, nightmare, dream, orphan, danger, child, supernatural power, monster, haunted, supernatural ability ...
Time:
year 2016, 21st century
Place:
usa
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
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A man staying at a secluded historical mansion, finds his life being haunted by the presence of a spectre.
Style:
suspense, gothic, creepy, spooky, atmospheric ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, isolated house, macabre, haunted, mansion, musician, supernatural, senator, death of wife, revenge, murder ...
Time:
year 1980, victorian era, 20th century, 70s, 1900s ...
Place:
seattle, usa, new york, washington d.c., washington state ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.
Style:
dark fantasy, spooky, mockumentary, suspense, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
troll, giant monster, folk horror, legends and myths, monster, cryptozoology, giant, fantasy world, wilderness, supernatural, found footage, forest ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.
Style:
dark, psychological, spooky, disturbing, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hotel, fear, macabre, ghost, paranormal, death, ghost story, workplace, suicide, hotel receptionist, zombie, devil ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
new england, connecticut, usa, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.
Style:
cult classic, dark fantasy, horror comedy, spooky, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, time travel, evil dead, one man army, siege, possession, doppelganger, chainsaw, medieval, supernatural, sword and sorcery, sword fight ...
Time:
medieval times, 13th century, year 1992, middle ages, 20th century ...
Place:
england
Is relevant?
442K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most ...
Style:
spooky, mysterious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, disaster, found footage, giant monster, alien, survival, fear, survival horror, danger, creature, kaiju, deadly creature ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, september 11 2001, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
new york, bolivia, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa ...
Is relevant?
47K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only to discover that patients and ...
Style:
dark, lovecraft, creepy, spooky, satanic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
body horror, hospital, cosmic horror, another dimension, monster, macabre, violence, blood, small town, isolation, insanity, mutation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency. Those on an express train to Busan, a city that has successfully fended off the viral outbreak, must fight for their own survival…
Style:
suspense, apocalyptic, dark, emotional, spooky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, pandemic, survival, virus, apocalypse, train, epidemic, zombie attack, survival horror, zombie apocalypse, living dead, undead ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, busan, china, indiana ...
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
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.
Style:
suspense, exciting, disturbing, spooky, suspenseful ...
Plot:
occult, ritual, black magic, occult ritual, demon, angel, paranormal phenomena, supernatural power, female protagonist, folk horror, supernatural, paranormal activity ...
Place:
ireland, wales
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the beautiful young "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying ...
Style:
scary, suspense, bad ending, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, witch, supernatural horror, autopsy, morgue, witchcraft, nudity, mutilation, corpse, dead woman, supernatural power, mysterious death ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2017
Place:
new england, salem massachusetts, london
Is relevant?
260K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The eerie and deserted ghost town of Silent Hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child's illness. Unable to accept the doctor's diagnosis that her daughter should be permanently institutionalized for psychiatric ...
Style:
scary, dark, creepy, surreal, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, monster, demon, supernatural horror, survival, insanity, torture, macabre, ghost town, good versus evil, revenge, mysterious place ...
Time:
year 2006, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, virginia, america, usa, canada
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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
Is relevant?
276K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Germany, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A married couple with a rocky past adopt 9-year old, Esther to fill the void created by a recently-stillborn baby. However, Esther is not quite who she seems.
Style:
psychological, scary, twist ending, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
adoption, orphan, killer child, serial killer, evil child, female psychopath, fear, mysterious character, creepy child, children, parents and children, family in danger ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, estonia
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