Terror movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant terror movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, scary, psychological, psychological thriller and slasher films and TV shows about / with terror, blood, murder, gore, fear, death, danger, monster, violence and macabre plots mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as terror: Minutes Past Midnight (2016), Veronica (2017), The Conjuring 2 (2016), High Tension (2003), The Collector (2009), Roadkill (2011), Annihilation (2018), Dawn of the Dead (2004), Identity (2003), Doctor Sleep (2019).

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Minutes Past Midnight (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: As midnight falls, all manner of terror invades the Earth. demons, cannibals, killers, ghosts and monsters swarm the world in these tales of the supernatural, the fantastic, and the just plain horrific. Featuring nine stories of horror.
Style: anthology, scary, bleak, rough, slasher ...
Plot: serial killer, creature, ghost, monster, terror, cannibalism, haunting, mythical creature, cannibal, voice over narration, bunny, narration ...
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 6.2
 47K
Veronica (2017)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Madrid, 1990s. After making a Ouija with friends, a teenager is besieged by dangerous supernatural presences that threaten to harm her whole family. Inspired by terrifying police files never solved.
Style: scary, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, demonic ...
Audience: adult, teen drama
Plot: possession, ouija board, supernatural, demonic possession, terror, occult, blind woman, paranormal phenomena, solar eclipse, nightmare, crucifix, widow ...
Time: 90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place: madrid, spain, europe
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 7.3
 298K
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Style: scary, dark, suspenseful, atmospheric, creepy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, demonic possession, paranormal investigation, demon, single mother, supernatural horror, psychic, fear, child in peril, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 70s, year 2016, 2010s, year 1976, year 1977 ...
Place: england, peru, london
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 6.7
 77K
High Tension (2003)
Genre: Horror
Country: France, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia's father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, ...
Style: scary, slasher, splatter, disturbing, twist ending ...
Audience: date night
Plot: serial killer, gory, macabre, home invasion, psycho killer, kidnapping, torture, insanity, survival, killing spree, disturbed individual, murder ...
Time: year 2003, year 2000, y2k, 21st century
Place: france, south of france, europe
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 6.3
 72K
The Collector (2009)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
Style: slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, torture, psychopath, home invasion, trap, gory, maniac, macabre, massacre, sadistic horror, homicidal maniac, mystery killer ...
Time: year 2009, year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa, detroit
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 3.8
 1K
Roadkill (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Six young friends on a road trip in Ireland run afoul of gypsies who curse them for accidentally running down an old woman. The curse takes the form of a terrifying flying beast that tries killing them all.
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, tense, natural horror ...
Plot: killer animal, on the road, curses spells and rituals, accident, redneck, giant bird, brutality, deadly creature, mythical creature, ogre, travel, creature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
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 6.8
 357K
Annihilation (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Style: suspense, psychedelic, psychological, disturbing, lovecraft ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: female protagonist, creature, dna, mutation, scientist, expedition, research, genetic mutation, terror, biologist, transformation, mission ...
Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: chicago, florida, pakistan
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Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA, Canada, Japan, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A group of surviving people take refuge in a shopping center after the world has been over taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies. A remake of the 1978 zombie film of the same name.
Style: scary, splatter, atmospheric, suspenseful, creepy ...
Audience: teens, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: zombie, apocalypse, virus, zombie apocalypse, survival, living dead, post apocalypse, infected, plague, terror, zombie attack, survival horror ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, year 2000, future, year 2003 ...
Place: usa, midwest, wisconsin
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 266K
Identity (2003)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
Style: twist ending, suspense, scary, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, twists and turns, murder mystery, mental disorder, investigation, psychology, murderer, mental illness, motel, split personality, psychopath, rainstorm ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: nevada, usa, florida
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 7.3
 217K
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: A traumatized, alcoholic Dan Torrance meets Abra, a kid who also has the ability to "shine." He tries to protect her from the True Knot, a cult whose goal is to feed off people like them in order to remain immortal.
Style: disturbing, dark fantasy, suspense, twist ending, enigmatic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: psychic power, supernatural, stephen king, psychic, ghost, murder, doctor, native american, fear, haunted house, terror, magician ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 80s, year 1980, 20th century ...
Place: new jersey, iowa, colorado, ohio, florida ...
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 15K
Ghoul (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: India
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A newly minted military interrogator arrives at a covert detention center to discover that some of the terrorists held there are not of this world.
Style: political, suspense, demonic, neo noir, psychological ...
Plot: demon, political prisoner, female protagonist, interrogation, demonic possession, terror, islam, revenge, military prison, investigation, danger, prison ...
Time: near future
Is relevant ?
 7.8
 688K
Get Out (2017)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend ...
Style: suspense, twist ending, psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: racism, hypnosis, kidnapping, brainwashing, interracial romance, survival, paranoia, missing person, african american, female villain, revenge, african american protagonist ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, future, 21st century
Place: indiana, brooklyn new york city, new york
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 7.3
 373K
Hereditary (2018)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: After their reclusive grandmother passes away, the Graham family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem ...
Style: psychological horror, spooky, disturbing, satanic, psychological ...
Audience: adult
Plot: fear, supernatural horror, dysfunctional family, ghost, grief, demon, seance, supernatural, evil spirit, possession, secret society, funeral ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: utah, america
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Wolves at the Door (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Four friends gather at an elegant home during the Summer of Love, 1969. Unbeknownst to them, deadly visitors are waiting outside. What begins as a simple farewell party turns to a night of primal terror as the intruders stalk and torment the four, ...
Style: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, captivating ...
Plot: home invasion, serial killer, killing spree, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, mercilessness, group of friends, murder, killer, police officer, danger, pursuit ...
Time: 60s, year 1969
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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Landmine Goes Click (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Georgia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After an American tourist steps on a landmine, he is forced to watch his girlfriend get assaulted.
Style: realistic, disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: rape, revenge, rape and revenge, trapped, survival, terror, hunter, regret, friendship, tourist, nudity, girlfriend ...
Place: eastern europe
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407 Dark Flight 3D (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A flight attendant has to deal with a supernatural event when passengers on her plane start to die one at a time.
Style: suspense, enigmatic, suspenseful, psychological, action thriller
Plot: airplane, aviation, airplane accident, crew, trap, survival, death, ghost, terror, father daughter relationship, stewardess, survivor ...
Place: thailand
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 7.8
 234K
Misery (1990)
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, disturbing, suspenseful, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: insanity, obsession, psychopath, hostage, stephen king, loneliness, snow, kidnapping, isolation, torture, writers, obsessed fan ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place: colorado, persia, usa
Is relevant ?
 8.3
 38K
Fauda (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A top Israeli agent comes out of retirement to hunt for a Palestinian militant he thought he'd killed, setting a chaotic chain of events into motion.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Plot: espionage, israeli palestinian conflict, terrorist, war on terror, terror, israeli, assassination, murder, danger, chase, mossad, spy ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: israel, palestine, middle east
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The Terror Live (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story: "I'll blow up Mapo Bridge." An anonymous call comes into a radio station one day. When it turns out to be legitimate, a terrorist's threats end up getting broadcast live throughout the country.
Style: suspense, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: radio, terrorist, terrorism, reporter, negotiation, media sensation, media, danger, once in a lifetime opportunity, terror, justice, threat ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, south korea, seoul
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 7.5
 83K
Funny Games (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Style: disturbing, bleak, suspense, psychological, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: psychopath, serial killer, sadism, bad guy wins, torment, torture, home invasion, kidnapping, murder, family in danger, evil wins, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1997, near future
Place: austria, germany, europe
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 8.4
 1.1M
The Shining (1980)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Style: psychological, suspense, scary, atmospheric, psychological thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: isolation, hotel, insanity, psychopath, supernatural, stephen king, ghost, snow, winter, macabre, imaginary friend, evil ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 1920s, 80s, 70s
Place: colorado, persia, denver colorado, usa, miami ...
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 7.6
 57K
Repulsion (1965)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In Roman Polanski's first English-language film, beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian ...
Style: surreal, disturbing, black and white, cerebral, atmospheric ...
Plot: mental illness, rape, schizophrenia, surrealism, insanity, murder, hallucination, delusion, isolation, claustrophobia, repression, female protagonist ...
Time: 20th century, year 1965, 60s
Place: england, london, europe, britain, eastern europe ...
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 305K
Halloween (1978)
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, suspense, grindhouse ...
Audience: teens
Plot: halloween, serial killer, psychopath, murder, masked killer, holiday horror, small town, psychiatrist, babysitter, violence, violent, babysitting ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place: illinois, chicago, midwest
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 3.7
 5K
Temple (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Three American tourists follow a mysterious map deep into the jungles of Japan searching for an ancient temple. When spirits entrap them, their adventure quickly becomes a horrific nightmare.
Style: demonic, bleak, disturbing, scary, suspense ...
Plot: travel, temple, tourist, evil spirit, curse, terror, violence, murder, able to see the dead, friendship, book, jungle adventure ...
Place: japan, america
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The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Five college friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.
Style: scary, mind bending, bloody, surreal, twist ending ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: monster, supernatural, creature, survival, cabin in the woods, trapped, zombie, fear, werewolf, dark humor, death, danger ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2000, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: usa
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 7.3
 601K
It (2017)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 135 min.
Story: In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
Style: scary, suspense, demonic, spooky, slasher ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: killer clown, supernatural horror, clown, evil clown, small town, stephen king, fear, monster, coming of age, child, missing person, good versus evil ...
Time: year 1989, 2010s, year 2017, 80s, year 1988
Place: maine
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
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, demonic, dark, suspense, spooky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: exorcism, paranormal investigation, supernatural, demon, psychic, paranormal phenomena, supernatural horror, paranormal activity, demonic possession, murder, ghost, terror ...
Time: 2020s, 80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place: usa, connecticut, massachusetts
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 7.4
 386K
Scream (1996)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
Style: slasher, suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, date night
Plot: serial killer, high school, teenager, psychopath, small town, maniac, masked killer, murder, woman in danger, teenage life, twists and turns, violent ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: california, usa
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 7.0
 297K
The Witch (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the local church. When their newborn son vanishes and ...
Style: disturbing, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: witch, supernatural, religion, folk horror, witchcraft, family bonds, wilderness, black magic, insanity, curses spells and rituals, satan, isolation ...
Time: 17th century, 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 19th century
Place: new england, america, new hampshire, usa
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 6.1
 51K
The Hunted (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In the wilderness of British Columbia, two hunters are tracked and viciously murdered by Aaron Hallum. Former Special Operations instructor, L.T. Bonham is approached and asked to apprehend Hallum, his former student, who has 'gone rogue' ...
Style: suspense, intense, brutal, slasher, psychological ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: manhunt, wilderness, survival, commando, one man army, homicidal maniac, assassin, conspiracy, hitman, chase, murder, violence ...
Time: year 2003, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: oregon, kosovo, portland oregon, usa, british columbia ...
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