Horror - More than 300 Horror Movies To Watch Late at Night
To see my Kid Friendly list, click on 'pumpkin_aps' under the title of this list. This is a list, in no particular order, of horror movies (and some TV) my family has watched that we thought were good enough to list here. Most in the list are supernatural horror. I included a few thrillers and sci-fi that fall into horror though not of the supernatural type. :: In my list comments, I'm mostly trying to give a sense of how a movie rates next to other movies in my list. "Very Good, Good, Pretty Good, Ok" describe, from left to right, movies I liked to movies I didn't like as much, but still liked. Those that I really liked and that I would definitely watch more than once are the ones that I have made the real comments on. They're the ones that I would watch first, if I were to watch them all again. Most movies fall into the Ok or the Pretty Good list, because they were fine to watch and pass the time with.
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- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsFrank LangellaLaurence OlivierDonald PleasenceIn 1913, the charming, seductive and sinister vampire Count Dracula travels to England in search of an immortal bride.THE Best Dracula movie, hands down, IMO! Frank Langella plays a charismatic Dracula that also strikes fear deep down inside you.
- DirectorDaniel AttiasStarsGary BuseyEverett McGillCorey HaimIn a small town, brutal killings start to plague the close knit community. Marty Coslaw, a paraplegic boy, is convinced the murders are the doings of a werewolf.This is the best werewolf movie I've seen. For Stephen King fans, this is based on one of his short stories.
- DirectorBill PaxtonStarsBill PaxtonMatthew McConaugheyPowers BootheA mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to destroy people who were in fact "demons."A very good movie, but you have to watch it to the end to really get it.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsAdrienne BarbeauJamie Lee CurtisJanet LeighAn unearthly fog rolls into a small coastal town exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in its waters.Much better than the recent remake.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsHeather LangenkampJohnny DeppRobert EnglundTeenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.This first one is the best, IMO.
- DirectorJerry ZuckerStarsPatrick SwayzeDemi MooreWhoopi GoldbergAfter a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.Great movie! Romance and scares that somehow make sense and work together.
- DirectorJim GillespieStarsJennifer Love HewittSarah Michelle GellarAnne HecheFour young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.Pretty good.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsMira SorvinoJeremy NorthamAlexander GoodwinThree years ago, entomologist Dr. Susan Tyler genetically created an insect to kill cockroaches carrying a virulent disease. Now, the insects are out to destroy their only predator, mankind.The best of the Mimic movies.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.I saw this movie the summer it came out, just before I turned 15. I'd just gotten back from Band Camp, and my best friend picked the movie. [Spoilers...] I didn't know what it was about until the girl's leg got bitten off, and she was reaching down to find air instead of leg (in the original showing of the movie and in the book, too). One of my friends wouldn't go skiing in a lake later that summer. Shock value is great in this movie.
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerCarl WeathersKevin Peter HallA team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.Really good, creepy, and suspenseful.
- DirectorJohn NewlandStarsKim DarbyJim HuttonBarbara AndersonA young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own.Much, much better than the recent remake. I saw this movie on TV in 1973, and even without the big screen, this one made an impression on me at that age. It's very suspenseful with some good shock value places, and the first time I saw it as a kid made me glad we didn't have a basement...
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceJamie Lee CurtisTony MoranFifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.Scared the bejeezus out of me - I saw it at the theater the year it was released.
- DirectorJoe DanteStarsDee WallacePatrick MacneeDennis DuganAfter a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.Excellent werewolf movie, with a twist.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.This one is definitely the top dog of all the 'Alien' movies. None of the others come close, I don't think.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.Jack Nicholson can really give you the creeps in a good movie!
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsDavid NaughtonJenny AgutterJoe BelcherTwo American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.Good werewolf movie - has more than enough bonafide scares in it to override the little bit of cheeziness it has.
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsGregory PeckLee RemickHarvey StephensMysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?Better than the remake, I think. The suspense in this one is excellent. [Spoilers...] You don't have to think of it as the anti-christ - this trilogy works well with the imagination of just the presence of Evil with a capital E.
- DirectorJohn FawcettStarsEmily PerkinsKatharine IsabelleKris LemcheTwo death-obsessed sisters, outcasts in their suburban neighborhood, must deal with the tragic consequences when one of them is bitten by a deadly werewolf.Pretty good werewolf movie.
- DirectorNicholas TomnayStarsDavid Hyde PierceClayne CrawfordNathaniel ParkerAn on-the-run convict looking for temporary cover finds it at the house of a very colorful character.Definitely keeps you guessing. Well worth watching, just be sure to see it through to the end.
- DirectorRupert WainwrightStarsPatricia ArquetteGabriel ByrneJonathan PryceWhen a young woman becomes afflicted by stigmata, a priest is sent to investigate her case, which may have severe ramifications for his faith and for the Catholic Church itself.Creepy.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.Good, good movie.
- DirectorTom HollandStarsChris SarandonWilliam RagsdaleAmanda Bearse"Fright Night" sees a teenager believing that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire. He turns to an actor in a television hosted horror movie show for help to deal with the undead.This original one is much better than the remake and is a really good vampire movie!
- DirectorTennyson BardwellStarsTim DalyTom ArnoldZoe SaldanaA lawyer who doesn't believe in ghosts is haunted after moving into a family mansion.Ok.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsCristina RainesAva GardnerChris SarandonA young woman moves into an apartment in a building which houses a sinister evil.Good movie - a little cheezy, but good enough to sit and watch all the way through.
- DirectorMatt ReevesStarsKodi Smit-McPheeChloë Grace MoretzRichard JenkinsA bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian.Definitely worth watching. A good vampire movie.