Favorite horror movies
Not action films about monsters, but true horror. In alphabetical order.
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- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
- DirectorJoseph Specker NysStarsGlaucia GrigoloÉdio NunesHugo PiccininiShortly after her honeymoon, Alicia contracts an inexplicable illness, while her husband Jordan bears witness seemingly indifferent. Something hidden is driving her insane. The disease makes the young woman mix reality with gruesome hallucinations.
- DirectorJosé Mojica MarinsStarsJosé Mojica MarinsMagda MeiNivaldo LimaA gravedigger prowls the city in search of a female to bear him a son.
- DirectorGabriela AmaralStarsMurilo BenícioLuciana PaesIrandhir SantosThe tense survival tale is set over several late-night hours in a sparsely-peopled Brazilian restaurant. When an armed robbery interrupts an already-terse dynamic between boss and customer, a group of virtual strangers are tossed into a frantic fight for their lives.
- DirectorSam LevinsonStarsOdessa YoungAbraSuki WaterhouseAfter a malicious data hack exposes the secrets of the perpetually American town of Salem, chaos descends and four girls must fight to survive, while coping with the hack themselves.
- DirectorWalter Lima Jr.StarsVirginia CavendishDomingos MontagnerMel MaiaLaura is hired as a teacher to two orphans who live in coffee farm. Gradually, she feels that the children are being influenced by hostile spirits that lived there.
- DirectorJuliano DornellesKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsBárbara ColenThomas AquinoSilvero PereiraAfter the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.
- DirectorÁlex de la IglesiaStarsBlanca SuárezMario CasasCarmen MachiIn bustling downtown Madrid, a loud gunshot and two mysterious deaths trap a motley assortment of common urbanites in a decrepit central bar, while paranoia and suspicion force the terrified regulars to turn on each other.Horror comedy!
- DirectorCrane WilburStarsVincent PriceAgnes MooreheadGavin GordonA crazed killer known as "The Bat" is on the loose in a mansion full of people.
- DirectorSusanne BierStarsSandra BullockTrevante RhodesJohn MalkovichFive years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a mother and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRod TaylorTippi HedrenJessica TandyA wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
- DirectorErnest R. DickersonStarsSnoop DoggPam GrierMichael T. WeissOver 20 years after his death by a gunshot, Jimmy Bones comes back as a ghost to wreak revenge on those who killed him and to clean up his neighborhood.Comedy horror.
- DirectorRobert WieneStarsWerner KraussConrad VeidtFriedrich FeherHypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsSissy SpacekPiper LaurieAmy IrvingCarrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKeith GordonJohn StockwellAlexandra PaulA nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.
- DirectorRenny HarlinStarsThomas JaneSaffron BurrowsSamuel L. JacksonSearching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease, a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the prey, as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back.
- DirectorHenri-Georges ClouzotStarsSimone SignoretVéra ClouzotPaul MeurisseThe wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsGary OldmanWinona RyderAnthony HopkinsThe centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.
- DirectorJosé Mojica MarinsStarsJosé Mojica MarinsTina WohlersNadia FreitasAfter the events of the previous film, Coffin Joe continues to seek a maiden to give him a son. With the help of servant Bruno, he kidnaps six girls from a village. Which one of them will pass his trials of fear?
- DirectorJean GarretStarsKate HansenFlávio GalvãoBetty SaadyHelena and Renato are a couple who leave behind the big city to live in the comfort of a beach house, far from all their previous complications when the wife started to suffer with strange visions. But their problems are from over when all the electronic objects of the new house seem to have a life of their own, scaring the woman and making her look more insane each day goes by. Her husband and neighbors don't believe her stories of being attacked by such objects but a mystery about the death of the previous owner might explain the truth behind the strange occurrences at this residence.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsTom CruiseNicole KidmanTodd FieldA Manhattan doctor embarks on a bizarre, night-long odyssey after his wife's admission of unfulfilled longing.
- DirectorCraig GillespieStarsAnton YelchinColin FarrellDavid Tennant"Fright Night" - A new neighbor moves in next to Charley, who discovers that he is an ancient vampire who preys on the community. Can he save his neighborhood from the creature with the help of the famous "vampire killer", Peter Vincent?
- DirectorJordan PeeleStarsDaniel KaluuyaAllison WilliamsBradley WhitfordA young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
- DirectorJoe DanteStarsZach GalliganPhoebe CatesHoyt AxtonA young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.OK, this one is not "true" horror, but it is a quite entertaining film which works a lot as a scary movie for youngsters.
- DirectorJames HawesStarsKelly MacdonaldFaye MarsayBenedict WongIn near-future London, police detective Karin Parke, and her tech-savvy sidekick Blue, investigate a string of mysterious deaths with a sinister link to social media.
- DirectorScott SpiegelStarsKip PardueBrian HallisayJohn HensleyFour men attending a bachelor party in Las Vegas fall prey to the Elite Hunting Club, who are hosting a gruesome game show of torture.Off course it is not a great film (and it is often a bit silly), but it is far from being bad as people say. Indeed, it has several surprising moments (a few of them too implausible, but the others are nice). In my opinion, it is smarter and better than the acclaimed first movie from the franchise. As a matter of fact, Hostel 3 is not really a sequel of Hostel 1 and 2, although the saddism, scatological footage, kidnappings and murders are still there.
- DirectorTony ScottStarsCatherine DeneuveDavid BowieSusan SarandonA love triangle develops between a beautiful yet dangerous vampire (Catherine Deneuve), her cellist companion (David Bowie), and a gerontologist (Susan Sarandon).
- DirectorSteven R. MonroeStarsSarah ButlerJeff BransonAndrew HowardA writer who is brutalized during her cabin retreat seeks revenge on her attackers, who left her for dead.The first part shows an ultra violent mysoginy. The second part shows dire sadistic revenge. There is no pleasure on watching it... well, on watching the first part (the last one, I admit, there is). Anyway, is is undeniably a very well done horror film.
- DirectorElem KlimovStarsAleksey KravchenkoOlga MironovaLiubomiras LauceviciusAfter finding an old rifle, a young boy joins the Soviet resistance movement against ruthless German forces and experiences the horrors of World War II.I believe this brilliant war movie (Idi i smotri, in its original title) may be considered as a horror film.
- DirectorMauricio BrunettiStarsMaría Eugenia ArboledaLito CruzStella DelphinoIn 19th century Argentina, when a man returns to his family's plantation after 15 years, it revives a violent past, slave abuses and evil spirits.
- DirectorXan CassavetesStarsJoséphine de La BaumeChing Valdes-AranMilo VentimigliaA beautiful, lonely vampire falls in love with a screenwriter and transforms him into one of the undead, but their budding romance is threatened by her vivacious, troublemaking sister.
- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer RagnarOskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.Låt den rätte komma in
- DirectorDavid HandWilfred JacksonStarsBilly BletcherPinto ColvigWalt DisneyMickey must save Pluto from a mad doctor's lair.Horror comedy: https://youtu.be/LPW70q4w5pw
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsJohn AmplasLincoln MaazelChristine ForrestA young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a Pennsylvania small town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges.
- DirectorDavid SladeStarsMaxine PeakeJake DaviesClint DyerIn the post-apocalyptic landscape of the Scottish Moors, a woman attempts to survive the land full of "dogs."
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsVincent PriceJohn CarradineAnthony SteelA writer of horror stories is invited to a "monster club" by a mysterious old gentleman. There, three gruesome stories are told to him; between each story some musicians play their songs.
- DirectorGabriel HarelStarsAnne SteffensDamien BonnardAgathe, 39, has but one obsession: to have a child. She finds her ex, Marc-Antoine, a DJ, mixing techno in Marseille. As she tries to talk him into getting back together, plastic bags come to life and attack the city.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiIsabelle AdjaniBruno GanzCount Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.
- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsNicole KidmanChristopher EcclestonFionnula FlanaganIn 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsJudy MorrisIvar KantsRobert ColebyA young couple, living in a campus apartment complex, are repeatedly harassed by an eccentric plumber, who subjects them to a series of bizarre mind games while making unnecessary repairs to their bathroom.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
- DirectorJames DeMonacoStarsEthan HawkeLena HeadeyMax BurkholderA wealthy family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legal.
- DirectorJames DeMonacoStarsFrank GrilloCarmen EjogoZach GilfordThree groups of people intertwine and are left stranded in the streets on Purge Night, trying to survive the chaos and violence that occurs.
- DirectorJames DeMonacoStarsFrank GrilloElizabeth MitchellMykelti WilliamsonFormer Police Sergeant Barnes becomes head of security for Senator Charlie Roan, a Presidential candidate targeted for death on Purge night due to her vow to eliminate the Purge.
- DirectorGrégory LevasseurStarsAshley HinshawJames BuckleyDenis O'HareAn archaeological team attempts to unlock the secrets of a lost pyramid only to find themselves hunted by an insidious creature.
- DirectorDan TrachtenbergStarsWyatt RussellHannah John-KamenWunmi MosakuAn American traveler short on cash signs up to test a revolutionary new gaming system, but soon can't tell where the hot game ends and reality begins.
- DirectorPaul BerryUpstairs, in the moonlit and empty room, a little boy scared of the dancing shadows, encounters a figment of his vivid imagination: the horrible Sandman.
- DirectorBob KelljanStarsWilliam MarshallDon MitchellPam GrierThe vampire Mamuwalde (a.k.a. Blacula) is resurrected by voodoo and forced to kill again.
- DirectorJoaquin BaldwinA voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death.
- DirectorErdal CeylanStarsMeelah AdamsA girl's just taking a selfie for her boyfriend when something really creepy happens.
- DirectorE. Elias MerhigeStarsJohn MalkovichWillem DafoeUdo KierThe filming of Nosferatu (1922) is hampered by the fact that its star Max Schreck is taking the role of a vampire far more seriously than seems humanly possible.
- 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.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisHaley Joel OsmentToni ColletteMalcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, starts treating a young boy, Cole, who encounters dead people and convinces him to help them. In turn, Cole helps Malcolm reconcile with his estranged wife.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsJames McAvoyAnya Taylor-JoyHaley Lu RichardsonThree girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. They must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th.
- DirectorMario BavaStarsBarry SullivanNorma BengellÁngel ArandaAfter landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.Terrore nello spazio
- DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsSalma HayekVincent CasselToby JonesFrom the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.
- DirectorShimako SatoStarsJulian SandsSuzanna HamiltonKenneth CranhamCondemned to life without end, and to an undying passion for a lost love he can never find, a vampire stalks a beautiful young woman.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsIngrid PittPippa SteelMadeline SmithSeductive vampire Carmilla Karnstein and her family target the beautiful and the rich in a remote area of late eighteenth-century Gemany.
- DirectorDavid SladeStarsJosh HartnettMelissa GeorgeDanny HustonAfter an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsJulian WestMaurice SchutzRena MandelA drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.
- DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsBenicio Del ToroAnthony HopkinsEmily BluntUpon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten and subsequently cursed by a werewolf.
- DirectorOlivier PérayStarsPascale ArbillotMélusine MayanceCarole FranckIn a rural setting on the weather-beaten French Atlantic coast, the ten year old daughter of a single mother is implicated in murder. Crime scene evidence contradicts the story of the talented, introverted child as expressed in her Mangas.
- DirectorTomas PortellaStarsJuliana AlvesRegiane AlvesEdmilson BarrosA couple, Lauro and Renata, travels to a remote area surrounded by rain forest in Rio De Janeiro. Once they are there, Lauro is told by a bar owner that gruesome murders are taking place in that area. Intending to keep this information hidden from his girlfriend, Lauro and Renata discover they might be not alone when staying in a isolated house.
- DirectorSilvio de AbreuStarsHelena RamosNuno Leal MaiaKate LyraRegina is a woman from a poor family and married with and former secretary of the wealthy Hélio. Regina has a block with Hélio and can not have sex with him, in spite of fantasizing kinky sex with every man she meets. She goes to a shrink and while resolving her childhood trauma, Hélio has an affair with his secretary Lúcia and leaves Regina. Later, they meet each other by chance, and the healed Regina finally satisfies Hélio.
- CreatorMirna NogueiraCarlos SaldanhaRodrigo NogueiraStarsMarco PigossiManuela DieguezAlessandra NegriniAn underground world is inhabited by mythical creatures evolved from a deep lineage of Brazilian folklore. One detective who finds himself caught in a murder investigation that puts him in the middle of a battle between these two worlds.
- DirectorLuiz Carlos LacerdaStarsOdete LaraPaulo VillaçaAna Maria MirandaIn a financially troubled farm in the 1930's, its depraved owners become attracted to their new handsome and young handyman.
- DirectorVicente AmorimStarsGuilherme PratesCarla SalleEmilio DantasA gang of young dirt bikers on a ride across an isolated region of Brazil find themselves being hunted by a machete wielding band of motorcyclists intent on killing them all.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsPeter CushingAndré MorellChristopher LeeWhen a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
- DirectorMarcos DeBritoStarsMarcelo ArgentaFrancisco GasparJesus MachanosckiA man with no head carefully prepares a large supper in front of a camera. In order to stage the gloomy portrait he has in mind, he must get Judas's head before the full moon rises.
- DirectorPaulo Biscaia FilhoRodrigo BrandãoMarcos DeBritoStarsIvan CunhaSarah MattosDaniel CoutoCreated by Ricardo Ghiorzi ("The Curse of Sanguanel", "Beyond the Grave"), HISTÓRIAS ESTRANHAS (Stranger Tales) is a suspense/horror/fantasy collection of eight segments produced by independent film companies and directed by the most promising filmmakers of the Brazilian fantastic genre today.
- DirectorJosé Mojica MarinsStarsJosé Mojica MarinsJofre SoaresWalter StuartDirector José Mojica Marins travels to spend Christmas with friends on their small farm and write the screenplay for his next film. But he observes eerie things in the house. His friends are being possessed one by one by some supernatural evil force. Soon he learns that the matriarch of the family had made a deal with local witch, Malvina, to get pregnant and save her marriage. In return, Malvina should indicate who would marry the girl. However, her daughter Vilma is engaged to her beloved fiancé, and Malvina wants her to marry Eugenio--the son of Satan. Further, José Mojica Marins discovers that his fictional creation Zé do Caixão (a.k.a. Coffin Joe) is ready to collect the souls of Vilma's family, and only an exorcism might save the doomed family.
- DirectorSamuel GalliStarsAdemir EstevesRicardo CasellaAntony MelloA man with spiritualist powers is told by his mentor that a demonic entity is returning to destroy his daughter's soul, and that he should take drastic measures to prevent this from happening.
- DirectorAlain JessuaStarsAlain DelonAnnie GirardotRobert HirschA French businesswoman goes to a remote and popular rejuvenation clinic after a breakup, and begins to suspect the treatment methods used by the head doctor, and slowly uncovers the horrible secret behind the clinic's success.
- DirectorAbel FerraraStarsLili TaylorChristopher WalkenAnnabella SciorraA New York philosophy grad student turns into a vampire after getting bitten by one, and then tries to come to terms with her new lifestyle and frequent craving for human blood.
- DirectorLiz MarinsStarsLiz MarinsCheli UrbanFernando Oliveira
- DirectorJoaquim Dos SantosStarsGary ColeAlyssa MilanoJeff BennettAs Detective Jim Corrigan investigates a murder, The Spectre delivers horrific justice to the perpetrators.
- DirectorMarco DutraJuliana RojasStarsIsabél ZuaaMarjorie EstianoMiguel LoboClara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but a fateful night changes their plans.
- DirectorJulia Zanin de PaulaStarsCarlo CancelliDelson RabelloMarcos SigalesAn adaptation of the Guy de Maupassant's tale, a film about how far we can go with entertainment.
- DirectorJosé Ramón LarrazStarsMarianne MorrisAnulka DziubinskaMurray BrownA pair of women lure passers-by to their countryside mansion to feed on them to satisfy their need for blood.
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsFernando Garcia MarinGuadalupe Del ToroNapoA boy is tired of failing geometry, so he summons a demon.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl HardmanA ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.
- DirectorThiago CamargoStarsBruna BritoÉrico BrásJefferson da FonsecaJorge is a private investigator that has a questionable character. He seeks information about the death of a young boy in a small city in the countryside of Brazil, that is full of unfriendly strangers. Nightmares with a woman that he has never seen before, Mariá, torments him. Their meeting, in a haunted woods, will reveal that it is not by chance that Jorge is part of this mysterious investigation.
- DirectorRodrigo AragãoStarsCarol AragãoRenato ChocairDiego GarciasCorrupted by the power of Cipriano's Black Book, a Jesuit and his followers begin a reign of horror in colonial Brazil, until they be cursed to live forever trapped under the graves of a cemetery. Now, centuries later, they are ready to break free and spread their evil all over the world.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsBarry G. BernsonHerb CaillouetBill CampSteven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.
- DirectorGabriela AmaralStarsNina MedeirosJulio MachadoLuciana PaesWhen a child is forced to become the house's adult because her father is sick and her mother is dead, there's an inversion in the natural order of things. Childhood becomes a saga. And the frustrated parenthood turns into a conviction.
- DirectorLeigh WhannellStarsElisabeth MossOliver Jackson-CohenHarriet DyerWhen Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
- DirectorAldo LadoStarsIngrid ThulinJean SorelMario AdorfAn American journalist temporarily stationed in Central Europe searches for his new girlfriend, who has suddenly disappeared.
- DirectorAndre Alves PintoStarsZé AlexBruno BennecHugo Germano
- DirectorMichael DoughertyStarsAdam ScottToni ColletteDavid KoechnerA boy who has a bad Christmas accidentally summons a festive demon to his family home.
- DirectorRafael ZanescoStarsThais CastroDeuza de SáEdson SalvioliUpon receipt of a mysterious envelope, without sender, something inexplicable happens in Karen's apartment.
- DirectorWesley GondimStarsAndré AraújoJoão CamposSergio SartorioCat-loving veterinarian Francisco finds a curious way to deal with homophobia in his town.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLaurence OlivierJoan FontaineGeorge SandersA self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroNick NolteJessica LangeA convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
- DirectorTeinosuke KinugasaStarsMasuo InoueAyako IijimaYoshie NakagawaA man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsJessica HarperStefania CasiniFlavio BucciAn American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
- DirectorSantiago DellapeStarsCatarina AcciolyDon't ever disturb the silence of a library.
- DirectorBen KetaiStarsKiele SanchezRhys CoiroDiora BairdAfter surviving the incidents in Barrow, Alaska, Stella Oleson relocates to Los Angeles, where she intentionally attracts the attention of the local vampire population in order to avenge the death of her husband, Eben.
- DirectorDoug MurphyStarsMatt RyanLaura BaileyRobin Atkin DownesA decade after a tragic mistake, Chas Chandler and occult investigator John Constantine set out to cure Chas's daughter, Trish, from a demonically induced coma.