Top Horror Movies


The Top Horror Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Horror List". Lists are calculated daily.

291. The Burbs

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Tom Hanks, Carrie Fisher, Corey Feldman, Bruce Dern, Henry Gibson, Rick Ducommun
Plot: A man is on vacation and decides to stay home and relax. Relaxing is the last thing that happens when he suspects his neighbor has killed someone and buried him in his yard. The suburbs will never be the same.

292. Nightbreed

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clive Barker
Actors: Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg, Charles Haid, Hugh Quarshie, Hugh Ross
Plot: Based on Clive Barker's (who directed the film) novel, Cabal, a young outcast finds a community of mutants and monsters who are being hunted down by a serial killer, along with being targeted by a group of redneck vigilantes. He bonds with the group, vowing to help them survive.

293. Fido

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Andrew Currie
Actors: Billy Connolly, Carrie-Anne Moss, Dylan Baker, K'Sun Ray, Tim Blake Nelson, Henry Czerny
Plot: A boy gets a 6 foot tall zombie named Fido as a present from his mom. It quickly becomes his best-friend and even after it eats the neighbors the boy tries to keep Fido.

294. Altered States

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ken Russell
Actors: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Drew Barrymore, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid, Thaao Penghlis
Plot: A scientist begins to experiment with the literal functions of evolution. Has he achieved the secret of the theory and can he maintain what he's discovered?

295. Fright Night

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Craig Gillespie
Actors: Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Anton Yelchin, David Tennant, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots
Plot: A teenager is sure that his new neighbor is a vampire responsible for a string of gristly murders. With little support, he enlists a the help of a local TV host to take down the supernatural foe.

296. The Hidden

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jack Sholder
Actors: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian, Clu Gulager, Katherine Cannon, Clarence Felder
Plot: Two guys from a different planet are fighting each other for unknown reasons. Their high tech weapons sort of give them away although they still try to be discreet. They terrorize the town fighting each other until the truth about one them comes out.

297. Hush

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Flanagan
Actors: John Gallagher Jr., Emma Graves, Kate Siegel, Samantha Sloyan, Michael Trucco
Plot: Maddie, a deaf writer, lives alone in a secluded house in the woods.
Though it can be hectic, her life is mostly peaceful. That is until a
masked man shows up and she ends up having to fight for her life.

298. The Gift

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Raimi
Actors: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank
Plot: When a local woman goes missing, her fiancee turns to Annabelle Wilson, a local clairvoyant for help. Although she is reluctant, that doesn't stop her from having visions of the woman.

299. Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank De Felitta
Actors: Charles Durning, Robert F. Lyons, Claude Earl Jones, Lane Smith, Tonya Crowe, Larry Drake
Plot: A mentally-challenged young man, dressed as a scarecrow, saves a young
woman, but a crowd blames him for the attack and kills him. When members
of the posse start dying, it appears the man has come back from the dead
seeking vengeance.

300. Happy Death Day

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christopher Landon
Actors: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, Charles Aitken, Jason Bayle
Plot: Tree Gelbman has been murdered. But the college student finds herself reliving the same day over and over again and the only way out is to find out who is killing her... and why.

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