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Horror movies worth watching

by fairyrainbow • Created 12 years ago • Modified 8 years ago
*especially if you're afraid of ghosts
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  • The Red Shoes (2005)

    1. The Red Shoes

    20051h 43mNot Rated
    5.7 (3.3K)
    A woman stumbles upon a pair of pink high heels while walking down a subway platform. She picks them up and takes them home only to find out that they are cursed and can ruin her life.
    DirectorYong-gyun KimStarsKim Hye-suKim Seong-suYeon-ah Park
  • The Shining (1980)

    2. The Shining

    19802h 26mR68Metascore
    8.4 (1.2M)
    A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny Lloyd
  • Belén Rueda in The Orphanage (2007)

    3. The Orphanage

    20071h 45mR74Metascore
    7.4 (168K)
    A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
    DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsBelén RuedaFernando CayoRoger Príncep
  • Clare Foley in Sinister (2012)

    4. Sinister

    20121h 50mR53Metascore
    6.8 (302K)
    A controversial true-crime writer finds a box of Super 8 home movies in his new home, revealing that the murder case he is currently researching could be the work of an unknown serial killer whose legacy dates back to the 1960s.
    DirectorScott DerricksonStarsEthan HawkeJuliet RylanceJames Ransone
  • Kô Shibasaki in One Missed Call (2003)

    5. One Missed Call

    20031h 52mR54Metascore
    6.2 (20K)
    Yumi tries to assuage the fears of a friend, Yoko, who has received a disturbing voice mail from herself. In the message, Yoko screams while chatting with Yumi. Three days later, the exact call plays out, and Yoko dies.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKô ShibasakiShin'ichi TsutsumiKazue Fukiishi
  • Asaka Seto, Hisashi Yoshizawa, and Rie Mimura in One Missed Call 2 (2005)

    6. One Missed Call 2

    20051h 45mR
    5.3 (3.8K)
    A Japanese restaurant cook/owner dies after answering his daughter's cellphone. Other people are getting strange, same ringtone calls as well and dying painfully. It happened in Taiwan as well. Can the police stop it if it's a ghost?
    DirectorRenpei TsukamotoStarsRie MimuraHisashi YoshizawaChisun
  • Bestseller (2010)

    7. Bestseller

    20101h 57mNot Rated
    6.1 (1.3K)
    A young girl who disappeared 22 years ago tells us her horrifying story.
    DirectorLee Jeong-hoStarsUhm JunghwaLee Da-eunJang Dae-woong
  • Cillian Murphy and Rachel McAdams in Red Eye (2005)

    8. Red Eye

    20051h 25mPG-1371Metascore
    6.4 (160K)
    Lisa on her flight to Miami befriends Jackson who turns out to be a terrorist. Holding her hostage, he forces her to help him assassinate the United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security.
    DirectorWes CravenStarsRachel McAdamsCillian MurphyBrian Cox
  • The Unborn (2003)

    9. The Unborn

    20031h 48m
    5.5 (506)
    After waking up in a hospital to discover that she has been pregnant for ten weeks, a drug addict begins to experience vivid hallucinations.
    DirectorBhandit ThongdeeStarsInthira CharoenpuraPrangthong ChangdhamKarunpon Thieansuwan
  • The Spiritual World (2007)

    10. The Spiritual World

    20071h 37m
    4.1 (109)
    Ming seas ghosts since she's a little girl. One day, a young doctor visits her, knowing she can contact the dead. He wants her to find the reason behind his father's death, who supposedly committed suicide.
    DirectorTharatap ThewsomboonStarsAnuchit SapanpongNatthamonkarn Srinikornchot
  • Chantavit Dhanasevi and Vorakarn Rojjanavatchra in Coming Soon (2008)

    11. Coming Soon

    20081h 35mNot Rated
    6.0 (3.4K)
    Horror movies can be very scary, with surprise ghosts and unexpected scares. But nothing is scarier than coming home after watching them and feeling the story come to life.
    DirectorSophon SakdaphisitStarsVorakarn RojjanavatchraChantavit DhanaseviJear Sarinrat Thomas
  • Scary Hair (2005)

    12. Scary Hair

    20051h 46m
    5.4 (1.4K)
    Su-hyeon, a patient with terminal cancer, gets a wig as a present from her sister, Ji-hyeon. Strange things happen as Su-hyeon wears the wig and horror starts to sweep over Ji-hyeon as she watches her sister getting slowly possessed.
    DirectorWon Shin-yeonStarsYoo SeonJung-sung LeeChae Min-seo
  • The Unseeable (2006)

    13. The Unseeable

    20061h 34mNot Rated
    6.8 (1K)
    When a pregnant country girl leaves home to search for her missing husband, she finds refuge at a mysterious estate whose inhabitants hold more secrets than she may wish to know.
    DirectorWisit SasanatiengStarsSuporntip ChuangrangsriTassawan SeneewongseSiraphan Wattanajinda
  • Three... Extremes (2004)

    14. Three... Extremes

    20042h 5mR66Metascore
    6.9 (21K)
    An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors.
    DirectorsFruit ChanPark Chan-wookTakashi MiikeStarsBai LingLee Byung-hunKyôko Hasegawa
  • Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (2007)

    15. Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman

    20071h 30mNot Rated
    5.4 (3.4K)
    A suburban town in Japan is the victim of what is supposedly just an urban legend, a woman's spirit with a horribly disfigured face who is intent on kidnapping children for unknown reasons.
    DirectorKôji ShiraishiStarsEriko SatôHaruhiko KatôChiharu Kawai
  • Suicide Club (2001)

    16. Suicide Club

    20011h 39mR
    6.5 (23K)
    A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides.
    DirectorSion SonoStarsRyô IshibashiMasatoshi NagaseMai Hôshô
  • The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

    17. The Cabin in the Woods

    20111h 35mR72Metascore
    7.0 (476K)
    A group of kids go to a remote cabin in the woods where their fate is unknowingly controlled by technicians as part of a world-wide conspiracy where all horror movie clichés are revealed to be part of an elaborate sacrifice ritual.
    DirectorDrew GoddardStarsKristen ConnollyChris HemsworthAnna Hutchison
  • Phobia (2008)

    18. Phobia

    20081h 52m
    6.6 (3.9K)
    Four chilling tales intertwine: a teenager's unsettling text messages, a bullied student's dark revenge, a camping trip gone wrong, and a flight attendant's nightmarish ordeal. Each story explores fear and the supernatural.
    DirectorsBanjong PisanthanakunPaween PurijitpanyaYongyoot ThongkongtoonStarsAe Maneerat Kam-UanWitawat SinglampongApinya Sakuljaroensuk
  • Kim Kap-su, Yum Jung-ah, Lim Soo-jung, and Moon Geun-young in A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

    19. A Tale of Two Sisters

    20031h 54mR65Metascore
    7.1 (72K)
    After being institutionalized in a mental hospital, Su-mi reunites with her sister, Su-yeon, and they return to live at their country home. But strange events plague the house, leading to surprising revelations and a shocking conclusion.
    DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsLim Soo-jungYum Jung-ahKim Kap-su
  • Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

    20. Ju-on: The Grudge

    20021h 32mR48Metascore
    6.7 (51K)
    A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.
    DirectorTakashi ShimizuStarsMegumi OkinaMisaki ItôMisa Uehara
  • Re-cycle (2006)

    21. Re-cycle

    20061h 48mR
    6.0 (5.3K)
    A writer wants to get a glimpse of some genuine supernatural occurrences while doing research for a novel, but her experiences lead her down a dark path as she witnesses vivid hallucinations and begins to lose her grip on reality.
    DirectorsDanny PangOxide Chun PangStarsAngelica LeeSoi CheangLawrence Chou
  • Mama (2013)

    22. Mama

    20131h 40mPG-1357Metascore
    6.2 (197K)
    Two little girls disappear into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are found 5 years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to tuck them in at night.
    DirectorAndy MuschiettiStarsJessica ChastainNikolaj Coster-WaldauMegan Charpentier
  • The Conjuring (2013)

    23. The Conjuring

    20131h 52mR68Metascore
    7.5 (589K)
    Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
    DirectorJames WanStarsPatrick WilsonVera FarmigaRon Livingston
  • Jake Weary and Maika Monroe in It Follows (2014)

    24. It Follows

    20141h 40mR83Metascore
    6.8 (289K)
    A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.
    DirectorDavid Robert MitchellStarsMaika MonroeKeir GilchristOlivia Luccardi
  • The Witch (2015)

    25. The Witch

    20151h 32mR84Metascore
    7.0 (335K)
    An isolated Puritan family in 1630s New England comes unraveled by the forces of witchcraft and possession.
    DirectorRobert EggersStarsAnya Taylor-JoyRalph InesonKate Dickie

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