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good scary/creepy movies

by quaseprovisorio • Created 13 years ago • Modified 5 years ago
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  • Halloween (1978)

    1. Halloween

    19781h 31mR91Metascore
    7.7 (335K)
    Fifteen 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.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceJamie Lee CurtisTony Moran
  • Drew Barrymore in Scream (1996)

    2. Scream

    19961h 51mR66Metascore
    7.4 (434K)
    In the small town of Woodsboro, California, a masked killer known as Ghostface begins murdering high school students, and a group of friends must use their knowledge of horror movies to unmask the killer.
    DirectorWes CravenStarsNeve CampbellCourteney CoxDavid Arquette
  • The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

    3. The Cabin in the Woods

    20111h 35mR72Metascore
    7.0 (484K)
    Five teens visit a remote cabin and explore its cellar, finding strange items. When Dana reads from a book there, she unleashes zombie killers. But the situation is more complex than it appears.
    DirectorDrew GoddardStarsKristen ConnollyChris HemsworthAnna Hutchison
  • Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)

    4. Rosemary's Baby

    19682h 17mR96Metascore
    8.0 (255K)
    A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, NYC, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar elderly neighbors.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth Gordon
  • Tim Robbins in Jacob's Ladder (1990)

    5. Jacob's Ladder

    19901h 53mR62Metascore
    7.4 (127K)
    Reminiscing about his dead son, a Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of death.
    DirectorAdrian LyneStarsTim RobbinsElizabeth PeñaDanny Aiello
  • Splice (2009)

    6. Splice

    20091h 44mR66Metascore
    5.8 (106K)
    Genetic engineers Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast hope to achieve fame by successfully splicing together the DNA of different animals to create new hybrid animals for medical use.
    DirectorVincenzo NataliStarsAdrien BrodySarah PolleyDelphine Chanéac
  • REC (2007)

    7. REC

    20071h 18mR71Metascore
    7.4 (213K)
    A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
    DirectorsJaume BalagueróPaco PlazaStarsManuela VelascoFerran TerrazaJorge-Yamam Serrano
  • The Shining (1980)

    8. 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
  • Christopher Walken in Sleepy Hollow (1999)

    9. Sleepy Hollow

    19991h 45mR65Metascore
    7.3 (409K)
    Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.
    DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppChristina RicciMiranda Richardson
  • Bridget Hoffman in The Evil Dead (1981)

    10. The Evil Dead

    19811h 25mNC-1771Metascore
    7.3 (248K)
    Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
    DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEllen SandweissRichard DeManincor
  • Evil Dead II (1987)

    11. Evil Dead II

    19871h 24mR72Metascore
    7.7 (194K)
    Ash Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.
    DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellSarah BerryDan Hicks
  • Saw (2004)

    12. Saw

    20041h 43mR46Metascore
    7.6 (502K)
    Two men awaken to find themselves on the opposite sides of a dead body, each with specific instructions to kill the other, escape or face the consequences. These two are the latest contestants in Jigsaw's games.
    DirectorJames WanStarsCary ElwesLeigh WhannellDanny Glover
  • Let the Right One In (2008)

    13. Let the Right One In

    20081h 54mR82Metascore
    7.8 (238K)
    A bullied boy forms a unique friendship with his new neighbor, a peculiar girl with a dark secret.
    DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer Ragnar
  • Blood Curse (2006)

    14. Blood Curse

    20061h 37mNot Rated
    6.5 (1.8K)
    A prominent and respected family inherits a beautiful home in the country, nestled deep inside a tiny village.
    DirectorsTiago GuedesFrederico SerraStarsAdriano LuzManuela CoutoSara Carinhas
  • Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, and Heather Dawn May in Psycho (1960)

    15. Psycho

    19601h 49mR97Metascore
    8.5 (775K)
    A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera Miles
  • Thomas Jane and Nathan Gamble in The Mist (2007)

    16. The Mist

    20072h 6mR58Metascore
    7.1 (368K)
    After a massive thunderstorm, an eerie, unwavering fog descends upon a Maine community. Locals seek refuge in a grocery store from the monstrous creatures now roaming the countryside killing everyone they encounter.
    DirectorFrank DarabontStarsThomas JaneMarcia Gay HardenLaurie Holden
  • Ko Ah-sung in The Host (2006)

    17. The Host

    20062hR85Metascore
    7.1 (141K)
    A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.
    DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoByun Hee-BongPark Hae-il
  • Battle Royale (2000)

    18. Battle Royale

    20001h 54mNot Rated81Metascore
    7.5 (205K)
    In a dystopian future, a group of students from a Japanese high school are forced by the government to compete in a battle, killing one another until only one is left standing.
    DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsTatsuya FujiwaraAki MaedaTarô Yamamoto
  • The Thing (1982)

    19. The Thing

    19821h 49mR57Metascore
    8.2 (516K)
    A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith David
  • The Village (2004)

    20. The Village

    20041h 48mPG-1344Metascore
    6.6 (294K)
    A series of events tests the beliefs of a small isolated countryside village.
    DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsSigourney WeaverWilliam HurtJoaquin Phoenix
  • Suspiria (1977)

    21. Suspiria

    19771h 32mR79Metascore
    7.3 (115K)
    An 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.
    DirectorDario ArgentoStarsJessica HarperStefania CasiniFlavio Bucci
  • Sleepaway Camp (1983)

    22. Sleepaway Camp

    19831h 24mR58Metascore
    6.2 (43K)
    Bunks and showers are a mad stabber's beat at a summer camp strictly for teens.
    DirectorRobert HiltzikStarsFelissa RoseJonathan TierstenKaren Fields
  • Black Christmas (1974)

    23. Black Christmas

    19741h 38mR65Metascore
    7.1 (55K)
    During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
    DirectorBob ClarkStarsOlivia HusseyKeir DulleaMargot Kidder
  • Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense (1999)

    24. The Sixth Sense

    19991h 47mPG-1364Metascore
    8.2 (1.1M)
    After being shot by a resentful former patient whom he failed to help, a Philadelphia child psychologist seeks redemption by treating a young boy with a disturbing secret.
    DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisHaley Joel OsmentToni Collette
  • Session 9 (2001)

    25. Session 9

    20011h 37mR58Metascore
    6.4 (66K)
    Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
    DirectorBrad AndersonStarsDavid CarusoStephen GevedonPaul Guilfoyle

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