Curated by SceneIt · United States
This SceneIt list helps you quickly choose popular horror stories built for suspense and scares. Results are selected for the United States and balance audience response with practical watchability.
Updated 2026-08-03 · Ratings from TMDB
We rank eligible titles using TMDB audience ratings, vote confidence, relevance to the theme, and current popularity. Ratings can change as new votes are added.
2013 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 6,442 votes
After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2013 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 4,643 votes
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1933 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 1,635 votes
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 3,542 votes
After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2001 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 3,353 votes
On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2008 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 3,076 votes
A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2007 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 3,907 votes
Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 7,180 votes
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1991 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 778 votes
Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy quickly learns the true nature of the homicidal inhabitants, and secret creatures hidden deep within the walls. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1983 · TMDB 8.3/10 · 779 votes
A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2000 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 1,415 votes
Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 3,508 votes
A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2023 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 1,507 votes
When brothers Pedro and Jimi discover that a demonic infection has been festering in a nearby farmhouse, they attempt to evict the victim from their land. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2021 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 3,940 votes
A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2010 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 3,089 votes
Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2003 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 2,974 votes
After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2002 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 7,043 votes
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1998 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 2,138 votes
For ten years, the tortured soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray has been imprisoned inside a child's doll. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1980 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 3,401 votes
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2007 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 1,760 votes
Washington, D.C. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.