Bone Tomahawk
2015 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 2,580 votes
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Curated by SceneIt · United States
Scary Movies
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
How we chose these titles
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.
Eraserhead
1977 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 2,782 votes
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Strangers: Chapter 2
2025 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 372 votes
After learning that one of their victims, Maya, is still alive, The Strangers return to finish the job. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Halloween
2018 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 5,112 votes
Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
#Alive
2020 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 2,084 votes
As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Night of the Living Dead
1968 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 2,781 votes
A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End
2024 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 1,269 votes
When a kind of rabies that transforms people into aggressive creatures spreads across the planet, Manel isolates himself at home with his cat, relying on his wits to survive; but soon they must go out in search of food, by land and by sea, dodging many dangers. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Let Me In
2010 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 2,234 votes
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Visit
2015 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 5,242 votes
A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a week, where they discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Beast
2022 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 1,791 votes
A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Hellraiser
1987 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 2,924 votes
A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Bodies Bodies Bodies
2022 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 1,496 votes
In an isolated family mansion, a group of rich 20-somethings decides to play Bodies Bodies Bodies, a game where one of them is secretly a "killer" while the rest tries to "escape". This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Babadook
2014 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 6,491 votes
A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Underworld: Awakening
2012 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 4,407 votes
Having escaped years of imprisonment, vampire warrioress Selene finds herself in a changed world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Hitcher
1986 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 1,082 votes
On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Totally Killer
2023 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 1,147 votes
When the infamous "Sweet Sixteen Killer" returns 35 years after his first murder spree to claim another victim, 17-year-old Jamie accidentally travels back in time to 1987, determined to stop the killer before he can start. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
A Tale of Two Sisters
2003 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 1,370 votes
Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 1,360 votes
The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Thir13en Ghosts
2001 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 2,415 votes
Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Arachnophobia
1990 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 1,551 votes
A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.