The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 1,996 votes
Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. 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 2026-08-04 · 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.
Funny Games
2008 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 2,303 votes
When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Don't Breathe 2
2021 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 2,871 votes
The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fire. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Flatliners
1990 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 1,766 votes
Five medical students experiment with "near death" experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Visitor Q
2001 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 550 votes
In a dysfunctional family where the mother is a heroin addict and prostitute, beaten by her son, and the father is an ex-TV reporter, sleeping with his daughter and filming his son being beaten up, ‘Q’, a complete stranger enters the bizarre family, changing their lives for the better, finding a balance in their disturbing natures. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Amityville Horror
1979 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 1,058 votes
George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Crazies
2010 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 2,324 votes
Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Inland Empire
2006 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 1,276 votes
When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural forces. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
No Way Up
2024 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 1,132 votes
Characters from different backgrounds are thrown together when the plane they're travelling on crashes into the Pacific Ocean. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The House
2022 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 1,159 votes
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Wolf Creek
2005 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 1,311 votes
Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Deep Red
1975 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 1,609 votes
An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Halloween
2007 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 2,598 votes
The early years of young Michael Myers and the events leading up to his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illinois. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 2,950 votes
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Pandorum
2009 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 2,711 votes
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Cursed
2021 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 436 votes
In the late 19th century, a brutal land baron slaughters a Roma clan, unleashing a curse on his family and village. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Locked
2025 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 591 votes
When Eddie breaks into a luxury SUV, he steps into a deadly trap set by William, a self-proclaimed vigilante delivering his own brand of twisted justice. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Lodge
2020 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 1,441 votes
When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
V/H/S
2012 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 1,737 votes
When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Terrified
2018 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 846 votes
Police commissioner Funes and three researchers of supernatural phenomena investigate inexplicable events that are occurring in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.