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 2026-08-04 · 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.
2021 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 568 votes
After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1979 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 828 votes
A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalised wife, amidst a series of brutal murders. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1985 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 712 votes
The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1973 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 1,202 votes
While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1983 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 661 votes
Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1935 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 1,119 votes
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1959 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 621 votes
Frederick Loren invites five strangers to the party of a lifetime and offers each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in the reportedly haunted house. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2019 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 1,393 votes
On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an extreme haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2024 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 411 votes
Due to sudden deteriorating weather conditions, visibility on the Airport Bridge is severely impaired, leaving people stranded and at risk of the bridge collapsing due to a series of chain collisions and explosions. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2018 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 1,492 votes
After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evidence, but as they get closer to discovering the truth, things get dangerous. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1995 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 573 votes
Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a demon who wants the key so he can initiate the apocalypse. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1942 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 679 votes
A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1982 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 1,171 votes
Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1993 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 759 votes
Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, lending his services to those with gold—or a worthy cause. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2014 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 733 votes
Rookie police officer Jessica Loren has been assigned the last shift at a closing police station and must wait for a hazmat crew to collect biomedical evidence. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2001 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 486 votes
A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1993 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 488 votes
When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2005 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 1,758 votes
David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2021 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 1,364 votes
Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth is left alone in the lakeside home he built for her. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1978 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 835 votes
Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military school. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.