Wait Until Dark
1967 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 605 votes
After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
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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.
Better Watch Out
2017 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 1,674 votes
On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a normal home invasion. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Scanners
1981 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 1,384 votes
A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Black Death
2010 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 978 votes
As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Carrie
2002 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 565 votes
An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother at home. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Orca
1977 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 476 votes
After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at the hands of a reckless Irish captain, a vengeful killer whale rampages through the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Cronos
1993 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 777 votes
Faced with his own mortality, an ingenious alchemist tried to perfect an invention that would provide him with the key to eternal life. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
An American Crime
2007 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 782 votes
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Hills Have Eyes
1977 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 1,018 votes
Taking an ill-advised detour en-route to California, the Carter family soon run into trouble when their RV breaks down in the middle of the desert. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
2023 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 396 votes
Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she's too sensitive to kill. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Beyond
1981 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 682 votes
New Yorker Liza Merril inherits an old hotel in Louisiana and invests her savings to reopen the place, unaware that the hotel houses the body of a dead painter murdered decades earlier, and that the location is about to become a gateway to Hell. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Altered States
1980 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 779 votes
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Dark Harvest
2023 · TMDB 6.0/10 · 320 votes
In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The House of the Devil
2009 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 868 votes
A young college student who’s struggling financially takes a strange babysitting job which coincides with a full lunar eclipse. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Stitches
2012 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 457 votes
The clumsy and unfunny clown Richard "Stitches" Grindle entertains at the 10th birthday party of little Tom, but the boy and his friends play a prank with Stitches, tying his shoelaces. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
2014 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 964 votes
In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Cold Skin
2017 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 723 votes
A young man who arrives at a remote island finds himself trapped in a battle for his life. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Tale of Tales
2015 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 1,747 votes
The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomonte becomes obsessed with a flea and neglects his daughter. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Awakening
2011 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 1,522 votes
In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Severance
2006 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 682 votes
Seven employees of an international weapons manufacturer are treated to a team-building weekend at the company’s newly built luxury spa lodge. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.