Tales from the Crypt
1972 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 350 votes
When a tourist group become lost within ancient catacombs, they meet the sinister Crypt Keeper, who tells them each their fate. 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.
American Mary
2013 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 606 votes
A young medical student struggling to pay tuition is drawn into the shady world of underground body-modification. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Hatching
2022 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 502 votes
12 year old Tinja is desperate to please her mother, a woman obsessed with presenting the image of a perfect family. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Circle
2015 · TMDB 6.0/10 · 2,152 votes
In a massive, mysterious chamber, fifty strangers awaken to find themselves trapped with no memory of how they got there. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Seconds
1966 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 444 votes
An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity; one that comes with its own price. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
A Bay of Blood
1971 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 437 votes
An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic
2010 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 575 votes
Dante journeys through the nine circles of Hell -- limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery -- in search of his true love, Beatrice. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 385 votes
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Bride of Re-Animator
1990 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 504 votes
Unperturbed by the disastrous outcome of his previous meddling with the dead, Dr. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Innocents
1961 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 681 votes
In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Resident Evil: Extinction
2007 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 4,660 votes
Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Goodnight Mommy
2015 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 1,723 votes
In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Burning Bright
2010 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 305 votes
After her lousy stepfather steals her savings to buy a vicious tiger, Kelly loses all hope of going to college. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Toxic Avenger
1984 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 671 votes
A gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong as Melvin, a nerdy emaciated janitor at the local health club, is cast through a third story window into a vat of hazardous toxic waste. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Return of Godzilla
1984 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 340 votes
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Half Light
2006 · TMDB 6.0/10 · 318 votes
Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
El Conde
2023 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 360 votes
After living for over two centuries, Augusto Pinochet is a vampire ready to die… but the vultures around him won't let him go without one last bite. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Blood: The Last Vampire
2000 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 381 votes
In Japan, the vampire-hunter Saya, who is a powerful original, is sent by her liaison with the government, David, posed as a teenage student to the Yokota High School on the eve of Halloween to hunt down vampires. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Little Monsters
2019 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 759 votes
A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Spell
2020 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 466 votes
A father survives a plane crash in rural Appalachia, but becomes suspicious of the elderly couple who take him in to nurse him back to health with the ancient remedies. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.