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.
1922 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 442 votes
Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1948 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 355 votes
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 318 votes
After the death of his father, a brilliant college student returns to his family home where he learns that the horrors from his childhood aren't as dead and gone as he once thought. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1986 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 323 votes
A group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans down. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1994 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 579 votes
Francesco Dellamorte is the groundskeeper at a cemetery where the dead just won’t stay dead—and it’s up to him to deal with those who come back to life with a hunger for human flesh. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 330 votes
During the Spanish Civil War, sworn enemies must work together when they encounter flesh-eating zombies created in a Nazi experiment. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2006 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 610 votes
Lucas and Clementine live peacefully in their isolated country house, but one night they wake up to strange noise. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1999 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 314 votes
A jaded homicide detective has been put on the case of a ruthless killer in the city of Chicago, who leaves a trail of horribly mutilated and dismembered corpses along with perversely ironic biblical quotes. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1982 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 330 votes
A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1932 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 318 votes
When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1961 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 393 votes
In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2008 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 422 votes
A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1987 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 335 votes
A group of hobos begin melting into multicolored piles of goo after drinking sixty-year-old liquor. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2019 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 355 votes
A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2014 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 517 votes
Barry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2016 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 739 votes
After Shideh's building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor suggests that the missile was cursed and might be carrying malevolent Middle-Eastern spirits. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1978 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 326 votes
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2000 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 327 votes
Medical student Paula wins a place at an exclusive Heidelberg medical school. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2010 · TMDB 6.0/10 · 309 votes
A group of high school outcasts get revenge on the students that torment them. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2016 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 375 votes
When Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple, she soon observes the dynamic between her captors and quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.