Exit 8
2025 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 655 votes
A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. 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 2026-08-03 · 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.
It
2017 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 20,496 votes
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Halloween
1978 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 6,258 votes
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Split
2017 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 18,473 votes
Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Scream
2022 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 3,954 votes
Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Saw VI
2009 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 3,560 votes
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Fly
1986 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 5,040 votes
When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Wrong Turn
2003 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 3,064 votes
Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
House of Wax
2005 · TMDB 6.0/10 · 3,406 votes
A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Sleepy Hollow
1999 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 7,466 votes
Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Scream 4
2011 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 4,251 votes
Fifteen years after the original Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott returns home to promote her new book about surviving trauma, only for a new Ghostface killer to emerge, targeting a new group of teens. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Nun II
2023 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 2,528 votes
In 1956 France, a priest is violently murdered, and Sister Irene begins to investigate. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Saw V
2008 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 3,860 votes
Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Detective Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent Strahm is suspicious, and delves into Hoffman's past. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Annabelle: Creation
2017 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 6,039 votes
Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the doll maker's possessed creation—Annabelle. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The New Mutants
2020 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 3,759 votes
Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Ring
2002 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 6,777 votes
Journalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
2007 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 1,586 votes
Retired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Witch
2016 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 7,763 votes
In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Others
2001 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 7,306 votes
Grace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
The Ugly Stepsister
2025 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 1,253 votes
In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira battles to compete with her incredibly beautiful stepsister, Agnes, and she will go to any length to catch the Prince’s eye. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.