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1. The Simpsons (1989– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
The satiric adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner
Votes: 436,224
2. The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
TV-MA | 62 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built a pharmaceutical company into an empire of wealth, privilege and power; however, secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying.
Stars: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas
Votes: 109,370
3. Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An Oxford graduate takes up a job in a mental asylum, only to discover that the "revolutionary" new treatments are inhumane, and that there is more going on than meets the eye.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 60,399
4. Annette (2021)
R | 141 min | Drama, Music, Musical
A stand-up comedian and his opera singer wife have a two-year-old daughter with a surprising gift.
Director: Leos Carax | Stars: Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg, Devyn McDowell
Votes: 22,710
5. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
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.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, Luana Anders
Votes: 16,406 | Gross: $4.36M
6. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Horror
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston
Votes: 16,244
7. House of Usher (1960)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Horror
Upon entering his fiancée's family mansion, a man discovers a savage family curse and fears that his future brother-in-law has entombed his bride-to-be prematurely.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerbe
Votes: 15,453 | Gross: $3.16M
8. The Raven (1963)
G | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A magician, who has been turned into a raven, turns to a former sorcerer for help.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Hazel Court
Votes: 13,560
9. Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
TV-MA | 1,531 min | Horror
Anchor Bay's collection, which has amassed some of the best horror film anthologies.
Stars: Karen Elizabeth Austin, J. Winston Carroll, Miho Ninagawa, Anthony Harrison
Votes: 13,285
10. The Black Cat (1934)
Not Rated | 65 min | Crime, Horror, Romance
American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshipping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop
Votes: 13,005 | Gross: $0.51M
11. Witchfinder General (1968)
Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Horror
A young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle.
Director: Michael Reeves | Stars: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Patrick Wymark
Votes: 12,230
12. The Haunted Palace (1963)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror
Charles Dexter Ward arrives at a small village to visit the house he inherited from his ancestor who died there 100 years ago.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Debra Paget, Lon Chaney Jr., Frank Maxwell
Votes: 8,471 | Gross: $2.62M
13. Tales of Terror (1962)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Three tales of terror involve a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned; a drunkard and his wife's black cat; and a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Maggie Pierce, Leona Gage, Peter Lorre
Votes: 8,387
14. Two Evil Eyes (1990)
R | 120 min | Horror
A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.
Directors: Dario Argento, George A. Romero | Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Harvey Keitel, Ramy Zada, Bingo O'Malley
Votes: 8,150 | Gross: $0.35M
15. Spirits of the Dead (1968)
R | 121 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a cruel countess haunted by her cousin's stallion, a sadistic soldier haunted by his doppelgänger, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.
Directors: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, Roger Vadim | Stars: Jane Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Terence Stamp
Votes: 6,950
16. The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A man's obsession with his dead wife drives a wedge between him and his new bride.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vincent Price, Elizabeth Shepherd, John Westbrook, Derek Francis
Votes: 6,886
17. The Raven (1935)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Horror
A brilliant surgeon with a morbid obsession for instruments of torture grows dangerously obsessed with a young socialite whose life he's saved.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lester Matthews, Irene Ware
Votes: 6,654
18. The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
R | 97 min | Horror, Romance
Horror film set in 1492 Toledo, Spain, depicting the cruel deeds of a monk named Torquemada, Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Stephen Lee, William Norris, Mark Margolis
Votes: 5,455 | Gross: $0.00M
19.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Treehouse of Horror
(1990)
TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
The Simpsons move into a cursed house, then are abducted by aliens, before Homer is ensconced in a tale by Edgar Allen Poe.
Directors: Wesley Archer, Rich Moore, David Silverman | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 5,366
20. Tell Tale (2009)
R | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A man's newly transplanted heart leads him on a dangerous journey to find out who murdered its donor.
Director: Michael Cuesta | Stars: Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, Brian Cox, Bea Miller
Votes: 5,278
21. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Passed | 61 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A mad scientist seeks to mingle human blood with that of an ape, and resorts to kidnapping women for his experiments.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Bert Roach
Votes: 5,265
22. The Premature Burial (1962)
Unrated | 81 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational horror of premature burial consumes him.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney, Heather Angel
Votes: 4,861
23. Masking Threshold (2021)
90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Conducting a series of experiments in his makeshift home-lab, a skeptic IT worker tries to cure his harrowing hearing impairment.
Director: Johannes Grenzfurthner | Stars: Ethan Haslam, Johannes Grenzfurthner, Jason Scott Sadofsky, Bronwynn Mertz-Penzinger
Votes: 4,712
24. Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key (1972)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A series of murders are committed near the estate of a degenerate author and his mistreated wife.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Edwige Fenech, Anita Strindberg, Luigi Pistilli, Ivan Rassimov
Votes: 4,694
25. Saints Row IV (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Play as your own customized President of United States of America and fight for an Alien invasion that nobody saw coming.
Director: Keith Arem | Stars: Troy Baker, Laura Bailey, Robin Atkin Downes, Kenny Blank
Votes: 4,651
26.
The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
Episode:
The Raven
(2023)
TV-MA | 76 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In 1980, Roderick and Madeline seize a chance to cement their fortune--for a price. Decades later, the remaining Ushers reckon with the consequences.
Director: Michael Fimognari | Stars: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas
Votes: 4,601
27.
The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
Episode:
A Midnight Dreary
(2023)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A wealthy CEO faces a criminal investigation amid tragedy, trauma, and a supernatural threat. The Usher family learns an informant lurks among them.
Director: Mike Flanagan | Stars: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas
Votes: 4,545
28. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Allan visits the sinister Usher family mansion, where his friend Roderick is painting a portrait of his sickly wife Madeline. The portrait seems to be draining the life out of Madeline, slowly leading to her death.
Director: Jean Epstein | Stars: Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard
Votes: 4,504
29. Wishbone (1995–1998)
TV-Y | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
An intelligent and witty dog imagines himself in the role of characters from classic books and gets involved in similar real-life adventures.
Stars: Larry Brantley, Jordan Wall, Christie Abbott, Adam Springfield
Votes: 4,389
30. The Black Cat (1981)
R | 92 min | Horror
A professor with the psychic ability to communicate with the dead uses his powers on his pet cat in order to take vengeance upon his enemies.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Patrick Magee, Mimsy Farmer, David Warbeck, Al Cliver
Votes: 4,245
31.
The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
Episode:
The Masque of the Red Death
(2023)
TV-MA | 61 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Motivated by money and revenge, Perry hosts an exclusive masque-rave that takes a twisted turn. A young Roderick pitches a revolutionary new opioid.
Director: Mike Flanagan | Stars: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas
Votes: 4,183
32. Night Tide (1961)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A young sailor is attracted to a mysterious mermaid performing at a carnival, but soon suspects that the girl is actually a siren who draws men to their watery deaths during the full moon.
Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson, Gavin Muir, Luana Anders
Votes: 4,104
33. Lunacy (2005)
Not Rated | 118 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A man takes up residence with a mysterious marquis and is soon persuaded to enter into an asylum for preventative therapy. Things are not what they seem, and the marquis may be even more sinister than what the young man may've predicted.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Jan Tríska, Pavel Liska, Anna Geislerová, Martin Huba
Votes: 3,952 | Gross: $0.05M
34. The Oblong Box (1969)
R | 96 min | Horror
Aristocrat Julian Markham keeps his disfigured brother, Sir Edward, locked in a tower of his house. Sir Edward occasionally escapes and causes havoc around the town.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Vincent Price, Alister Williamson, Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies
Votes: 3,931
35.
The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
Episode:
Murder in the Rue Morgue
(2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In charge of the Ushers' publicity, Camille conspires to spin controversy in her family's favor and expose the grim details of her sister's experiments.
Director: Michael Fimognari | Stars: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas
Votes: 3,715
36. Extraordinary Tales (2013)
Not Rated | 73 min | Animation, Horror, Mystery
An animated anthology of five tales adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's stories.
Director: Raul Garcia | Stars: Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi, Julian Sands, Guillermo del Toro
Votes: 3,566
37.
The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
Episode:
The Black Cat
(2023)
TV-MA | 62 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Leo adopts a black cat who soon brings evil--and a mysterious woman--into his home, while Roderick struggles with terrifying hallucinations.
Director: Michael Fimognari | Stars: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas
Votes: 3,518
38.
The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
Episode:
The Tell-Tale Heart
(2023)
TV-MA | 61 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Victorine inches closer to testing her heart technology on a patient until tensions erupt between her and Alessandra. Dupin makes a chilling confession.
Director: Mike Flanagan | Stars: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas
Votes: 3,468
39.
The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
Episode:
Goldbug
(2023)
TV-MA | 58 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Pym digs up disturbing information on Verna. With her marriage on the decline, Tamerlane hosts a turbulent product launch that shatters expectations.
Director: Mike Flanagan | Stars: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas
Votes: 3,317
40.
The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)
Episode:
The Pit and the Pendulum
(2023)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A furious Frederick sets out to handle unfinished business. Madeline receives an ominous message at an old haunt. Dupin grows wary of Roderick's motives.
Director: Michael Fimognari | Stars: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas
Votes: 3,258
41. Castle of Blood (1964)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror
A journalist takes a bet that he can spend the night in a haunted castle on All Hallow's Eve. During his stay, he bears witness to the castle's gruesome past coming to life before him, and falls in love with a beautiful female ghost.
Directors: Antonio Margheriti, Sergio Corbucci | Stars: Barbara Steele, Georges Rivière, Margrete Robsahm, Arturo Dominici
Votes: 2,789
42. The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)
M | 84 min | Horror, Mystery
A Count executed for murdering twelve virgins in a bid for immortality returns to life, seeking revenge on the daughter of his intended thirteenth victim and the son of his prosecutor.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Lex Barker, Karin Dor, Christopher Lee, Carl Lange
Votes: 2,609
43. City in the Sea (1965)
Unrated | 84 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
In 1903 Cornwall, a group of locals discover an underwater city, dating back to 1803, that hides a society of smugglers and aquatic creatures.
Directors: Jacques Tourneur, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Vincent Price, Tab Hunter, David Tomlinson, Susan Hart
Votes: 2,604
44.
Masters of Horror (2005–2007)
Episode:
The Black Cat
(2007)
TV-MA | 58 min | Horror
The Black Cat, set in 1840 Philadelphia, has the great writer Edgar Allan Poe, struggling with alcoholism, writers block, as well as being out of ideas, short on cash, and tormented by his ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Elyse Levesque, Jeffrey Combs, Aron Tager, Patrick Gallagher
Votes: 2,534
45. The Tell-Tale Heart (I) (1953)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Crime
A madman tells his tale of murder, and how a strange beating sound haunted him afterward.
Director: Ted Parmelee | Stars: James Mason, Jack Mather
Votes: 2,214
46. The Black Cat (1941)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Mystery
Elderly Henrietta Winslow lives in an isolated mansion with her housekeeper and beloved cats. As her health fails, her greedy relatives gather in anticipation of her death.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, Bela Lugosi
Votes: 2,083
47. The Tomb (2009)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
An engaged writer falls under the spell of a mysterious temptress who steals souls.
Director: Michael Staininger | Stars: Wes Bentley, Kaitlin Doubleday, Sofya Skya, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Votes: 1,814
48. Thriller (1960–1962)
TV-PG | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Experience the complete series of the show that was hailed as the most frightening ever created for television--now available for the first time.
Stars: Boris Karloff, Richard Peel, Henry Daniell, Lillian O'Malley
Votes: 1,661
49. Edgar Allan Poe's Lighthouse Keeper (2016)
88 min | Horror
Marooned on a remote peninsula and haunted by frightening specters, a young man must confront the grotesque denizens of the night, or heed the Lighthouse Keeper's cryptic warning to, 'Always keep a light burning!'
Director: Benjamin Cooper | Stars: Vernon Wells, Matt O'Neill, Rachel Riley, Monty Wall
Votes: 1,596
50. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
PG-13 | 87 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Paris...at the turn of the century. Inspector Vidocq investigates a series of unexplained murders at a Grand Guignol-type theatre...where the players have suddenly become real-life victims. Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann, Adolfo Celi
Votes: 1,552