best horror movies i've seen

by hogenboom-nadine | created - 16 Oct 2013 | updated - 20 Dec 2016 | Public

i watch a lot of horror movies when im bored and these are the best i've ever seen. hope u like it :)

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1. The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)

R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller

32 Metascore

A group of National Guard trainees find themselves battling against a vicious group of mutants on their last day of training in the desert.

Director: Martin Weisz | Stars: Daniella Alonso, Jacob Vargas, Michael Bailey Smith, Cécile Breccia

Votes: 67,634 | Gross: $20.80M

for people who are not afraid for blood and things.

2. Solstice (II) (2008)

PG-13 | 91 min | Horror, Mystery

While on a summer trip with her friends, Megan begins to feel the presence of Sophie, her twin sister who recently committed suicide.

Director: Daniel Myrick | Stars: Elisabeth Harnois, Shawn Ashmore, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Amanda Seyfried

Votes: 6,723

horror movie with a good story.

3. Paranormal Activity (2007)

R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery

68 Metascore

After moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.

Director: Oren Peli | Stars: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong

Votes: 256,085 | Gross: $107.92M

Must watch with friends!

4. Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)

R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery

53 Metascore

After experiencing what they think are a series of "break-ins", a family sets up security cameras around their home, only to realize that the events unfolding before them are more sinister than they seem.

Director: Tod Williams | Stars: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Molly Ephraim, David Bierend

Votes: 109,844 | Gross: $84.75M

jump scares!

5. Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)

R | 83 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

59 Metascore

In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity called Toby, who resides in their home.

Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman | Stars: Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Lauren Bittner

Votes: 99,721 | Gross: $104.01M

about two little sisters and their parents (and a demon). NO HAPPY ENDING AT ALL!

6. Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)

R | 88 min | Horror, Mystery

40 Metascore

It has been five years since the disappearance of Katie and Hunter, and a suburban family witness strange events in their neighborhood when a woman and a mysterious child move in.

Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman | Stars: Stephen Dunham, Katie Featherston, Matt Shively, Brendon Eggertsen

Votes: 70,244 | Gross: $53.92M

this one is really good! beware: do not watch this alone! (or at night)

7. The Conjuring (2013)

R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

68 Metascore

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.

Director: James Wan | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor

Votes: 554,514 | Gross: $137.40M

i;ve watched this movie a week ago and this is i think the best i've ever seen! good story, happy ending (!) and scary!!

8. Scream 4 (2011)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

52 Metascore

Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Lucy Hale

Votes: 171,123 | Gross: $38.18M

scream 1,2,3 are not a big succes. scream 4 is really cool! the end is unexpected and awesome!

9. When a Stranger Calls (2006)

PG-13 | 87 min | Horror, Thriller

27 Metascore

During a babysitting gig, a high-school student is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller.

Director: Simon West | Stars: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson

Votes: 48,639 | Gross: $47.86M

i dont really know if this one is a horror or a thriller, but its really worth to watch! strong story and the best time to watch: at night with a friend. (i did, and that was pretty awesome)

10. The Happening (2008)

R | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

34 Metascore

A science teacher, his wife, and a young girl struggle to survive a plague that causes those infected to commit suicide.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez

Votes: 216,413 | Gross: $64.51M

this is a drama! its in my list because there are awefull things in the movie! (people who aren't afraid of allot of blood and your inside..(?) have to watch this movie)

11. Bunnyman (2011)

R | 90 min | Horror

A couple of dimwitted teens get chased by a killer dressed in a bunny suit.

Director: Carl Lindbergh | Stars: Cheryl Texiera, Matthew Albrecht, Alaina Gianci, Veronica Wylie

Votes: 1,426

awesome movie. looks stupid (it is) but i was afraid, and its really funny to watch but u need patience for this movie.

12. Road Kill (2010)

R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller

A group of teenagers are menaced by a driver-less train in the Australian outback.

Director: Dean Francis | Stars: Bob Morley, Sophie Lowe, Georgina Haig, Xavier Samuel

Votes: 3,984

i dont know if this is the movie i was looking for, but if it is: its a movie about a big truck and a few people who are in the middle of nowhere. strange movie and some unexpected things in it! not really scary or gross,,,

13. The Invasion (I) (2007)

PG-13 | 99 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

45 Metascore

As a Washington, D.C. psychiatrist unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond

Votes: 82,654 | Gross: $15.07M

good movie not really horror but really cool! about people who turn into aliens. (thriller with nicole kidman!)

14. Bait (III) (2012)

R | 93 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

A freak tsunami traps shoppers at a coastal Australian supermarket inside the building - along with 12-foot Great White Sharks.

Director: Kimble Rendall | Stars: Xavier Samuel, Sharni Vinson, Adrian Pang, Yuwu Qi

Votes: 19,438

ive seen this last night and its really cool.

15. House at the End of the Street (2012)

PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

31 Metascore

After moving with her mother to a small town, a teenager finds that an accident happened in the house at the end of the street. Things get more complicated when she befriends a boy. A double murder is not an accident.

Director: Mark Tonderai | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Max Thieriot, Gil Bellows

Votes: 81,299 | Gross: $31.61M

ending is unexpected. good story

16. Grave Encounters (2011)

Not Rated | 92 min | Horror, Mystery

33 Metascore

For their ghost hunting reality show, a production crew locks themselves inside an abandoned mental hospital that's supposedly haunted - and it might prove to be all too true.

Directors: Colin Minihan, Stuart Ortiz, The Vicious Brothers | Stars: Benjamin Wilkinson, Sean Rogerson, Ashleigh Gryzko, Merwin Mondesir

Votes: 63,943

17. Grave Encounters 2 (2012)

Not Rated | 98 min | Horror, Mystery

A film student who is obsessed with the movie Grave Encounters sets out with his friends to visit the psychiatric hospital depicted in the original film.

Director: John Poliquin | Stars: Richard Harmon, Shawn C. Phillips, Jennica Fulton, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

Votes: 27,341

18. The Uninvited (2009)

PG-13 | 87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

43 Metascore

Anna returns home after a stint in a mental hospital, but her recovery is jeopardized by her father's new girlfriend and ghastly visions of her dead mother.

Directors: Charles Guard, Thomas Guard | Stars: Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn

Votes: 85,034 | Gross: $28.57M

19. Evil Dead (2013)

R | 91 min | Horror

57 Metascore

Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods.

Director: Fede Alvarez | Stars: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Jessica Lucas, Lou Taylor Pucci

Votes: 197,172 | Gross: $54.24M

20. Scream 2 (1997)

R | 120 min | Horror, Mystery

62 Metascore

Two years after the first series of murders, as Sidney acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Jada Pinkett Smith

Votes: 209,630 | Gross: $101.36M

21. Scream (1996)

R | 111 min | Horror, Mystery

66 Metascore

A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich

Votes: 388,218 | Gross: $103.05M

22. The Crazies (2010)

R | 101 min | Horror

56 Metascore

After a strange and insecure plane crash, an unusual toxic virus enters a quaint farming town. A young couple are quarantined, but they fight for survival along with help from a couple of people.

Director: Breck Eisner | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant, Danielle Panabaker, Joe Anderson

Votes: 128,876 | Gross: $39.12M

23. The Woman in Black (2012)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

62 Metascore

A young solicitor travels to a remote village where he discovers that the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.

Director: James Watkins | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciarán Hinds, Emma Shorey

Votes: 192,584 | Gross: $54.33M

24. The Purge (I) (2013)

R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

41 Metascore

A wealthy family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legal.

Director: James DeMonaco | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder, Adelaide Kane

Votes: 239,900 | Gross: $64.47M

25. Sinister (I) (2012)

R | 110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

53 Metascore

A controversial true-crime writer finds a box of Super 8 home movies in his new home, revealing that the murder case he is currently researching could be the work of an unknown serial killer whose legacy dates back to the 1960s.

Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, James Ransone, Fred Thompson

Votes: 280,005 | Gross: $48.09M

26. Insidious (I) (2010)

PG-13 | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

52 Metascore

A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.

Director: James Wan | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye

Votes: 338,890 | Gross: $54.01M

27. Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

PG-13 | 106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

40 Metascore

The Lamberts believe that they have defeated the spirits that have haunted their family, but they soon discover that evil is not beaten so easily.

Director: James Wan | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, Lin Shaye

Votes: 188,720 | Gross: $83.59M

28. The Purge: Anarchy (2014)

R | 103 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

50 Metascore

Three groups of people intertwine and are left stranded in the streets on Purge Night, trying to survive the chaos and violence that occurs.

Director: James DeMonaco | Stars: Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford, Kiele Sanchez

Votes: 162,214 | Gross: $71.96M

29. The Caller (2011)

R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A young divorcee is getting her life back together by moving into an apartment. But what will she do when a strange person repeatedly calls her, and threatens to change her new life around?

Director: Matthew Parkhill | Stars: Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer, Lorna Raver, Ed Quinn

Votes: 12,131

30. The Pact II (2014)

Not Rated | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

37 Metascore

A woman who is plagued by nightmares involving a serial killer learns her dreams have a horrifying connection to the real world.

Directors: Dallas Richard Hallam, Patrick Horvath | Stars: Camilla Luddington, Patrick Fischler, Amy Pietz, Caity Lotz

Votes: 3,748

31. Clown (2014)

R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller

42 Metascore

A loving father finds a clown suit for his son's birthday party, only to realize that it's cursed.

Director: Jon Watts | Stars: Andy Powers, Laura Allen, Peter Stormare, Christian Distefano

Votes: 26,303 | Gross: $0.06M

32. Circle of Eight (2009)

Unrated | 83 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Jessica moves into a loft on the eighth floor of a Los Angeles apartment building called The Dante. The other tenants all seem friendly at first, but when she starts witnessing horrible ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Cragg | Stars: John Bishop, Kirk Bovill, Ryan Doom, Austin Highsmith Garces

Votes: 2,042

33. Chernobyl Diaries (2012)

R | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Six tourists hire an extreme tour guide who takes them to the abandoned city Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. During their exploration, they soon discover they are not alone.

Director: Bradley Parker | Stars: Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Nathan Phillips

Votes: 68,619 | Gross: $18.12M

34. Saint (2010)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A horror film that depicts St. Nicholas as a murderous bishop who kidnaps and murders children when there is a full moon on December 5.

Director: Dick Maas | Stars: Egbert Jan Weeber, Bert Luppes, Caro Lenssen, Huub Stapel

Votes: 9,670

35. Rare Exports (2010)

R | 84 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

71 Metascore

In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 meters deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up. This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus.

Director: Jalmari Helander | Stars: Jorma Tommila, Onni Tommila, Peeter Jakobi, Tommi Korpela

Votes: 32,140 | Gross: $0.26M

36. Ouija (II) (2014)

PG-13 | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

38 Metascore

A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board.

Director: Stiles White | Stars: Olivia Cooke, Ana Coto, Daren Kagasoff, Bianca A. Santos

Votes: 56,929 | Gross: $50.86M

37. The Forest (I) (2016)

PG-13 | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

34 Metascore

A young woman's desperate search for her twin sister brings her to a ghost-filled stretch of wilderness known as the 'Suicide Forest.'

Director: Jason Zada | Stars: Natalie Dormer, Eoin Macken, Stephanie Vogt, Osamu Tanpopo

Votes: 45,678 | Gross: $26.58M

38. The Woman in Black (2012)

PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

62 Metascore

A young solicitor travels to a remote village where he discovers that the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.

Director: James Watkins | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciarán Hinds, Emma Shorey

Votes: 192,584 | Gross: $54.33M

39. The Conjuring 2 (2016)

R | 134 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

65 Metascore

Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to North London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by a supernatural spirit.

Director: James Wan | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Madison Wolfe, Frances O'Connor

Votes: 300,249 | Gross: $102.47M



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