Horror: Asylums/Psychiatric Wards
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1. The Craft: Legacy (2020)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A group of high school students form a coven of witches.
Director: Zoe Lister-Jones | Stars: Cailee Spaeny, Zoey Luna, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone
Votes: 16,510
2. Madhouse (1981)
Not Rated | 92 min | Horror
A woman is pursued by her murderous, psychopathic twin sister in the days leading up to their birthday.
Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis | Stars: Patricia Mickey, Michael MacRae, Dennis Robertson, Morgan Most
Votes: 2,523
3. Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (2011 Video)
R | 93 min | Adventure, Horror
A group of college students gets lost in a storm during their snowmobiling trip and takes shelter in an abandoned sanitarium which, unbeknown to them, is home to deformed cannibals.
Director: Declan O'Brien | Stars: Sean Skene, Blane Cypurda, Dan Skene, Tristan Carlucci
Votes: 27,993
4. 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: 27,370
5. Candyman (1992)
R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons
Votes: 100,172 | Gross: $25.79M
6. The Funhouse Massacre (2015)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror
Six of the world's scariest psychopaths escape from a local Asylum and proceed to unleash terror on the unsuspecting crowd of a Halloween Funhouse, whose themed mazes are inspired by their various reigns of terror.
Director: Andy Palmer | Stars: Jere Burns, Scottie Thompson, Matt Angel, Robert Englund
Votes: 4,320
7. Don't Go to Sleep (1982 TV Movie)
93 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young girl begins seeing the ghost of her sister who died in an accident a year earlier.
Director: Richard Lang | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Valerie Harper, Robin Ignico, Kristin Cumming
Votes: 1,491
8. The Dead Pit (1989)
R | 95 min | Horror
The arrival of an amnesiac patient in a psychiatric hospital somehow frees a mad doctor, who was shot and entombed with his fiendish experiments in an abandoned wing of the asylum 20 years before.
Director: Brett Leonard | Stars: Jeremy Slate, Cheryl Lawson, Stephen Gregory Foster, Danny Gochnauer
Votes: 2,918
9. City of Dead Men (2014)
Not Rated | 87 min | Thriller
An American traveling in South America ends up living with a group of misfits at an abandoned hospital with a troubling past.
Director: Kirk Sullivan | Stars: Diego Boneta, Jackson Rathbone, Maria Mesa, Juan Diego Aldana Gomez
Votes: 582
10. Splatter University (1984)
R | 78 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A sociology instructor finds her new teaching duties at a private college interrupted by the presence of a killer mental hospital patient.
Director: Richard W. Haines | Stars: Forbes Riley, Ric Randig, Dick Biel, Kathy LaCommare
Votes: 1,947
11. Methodic (2007)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Nick, a child haunted by "The Dollman," goes mad, kills his parents, and is institutionalized. After twenty years, he escapes and continues his rampage disguised in a homemade Dollman outfit.
Director: Chris R. Notarile | Stars: Niki Rubin, Brandon Slagle, Rachael Robbins, Tony Dadika
Votes: 302
12. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
R | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves
Votes: 238,490 | Gross: $82.52M
13. Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
R | 97 min | Action, Horror
Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.
Director: Ronny Yu | Stars: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger, Kelly Rowland, Monica Keena
Votes: 127,300 | Gross: $82.62M
14. Lights Out (II) (2016)
PG-13 | 81 min | Horror, Mystery
Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.
Director: David F. Sandberg | Stars: Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Maria Bello, Billy Burke
Votes: 142,378 | Gross: $67.27M
15. It (1990)
TV-14 | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
Stars: Richard Thomas, Tim Reid, Annette O'Toole, Harry Anderson
Votes: 140,899
16. Halloween II (2009)
R | 105 min | Horror
Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.
Director: Rob Zombie | Stars: Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Sheri Moon Zombie
Votes: 59,807 | Gross: $33.39M
17. The Initiation (1984)
R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An amnesiac sorority member who has been plagued by a recurring nightmare is stalked alongside other coeds by a killer in a deserted department store where they are completing a hazing ritual.
Directors: Larry Stewart, Peter Crane | Stars: Vera Miles, Clu Gulager, Daphne Zuniga, James Read
Votes: 4,486
18. The Exorcist III (1990)
R | 110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A police lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased Gemini serial killer, leads him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward.
Director: William Peter Blatty | Stars: George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Brad Dourif, Jason Miller
Votes: 38,886 | Gross: $26.10M
19. Martyrs (2008)
R | 99 min | Horror
A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Director: Pascal Laugier | Stars: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin, Robert Toupin
Votes: 106,460
20. Session 9 (2001)
R | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Paul Guilfoyle, Josh Lucas
Votes: 62,910 | Gross: $0.38M
21. Beneath the Darkness (2011)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After watching their best friend get murdered, a group of teens struggle to expose a local hero as the vicious killer and keep from becoming his next victims.
Director: Martin Guigui | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Tony Oller, Aimee Teegarden, Stephen Ford
Votes: 6,342
22. Criminally Insane (1975)
R | 61 min | Horror, Thriller
An obese woman recently released from an insane asylum kills anyone who attempts to get her to stop eating.
Director: Nick Millard | Stars: Priscilla Alden, Michael Flood, Jane Lambert, Robert Copple
Votes: 1,129
23. Dementia (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
After being diagnosed with Dementia, an elderly war veteran is forced by his estranged family to hire a live-in nurse, only to find she harbors a sinister secret.
Director: Mike Testin | Stars: Gene Jones, Kristina Klebe, Hassie Harrison, Peter Cilella
Votes: 1,597
24. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
R | 114 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After being institutionalized in a mental hospital, Su-mi reunites with her sister, Su-yeon, and they return to live at their country home. But strange events plague the house, leading to surprising revelations and a shocking conclusion.
Director: Jee-woon Kim | Stars: Lim Soo-jung, Yum Jung-ah, Kim Kap-su, Moon Geun-young
Votes: 68,279
25. The Uninvited (2009)
PG-13 | 87 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
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: 85,076 | Gross: $28.57M
26. The Abandoned (2015)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The Confined is an intense and claustrophobic thriller that follows troubled Streak who, in a last-ditch effort at getting her life together, takes a job working nights as a security guard at an abandoned luxury apartment building.
Director: Eytan Rockaway | Stars: Jason Patric, Louisa Krause, Mark Margolis, Ezra Knight
Votes: 5,580
27. Sanitarium (2013)
Unrated | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
"Sanitarium" is an original series that consists of segments based on particular patients of a mental institution and what drove them to madness.
Directors: Bryan Ortiz, Bryan Ramirez, Kerry Valderrama | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Lou Diamond Phillips, John Glover, Robert Englund
Votes: 1,978
28. Reel Evil (2012)
Not Rated | 78 min | Horror
Struggling filmmakers - Kennedy, Cory and James - finally catch the break they were looking for when they are hired to shoot a 'behind-the-scenes' documentary for a major studio production.... See full summary »
Director: Danny Draven | Stars: Jessica Morris, Kaiwi Lyman, Jeff Adler, Jamie Bernadette
Votes: 766
29. Asylum Blackout (I) (2011)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of cooks at an asylum for the criminally insane get locked in with the inmates during a massive thunderstorm.
Director: Alexandre Courtès | Stars: Rupert Evans, Kenny Doughty, Joseph Kennedy, Dave Legeno
Votes: 5,314
30. End of the Line (II) (2007)
95 min | Horror, Thriller
Karen boards a late-night train and fights with several other passengers to survive a murderous night after becoming trapped in a tunnel.
Director: Maurice Devereaux | Stars: Ilona Elkin, Nicolas Wright, Neil Napier, Emily Shelton
Votes: 5,138
31. Beneath (2007)
R | 82 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Christy (Zehetner) returns to her hometown years after a car accident that disfigured her older sister. Haunted by the accident in which she was the driver, she learns that her worst nightmares have either come true ... or are about to.
Director: Dagen Merrill | Stars: Nora Zehetner, Brenna O'Brien, Carly Pope, Don S. Davis
Votes: 4,434
32. The Exorcism of Molly Hartley (2015 Video)
Unrated | 96 min | Horror
Taking place years after The Haunting of Molly Hartley, who now, as an adult, has fallen under the possession of an evil spirit and must be exorcised by a fallen priest before the devil completely takes her.
Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Sarah Lind, Devon Sawa, Gina Holden, Peter MacNeill
Votes: 4,481
33. Room 33 (2009)
92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of friends on a road trip seek shelter at a mental institution in the woods, only to discover that the building is the home of a mysterious young girl named Roxy whose unsettling ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Barbini | Stars: Chad Michael Collins, Nicole Dionne, Ace Gibson, Nina Hauser
Votes: 591
34. Frayed (I) (2007)
R | 111 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A small town sheriff's worst nightmare comes true when his homicidal son escapes from a psychiatric hospital. An intense manhunt ensues as the dark secret behind the son's evil past is revealed.
Directors: Norbert Caoili, Rob Portmann | Stars: Tony Doupe, Aaron Blakely, Alena Dashiell, Tasha Smith-Floe
Votes: 1,518
35. 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: 60,376
36. The Ward (2010)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An institutionalized young woman becomes terrorized by a ghost.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer, Danielle Panabaker, Laura-Leigh
Votes: 44,883
37. Shutter Island (2010)
R | 138 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 1,457,220 | Gross: $128.01M
38. Unrest (I) (2006)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
A young pathology med student suspects that the spirit of a dead cadaver in the hospital morgue where she works is killing off all those who handle or desecrate the body.
Director: Jason Todd Ipson | Stars: Corri English, Scot Davis, Joshua Alba, Marisa Petroro
Votes: 8,281
39. Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet (2009)
R | 83 min | Horror
A group of teenagers celebrating the anniversary of the death of a local axe murderer suddenly find themselves face to face with the realities of this haunting urban legend.
Director: Frank Sabatella | Stars: Bill Moseley, Danielle Harris, Nate Dushku, Samantha Siong
Votes: 2,457
40. Dream House (2011)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Soon after moving into their seemingly idyllic new home, a family learns of a brutal crime committed against former residents of the dwelling.
Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts, Elias Koteas
Votes: 69,146 | Gross: $21.28M
41. Phantasm II (1988)
R | 97 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
Mike, now released from a psychiatric hospital, meets with Reggie, and discover his dreams (the events of the original film) are real, and they both journey to find and stop the evil Tall Man from his grim work.
Director: Don Coscarelli | Stars: James Le Gros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm, Paula Irvine
Votes: 16,761 | Gross: $7.28M
42. What Have You Done to Solange? (1972)
R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A teacher who is having an affair with one of his students is reluctant to present an alibi when his lover witnesses the first in a series of murders connected to their school.
Director: Massimo Dallamano | Stars: Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Cristina Galbó, Joachim Fuchsberger
Votes: 5,925
43. Howl (I) (2021)
80 min | Horror
A young woman leaves the sanitarium to watch over her grandmother's house. As she descends into madness, she must decide whether to be devoured or embrace her true nature in this reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood.
Director: Michele Martin | Stars: Michele Martin, Kenny Johnson, Scott Hamm Duenas, Poppie Harris
Votes: 147
44. Leatherface (2017)
R | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A teenage Leatherface escapes from a mental hospital with three other inmates, kidnapping a young nurse and taking her on a road trip from hell, while being pursued by a lawman out for revenge.
Directors: Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury | Stars: Stephen Dorff, Lili Taylor, Sam Strike, Vanessa Grasse
Votes: 27,854
45. Them (2021– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Anthology horror series with varying characters and locations by season, featuring different aspects of the horror genre.
Stars: Deborah Ayorinde, Ashley Thomas, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Alison Pill
Votes: 24,814
46. Identity (2003)
R | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
Stranded at a desolate Nevada motel during a nasty rain storm, ten strangers become acquainted with each other when they realize that they're being killed off one by one.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, John Hawkes
Votes: 267,285 | Gross: $52.16M
47. The Perfection (2018)
TV-MA | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Music
When troubled musical prodigy Charlotte seeks out Elizabeth, the new star pupil of her former school, the encounter sends both musicians down a sinister path with shocking consequences.
Director: Richard Shepard | Stars: Marie Maskell, Allison Williams, Christina Jastrzembska, Glynis Davies
Votes: 49,469
48. Adoration (2019)
98 min | Drama, Thriller
Love and mental illness know no bounds.
Director: Fabrice du Welz | Stars: Thomas Gioria, Fantine Harduin, Benoît Poelvoorde, Anaël Snoek
Votes: 1,284
49. The Task (2011)
R | 94 min | Horror
A group of reality show contestants must survive the night in a haunted jail.
Director: Alex Orwell | Stars: Alexandra Staden, Victor McGuire, Sean McConaghy, Adam Rayner
Votes: 3,706
50. Dachra (2018)
114 min | Horror
An investigation into witchcraft leads a trio of journalism students to a mysterious town marked by sinister rituals. Inspired by true events.
Director: Abdelhamid Bouchnak | Stars: Yassmine Dimassi, Hela Ayed, Aziz Jebali, Bilel Slatnia
Votes: 1,798
51. Blood Rage (1987)
R | 82 min | Horror
A boy kills a man and accuses his twin brother of the murder, and the innocent brother ends up institutionalized, while his psychotic twin goes free. 10 years later, the innocent twin escapes, which triggers his brother into killing again.
Director: John Grissmer | Stars: Louise Lasser, Mark Soper, Julie Gordon, Jayne Bentzen
Votes: 5,741
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