Scandinavian horror
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1. Lamb (2021)
R | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A childless couple discovers a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland.
Director: Valdimar Jóhannsson | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ingvar Sigurdsson
Votes: 38,404
2. I Remember You (2017)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A story about a young man and two women who move into a small abandoned town in Iceland to renovate an old house. Little do they know the town has a dark history.
Director: Óskar Thór Axelsson | Stars: Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Thorvaldur Kristjansson
Votes: 5,304
3. Rift (2017)
111 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Two men's broken relationship is tested as they are haunted by a supernatural entity awakened by their grief.
Director: Erlingur Thoroddsen | Stars: Björn Stefánsson, Sigurður Þór Óskarsson, Guðmundur Ólafsson, Aðalbjörg Árnadóttir
Votes: 1,119
4. Undying Love (2011)
12 min | Short, Drama, Horror
What lengths does a man go to hold on to love.
Director: Ómar Örn Hauksson | Stars: Hilmir Jensson, Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir, Thora Bjorg Helga, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Votes: 73
5. Shelley (2016)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Louise and Kasper want to become parents but Louise is unable to have children. She seals a pact with her Romanian maid, Elena, to bear Louise's child, but things don't turn out as they planned.
Director: Ali Abbasi | Stars: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Cosmina Stratan, Peter Christoffersen, Björn Andrésen
Votes: 4,077
6. Tuftland (2017)
89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A headstrong textile student tries to overcome her problems by accepting a summer job offer in Kyrsyä, an offbeat, remote village.
Director: Roope Olenius | Stars: Veera W. Vilo, Saara Elina, Miikka J. Anttila, Ria Kataja
Votes: 463
7. Sauna (2008)
Unrated | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
As a 25-year war between Russia and Sweden concludes, two brothers who are part of an effort to outline new border accords become undone by their actions, and their mistreatment of a young woman during their journey.
Director: Antti-Jussi Annila | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Tommi Eronen, Viktor Klimenko, Rain Tolk
Votes: 7,484
8. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, Astrid Holm
Votes: 14,087
9. Midsommer (2003)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Christian's sister commits suicide. Why? After his 4 friends graduate secondary school, they head off to a Swedish cabin for midsummer as previous years. Strange things happen. Is it his sister's spirit?
Director: Carsten Myllerup | Stars: Kristian Leth, Laura Christensen, Tuva Novotny, Jon Lange
Votes: 2,895
10. Cecilie (2007)
Not Rated | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
Cecilie experiences a rape, but no traces are found. Her husband commits her to a psychiatric hospital. With the help of a psychiatrist she sees a frightening connection between her ... See full summary »
Director: Fabian Wullenweber | Stars: Sonja Richter, Anders W. Berthelsen, Claus Riis Østergaard, Kurt Ravn
Votes: 884
11. Nightwatch (1994)
R | 107 min | Thriller
A law student starts working as a night watchman at The Department of Forensic Medicine in Copenhagen. His mad friend gets him on a game of dare that escalates. As a serial-killer's victims start piling up at work, he becomes a suspect.
Director: Ole Bornedal | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sofie Gråbøl, Kim Bodnia, Lotte Andersen
Votes: 17,871
12. Closet Space (2016)
3 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
Inexplicably--deep inside a young couple's closet--physical laws, common sense, and above all, reason, are all bent into shape in a horrific and mind-boggling microcosmic reality.
Director: David F. Sandberg | Stars: Lotta Losten, David F. Sandberg
Votes: 970
13. Cam Closer (2013)
3 min | Short, Horror
Suddenly, a lonely young woman senses that something is not quite right with her eyesight. What could possibly be altering the boundaries of human perception, telling her eyes to see things that simply do not exist?
Director: David F. Sandberg | Stars: Lotta Losten, Lovisa Perman
Votes: 790
14. Let the Right One In (2008)
R | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl
Votes: 226,804 | Gross: $2.12M
15. Lights Out (V) (2013)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Horror
When you are all alone in a small dark room, what do you fear the most? Is it the temporary blindness or is it the uneasy deep feeling that someone, or rather something, is observing your every move?
Director: David F. Sandberg | Star: Lotta Losten
Votes: 7,298
16. Manhunt (2008)
78 min | Horror
The summer of 1974, four young people are all ambushed and left unconscious. They wake up deep in the woods with no one around but the sound of a hunting horn.
Director: Patrik Syversen | Stars: Henriette Bruusgaard, Jørn Bjørn Fuller Gee, Lasse Valdal, Nini Bull Robsahm
Votes: 4,432
17. Thelma (2017)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A confused religious girl tries to deny her feelings for a female friend who's in love with her. This causes her suppressed subconsciously-controlled psychokinetic powers to reemerge with devastating results.
Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen
Votes: 36,616 | Gross: $0.15M
18. Villmark (2003)
Not Rated | 85 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
5 Norwegians head for a cabin in the wilderness for a few days of team building. But strange things start happening--especially down by the water where they find an abandoned tent. Is someone else around?
Director: Pål Øie | Stars: Bjørn Floberg, Kristoffer Joner, Eva Röse, Sampda Sharma
Votes: 5,810
19. Hidden (2009)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
Painful memories arise when Kai Koss goes back to his childhood home after 19 years and inherits his dead mother's house.
Director: Pål Øie | Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie A. Mosli, Bjarte Hjelmeland, Marko Iversen Kanic
Votes: 3,110
20. Epidemic (1987)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Horror
A director and screenwriter pen a script and, in the process, blur the line between fiction and reality.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Allan De Waal, Ole Ernst, Michael Gelting, Colin Gilder
Votes: 6,106
21. Reset (IV) (2013)
17 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
Sophie lives alone with her mother on a desolate farm in the middle of nowhere. A place that hides a secret far worse than she could have imagined.
Directors: Marcus Kryler, Fredrik Åkerström | Stars: Niklas Engdahl, Wilma Hedberg, Cecilia Milocco
Votes: 104
22. Alena (2015)
TV-MA | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
When Alena arrives at her new elite boarding school, Filippa and the other girls start to harass her. But Alena's best friend Josefin won't let her take anymore beating. If she won't strike back, Josefin will do it for her. Hard.
Director: Daniel di Grado | Stars: Helena Af Sandeberg, Johan Ehn, Ulrika Ellemark, Malin Persson
Votes: 1,370
23. Pictured (2014)
3 min | Short, Horror
A creepy picture plays with the fear of a woman. Maybe, there is a connection between the girl in the picture and the woman who tries to find out the secret behind the glass.
Director: David F. Sandberg | Stars: Lotta Losten, Hanna Johansson
Votes: 1,040
24. Not So Fast (2014)
2 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A sudden power outage traps an unsuspecting young woman within the restrained space of an empty straight corridor, where an abstract but malevolent entity is in total control. Can the powerless woman run towards the escape door?
Director: David F. Sandberg | Stars: Lotta Losten, David F. Sandberg
Votes: 771
25. Cold Prey 2 (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
Jannicke wakes up in the hospital. All of her friends are dead. As she walks through the dark corridors, she thinks she is left alone. But the nightmare isn't over yet.
Director: Mats Stenberg | Stars: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Marthe Snorresdotter Rovik, Kim Arne Hagen, Johanna Mørck
Votes: 9,940
26. Snarveien (2009)
77 min | Horror, Thriller
A couple driving back to Norway reach a roadblock. They detour into the Swedish forest which leaves them stranded. Unaware that they are under video surveillance and have been cast in the leading roles of a live snuff movie.
Director: Severin Eskeland | Stars: Marte Germaine Christensen, Sondre Krogtoft Larsen, Jens Hultén, Johan Hedenberg
Votes: 1,503
27. Cold Prey (2006)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Thriller
5 young Norwegians head up to the mountains to snowboard. One breaks his leg and it's getting dark soon, so they spend the night in a big, abandoned hotel, closed 30 years ago. They are not alone.
Director: Roar Uthaug | Stars: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Tomas Alf Larsen, Endre Martin Midtstigen
Votes: 19,623
28. Dead Snow (2009)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.
Director: Tommy Wirkola | Stars: Jeppe Beck Laursen, Charlotte Frogner, Jenny Skavlan, Geir Vegar Hoel
Votes: 70,027 | Gross: $0.04M
29. Next Door (2005)
Unrated | 75 min | Mystery, Thriller
John has just been left by his girlfriend Ingrid. That day he allows himself to be seduced into a mystical and scary world, where it is impossible to separate truth from the lies
Directors: Pål Sletaune, Tony Spataro | Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie A. Mosli, Julia Schacht, Anna Bache-Wiig
Votes: 10,617
30. Whore (2009)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Rikke is writing a new book and needs to get get out to the countryside to get some inspiration. She visits her deceased mother's old cabin in a local community called "Dokka", where she ... See full summary »
Director: Reinert Kiil | Stars: Rudy Claes, Kenneth Falkenberg, Cassandra Jacobsen, Reinert Kiil
Votes: 705
31. The Monitor (2011)
R | 96 min | Horror, Thriller
After a baby monitor picks up another channel, Anna begins reliving the nightmare she'd recently escaped.
Director: Pål Sletaune | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner, Vetle Qvenild Werring, Stig R. Amdam
Votes: 6,017
32. Knocking (2021)
78 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman leaves a psychiatric ward after a nervous breakdown, only to start hearing mysterious knocking sounds in her apartment.
Director: Frida Kempff | Stars: Cecilia Milocco, Albin Grenholm, Ville Virtanen, Krister Kern
Votes: 1,701
33. The Innocents (2021)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
During the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal their dark and mysterious powers when the adults aren't looking. In this original and gripping supernatural thriller, playtime takes a dangerous turn.
Director: Eskil Vogt | Stars: Rakel Lenora Petersen Fløttum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad, Sam Ashraf, Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim
Votes: 24,781
34. Hatching (2022)
91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A young gymnast, who tries desperately to please her demanding mother, discovers a strange egg. She hides it and keeps it warm, but when it hatches, what emerges shocks them all.
Director: Hanna Bergholm | Stars: Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen, Reino Nordin
Votes: 15,209
35. Coffer (2014)
3 min | Short, Horror
On a common night like any other, a solitary woman suddenly hears a muffled but nonetheless alarming sound coming from a plain wooden family chest. Will she confront face-to-face whatever hides inside?
Director: David F. Sandberg | Star: Lotta Losten
Votes: 929
36. See You Soon (2014)
1 min | Short, Horror
Alone in the bedroom, an inconsolable young widow stares at her beloved husband's photograph with her eyes wet with tears, however, more than anything else, she needs to get out of that room. Now.
Director: David F. Sandberg | Star: Lotta Losten
Votes: 649
37. Attic Panic (2015)
3 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
In the underlit attic, an unsuspecting woman tidies up an already cluttered space; however, in the mysterious dimness, her eye catches a motion. Is this a trick of the mind, or is there something sinister hiding in the thick shadows?
Director: David F. Sandberg | Stars: Lotta Losten, David F. Sandberg
Votes: 1,104
38. Häxan (1922)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Fantasy, Horror
Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe.
Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Benjamin Christensen, Elisabeth Christensen, Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan
Votes: 16,731
39. Speak No Evil (2022)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.
Director: Christian Tafdrup | Stars: Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch, Fedja van Huêt, Karina Smulders
Votes: 38,840
40. Lake Bodom (2016)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Every camper's worst nightmare came true at Lake Bodom in 1960 when four teenagers were stabbed to death while sleeping in their tent.
Director: Taneli Mustonen | Stars: Nelly Hirst-Gee, Mimosa Willamo, Mikael Gabriel, Santeri Helinheimo Mäntylä
Votes: 4,768
41. Victim of Love (2019)
95 min | Horror, Thriller
Charly is looking for Amy, who disappeared during a vacation. He decides to visit the hotel to finally solve the mystery once and for all. However, Charly's investigation is quickly derailed and leads him into a phantasmagorical nightmare.
Director: Jesper Isaksen | Stars: Rudi Køhnke, Siff Andersson, Louise Cho, Paw Terndrup
Votes: 80
42. Sick of Myself (2022)
97 min | Drama
Increasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend's recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu of Oslo's cultural elite.
Director: Kristoffer Borgli | Stars: Kristine Kujath Thorp, Eirik Sæther, Fanny Vaager, Sarah Francesca Brænne
Votes: 15,530
43. Good Boy (II) (2022)
R | 76 min | Horror, Thriller
Christian - a millionaire heir, meets Sigrid - a young student, on a dating app. They hit it off quickly, but there's only one problem: Christian lives with Frank, a man who dresses up and constantly acts like a dog.
Director: Viljar Bøe | Stars: Gard Løkke, Katrine Lovise Øpstad Fredriksen, Nicolai Narvesen Lied, Amalie Willoch Njaastad
Votes: 1,878
44. Sargad (2017)
93 min | Horror, Thriller
Sargad is about a young woman, Elina, that drives to a cabin with her mom and younger sister to spread her dad's ashes. They encounter three brothers that will make their weekend a living hell.
Director: Andres R. Ramos | Stars: Sarah Giercksky, Jesper Hall, Xander Turian, Alicia Henriksson
Votes: 72
45. Koko-di Koko-da (2019)
89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
As a couple goes on a trip to find their way back to each other, a sideshow artist and his shady entourage emerge from the woods, terrorizing them, luring them deeper into a maelstrom of psychological terror and humiliating slapstick.
Director: Johannes Nyholm | Stars: Leif Edlund, Ylva Gallon, Katarina Jacobson, Peter Belli
Votes: 2,804
46. Breeder (2020)
107 min | Horror, Thriller
A ruthless businesswoman is abducting young women as part of a gruesome bio-hacking experiment to reverse the aging process. When Mia goes to investigate, she finds herself trapped, branded and tortured in an underground medical facility.
Director: Jens Dahl | Stars: Sara Hjort Ditlevsen, Anders Heinrichsen, Signe Egholm Olsen, Morten Holst
Votes: 1,652
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