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51. Alone in the Dark (1982)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
A few dangerous and delusional mental patients break out of a mental asylum during a power blackout, and lay siege to their new doctor's house, who, they believe, killed their previous doctor.
Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau, Dwight Schultz
Votes: 7,032
52. In Dreams (1999)
R | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
A suburban housewife learns that she has a dreamworld connection to a serial murderer, and must stop him from killing again.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Annette Bening, Robert Downey Jr., Katie Sagona, Aidan Quinn
Votes: 13,660 | Gross: $12.02M
53. Brainstorm (1965)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.
Director: William Conrad | Stars: Jeffrey Hunter, Dana Andrews, Anne Francis, Viveca Lindfors
Votes: 786
54. The Eight Immortals Restaurant: The Untold Story (1993)
Unrated | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
Macau cops begin to suspect a man running a pork buns restaurant of murder, after tracing the origin of a case full of chopped up human remains that washed ashore, which leads them to him.
Directors: Danny Lee, Herman Yau | Stars: Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Danny Lee, Emily Kwan, Julie Lee
Votes: 4,700
55. Trauma (1993)
R | 106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young man tries to help a teenage girl find the serial killer who murdered her parents before the killer comes after them.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Christopher Rydell, Asia Argento, Piper Laurie, Frederic Forrest
Votes: 8,098
56. Pandemonium (1982)
PG | 82 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A former high school student who always wanted to be a cheerleader decides to reopen the cheerleading program at her former high school after years of closure for being targeted by a serial killer.
Director: Alfred Sole | Stars: Tom Smothers, Carol Kane, Tammy Alverson, Pamela Harlow
Votes: 1,520
57. Avenging Angel (1985)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Molly, former prostitute, has managed to leave her street life with help from Lt. Andrews. She studies law and leads a normal life. When Andrews is killed by a brutal gang, she returns to the streets as Angel to find his killers.
Director: Robert Vincent O'Neil | Stars: Betsy Russell, Rory Calhoun, Susan Tyrrell, Ossie Davis
Votes: 1,984 | Gross: $5.62M
58. Fright (1971)
PG | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
An English baby sitter is terrorized by her friend's ex-husband, escaped from an asylum.
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Honor Blackman, Susan George, George Cole, Tara Collinson
Votes: 1,949 | Gross: $0.17M
59. Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Aliens land in the town of "Speelburgh" searching for the source of rock & roll. They find trouble with Dee Dee, Frankie and the pack.
Director: James Fargo | Stars: Pia Zadora, Craig Sheffer, Tom Nolan, Ruth Gordon
Votes: 1,585
60. After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After he escapes from a mental hospital, a former boxer works for a widow. When she asks him to get involved in a kidnapping, he has second thoughts.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern, Rocky Giordani
Votes: 4,220 | Gross: $2.68M
61. Silent Madness (1984)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
A criminally insane man is accidentally released from a mental hospital. The staff tries to cover it up, but a young psychiatrist travels to the college town where he committed several murders to warn the locals and anticipate his arrival.
Director: Simon Nuchtern | Stars: Belinda Montgomery, Viveca Lindfors, Solly Marx, Sydney Lassick
Votes: 1,611
62. Delinquent School Girls (1975)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
Three mental patients--a bad impersonator, a baseball player, and a gay fashion designer--escape their asylum and sexually assault their way into a girls' private school. The girls' ... See full summary »
Director: Greg Corarito | Stars: Michael Pataki, Bob Minor, Stephen Stucker, Colleen Brennan
Votes: 365
63. Dark Ride (2006)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of six friends on a road trip stop off at an amusement park attraction named 'Dark Ride', unaware that a psychopath who brutally murdered two girls, has just escaped a mental institution and is seeking refuge there.
Director: Craig Singer | Stars: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Patrick Renna, David Clayton Rogers, Alex Solowitz
Votes: 6,725
64. Repeat Performance (1947)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field, Tom Conway
Votes: 2,022
65. Deadtime Stories (1986)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
"Deadtime Stories" is a 1986 horror anthology, where a babysitting uncle tells his nephew three horror stories about killer witches, Little Red Riding Hood and a werewolf, and "Goldi Lox" and the three bears.
Director: Jeffrey Delman | Stars: Scott Valentine, Nicole Picard, Matt Mitler, Cathryn de Prume
Votes: 2,582 | Gross: $2.75M
66. Random Harvest (1942)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance
An amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-war life.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters
Votes: 8,460 | Gross: $10.14M
67. Hitch-Hike (1977)
Unrated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A bickering couple driving cross-country through California pick up a psychotic hitchhiker, who threatens to kill them unless they take him to Mexico.
Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Franco Nero, Corinne Cléry, David Hess, Joshua Sinclair
Votes: 3,213
68. In Your Name (2003)
Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Problems arise when Radhey Mohan, a delinquent falls in love with a girl named Nirjara.
Director: Satish Kaushik | Stars: Salman Khan, Bhoomika Chawla, Sachin Khedekar, Savita Prabhune
Votes: 20,767
69. Some Guy Who Kills People (2011)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Ken Boyd, a lonely man fresh out of the loony bin, who sets out to kill those he deems responsible for his miserable life.
Director: Jack Perez | Stars: Kevin Corrigan, Barry Bostwick, Karen Black, Leo Fitzpatrick
Votes: 6,123
70. Batman: Year One (2011 Video)
PG-13 | 64 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A wealthy playboy and a Chicago cop both return to Gotham City where their lives will intersect in unexpected ways.
Directors: Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Ben McKenzie, Eliza Dushku, Jon Polito
Votes: 38,201
71. Scorned (I) (2013)
R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
A romantic weekend turns horrific and sadistic when Sadie discovers her boyfriend is having an affair with her best friend.
Director: Mark Jones | Stars: Billy Zane, AnnaLynne McCord, Viva Bianca, Doug Drucker
Votes: 2,519
72. Aalavandhan (2001)
Not Rated | 177 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Nandu and Vijay are brothers, who were abused by their stepmother during their younger days. Nandhu, who is mentally ill, decides to kill Vijay's fiancee as he visualizes her as his stepmother.
Director: Suresh Krishna | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala, Kitu Gidwani
Votes: 3,010
73. Miss Firecracker (1989)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
Carnelle wants to escape her dreary life, so she enters a local beauty contest, much to everyone's dismay.
Director: Thomas Schlamme | Stars: Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins, Alfre Woodard
Votes: 2,357 | Gross: $0.65M
74. The Dentist 2 (1998)
R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
Dr. Caine, the murdering dentist from the original movie, has escaped from the mental hospital where he has been since being caught. Hoping to resume a normal life, he makes his way to a ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Yuzna | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jillian McWhirter, Jeff Doucette, Susanne Wright
Votes: 4,362
75. Daddy's Deadly Darling (1973)
R | 80 min | Horror
The owner of a roadside diner, and his new helper, kill people and feed them to pigs.
Director: Marc Lawrence | Stars: Toni Lawrence, Jesse Vint, Catherine Ross, Paul Hickey
Votes: 1,492
76. The Muse (1999)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy
With his career on the skids, a Hollywood screenwriter enlists the aid of a modern-day muse, who proves to test his patience.
Director: Albert Brooks | Stars: Albert Brooks, Sharon Stone, Andie MacDowell, Jeff Bridges
Votes: 11,434 | Gross: $11.61M
77. Hero and the Terror (1988)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Danny was lucky 3 years ago at the arrest of Terror, a serial killer of young women. Danny's about to be a dad, when Terror escapes prison and is back killing. Will Danny get lucky this time?
Director: William Tannen | Stars: Chuck Norris, Brynn Thayer, Steve James, Jack O'Halloran
Votes: 4,452 | Gross: $5.30M
78. Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A typical day for Scotland Yard Chief Inspector George Gideon consists of working on several cases at the same time.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Jack Hawkins, Anna Lee, Anna Massey, Andrew Ray
Votes: 1,549
79. Killer Movie (2008)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A reality TV director copes with a spoiled celebutante and a show gone haywire when a masked killer starts bumping off the crew in this slasher-movie satire.
Director: Jeff Fisher | Stars: Paul Wesley, Kaley Cuoco, Gloria Votsis, Torrey DeVitto
Votes: 3,115
80. Thirst (1957)
Not Rated | 146 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Vijay, a talented but indigent poet, struggles for love and recognition in this selfish world.
Director: Guru Dutt | Stars: Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Mala Sinha, Rehman Khan
Votes: 7,311
81. Night Screams (1987)
85 min | Horror
A football star throws a party for his friends. Two insane killers escape from a nearby asylum on that same night, and in their efforts to elude authorities, wind up at the party.
Director: Allen Plone | Stars: Joseph Paul Manno, Ron Thomas, Randy Lundsford, Megan Wyss
Votes: 684
82. The Cat and the Canary (1978)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Mystery, Horror
A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune. Later, they learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.
Director: Radley Metzger | Stars: Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox, Wendy Hiller
Votes: 1,692
83. Nobel Son (2007)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A professor of chemistry wins the Nobel Prize. His wife joins him to Stockholm but his PhD. working son gets kidnapped. The kidnapper demands $2,000,000 = prize sum.
Director: Randall Miller | Stars: Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary Steenburgen
Votes: 6,147 | Gross: $0.54M
84. Peopletoys (1974)
R | 88 min | Horror
After five deranged children are involved in a bus wreck they start killing people at the lodge who insulted them or were rude to them.
Directors: Sean MacGregor, David Sheldon | Stars: Sorrell Booke, Gene Evans, Taylor Lacher, Joan McCall
Votes: 1,909
85. Manhunt 2 (2007 Video Game)
Unrated | Action, Horror, Mystery
Follows Daniel Lamb, a mental patient suffering from amnesia as he tries to uncover his identity. He is accompanied by Leo Kasper, a sociopathic assassin who guides Daniel in his journey.
Stars: Ptolemy Slocum, Holter Graham, Nicole Orth-Pallavicini, Richmond Hoxie
Votes: 1,173
86. Wacko (1982)
PG | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Thirteen years after the "Lawnmower Killer" killed her sister, high school student Mary Graves and obsessed detective Dick Harbinger are on the lookout for the killer to reappear during the annual Halloween Pumpkin Prom.
Director: Greydon Clark | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Stella Stevens, George Kennedy, Julia Duffy
Votes: 1,445
87. Sweet Hostage (1975 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
An escaped mental patient kidnaps an illiterate teenage farm girl and takes her to his mountain hideaway, where they become friends--and, eventually, lovers.
Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Linda Blair, Martin Sheen, Jeanne Cooper, Lee de Broux
Votes: 834
88. Just What the Doctor Ordered (2021)
TV-14 | 85 min | Crime, Thriller
Having escaped from the psychiatric prison, Dr. Albert Beck hides out in an empty house, until its new owners move in. Forced into the attic to evade the widowed mother, Beck watches from above, attracted to her young daughter.
Director: Jeff Hare | Stars: Eric Roberts, Grace Patterson, Carrie Schroeder, Brandon Tyler Moore
Votes: 324
89. The Dark Past (1948)
Passed | 73 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
An escaped psychopathic killer who takes the family and neighbors of police psychologist hostage reveals a recurring nightmare to the doctor.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: William Holden, Nina Foch, Lee J. Cobb, Adele Jergens
Votes: 2,157
90. Drácula (1931)
Unrated | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Centuries-old vampire Dracula preys upon the innocent Eva and her friends.
Director: George Melford | Stars: Carlos Villarías, Lupita Tovar, Barry Norton, Pablo Álvarez Rubio
Votes: 5,118
91. I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A cross-dressing mental patient escapes from an asylum and robs a bank. The money is soon stolen from him, and he embarks on a killing spree in an attempt to retrieve it.
Director: Aris Iliopulos | Stars: Billy Zane, Tippi Hedren, Ron Perlman, Michael Greene
Votes: 822
92. Night of the Dark Full Moon (1972)
R | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A man inherits a mansion which once was a mental home. He visits the place and begins to investigate some crimes that happened in old times, scaring the people living in the region.
Director: Theodore Gershuny | Stars: Patrick O'Neal, James Patterson, Mary Woronov, Astrid Heeren
Votes: 4,923
93. Madhouse (2004)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
A young psychiatric intern unearths secrets about the mental health facility in which he works.
Director: William Butler | Stars: Joshua Leonard, Jordan Ladd, Natasha Lyonne, Lance Henriksen
Votes: 6,976
94. Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
G | 92 min | Adventure, Drama
Two young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go on a perilous mountain trek to stay with a recluse friend.
Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster, Johnny Whitaker, Will Geer
Votes: 1,100
95. Devil in the Flesh 2 (2000)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
After escaping a mental institution, Debbie Strong steals the car, money and identity of a college co-ed and heads off to college where she becomes obsessed with Sam, a handsome writing teacher.
Director: Marcus Spiegel | Stars: Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Jsu Garcia, Katherine Kendall, Jeanette Brox
Votes: 1,577
96. Killer's Moon (1978)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Horror
Four mental patients - who, due to unauthorized experiments, believe they're living in a dream and have shed all moral imperatives - escape and find their way to the nearest bus-load of stranded schoolgirls.
Director: Alan Birkinshaw | Stars: Anthony Forrest, Tom Marshall, Georgina Kean, Alison Elliott
Votes: 791
97. Fatal Trust (2006 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After the father of her kid son Sam was killed by an escaped psychiatric patient, Kate decides it's time for a new chapter in her life. She moves to the town where her former lover Tom ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Gagnon | Stars: Amy Jo Johnson, David Haydn-Jones, Paul Popowich, Carol Alt
Votes: 541
98. The Last Slumber Party (1988 Video)
Not Rated | 72 min | Horror
Linda, Tracy, and Chris are a trio of teenage girls who decide to celebrate the last day of high school by having a slumber party at Linda's house. A few guys also show up to further ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Tyler | Stars: Jan Jensen, Nancy Meyer, Joann Whitley, Danny David
Votes: 951
99. Scary Movie (1991)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A paranoid teenage nerd comes to believe that an escaped lunatic may be hiding in the neighborhood Halloween house of horrors, and slowly starts to descend into madness.
Director: Daniel Erickson | Stars: John Hawkes, Suzanne Aldrich, Ev Lunning, Mark Voges
Votes: 1,068
100. The Milky Way (1969)
M/PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
Two drifters go on a pilgrimage from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Along the way, they hitchhike, beg for food, and face the Christian dogmas and heresies from different Ages.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff, Alain Cuny, Edith Scob
Votes: 8,115