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1. The Night House (2020)
R | 107 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A widow begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.
Director: David Bruckner | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Evan Jonigkeit
Votes: 67,222
2. The Nightmare (II) (2015)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Horror
A look at a frightening condition that plagues thousands; sleep paralysis.
Director: Rodney Ascher | Stars: Stephen Joseph, Estrella Cristina, Siegfried Peters, Nicole Bosworth
Votes: 7,183
3. Dear David (II) (2023)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A man is haunted by the ghost of a boy named David, who is trying to kill him.
Director: John McPhail | Stars: Justin Long, Augustus Prew, Andrea Bang, Rachel Wilson
Votes: 1,002
4. Mara (I) (2018)
R | 98 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Police psychologist Kate investigates what appears to be the murder of a husband by his wife, who claims he was the victim of a sleep demon.
Director: Clive Tonge | Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Craig Conway, Javier Botet, Rosie Fellner
Votes: 8,911
5. Paranormal (2020)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Set in the 1960s, the series, packed with mystery and suspense, depicts the adventures of Doctor Refaat Ismail, a single hematologist who finds himself faced with a series of supernatural events.
Stars: Razane Jammal, Philip Shahbaz, Karla Maatouk, Ahmed Amin
Votes: 74,354
6. The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016)
TV-14 | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Thomas unexpectedly inherits a property with a mysterious curse.
Director: Pearry Reginald Teo | Stars: Ethan Peck, India Eisley, Natalie Hall, Bruce Davison
Votes: 3,927
7. Slumber (I) (2017)
R | 84 min | Horror
A sleep doctor tries to protect a family from a demon that feeds on people in their nightmares.
Director: Jonathan Hopkins | Stars: Maggie Q, Will Kemp, Sophia Wiseman, Kristen Bush
Votes: 4,919
8. The Field Guide to Evil (2018)
R | 117 min | Horror
A feature-length anthology film. They are known as myths, lore, and folktales. Created to give logic to mankind's darkest fears, these stories laid the foundation for what we now know as the horror genre.
Directors: Ashim Ahluwalia, Can Evrenol, Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz, Katrin Gebbe, Calvin Lee Reeder, Agnieszka Smoczynska, Peter Strickland, Yannis Veslemes | Stars: Marlene Hauser, Luzia Oppermann, Karin Pauer, Birgit Minichmayr
Votes: 2,507
9. Shadow People (II) (2013)
PG-13 | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
A radio talk show host unravels a conspiracy about encounters with mysterious beings known as The Shadow People and their role in the unexplained deaths of several hundred victims in the 1980s.
Director: Matthew Arnold | Stars: Dallas Roberts, Alison Eastwood, Mattie Liptak, Anne Dudek
Votes: 3,301
10. Dead Awake (2016)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young woman must save herself and her friends from an ancient evil that stalks its victims through the real-life phenomenon of sleep paralysis.
Director: Phillip Guzman | Stars: Jocelin Donahue, Jesse Bradford, Jesse Borrego, Lori Petty
Votes: 3,540 | Gross: $11.11M
11. The Ancestral (2022)
101 min | Horror
A Vietnamese family moves into a centuries-old ancestral home, only to discover sinister secrets and visions in the old family's ancient crypt.
Director: Le-Van Kiet | Stars: Lam Thanh My, Quang Tuan, Mai Cát Vi, Dieu Nhi
Votes: 279
12. 10/31 (2017)
93 min | Horror
This is an anthology film consisting of 5 horror tales from 5 different writers.
Directors: Brett DeJager, Rocky Gray, Zane Hershberger, John William Holt, Hunter Johnson, Justin M. Seaman | Stars: Jennifer Nangle, Aliese Kuhm, Alexandria Kuhn, Cindy Maples
Votes: 621
13. Horsehead (2014)
Not Rated | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Since her childhood, Jessica has been haunted by recurrent nightmares whose meaning escapes her. This peculiarity has led her to study the psychophysiology of dreams and to follow a therapy... See full summary »
Director: Romain Basset | Stars: Lilly-Fleur Pointeaux, Catriona MacColl, Murray Head, Gala Besson
Votes: 1,966
14. Horror (2003)
R | 77 min | Horror
This visually arresting chiller concerns a group of runaway teens that escape from a drug rehab and encounter demonic forces in a rural farmhouse.
Director: Dante Tomaselli | Stars: Kreskin, Lizzy Mahon, Danny Lopes, Vincent Lamberti
Votes: 1,134
15. Between the Darkness (2019)
96 min | Horror, Thriller
Thirteen-year-old Sprout Grady grows convinced that a monster is haunting the nearby woods. Embarking on a mission to vanquish it, she uncovers horrifying secrets that rock the core of everything she thought she knew.
Director: Andres Rovira | Stars: Lew Temple, Danielle Harris, Nicole Moorea Sherman, Tate Birchmore
Votes: 207
16. Echoes (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Struggling with horrifying, sleep-paralysis induced visions, a young writer retreats with her boyfriend to an isolated desert house. As the visions intensify, she finds herself on the verge... See full summary »
Director: Nils Timm | Stars: Kate French, Steven Brand, Steve Hanks, Billy Wirth
Votes: 1,569
17. Marianne (2011)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After the death of his beloved wife a man begins to fall apart mentally, having dreadful nightmares and finding his family and career affected. As time goes on, he begins to rapidly slip away.
Director: Filip Tegstedt | Stars: Thomas Hedengran, Peter Stormare, Tintin Anderzon, Sandra Larsson
Votes: 547
18. Lucid Creek (2024)
80 min | Horror | Completed
A woman discovers a boy's corpse in the woods and begins having nightmares about seeing the murderer at the crime scene. Meanwhile, a reporter and police officer probe the case for physical evidence.
Director: Mark Lu | Stars: Misaki Weddington, Kaira Ogbue, Malik Oliver, Keaton Faria
19. Book of Evil (2018)
90 min | Horror
Stan Harris is a procrastinating horror novelist who gets a call from his publisher warning him that he's only got until the end of the night to complete his latest work. As paranormal ... See full summary »
Directors: James Coleman, Vincent Coleman, Michael Del Rossa | Stars: Brian Barrett, Jessie Bell, Nick Bianchi, Greg Boyton
Votes: 80
20. The Haunting of Mia Moss (2018)
Horror
A young woman who returns to her childhood home and discovers an evil entity.
Director: Jake Zelch | Stars: Nicola Fiore, Brinke Stevens, Curtis Carnahan, Jake Zelch
Votes: 82
21. For God's Sake Wake Her Up
Horror | Post-production
In a quest for redemption, Rizz faces a malevolent entity to save April's life by deciphering the chilling secrets within her video diaries.
Director: Wayne Moreheart | Stars: Sarah Crawford, Mamie Kakimoto, Queen Legend, Isabel Klapwyk
22. Desecration (1999)
Unrated | 88 min | Drama, Horror
Sixteen year-old Bobby is emotionally damaged by his mother's early death. He accidentally causes a nun's death, unleashing a chain of supernatural events that lead him into the pits of Hell.
Director: Dante Tomaselli | Stars: Irma St. Paule, Christie Sanford, Danny Lopes, Salvatore Paul Piro
Votes: 638
23. Sleep Paralysis and the Phenomenon of the Shadow People (2022)
46 min | Documentary
Millions of people suffer from the curious condition known as sleep paralysis. Not being able to move or speak after waking, many have also reported seeing otherworldly phenomena while in ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Berardi | Stars: Jeremy Behie, Heidi Berardi, Patricia Bowler, Blake Covington
Votes: 12
24. The Bloody Mary Show (2012– )
55 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Online comedy drama following the adventures, lives and loves of Bloody Mary and her friends: Viscera, Malevolent and Abdabs.
Stars: Hollie Taylor, Craig Daniel Adams, Elizabeth Webster, Thomas Coombes
Votes: 22
25. Kalimba (2024)
Short, Horror, Thriller | Completed
A desperate young woman seeks answers for her frightening sleep paralysis encounters before nightmare and reality collide.
Director: Robbie J. Atkinson | Stars: Raiany Silva, Sheila Ball, Roy Coulter, Nicholas Jackson
26. Omnicron
Horror | Pre-production
A young cognitive science student enlists the aid of a paranormal psychologist and a young man with a century old secret to ease her sleep paralysis of the Omnicron, a demon conspiracy as old as time.
Director: Caillou Pettis | Stars: Caillou Pettis, Kyle Van Aswegen, Ruben Owen
27. Stuck (X) (2023)
Short, Drama, Thriller
Plagued with grief over his father's death, Jason begins to experience strange phenomenon over the course of his grieving process.
Director: Danielle M. Patton | Stars: Yisrael Dubov, Brad Stein, Jim Childs, Kelsey Davidson
28. Devil in the Room (2014)
8 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Have you ever woken in the night unable to move, certain that you are not alone? This is an experimental documentary examining what happens when dreams leak into waking life. It is about what is real, what is not, and if it even matters.
Director: Carla MacKinnon | Star: Anne-Sophie Marie
Votes: 38
29. Shadow Beings (2005 Video)
84 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
The Evil Ones have been trapped in-between the worlds for millennia. They cannot cross the veil that separates our physical world from their realm without help from this side. During a ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Bryan | Stars: Charles Bryan, Chris Callahan, Scott Carrillo, Heather Danielle
Votes: 41
30. Judas (II) (2022)
29 min | Short, Horror
A struggling filmmaker accepts an unpaid job from a one-hit-wonder but soon comes to regret her decision when the artist exhibits increasingly disturbing behavior.
Director: Ivan Sutikno | Stars: Simon Andersson, Nora Ashani, Jordan Rajic Collins, Mia Doherty
31. Sleep-Paralysis (2004)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
A mysterious and horrifying phenomenon threatening the life of a woman. Valerie Whitmore a writer of books about children, moves into a manor by a lake with her executive husband. What ... See full summary »
Director: Nikolaos | Stars: Evelyn Papadopoulos, Tyrone Wade, Anthony Wemyss, Matthew Papadopoulos
Votes: 21
32. Atonia
Short, Thriller | Completed
A troubled woman struggling with sleep paralysis goes to a therapist to confront her fears.
Director: Lucas Daniel | Stars: Brian Loud, Charlie Call, Tyler Charly, Annika Ross
33. Isolated Sleep Paralysis
Short, Horror | Post-production
After peacefully falling asleep a young woman awakes in fear. Unable to move or scream the victim of sleep paralysis is visited by the physical manifestations of her worst nightmares.
Director: Jordan J. Rivera | Stars: Stephanie Schiffner, Dalton Ford, Guil Almeida
34. Predormitum (2015)
20 min | Short, Drama, Horror
An abused teenage girl suffers from sleep paralysis and night terrors that eventually blur the line between reality and dreams.
Director: Jennifer Cooper | Stars: Lauren Elyse Buckley, Evan A. Baker, Steven Bray, Layne Castro
35. I'm Not Asleep (2024)
9 min | Short, Thriller | Completed
Director: Lufe Berto | Stars: Maria Muller, Luísa Galatti
36. A Witch on Your Chest (2022)
9 min | Short, Horror
When a man seeks therapy for sleep paralysis, he finds that others' experiences are a warning of what's to come.
Director: Andrew Froening | Stars: Michael R. Bollentin, Jarod Gatson, D.C. Keita-Wheeler, Safiatu Keita-Wheeler
37. Kanashibara (2007)
11 min | Short, Horror
In the wake of his girlfriend's death, a man's sense of the real and the illusory world begins to blur when he is visited nightly by hallucinatory representations of his depression in the form of a Succubus.
Director: Jaimz Asmundson | Stars: Alek Rzeszowski, Karen Asmundson, Elizabeth Polasek, Jeremy Pillipow
Votes: 9
38. shuteye (2025)
90 min | Short, Horror | Pre-production
A student researching sleep paralysis slips into a lucid nightmare.
Director: Anthony Leroy | Stars: Anthony Leroy, Leigha Stiles
39. Hypnagogia (2014 Video)
27 min | Short, Horror
Johnnny is a photographer, he is also a rapist and killer, and suffers from sleep-paralysis. A dead girl tries to kill him in his dreams, or are the dreams in fact reality?
Director: Lars-Erik Lie | Stars: Camilla Vestbø Losvik, Kim Ulvberget, Siri Rønning Bråten, Runulfr Widugastir Tyrfing
Votes: 51
40. Dreamer's Journey (2019)
18 min | Short, Horror
Every night Daniel is haunted by his dreams. Will he survive long enough to discover the truth of his past? Or will his lucid dreams drive him to the brink of insanity?
Director: Mitchell Branget | Stars: Eric Branget, Liam Couvion, Samantha Lillian, Kathy Roberts
41. Sleep! (2018)
4 min | Short
Sleep Paralysis is when, during waking up or falling asleep, a person is aware but unable to move or speak. During an episode, one may hallucinate, resulting in fear.
Director: Mark Mohn | Star: Will Steckman
42. The Man in His Eyes (2022)
11 min | Short, Horror
A little boy keeps on encountering a masked killer every time he closes his eyes.
Director: Rajveer Singh Rasia | Stars: Angad Singh Rasia, Rajveer Singh Rasia
43. Paralysis (I) (2015)
20 min | Short, Drama, Horror
Meet Jessica. She's not getting any sleep tonight.
Directors: R. Shanae Williams, R. Shanea Williams | Stars: Nedra Marie Taylor, Antoinette LaVecchia, Nia Fairweather, D.K. Bowser
44. My Mouth Was Vibrating (2022)
3 min | Short
In this film the hinterland of collective lucid dreaming and sleep paralysis is a communally built world to share - to meet without our bodies, which stop us from seeing each other in waking life, and find crip joy in a realm of our own.
Director: Leah Clements
45. Lucid (XI) (2017)
17 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A lazy engineering student suffering from sleep paralysis seeks help from his roommates to face his paranormal experiences.
Director: Madhur Bakhle | Stars: Mohini Bakhle, Zailendra Jadeja, Pooja Mantri, Sharang Natarajan
46. Sleep Away (2021)
Drama, Romance
Adlyn has suffered from severe sleep paralysis since childhood and stigma as a result. She finally finds a man who loves her regardless - or so she thinks.
Director: Best Okoduwa | Stars: Tunbosun Aiyedehin, Uzor Arukwe, Chinonye Chidolue, Elvis Duke
47. Not As a Divine One (2019)
Fantasy, Horror
An astral traveling painter falls for a girl who also travels. Only to find out that she is more than he bargained for.
Director: Delaney Vance | Stars: Charlie Alvarado, Noah Laufer, Tess Trotter
48. Still (I) (2019)
Short, Horror
A woman who struggles with Sleep Paralysis awakes to an Intruder in her house.
Director: Jeff Kapp | Stars: Patrick Harney, Alyssa Caswell
49. Defarious (2016)
Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
A young woman suffers from sleep paralysis and is tormented by her nightmares. Lately, they are beginning to manifest so strongly she becomes disillusioned between the world of her imagination and what is truly reality.
Director: Chase Michael Pallante | Stars: Janet Miranda, Jason Torres, Sonia Sierra, Shanae Christine Harris
Votes: 12
50. Accursed (I)
Drama, Horror, Thriller | Announced
The life of an undergraduate is turned upside down, after becoming harassed by ghostly Djinn; supernatural spirits who invade the dreams of weak minded individuals.