Horror movies worth watching

by fairyrainbow | created - 23 Oct 2012 | updated - 31 Oct 2016 | Public

*especially if you're afraid of ghosts

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1. The Red Shoes (2005)

Not Rated | 103 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A woman who finds a pair of pink high heels on a subway platform soon realizes that jealousy, greed, and death follow them wherever they go.

Director: Yong-gyun Kim | Stars: Kim Hye-su, Kim Seong-su, Yeon-ah Park, Lee Eol

Votes: 3,184

2. The Shining (1980)

R | 146 min | Drama, Horror

68 Metascore

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers

Votes: 1,105,830 | Gross: $44.02M

3. The Orphanage (2007)

R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

74 Metascore

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.

Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera

Votes: 163,559 | Gross: $7.16M

4. 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: 279,997 | Gross: $48.09M

5. One Missed Call (2003)

R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery

54 Metascore

People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, foretelling their deaths.

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kô Shibasaki, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi, Anna Nagata

Votes: 19,303

6. One Missed Call 2 (2005)

R | 105 min | Horror, Mystery

A Japanese restaurant cook/owner dies after answering his daughter's cellphone. Other people are getting strange, same ringtone calls as well and dying painfully. It happened in Taiwan as well. Can the police stop it if it's a ghost?

Director: Renpei Tsukamoto | Stars: Rie Mimura, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Chisun, Asaka Seto

Votes: 3,626

7. Bestseller (2010)

Not Rated | 117 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young girl who disappeared 22 years ago tells us her horrifying story.

Director: Jeong-ho Lee | Stars: Uhm Junghwa, Jang Dae-woong, Kim Dae-yeong, Lee Do-kyung

Votes: 1,223

8. Red Eye (2005)

PG-13 | 85 min | Thriller

71 Metascore

A woman is kidnapped by a stranger on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father, she is pulled into a plot to assist her captor in a political assassination.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox, Laura Johnson

Votes: 139,946 | Gross: $57.89M

9. The Unborn (2003)

108 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

After waking up in a hospital to discover that she has been pregnant for ten weeks, a drug addict begins to experience vivid hallucinations.

Director: Bhandit Thongdee | Stars: Inthira Charoenpura, Prangthong Changdham, Karunpon Thieansuwan, Aranya Namwong

Votes: 493

10. The Spiritual World (2007)

97 min | Horror

Ming seas ghosts since she's a little girl. One day, a young doctor visits her, knowing she can contact the dead. He wants her to find the reason behind his father's death, who supposedly committed suicide.

Director: Tharatap Thewsomboon | Stars: Anuchit Sapanpong, Natthamonkarn Srinikornchot

Votes: 105

11. Coming Soon (2008)

95 min | Horror, Thriller

What kind of scenes in a horror film scares you the most? When a ghost appears totally unexpectedly? When the main character does not see the ghost sneaking up behind him? When at the very ... See full summary »

Director: Sophon Sakdaphisit | Stars: Vorakarn Rojjanavatchra, Chantavit Dhanasevi, Sarinrat Thomas, Thanatorn Oudsahakul

Votes: 3,128

12. Scary Hair (2005)

106 min | Drama, Horror

In Seoul, Su-Hyeon is terminal with leukemia, and bald due the treatment of chemotherapy. Her sister Ji-Hyeon buys a long-haired wig, but she does not disclose the truth about Su-Hyeon's ... See full summary »

Director: Won Shin-yeon | Stars: Min-seo Chae, Jung-sung Lee, Kyeong-bin Rah, Hyeon-jin Sa

Votes: 1,353

13. Pen choo kab pee (2006)

Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance

When a pregnant country girl leaves home to search for her missing husband, she finds refuge at a mysterious estate whose inhabitants hold more secrets than she may wish to know.

Director: Wisit Sasanatieng | Stars: Suporntip Chuangrangsri, Tassawan Seneewongse, Siraphan Wattanajinda

Votes: 972

14. Three... Extremes (2004)

R | 125 min | Horror

66 Metascore

An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors.

Directors: Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike | Stars: Bai Ling, Lee Byung-hun, Kyoko Hasegawa, Pauline Lau

Votes: 20,861 | Gross: $0.08M

15. Kuchisake-onna (2007)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A suburban town in Japan is the victim of what is supposedly just an urban legend, a woman's spirit with a horribly disfigured face who is intent on kidnapping children for unknown reasons.

Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Eriko Satô, Haruhiko Katô, Chiharu Kawai, Rie Kuwana

Votes: 3,048

16. Suicide Club (2001)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides.

Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Mai Hosho, Tamao Satô

Votes: 22,203

17. The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

72 Metascore

Five college friends head out to a remote cabin for a getaway, but things don't go as planned when they start getting killed. They soon discover that there is more to the cabin than it seems.

Director: Drew Goddard | Stars: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz

Votes: 450,453 | Gross: $42.07M

18. Phobia (2008)

240 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

4BIA is a Horror Anthology. The first segment, "Happiness" is about a lonely girl who corresponded with a stranger over hand phone text messaging and soon discovered something strange about... See full summary »

Directors: Banjong Pisanthanakun, Paween Purijitpanya, Yongyoot Thongkongtoon, Parkpoom Wongpoom | Stars: Maneerat Kham-uan, Witawat Singlampong, Apinya Sakuljaroensuk, Chon Wachananon

Votes: 3,658

19. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

R | 114 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

65 Metascore

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: 68,246

20. Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

R | 92 min | Horror

48 Metascore

A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.

Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Megumi Okina, Misaki Itô, Misa Uehara, Yui Ichikawa

Votes: 48,037 | Gross: $0.33M

21. Re-cycle (2006)

R | 108 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

A writer wants to get a glimpse of some genuine supernatural occurrences while doing research for a novel, but her experiences lead her down a dark path as she witnesses vivid hallucinations and begins to lose her grip on reality.

Directors: Danny Pang, Oxide Chun Pang | Stars: Angelica Lee, Soi Cheang, Lawrence Chou, Viraiwon Jauwseng

Votes: 5,201

22. Mama (I) (2013)

PG-13 | 100 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

57 Metascore

After a young couple take in their two nieces, they suspect that a supernatural spirit named Mama has latched onto their family.

Director: Andy Muschietti | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nélisse

Votes: 191,019 | Gross: $71.63M

23. 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: 554,502 | Gross: $137.40M

24. It Follows (2014)

R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

83 Metascore

A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.

Director: David Robert Mitchell | Stars: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi, Lili Sepe

Votes: 268,779 | Gross: $14.67M

25. The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015)

R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

84 Metascore

A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.

Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Julian Richings

Votes: 300,480 | Gross: $25.14M



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