HORROR - 2024, a list by Royce Bunn

76

/5436/

76

/2593/

3.9

/1857701/

85

/365/

94

/622/

78

/58/

4.0

age 16+

Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.

80

IMDb 11

7.5

/350615/

76

/16187/

75

/3203/

4.1

/3126357/

97

/425/

96

/9466/

84

/55/

2.5

age 16+

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

79

IMDb 25

7.5

/286427/

72

/14246/

72

/2684/

3.6

/2333301/

93

/391/

85

/3222/

81

/48/

3.5

age 17+

When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.

77

7.1

/255418/

69

/12554/

67

/3362/

3.7

/2408748/

85

/381/

73

/2959/

78

/59/

4.0

age 16+

A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

77

7.2

/391891/

69

/20578/

71

/5535/

3.8

/3144045/

89

/377/

76

/762/

78

/57/

3.5

age 17+

A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

77

6.9

/27601/

70

/2125/

75

/610/

3.6

/149151/

93

/45/

83

/115/

80

/5/

After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.

76

8.2

/85/

100

/1/

100

/1/

1.0

A woman looking for an end to her suffering, checks in to the House of Abraham, home to a mysterious cult that promises a way out. She soon discovers all is not what it seems and must plan an escape before it's too late.

76

IMDb 99

7.1

/107117/

71

/6203/

73

/1305/

3.7

/816166/

89

/267/

79

/524/

75

/40/

3.0

age 16+

Following the death of their father, a brother and sister are sent to live with a foster mother, only to learn that she is hiding a terrifying secret.

76

6.7

/149851/

69

/11172/

70

/2538/

3.2

/1043233/

92

/234/

86

/1950/

73

/35/

3.5

age 16+

Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

75

6.7

/54773/

67

/3721/

66

/679/

3.4

/207511/

96

/132/

77

/522/

78

/18/

3.5

age 16+

After the brutal murder of her twin sister, Darcy goes after those responsible by using haunted items as her tools for revenge.

74

IMDb 61

6.7

/61098/

67

/3698/

70

/827/

3.3

/572539/

90

/242/

76

/503/

75

/39/

3.5

age 17+

Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh.

74

6.7

/659/

71

/30/

65

/2/

3.3

/3137/

100

/18/

83

/2/

65

/5/

3.0

This documentary about the great master of European horror and fantastic films offers an immersive exploration into the life and legacy of the director of Suspiria. Using the writing process of his next film as a starting point, Dario Argento Panico immerses us in the mind of the Italian genius, and offers testimonials from other filmmakers who love his work, all key names in today's world of cinema including Gaspar Noé and Guillermo Del Toro.

74

6.8

/127036/

70

/8301/

71

/1882/

3.3

/542399/

83

/213/

83

/923/

66

/41/

3.5

age 15+

When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.

74

IMDb 53

6.7

/90399/

68

/5758/

69

/1029/

3.5

/685382/

88

/291/

85

/939/

71

/34/

3.0

age 16+

In a dystopian near-future America, fifty teenage boys take part in a deadly annual walking contest, forced to maintain a minimum pace or be executed, until only one survivor remains.

73

7.0

/212701/

71

/12408/

69

/2373/

3.3

/1181803/

90

/294/

76

/638/

71

/49/

3.0

age 15+

Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed, becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

73

6.9

/162538/

70

/10927/

70

/1997/

3.4

/1291462/

93

/261/

88

/531/

70

/40/

2.5

age 16+

During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, they uncover unsettling truths about themselves and the world around them.

73

6.9

/1927/

72

/68/

65

/15/

3.3

/9339/

84

/103/

82

/50/

73

/15/

3.0

age 14+

Ten-year-old Aurora asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster she believes ate her entire family. To protect her, he'll need to battle an onslaught of assassins while accepting the fact that some monsters are real.

73

7.1

/277567/

72

/18502/

71

/4193/

3.6

/1146983/

80

/409/

85

/3136/

64

/57/

3.0

age 15+

While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.

73

5.8

/42653/

60

/3111/

61

/604/

3.5

/726866/

85

/235/

71

/15/

86

/48/

4.0

age 13+

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

72

IMDb 34

6.6

/179268/

64

/10653/

66

/1981/

3.4

/1030438/

89

/395/

63

/2019/

77

/56/

3.5

age 16+

Twenty-eight years since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one member departs on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.

72

7.0

/66058/

69

/4006/

69

/802/

3.5

/253043/

96

/163/

85

/193/

80

/23/

1.5

age 16+

Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.

72

7.0

/142330/

69

/8530/

71

/1928/

3.4

/845923/

97

/239/

82

/216/

72

/22/

2.0

age 15+

A live broadcast of a late-night talk show in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.

71

6.1

/25240/

62

/1940/

67

/456/

3.0

/176026/

91

/183/

81

/365/

73

/23/

3.0

age 14+

A loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner Todd, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most.

71

6.7

/133708/

66

/8419/

65

/1952/

3.2

/881246/

86

/213/

81

/1105/

67

/37/

3.0

age 17+

About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

71

6.5

/70069/

65

/4805/

68

/1221/

3.4

/331915/

83

/195/

69

/198/

65

/33/

3.5

age 16+

When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.

70

5.9

/3359/

62

/190/

65

/37/

3.1

/9341/

96

/45/

71

/21/

75

/7/

3.0

age 16+

In the picturesque landscapes of Southern France, a young woman's chilling fascination with murder and identity theft sends her life into a whirlwind of chaos.

70

6.7

/11697/

68

/951/

66

/123/

3.3

/18512/

81

/36/

76

/63/

66

/7/

3.0

age 16+

A talented chef with gambling woes flees to a Latin American villa to visit an old friend who appears to be living an extraordinary life as a private chef. Envy soon turns to greed and then to something deeply unsettling for the chef when he assumes his friend's life and discovers the motives of his mysterious clients.

69

6.4

/29450/

66

/2228/

65

/418/

3.0

/119037/

87

/181/

74

/123/

65

/24/

3.0

age 16+

A savvy and free-spirited surfer is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer. Held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.

69

6.0

/3203/

61

/219/

56

/40/

3.2

/9306/

93

/29/

68

/32/

78

/6/

3.0

An ominous help note finds its way to a 1980s post office, connecting a dead letter investigator to a kidnapped keyboard technician.

69

5.8

/9049/

60

/913/

61

/179/

3.0

/21887/

81

/54/

64

/94/

82

/6/

3.5

age 15+

Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the weather. The longer the night wears on and the more the young woman discovers about Patrick, the more difficult she finds it to leave. Soon she begins to question Patrick’s intentions, while Patrick begins to question his own grip on reality...

69

6.6

/169185/

68

/12727/

70

/2920/

3.2

/1001623/

75

/378/

78

/6435/

62

/61/

3.0

age 13+

After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.

68

6.0

/34311/

62

/2206/

63

/421/

2.8

/230664/

78

/180/

76

/592/

61

/28/

3.5

age 16+

When the "Heart Eyes Killer" strikes Seattle, a pair of co-workers pulling overtime on Valentine's Day are mistaken for a couple by the elusive couple-hunting killer. Now, they must spend the most romantic night of the year running for their lives.

68

6.6

/215569/

64

/11037/

65

/2415/

3.3

/1659569/

85

/323/

61

/1365/

77

/52/

2.5

age 16+

FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer and must race against time to stop him before he claims the lives of another innocent family.

68

5.5

/462/

56

/35/

69

/7/

3.1

/2784/

81

/53/

71

/17/

3.5

Frankie, a young mother with dyschronometria, struggles to perceive time. Using cassette tapes for guidance, she takes a risky job from a mysterious woman to support her family, unaware of the dark consequences that await.

68

6.1

/44968/

63

/3275/

67

/800/

3.1

/403652/

72

/191/

83

/1091/

61

/37/

3.0

age 16+

Four years after escaping The Grabber, Finney Blake is struggling with his life after captivity. When his sister Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp, the siblings become determined to solve the mystery and confront a killer who has grown more powerful in death and more significant to them than either could imagine.

68

6.1

/40961/

60

/2428/

61

/652/

3.0

/252742/

88

/248/

52

/279/

77

/53/

3.5

age 15+

A couple and their children move into a seemingly normal suburban home. When strange events occur, they begin to believe there is something else in the house with them. The presence is about to disrupt their lives in unimaginable ways.

68

5.9

/332/

64

/5/

80

/1/

3.0

/1679/

67

/49/

60

/8/

3.5

Jack ventures to remote New Zealand for the funeral of his estranged mother and meets her widow Jill. But his mother's spirit returns to inhabit each of their bodies, instigating a life-threatening three-way nocturnal dance.

68

5.9

/13654/

61

/1124/

60

/246/

3.0

/52644/

87

/141/

82

/194/

65

/21/

3.0

age 16+

When a downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze, is exposed to a catastrophic toxic accident, he’s transformed into a new kind of hero: The Toxic Avenger. Now, Toxie must rise from outcast to savior, taking on ruthless corporate overlords and corrupt forces who threaten his son, his friends, and his community.

67

6.3

/3946/

64

/263/

67

/40/

3.1

/18543/

92

/52/

65

/17/

67

/8/

2.5

age 16+

Detectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for “Mr. Shiny”—a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a dark cosmic force.

67

IMDb 50

6.2

/21213/

67

/1444/

71

/717/

3.2

/115797/

75

/20/

When a 15th-century prince denounces God after the devastating loss of his wife, he inherits an eternal curse: he becomes Dracula. Condemned to wander the centuries, he defies fate and death itself, guided by a single hope — to be reunited with his lost love.

67

6.5

/111388/

67

/7861/

67

/1857/

3.0

/447669/

83

/226/

83

/297/

62

/38/

2.0

age 17+

A group of criminals kidnap a teenage ballet dancer, the daughter of a notorious gang leader, in order to obtain a ransom of $50 million, but over time, they discover that she is not just an ordinary girl. After the kidnappers begin to diminish, one by one, they discover, to their increasing horror, that they are locked inside with no normal little girl.

67

6.7

/158336/

71

/13641/

76

/3311/

2.9

/419165/

62

/149/

74

/1212/

57

/29/

3.0

age 14+

Two highly trained operatives grow close from a distance after being sent to guard opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil below emerges, they must work together to survive what lies within.

67

6.3

/169398/

64

/12148/

66

/3122/

3.1

/866745/

86

/288/

72

/1321/

68

/53/

2.5

age 14+

As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sam fights to survive with her cat.

66

5.9

/856/

63

/56/

60

/9/

3.2

/4407/

76

/17/

3.0

A crew of acclaimed documentarians follow a young budding filmmaker as he attempts to create the world's greatest found footage horror film.

66

5.3

/2518/

60

/485/

63

/81/

2.9

/4235/

91

/33/

66

/20/

3.0

When their boat sinks while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a troop of young Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking raft. Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they must confront interpersonal conflicts, enemy attacks, and the advances of one very large, very hungry great white shark.

66

6.0

/1719/

63

/146/

65

/67/

2.9

/5036/

88

/34/

81

/26/

2.0

age 8+

A wolf and mountain lion team up when a meteor unleashes a virus turning zoo animals into zombies. They join forces with other survivors to rescue the zoo and stop the deranged mutant leader from spreading the virus.

66

5.6

/6867/

60

/890/

60

/157/

2.8

/19149/

100

/10/

69

/80/

age 16+

After an experimental drug trial goes awry, the test subjects face a terrifying side effect: if you fall asleep you die. Trapped in an isolated facility, panic ensues as they try to escape and somehow stay awake.

66

6.4

/7728/

65

/551/

65

/87/

3.5

/71557/

79

/98/

85

/38/

63

/17/