Canadian fear movies

List of the best Canadian fear movies selected by our site visitors: Pyewacket, October Gale, Witches in the Woods, 9/11, Girl vs. Monster, Born to Be Blue, Steel, Insidious: Chapter 2, Bombshell, Grave Encounters 2.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryCanada
Duration01:42

A frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to evoke a witch to kill her mother.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
CountryCanada
Duration01:31

A doctor takes in a mysterious man who washes ashore at her remote cottage with a gunshot wound. Quickly they both learn the killer has arrived to finish the job, while a storm has cut them off from the mainland.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryCanada
Duration02:16

A group of students head off for a snowboarding adventure on an untouched piece of land. When their SUV mysteriously stalls in a brutal snowstorm they are not only faced with the reality of freezing to death but a fate even more horrifying. For they have become stranded in Stoughton Valley, home of some Witch Trials even more horrendous than Salem, and are being hunted by a supernatural creature determined to keep them there.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genreaction
CountryCanada
Duration02:27

A group of 5 people find themselves trapped in an elevator in the World Trade Center's North Tower on 9/11. They work together, never giving up hope, to try to escape before the unthinkable happens.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:29

Skylar finds out that her parents are monster hunters after she accidentally releases some monsters from a secret containment chamber; so she and her techno friends must recapture all the monsters and also save her mom and dad from these monsters who are out for revenge.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
CountryCanada, United Kingdom

Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genremelodrama, drama, detective
CountryCanada, Germany

Daniel, a successful TV journalist living life in the fast lane, has fallen into a deep depression. His seemingly perfect life suddenly collapses under him when panic attacks force him to deal with himself and his past.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:50

    The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA, Canada

    Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:40

    Tortured by the ghosts of the demonized insane asylum that killed the crew of GRAVE ENCOUNTERS, film students fight to escape death as their own paranormal investigation goes terribly wrong in this horrifying sequel.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada

    NYC-based copy editor, Alex, is sent to Ridgeline Resort, an extreme sports outpost, to write a story for a travel writing competition. At first, she fails at everything – much to the chagrin of Cole, an extreme sports enthusiast who thinks this city girl should head back to New York. But when Alex offers to assist Cole with his local arts festival, he reluctantly obliges to be her guide as she faces her fears doing one extreme sport after the next.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, family, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:14

    When ten-year-old Lewis is suddenly orphaned, he is sent to live with his Uncle Jonathan in a creaky (and creepy) old mansion with a mysterious ticking noise that emanates from the walls. Upon discovering that his uncle is a warlock, Lewis begins learning magic, but when he rebelliously resurrects an evil warlock he must find the secret of the house and save the world from destruction.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryCanada

    A severely injured man and woman awake in an abandoned sanitarium only to discover that a sadistic caretaker holds the keys to their freedom and the horrific answers as to their true identity.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration02:30

    Veronica, the new girl in town, is lured into the woods by a group of senior boys looking to make her a victim. But the boys don't know that Veronica's been trained to handle herself in surprisingly lethal ways.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrehorror, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:10

    A struggling family buys an old ship at auction with high hopes of starting a charter business, only to discover her horrifying secrets on the isolated open waters.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:45

    In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only to discover that patients and personnel are transforming into something inhuman. As the horror intensifies, Carter leads the other survivors on a hellish voyage into the subterranean depths of the hospital in a desperate bid to end the nightmare before it's too late.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryCanada, France
    Duration01:43

    A horror-thriller centered on a woman living with "face-blindness" after surviving a serial killer's attack. As she lives with her condition, one in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them, the killer closes in.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredrama, documentary
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:34

    Follows the dramatic journeys of video game developers as they create and release their games to the world. It's about making video games, but at its core, it's about the creative process, and exposing yourself through your work.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrehorror
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
    Duration02:40

    A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA, Canada, Mexico
    Duration01:36

    Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Sarah and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:03

    In an isolated rural community of Quebec, Canada, some inhabitants attack other people, hungry for human flesh. A few survivors gather and go deep into the forest to escape them.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA, Mexico, Canada
    Duration02:06

    When a kid accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled female scientist can prevent the end of the human race.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror
    CountryCanada
    Duration02:10

    Samantha has lived her whole life in different foster homes. Now living in a small town, she never feels like she quite fits in, even with her own current foster family who might adopt her, or the boy who follows her around doing her classwork. So, it’s perhaps natural that she doesn’t know what to do with a curious tagalong little sister named Olivia. One day, Sam callously ditches Olivia, who wanders off into the woods on her own and disappears.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action
    CountryUSA, Canada, Indonesia, United Kingdom, China, Singapore
    Duration02:09

    Detective Mark Corley storms his way onto an alien spaceship to rescue his estranged son. When the ship crashes in Southeast Asia, he forges an alliance with a band of survivors to take back the planet once and for all.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration02:57

    27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration02:13

    A single mom tries to break free from a mysterious organization that has abducted her.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genreaction, thriller, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA, Canada
    Duration01:46

    Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New York to London, he receives a series of mysterious text messages ordering him to have the government transfer $150 million into a secret account, or a passenger will die every 20 minutes.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:05

    Five medical students, hoping to gain insight into the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring and dangerous experiment. By stopping their hearts for short periods of time, each triggers a near-death experience. As the investigation becomes more and more perilous, they are forced to confront the sins of their pasts, as well as contend with the paranormal consequences of trespassing to the other side.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrehorror, drama
    CountryUSA, Mexico, Canada

    A young teacher discovers that her troubled student's father and younger brother harbor a deadly supernatural secret. Taking the boy into her care, the teacher must fight for their survival against horrors beyond imagination.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genredrama
    CountryGermany, Canada, France, Sweden, Norway
    Duration01:59

    One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Will he be able to move on?

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:43

    This is a film about a troubled teen, Sean Randall, who is falsely accused of planning a Columbine shooting scenario. It all begins when an unlikely bond forms between Sean (Connor Jessup) and a preppy teenage girl named Deanna Roy (Alexia Fast). Deanna's boyfriend is deeply threatened by Sean and Deanna's friendship, resulting in a violent confrontation. Seeking to protect himself, Sean issues a death threat online - and is swiftly arrested. When the police raid Sean's home, they find rifles, shotguns, knives and ammunition - all property of Sean's father Ricky (Michael Buie), an avid hunter. They also find a supposed "hit list" with twenty names of people who have tormented Sean. The authorities and the media proclaim another Columbine has been narrowly averted, and soon Sean faces a terrifying imprisonment in a youth detention facility. Sean's only hope is to overcome his dark image, and prove his innocence to Deanna and to his community.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryCanada

    Joseph and his family live in the remote wilderness as fur trappers but their tranquility starts to be threatened when they think are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf and Joseph leaves them behind to track it.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, Canada
    Duration01:41

    In forgotten towns along the American border, a young mother drifts from one motel to the next with her intoxicating boyfriend and her 8-year-old son. The makeshift family scrapes by, living one hustle at a time, until the discovery of a mobile home community offers an alternative life.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryCanada

    Following the death of her mother, a young woman returns home to Niagara Falls and becomes entangled in the memory of a kidnapping she claims to have witnessed as a child.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:23

    When Simon, Rich, and Eva head out on an eagerly anticipated road trip, they bring along a video camera to record their journey. What starts out as a carefree adventure slowly becomes a descent into the ominous as unexplained events threaten to disrupt the balance between the three close friends. Each one of them must struggle with personal demons and paranoia as friendships are tested and gruesome realities are revealed...and recorded.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:01

    Students on a camping trip discover something sinister is lurking beyond the trees.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:25

    Profiles of some of the men who choose to live off the grid in the unspoiled wilderness, where dangers like mudslides, falling trees and bears are all part of everyday life.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genredrama
    CountryCanada

    The Joke Thief takes us on a journey of one man's last hurrah. Simon McCabe is a stand up comedian who has been making people laugh for 35 years. All his life he has been the life of the party, but now he is tired, miserable and almost washed up since he's never got a lucky break due to a reputation of joke stealing. One faithful night, his longtime friend and fellow comedian convinces a comedy club owner to give Simon some stage time and one last shot at redemption. On the ride down to his gig, Simon takes us on a whirlwind journey of his life, as he replays back special moments in an emotional series of flash backs that made him the sad, funny man that he is today.

    Markimdb: 3.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic
    CountryCanada, United Kingdom
    Duration01:24

    The Lunar Base Ark explores ore and unexpectedly is hit by a meteor shower and has severe damages. Colonel Gerard Brauchman sends the crewwoman Ava Cameron to repair a wing that is full of CO2. Dr. Lance Krauss warns that the gas may cause paranoia and hallucinations. Ava brings a sample of the meteor for analysis and Dr. Krauss finds that there are spores attached to the meteor. Ava accidentally cuts her finger in a sample but she hides the cut from the doctor. Soon Ava gets pregnant and delivers an alien offspring. However, neither Col. Brauchman nor Dr. Kraus believes in her words and they believe that Ava is delusional. He offspring bites the crewman Bruce Johns and the crew discovers that Bruce has been cloned by the alien. Soon they find how dangerous the clone is.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountrySpain, France, Canada

    A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out. Higinio, being afraid of possible reprisals from the rebel faction, decides to use a hole dug in his own house as a temporary hideout.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration01:37

    Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantasy, drama
    CountryCanada

    When Charlie Harris ends up in a coma, he leaves the Hope-Zion Hospital in chaos - and his fiancée and fellow surgeon, Alex Reid, in a state of shock. As the staff of Hope-Zion races to save lives, comatose Dr. Harris wanders the halls of Hope-Zee in "spirit" form, not sure if he's a ghost or a figment of his own imagination.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:29

    Kennedy Jamieson, a wealthy socialite, has waited her whole life to have the perfect wedding. Engaged to the charming Ryan Harris, the young couple is just a week away from the big day but hasn't had a chance to celebrate their respective bachelor/bachelorette parties. Ryan's best man Chet books a remote cabin in the woods to throw them a 'Jack and Jill' stag that they'll never forget. Out in the middle of nowhere, things take a horrifying turn as members of the group are brutally picked off one by one. What started out as a celebration quickly descends into a bloody nightmare. Friendships are ripped apart and accusations fly in this blood filled psychological horror with a whodunit twist.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama, adventure, western
    CountryGermany, Canada
    Duration01:41

    Canada, the summer of 1898. A group of German settlers travel towards the far north in covered wagons with packhorses and their few possessions in tow. The seven travellers set off from Ashcroft, the final railway station. Along with their leader, flamboyant businessman Wilhelm Laser, they are hoping to find their fortune in the recently discovered goldfields of Dawson, but they have no idea of the stresses and dangers which lie ahead on their 2,500 kilometre journey. Before long uncertainty, cold weather and exhaustion begin to take their toll and conflicts escalate. The journey leads these men and women deeper and deeper into a menacing wilderness. (Berlinale.de)

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genreaction, drama, sport
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:45

    A disgruntled teenager, sent to do community service at a rundown Karate school, enters an MMA tournament to face the man who killed his parents.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryCanada

    The Sublet is a suspense driven psychological thriller about Joanna, a new mom coping with her baby alone in an odd sublet apartment. As her husband neglects her to focus on his career, Joanna questions her sanity as she discovers a violent past to the apartment and suspects that the building may be haunted.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantastic, drama, detective
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:32

    After the disappearance of a young scientist on a business trip, his son and wife struggle to cope, only to make a bizarre discovery years later - one that may bring him home.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredrama, western, crime, biography, history
    CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom
    Duration02:40

    Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:32

    Violinist Sydney Wells was accidentally blinded by her sister Helen when she was five years old. She submits to a cornea transplantation, and while recovering from the operation, she realizes that she is seeing dead people.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:42

    A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.




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