Cursed Horror Movies

List of the best horror movies about curses selected by visitors to our site: The Ring, Marrowbone, Final Destination, Stan Against Evil, The Conjuring, Get Out, Locke & Key, The Fearless Vampire Killers, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Mindhunters.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:55

It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, until four teenagers all met with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape. Allowing her investigative curiosity to get the better of her, Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountrySpain, USA
Duration02:11

A young man and his four younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved mother in order to remain together, are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:00

An aging police sheriff who has recently lost his position due to an angry outburst begrudgingly joins an alliance with new sheriff, Evie Barret to battle angry demons haunting their small New Hampshire town.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrehorror, detective
CountryCanada, USA, United Kingdom
Duration01:52

    Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA, Japan
    Duration02:43

    Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA

    Three children become the caretakers of a New England mansion that is home to a bevy of secrets and magic.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Poland
    Duration01:48

    A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrehorror, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:02

      When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Finland
      Duration01:46

        Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrehorror, fantastic, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, Japan, United Kingdom
        Duration02:03

        Based on Mary Shelley's novel, "Frankenstein" tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His experiments lead to the creation of a monster, which Frankenstein has put together with the remains of corpses. It's not long before Frankenstein regrets his actions.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrehorror, action, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:14

        In this remake of the 1933 classic about the giant ape, an oil company expedition disturbs the peace of Kong and brings him back to New York to exploit him. Even though a woman somewhat tames Kong, he finally breaks loose and terrorizes the city, and as the military attempt to stop him, he falls to his death from the top of the World Trade Center.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:32

        A man on the run is hunted by a demon known as the Collector.

        Markimdb: 8.5
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:56

        During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, comedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:35

        A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.

        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: 5.9
        Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure, detective
        CountryUSA, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
        Duration01:58

          Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
          CountryJapan
          Duration01:36

          A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrehorror, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:51

          Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil. A classic horror film with Gregory Peck from 1976.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:21

          Love presents many challenges to couples...but none so daunting as the one Justin faces with his girlfriend April...

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, comedy, detective
          CountryUSA, Mexico
          Duration01:44

          When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet! As mind-controlling parasites rapidly begin spreading from the faculty to the students' bodies, it's ultimately up to the few who are left – an unlikely collection of loners, leaders, nerds and jocks – to save the world from alien domination.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrehorror, fantasy, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration02:22

            In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genrehorror, fantasy, melodrama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration02:08

            When Dracula leaves the captive Jonathan Harker and Transylvania for London in search of Mina Harker -- the spitting image of Dracula's long-dead wife, Elisabeta -- obsessed vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing sets out to end the madness.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration01:48

            Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detective scramble to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon and Jeff Reinhart are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrehorror, thriller, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
            Duration01:53

            The down-and-out private detective Harry Angel is ordered, by a mysterious man named Louis Cyphre, to go on a mission to find a missing person. His routine failure soon leads to a bloody spar with himself as Harry Angel goes on a supernatural journey into his own soul.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:38

            Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrehorror, thriller
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:44

            A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:23

            In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions". One night, during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:53

            Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.

            Markimdb: 6.5
            Genrehorror, thriller, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:29

            A married woman and her lover plot to kill her husband to make off with the insurance money. However, their attempt to murder him using poisonous fish toxins backfires when he awakens inside his coffin and returns from the grave, hellbent on revenge.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration03:11

              Two full-length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez put together as a two-film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.

              Markimdb: 6.6
              Genrehorror, thriller, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:23

              A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

              Markimdb: 6.1
              Genrehorror, thriller, detective
              CountryUSA, Romania, Germany, France
              Duration01:57

              An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genrehorror, thriller, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:51

              A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:36

              Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment. Before long, Val and Earl discover what's responsible for those readings: 30-foot-long carnivorous worms with a proclivity for sucking their prey underground.

              Markimdb: 5.8
              Genrehorror, thriller, detective
              CountryUSA, France, Canada, Spain
              Duration01:38

              After a car crash, a criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) comes to, only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband -- but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-workers of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further convinces everyone of her guilt.

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genrehorror, thriller, detective
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
              Duration01:45

                Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.

                Markimdb: 7.2
                Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
                CountryUSA, Canada
                Duration01:43

                Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.

                Markimdb: 7.9
                Genrehorror, action, thriller, adventure
                CountryUSA, Italy
                Duration01:36

                A group of people try to survive an attack of bloodthirsty zombies while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse. Although not the first zombie film, Night of the Living Dead is the progenitor of the contemporary "zombie apocalypse" horror film, and it greatly influenced the modern pop-culture zombie archetype.

                Markimdb: 8
                Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:16

                A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building to start a family. Things become frightening as Rosemary begins to suspect her unborn baby isn't safe around their strange neighbors.

                Markimdb: 7.8
                Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:12

                Bride of Frankenstein begins where James Whale's Frankenstein from 1931 ended. Dr. Frankenstein has not been killed as previously portrayed and now he wants to get away from the mad experiments. Yet when his wife is kidnapped by his creation, Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new monster, this time a woman.

                Markimdb: 6
                Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
                CountryGermany, USA
                Duration01:37

                David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend named 'Charlie', but it isn't long before 'Charlie' develops a sinister and violent side, and as David struggles with his daughter's growing emotional problems, he comes to the frightening realisation that 'Charlie' isn't just a figment of Emily's imagination.

                Markimdb: 6.5
                Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
                CountryUSA, Germany
                Duration01:44

                  A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

                  Markimdb: 6.3
                  Genrehorror, thriller, comedy
                  CountryUSA, Netherlands
                  Duration01:34

                  Three short stories by shock-meister Stephen King are linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick (James Woods) tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who's forced by his lover's husband onto a building's hazardous ledge. Finally, Amanda is threatened by an evil gnome who throws suspicion on the family cat.

                  Markimdb: 7.5
                  Genrehorror
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:32

                  Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen (Johnny Depp), must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

                  Markimdb: 6.8
                  Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
                  CountryUSA, Germany, Hungary
                  Duration02:02

                  In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the cause of good rather than evil.

                  Markimdb: 6.4
                  Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, crime
                  CountryUSA, Germany
                  Duration01:47

                  A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.

                  Markimdb: 7.3
                  Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:46

                  When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, and unleashes a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.

                  Markimdb: 7.6
                  Genrehorror, fantastic
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:38

                  Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.

                  Markimdb: 6.9
                  Genrehorror, thriller
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                  Duration01:33

                  Larry and his wife, Julia move into an old house and discover a hideous creature - the man's half-brother, who is also the woman's former lover - hiding upstairs. Having lost his earthly body to a trio of S&M demons, the Cenobites, Frank, is brought back into existence by a drop of blood on the floor. He soon forces his former mistress to bring him his necessary human sacrifices to complete his body... but the Cenobites won't be happy about this.




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