Horror movies about claustrophobia

List of the best horror films about claustrophobia according to the audience: Eraserhead, Sinister, mother!, It, The Conjuring, Freaks, The Fly, Mindhunters, Stan Against Evil, 1408.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

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: 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: 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: 7.5
      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: 7.9
        Genrehorror, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:04

        A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France, Canada
        Duration01:36

        When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

        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: 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: 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: 7.5
          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: 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: 7.5
              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: 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: 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: 7.4
              Genrehorror, action, fantasy, comedy
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:25

              A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.

              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: 7
              Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:35

              Five college friends spend the weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.

              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: 6.6
              Genrehorror, fantasy
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:36

              It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with their dreams. Too bad Freddy's decided to herald his return by invading the kids' dreams and scaring them into committing suicide.

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genrehorror, fantasy, musical, adventure, family, detective
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration01:53

              Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.

              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: 7.7
              Genrehorror, thriller
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:41

              In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.

              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: 7.5
              Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:42

              Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven -- watched over by a hypnotic crow -- returns from the grave to exact revenge.

              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: 7.7
              Genrehorror, melodrama, drama, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:59

              Chic socialite Melanie Daniels enjoys a passing flirtation with an eligible attorney in a San Francisco pet shop and, on an impulse, follows him to his hometown bearing a gift of lovebirds. But upon her arrival, the bird population runs amok. Suddenly, the townsfolk face a massive avian onslaught, with the feathered fiends inexplicably attacking people all over Bodega Bay.

              Markimdb: 7.8
              Genrehorror, thriller, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:47

              Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy.

              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: 7.3
              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: 7.7
              Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:11

              Working in Dr. Cranley’s laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley’s daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion’s Head Inn, hoping to reverse an experiment he conducted on himself that made him invisible. But the experimental drug has also warped his mind, making him aggressive and dangerous. He’s prepared to do whatever it takes to restore his appearance.

              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: 6.2
              Genrehorror, thriller
              CountryUSA, Canada
              Duration01:30

              When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.

              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: 7.1
              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: 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: 7.8
              Genrehorror, fantastic, action, adventure
              CountryUSA, Mexico
              Duration01:44

              Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the forest, taking trophies from the bodies of its victims as it goes along. Occasionally seeing through its eyes, the audience sees it is an intelligent alien hunter, hunting them for sport, killing them off one at a time.

              Markimdb: 8.2
              Genrehorror, fantastic, detective
              CountryCanada, USA, United Kingdom
              Duration01:49

              Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.

              Markimdb: 5.7
              Genrehorror, thriller, drama, adventure
              CountryUSA, Netherlands, Italy
              Duration01:32

              After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at Captain Nolan's hands, a vengeful killer whale goes on a rampage in the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, Nolan, Rachel and Umilak sail after the great beast, who will meet them on its own turf.

              Markimdb: 7.6
              Genrehorror, action, comedy
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:24

              Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
              CountryNew Zealand, USA
              Duration02:03

              Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

              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: 7.2
              Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:33

              Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like "Stay Asleep", "No Imagination", "Submit to Authority". Even scarier is that he is able to see that some usually normal-looking people are in fact ugly aliens in charge of the massive campaign to keep humans subdued.

              Markimdb: 5.3
              Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
              CountryUSA, Australia
              Duration01:41

              Lestat de Lioncourt is awakened from his slumber. Bored with his existence, he has now become this generation's new Rock God. While in the course of time, another has arisen, Akasha, the Queen of the Vampires and the Dammed. He wants immortal fame, his fellow vampires want him eternally dead for his betrayal, and the Queen wants him for her King. Who will be the first to reach him? Who shall win?

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, family
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:40

              A girl calls on her brother's imaginary friend to banish a mischievous boogeyman who has framed her for his pranks.

              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: 7.6
              Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
              CountryUSA, France

              The long-awaited missing pieces from the original version of the film – nearly an hour-and-a-half of deleted/alternate scenes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me – often referred to as the “holy grail” of Twin Peaks fandom.

              Markimdb: 6.3
              Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
              CountryUSA, Canada, Germany
              Duration01:27

              Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. Soon after she learns this shocking news, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her that Rachel has evil intentions.

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, detective
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
              Duration01:31

              A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand High Witch is unveiling her master plan to turn all children into mice. Will Luke fall victim to the witches' plot before he can stop them?

              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.




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