Horror movies about imaginary friends

List of the best horror films about imaginary friends according to the audience: Get Out, Stan Against Evil, The Conjuring, The Cabin in the Woods, It, Locke & Key, mother!, The Lighthouse, The Uninvited, Predator.

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

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, 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
    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: 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: 7.2
      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: 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: 7.5
      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, 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: 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: 7.7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:20

      A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrehorror, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

        The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:33

        When a new murder victim is discovered with all the signs of Jigsaw's hand, Detective Eric Matthews begins a full investigation and apprehends Jigsaw with little effort. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his plan. Eight more of his victims are already fighting for their lives and now it's time for Matthews to join the game...

        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: 7.7
        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: 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: 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: 6.6
        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: 6.5
        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: 7.9
          Genrehorror, comedy
          CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
          Duration01:40

            Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.

            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: 7.8
              Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:10

              Henry Frankenstein is a doctor who is trying to discover a way to make the dead walk. He succeeds and creates a monster that has to deal with living again.

              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: 6.8
                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: 7.4
                  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: 7.1
                  Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:00

                  After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.

                  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: 6.3
                  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, 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: 7.3
                  Genrehorror, action
                  CountryUSA, Canada, Japan, France
                  Duration01:49

                  A group of surviving people take refuge in a shopping center after the world has been over taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies. A remake of the 1978 zombie film of the same name.

                  Markimdb: 6.6
                  Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:05

                  When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the while, her husband tries to reassure her by telling her it's all in her head. But as Claire investigates, she discovers that the man she loves might know more than he's letting on.

                  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: 6.8
                    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
                    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: 6.1
                    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: 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: 6.4
                    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: 8.4
                    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                    Duration02:17

                    When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.

                    Markimdb: 7.6
                    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
                    CountrySpain, USA, France, Italy
                    Duration01:44

                    Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

                    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: 7.3
                    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: 7.9
                    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: 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: 6.7
                    Genrehorror, thriller
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:50

                    Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty. Arnie's girlfriend Leigh and best friend Dennis reach out to him, only to be met by a Fury like no other.

                    Markimdb: 7.5
                    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:50

                    Posing for a portrait, Dorian Gray talks with Lord Henry Wotton, who says that men should pursue their sensual longings, but laments that only the young get to do so. Taken with the idea, Dorian imagines a scenario in which the painting will age as he stays youthful. His wish comes true, and his boyish looks aid him as he indulges his every whim. But when a stunning revelation forces him to see what he's become, Dorian faces some very dangerous questions.

                    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: 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: 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: 7.1
                    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: 6.7
                    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:32

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




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