Horror movies about the attic

List of the best horror films about the attic according to the audience: The Attic, Flowers in the Attic, Paranormal Activity, The Skeleton Key, Sinister, Black Christmas, The Remains, The Hallow, Jack Goes Home, Hereditary.

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

Markimdb: 3.4
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA

Emma has a strong aversion towards her family’s new house, especially the attic. After moving in, she becomes miserable and reclusive. The rest of her family also seems unhappy and unsettled. The situation escalates one day when Emma is in the attic alone. All of a sudden someone who looks exactly like Emma attacks her viciously.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:30

After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:26

    After a young, middle class couple moves into a suburban 'starter' tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially when they sleep. Or try to.

    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: 6.8
      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: 4.6
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:24

        An escaped maniac returns to his childhood home on Christmas Eve, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one. A remake of the 1974 horror movie, Black Christmas.

        Markimdb: 3.7
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA

        After a family moves into an old Victorian home, they discover a chest in the attic containing antiques tainted by a malevolent spirit. As the antiques slowly possess each family member, the spirit grows stronger, hellbent on kidnapping the children.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrehorror, fantasy
        CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:45

          A family who moved into a remote mill house in Ireland finds themselves in a fight for survival with demonic creatures living in the woods.

          Markimdb: 5
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:11

          After his father is killed in a car crash, Jack travels home to Colorado to help nurse his mother (who was injured in the crash) back to health. There, he uncovers long buried secrets and lies within his family, his friends, and his very identity.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrehorror, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:00

          When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrehorror
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:40

          Miriam and John are an elegant couple with a dark secret: they are vampires. Feeding on human blood, Miriam has lived for over 2000 years. She gave her lover the gift of eternal life and together they hunt. But John begins aging rapidly, he seeks the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts. Miriam is immediately drawn to Sarah, desiring her as her next immortal companion...

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrehorror, thriller
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:53

          This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:53

          After years of treatment at a mental institution for the criminally insane, serial killer Norman Bates is finally released. Deciding to move back into his long-dead mother's infamous old house, he soon finds himself tormented by 'her' demands and begins to question his own sanity.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrehorror, fantastic, comedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:31

          When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage seeking their favorite food: brains!

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:32

          Anton is a cheerful but exceedingly non-ambitious 17-year-old stoner who lives to stay buzzed, watch TV, and moon over Molly, the beautiful girl who lives next door. However, it turns out that the old cliché about idle hands being the devil's playground has a kernel of truth after all.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA, Italy
          Duration01:56

          A couple and their 12-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer. Things start acting strange almost immediately. It seems that every time some gets hurt on the grounds the beat-up house seems to repair itself.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA, Japan
          Duration01:31

          A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba."

          Markimdb: 3.9
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:07

          A mother and her young son release unimaginable horrors from the attic of their rural dream home.

          Markimdb: 4.3
          Genrehorror, action, thriller
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:25

          Sarah Tyler returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside, for a much put-off visit. As a storm rages outside, Sarah, her family and friends shore up for the night, cut off from the outside world. But something comes out of the driving rain and darkness. Something that holds a dark secret so devastating that, in one night, it could wipe out the entire family.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:17

          After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book that details a curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book releases a band of monsters into the house and the family must join together to save themselves and their neighborhood.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
          CountryCanada
          Duration01:34

          Brigitte has escaped the confines of Bailey Downs but she's not alone. Another werewolf is tailing her closely and her sister's specter haunts her. An overdose of Monkshood - the poison that is keeping her transformation at bay - leads to her being incarcerated in a rehabilitation clinic for drug addicts where her only friend is an eccentric young girl by the name of Ghost.

          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: 7.1
          Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
          CountryUSA

          In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA

          One year after losing their son David, Eve Goode and her husband Raymond Goode adopt the orphan Ethan Snow (and his teenager sister Abby Snow and bring them to their mansion nearby a lake. Abby faces difficulties of adaptation in her new home, and she confronts Eve, who proves to be deranged and unstable. When Ethan gets sick, Abby tries to contact their friend, detective Ben Koch, and she realizes that her brother and she are trapped in the house.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
          CountrySouth Korea
          Duration01:57

          When Eun-soo gets lost in a country road, he meets a mysterious girl and is led to her fairytale ike house in the middle of the forest. There, Eun-soo is trapped with the girl and her siblings who never age. Eun-soo finally discovers a way out which is written on a fairy tale book. But the book tells a story of none other than himself!

          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: 5.8
          Genrehorror, thriller
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:28

          The apparently comatose Michael Myers is being transferred from one hospital to another, but he wakes up when the ambulance crew talk about his surviving niece, Jamie. After slaughtering his attendants, Myers sets out to find his one living relative who is, fortunately, being cared for by a kind and resourceful foster sister named Rachel. Meanwhile, the ever-cautious Dr. Loomis remains on the killer's path.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:31

          After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.

          Markimdb: 4.9
          Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:40

          Trevor Blackburn is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Faith, in a brutal ritual. He's sentenced to live in an experimental rehabilitation community and falls into a coma. When he wakes up, he meets the mysterious Dr. Elk, who tortures Trevor in an attempt to learn the whereabouts of a powerful occult book. As other patients start to disappear, Trevor begins to wonder who and where he really is.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrehorror, fantastic
          CountryCanada
          Duration01:32

          A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, while a series of brutal attacks committed by a brood of mutant children coincides with the husband's investigation.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryCanada
          Duration01:38

          A sorority house is terrorized by a stranger who makes frightening phone calls and then murders the sorority sisters during Christmas break.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrehorror
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:39

          In a small island off the American coast, the Whateleys live in an old mill where a mysterious bloody being creates an atmosphere of horror. After her parents get killed by lightning, young Susannah is sent to New York by her aunt Agatha, who wants her to avoid the family curse. Years later Susannah, now married, persuades her husband to spend a holiday in the abandoned mill. Once on the island, Susannah and Mike soon find themselves exposed to the hostility of a gang of thugs led by Ethan, Susannah's brutal cousin.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrehorror, thriller
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:31

          A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:32

          Thanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners, who want to make drastic changes. In desperation, the undead newlyweds turn to an expert frightmeister, but he's got a diabolical agenda of his own.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrehorror, thriller
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:43

            A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
            Duration01:35

            The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryUSA, France
            Duration01:26

            Sarah returns with her father and uncle to fix up the family's longtime summerhouse after it was violated by squatters in the off-season. As they work in the dark, Sarah begins to hear sounds from within the walls of the boarded-up building. Although she barely remembers the place, Sarah senses the past may still haunt the home.

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genrehorror, thriller, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:54

            Having lived through traumatizing events during WWII, Father Lankester Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to conduct archaeological excavations in British-administered East Africa. Merrin unearths an ancient Byzantine church believed have been built and then immediately buried to keep down evil from the crypt below. The natives are convinced that uncovering the church has unleashed a demon, and begin to violently clash with the British military troops. As the village rapidly disintegrates into chaos and war, Merrin must face-off with the demon which has taken possession of somebody close to him.

            Markimdb: 4.6
            Genrehorror, thriller
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:14

            A partying teen and her friends decide to perform an ancient pagan ritual found online called 'The Midnight Game': Candles are lit. A drop of blood is spilled. Their worst fears are confessed and an entity is summoned. But if the rules are not followed exactly, punishment is promised. Tonight, the game is not being taken seriously. A demonic horror has been unleashed. And now, even daylight cannot stop the nightmares that may destroy them all.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA

            Vic Beckett, a brilliant researcher, creates the ultimate App that taps into the pleasure center of the brain and transmits a feeling of nirvana to the user.

            Markimdb: 5.4
            Genrehorror, action, crime
            CountryItaly, USA, United Kingdom
            Duration01:24

            Set in the fictional country of Heaven Valley, the film is the story of a man, Adam, who following the suspicious death of his wife begins to investigate her murder and in doing so, discovers the involvement of local mafia boss: Denny Richards. Unable to trust the police, corrupt and controlled by Denny, Adam, consumed by anger, summons a demon who offers him superhuman strength and dark powers. The demon follows him during his trip, promising to lead Adam to the door of the murderer if he does everything the demon asks. This unleashes a bloody war that will bring Adam, the demon on his side, against the police department with all its dark allies. The fight begins and it will be extreme!

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrehorror
            CountryUSA

            An actress and her filmmaker boyfriend experience turbulence in their relationship when she accepts a role in a werewolf film.

            Markimdb: 3.8
            Genrehorror
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:17

            Inkubus tells the story of a skeleton crew working the final shift at a soon to be demolished police station. The night takes a gruesome turn when the demon, Inkubus, calmly walks into the station holding the severed head of a murdered girl. Inkubus toys with the crew, allowing himself to be restrained, and begins to proudly confess to his litany of crimes, some dating back to the Middle Ages. Why? Inkubus has a score to settle with the one detective that almost put him away some thirteen years ago. To their dismay, the cops quickly become pawns in Inkubus' brutal crowning achievement of murder, gore, and mayhem. They ultimately realize it's his world, they only die in it. Written by Anonymous (www.imdb.com)

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
            CountryUSA, Australia

            Brian Everett's younger brother Sam goes missing on the island of Tasmania during the middle of a mysterious quarantine forcing Brian to traverse across enemy lines to save his brother from an army of ghosts.

            Markimdb: 5.8
            Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, family, cartoon, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:53

            Oooh Hollywood! The glitz, the glam...the Headless Horseman?! Join your favorite K-9 sleuth, Scooby-Doo, along with Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. gang as they find themselves in a tinsel-town twist! While on a VIP tour of the legendary Brickton Studios, Scooby and friends get a first-hand experience of the rumored hauntings when classic movie monsters drop in for a creepy casting call. There's only one way to solve this thriller and save the aging studio - it's Mystery Inc's movie magic time! Grab your Scooby Snacks and hop in the director's chair for this all-new LEGO® movie!

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama
            CountryUSA

            Marco Vasquez and his family have seen tragedy and despair throughout their lives at the hands of an evil entity. Now that Marco is about to start a family of his own, he is forced to return to his childhood home where it all began to put a stop to it once and for all.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genrehorror, comedy
            CountryUSA

            A pizza delivery girl is suddenly in for the fight of her young life when encountering a group of Satanists in need of a virgin to ritually sacrifice.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration01:29

              Officially, Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later in 1973, three American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies it's authenticity, others say it's the real reason we've never gone back to the moon.

              Markimdb: 3
              Genrehorror, thriller
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:28

              After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's inheritance-seeking younger brother unexpectantly shows up, stumbling upon a full zombie outbreak!

              Markimdb: 4.3
              Genrehorror, thriller
              CountryUSA

              A brutal serial killer is finally gunned down in the middle of carrying out one last heinous act of bloody murder. In the maniac’s possession, a box of Guatemalan talismans, which mistakenly end up being sold as charm jewelry in Chloe’s Collectables thrift shop. Soon those who bought the Worry Dolls begin to act strangely out of character and cause another rash of senseless slaughter. An ancient curse is consuming the city and pits a hardened detective against the clock to save his 8 year-old daughter’s life.




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