Horror movies movies about masked maniacs

List of the best horror films about films about masked maniacs according to the audience: Tucker and Dale vs Evil, From Hell, Seance, Halloween, Locke & Key, The Cabin in the Woods, Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces, Scream, Marrowbone, The Conjuring 2.

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

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrehorror, comedy
CountryCanada
Duration01:25

    Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.

    Duration02:02

      Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrehorror
      CountryUSA

      At the prestigious Fairfield Academy, an elite boarding school for girls, six friends jokingly engage in a late night ritual, calling forth the spirit of a dead former student who reportedly haunts their halls. Before morning, one of the girls is dead, leaving the others wondering what they may have awakened.

      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: 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
      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: 7.6
      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: 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: 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: 7.3
      Genrehorror, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom
      Duration02:30

      Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

      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: 6.3
      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: 7.4
      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: 7.3
      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: 7.6
      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: 6.6
      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: 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: 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: 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: 6.5
          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: 7.3
          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: 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: 6.8
          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: 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: 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: 7.3
            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: 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: 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: 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: 7.8
              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: 7.1
              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: 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: 7.7
                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: 7.7
                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: 6.2
                Genrehorror
                CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                Duration01:47

                Since the sudden and highly suspicious death of his parents, 12-year-old Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle. Widely feared to be the Antichrist, Damien relentlessly plots to seize control of his uncle's business empire—and the world. Anyone attempting to unravel the secrets of Damien's sinister past or fiendish future meets with a swift and cruel demise.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
                CountryCanada, USA
                Duration01:43

                Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back, or die trying...

                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: 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: 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: 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: 6.9
                    Genrehorror, thriller
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, Mexico, USA, Czech Republic
                    Duration01:41

                    Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide -- a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.

                    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.

                    Markimdb: 7.3
                    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:24

                    The debut film from Darren Aronofsky in which a mathematical genius Maximilian Cohen discovers a link in the connection between numbers and reality and thus believes he can predict the future.

                    Markimdb: 7.5
                    Genrehorror
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:46

                    A grotesquely disfigured composer known as "The Phantom" haunts Paris' opera house, where he's secretly grooming Christine Daae to be an opera diva. Luring her to his remote underground lair, The Phantom declares his love. But Christine loves Raoul de Chagny and plans to elope with him. When The Phantom learns this, he abducts Christine.

                    Markimdb: 6.6
                    Genrehorror, fantastic, action
                    CountryUSA, Germany
                    Duration01:40

                      When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak. Alice and Rain are charged with leading the mission. But they only have three hours before the pathogen becomes airborne and infects the world.

                      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, 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: 6.3
                        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: 7.1
                        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: 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.




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