Post-apocalypse horror movies

List of the best horror movies about post-apocalypse selected by visitors to our site: Dawn of the Dead, Resident Evil, The Cabin in the Woods, Zombieland, Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces, The Lighthouse, Locke & Key, The Conjuring, mother!, Predator.

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, 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, 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: 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, 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: 7.6
    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: 7.5
    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: 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: 7.5
    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: 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: 7.8
      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: 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: 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: 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
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA, Germany, Hungary
        Duration02:00

        In this continuation to the adventure of the demon superhero, an evil elf breaks an ancient pact between humans and creatures, as he declares war against humanity. He is on a mission to release The Golden Army, a deadly group of fighting machines that can destroy the human race. As Hell on Earth is ready to erupt, Hellboy and his crew set out to defeat the evil prince.

        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: 6.7
        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, 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: 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: 7.6
            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: 8.1
            Genrehorror
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:02

            12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to her last hope: Father Damien Karras, a troubled priest who is struggling with his own faith.

            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: 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: 7.4
            Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:30

            When a group of college students finds a mysterious book and recording in the old wilderness cabin they've rented for the weekend, they unwittingly unleash a demonic force from the surrounding forest.

            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: 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
            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: 6.9
            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: 6.4
            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: 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: 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: 7.5
            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: 7.1
            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: 7.4
            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: 7.6
            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: 6.7
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
            Duration01:48

              Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.

              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: 7.7
              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: 7.3
              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: 7.5
              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: 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: 6.1
              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: 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: 7.2
              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: 7.1
              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: 6.8
              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: 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: 6.6
              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: 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: 7.8
              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.




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