Prison Horror Movies

List of the best horror movies about jail and prisoners, showing life and jailbreak: Marrowbone, Silent Hill, Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces, Stan Against Evil, Pet Sematary, Locke & Key, The Conjuring, The Uninvited, Queen of the Damned, The Thing.

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

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: 6.5
Genrehorror, fantasy
CountryCanada
Duration02:05

    The eerie and deserted ghost town of Silent Hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child's illness. Unable to accept the doctor's diagnosis that her daughter should be permanently institutionalized for psychiatric care, Rose flees with her child, heading for the abandoned town in search of answers – and ignoring the protests of her husband. It's soon clear this place is unlike anywhere she's ever been. It's smothered by fog, inhabited by a variety of strange beings and periodically overcome by a living 'darkness' that literally transforms everything it touches. As Rose searches for her little girl, she begins to learn the history of the strange town and realizes that her daughter is just a pawn in a larger game.

    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: 7.2
    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: 6.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:43

    Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with "minor" problems. At first, only the family's cat makes the return trip, but an accident forces a heartbroken father to contemplate the unthinkable.

    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: 6.3
      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: 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: 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: 7.7
      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: 7.1
      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: 6.6
      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: 7.9
      Genrehorror, fantastic, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      An adventure film about a film crew in search of a monster on a remote island. The crew finds King Kong and decides to take him back to New York as a money making spectacle. The film is a masterpiece of Stop-Motion in filmmaking history and inspired a line of King Kong films.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.

      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: 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: 7.4
      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: 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: 7.8
      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: 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: 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: 7.4
      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: 6.8
      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
      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: 6.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:05

      Publisher Will Randall becomes a werewolf and has to fight to keep his job.

      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: 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: 7.9
        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, 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, 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: 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: 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: 6.8
          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: 6.8
          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: 6.2
          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: 6.8
          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: 7.3
            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: 6.4
            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: 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: 7.7
                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: 7.8
                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: 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: 6.7
                Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama, crime
                CountryIndia

                A rookie CBI officer must enlist the help of an incarcerated criminal in order to catch a serial child killer, who has recently escaped police custody.

                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: 7.1
                Genrehorror, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:24

                Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:53

                Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.

                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, 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: 6.8
                  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?




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