Psychopath Horror Movies

List of the best horror movies about psychopaths selected by visitors to our site: From Hell, Misery, mother!, Get Out, The Conjuring 2, The Cabin in the Woods, Marrowbone, Stan Against Evil, Strait-Jacket, Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces.

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

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: 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: 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: 7.7
    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: 7.3
    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: 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: 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: 7.2
    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: 6.8
    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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 7.2
    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: 7.9
    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: 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: 7.7
      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: 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: 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: 7.4
      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: 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: 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: 7.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      Hick handymen Val McKee and Earl Bassett can barely eke out a living in the Nevada hamlet of Perfection, so they decide to leave town -- despite an admonition from a shapely seismology coed who's picking up odd readings on her equipment. Before long, Val and Earl discover what's responsible for those readings: 30-foot-long carnivorous worms with a proclivity for sucking their prey underground.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:15

      The legend of vampire Count Dracula begins here with this original 1931 Dracula film from Bela Lugosi.

      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, 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, 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: 7.5
        Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven -- watched over by a hypnotic crow -- returns from the grave to exact revenge.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:46

        When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, and unleashes a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.

        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: 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: 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: 7.4
        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: 7.6
        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: 6.6
        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: 6.7
        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: 7.1
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller
          CountryUSA, Australia
          Duration01:48

          When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.

          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: 7.1
            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: 7.3
            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: 7.6
            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: 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: 6.2
            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: 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: 7.5
            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, fantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
              CountryUSA, Germany, Hungary
              Duration02:02

              In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the cause of good rather than evil.

              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: 7.1
              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: 7.5
              Genrehorror
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:32

              Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger (Robert Englund), who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen (Johnny Depp), must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

              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.




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