Scary horror movies

List of the best horror movies selected by visitors to our site: Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, Willy's Wonderland, Oculus, No Exit, Glorious, Dark Spell, You Are Not My Mother, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Studio 666.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, action, fantasy, drama
CountryJapan
Duration01:00

During a dark time in the Heian period, when evil forces threaten the kingdom, the emperor relies on the Onmyoji to keep the supernatural forces in line. But as political events become highly charged, friction within the order leads to betrayal. Now, Seimei (Mansai Nomura), a talented member of the clan, must face down his master, Doson (Hiroyuki Sanada), in the hopes of restoring peace to the kingdom.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, action, thriller
CountryUSA, South Africa

Six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive as they discover all the games that they've played before.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, comedy
CountryUSA

When his car breaks down, a quiet loner agrees to clean an abandoned family fun center in exchange for repairs. He soon finds himself waging war against possessed animatronic mascots while trapped inside Willy's Wonderland.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA

Stranded at a rest stop in the mountains during a blizzard, a recovering addict discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the people inside the building which sets her on a terrifying struggle to identify who among them is the kidnapper.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, comedy
CountryUSA

After a breakup, Wes ends up at a remote rest stop. He finds himself locked inside the bathroom with a mysterious figure speaking from an adjacent stall. Soon Wes realizes he is involved in a situation more terrible than he could imagine.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrehorror
CountryRussia

Dark Spell is a story about the girl named Zhenya who suffers from being in love with her husband that has left her, so she decides to bring him back. Desperate heroine casts a spell called "Black Wedding", which is a magical ritual known for its great power and irreversibility. After the ritual, her beloved husband comes back, although his love becomes more like an obsession: he is even ready to kill Zhenya, so as not to give her to anyone. When the maddened husband dies, the spell does not stop: because even death will not part those who were betrothed by the demon of black wedding.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, drama
CountryRepublic of Ireland

In a North Dublin housing estate Char's mother goes missing. When she returns Char is determined to uncover the truth of her disappearance and unearth the dark secrets of her family.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrehorror
CountryBulgaria, USA

After nearly 50 years of hiding, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of idealistic influencers who accidentally disrupt his carefully shielded world in a remote Texas town.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrehorror, comedy, music
CountryUSA

Legendary rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album. Once in the house, Dave Grohl finds himself grappling with supernatural forces that threaten both the completion of the album and the lives of the band.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, action, thriller
CountryGermany, USA

A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight. In order to protect her son she will have to reveal a dark secret, and unleash the inner monster she has fought to hide.

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Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA

This remake of the 1987 supernatural horror film of the same name will return to re-interpret the source novella "The Hellbound Heart" by Clive Barker.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, detective
CountryUSA

Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryFrance, Belgium

While diving in a remote French lake, a couple of YouTubers who specialize in underwater exploration videos discover a house submerged in the deep waters. What was initially a unique finding soon turns into a nightmare when they discover that the house was the scene of atrocious crimes. Trapped, with their oxygen reserves falling dangerously, they realize the worst is yet to come: they are not alone in the house.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA

Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder, and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Michael Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. What at first appears to be a radical success soon reveals itself to be a remedy potentially worse than the disease.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrehorror
CountryUSA

Alice, a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads and people from near and far flock to witness her miracles, a disgraced journalist hoping to revive his career visits the small New England town to investigate. When terrifying events begin to happen all around, he starts to question if these phenomena are the works of the Virgin Mary or something much more sinister.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror
CountryUnited Kingdom

London, 1974. As Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, trainee nurse Val arrives for her first day at the crumbling East London Royal Infirmary. With most of the patients and staff evacuated to another hospital, Val is forced to work the night shift, finding herself in a dark, near empty building. Within these walls lies a deadly secret, forcing Val to face both her own traumatic past and deepest fears.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, action, thriller
CountryUSA, France

All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end as they chase a group of immigrants who they want to punish because of their harsh historical past.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller
CountryCanada, Japan
Duration01:48

(SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078) On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrehorror, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryBelgium, France, West Germany
Duration02:05

Malpertuis is the name of an old, rambling mansion which is in reality a labyrinth where characters from Greek mythology are imprisoned by the bedridden Cassavius (Welles). He manages to keep them (as well as his nephew and niece) prisoners even after his death, through a binding testament. As Jan, the nephew, (Carrière) unravels the mystery, he discovers that he cannot escape the house because Malpertuis is far more significant than he was led to believe.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy
CountryNew Zealand
Duration01:39

When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrehorror, drama
CountryCzech Republic, Slovakia
Duration02:03

Loosely based on two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe and inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade. In 19th century France a young man is plagued by nightmares in which he is dragged off to a madhouse. On the journey back from his mother’s funeral he is invited by a Marquis he meets at lunch to spend the night in his castle. There he witnesses a blasphemous orgy and a ‘therapeutic’ funeral. He tries to flee but is taken to a lunatic asylum where the patients have complete freedom and the staff are locked up behind bars.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryAustria

A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
CountryGermany
Duration01:25

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

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, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:28

Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrehorror, fantasy
CountryGermany, France
Duration01:10

Traveler Allan Gray arrives in the village of Courtempierre and takes lodgings in a small inn. Gray has a great interest in the supernatural, particularly vampires. He's barely settled in when he feels a sinister force descending upon him. In the night an old man enters his room to tell him 'she must not die'. One of the old man's daughters, Leone, has been bitten by a vampire. In order to break the curse, Gray and Leone's sister Gisele must find the original vampire and drive a stake through her heart.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom

Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when Jean becomes the victim of an elderly, and extremely powerful, paedophile. The film was neither a box office nor a critical success, it garnered criticism for breaking a significant public taboo.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrehorror, drama
CountrySweden
Duration01:30

An artist in crisis is haunted by nightmares from the past on a windy island. Between midnight and dawn, he tells his wife about his most painful memories.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
CountryGermany
Duration01:50

The young Tore seeks a new life in Hamburg among the religious group called The Jesus Freaks. When he by accident meets a family and helps them to repair their car, he believes that a heavenly wonder has helped him. He starts a friendship with the father of the family, Benno, and soon he moves in with them at their garden plot, not knowing the cruelty there is to come. True to his religious belief Tore stays with them although the increasing violence by Benno is torturing him...

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, drama
CountryCanada
Duration01:28

If you've never been good at anything in your life, why would murder be any different? Patrick (David Hewlett) has always had a somewhat combative relationship with his little sister Marilyn (Kate Hewlett), but when she brings home her new sci-fi soap star fiancé Ryan (Paul McGillion), it's all out war. When Patrick fails to drive a wedge between the happy couple, he reaches for sharper instruments.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
CountrySpain
Duration02:05

While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student in her faculty...

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrehorror, drama
CountryFrance, West Germany
Duration02:07

A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
CountryCanada
Duration01:48

The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) and Brigitte (Emily Perkins), in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.

Markimdb: 7
Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryFrance
Duration02:22

    In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:07

    A former police officer gets hired by a gangster to trace missing call girls and their abductor.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryItaly, France, West Germany
    Duration01:38

    An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city, and conducts his own investigation despite himself and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrehorror
    CountryAustralia

    When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryCzechoslovakia

    Mr. Kopfrkingl enjoys his job at a crematorium in Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s. He likes reading the Tibetan book of the dead, and espouses the view that cremation relieves earthly suffering.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryMexico, Italy
    Duration02:03

    A young man is confined in a mental hospital. Through a flashback we see that he was traumatized as a child, when he and his family were circus performers: he saw his father cut off the arms of his mother, a religious fanatic and leader of the heretical church of Santa Sangre ("Holy Blood"), and then commit suicide. Back in the present, he escapes and rejoins his surviving and armless mother.

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