Top 100 Horror Movies of 2021
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The Cabin In the Woods
April 13, 2012From writer/producer Joss Whedon (THE AVENGERS), comes a sci-fi horror film unlike any you’ve seen before – or is it? Curt (Chris Hemsworth) and a rambuncti...
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1408
June 22, 2007A man writing a book about the paranormal travels to New York and stays in a hotel room that has been said to be responsible for the death of all the guests tha...
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse
September 10, 2004After narrowly escaping the horrors of the underground Hive facility, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is quickly thrust back into a war raging above ground between the l...
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The Shining
May 23, 1980Academy Award winner Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall star in director Stanley Kubrick's disturbing adaptation of Stephen King's blockbuster horror novel. When...
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Don't Breathe
August 26, 2016A trio of friends break into the house of a wealthy blind man, thinking they’ll get away with the perfect heist. They’re wrong.
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Don't Breathe 2
August 13, 2021In the thrilling sequel to the break-out hit, Don't Breathe 2 reprises Norman Nordstrom (Stephen Lang), who has been hiding out for several years in an isolated...
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Black Friday
November 19, 2021On Thanksgiving night, a group of disgruntled toy store employees begrudgingly arrive for work to open the store at midnight for the busiest shopping day of the...
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Coming Home In The Dark
October 1, 2021A family’s outing descends into terror when teacher Alan Hoaganraad, his wife Jill, and stepsons Maika and Jordon explore an isolated coastline. An unexpected...
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Wrong Turn (2021)
January 26, 2021Backwoods terror and never-jangling suspense meet when Jen (Charlotte Vega) and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to st...
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Midsommar
July 3, 2019Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dan...
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The Visit
September 11, 2015When Becca and Tyler are sent to their grandparents' secluded Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong stay, they quickly discover something is not right with the elder...
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World War Z
June 21, 2013The suspense is killer in this fast-paced, pulse-pounding epic of the potential last days of the human race. Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pit...
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The Fly (1986)
August 15, 1986In a remake of the 1958 cult classic, a young scientist transforms himself into a fly in an experiment gone horribly wrong. Seth Brundle, a brilliant but eccent...
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Alone
September 18, 2020Jules Willcox (Netflix’s Bloodline) stars in Alone as Jessica, a grief-stricken young widow who flees the city in an attempt to cope with the loss of her husb...
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Scream
December 20, 1996Legendary director Wes Craven (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET) re-invented and revitalized the slasher-horror genre with this funny, clever and scary first film in t...
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The Last Rite
November 26, 2021Lucy, suffering from sleep paralysis, falls pray to a demonic force. Torn between sanity and the unknown, Lucy is left with no alternative but to contact a loca...
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Frankenstein (1931)
November 21, 1931Boris Karloff stars in Frankenstein, as the screen's most memorable monster, in what many consider to be the greatest horror film ever made. Dr. Frankenstein (C...
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Beetlejuice
August 19, 1988A couple of nice homebody ghosts, trying to rid their house of afamily of trendsetting human beings, is hell-bent on making their home unlivable -- even for the...
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From Dusk Till Dawn
January 19, 1996It's nonstop thrills when George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino star as the Gecko brothers - two dangerous outlaws on a wild crime spree! After kidnapping a fath...
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The Mist
November 21, 2007When a mysterious mist, and the supernatural creatures within, falls across their town in the wake of a violent storm, a group of local citizens must fend for t...
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Till Death
July 2, 2021Emma (Megan Fox) is stuck in a stale marriage to Mark and is surprised when he whisks her away to their secluded lake house for a romantic evening on their 10th...
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Willy's Wonderland
February 12, 2021A quiet loner (Nic Cage) finds himself stranded in a remote town when his car breaks down. Unable to pay for the repairs he needs, he agrees to spend the night ...
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
August 24, 2021“The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” reveals a chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real‐life paranormal in...
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The Thing
June 25, 1982Horror-meister John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape from New York) teams Kurt Russell's outstanding performance with incredible visuals to build this chilling vers...
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The Invisible Man
November 13, 1933Claude Rains delivers an unforgettable performance in his screen debut as a mysterious doctor who discovers a serum that makes him invisible. Covered by bandage...
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It (2017)
September 8, 2017The horror thriller “IT”, directed by Andrés Muschietti (“Mama”), is based on the hugely popular Stephen King novel of the same name, which has been te...
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Escape Room
January 4, 2019Escape Room is a psychological thriller about six strangers who find themselves in circumstances beyond their control and must use their wits to find the clues ...
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Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
July 16, 2021Six people find themselves locked in a new and deadlier series of escape rooms only to discover they have all played the game before. Theatrical and extended cu...
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Insidious: The Last Key
January 5, 2018The creative minds behind the hit Insidious trilogy return for Insidious: The Last Key. In the supernatural thriller, which welcomes back franchise standout Lin...
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The Purge: Election Year
July 1, 2016It has been two years since Leo Barnes (FRANK GRILLO) stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night --- the 12 hours of lawlessness. This yea...
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Malignant
September 1, 2021“Malignant” marks director James Wan’s return to his roots with this new original horror thriller. In the film, a woman is paralyzed by shocking visions ...
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The Deep House
November 5, 2021Deep below the surface of a seemingly tranquil remote lake lies a perfectly preserved family home. When a young influencer couple sets out to explore the submer...
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A House On The Bayou
November 19, 2021In an effort to reconnect and mend their relationship, Jessica and John Chambers (Angela Sarafyan, Paul Schneider) seek an idyllic getaway with their daughter A...
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It Chapter Two
September 6, 2019Because every 27 years evil revisits the town of Derry, Maine, “It Chapter Two” brings the characters—who’ve long since gone their separate ways—back ...
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Krampus
December 4, 2015When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive s...
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Halloween II
October 30, 1981John Carpenter's Halloween scared the living daylights out of 25 million people and set a precedent in smashing box office records for a horror film. But the ni...
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Shadow in the Cloud
January 1, 2021In the throes of World War II, Captain Maude Garrett (CHLOË GRACE MORETZ) joins the all-male crew of a B-17 bomber with a top-secret package. Caught off guard ...
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Ready or Not
August 21, 2019READY OR NOT follows a young bride (Samara Weaving) as she joins her new husband's (Mark O'Brien) rich, eccentric family (Adam Brody, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDow...
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Get Out
February 24, 2017When Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a young African-American man, visits his white girlfriend's (Allison Williams) family estate, he becomes ensnared in the more sinis...
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The Thinning: New World Order
April 17, 2019After risking her life to expose the corruption of the thinning test, Laina Michaels becomes the target of Governor Redding’s Machiavellian presidential campa...
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Annabelle
October 3, 2014Based on the terrifying doll from The Conjuring. John Form has found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia a beautiful, rare vintage doll in a pure white...
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Spiral: From the Book of Saw
May 14, 2021A criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in Spiral, the terrifying new chapter from the book of SAW. Working in the shadow of his father, an es...
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Maximum Overdrive
July 25, 1986When a mysterious comet passes close to Earth, machines everywhere suddenly come to life and become homicidal. Soon, video games, cash machines, drawbridges, an...
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Alien
May 25, 1979Directed by Ridley Scott, the original sci-fi classic follows Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) investigating a suspected SOS on a remote planet and makes a terrifying ...
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American Psycho (Uncut Version)
April 14, 2000Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a Wall Street yuppie, obsessed with success, status and style, with a stunning fiancée (Reese Witherspoon). He is also a ps...
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The Lost Boys
July 31, 1987Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire. When a single mother and her two sons move to the sleepy seaside Californi...
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Caveat
November 16, 2021In desperate need of money, Isaac accepts a job looking after his landlord’s niece, Olga, for a few days. But there is a catch. He must wear a leather harness...
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The Conjuring 2
June 9, 2016The supernatural thriller brings to the screen another real case from the files of renowned demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. Reprising their roles, Oscar n...
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Us (2019)
March 22, 2019From Academy Award®-winning visionary Jordan Peele comes another original nightmare. Starring Oscar® winner Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave) and Winston Duke...
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A Quiet Place
April 6, 2018If they hear you, they hunt you. In this critically acclaimed, worldwide box office hit, a family must navigate their lives in silence to avoid mysterious creat...
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The Night House
July 16, 2021Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth (Rebecca Hall) is left alone in the lakeside home he built for her. She tries as best she can to keep it ...
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The Mummy (1932)
December 22, 1932Boris Karloff's legendary performance as The Mummy has become a landmark in the annals of screen history. When Egyptian mummy Im-Ho-Tep is accidentally revived ...
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Shaun of the Dead
September 24, 2004Get ready for a gut-busting, bone-mashing good time in the hilarious horror comedy, Shaun of the Dead. There comes a day in every man's life when he has to get...
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The First Purge
July 4, 2018Coming off the most successful film in the series, "The Purge: Election Year," creator James DeMonaco (writer/director of "The Purge," "The Purge: Anarchy" and ...
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The Curse of La Llorona
April 19, 2019The timeless Hispanic legend comes to terrifying life in “The Curse of La Llorona.” She is The Weeping Woman and those who hear her death call in the night ...
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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
January 27, 2017Picking up after Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the undead. No...
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A Quiet Place Part II
March 20, 2020Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) must now face the terrors of the outside world as they conti...
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Insidious: Chapter 3
June 5, 2015Go back to the beginning....in this chilling prequel that takes place before the unforgettable haunting of the Lambert family. When paranormal investigators Tu...
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Hide and Seek
November 11, 2021Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars in the intense psychological thriller filled with shocking twists and turns. After the death of his wealthy father, Noah seeks his ou...
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Scream 2
February 12, 1997Here's the incredible followup to the smash hit phenomenon "Scream!" Away at college, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) thought she'd finally put the shocking mur...
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Bone Tomahawk
October 23, 2015When a group of cannibal savages kidnaps settlers from the small town of Bright Hope, an unlikely team of gunslingers, led by Sheriff Hunt (Kurt Russell), sets ...
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The Forever Purge
July 2, 2021The Great Experiment has failed: one night is not enough as the chaos continues into daylight. In the next thrilling installment of the franchise, there is a ne...
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Sinister
October 12, 2012True crime novelist Ellison Oswald (Ethan Hawke) is so desperate to repeat the success of his first book that he moves his family into a home that served as the...
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The Witch
February 19, 2016New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation, relocating his wife and five children to a remote ...
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The Silence of the Lambs
February 14, 1991Clarice Starling, a gutsy FBI trainee haunted by her past, risks her life in an attempt to save a missing woman from certain death. The desperate, deadly search...
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Orphan
July 24, 2009The tragic loss of their unborn child has devastated Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John (Peter Sarsgaard), taking a toll on both their marriage and Kate's fragile psy...
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Alien: Covenant
May 19, 2017Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created, with ALIEN: COVENANT, a new chapter in his groundbreaking ALIEN franchise. The crew of the colony ship Covenant...
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Split (2017)
January 20, 2017Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan returns with an original thriller that delves into the mysterious recesses of one man’s fractured, gifted mind. Th...
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Drive Angry
February 25, 2011In the high-octane, action-adventure DRIVE ANGRY, Nicolas Cage stars as an undead felon who breaks out of hell to track down and kill a group of cult-worshippin...
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Jaws
June 20, 1975Directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, Jaws set the standard for edge-of-your seat suspense, quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon and forever ch...
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Dracula (1931)
February 14, 1931Bela Lugosi stars as Dracula in the 1931 original screen version of Bram Stoker’s classic tale. Towering ominously among the shadows of the Carpathian Mountai...
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Annabelle Comes Home
June 26, 2019Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home,...
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Insidious
April 1, 2011From the makers of Paranormal Activity, INSIDIOUS is the terrifying story of a family who, shortly after moving, discovers that dark spirits have possessed thei...
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The Nun (2018)
September 7, 2018When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest (Demian Bichir) with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final...
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Overlord
November 7, 2018Nothing can prepare you for the mind-blowing mayhem that is Overlord. Mega producer J.J. Abrams creates an insanely twisted thrill ride about a team of American...
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The Purge: Anarchy
July 18, 2014The New Founders of America invite you to celebrate your annual right to Purge. The Purge: Anarchy takes it to the streets for the country’s yearly 12 hours o...
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Candyman (2021)
August 27, 2021Oscar® winner Jordan Peele and filmmaker Nia DaCosta unleashes a fresh take on the blood-chilling urban legend: Candyman. For decades the housing projects of C...
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Jeepers Creepers
August 31, 2001After making a horrific discovery in the basement of an old abandoned church, Trish (Gina Philips) and her brother Darry (Justin Long) watch their routine road ...
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Carrie
November 3, 1976Stephen King's Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) is a lonely, withdrawn high-school student who is the object of ridicule because of her drabness and because of the i...
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Werewolves Within
June 25, 2021When a killer terrorizes the snowed-in residents of a small town, it falls to the new forest ranger to find out who - or what - lurks among them in this hilario...
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What We Do In the Shadows
May 5, 2015Housemates Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are three vampires who are trying to get by in modern society; from paying rent and doing housework to trying to get inv...
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Gremlins
October 26, 1984With its Christmas lights and dusting of snow, Kingston Falls is an idyllic small town--until the gremlins take over. A father returns from Chinatown with an un...
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Halloween (2018)
October 19, 2018Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her sin...
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Scream 4
April 15, 2011The original star-studded cast reunites a decade later in this spine-chilling fourth installment of the $300M-grossing Scream franchise. Sydney Prescott (Neve C...
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Prisoners of the Ghostland
September 17, 2021In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber (Nicolas Cage) is sprung from jail by a wealthy warlord, The Governor (Bill Moseley), w...
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Hereditary
June 8, 2018When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their anc...
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The Feast
November 19, 2021Rooted in the potent mythical fables of Wales, this breakout debut feature from SXSW unfolds over the course of a single night, as an affluent family gathers at...
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The Descent
December 26, 2006One year after a tragic accident, six girlfriends meet in a remote part of the Appalachians for their annual caving trip. Deep below the surface of the earth, ...
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Jeepers Creepers 3 (Theatrical Edition)
September 26, 2017On the last day of The Creeper’s 23 day feeding frenzy, Sergeant Tubbs teams up with a task force hell-bent on destroying the creature for good. The Creeper f...
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