Horror: 244

Last Night in Soho (2021), a psychological horror film directed and co-written by Edgar Wright and Krysty Wilson-Cairns, follows the story of Ellie. She yearns to break into the fashion world during the Swinging Sixties era. However, her dreams are haunted by her mother’s suicide when she was a child. Raised by her grandmother, Ellie’s lingering connection with her mother is through occasional sightings of her ghost in mirrors, which her grandmother is aware of. In pursuit of her fashion design aspirations, Ellie leaves behind her rural home near Redruth, ...

Gretel & Hansel (2020) is a dark fantasy horror film based on the German folklore tale Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm. The prologue recounts the story of a father seeking help for his deathly ill baby daughter from a witch, who gives the child supernatural abilities. As she grows, she uses her powers to predict events but also reveals her darker side, leading to her father’s death and her abandonment in the woods. The focus then shifts to teenage Gretel and her younger brother Hansel, both hinted to possess their own supernatural abilities. They are sent out by their mother to find work after ...

A Quiet Place Part II (2020) is a post-apocalyptic horror film written and directed by John Krasinski. It serves as a continuation of the first film, following the survival journey of the Abbott family as they navigate their terrifying new reality filled with blind aliens who hunt using sound. One eventful day during a Little League Baseball game in their fictional hometown of Millbrook, New York, the Abbotts and other bystanders witness a strange object plummeting from the sky. Soon after, powerful extraterrestrial creatures emerge and begin massacring the townspeople. These armored and swift beings possess ...

The 2019 American horror anthology streaming television series, Creepshow (2019–2024), serves as a continuation of the 1982 film of the same name. It features seventeen episodes, each containing two horror stories. Scholastic Books released a companion book entitled Creepshow: The Taker, with two novellas written by Elley Cooper inspired by the TV series. A second installment, titled Creepshow: The Cursed and also written by Cooper, was released on April 28, 2021. Critics have praised the series, with an average rating of 7.7/10 based on 29 reviews on ...

In the film In the Tall Grass (2019), written and directed by Vincenzo Natali, a pregnant woman named Becky and her brother Cal are on a trip to San Diego. While taking a break, they come across a young boy named Tobin and his mother Natalie who are in distress in the tall grass. Despite their concerns, the siblings enter the grass and soon become separated as they realize the landscape is shifting unnaturally. As they try to leave, Becky encounters Tobin’s father Ross who warns her to stay close. However, she loses sight of him and Cal also has a strange encounter with Tobin involving a dead crow. According to ...

Pet Sematary (2019) is an American horror film directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer. Based on Stephen King’s 1983 novel of the same name, it is the second adaptation of the story. Louis Creed, an ER doctor from Boston, Massachusetts, relocates to Ludlow, Maine with his family after losing their home. With his wife Rachel, their two children, Ellie and Gage, and their cat Church in tow, they settle into small-town life. During an exploration of the nearby woods, Rachel and Ellie come across a group of children ...

Doctor Sleep (2019), an American supernatural horror film, is the work of director Mike Flanagan and is based on Stephen King’s 2013 novel with the same title. Acting as a sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film The Shining, it follows Dan Torrance who continues to suffer from the traumatic events that occurred at the Overlook Hotel. The spirits of the hotel now haunt him in search of his ‘shining’. With guidance from the ghost of Dick Hallorann, Dan learns how to trap these ghosts in psychic ...

John Krasinski directs A Quiet Place (2018), an  American post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film written by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. The planet has been taken over by noise-sensitive aliens with invincible armor, resulting in the death of most of the humans. Survivors include the Abbott family – Evelyn, Lee, Regan (who is deaf), Marcus and Beau – who reside on their isolated farm in upstate New York. They have managed to stay alive by taking precautions such as using sand paths to avoid making noise and ...

Mandy (2018), an action horror film, was both directed and co-written by Panos Cosmatos. Elijah Wood served as producer alongside Cosmatos and Aaron Stewart-Ahn, with the story being conceived by Cosmatos himself. Set in 1983 near the Shadow Mountains, recovering alcoholic Red Miller lives with his girlfriend Mandy Bloom, who works as an artist and author. While Red works as a logger, Mandy holds a day job as a gas station cashier. In their cabin by the lake, Mandy creates intricate fantasy art which greatly impresses Red. One day on her way to work, Mandy catches the eye of Jeremiah Sand, leader of the religious cult ...

Halloween (2018), a slasher film from director David Gordon Green, was co-written by Green, Jeff Fradley, and Danny McBride. On October 29th of that year, notorious killer Michael Myers, who had previously gone on a deadly rampage in Haddonfield and had been confined to Smith’s Grove Psychiatric Hospital for four decades, was scheduled to be transferred to a maximum-security prison. While at the hospital, true crime podcasters Aaron Korey and Dana Haines displayed ...

The American science fiction horror film, The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), is the third installment in the Cloverfield franchise. Directed by Julius Onah and written by Oren Uziel and Doug Jung, with J. J. Abrams and Lindsey Weber as producers, the film follows a group of astronauts aboard the orbiting Cloverfield Station in 2028. Earth is facing an energy crisis and they are testing the Shepard particle accelerator to ...

Mr. Mercedes is an American crime drama television series based on the Bill Hodges novel trilogy by Stephen King, which consists of Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, and End of Watch. The series premiered on Audience on August 9, 2017. It was developed by David E. Kelley and stars Brendan Gleeson and Harry Treadaway. In November 2018, it was announced that Audience had renewed the series for a ten-episode third season, which premiered on September 10, 2019. In ...

The Mist (2017) is an American science fiction-horror thriller television series developed by Christian Torpe, based on the 1980 horror novella of the same name by author Stephen King. Airing for one 10-episode season on Spike from June 22 to August 24, 2017, it was later cancelled on September 27 of that year. An unexplained mist descends upon Bridgeville, Maine, creating a nearly impenetrable barrier and causing strange and dangerous occurrences. As the residents struggle to survive and seek shelter in a shopping mall, church, and hospital, they are confronted with ...

The film, 1922 (2017), is an American horror drama written and directed by Zak Hilditch, based on Stephen King’s novella from 2010. The story follows Wilfred ‘Wilf’ James, a farmer residing in Hemingford Home, Nebraska with his wife Arlette and their 14-year-old son Henry. The couple has been at odds over Arlette’s recent inheritance of land; Wilf strongly opposes her plans to sell the farm and relocate to Omaha, citing that a man’s pride is rooted in his land. In a drastic move to protect his property and his son (whom Arlette disapproves of ...

Alien: Covenant (2017) is a science fiction horror film directed and produced by Ridley Scott, with writing contributions from John Logan, Dante Harper, Michael Green, and Jack Paglen. This joint American and British production serves as a sequel to Prometheus (2012) and the sixth addition to the Alien franchise. In the prologue, business magnate Peter Weyland converses with his newly activated android in a ...

Leatherface (2017), an American horror film, directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo and written by Seth M. Sherwood, is the latest addition to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. Serving as a prequel to both The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013), it delves into the origins of the series’ main character. Set in rural Texas in 1955 at the Sawyer household, the film centers on a birthday celebration thrown by family matriarch Verna Sawyer for her youngest ...

Jigsaw (2017) is an American horror film, directed by the Spierig Brothers and written by Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger. It’s the eighth installment in the Saw film series. Detectives Brad Halloran and Keith Hunt are after Edgar Munsen, who insists on starting a ‘game’ to save his life. He activates a remote trigger, gets shot, and falls to the ground. Five people wake up in a barn with buckets over their heads and chains around their necks. A recorded message from John Kramer instructs them to ...

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) is an action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. The story centers around Dr. James Marcus, founder of the Umbrella Corporation, who used an untested embryonic project called the T-virus to try to save his daughter Alicia from progeria. However, after one child treated with the virus turns into a zombie, Marcus orders the project shut down and all data destroyed. This deeply affects his colleague Dr. Charles Ashford, who needed the T-virus to save his own daughter Angela. Later on, Alice wakes up in the ruined White House after being betrayed by Albert Wesker, ...

Split (2016) is an American psychological horror thriller film written, directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. The movie begins with a birthday celebration for Claire, where her classmate Casey is also present. While talking to her father, Claire mentions that Casey often gets into trouble with teachers and ends up in detention. When Casey asks for a ride home, she is informed that the car has broken down. Later, as they are about to take the bus, Claire’s dad insists that they come home with them. On the way, an unknown man named Kevin approaches Claire’s dad, who then gets into the car with them. ...

The Neon Demon (2016) is a psychological horror film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. It opens with Jesse, a beautiful blond teenage girl posing on a love seat for amateur photographer Dean, whom she met online. The shoot offers Dean an opportunity to practice his craft, while also providing Jesse with headshots. Afterward, struggling to remove fake blood makeup, Jesse is approached by makeup artist Ruby who offers assistance. During their conversation, Ruby discovers that Jesse is new in town and this is her first photo shoot. She reveals she is staying at a rundown motel in Pasadena and later invites her to a party. ...