Movies I'd pick for an all night horror movie night
by jhpstrydom | created - 24 Jul 2012 | updated - 24 Jul 2012 | PublicRecently my friends wanted to have an all night horror movie fest at their house and told me I was in charge of the selection and even though this is a big list we would naturally not be able to watch them all, these are films I would have in mind for a night of horror movies. Feel free to comment and tell me if you like it or not and which titles I should take out and also feel free to recommend what you think would be better. These films are in no real order.
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1. The Grim Reaper (1980)
R | 92 min | Horror
A group of friends and a hitchhiker become stranded on a tourist island where they are stalked by a disfigured cannibalistic killer who is prowling the island after killing its residents.
Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Tisa Farrow, Saverio Vallone, Serena Grandi, Margaret Mazzantini
Votes: 6,974
2. Tenebrae (1982)
R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An American novelist visiting Rome to promote his latest book is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Giuliano Gemma, John Saxon, Daria Nicolodi
Votes: 27,457
3. StageFright (1987)
Unrated | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of stage actors lock themselves in the theater for a rehearsal of their upcoming musical production, unaware that an escaped psychopath has sneaked into the theater with them.
Director: Michele Soavi | Stars: David Brandon, Richard Barkeley, Barbara Cupisti, Domenico Fiore
Votes: 9,307
4. The Church (1989)
R | 102 min | Horror
An old Gothic cathedral built over a mass grave develops strange powers that trap a number of people inside with ghosts from a 12th Century massacre seeking to resurrect an ancient demon from the bowels of the Earth.
Director: Michele Soavi | Stars: Hugh Quarshie, Tomas Arana, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Barbara Cupisti
Votes: 8,908
5. Suspiria (1977)
R | 92 min | Horror
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé
Votes: 105,549
6. Inferno (1980)
R | 106 min | Horror
An American student investigates the disappearance of his sister and the death of a friend, both connected from New York to Rome by an old alchemy book.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi
Votes: 24,033
7. Witchery (1989)
R | 95 min | Horror
A photographer and others are stranded at a Massachusetts island hotel haunted by a woman in black.
Director: Fabrizio Laurenti | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Linda Blair, Catherine Hickland, Annie Ross
Votes: 2,380
8. Deadgirl (2008)
R | 101 min | Horror
Two high school boys discover an imprisoned woman in an abandoned mental asylum who cannot die.
Directors: Marcel Sarmiento, Gadi Harel | Stars: Shiloh Fernandez, Noah Segan, Candice King, Eric Podnar
Votes: 19,853
9. Prowl (2010)
R | 84 min | Horror
In Famfield, the teenager Amber feels displaced and dreams on moving to Chicago. When she learns that she is the foster daughter of her mother, she decides to move to the big city. Amber ... See full summary »
Director: Patrik Syversen | Stars: Ruta Gedmintas, Josh Bowman, Perdita Weeks, Jamie Blackley
Votes: 5,144
10. Alien Raiders (2008)
R | 85 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group enters a supermarket at closing time, shoots around and takes hostages. They believe aliens have arrived there then. Cops arrive outside.
Director: Ben Rock | Stars: Carlos Bernard, Mathew St. Patrick, Rockmond Dunbar, Courtney Ford
Votes: 9,090
11. Dark Ride (2006)
R | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of six friends on a road trip stop off at an amusement park attraction named 'Dark Ride', unaware that a psychopath who brutally murdered two girls, has just escaped a mental institution and is seeking refuge there.
Director: Craig Singer | Stars: Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Patrick Renna, David Clayton Rogers, Alex Solowitz
Votes: 6,714
12. The Funhouse (1981)
R | 96 min | Horror
Four teenagers visit a local carnival for a night of innocent amusement, but soon discover that nothing there is innocent or amusing.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Elizabeth Berridge, Shawn Carson, Jeanne Austin, Jack McDermott
Votes: 16,297 | Gross: $7.89M
13. Dying Breed (2008)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
Dying Breed interweaves the two most fascinating icons of Tasmanian history: the extinct Tasmanian tiger and "The Pieman" (aka Alexander Pearce) who was hanged for cannibalism in 1824. ... See full summary »
Director: Jody Dwyer | Stars: Nathan Phillips, Leigh Whannell, Bille Brown, Mirrah Foulkes
Votes: 6,306
14. Deathwatch (2002)
R | 94 min | Drama, Horror, War
In the middle of World War I, nine British soldiers caught behind enemy lines seek refuge in a complex network of German trenches. What they soon discover is that they aren't alone - and it isn't a German soldier that's hunting them down.
Director: M.J. Bassett | Stars: Jamie Bell, Rúaidhrí Conroy, Mike Downey, Laurence Fox
Votes: 13,271
15. I, Madman (1989)
R | 89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A bookshop clerk and wannabe actress starts seeing the disfigured killer from her 1950s pulp novels come to life and start killing people around her. She tries to convince her cop boyfriend, but to no avail.
Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Jenny Wright, Clayton Rohner, Randall William Cook, Stephanie Hodge
Votes: 3,733 | Gross: $0.15M
16. P2 (2007)
R | 98 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A businesswoman is pursued by a psychopath after being locked in a parking garage on Christmas Eve.
Director: Franck Khalfoun | Stars: Rachel Nichols, Wes Bentley, Simon Reynolds, Philip Akin
Votes: 36,454 | Gross: $3.99M
17. Unearthed (2007)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An unknown creature terrorizes an archeological dig in the middle of a desolate New Mexico town.
Director: Matthew Leutwyler | Stars: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Luke Goss, Beau Garrett, Deborah Offner
Votes: 3,876
18. Mirror Mirror (I) (1990)
R | 104 min | Horror, Thriller
A teenage girl begins receiving black magic power through an antique mirror that drips blood, not realizing the mirror is controlled by demonic forces.
Director: Marina Sargenti | Stars: Karen Black, Yvonne De Carlo, William Sanderson, Rainbow Harvest
Votes: 2,201
19. Unrest (I) (2006)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
A young pathology med student suspects that the spirit of a dead cadaver in the hospital morgue where she works is killing off all those who handle or desecrate the body.
Director: Jason Todd Ipson | Stars: Corri English, Scot Davis, Joshua Alba, Marisa Petroro
Votes: 8,282
20. Reeker (2005)
Unrated | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Strangers trapped at an eerie travel oasis in the desert must unravel the mystery behind their visions of dying people while they are preyed upon by a decaying creature.
Director: Dave Payne | Stars: Devon Gummersall, Derek Richardson, Tina Illman, Scott Whyte
Votes: 10,838
21. Storm Warning (2007)
R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
A yuppie couple lost in a thick, brush-filled marsh seek refuge at an isolated farmhouse only to discover they've jumped out of the frying pan into the fire.
Director: Jamie Blanks | Stars: Nadia Farès, Robert Taylor, David Lyons, Mathew Wilkinson
Votes: 7,522
22. Nature's Grave (2008)
R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A vacationing couple in the wilderness learns what happens when they disrespect nature.
Director: Jamie Blanks | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Claudia Karvan, Star, John Brumpton
Votes: 6,285
23. From Beyond (1986)
R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ted Sorel, Ken Foree
Votes: 30,792 | Gross: $1.26M
24. The Burning (1981)
R | 91 min | Horror
A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.
Director: Tony Maylam | Stars: Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer, Larry Joshua
Votes: 22,301
25. Timber Falls (2007)
R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
A weekend of camping in the mountains becomes an excursion into hell for a young couple, who become pawns in a grotesque plot hatched by deranged locals.
Director: Tony Giglio | Stars: Josh Randall, Brianna Brown, Nick Searcy, Beth Broderick
Votes: 6,448 | Gross: $0.05M
26. Seconds Apart (2011)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
Seth and Jonah are twins with a dangerous ability: telekinesis. Things spiral out of control as their classmates die one by one. But jealousy soon divides them and they can no longer trust each other leading to a battle against themselves.
Director: Antonio Negret | Stars: Orlando Jones, Edmund Entin, Gary Entin, Samantha Droke
Votes: 6,424
27. Trauma (1993)
R | 106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young man tries to help a teenage girl find the serial killer who murdered her parents before the killer comes after them.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Christopher Rydell, Asia Argento, Piper Laurie, Frederic Forrest
Votes: 8,073
28. Burnt Offerings (1976)
PG | 116 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart
Votes: 13,617
29. Bad Moon (1996)
R | 80 min | Horror, Thriller
After being bitten by a werewolf in the jungle, Ted looks for a cure. His lawyer sister, with a son and dog, invites him to park his camper by her house in the woods and live out of her fridge.
Director: Eric Red | Stars: Mariel Hemingway, Michael Paré, Mason Gamble, Ken Pogue
Votes: 8,141 | Gross: $1.06M
30. Night Drive (I) (2010)
103 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of tourists face the fight of their lives in a South African game reserve.
Director: Justin Head | Stars: Christopher Beasley, Corine du Toit, Brandon Auret, Greg Melvill-Smith
Votes: 378
31. Day of the Dead (2008 Video)
R | 86 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
When a small Colorado town is overrun by the flesh hungry dead a small group of survivors try to escape in a last ditch effort to stay alive.
Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Mena Suvari, Nick Cannon, Michael Welch, AnnaLynne McCord
Votes: 21,805
32. The Sect (1991)
R | 125 min | Horror
A lonely kindergarten teacher discovers a secret well in the basement of her house, and soon finds herself being followed by a murderous Satanic cult.
Director: Michele Soavi | Stars: Kelly Curtis, Herbert Lom, Mariangela Giordano, Michel Adatte
Votes: 3,357
33. Tourist Trap (1979)
PG | 90 min | Horror
A group of young friends stranded at a secluded roadside museum are stalked by a masked assailant who uses his telekinetic powers to control the attraction's mannequins.
Director: David Schmoeller | Stars: Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Jon Van Ness, Robin Sherwood
Votes: 12,878
34. Wicked Little Things (2006)
R | 94 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Karen, Sarah, and Emma Tunney are all moving to a small town in Pennsylvania where, unknown to them, in 1913, a horrid mine accident trapped dozens of children alive, underground. But there's a problem. They're still alive.
Director: J.S. Cardone | Stars: Lori Heuring, Scout Taylor-Compton, Chloë Grace Moretz, Geoffrey Lewis
Votes: 8,657
35. The Gravedancers (2006)
R | 95 min | Horror
After a night of drunken exploits, Allison, Harris, and Kira are chased and terrorized by the ghosts of a child pyromaniac, an ax murderer, and a rapist.
Director: Mike Mendez | Stars: Dominic Purcell, Clare Kramer, Josie Maran, Marcus Thomas
Votes: 10,020
36. Laid to Rest (2009)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
A young girl wakes up in a casket with a head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by a serial killer and she must fight to survive.
Director: Robert Hall | Stars: Bobbi Sue Luther, Kevin Gage, Lena Headey, Sean Whalen
Votes: 8,944
37. Chromeskull: Laid to Rest 2 (2011)
R | 93 min | Horror
"ChromeSkull" is the sequel to the 2009 horror hit "Laid to Rest." It brings back ChromeSkull, who barely escaped death in the first movie and is hell-bent on continuing where he left off..... See full summary »
Director: Robert Hall | Stars: Brian Austin Green, Thomas Dekker, Mimi Michaels, Owain Yeoman
Votes: 4,148
38. The Entity (1982)
R | 125 min | Drama, Horror
A woman is tormented by an invisible being.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver, David Labiosa, George Coe
Votes: 18,289 | Gross: $13.28M
39. Solstice (II) (2008)
PG-13 | 91 min | Horror, Mystery
While on a summer trip with her friends, Megan begins to feel the presence of Sophie, her twin sister who recently committed suicide.
Director: Daniel Myrick | Stars: Elisabeth Harnois, Shawn Ashmore, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Amanda Seyfried
Votes: 6,726
40. Red Mist (2008)
R | 82 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
After a prank goes awry and lands a hospital janitor in a coma, a group of doctors begin dying at the hands of the comatose patient who is extracting revenge through out-of-body experiences.
Director: Paddy Breathnach | Stars: Arielle Kebbel, Sarah Carter, Stephen Dillane, Andrew Lee Potts
Votes: 3,001
41. Ghost Machine (2009)
R | 93 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Two technicians battle a vengeful spirit that has infected their stolen military software.
Director: Chris Hartwill | Stars: Sean Faris, Rachael Taylor, Luke Ford, Richard Dormer
Votes: 1,932
42. Dead Silence (2007)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After his wife meets a grisly end, Jamie Ashen returns to his hometown of Ravens Fair to find answers. His investigation leads him to the ghost of a ventriloquist named Mary Shaw who seems to have ties to his entire family tree
Director: James Wan | Stars: Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Fairman
Votes: 101,919 | Gross: $16.81M
43. Furnace (2007)
Unrated | 86 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Detective Michael Turner investigates mysterious deaths that occur in and around a maximum-security prison. What begins as just another suicide and murder case unfolds into a furious ... See full summary »
Director: William Butler | Stars: Michael Paré, Ja Rule, Jenny McShane, Danny Trejo
Votes: 768
44. Monster Man (2003)
R | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Horror
Two guys and a female hitchhiker are terrorized by a monstrous looking man driving a giant monster truck.
Director: Michael Davis | Stars: Eric Jungmann, Justin Urich, Aimee Brooks, Michael Bailey Smith
Votes: 5,184
45. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
R | 84 min | Horror
Bunks and showers are a mad stabber's beat at a summer camp strictly for teens.
Director: Robert Hiltzik | Stars: Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet
Votes: 38,103 | Gross: $11.00M
46. The House on Sorority Row (1982)
R | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.
Director: Mark Rosman | Stars: Kate McNeil, Eileen Davidson, Janis Ward, Robin Meloy
Votes: 9,989 | Gross: $1.29M
47. Frayed (I) (2007)
R | 111 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A small town sheriff's worst nightmare comes true when his homicidal son escapes from a psychiatric hospital. An intense manhunt ensues as the dark secret behind the son's evil past is revealed.
Directors: Norbert Caoili, Rob Portmann | Stars: Tony Doupe, Aaron Blakely, Alena Dashiell, Tasha Smith-Floe
Votes: 1,517
48. Final Exam (1981)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
A psycho killer shows up on college campus to slash up pretty co-eds and dumb jocks.
Director: Jimmy Huston | Stars: Cecile Bagdadi, Joel S. Rice, Ralph Brown, DeAnna Robbins
Votes: 4,627
49. Rest Stop (2006 Video)
R | 80 min | Horror, Romance, Thriller
The film follows Nicole Carrow, a young woman who is threatened by a maniac serial killer, after her boyfriend Jess, is abducted in a rest stop.
Director: John Shiban | Stars: Jaimie Alexander, Michael Childers, Jennifer Cormack, Gary Entin
Votes: 11,838
50. Rest Stop: Don't Look Back (2008 Video)
Unrated | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
Three friends embark on a trip to track down Nicole and her boyfriend, and they quickly find out that the mystery is stranger and scarier than they imagined.
Director: Shawn Papazian | Stars: Kelly Albanese, Michael Childers, Brionne Davis, Edmund Entin
Votes: 4,452
51. Adrenalin: Fear the Rush (1996)
R | 77 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A bioweapon leaks in Eastern Europe and spreads west. It mutates in a quarantine area, creating a killer monster. Can a group of cops stop it and the new virus?
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Natasha Henstridge, Norbert Weisser, Elizabeth Barondes
Votes: 3,849 | Gross: $0.04M
52. Borderland (2007)
R | 105 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
On a trip to a Mexican border town, three college friends stumble upon a human-sacrifice cult.
Director: Zev Berman | Stars: Brian Presley, Jake Muxworthy, Rider Strong, Beto Cuevas
Votes: 10,657
53. Creep (I) (2004)
R | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Trapped in a London subway station, a woman who's being pursued by a potential attacker heads into the unknown labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city's streets.
Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Franka Potente, Sean Harris, Vas Blackwood, Ken Campbell
Votes: 31,767
54. The Believers (1987)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Cal Jamison, a police psychologist, is forced to deal with a series of ritualistic murders and a malevolent cult.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross, Robert Loggia
Votes: 8,118 | Gross: $18.75M
55. Sole Survivor (1984)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A lone survivor of a plane crash is haunted by a feeling unworthy of survival. Dead people start coming after her to collect her.
Director: Thom Eberhardt | Stars: Anita Skinner, Caren L. Larkey, Peggy McClure, Roberta Kay
Votes: 2,566
56. From Within (2008)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A small Maryland town is gripped by a curse which causes residents to take their own life one after another.
Director: Phedon Papamichael | Stars: Elizabeth Rice, Thomas Dekker, Kelly Blatz, Laura Allen
Votes: 7,988 | Gross: $0.07M
57. The Broken (2008)
R | 93 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
After seeing herself drive down the street, Radiologist Gina McVey unravels a mystery centered around a broken mirror.
Director: Sean Ellis | Stars: Lena Headey, Ulrich Thomsen, Melvil Poupaud, Michelle Duncan
Votes: 11,304
58. The Night Flier (1997)
R | 97 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A reporter is on the trail of a vampiric murderer who travels by plane.
Director: Mark Pavia | Stars: Miguel Ferrer, Julie Entwisle, Dan Monahan, Michael H. Moss
Votes: 12,029 | Gross: $0.13M
59. Severance (2006)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Horror
During a team-building retreat in the mountains a group of sales representatives are hunted down one by one.
Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens
Votes: 40,702 | Gross: $0.14M
60. Dread (2009)
R | 98 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Three college students set out to document what other people dread the most. However, one of the three turns out to secretly be a sadistic psychopath who uses this knowledge to gruesomely torture the subjects.
Director: Anthony DiBlasi | Stars: Jackson Rathbone, Hanne Steen, Laura Donnelly, Jonathan Readwin
Votes: 12,970
61. Wolfen (1981)
R | 115 min | Horror, Thriller
A New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks.
Director: Michael Wadleigh | Stars: Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines
Votes: 11,488 | Gross: $10.63M
62. Deadly Blessing (1981)
R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
After her husband dies under mysterious circumstances, a widow becomes increasingly paranoid of the neighboring religious community that may have diabolical plans for her.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Maren Jensen, Sharon Stone, Susan Buckner, Jeff East
Votes: 7,001 | Gross: $8.28M
63. Unspeakable (2002)
R | 108 min | Horror, Thriller
A woman battles an unspeakable terror.
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Pavan Grover, Michelle Wolff, Mark Voltura, Marco Rodríguez
Votes: 1,511
64. Phenomena (1985)
R | 116 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A young girl who has an amazing ability to communicate with insects is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi, Dalila Di Lazzaro
Votes: 30,082
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