Juicys' List of Horror Movie Series Trilogies
by Juicy_Kumquat | created - 07 Dec 2013 | updated - 18 Oct 2019 | PublicWhile trying to discover horror movie trilogies, Juicy noticed that most peoples lists were top ten or smaller using google. Here is a more complete listing for those interested in collecting horror movie trilogies.
However,
One sequel is just not that special, and a trilogy is alright; To to be a Horror Movie Series Franchise in Juicys' humble opinion, the series must reach 4 or more. For those see the Expanded Franchise List:
Juicys' List of Horror Movie Series Franchises That Made It To 4 Or More https://www.imdb.com/list/ls076516619
Don't forget to also check out the EVIL CHILDREN List:
Quiltys' "Evil Children", "Bad Seeds" Horror Movie List by Juicy Kumquat https://www.imdb.com/list/ls003524768/
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1. 11/11/11 (2011 Video)
R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
Jack and Melissa are frightened by their son's bizarre and violent behavior; they soon learn that he is the gateway to the Apocalypse, and it will happen on his birthday, 11-11-11.
Director: Keith Allan | Stars: Jon Briddell, Erin Coker, Hayden Byerly, Tracy Winters
Votes: 1,511
12/12/12 (2012) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2313780
13/13/13 (2013) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2991516
2. Amateur Porn Star Killer (2006)
X | 71 min | Crime, Horror
The unofficial story of a killer who kidnaps and kills three girls is told through the tale of his last victim, 'Amateur Porn Star Killer' is about a girl he picks up on the street and ... See full summary »
Director: Shane Ryan-Reid | Stars: Michiko Jimenez, Jan Gould, Shane Ryan-Reid
Votes: 1,275
Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 (2008) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1161951
Amateur Porn Star Killer 3: The Final Chapter (2009) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1316577
3. Basket Case (1982)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror
A young man carrying a big basket that contains his extremely deformed, formerly conjoined twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.
Director: Frank Henenlotter | Stars: Kevin VanHentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly Bonner, Robert Vogel
Votes: 21,646
Basket Case 2 (1990) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099108
Basket Case 3 (1991) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103773
4. Beyond the Door (1974)
R | 108 min | Horror
Juliet Mills plays a young pregnant woman in San Francisco who is going to have the devil's baby during her strange possession. Richard Johnson shows up to help her... but what does he really want?
Directors: Ovidio G. Assonitis, Roberto D'Ettorre Piazzoli | Stars: Juliet Mills, Richard Johnson, Gabriele Lavia, Nino Segurini
Votes: 2,715 | Gross: $0.08M
Shock (Beyond the Door II) (1977) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075651
Beyond the Door III (1989) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096920
5. Blade (1998)
R | 120 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires.
Director: Stephen Norrington | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright
Votes: 298,607 | Gross: $70.09M
2 sequels and 1 T.V. Series"
Blade II (2002) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187738
Blade: Trinity (2004) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359013
Blade: The Series (2006) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0823333
6. The Boogey Man (1980)
R | 82 min | Horror
Through the reflection in the mirror, a girl witnesses her mother's boyfriend's murder.
Director: Ulli Lommel | Stars: Suzanna Love, John Carradine, Ron James, Nicholas Love
Votes: 5,092 | Gross: $4.50M
Boogeyman II (1983) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085266
Return of the Boogeyman (1994) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162889
7. Boogeyman (2005)
PG-13 | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young man tries to deal with the childhood terror that has never stopped haunting him.
Director: Stephen Kay | Stars: Barry Watson, Emily Deschanel, Lucy Lawless, Skye McCole Bartusiak
Votes: 32,587 | Gross: $46.75M
Boogeyman 2 (2007) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0900357
Boogeyman 3 (2008) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1204883
8. Cabin Fever (2002)
R | 93 min | Horror
Five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.
Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Jordan Ladd, Rider Strong, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent
Votes: 83,634 | Gross: $21.16M
+ 1 re-make
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0961722
Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero (2014) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2102496
Cabin Fever (2016) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3832096
9. Candyman (1992)
R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons
Votes: 100,074 | Gross: $25.79M
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112625
Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165662
10. A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
Unrated | 98 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
After a string of bad luck, a debt collector has no other choice than to spend the night in a haunted temple, where he encounters a ravishing female ghost and later battles to save her soul from the control of a wicked tree demon.
Director: Siu-Tung Ching | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang, Wu Ma, Wai Lam
Votes: 11,065
+ an anime + remake
A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100625
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102932
A Chinese Ghost Story (1997) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125037
A Chinese Ghost Story (2011) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1861421
11. City of the Living Dead (1980)
Not Rated | 93 min | Horror
A reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo De Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi
Votes: 19,335
Lucio Fulci's "Gates of Hell Trilogy"
The Beyond (1981) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082307
The House by the Cemetery (1981) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082966
12. Cold Prey (2006)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Thriller
5 young Norwegians head up to the mountains to snowboard. One breaks his leg and it's getting dark soon, so they spend the night in a big, abandoned hotel, closed 30 years ago. They are not alone.
Director: Roar Uthaug | Stars: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Tomas Alf Larsen, Endre Martin Midtstigen
Votes: 19,607
Cold Prey 2 (2008) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1188990
Cold Prey III (2010) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1464535
13. Creepshow (1982)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
"Creepshow" is a 1982 movie that tells five grisly tales from a children's comic book: a murdered father rising from his grave, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Leslie Nielsen, Adrienne Barbeau, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 53,160 | Gross: $21.03M
Stephen King! Dir. by Romero!
Creepshow 2 (1987) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092796
Creepshow III (2006) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478125
14. Cube (1997)
R | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A group of strangers awaken to find themselves placed in a giant cube. Each one of them is gifted with a special skill and they must work together to escape an endless maze of deadly traps.
Director: Vincenzo Natali | Stars: Nicole de Boer, Maurice Dean Wint, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller
Votes: 247,461 | Gross: $0.50M
Cube²: Hypercube (2002) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285492
Cube Zero (2004) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377713
15. Dracula 2000 (2000)
R | 99 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A group of thieves breaks into a chamber expecting to find paintings, but instead they release the count himself, who travels to New Orleans to find his nemesis' daughter, Mary Van Helsing.
Director: Patrick Lussier | Stars: Gerard Butler, Justine Waddell, Jonny Lee Miller, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 36,440 | Gross: $33.02M
Dracula II: Ascension (2003) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0336325
Dracula III: Legacy (2005) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303929
16. The Evil Dead (1981)
NC-17 | 85 min | Horror
Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker
Votes: 232,216 | Gross: $2.40M
+ 3 remakes + a musical (hint - I found one on ioffer.com - hilarious), a t.v.series.
Evil Dead II (1987) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092991
Army of Darkness (1992) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106308
Re-makes
Evil Dead (2013) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288558
Bhayam (2007) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4848430
Different characters same plot
Bollywood Evil Dead (2008) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1825665
Shot-in-shot in some scenes.
T.V. series -
Ash vs Evil Dead (2015-2018)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4189022
17. Feast (2005)
R | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Patrons locked inside a bar are forced to fight monsters.
Director: John Gulager | Stars: Navi Rawat, Krista Allen, Balthazar Getty, Judah Friedlander
Votes: 33,828 | Gross: $0.05M
Feast II: Sloppy Seconds (2008) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0961722
Feast III: The Happy Finish (2009) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104836
18. The Fly (1958)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, Herbert Marshall
Votes: 25,635 | Gross: $3.00M
+ remake and its sequel
Return of the Fly (1959) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053219
Curse of the Fly (1965) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059076
Remake -
The Fly (1986) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091064/
The Fly II (1989) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097368
19. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Juliette Lewis, Quentin Tarantino
Votes: 340,262 | Gross: $25.75M
Plus 1 Documentary + 1 TV series
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120860
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120695
T.V. series -
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (Mar. 11 2014– ) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3337194
Documentary -
Full Tilt Boogie (1997) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119165
20. Ginger Snaps (2000)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two death-obsessed sisters, outcasts in their suburban neighborhood, must deal with the tragic consequences when one of them is bitten by a deadly werewolf.
Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers
Votes: 52,247 | Gross: $0.00M
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353489
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365265
21. The Grudge (2004)
PG-13 | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.
Director: Takashi Shimizu | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, Clea DuVall, William Mapother
Votes: 150,790 | Gross: $110.36M
+ the original series
The U.S. based series is a trilogy....however....
"The complete 12 Ju-on/The Grudge movies include short films, original movies, remakes and sequels. Gakkô no kaidan G contains the original 2 shorts that all of Ju-on was based on. These and another Ju-on short can be found on the US unrated version dvds of The Grudge and The Grudge 2"
Gakkô no kaidan G (1998) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330312
Ju-on: The Curse 2 (2000) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330501
Ju-on: The Grudge (2002) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364385
Ju-On: The Grudge 2 (2003) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367913
Ju-on: Black Ghost (2009) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1422674
Ju-on: White Ghost (2009) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1422675
Ju-on: The Beginning of the End (2014) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3572132
Ju-on: The Final Curse (2015) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4458368
The Grudge (2004) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0391198
The Grudge 2 (2006) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433386
The Grudge 3 (2009) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1053859
22. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Susan Lanier, Robert Houston, John Steadman, Janus Blythe
Votes: 39,192 | Gross: $25.00M
+ remake and its sequel
The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1984) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114070
Mind Ripper (aka. The Hills Have Eyes III) (1995) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114070
Remake -
The Hills Have Eyes (2006) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454841
The Hills Have Eyes II (2007) - The Hills Have Eyes II (2007)
23. Hostel (2005)
R | 94 min | Horror
Three backpackers head to a Slovak city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson, Barbara Nedeljakova
Votes: 190,836 | Gross: $47.33M
Hostel: Part II (2007) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498353
Hostel: Part III (2011) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1255916
24. Hotel Transylvania (2012)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teenaged daughter.
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky | Stars: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez
Votes: 280,707 | Gross: $148.31M
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2510894
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5220122
25. The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)
R | 92 min | Horror
A mad scientist kidnaps and mutilates a trio of tourists in order to reassemble them into a human centipede, created by stitching their mouths to each others' rectums.
Director: Tom Six | Stars: Dieter Laser, Winter Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, Akihiro Kitamura
Votes: 87,170 | Gross: $0.18M
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (2011) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1530509
The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) (2015) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1883367
26. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery
Four young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.
Director: Jim Gillespie | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Anne Heche, Ryan Phillippe
Votes: 158,009 | Gross: $72.59M
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130018
I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469111
27. I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
R | 108 min | Horror, Thriller
A writer who is brutalized during her cabin retreat seeks revenge on her attackers, who left her for dead.
Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Sarah Butler, Jeff Branson, Andrew Howard, Daniel Franzese
Votes: 93,049 | Gross: $0.09M
+ original and its sequel
I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2537176
I Spit on Your Grave: Vengeance is Mine (2015) - I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4530884
Originals -
I Spit on Your Grave (1978) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077713
I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu (2018) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4058836
28. It's Alive (1974)
PG | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The Davises are expecting a baby, which turns out to be a monster with a nasty habit of killing people whenever it is scared. And it is easily scared.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, Andrew Duggan, Guy Stockwell
Votes: 8,969
It Lives Again (1978) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077756
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093286
Remake -
It's Alive (2009) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172060
29. Jeepers Creepers (2001)
R | 90 min | Horror, Mystery
A brother and sister driving home through isolated countryside for spring break encounter a flesh-eating creature which is in the midst of its ritualistic eating spree.
Director: Victor Salva | Stars: Gina Philips, Justin Long, Jonathan Breck, Patricia Belcher
Votes: 142,403 | Gross: $37.90M
Jeepers Creepers II (2003) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301470
Jeepers Creepers III (2017) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139592
30. Joy Ride (2001)
R | 97 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychopathic killer.
Director: John Dahl | Stars: Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski, Jessica Bowman
Votes: 75,856 | Gross: $21.97M
Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead (2008) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1140941
Joy Ride 3: Road Kill (2014) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3138376
31. The Lost Boys (1987)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Horror
After moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Barnard Hughes
Votes: 160,952 | Gross: $32.22M
Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1031254
Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1400526
32. Malevolence (2003)
R | 90 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Ten years after the kidnapping of Martin Bristol, bank robbers hide in an isolated rural farmhouse where a serial killer lurks.
Director: Stevan Mena | Stars: R. Brandon Johnson, Samantha Dark, Heather Magee, Richard Glover
Votes: 3,769
Bereavement (2010) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1100051
Malevolence 3: Killer (2018) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3487610
33. The Mangler (1995)
R | 106 min | Horror, Mystery
A laundry-folding machine has been possessed by a demon, causing it to develop homicidal tendencies.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Robert Englund, Ted Levine, Daniel Matmor, Jeremy Crutchley
Votes: 9,959 | Gross: $1.78M
Stephen King!
The Mangler 2 (2002) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0260162
The Mangler Reborn (2005) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449066
34. Maniac Cop (1988)
R | 85 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York City.
Director: William Lustig | Stars: Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree
Votes: 20,143 | Gross: $0.67M
Maniac Cop 2 (1990) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100107
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104808
35. Mimic (1997)
R | 105 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Three years ago, entomologist Dr. Susan Tyler genetically created an insect to kill cockroaches carrying a virulent disease. Now, the insects are out to destroy their only predator, mankind.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Alexander Goodwin, Giancarlo Giannini
Votes: 55,581 | Gross: $25.48M
Mimic 2 (2001) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0239641
Mimic: Sentinel (2003) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330634
36. Mostly Ghostly (2007 Video)
PG | 93 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
After discovering a pair of young ghosts, a nebbish 11-year-old agrees to help the sibling spirits solve the mystery surrounding their demise.
Director: Richard Correll | Stars: Madison Pettis, Sterling Beaumon, Luke Benward, Brian Stepanek
Votes: 1,628
Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2014) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3138192
Mostly Ghostly: One Night in Doom House (2016) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5127214
37. Munchies (1987)
PG | 83 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A scientist discovers a strange little creature in a cave. The "munchie" is obviously of extraterrestrial origin, but what he doesn't know is the danger it represents.
Director: Tina Hirsch | Stars: Harvey Korman, Charlie Stratton, Nadine Van der Velde, Alix Elias
Votes: 2,112
Munchie (1992) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104938
Munchie Strikes Back (1994) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110593
38. My Super Psycho Sweet 16 (2009 TV Movie)
Unrated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A spoiled teen's birthday bash turns killer after she convinces her parents to re-open a roller skating rink where murders took place.
Director: Jacob Gentry | Stars: Shaun Bowman, Julianna Guill, Lauren McKnight, Chris Zylka
Votes: 1,599
My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 (2010) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1684915
My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 3 (2012) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2056659
39. Night of the Demons (1988)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Ten teenagers party at an abandoned funeral parlor on Halloween night. When an evil force awakens, demonic spirits keep them from leaving and turn their gathering into a living Hell.
Director: Kevin Tenney | Stars: Cathy Podewell, Alvin Alexis, Hal Havins, Allison Barron
Votes: 19,106 | Gross: $3.11M
+ 1 re-make
Night of the Demons 2 (1994) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110667
Night of the Demons III (1997) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116073
Night of the Demons (2009) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1268809
40. Offspring (2009)
R | 79 min | Horror
Against the backdrop of grisly murders and child abductions, a clan of cannibalistic savages which plague the North-east Coast since 1858, is after an unsuspecting family and their innocent baby girl. Do they have what it takes to survive?
Director: Andrew van den Houten | Stars: Jessica Butler, Kelly Carey, Holter Graham, T.J. Graye
Votes: 3,090
The Woman (2011) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714208
Darlin' (2019) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8396294
41. One Missed Call (2003)
R | 112 min | Horror, Mystery
People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, foretelling their deaths.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Kô Shibasaki, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi, Anna Nagata
Votes: 19,290
+ 1 re-make and 1 tv series
One Missed Call 2 (2005) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451010
One Missed Call Final (2006) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0978797
One Missed Call (2008) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479968
One Missed Call (2005) (TV Series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1015573
42. Open Water (2003)
R | 79 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Based on the true story of two scuba divers accidentally stranded in shark infested waters after their tour boat has left.
Director: Chris Kentis | Stars: Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis, Saul Stein, Michael E. Williamson
Votes: 56,427 | Gross: $30.61M
Open Water 2: Adrift (2006) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470055
Open Water 3: Cage Dive (2017) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4126568
43. Outpost (2008)
R | 90 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
In war-torn Eastern Europe, a mysterious businessman hires a group of mercenaries on a routine mission to protect him not knowing of the long-hidden secret that lies there.
Director: Steve Barker | Stars: Ray Stevenson, Julian Wadham, Richard Brake, Paul Blair
Votes: 17,916
Outpost: Black Sun (2012) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1418712
Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz (2013) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2241403
44. Poltergeist (1982)
PG | 114 min | Horror, Thriller
A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight
Votes: 179,383 | Gross: $76.61M
+ remake + T.V. series
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091778
Poltergeist III (1988) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095889
Poltergeist (2015) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1029360
T.V. series -
Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115317
45. Pulse (I) (2006)
PG-13 | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When their computer hacker friend accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal, a group of co-eds rally to stop a terrifying evil from taking over the world.
Director: Jim Sonzero | Stars: Kristen Bell, Rick Gonzalez, Christina Milian, Ian Somerhalder
Votes: 30,687 | Gross: $20.26M
1 original + 1 remake and 2 sequels to that.
Pulse 2: Afterlife (2008) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1038072
Pulse 3 (2008) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1323946
Pulse (2001) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286751
46. Re-Animator (1985)
Unrated | 84 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
After an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale
Votes: 71,423 | Gross: $2.02M
Bride of Re-Animator (1989) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099180
Beyond Re-Animator (2003) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0222812
47. Repulsion (1965)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A sex-repulsed woman who disapproves of her sister's boyfriend sinks into depression and has horrific visions of rape and violence.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux
Votes: 57,242
Roman Polanski's "The Apartment Trilogy"
Rosemary's Baby (1968) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063522
The Tenant (1976) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074811
48. Scarecrow (2002 Video)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror
When high school loner Lester is betrayed then viciously murdered, the bodies start stacking up as the scarecrow seeks vengeance from beyond the grave.
Director: Emmanuel Itier | Stars: Tim Young, Todd Rex, Tiffany Shepis, Jen Richey
Votes: 1,262
Scarecrow Slayer (2004) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353984
Scarecrow Gone Wild (2004) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385218
49. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Horror
The uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis
Votes: 593,400 | Gross: $13.54M
Edgar Wright’s “Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy” (also known as the Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy)
Hot Fuzz (2007) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425112
The World's End (2013) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1213663
50. Sometimes They Come Back (1991 TV Movie)
R | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A man and his family return to his hometown, where he is then harassed by teenagers who died when he was a kid.
Director: Tom McLoughlin | Stars: Tim Matheson, Brooke Adams, Robert Rusler, Chris Demetral
Votes: 12,006
Sometimes They Come Back... Again (1996) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117692
Sometimes They Come Back... for More (1998) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171768
51. Sorority House Massacre (1986)
R | 74 min | Horror
College student Beth and her sorority sisters are stalked by an escaped psychopathic killer who shares a strange telepathic link with her.
Director: Carol Frank | Stars: Angela O'Neill, Wendy Martel, Pamela Ross, Nicole Rio
Votes: 3,914
Sorority House Massacre II (1990) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100663
Hard to Die (1990) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103111
52. Spiders (2000)
R | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A DNA experiment on a rare breed of spider is taking place on a NASA space shuttle, when a freak meteor shower engulfs the shuttle, causing everything to go horribly wrong.
Director: Gary Jones | Stars: Lana Parrilla, Josh Green, Oliver Macready, Nick Swarts
Votes: 3,202
Spiders II: Breeding Ground (2001) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282179
Spiders 3D (2013) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1659216
53. The Stepfather (1987)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
After murdering his entire family, a man marries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it all over again.
Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack, Charles Lanyer
Votes: 18,170 | Gross: $2.49M
+ 2 re-makes (1 USA/1 Iran)
Stepfather II (1989) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098385
Stepfather III (1992) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105470
The Stepfather (2009) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814335
24th Street (2009) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2669686
54. 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: 105,286
+ 1 re-make
Dario Argento's "Three Mothers Trilogy"
Inferno (1980) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080923
Mother of Tears (2007) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804507
Suspiria (2018) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034415
55. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant.
Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, Bae Doona, Lim Ji-eun
Votes: 75,069 | Gross: $0.05M
Chan–Wook Park’s “Vengeance Trilogy”
Oldboy (2003) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569
Lady Vengeance (2005) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451094
56. ThanksKilling (2008)
Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A homicidal turkey axes off college kids during Thanksgiving break.
Director: Jordan Downey | Stars: Wanda Lust, Natasha Cordova, Lindsey Anderson, Lance Predmore
Votes: 5,456
ThanksKilling 3 (2012) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2106675
This series is here by default as it skipped its own sequel, which is searched for in part 3.
57. The Thing (1982)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur
Votes: 465,994 | Gross: $13.78M
+ 1 original
John Carpenter’s "Apocalypse trilogy"
Prince of Darkness (1987) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093777
In the Mouth of Madness (1994) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113409
The Thing from Another World (1951) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044121/
58. Troll (1986)
PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A wicked troll king in search of a mystical ring that will transform him to human form invades a San Francisco apartment complex where a powerful witch lives.
Director: John Carl Buechler | Stars: Michael Moriarty, Shelley Hack, Noah Hathaway, Jenny Beck
Votes: 11,493 | Gross: $5.45M
+ 1 EXCELLENT documentary
Troll 2 (1990) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105643
The Crawlers (Troll 3) (1993) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106620
Best Worst Movie (2009) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1144539
59. Urban Legend (1998)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A college student suspects a series of bizarre deaths are connected to certain urban legends.
Director: Jamie Blanks | Stars: Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Michael Rosenbaum
Votes: 71,428 | Gross: $38.07M
Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192731
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451957
60. Vampires (1998)
R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Recovering from an ambush that killed his entire team, a vengeful vampire slayer must retrieve an ancient Catholic relic that, should it be acquired by vampires, will allow them to walk in sunlight.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith
Votes: 63,706 | Gross: $20.24M
Vampires: Los Muertos (2002) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272147
Vampires: The Turning (2005) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398378
61. Warlock (1989)
R | 103 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A warlock flees from the 17th to the 20th century, with a witch-hunter in hot pursuit.
Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Julian Sands, Lori Singer, Richard E. Grant, Mary Woronov
Votes: 18,952 | Gross: $9.09M
Warlock: The Armageddon (1993) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108517
Warlock III: The End of Innocence (1999) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157171
62. Witchboard (1986)
R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When his girlfriend becomes dangerously obsessed with a ghost she contacted using a Ouija board, Jim reluctantly joins forces with her ex-his own estranged childhood best friend-to identify and exorcise the evil spirit.
Director: Kevin Tenney | Stars: Todd Allen, Tawny Kitaen, Stephen Nichols, Kathleen Wilhoite
Votes: 8,237 | Gross: $7.37M
2 sequels and 1 spoof"
Witchboard 2 (1993) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108577
Witchboard III: The Possession (1995) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114957
Witchtrap (1989) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098662
63. Witchouse (1999 Video)
R | 72 min | Horror
On Mayday 1998 in the town of Dunwich, Massachusetts, Elizabeth gathers together a group of specially selected friends for a rather odd party. It turns out that she is the descendent of a ... See full summary »
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Matt Raftery, Monica Snow, Brooke Mueller, Ashley McKinney Taylor
Votes: 833
Witchouse II: Blood Coven (2000) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244307
Witchouse 3: Demon Fire (2001) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289626
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