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Horror movies

Spine-chilling tales designed to provoke fear and suspense, featuring the supernatural, monsters, and psychological terror.

Subgenres include: Slasher Horror, Monster Horror, Zombie Horror.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

41. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Comedy Fantasy Horror Dark Comedy Supernatural Fantasy
6.6

20241h 45min

United States

Director: Tim Burton

After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.

Themes

Deception and betrayal, Loyalty under pressure, Generational tension, Family legacy and loss, Afterlife bureaucracy, Paranormal boundary crossing

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The Coffee Table

42. The Coffee Table

Horror Thriller Drama Comedy Family Drama
6.7

20231h 31min

Spain

Director: Caye Casas

Jesus and María are a couple going through a difficult time in their relationship. Nevertheless, they have just become parents. To shape their new life, they decide to buy a new coffee table. A decision that will change their existence.

Themes

Fragile domestic trust, Deception around promises, Secrecy within family, Hidden danger in home, Parenting under stress, Guilt and denial

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Amazon Video
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Google Play Movies
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Hereditary

43. Hereditary

Horror Mystery Thriller Psychological Horror Mindbender Mystery
7.3

20182h 8min

United States, United Kingdom

Director: Ari Aster

The Graham family struggles to cope with the grandmother’s death as constant tension, anxiety, and misunderstandings keep growing. Her daughter Annie gradually digs into the family’s unsettling history and begins to uncover frightening details of past events that start repeating themselves.

Themes

Grief and guilt, Dysfunctional family dynamics, Secrecy and exposure, Intergenerational legacy, Ritual belief systems, Loss of control

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Nope

44. Nope

Horror Science Fiction Comedy Alien Horror Alien Contact Sci-Fi
6.8

20222h 10min

United States

Director: Jordan Peele

Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.

Themes

Trauma and resilience, Exploitation for fame, Voyeuristic spectacle, Racial issues, Power of observation, Unpredictable danger of the unknown

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Bones and All

45. Bones and All

Horror Romance Drama Tragic Drama Dark Romance
6.8

20222h 11min

Italy, United States

Director: Luca Guadagnino

Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.

Themes

Otherness testing intimacy, Addiction driving choices, Hunger as self-definition, Guilt over desire, Family estrangement tension, Abandonment shaping belonging

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Trip

46. The Trip

Comedy Horror Dark Comedy Psychological Horror
6.9

20211h 53min

Norway

Director: Tommy Wirkola

A dysfunctional couple head to a remote lakeside cabin under the guise of reconnecting, but each has secret designs to kill the other. Before they can carry out their respective plans, unexpected visitors arrive and the couple is faced with a greater danger than anything they could have plotted.

Themes

Hostage dynamics, Shotgun leverage, Cabin isolation, Escaped convict threat, Murder plot deception, Black humor tone

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Abigail

47. Abigail

Horror Thriller Crime Psychological Horror Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller
6.5

20241h 49min

United States

Director: Tyler Gillett

A group of professional criminals who have never met each other are given a new assignment — to kidnap a young girl, take her to a predetermined location, and keep her there for twenty-four hours, after which they will receive their promised payment. But after carrying out the kidnapping, they realize they are the ones trapped: every exit from the house is locked, and the girl is a little bloodthirsty vampire.

Themes

Betrayal and manipulation, Survival under siege, Power and coercion, Unreliable guardianship, Supernatural threat, Extortion and captivity

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The First Omen

48. The First Omen

Horror Supernatural Horror
6.5

20241h 59min

United States

Director: Arkasha Stevenson

When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.

Themes

Betrayal within institutions, Religious authority manipulation, Secrecy and ritual control, Birth as political weapon, Power struggles amid secularization, Motherhood under surveillance

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Hulu
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Midsommar

49. Midsommar

Horror Drama Mystery Folk Horror Locked-Room Mystery
7.1

20192h 27min

Sweden, United States

Director: Ari Aster

Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.

Themes

Isolation and belonging, Grief and coping, Ritual power dynamics, Paranoia and mistrust, Cultural conflict, Collective ritual control

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Saw X

50. Saw X

Horror Mystery Gore Horror Whodunit
6.6

20231h 58min

United States

Director: Kevin Greutert

Between the events of 'Saw' and 'Saw II', a sick and desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer, only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists in his signature visceral way through devious, deranged, and ingenious traps.

Themes

Trust under threat, Survival under coercion, Fraudulent medical procedure, Con artist exploitation, Victim vulnerability exploited, Ethical boundaries blurred

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Apple TV
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