Best Horror Movies of All Time
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Scream-Worthy Cinema: The 61+ Best Horror Movies of All Time Ever Made You Need to Watch

Online Harbour has listed the best horror movies for you to watch with your family and friends. If you are into spooky movies so you better grab some popcorn and enjoy some of the best horror movies listed below.

This compilation includes the best classic horror movies and the best horror latest releases like The Witch, Get Out, Crawl, The Last Witch Hunter, Split, Zombieland: Double Tap, Annabelle, The Curse Of La Llorona, I Frankenstein, The Conjuring, Bloodshot, Prometheus, Halloween, IT, Alien: Covenant, Gretel & Hansel, A Quiet Place, Jaws, Friday the 13th, Doctor Sleep, Addams Family Values, The Exorcist, Hereditary, Scream, The Crow, World War Z, I Am Legend, Paranormal Activity 4 and many others.

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Crawl

As a hurricane tears through Florida, Haley rushes to find her father, who is injured and trapped in the crawl space of their home. With the storm intensifying and water levels rising, the pair face an even bigger threat lurking below the surface. Director: Alexandre Aja. Starring: Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark. Genres: Horror, Suspense.

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Get Out (2017)

When Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a young African-American man, visits his white girlfriend’s (Allison Williams) family estate, he becomes ensnared in the more sinister, real reason for the invitation. Director: Jordan Peele. Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener. Genres: Horror

A Quiet Place (2018)

In this terrifyingly suspenseful thriller, a family must navigate their lives in silence to avoid mysterious creatures that hunt by sound. Hailed by critics and audiences around the world, experience the must-see movie of the year. Director: John Krasinski. Starring: Millicent Simmonds, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski. Genres: Horror, Suspense, Drama

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    Based on the bestselling comic book, Vin Diesel stars as the unstoppable superhero Bloodshot. Director: David Wilson. Starring: Vin Diesel, Eiza Gonzalez, Sam Heughan. Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror

    New England, 1630. An English farmer leaves his plantation, relocating his wife and children to a remote plot on the edge of an ominous forest. As strange and unsettling things begin to happen, each family member’s faith and loyalty is tested. Directors: Robert Eggers. Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie. Genres: Horror, Suspense

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    Doctor Sleep (2019)

    Scarred by trauma he endured as a child, Dan Torrance has fought to find peace. But that peace is shattered when he encounters Abra, a girl with a powerful gift, known as the “shine.”. Director: Mike Flanagan. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran. Genres: Horror, Suspense

    Through comic mayhem from the White House to the heartland, four slayers face off against new kinds of evolved zombies and new human survivors. Director: Ruben Fleischer. Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone. Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction

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    Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Directors: M. Night Shyamalan. Starring: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley. Genres: Horror

    It Chapter Two + Bonus Features

    Every 27 years evil revisits the town of Derry. “It Chapter Two” brings the characters back together as adults, nearly three decades later. Includes X-ray content with bonus features. Director: Andy Muschietti. Starring: James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader. Genres: Suspense, Horror

    Halloween

    On Halloween night of 1963, 6-year old Michael Myers stabbed his sister to death. After sitting in a mental hospital for 15 years, Myers escapes and returns to Haddonfield to kill. Directors: John Carpenter. Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran. Genres: Horror

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    The Hunt

    In this sly satire, a group of elites gather to hunt ordinary Americans for sport. But one of The Hunted (Betty Gilpin) fights back against The Hunters’ leader (Hilary Swank). Director: Craig Zobel. Starring: Ike Barinholtz, Betty Gilpin, Emma Roberts. Genres: Horror, Suspense.

    Midsommar

    An American couple, their relationship foundering, travel to a fabled Swedish midsummer festival where they become trapped in a sinister nightmare. Director: Ari Aster. Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Will Poulter. Genres: Horror, Suspense, Arthouse

    The Conjuring 2 (2016)

    Renowned demonologists Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits. Director: James Wan. Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Frances O’Connor. Genres: Horror

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    When children in town begin to disappear, a group of young kids is faced with their biggest fears as they square off against evil clown, Pennywise. Based on the Stephen King novel. Directors: Andy Muschietti. Starring: Jaeden Lieberher, Bill Skarsgård, Wyatt Oleff. Genres: Horror

    World War Z

    World War Z is the fast-paced, pulse-pounding epic of the potential last days of the human race. Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is called in to help stop the pandemic that has spread around the world. Director: Marc Forster. Starring: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Marc Forster. Genres: Drama, Horror, Suspense.

    The Curse Of La Llorona (2019)

    Ignoring the warning of a troubled mother, a social worker and her small kids are soon terrorized by La Llorona. Their only hope to survive may be a former priest’s mystic practices. Director: Michael Chaves. Starring: Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velásquez. Genres: Horror

    Gretel & Hansel (2020)

    A long time ago in a distant fairytale countryside, a young girl (Sophia Lillis) leads her little brother (newcomer Samuel J. Leakey) into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil. Director: Osgood Perkins. Starring: Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, Alice Krige. Genres: Drama, Horror, Suspense

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    In Shane Black’s explosive reinvention, the Predator is deadlier than ever, and only a ragtag crew can prevent the end of the human race. Director: Shane Black. Starring: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Horror, Suspense

    A space crew journeys to a remote world in search of man’s origins in Ridley Scott’s thrilling sci-fi opus. Director: Ridley Scott. Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce. Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense.

    Addams Family Values (1993)

    The family’s future grows bleak when the no-good nanny marries Fester and has the kids shipped off to summer camp. But Wednesday still has a Thing or two up her sleeve. Director: Barry Sonnenfeld. Starring: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd. Genres: Comedy, Horror, Fantasy

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    Annabelle Comes Home (2019)

    After being locked behind sacred glass in the Warren’s artifacts room, Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who set their sights on the Warrens’ daughter and her friends. Director: Gary Dauberman. Starring: McKenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife. Genres: Horror

    Insidious: The Last Key

    In this supernatural thriller sequel, Dr. Elise Rainier, the brilliant parapsychologist, faces her most fearsome and personal haunting yet: in her own family home. Director: Adam Robitel. Starring: Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson. Genres: Horror, Suspense.

    Under the Skin

    A voluptuous woman of unknown origin (Scarlett Johansson) combs the highways in search of isolated or forsaken men, luring a succession of lost souls into an otherworldly lair. They are seduced, stripped of their humanity, and never heard from again.

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    I Am Legend

    Robert Neville is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable. Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of the world. Directors: Francis Lawrence. Starring: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan. Genres: Science Fiction, Horror, Action.

    Hereditary

    A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences. Director: Ari Aster. Starring: Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro. Genres: Horror

    The Last Witch Hunter

    Vin Diesel is an immortal witch hunter who clashes with the supernatural in an epic battle to save the human race. Director: Breck Eisner. Starring: Vin Diesel, Elijah Wood, Rose Leslie. Genres: Horror, Action.

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    Alien: Covenant (2017)

    Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created, with ALIEN: COVENANT. The crew of the ship Covenant uncovers a threat beyond their imagination and must attempt a harrowing escape. Director: Ridley Scott. Starring: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup. Genres: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure, Suspense, Horror

    Based on the ground-breaking DC/Vertigo comic book “Hellblazer,” Keanu Reeves plays John Constantine, a modern-day mystic on a personal quest to send demons hiding on Earth back to Hell. Director: Francis Lawrence. Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia Labeouf. Genres: Horror.

    The Thing (2011)

    A team of scientists uncover a shape-shifting monster in remote Antarctica in this prequel to John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing.’. Director: Matthijs van Heijningen. Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Suspense, Horror

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    Jennifer's Body (2009)

    When small-town high school hottie Jennifer is possessed by a hungry demon, guys who never stood a chance with her take on new luster in the light of Jennifer’s insatiable appetite. From the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Juno. Director: Karyn Kusama. Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons. Genres: Comedy, Horror, Suspense

    The Conjuring (2013)

    Based on a true story, ghost hunters Lorraine and Ed Warren help a family terrorized by a dark spirit. Directors: James Wan. Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston. Genres: Horror

    Ma

    A group of teens run afoul of a deranged woman (Octavia Spencer) who lets them party in her basement. Directors: Tate Taylor. Starring: Octavia Spencer, Juliette Lewis, Diana Silvers. Genres: Horror, Suspense

    An innocent girl is evilly possessed — and a doubting priest becomesher last hope. Linda Blair and Ellen Burstyn in the two-time AcademyAward® winner that shocked the world. Director: William Friedkin. Starring: Ellen McRae, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb. Genres: Horror, Suspense

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    Annihilation

    A biologist and former soldier (Natalie Portman) must lead a mission into a mysterious quarantine zone known as The Shimmer, a beautiful but deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures that threatens all life on Earth. Also starring Oscar Isaac. Director: Alex Garland. Starring: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez. Genres: Action, Science Fiction

    Hocus Pocus

    You’re in for a devil of a time when three outlandishly wild witches return from 17th-century Salem after they’re accidentally conjured up by some unsuspecting pranksters. Director: Kenny Ortega. Starring: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy. Genres: Comedy, Fantasy.

    Us (2019)

    A woman and her family are terrorized by home invaders with a terrifying connection to them in this hit horror film from Jordan Peele. Directors: Jordan Peele. Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss. Genres: Horror, Suspense.

    The rituals of All Hallow’s Eve were devised to protect us from their evil mischief and one town is about to be taught a terrifying lesson that some traditions are best not forgotten. Directors: Michael Dougherty. Starring: Quinn Lord, Brian Cox, Anna Paquin, Dylan Baker. Genres: Horror, Comedy.

    I Frankenstein (2014)

    Frankenstein’s monster becomes involved in a war between two immortal clans. Directors: Stuart Beattie. Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski. Genres: Action, Fantasy, Horror

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    Edward Scissorhands

    Director Tim Burton’s modern fable about a steely sharp young man and his adventures in pastel suburbia. The breakout film for Johnny Depp, with Vincent Price, Kathy Baker, Anthony Michael Hall, Dianne Wiest. Director: Tim Burton. Starring: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest. Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance.

    Witness Laurie Strode’s final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. Director: David Gordon Green. Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak. Genres: Horror, Suspense

    The Cabin In The Woods

    A rambunctious group of five college friends steal away for a weekend of debauchery in an isolated country cabin, only to be attacked by horrific supernatural creatures in a night of endless terror and bloodshed. Director: Drew Goddard. Starring: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison. Genres: Comedy, Horror, Suspense

    Escape Room

    Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control and must use their wits to find the clues or die. Director: Adam Robitel. Starring: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll. Genres: Drama, Horror

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    The Ring

    When four teenagers all meet with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching a videotape, investigative reporter Rachel Keller tracks down the video… and watches it. Director: Gore Verbinski. Starring: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox. Genres: Horror, Suspense

    The Mist

    Following a violent thunderstorm, artist David Drayton and a small town community come under vicious attack from creatures prowling in a thick and unnatural mist. Director: Frank Darabont. Starring: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher. Genres: Horror

    Paranormal Activity 4

    All of the activity has led to this! When Katie disappeared with her nephew Hunter, there were no survivors. Five years later she’s returned with a mysterious boy, ready to target new victims with her demonic rage. Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman. Starring: Stephen Dunham, Katie Featherston, Matt Shively. Genres: Horror.

    Financial genius and coldhearted loner Nicholas receives an unusual birthday present – a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game formulated by the mysterious Consumer Recreation Services. Director: David Fincher. Starring: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger. Genres: Drama, Horror, Suspense.

    A Nightmare on Elm Street

    In classic horror film genre that launched a movie franchise, a pedophile who was murdered by a lynch mob returns years later in terrifying nightmares of his killers’ teenage children. Director: Wes Craven. Starring: John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp. Genres: Horror.

    Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

    Inspired by one of the most terrifying children’s book series of all time, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK follows a group of young teens who must solve the mystery surrounding sudden and macabre deaths in their small town. Director: Andre Ovredal. Starring: Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush. Genres: Horror

    During videotaped sessions with her patients, a psychologist in Nome, Alaska, uncovers disturbing evidence of alien abductions. Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi. Starring: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton. Genres: Horror, Suspense.

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    Friday the 13th

    Camp Crystal Lake has been shuttered for over 20 years due to several vicious and unsolved murders. The camp’s new owner and seven young counselors are readying the property for re-opening despite warnings of a “death curse” by local residents. Director: Sean Cunningham. Starring: Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, Harry Crosby. Genres: Horror

    Sleepy Hollow (1999)

    Master storyteller Tim Burton weaves an eerie, enchanting version of this classic tale of horror. Johnny Depp is Ichabod Crane, an eccentric investigator determined to stop the murderous Headless Horseman. Christina Ricci is Katrina Van Tassel, the beautiful and mysterious girl with secret ties to the supernatural terror. Director: Tim Burton. Starring: Alun Armstrong, Christina Ricci, Christopher Lee. Genres: Horror, Suspense, Fantasy

    Interview With the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

    Boxoffice superstar Tom Cruise (“A Few Good Men,” “The Firm”) stars in the hotly anticipated adaptation of Anne Rice’s gothic novel. Director: Neil Jordan. Starring: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Stephen Rea. Genres: Horror, Drama

    Scream

    After a series of mysterious deaths befalls their small town, an offbeat group of friends led by Sidney Prescott (Campbell) become the target of a masked killer in this smash-hit “clever thriller” (The Washington Post) that launched the Scream franchise and breathed new life into the horror genre.

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    Last summer, four friends made a desperate pact to conceal a shocking secret. But now, someone has apparently learned the truth. Director: Jim Gillespie. Starring: Jennifer Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe. Genres: Horror.

    The Crow

    A man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée’s murder. Director: Alex Proyas. Starring: Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis. Genres: Science Fiction, Horror, Action

    The greatest Hitchcock chiller of them all. Ask Norman Bates and his mother, who run the lonely Bates Motel – a place the guests are just dying to leave. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles. Genres: Horror, Suspense

    The Butterfly Effect

    A young man struggling to access sublimated childhood memories finds a technique that allows him to travel back to the past. Occupying his childhood body, he is able to change history. Directors: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber. Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Eric Stoltz. Genres: Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense.

    The Wolfman (2010)

    Anthony Hopkins and Benicio Del Toro tear up the screen in an action-packed thriller about a man who is bitten by an bloodthirsty beast and left with a fate far worse than death. Director: Bridgette Millar. Starring: Simon Merrells, Gemma Whelan, Emily Blunt. Genres: Action, Horror, Suspense

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    Jaws (1975)

    Steven Spielberg’s classic thriller about a peaceful resort community that comes under attack by a man-eating Great White shark. Director: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw. Genres: Horror, Suspense

    The Covenant (2006)

    Four teenage warlocks are about to face their greatest challenge as their long-missing fifth descendant has returned to wreak havoc upon those whose ancestors betrayed his family three centuries ago. Director: Renny Harlin. Starring: Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey. Genres: Horror

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