| # | Rank ▲ | Film | Year | Director | Country | Genre | Keywords | Votes | IMDb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | 1974 | Tobe Hooper | USA | Slasher | Hixploitation, Southern Gothic, Sadistic Horror, Cannibal | 632 | IMDb ↗ |
| 2 | 81 | …E tu vivrai nel terrore! L’aldilà | 1981 | Lucio Fulci | Italy | Supernatural | Splatter, Zombie, Southern Gothic, Haunted House, Cosmic Horror, Gothic, Body Horror, Surrealism | 155 | IMDb ↗ |
| 3 | 86 | The Night of the Hunter | 1955 | Charles Laughton | USA | Thriller | Southern Gothic, Crime, Drama, Film noir, Gothic, Period Drama, Coming-of-Age | 106 | IMDb ↗ |
| 4 | 125 | The Conjuring | 2013 | James Wan | USA | Supernatural | Haunted House, Thriller, Family Drama, Southern Gothic, Gothic, Period Drama | 338 | IMDb ↗ |
| 5 | 203 | Angel Heart | 1987 | Alan Parker | USA | Mystery | Neo-Noir, Thriller, Psychological Horror, Southern Gothic, Supernatural, Folk Horror | 60 | IMDb ↗ |
| 6 | 206 | Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles | 1994 | Neil Jordan | USA | Vampire | Drama, Southern Gothic, Gothic, Period Drama | 115 | IMDb ↗ |
| 7 | 226 | Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told | 1967 | Jack Hill | USA | Comedy | Black Comedy, Gothic, Cannibal, Southern Gothic, Hixploitation | 63 | IMDb ↗ |
| 8 | 251 | Frailty | 2001 | Bill Paxton | USA | Psychological | Psychological Thriller, Southern Gothic, Psychological Horror, Family Drama, Drama, Low Fantasy, Vigilante | 98 | IMDb ↗ |
| 9 | 266 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | 1986 | Tobe Hooper | USA | Slasher | Hixploitation, Black Comedy, Cannibal, Horror Comedy, Sadistic Horror, Splatter, Slapstick, Southern Gothic | 53 | IMDb ↗ |
| 10 | 276 | Deliverance | 1972 | John Boorman | USA | Thriller | Adventure, New Hollywood, Survival, Southern Gothic, Hixploitation, Psychological Thriller | 39 | IMDb ↗ |
| 11 | 282 | Cape Fear | 1991 | Martin Scorsese | USA | Thriller | Southern Gothic, Home Invasion, Psychological Horror | 37 | IMDb ↗ |
| 12 | 293 | Pumpkinhead | 1988 | Stan Winston | USA | Monster | Supernatural, Folk Horror, Southern Gothic, Slasher | 63 | IMDb ↗ |
| 13 | 361 | Sinners | 2025 | Ryan Coogler | USA | Vampire | Southern Gothic, Music, Period Drama, Thriller, Supernatural, Siege Film, Action, Weird West, Crime, Folk Horror | 48 | IMDb ↗ |
| 14 | 411 | Jeepers Creepers | 2001 | Victor Salva | USA | Monster | Supernatural, Road Movie, Slasher, Hixploitation, Southern Gothic | 73 | IMDb ↗ |
| 15 | 472 | Son of Dracula | 1943 | Robert Siodmak | USA | Vampire | Supernatural, Southern Gothic, Gothic, Psychological Horror | 24 | IMDb ↗ |
| 16 | 474 | Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte | 1964 | Robert Aldrich | USA | Psychological | Psychological Thriller, Mystery, Southern Gothic, Psychological Horror, Melodrama, Neo-Noir, Gothic, Psychological Drama | 34 | IMDb ↗ |
| 17 | 528 | We Are What We Are | 2013 | Jim Mickle | USA | Thriller | Cannibal, Drama, Southern Gothic, Sadistic Horror, Family Drama | 55 | IMDb ↗ |
| 18 | 594 | The Eyes of My Mother | 2016 | Nicolas Pesce | USA | Psychological | Psychological Horror, Psychological Drama, Sadistic Horror, Gothic, Southern Gothic | 37 | IMDb ↗ |
| 19 | 614 | Two Thousand Maniacs! | 1964 | Herschell Gordon Lewis | USA | Splatter | Hixploitation, Sadistic Horror, Supernatural, Southern Gothic, Folk Horror, Black Comedy | 31 | IMDb ↗ |
| 20 | 651 | Cape Fear | 1962 | J. Lee Thompson | USA | Thriller | Psychological Thriller, Southern Gothic, Crime, Neo-Noir, Legal Drama | 14 | IMDb ↗ |
| 21 | 760 | X | 2022 | Ti West | USA | Slasher | Hixploitation, Sexploitation, Black Comedy, Southern Gothic | 47 | IMDb ↗ |
| 22 | 769 | The Reflecting Skin | 1990 | Philip Ridley | UK | Drama | Mystery, Coming-of-Age, Psychological Drama, Surrealism, Magical Realism, Psychological Horror, Southern Gothic, Vampire | 19 | IMDb ↗ |
| 23 | 871 | Pearl | 2022 | Ti West | USA | Psychological | Psychological Horror, Family Drama, Southern Gothic, Slasher, Period Drama, Melodrama, Black Comedy | 35 | IMDb ↗ |
| 24 | 1078 | Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island | 1998 | Hiroshi Aoyama, Kazumi Fukushima, Jim Stenstrum | USA | Mystery | Animation, Family, Voodoo Zombie, Horror Comedy, Low Fantasy, Zombie, Supernatural, Southern Gothic, Body Horror, Slapstick, Pets | 20 | IMDb ↗ |
| 25 | 1084 | Bones and All | 2022 | Luca Guadagnino | USA | Drama | Road Movie, Cannibal, Romance, Coming-of-Age, Southern Gothic, Melodrama, Low Fantasy, Family Drama, Crime | 23 | IMDb ↗ |
| 26 | 1400 | Eve’s Bayou | 1997 | Kasi Lemmons | USA | Drama | Melodrama, Family Drama, Southern Gothic, Period Drama, Coming-of-Age, Magical Realism, Psychological Drama | 16 | IMDb ↗ |
| 27 | 1431 | Frogs | 1972 | George McCowan | USA | Natural Horror | Southern Gothic | 16 | IMDb ↗ |
| 28 | 1463 | The Gift | 2000 | Sam Raimi | USA | Thriller | Whodunit, Low Fantasy, Drama, Southern Gothic, Psychological Thriller, Legal Drama, Psychological Horror, Psychological Drama | 11 | IMDb ↗ |
| 29 | 2709 | Ghost Rider | 2007 | Mark Steven Johnson | USA | Action | Superhero, Supernatural, Fantasy, Southern Gothic, Comedy, Dark Fantasy | 5 | IMDb ↗ |
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