| # | Rank ▲ | Film | Year | Director | Country | Genre | Keywords | Votes | IMDb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | The Thing | 1982 | John Carpenter | USA | Body Horror | Psychological Horror, Science Fiction, Alien Invasion, Cosmic Horror, Mystery, Splatter, Survival, Thriller | 576 | IMDb ↗ |
| 2 | 7 | Alien | 1979 | Ridley Scott | USA | Science Fiction | Extraterrestrial, Body Horror, Psychological Horror, Space Exploration, Survival, Cosmic Horror | 561 | IMDb ↗ |
| 3 | 9 | Night of the Living Dead | 1968 | George A. Romero | USA | Zombie | Siege Film, Survival, Epidemic, Chamber Film, Gothic, Cosmic Horror | 522 | IMDb ↗ |
| 4 | 37 | Hellraiser | 1987 | Clive Barker | UK | Supernatural | Body Horror, Splatter, Sadistic Horror, Cosmic Horror, Gothic | 308 | IMDb ↗ |
| 5 | 49 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | 1978 | Philip Kaufman | USA | Science Fiction | Psychological Horror, New Hollywood, Alien Invasion, Body Horror, Cosmic Horror | 193 | IMDb ↗ |
| 6 | 58 | Possession | 1981 | Andrzej Zulawski | France | Psychological | Psychological Horror, Psychological Drama, Surrealism, Body Horror, Family Drama, Mystery, Cosmic Horror, Melodrama | 157 | IMDb ↗ |
| 7 | 79 | Phantasm | 1979 | Don Coscarelli | USA | Supernatural | Science Fiction, Cosmic Horror | 155 | IMDb ↗ |
| 8 | 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 ↗ |
| 9 | 106 | The Cabin in the Woods | 2011 | Drew Goddard | USA | Supernatural | Black Comedy, Satire, Horror Comedy, Postmodernism, Zombie, Splatter, Science Fiction, Parody, Cosmic Horror, Teen Movie | 393 | IMDb ↗ |
| 10 | 108 | In the Mouth of Madness | 1994 | John Carpenter | USA | Psychological | Psychological Horror, Cosmic Horror, Supernatural, Mystery, Postmodernism, Surrealism, Body Horror, Gothic | 144 | IMDb ↗ |
| 11 | 118 | Event Horizon | 1997 | Paul W.S. Anderson | USA | Science Fiction | Cosmic Horror, Supernatural, Space Exploration, Splatter, Psychological Horror, Body Horror, Mystery, Techno-Horror, Haunted House | 149 | IMDb ↗ |
| 12 | 149 | The Thing from Another World | 1951 | Christian Nyby | USA | Science Fiction | Alien Invasion, Cosmic Horror | 78 | IMDb ↗ |
| 13 | 151 | Kairo | 2001 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan | Supernatural | J-Horror, Psychological Horror, Digital Horror, Post-Apocalyptic, Psychological Drama, Cosmic Horror, Hyperlink Cinema | 154 | IMDb ↗ |
| 14 | 180 | The Mist | 2007 | Frank Darabont | USA | Monster | Cosmic Horror, Psychological Thriller, Siege Film, Disaster, Giant Monster, Science Fiction, Psychological Horror, Supernatural, Survival | 226 | IMDb ↗ |
| 15 | 185 | Prince of Darkness | 1987 | John Carpenter | USA | Supernatural | Cosmic Horror, Science Fiction, Siege Film, Mystery, Body Horror | 87 | IMDb ↗ |
| 16 | 209 | It | 2017 | Andy Muschietti | USA | Supernatural | Coming-of-Age, Psychological Horror, Cosmic Horror, Evil Clown | 161 | IMDb ↗ |
| 17 | 210 | From Beyond | 1986 | Stuart Gordon | USA | Body Horror | Science Fiction, Cosmic Horror, Erotic Thriller | 82 | IMDb ↗ |
| 18 | 234 | Altered States | 1980 | Ken Russell | USA | Science Fiction | Body Horror, Psychological Horror, Romance, Surrealism, Cosmic Horror, Psychological Drama | 56 | IMDb ↗ |
| 19 | 249 | Under the Skin | 2013 | Jonathan Glazer | UK | Science Fiction | Psychological Drama, Extraterrestrial, Psychological Horror, Surrealism, Slow Cinema, Cosmic Horror, Alien Invasion, Erotic Thriller | 142 | IMDb ↗ |
| 20 | 259 | Paura nella città dei morti viventi | 1980 | Lucio Fulci | Italy | Zombie | Supernatural, Splatter, Cosmic Horror, Gothic | 63 | IMDb ↗ |
| 21 | 277 | Dead & Buried | 1981 | Gary Sherman | USA | Zombie | Mystery, Splatter, Police Procedural, Psychological Horror, Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Voodoo Zombie | 63 | IMDb ↗ |
| 22 | 285 | Hellbound: Hellraiser II | 1988 | Tony Randel | UK | Supernatural | Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Dark Fantasy, Splatter, Sadistic Horror, Gothic, Portal Fantasy | 62 | IMDb ↗ |
| 23 | 286 | God Told Me To | 1976 | Larry Cohen | USA | Thriller | Science Fiction, Police Procedural, Mystery, Crime, Cosmic Horror, Psychological Thriller, Satire, Exploitation, Religious Film, Supernatural | 39 | IMDb ↗ |
| 24 | 326 | The Quatermass Xperiment | 1955 | Val Guest | UK | Science Fiction | Mystery, Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Alien Invasion | 31 | IMDb ↗ |
| 25 | 339 | The Blob | 1958 | Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. | USA | Science Fiction | Alien Invasion, Teen Movie, Giant Monster, Cosmic Horror | 57 | IMDb ↗ |
| 26 | 384 | The Lighthouse | 2019 | Robert Eggers | USA | Psychological | Psychological Thriller, Psychological Horror, Chamber Film, Gothic, Surrealism, Mystery, Period Drama, Black Comedy, Cosmic Horror, Natural Horror | 66 | IMDb ↗ |
| 27 | 390 | Cloverfield | 2008 | Matt Reeves | USA | Found Footage | Giant Monster, Disaster, Thriller, Alien Invasion, Action, Cosmic Horror | 125 | IMDb ↗ |
| 28 | 460 | Annihilation | 2018 | Alex Garland | USA | Science Fiction | Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Cosmic Horror, Body Horror, Natural Horror, Psychological Horror, Psychological Drama, Extraterrestrial | 81 | IMDb ↗ |
| 29 | 488 | Spring | 2014 | Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead | USA | Romance | Low Fantasy, Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Black Comedy | 58 | IMDb ↗ |
| 30 | 496 | Mandy | 2018 | Panos Cosmatos | USA | Action | Vigilante, Splatter, Surrealism, Cosmic Horror | 67 | IMDb ↗ |
| 31 | 509 | Uzumaki | 2000 | Higuchinsky | Japan | Body Horror | J-Horror, Surrealism, Cosmic Horror | 41 | IMDb ↗ |
| 32 | 595 | Quella villa accanto al cimitero | 1981 | Lucio Fulci | Italy | Splatter | Supernatural, Haunted House, Zombie, Mystery, Cosmic Horror | 42 | IMDb ↗ |
| 33 | 681 | Nope | 2022 | Jordan Peele | USA | Science Fiction | Giant Monster, Alien Invasion, Mystery, Cosmic Horror, Thriller, Neo-Western, Satire, Comedy | 48 | IMDb ↗ |
| 34 | 682 | Terrore nello spazio | 1965 | Mario Bava | Italy | Science Fiction | Space Exploration, Extraterrestrial, Cosmic Horror | 32 | IMDb ↗ |
| 35 | 695 | Donnie Darko | 2001 | Richard Kelly | USA | Psychological | Psychological Drama, Mystery, Low Fantasy, Time Travel, Portal Fantasy, Surrealism, Teen Movie, Romance, Science Fiction, Halloween, Psychological Thriller, Black Comedy, Psychological Horror, Tragedy, Postmodernism, Cosmic Horror, Satire | 30 | IMDb ↗ |
| 36 | 699 | Dagon | 2001 | Stuart Gordon | Spain | Supernatural | Cosmic Horror, Mystery, Body Horror, Folk Horror | 42 | IMDb ↗ |
| 37 | 818 | Honeymoon | 2014 | Leigh Janiak | USA | Psychological | Psychological Horror, Mystery, Body Horror, Romance, Science Fiction, Cosmic Horror | 43 | IMDb ↗ |
| 38 | 835 | Grabbers | 2012 | Jon Wright | Ireland | Monster | Giant Monster, Black Comedy, Alien Invasion, Horror Comedy, Cosmic Horror | 32 | IMDb ↗ |
| 39 | 842 | Resolution | 2012 | Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead | USA | Mystery | Psychological Drama, Postmodernism, Psychological Horror, Supernatural, Buddy, Cosmic Horror, Black Comedy, Drugsploitation | 29 | IMDb ↗ |
| 40 | 877 | The Resurrected | 1991 | Dan O'Bannon | Canada | Mystery | Cosmic Horror, Body Horror, Supernatural, Neo-Noir, Gothic, Splatter | 17 | IMDb ↗ |
| 41 | 920 | The Void | 2016 | Jeremy Gillespie, Steven Kostanski | Canada | Body Horror | Cosmic Horror, Supernatural, Splatter, Mystery | 40 | IMDb ↗ |
| 42 | 927 | Psycho Goreman | 2020 | Steven Kostanski | Canada | Comedy | Black Comedy, Science Fiction, Parody, Horror Comedy, Splatter, Cosmic Horror, Extraterrestrial, Body Horror | 18 | IMDb ↗ |
| 43 | 943 | Color Out of Space | 2019 | Richard Stanley | USA | Science Fiction | Cosmic Horror, Body Horror, Psychological Horror, Family Drama | 28 | IMDb ↗ |
| 44 | 956 | Aterrados | 2017 | Demián Rugna | Argentina | Supernatural | Haunted House, Cosmic Horror, Mystery | 20 | IMDb ↗ |
| 45 | 959 | Absentia | 2011 | Mike Flanagan | USA | Mystery | Drama, Cosmic Horror, Psychological Horror | 29 | IMDb ↗ |
| 46 | 967 | The Haunted Palace | 1963 | Roger Corman | USA | Gothic | Haunted House, Cosmic Horror, Period Drama | 23 | IMDb ↗ |
| 47 | 1018 | Necronomicon | 1993 | Christophe Gans, Shûsuke Kaneko, Brian Yuzna | France | Anthology | Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Supernatural, Science Fiction, Splatter, Gothic, Mystery | 15 | IMDb ↗ |
| 48 | 1043 | La setta | 1991 | Michele Soavi | Italy | Supernatural | Folk Horror, Cosmic Horror | 12 | IMDb ↗ |
| 49 | 1019 | Baskin | 2015 | Can Evrenol | Turkey | Supernatural | Sadistic Horror, Psychological Horror, Splatter, Cosmic Horror, Haunted House | 22 | IMDb ↗ |
| 50 | 1110 | Marebito | 2004 | Takashi Shimizu | Japan | Supernatural | J-Horror, Psychological Thriller, Vampire, Cosmic Horror, Found Footage, Surrealism, Mystery | 22 | IMDb ↗ |
| 51 | 1146 | Beyond the Black Rainbow | 2010 | Panos Cosmatos | Canada | Science Fiction | Mystery, Surrealism, Psychological Horror, Slow Cinema, Slasher, Tech-Noir, Cosmic Horror, Postmodernism, Techno-Horror | 20 | IMDb ↗ |
| 52 | 1254 | Dark Waters | 1993 | Mariano Baino | UK | Gothic | Cosmic Horror, Mystery, Supernatural, Surrealism | 11 | IMDb ↗ |
| 53 | 1231 | The Burrowers | 2008 | J.T. Petty | USA | Western | Revisionist Western, Weird West, Cosmic Horror, Body Horror | 29 | IMDb ↗ |
| 54 | 1307 | Antlers | 2021 | Scott Cooper | USA | Supernatural | Folk Horror, Body Horror, Cosmic Horror | 10 | IMDb ↗ |
| 55 | 1312 | Mad God | 2021 | Phil Tippett | USA | Body Horror | Stop-Motion, Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Surrealism, Live-Action Animation, Steampunk, Sadistic Horror, Cosmic Horror, Adventure, Splatter | 21 | IMDb ↗ |
| 56 | 1411 | Die, Monster, Die! | 1965 | Daniel Haller | UK | Mystery | Cosmic Horror, Gothic | 15 | IMDb ↗ |
| 57 | 1436 | The Empty Man | 2020 | David Prior | USA | Mystery | Cosmic Horror, Psychological Thriller, Supernatural, Crime, Psychological Horror, Folk Horror, Neo-Noir | 12 | IMDb ↗ |
| 58 | 1500 | In the Earth | 2021 | Ben Wheatley | UK | Natural Horror | Folk Horror, Science Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Cosmic Horror | 10 | IMDb ↗ |
| 59 | 1559 | The Outwaters | 2022 | Robbie Banfitch | USA | Found Footage | Surrealism, Cosmic Horror, Experimental, Abstract Film, Body Horror, Splatter, Psychological Horror, Time Loop | 10 | IMDb ↗ |
| 60 | 1598 | Sea Fever | 2019 | Neasa Hardiman | Ireland | Natural Horror | Body Horror, Cosmic Horror | 10 | IMDb ↗ |
| 61 | 1641 | Bird Box | 2018 | Susanne Bier | USA | Supernatural | Post-Apocalyptic, Survival, Cosmic Horror, Drama, Psychological Horror, Thriller | 10 | IMDb ↗ |
| 62 | 1741 | Hellraiser | 2022 | David Bruckner | USA | Supernatural | Mystery, Cosmic Horror, Body Horror, Sadistic Horror | 9 | IMDb ↗ |
| 63 | 1779 | Strange Harvest | 2024 | Stuart Ortiz | USA | Found Footage | Mystery, Mockumentary, Supernatural, Police Procedural, Cosmic Horror, Psychological Thriller, Crime Documentary, Slasher, Folk Horror | 6 | IMDb ↗ |
| 64 | 2034 | Aniara | 2018 | Hugo Lilja, Pella Kagerman | Sweden | Science Fiction | Psychological Drama, Dystopian, Survival, LGBTQ, Post-Apocalyptic, Cosmic Horror, Space Exploration | 8 | IMDb ↗ |
| 65 | 2323 | The Happening | 2008 | M. Night Shyamalan | USA | Natural Horror | Disaster, Thriller, Science Fiction, Epidemic, Black Comedy, Family Drama, Mystery, Survival, Cosmic Horror, Satire, Road Movie | 7 | IMDb ↗ |
| 66 | 2814 | V/H/S/Beyond | 2024 | Jay Cheel, Jordan Downey, Christian Long, Justin Long, Justin Martinez, Virat Pal, Kate Siegel | USA | Anthology | Science Fiction, Found Footage, Body Horror, Mockumentary, Alien Invasion, Techno-Horror, Cosmic Horror, Splatter, Mystery, Sadistic Horror | 4 | IMDb ↗ |
| 67 | 3244 | Suitable Flesh | 2023 | Joe Lynch | USA | Supernatural | Psychological Horror, Erotic Thriller, Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Splatter | 3 | IMDb ↗ |
| 68 | 3400 | Aru yasashiki satsujinsha no kiroku | 2014 | Kôji Shiraishi | Japan | Found Footage | Psychological Thriller, Crime, Cosmic Horror, J-Horror, Sadistic Horror, Black Comedy | 3 | IMDb ↗ |
| 69 | 3546 | V/H/S/99 | 2022 | Joseph Winter, Vanessa Winter, Tyler MacIntyre, Johannes Roberts, Maggie Levin, Flying Lotus | USA | Anthology | Found Footage, Zombie, Sadistic Horror, Cosmic Horror, Stop-Motion, Folk Horror, Black Comedy, Analog Horror | 3 | IMDb ↗ |
| 70 | 5753 | V/H/S/85 | 2023 | Natasha Kermani, Mike P. Nelson, David Bruckner, Scott Derrickson, Gigi Saul Guerrero | USA | Anthology | Found Footage, Analog Horror, Splatter, Supernatural, Virtual Reality, Disaster, Black Comedy, Police Procedural, Mystery, Cosmic Horror, Mockumentary | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 71 | 7191 | Shin seiki Evangelion Gekijô-ban: Air/Magokoro wo, kimi ni | 1997 | Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno | Japan | Psychological | Psychological Drama, Anime, Mecha, Post-Apocalyptic, Surrealism, Disaster, Psychological Horror, Coming-of-Age, Action, Postmodernism, Essay Film, Body Horror, Cosmic Horror | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 72 | 7197 | Sacrifice | 2020 | Tor Mian, Andy Collier | UK | Mystery | Cosmic Horror | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
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