Highest-Rated Movies about 'Horror Films', Sort by Popularity

The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971), Fright Night (1985), The Babadook (2014), Lightning Bug (2004), Terror in the Aisles (1984), My Name Is Bruce (2007), House (1985), Baghead (2008) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Horror Films movies.

#1. The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)

Storyline: This unique and quirky offering combines elements of documentary films and horror movies to illustrate the potential threat posed by the world's insects. With their collective intelligence, high capacity for work and sharp instincts, the film argues, they are waging a struggle against humans for supremacy of our planet. Expert cinematography captures footage of the small creatures, some quite tiny and elusive, interspersed with clips from horror films to achieve dramatic effects.—Jwelch5742

Plot Keywords: scientist, insect, cheeky, gripping, chilling, quirky, woods ...

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#2. Fright Night (1985)

Storyline: For young Charley Brewster, nothing could be better than an old horror movie late at night. Two men move in next door, and for Charley with his horror movie experience, there can be no doubt that their strange behavior is explained by the fact that they are a vampire and his undead day guardian. The only one who can help him hunt them down is a washed-up actor, Peter Vincent, who hosts Charley's favorite TV show, Fright Night. Vincent doesn't really believe that vampires exist, but does it for the money...

Plot Keywords: actor, priest, vampire, teenager, mother, playful, frightening ...

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#3. The Babadook (2014)

Storyline: Amelia, who lost her husband in a car crash on the way to give birth to Samuel, their only child, struggles to cope with her fate as a single mom. Samuel's constant fear of monsters and violent reaction to overcome the fear doesn't help her cause either, which makes her friends become distant. When things can not get any worse, they read a strange book in their house about the 'Babadook' monster that hides in the dark areas of their house. Even Amelia seems to feel the effect of Babadook and desperately tries in vain to destroy the book. The nightmarish experiences the two encounter form the rest of the story.

Plot Keywords: widow, son, monster, intense, somber, thrilling, shocking ...

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#4. Lightning Bug (2004)

Storyline: A drama/thriller, set in the South, about a young boy who longs to escape the misery of his childhood and the misunderstanding of his hometown. A gifted, self-taught, special effects make-up artist, Green dreams of going to Hollywood to make his own monsters. But the real demons of Green's life threaten to hold him back: a drunken stepfather who terrorizes his mother, a group of religious fanatics who want to destroy his work, and the love of a girl who can't let go of small town life.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: girl, young man, teenager, engaging, emotional, alabama, hollywood ...

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#5. Terror in the Aisles (1984)

Storyline: Donald Pleasance and Nancy Allen take us through some of Hollywood's most terrifying moments in horror history in this anthology, which features many of the finest science fiction, crime drama and horror films of the 1930s through 1980s. Included are Night of the Living Dead (1968), Psycho (1960), Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Jaws (1975), Jaws 2 (1978), The Fog (1980), Halloween (1978) and Halloween II (1981), as well as countless others. Furthermore, legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock discusses his visionary ideas on creating suspense. Blood and gore abound making this movie not very much for the squeamish audiences.—medic249a2

Plot Keywords: film fan, actress, actor, filmmaker, creepy, gory, frightening ...

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#6. My Name Is Bruce (2007)

Storyline: Four teenage kids from the tiny mining town of Gold Lick vandalize a nineteenth-century cemetery of Chinese laborers when one of them disturbs a demon who's been guarding the souls of 100 workers killed in a cave-in. Jeff, the surviving teen, goes in search of his hero, over-the-hill B-movie star, Bruce Campbell. Jeff kidnaps the actor and brings him to Gold Lick to save the town. Bruce thinks it's a birthday treat engineered by his agent, so he plays along, humoring the townsfolk and chatting up Jeff's unimpressed mom. Bodies pile up as the demon slashes. What will the sorry, boozy Bruce do when he realizes that Guan-Di, the demon, is for real?

Plot Keywords: movie star, ex-wife, manager, dragon, fan, campy, gory ...

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#7. House (1985)

Storyline: Roger Cobb is a Vietnam vet whose career as a horror novelist has taken a turn for the worse when his son Jimmy mysteriously disappears while visiting his aunt's house. Roger's search for Jimmy destroys his marriage and his writing career. The sudden death of his aunt brings Roger back to the house where his nightmares began. The evil zombies in the house force Roger to endure a harrowing journey into his past.

Plot Keywords: father, aunt, son, missing person, novelist, vietnam vet, frightening ...

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#8. Baghead (2008)

Storyline: Four struggling actors retreat to a cabin in Big Bear, California in order to write a screenplay that will make them all stars. Problem is: What happens when their story idea -- a horror flick about a group of friends tormented by a villain with a bag over his head -- starts to come true?—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: filmmaker, villain, love interest, colleague, witty, creepy, emotional ...

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#9. A Christmas Horror Story (2015)

Storyline: High school students investigate a mysterious homicide that occurred the prior holiday season, a couple notices their young son is acting strangely after a snowy forest trip to cut down a traditional tree and one family are stalked through a winter wonderland by Krampus, the Xmas demon. Meanwhile at the North Pole, Santa is fending off zombie elves.—Fernando Pascussi

Plot Keywords: santa claus, elf, zombie, child, demon, shocking, gory ...

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#10. Anguish (1987)

Storyline: Teen friends Patty (Talia Paul) and Linda (Clara Pastor) head to a theater to watch the latest slasher movie, "Mommy," featuring a deranged matriarch (Zelda Rubinstein) who hypnotizes her son (Michael Lerner) to steal other people's eyeballs and return them to her. Unfortunately for the girls, while the on-screen killer nabs victims in a movie theater, a deranged "Mommy" fan (Ángel Jovè) creeps through the film's audience, reenacting the movie's murders in real time.

Plot Keywords: mother, son, killer, audience, friend, teen girl, campy ...

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#11. Scream 3 (2000)

Storyline: A new film is currently in production, and a killer is on the loose. The murders draw a reporter, ex-cop, and young woman to the set of the movie inspired by their life. They soon find out that they are dealing with a trilogy, and in a trilogy...anything can happen.

Plot Keywords: reporter, ex-cop, victim, friend, actress, killer, cheeky ...

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#12. Blood Fest (2018)

Storyline: Fans flock to a festival celebrating the most iconic horror movies, only to discover that the charismatic showman behind the event has a diabolical agenda. As festival attendees start dying off, three teenagers - more schooled in horror-film cliches than practical knowledge about neutralizing psycho killers - must band together and battle through various madmen and monstrosities to survive.

Plot Keywords: host, audience, teenager, killer, uneasy, amusing, thrilling ...

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#14. Cannibals and Carpet Fitters (2017)

Storyline: A group of carpet fitters are sent on a job to an old Country house in the middle of nowhere. However they soon discover it's a trap set up by the savage, cannibalistic family, The Hannings. The carpet fitters are forced to fight for their lives or risk ending up being the evenings dinner. Unfortunately they are not quite your typical heroes!

Plot Keywords: cannibal, man, woman, brutal, disturbing, thrilling, suspenseful ...

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#15. Sleepwalker (2017)

Storyline: Troubled by bouts of sleepwalking and disturbing nightmares, graduate student Sarah Foster goes to her university sleep research center for help. But when she wakes up after her first night of being monitored, the world she lives in seems to have changed in subtle, Twilight-Zone-esque ways.

Plot Keywords: sleepwalker, son, mother, vampire, cat, student, brutal ...

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