Highest-Rated Movies about 'Urban Horror'

Sleep Tight (2011), Martin (1978), Noise (2007), Habit (1996), Alone With Her (2006), The Strangler (1964), Candyman (1992), Maniac (1980) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Urban Horror movies.

#6. The Strangler (1964)

Storyline: Leo Kroll, a lab technician in a large unnamed city, is responsible for the strangulation murders of several young nurses. He feels that in some twisted way, that he is getting back at his overbearing shrew of a mother. Leo also kills the nurse who is taking care of his mother in the rest home she is staying at. As a result, Mrs. Kroll dies from a heart attack. He also kills an arcade worker whom he feels can identify him.—Brian Washington <Sargebri@att.net>

Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, horror, serial killer, psychological thriller, film noir, murder ...

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#7. Candyman (1992)

Storyline: Helen Lyle is a student who decides to write a thesis about local legends and myths. She visits a part of the town, where she learns about the legend of the Candyman, a one-armed man who appears when you say his name five times, in front of a mirror. Of course, Helen doesn't believe all this stuff, but the people of the area are really afraid. When she ignores their warnings and begins her investigation in the places that he is rumored to appear, a series of horrible murders begins. Could the legend be true?

Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, urban legend, supernatural, revenge, race, social issues ...

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#8. Maniac (1980)

Storyline: Frank Zito misses his mother, who was killed in a car accident years before. She was abusive to him, and made money selling her body, but Frank still misses her. He tries to keep her from leaving him, and reform her evil ways, by killing young women and putting their scalps on mannequins which he displays around his apartment. Photographer Anna D'Antoni takes a picture of him in the park, and he pursues and befriends her. Is she the one he has been looking for or just another mother wannabe?

Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, psychological, serial killer, new york, slasher, gory ...

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#9. The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

Storyline: John Klein (Richard Gere) is involved in a car accident with his wife, but while he is unharmed, his wife mentions a moth-shaped creature appearing. After her death, John begins to investigate the secrets behind this mentioned Mothman. It takes him to the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, where he discovers a connection with the same problem. Here he meets Connie Mills (Laura Linney), while he continues to unravel the mystery of what the Mothman really is.

Plot Keywords: supernatural, mystery, thriller, horror, psychological, urban legend, prophecy ...

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#11. Of Unknown Origin (1983)

Storyline: Bart Hughes has a pretty good life, a beautiful wife, a young son, a good job with promotion prospects, and a renovated brownstone in New York. When wife and kid leave for a vacation, Bart stays behind to work on a project that will earn him that promotion, unaware that a certain inhabitant of his basement has other plans for his time. Bart goes a bit bonkers trying to kill this rat, destroying most of his house in the process. Certain allegorical elements tie the household conflict to the "rat race" in his office, but the main event is certainly the night-and-day contest of wills between man and rodent.—Chris Holland <stomptokyo@aol.com>

Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, mystery, psychological horror, family crisis, urban horror, domestic horror ...

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#12. Unhinged (2020)

Storyline: Academy Award winner Russell Crowe stars in Unhinged, a psychological thriller that takes something we've all experienced- road rage - to an unpredictable and terrifying conclusion. Rachel (Caren Pistorius) is running late getting to work when she crosses paths with a stranger (Crowe) at a traffic light. Soon, Rachel finds herself and everyone she loves the target of a man who feels invisible and is looking to make one last mark upon the world by teaching her a series of deadly lessons. What follows is a dangerous game of cat and mouse that proves you never know who you're driving next to.—Elissa Greer

Plot Keywords: thriller, action, crime, psychological horror, revenge, violence, tension ...

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#14. Greta (2018)

Storyline: Frances (Chloë Grace Moretz), a sweet, naïve young woman trying to make it on her own in New York City, doesn't think twice about returning the handbag she finds on the subway to its rightful owner. That owner Greta (Isabelle Huppert), an eccentric French piano teacher with a love for classical music and an aching loneliness. Having recently lost her mother, Frances quickly grows closer to widowed Greta. The two become fast friends - but Greta's maternal charm begin to dissolve and grow increasingly disturbing as Frances discovers that nothing in Greta's life is what it seems in this suspense thriller directed by Academy Award winner Neil Jordan.

Plot Keywords: thriller, suspense, psychological, horror, drama, crime, female lead ...

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#15. Maniac Cop 2 (1991)

Storyline: Renegade police officer Matthew Cordell (Robert Z'Dar) once roamed the streets of New York City unleashing his murderous brand of vigilante justice upon its denizens before being struck down by good cop Jack Forrest (Bruce Campbell). Now, Forrest is eager to move on from those heinous events, but he is stopped short when a familiar killing spree begins. Though thought dead and gone, Cordell is back from the grave and ready to wreak his merciless havoc once more.

Plot Keywords: action, thriller, horror, crime, police, serial killer, revenge ...

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