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New Nightmare (1994)

ViolentDarkScary

A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Craven
CAST:  Heather Langenkamp  •  Robert Englund  •  Miko Hughes  •  Wes Craven

A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Craven
CAST:  Heather Langenkamp  •  Robert Englund  •  Miko Hughes  •  Wes Craven

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

ViolentScaryMindlessDark

It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with their dreams. Too bad Freddy's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chuck Russell
CAST:  Robert Englund  •  Patricia Arquette  •  Heather Langenkamp  •  John Saxon

It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with their dreams. Too bad Freddy's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chuck Russell
CAST:  Robert Englund  •  Patricia Arquette  •  Heather Langenkamp  •  John Saxon

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

BrilliantScaryViolentDark

A disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour. The pragmatic Ben does his best to control the situation, but when the murderous zombies surround the house, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George A. Romero
CAST:  Duane Jones  •  Judith O'Dea  •  Karl Hardman  •  Marilyn Eastman

A disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour. The pragmatic Ben does his best to control the situation, but when the murderous zombies surround the house, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George A. Romero
CAST:  Duane Jones  •  Judith O'Dea  •  Karl Hardman  •  Marilyn Eastman

Religulous (2008)

Thought provokingEnjoyableFunnyViolent

Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about their faith. Traveling around the world, Maher examines the tenets of Christianity, Judaism and Islam and raises questions about homosexuality, proof of Christ's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Charles
CAST:  Bill Maher  •  Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda  •  Andrew Newberg  •  Steve Burg

Commentator-comic Bill Maher plays devil's advocate with religion as he talks to believers about their faith. Traveling around the world, Maher examines the tenets of Christianity, Judaism and Islam and raises questions about homosexuality, proof of Christ's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Charles
CAST:  Bill Maher  •  Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda  •  Andrew Newberg  •  Steve Burg

Child's Play (1988)

ScaryFunnyViolentMindless

A single mother gives her son a beloved doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Holland
CAST:  Catherine Hicks  •  Chris Sarandon  •  Alex Vincent  •  Brad Dourif

A single mother gives her son a beloved doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Holland
CAST:  Catherine Hicks  •  Chris Sarandon  •  Alex Vincent  •  Brad Dourif

Fist of Legend (1994)

ViolentAction-packedThought provokingFunny

Chen Zhen, a Chinese engineering student in Kyoto, who braves the insults and abuse of his Japanse fellow students for his local love Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director, returns in 1937 to his native Shangai, under Japanse protectorate -in fact military ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Chan
CAST:  Jet Li  •  Shinobu Nakayama  •  Chin Siu-ho  •  Paul Chun Pui

Chen Zhen, a Chinese engineering student in Kyoto, who braves the insults and abuse of his Japanse fellow students for his local love Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director, returns in 1937 to his native Shangai, under Japanse protectorate -in fact military ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Chan
CAST:  Jet Li  •  Shinobu Nakayama  •  Chin Siu-ho  •  Paul Chun Pui

Food, Inc. (2008)

Thought provokingInsightfulRealScary

Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to the chain restaurants and supermarkets where it's sold. Narrated by author and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Kenner
CAST:  Michael Pollan  •  Eric Schlosser  •  Richard Lobb  •  Vince Edwards

Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to the chain restaurants and supermarkets where it's sold. Narrated by author and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Kenner
CAST:  Michael Pollan  •  Eric Schlosser  •  Richard Lobb  •  Vince Edwards

Saw V (2008)

ViolentSuspensefulDisturbingCreepy

Detective Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, he must go on the hunt to eliminate all the loose ends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hackl
CAST:  Julie Benz  •  Meagan Good  •  Shawnee Smith  •  Tobin Bell

Detective Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, he must go on the hunt to eliminate all the loose ends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hackl
CAST:  Julie Benz  •  Meagan Good  •  Shawnee Smith  •  Tobin Bell

Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)

ViolentSuspensefulDisturbingCreepy

Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darren Lynn Bousman
CAST:  Chris Rock  •  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Max Minghella  •  Marisol Nichols

Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darren Lynn Bousman
CAST:  Chris Rock  •  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Max Minghella  •  Marisol Nichols

Saw IV (2007)

ViolentSuspensefulDisturbingCreepy

Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw's latest grisly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darren Lynn Bousman
CAST:  Tobin Bell  •  Scott Patterson  •  Costas Mandylor  •  Betsy Russell

Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead. Now, upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm and Agent Perez, arrive in the terrified community to assist the veteran Detective Hoffman in sifting through Jigsaw's latest grisly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darren Lynn Bousman
CAST:  Tobin Bell  •  Scott Patterson  •  Costas Mandylor  •  Betsy Russell

The Purge (2013)

ScaryIntenseThought provokingTragic

Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James DeMonaco
CAST:  Lena Headey  •  Ethan Hawke  •  Max Burkholder  •  Adelaide Kane

Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James DeMonaco
CAST:  Lena Headey  •  Ethan Hawke  •  Max Burkholder  •  Adelaide Kane

Hellraiser (1987)

ViolentScaryClassicDark

After tinkering with a box he bought while abroad, sexual deviant Frank inadvertently opens a portal to hell, where fetish-demons led by Pinhead tear his body apart. When Frank’s brother and his wife move into his house, a skeletal Frank appears to his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clive Barker
CAST:  Andrew Robinson  •  Clare Higgins  •  Ashley Laurence  •  Sean Chapman

After tinkering with a box he bought while abroad, sexual deviant Frank inadvertently opens a portal to hell, where fetish-demons led by Pinhead tear his body apart. When Frank’s brother and his wife move into his house, a skeletal Frank appears to his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clive Barker
CAST:  Andrew Robinson  •  Clare Higgins  •  Ashley Laurence  •  Sean Chapman

Hostel: Part II (2007)

ViolentSuspensefulDisturbingCreepy

Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eli Roth
CAST:  Lauren German  •  Richard Burgi  •  Roger Bart  •  Bijou Phillips

Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eli Roth
CAST:  Lauren German  •  Richard Burgi  •  Roger Bart  •  Bijou Phillips

High Tension (2003)

ViolentSuspensefulDisturbingCreepy

Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Cécile de France  •  Maïwenn  •  Philippe Nahon  •  Franck Khalfoun

Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Aja
CAST:  Cécile de France  •  Maïwenn  •  Philippe Nahon  •  Franck Khalfoun

P2 (2007)

ViolentSuspensefulDisturbingCreepy

A businesswoman finds herself locked with a unhinged security guard in a parking garage after getting stuck working late on Christmas Eve.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franck Khalfoun
CAST:  Wes Bentley  •  Rachel Nichols  •  Simon Reynolds  •  Philip Akin

A businesswoman finds herself locked with a unhinged security guard in a parking garage after getting stuck working late on Christmas Eve.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franck Khalfoun
CAST:  Wes Bentley  •  Rachel Nichols  •  Simon Reynolds  •  Philip Akin

Halloween (1978)

ScaryViolentSuspensefulBrilliant

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Carpenter
CAST:  Donald Pleasence  •  Jamie Lee Curtis  •  Nancy Kyes  •  P.J. Soles

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Carpenter
CAST:  Donald Pleasence  •  Jamie Lee Curtis  •  Nancy Kyes  •  P.J. Soles

Identity (2003)

DarkFast pacedViolentThought provoking

Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Mangold
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Ray Liotta  •  Amanda Peet  •  John Hawkes

Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Mangold
CAST:  John Cusack  •  Ray Liotta  •  Amanda Peet  •  John Hawkes

Saw II (2005)

ViolentSuspensefulDisturbingCreepy

When a new murder victim is discovered with all the signs of Jigsaw's hand, Detective Eric Matthews begins a full investigation and apprehends Jigsaw with little effort. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his plan. Eight more of his victims are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darren Lynn Bousman
CAST:  Tobin Bell  •  Shawnee Smith  •  Donnie Wahlberg  •  Erik Knudsen

When a new murder victim is discovered with all the signs of Jigsaw's hand, Detective Eric Matthews begins a full investigation and apprehends Jigsaw with little effort. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his plan. Eight more of his victims are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darren Lynn Bousman
CAST:  Tobin Bell  •  Shawnee Smith  •  Donnie Wahlberg  •  Erik Knudsen

The Descent (2005)

ScaryDarkDisturbingAction-packed

After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, they find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neil Marshall
CAST:  Shauna Macdonald  •  Natalie Mendoza  •  Alex Reid  •  Saskia Mulder

After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, they find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neil Marshall
CAST:  Shauna Macdonald  •  Natalie Mendoza  •  Alex Reid  •  Saskia Mulder

Saw (2004)

ViolentSuspensefulDisturbingCreepy

Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Wan
CAST:  Cary Elwes  •  Leigh Whannell  •  Danny Glover  •  Monica Potter

Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Wan
CAST:  Cary Elwes  •  Leigh Whannell  •  Danny Glover  •  Monica Potter
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