r/horror • • 3h ago

Ready to do this again? Vote for r/horror's SCARIEST Horror Films of All Time!

117 Upvotes

Hellooooo, r/horror!

It's been a few years since we last did this, so it's time to revisit one of the most subjective questions in horror: What's the scariest horror movie of all time?

We're not talking about the best horror movies or your personal favorites. We're talking about the ones that genuinely scared you. The movies that kept you up at night, made you check the hallway before bed, or stuck with you long after the credits rolled.

Obviously, fear is subjective. What terrifies one person might not faze someone else, but that's what makes this interesting and fun. Let's see which movies r/horror thinks are truly the scariest.

THE RULES

1. NOMINATE: Comment with the movie you think is genuinely scary. Please include the title, director, and release year.

2. CHECK FOR DUPLICATES: If someone has already nominated your movie, upvote their comment instead of posting it again.

3. VOTE: Upvote the movies you genuinely find scary. You can vote for as many as you want. Downvotes won't count against a nomination.

4. ANYTHING GOES: Any country, decade, or subgenre. Classics, international horror, found footage, psychological horror, obscure gems — if it's horror and it scares you, nominate it!

We'll use the results to update the old list and see what still holds up and what new additions make the cut.

Let's hear your picks, and remember: SCARIEST, not best or favorite.


r/horror • • 13d ago

Official Discussion Official Dreadit Discussion: "Other Mommy" [SPOILERS] Spoiler

218 Upvotes

Summary:

Young Bela forms a relationship with a sinister entity in her home that looks uncannily like her own mother, drawing her into a terrifying and increasingly dark world.

Directed by:

Written by:

  • Nathan Elston

Based on:

Cast:

Cinematographer:

  • Lowell A. Meyer

Editor:

  • John Cutler

Composer:

  • Patrick Jonsson

Producers:

Links / Reviews


r/horror • • 3h ago

‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Season 2 Will Be ‘a Warner Bros. Gangster Picture Through the Lens of Pennywise’

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451 Upvotes

The new season is set in 1935 & features The Bradley Gang — a gang of bank robbers that become part of a nightmare after arriving in Derry.


r/horror • • 6h ago

‘Clayface’ Review: DC Studios’ Batman Villain Origin Story Is a Bona Fide Body-Horror Delight

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388 Upvotes

r/horror • • 4h ago

Discussion What are the most laughably bad third acts in horror movies?

146 Upvotes

I was watching the Perfection yesterday and it started out pretty strong and had my interest uptil half of the way through. However, it devolves into a clusterfuck and hilariously bad third act. Stupid twists and turns and loses all the trust it gathers in first half. The only thing I was thinking is with such a sold premise and first half execution (or even 2/3rd), it could have gone in a thousand ways better than what the movie showed us.

What are some other horror movies which have this pattern?


r/horror • • 8h ago

Recommend Scariest depictions of demons in media?

234 Upvotes

I mean you have the big one, the exorcist. Pazuzu. Im thinking demons rather than satan himself but he counts i guess lol. Pazuzu is the standard for terifying demonic imagery in film that really feels evil, though.


r/horror • • 3h ago

What’s your favorite horror movie from your birth year?

70 Upvotes

For me born in 1989. My personal favorite for 1989 would be Pet Sematary! How about you guys? Thought it would be an interesting question to ask everyone.


r/horror • • 2h ago

Any thoughts on Last Voyage of the Demeter? Worth a watch?

45 Upvotes

Basically, the title. Never heard of this until it popped up on my Facebook feed. Doesn't have a a cast I recognize, except for Liam Cunningham. Was it ever even in the theaters or was it straight to streaming?

Will I regret watching it?

Edit: Wow! wasn't expecting such a reaction. Sounds like I gotta check this out!


r/horror • • 57m ago

Beyond belief Fact or Fiction

• Upvotes

You guys remember this show? Boy thank god for tubi, talk about getting horror fans through our lonely nights for free LMAO! This show actually has a few generally creepy episodes LOL


r/horror • • 13h ago

Discussion Milly Shapiro, breakout star of Ari Aster's 2018 horror film HEREDITARY, is doing an AMA/Q&A in /r/movies today, for anyone interested. Her new horror film, HALLOWARRIOR, was released last week, her first film since HEREDITARY.

324 Upvotes

I organized an AMA/Q&A with actress Milly Shapiro. You may know her from her breakout role in Ari Aster's 2018 Hereditary, or from her Tony Award-winning performance as Maltilda on Broadway in 2013 in Matilda the Musical. She stars in Hallowarrior, her first film since Hereditary (!), which is a Halloween-themed horror thriller that premiered at Tribeca a few months ago and was just released last weekend.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking her a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1xbl9fe/hi_reddit_im_milly_shapiro_from_hereditary/

She will be back at around 3 PM ET today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

Hallowarrior info:

Synopsis: Halloween-obsessed Pumpkin thinks she's the last person alive. But when scavengers show up at her doorstep, Pumpkin has no choice but to tap into her deadliest survival instincts.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORjn6ox53_U

Thank you :)

Her verification/proof photo: https://i.imgur.com/bNi86r9.jpeg


r/horror • • 2h ago

Discussion Buddy had me dying. 🤣

39 Upvotes

This was like watching something straight out of adult swim in 2 am in the morning, absolutely loved it yo, it had me cracking up...which worries me about my dark humor ratio lol


r/horror • • 11h ago

Discussion Monster House (2006) should be classified as a bigger kid’s halloween cult classic, along with movies like Corpse Bride and Coraline

135 Upvotes

I have very fond memories of watching this as a child and it’s probably my most rewatched movie ever.

The animation is decent, the storyline is great and it stars Steve Buscemi - what’s not to like? It’s also undeniably hilarious. The uvula joke and everything that comes out of Chowder is just straight gold. Plus, Mr Nebbercracker might be one of the best unexpected heroes to come out of cinema.

Although I know the overall vibes and storytelling are different, I have a theory that if Tim Burton had directed something similar to this, it would’ve become as popular as The Nightmare Before Christmas or his other work. This might be a stupid take but maybe someone could argue with me on the logistics of this.

Overall, I do think this movie has pretty decent reputation but I feel like it deserves a lot more hype than it gets.


r/horror • • 21h ago

Jack O’Connell will play the brother of Cillian Murphy’s character in ‘A QUIET PLACE PART III’. Both actors previously starred together in ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’.

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725 Upvotes

r/horror • • 3h ago

I just remembered The Bye Bye Man and now I'm viscerally angry Spoiler

25 Upvotes

Not so much at the movie itself, although it is absolutely terrible, but at one specific scene.

You guys know how people say horror movie characters make dumb decisions? Yeah, this is one of the few times where I agree.

In the scene I'm talking about, the psychic goth girl gets a message from spirits going "Don't think it, don't say it" repeatedly and after that happens, the dipfuck white dude still says "The Bye Bye Man" despite seeing the warning paired with this name in the nightstand, as if he was trying to get them killed! (Yes, they had names, but who the hell cares?)

Did this scene piss anybody else off, or is that just me being completely unreasonable?


r/horror • • 10h ago

Discussion Movies where something awful happens that cannot be undone?

92 Upvotes

I'm looking for tense movies where something awful happened, either by choice or accident, and the main characters refusing to believe, or slowly have to deal with the fact and accept that it happened.

The problem with a lot of these, is that the fact that something happened, is often a twist that doesn't get revealed to end. Therefor I put most of them in spoiler tag.

Movies like:

  • Coffee table - 2022
  • 11:14 - 2003
  • Hallow Road - 2025
  • The Deeper You Dig (2019)
  • When Angels Sleep - 2018
  • Incident in a ghostland - 2018 (I am not 100% sure about this one, it's been a while)
  • You'll never find me - 2023
  • Bajo la Rosa - 2017
  • The night house - 2020
  • I'm thinking of ending things - 2020 (this isn't really tense, but still)
  • Los habitantes - 2023
  • Dead end - 2003
  • Calibre - 2018
  • Triangle (kindof)
  • Goodnight Mommy - 2014
  • Vanilla sky / Abre Los Ojos
  • Next Door - 2015 (kinda)

r/horror • • 6h ago

Discussion Best line of dialogue in a horror movie

31 Upvotes

someone posted this same question but I cannot find it now and I would really like to add my own personal favorite

from Bride of Frankenstein: " we belong dead."

absolutely brilliant!


r/horror • • 10h ago

Horror News ‘Ghoulies’ Reboot Gets an Update After Lawsuit Settlement

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58 Upvotes

r/horror • • 11h ago

Discussion Candyman (1992) and Philip Glass’ Score

50 Upvotes

I play in an online trivia league and there was a recent question about Glass’ score of a the Candyman. From discussions of the quiz, I learned the Glass was very disappointed in the film because he was sold on it being more cerebral, but he viewed the final product as a more typical slasher. I have always viewed Candyman differently than other slashers of the time because of its setting, atmosphere, and exploration of culture and folklore. So, this take by Glass at the time confuses me. His ambivalence to the film is one of the reasons the score wasn’t released as an album until much later. Wanted to hear other views on this.


r/horror • • 37m ago

Discussion Best Horror Movie/Media from 2020-2025.

• Upvotes

For me it's,

2020: Freaky

2021: Chucky season 1

2022: Smile

2023: Thanksgiving

2024: Nosferatu

2025: Frankenstein

and
2026: Carrie


r/horror • • 13h ago

The "I Know What You Did Last Summer" reboot didn't work because of how weak the motivation was Spoiler

70 Upvotes

It didn't take a Rocket Scientist to see that what happened was a accident. They didn't even run over someone. The car came after them and they moved away and the car drove off a cliff. How was that their fault?

Then, when we find out who the killer was, it got even dumber and even the killer didn't seem to buy into the reason.


r/horror • • 3h ago

Opinion on whalefall?

9 Upvotes

Hello fellow horror fans. I watched whalefall a couple of days ago, kinda liked it,wasn’t that bad. What’s your opinion on the movie? It may not have been bloody or anything but I liked the symbolism and the body horror. Anything that you guys would change or keep of the movie ?


r/horror • • 8h ago

"Haunted world" style of movies?

23 Upvotes

I'm looking for movies that make it feel like the supernatural is a real part of the world rather than an isolated incident. A lot of movies feel like the supernatural elements are limited to a single house, town, or city but I'm looking for something wider in scope where haunted objects or locations are just something you could stumble across.

Kairo is a good example

Oddity feels like that too, with the haunted knick-knacks that hint at a larger amount of supernatural objects with stories behind them


r/horror • • 3h ago

Looking for good revenge horror movies and good home invasion horror movies

6 Upvotes

Like I said I’m looking for good home invasion horror movies and good revenge horror movies they don’t have to tie together as in both revenge and home invasion in the same movie


r/horror • • 7h ago

Recommend Donnie Darko, a Halloween Treat.

17 Upvotes

Sometimes, I don’t believe in your commitment to Sparkle Motion. Don’t get into a plane unless your son or brother is named Donnie. In college zI wore a donnie darko outfit. People thought it was karate kid. He goes back in time, laughs then dies. Super hero. He goes back in time to save the people he loves. Super hero. If you like Donnie Darko, you like s horror super hero movie, when you think about it


r/horror • • 2h ago

Recent, modern, and "fun" horror movies similar to Superhost, The Rental, Blink Twice?

5 Upvotes

not sure how to describe them. cast is typically young adults, set in modern times, doesn't take itself TOO seriously but is just a fun ride. i feel like there are a small handful of such movies that i've seen but those three jump out at me.