Best horror films on Reddit
231 reviews from r/horror, r/MalayalamMovies, r/4kbluray and 7 more subreddits
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#1
N/A
4.7
(9)
"Talk To Me, The Witch and Hereditary"
"The Babadook, Hereditary, Get Out, Barbarian, It Follows"
"Midsommar, It Follows, Hereditary, The Sadness, The Witch, The House That Jack Built, Raw, Titane, A Quiet Place, Annihilation, Vivarium, Mother!, Revenge, Talk to Me, Saw X, Knock at the Cabin, Men"
"Stopmotion, The Empty Man, Immaculate, Baghead, Talk to Me, No one will save you."
"When Evil Lurks, Talk To me, Thanksgiving, Late Night with the devil, Hell House LLC 4, Saw X, Abigail"
"Oddity is the last thing I’ve seen in theatres that really jazzed me!"
"Great year for independent horror. I enjoyed In A Violent Nature, Late Night W The Devil, Maxxxine, Long Legs, and Stop Motion."
"Longlegs was great, not as scary as I hoped for, but I'm desensitized with horror movies."
"I may watch some of these, but I would also recommend: Derelict, Ditched, The Facility, Don't Kill It."
#2
Talk to Me
4.9
(8)
"The most excellent horror movie to me was Talk to Me, purely a simple horror idea, which is explored and showed in 90 or so minutes, refreshengly easy to understand, but brutal and scary."
"Talk to Me"
"•Talk to me
•Late night with the devil."
"Talk To Me"
"I was pleasantly surprised with Talk to Me."
"Talk to me!"
"Talk To Me, When Evil Lurks, Oddity, and The First Omen are probably my top four."
"I loved Talk to Me."
#3
Late Night With The Devil
4.6
(8)
"Late Night With the Devil is still my favorite. I just love it."
"Late Night with the Devil and A Quiet Place: Day One are my favorite kind of horror."
"Late Night With The Devil was amazing"
"Late Night With The Devil was one of the most fun movies I’ve watched in a while"
"I loved 'Late Night With The Devil'."
"Late night with the devil was a great surprise to me as well as the movie cobweb from last year."
"My favorites of the last year are late night with the devil."
"Late Night with the Devil and I Saw the TV Glow were two horror movies that I really liked."
#4
Evil Dead Rise
4.7
(6)
"Destroy All Neighbors, Evil Dead Rise and Late Night with the Devil are all must-watches, IMO."
"Evil Dead Rise, Scream franchise, Alien, A Quiet Place, Saw."
"Evil Dead Rise. I was blown away by sound design in this movie."
"Evil Dead Rise has one of the best sound mixes I’ve ever heard."
"Longlegs was great, Late Night With The Devil, Evil Dead Rise."
"Evil Dead Rise had really good sound design."
#5
The First Omen
4.3
(6)
"The First Omen is awesome."
"Talk To Me"
"The First Omen and Talk to Me are my favorites of the year."
"The First Omen was better than I expected."
"The First Omen hit more for me than a lot of the indie horrors this year."
"I really liked The First Omen, Oddity has great reviews."
#6
The Thing
5.0
(5)
"The Thing - Carpenter version"
"Also you HAVE to watch The Thing (the original)..."
"The Thing (1982), Alien (1979), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)."
"The Thing (1982)"
"The Thing"
#7
Longlegs
4.8
(5)
"Longlegs; very moody/athmospheric and more about overt dread than jump scare horror."
"LONGLEGS all day."
"Longlegs. Genuinely unnerving and thought provoking."
"I loved Longlegs."
"Very different films, but ones that left me *thinking* about them afterward."
#8
Dark Skies
4.6
(5)
"Dark skies."
"Dark Skies is my fav. It deserves a lot more love imo."
"Dark Skies is so good."
"Dark Skies."
"Dark Skies does a really good job of showing how classic alien abduction stories are just another branch of cosmic horror."
#9
Hereditary
5.0
(4)
"Hereditary."
"Hereditary,"
"Hereditary, Midsommar, and The Witch come to mind for recent ones."
"Hereditary (2018)"
#10
Martyrs
5.0
(4)
"Try Martyrs (2008)."
"Martyrs (original)"
"Martyrs (French version)."
"Martyrs"
#11
Annihilation
4.8
(4)
"Annihilation 100%."
"Annihilation."
"Nope and Annihilation."
"Annihilation, Creep 1 and Creep 2, smile, barbarian, ritual, the zombieland duology if you're into horror comedy."
#12
Abigail
4.5
(4)
"Abigail was such a fun ride."
"Abigail was my personal favorite over the last 2 or so years."
"I was surprised how good Abigale was."
"I know it wasn't *horror* horror, and more like campy, gory horror, but I was pleasantly surprised by Abigail."
#13
Long Legs
4.3
(4)
"Long Legs and In A Violent Nature for the win…so far"
"I was really surprised and thoroughly enjoyed Long Legs, tbh."
"Long Legs was super good."
"Longlegs just came out, and I really enjoyed it."
#14
Insidious
4.3
(4)
"Insidious and A Quiet Place 1 and 2 are tough to beat."
"Insidious: The Red Door & The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) have some nice Atmos."
"**Insidious**."
"I need to try out insidious on 4K blu ray."
#15
It Follows
4.3
(4)
"It Follows!"
"It Follows."
"It follows, "
"It Follows from Second Sight has a great one."
#16
Signs
4.0
(4)
"Believe or not … signs with Mel Gibson."
"Signs."
"I liked Signs! Also Killer Klowns from outer space."
"Signs, Nope, The void, Life."
#17
Evil Dead
4.0
(4)
"Evil Dead Rise has a really good Atmos mix."
"Evil Dead (2013)"
"Evil Dead Rise has a truly impressive mix."
"Evil Dead Rise may have a good mix, but the movie itself sucks."
#18
Bhoothakalam
5.0
(3)
"1. Proper horror genre : bhoothakalam"
"Bhoothakalam wins the best horror movie hands down."
"Best horror in the world is a Malayalam movie, Boothakalam."
#19
A Quiet Place
5.0
(3)
"A Quiet Place. The atmos on that film is amazing."
"Quiet Place is super."
"A quiet place."
#20
The Ritual
5.0
(3)
"- The Ritual."
"The Ritual."
"The ritual, is probably the best Netflix OG movie."
#21
Veronica
5.0
(3)
"Spain - The Devil's Backbone, rec, rec 2, The Orphanage, Julia's Eyes and Veronica."
"Not a movie, but Veronica is an awesome one."
"Veronica and Ritual."
#22
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
5.0
(3)
"I can’t recommend highly enough!!! And the director is a lovely sweet guy."
"- The Autopsy of Jane Doe."
"The Autopsy of Jane Doe."
#23
Oddity
4.7
(3)
"Oddity!"
"I just saw Oddity and I really enjoyed it."
"Oddity was great, Longlegs was great as well, but did not live up to the hype in my opinion."
#24
Terrifier
4.7
(3)
"I loved All Hallows’ Eve, Terrifier and Terrifier 2."
"Terrifier 1 and 2 both set during Halloween."
"Terrifier or any of the movies with Art the Clown in them."
#25
Pulse
4.7
(3)
"Pulse 2001, maybe the best japanese horror ever, a classic, fits your description"
"Pulse 2001, maybe the best japanese horror ever, a classic, fits your description"
"Pulse (2001) by Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a surreal film."
#26
BramaYugam
4.3
(3)
"Check out BramaYugam it was like lighthouse meets tumbaad...hands down best horror movie I've seen this year thus far..."
"3. Mystery, survival, thriller, horror, folk : bramayugam"
"Horror is not exactly a well defined genre so I would say Manichithrathazu, Devadoothan , Anathabhadram and Bramayugam - all of these have horror elements to varying degrees."
#27
Thanksgiving
4.3
(3)
"Just watched Thanksgiving last night and loved it!!"
"This year I'd say Vermines, Late Night With The Devil, Thanksgiving."
"**Thanksgiving** is a fun one."
#28
District 9
4.0
(3)
"District 9 is a great movie."
"District 9."
"District 9 also a great movie, not so much horror but still an amazing watch."
#29
Vacancy
4.0
(3)
"Vacancy (2007)"
"Vacancy (2007) is such a good movie but I never hear anyone talk about it"
"Vacancy (2007)"
#30
The Changeling
5.0
(2)
"*The Changeling* (1980): a classic with George C. Scott"
"The Changeling 1980 with George C Scott"
#31
Aterrados
5.0
(2)
"*Aterrados* ("Terrified", 2017): awesome Argentinian movie"
"Aterrados (2018) AMC+/Shudder"
#32
The Babadook
5.0
(2)
"The Babadook, It Follows, and The Autopsy of Jane Doe are all phenomenal."
"The Babadook 2014."
#33
The Wailing
5.0
(2)
"The wailing."
"'The Wailing' (2016) If I had to pick one entry for my choice of greatest Horror movie post year 2000."
#34
Alien
5.0
(2)
"Alien."
"You might not have heard of it but Alien is really good."
#35
Exhuma
5.0
(2)
"I just watched Exhuma (2024, South Korean). I thought it was really well done."
"The three movies I liked the most were Exhuma, Satan's slaves 2 and Longlegs."
#36
Saw X
4.5
(2)
"Saw X is probably the best in the entire franchise."
"Saw X."
#37
Night of the Living Dead
4.5
(2)
"Night of the living dead and the two sequels it got are zombie cannon, more or less."
"Night of the Living Dead"
#38
Barbarian
4.5
(2)
"Of recent years: *Barbarian, Infinity Pool, Talk to Me, X, Saint Maud, Us, Midsommar, Hereditary, The Endless*."
"Barbarian (2022)"
#39
Slay
4.5
(2)
"My top 3 movies to come out this year have been **Slay**, **Abigail** and **Lisa Frankenstein**."
"Not gonna lie. But I found Slay (tubi) very entertaining."
#40
X
4.5
(2)
"X in my opinion is the best horror movie on Netflix."
"X."
#41
Doctor Sleep
4.5
(2)
"Doctor Sleep is amazing with atmos."
"Doctor Sleep"
#42
Smile
4.5
(2)
"Definitely Smile, this movie made me and my partner feel like we were watching a horror for the first time."
"Smile"
#43
Bhoothakaalam
4.5
(2)
"Hands down, Bhoothakaalam."
"Bhoothakaalam was spooky."
#44
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
4.5
(2)
"Texas Chainsaw Massacre"
"Insidious: The Red Door & The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) have some nice Atmos."
#45
Manichitrathazhu
4.5
(2)
"2. Psychological horror: manichithra thazhu"
"Horror is not exactly a well defined genre so I would say Manichithrathazu, Devadoothan , Anathabhadram and Bramayugam - all of these have horror elements to varying degrees."
#46
Incantation
4.5
(2)
"Incantation, a 2022 Taiwanese film. Probably my favorite movie of this decade."
"Incantation!"
#47
The Witch
4.5
(2)
"The Witch is amazing start to finish."
"The Witch"
#48
Slither
4.0
(2)
"Slither!!!"
"Slither"
#49
In a Violent Nature
4.0
(2)
"Was good"
"I liked “In a violent Nature” and “Abigail”."
#50
They Live
4.0
(2)
"They live!"
"They Live (1988) STARZ."
#51
The Taking of Deborah Logan
4.0
(2)
"The Taking of Deborah Logan,"
"Taking of Deborah Logan."
#52
The Mothman Prophecies
4.0
(2)
"The Mothman Prophecies."
"Mothman Prophecies isn't explicitly aliens or not, but it hits all the right notes."
#53
Life
4.0
(2)
"Life (2016)."
"Life."
#54
Fire in the Sky
4.0
(2)
"Fire in the sky."
"Fire in the Sky"
#55
His House
4.0
(2)
"His House is solid.
The entire Mike Flanagan universe (even if it is mostly tv)."
"His House,"
#56
Extraterrestrial
4.0
(2)
"Extraterrestrial."
"I think Extraterrestrial (2014) is a good option."
#57
Apostle
4.0
(2)
"Apostle, Midnight Mass."
"Apostle (this one is more horror adjacent, but I don’t see it get mentioned often and I really enjoyed it)."
#58
War of the Worlds
4.0
(2)
"War of the worlds."
"Remake is more horror-like, original is more drama/suspense."
#59
Banshee Chapter
4.0
(2)
"The Banshee Chapter (2013) is a fun one!"
"Banshee Chapter is also very good."
#60
Nope
4.0
(2)
"Idk if Nope really counts as horror but that sound mix is rad."
"Nope."
#61
Arrival
4.0
(2)
"Arrival."
"Arrival is a great movie, not so much horror but still extremely interesting."
#62
Alien Raiders
4.0
(2)
"Alien Raiders 2008."
"Alien Raiders."
#63
The Ring
4.0
(2)
"The Ring still freaks my brain."
"Ring"
#64
Immaculate
4.0
(2)
"I loved it."
"Immaculate, Longlegs, Dream Scenario, Abigail, A Quiet Place: Day One, The King Tide."
#65
Cobweb
4.0
(2)
"Late night with the devil was a great surprise to me as well as the movie cobweb from last year."
"I loved Cobweb. I actually screamed at one scene."
#66
Underwater
4.0
(2)
"Underwater."
"Underwater"
#67
Winter
4.0
(2)
"5. Mystery, horror, thriller - winter"
"But other contenders would be Winter..."
#68
Shutter
5.0
(1)
"Shutter (2004), I Saw The Devil."
#69
LNWTD
5.0
(1)
"When Evil Lurks, LNWTD, and Longlegs are my current winners."
#70
When Evil Lurks
5.0
(1)
"When Evil Lurks, LNWTD, and Longlegs are my current winners."
#71
28 Days Later
5.0
(1)
"28 Days Later (2003)--Viral outbreak films really get me."
#72
Shudder
5.0
(1)
"Impetigore (Indonesian - Shudder)"
#73
Fallen
4.0
(1)
"Fallen (1998)."
#74
The Empty Man
4.0
(1)
"The Empty Man."
#75
Frailty
4.0
(1)
"I'm not sure if it fits your style but "Frailty 2001"."
#76
Grave Encounters
4.0
(1)
"Grave Encounters (just hit me). It's one of the better found footage."
#77
From Beyond
4.0
(1)
"From Beyond"
#78
Lisa Frankenstein
4.0
(1)
"Surprised no one has mentioned Lisa Frankenstein yet."
#79
Infinity Pool
4.0
(1)
"Infinity pool for sure."
#80
Annabelle
4.0
(1)
"The whole Annabelle series and it's related movies about other haunted houses."
#81
Stopmotion
4.0
(1)
"Stopmotion is one of my personal favorites from last year."
#82
Prometheus
4.0
(1)
"Prometheus"
#83
Krampus
4.0
(1)
"I recommend Krampus 2015."
#84
Pitch Black
4.0
(1)
"Pitch Black / Riddick"
#85
Night of the Demons
4.0
(1)
"Night of the Demons (1 & 2)"
#86
Peeping Tom
4.0
(1)
"Peeping Tom (1960)"
#87
Bride of Boogedy
4.0
(1)
"Bride of Boogedy takes place on Halloween."
#88
Mr Boogedy
4.0
(1)
"But watch the first one before. Mr Boogedy."
#89
I Spit On Your Grave
4.0
(1)
"I Spit On Your Grave (1978 original & 2010 remake)"
#90
Black Christmas
4.0
(1)
"Black Christmas"
#91
Candyman
4.0
(1)
"Candyman"
#92
In the Mouth of Madness
4.0
(1)
"In the Mouth of Madness"
#93
Sinister
4.0
(1)
"Sinister (2012)"
#94
The Descent
4.0
(1)
"The Descent (2005)"
#95
Deep Red
4.0
(1)
"Deep Red"
#96
Haunt
3.0
(1)
"Haunt isn't too bad - it looks like it's going to be a dog shit £10 budget film, but its pretty good."
#97
Clownhouse
3.0
(1)
"Clownhouse (pretty creepy clowns if you can find it and don't mind the controversy)."
#98
Dark Harvest
3.0
(1)
"I watched Dark Harvest last night and was pretty entertained. It’s predictable, but still enjoyable."
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