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Apostle (film)
Apostle (2018) is a Netflix folk horror film directed, written, and edited by Gareth Evans, his first English-language feature after The Raid films. Set in 1905, it stars Dan Stevens as a man infiltrating an island cult to rescue his sister; 79% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Bedlam (1946 film)
Bedlam (1946 film), RKO drama-horror directed by Mark Robson and produced by Val Lewton, his last RKO production, starring Boris Karloff and Anna Lee, set in 1761 London's Bethlem asylum, inspired by Hogarth's A Rake's Progress.
Black Sunday (1960 film)
Black Sunday (La maschera del demonio, 1960) is Mario Bava's Italian black-and-white gothic horror debut, loosely based on Gogol's Viy, starring Barbara Steele as a resurrected witch; it launched the Italian horror boom.
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb is a 1971 Hammer horror film, also known as an adaptation of Bram Stoker's The Jewel of Seven Stars, directed by Seth Holt and completed by Michael Carreras after Holt's death, starring Andrew Keir and Valerie Leon as Margaret/Queen Tera.
Brides (2026 film)
Brides is an upcoming American gothic horror film written and directed by Chloe Okuno, starring Olivia Cooke as Sally Bishop, a woman stranded at a mysterious Italian villa in 1961.
Crimson Peak
Crimson Peak is a 2015 American gothic romance film directed by Guillermo del Toro. It follows an aspiring writer who moves to a decaying mansion in 1901.
Dementia 13
Dementia 13 (1963) is Francis Ford Coppola's first commercial feature, a black-and-white Irish axe-murder horror film made for Roger Corman on about $22,000, shot in nine days at Ardmore Studios, Bray, and released by AIP on a double bill with X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes.
Dorian Gray (2009 film)
Dorian Gray is a 2009 British horror drama directed by Oliver Parker, adapted from Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel, starring Ben Barnes as Dorian and Colin Firth as Lord Henry Wotton.
Frankenstein (2025 film)
Frankenstein (2025) is Guillermo del Toro's Netflix adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, starring Oscar Isaac as Victor and Jacob Elordi as the Creature; released October 17, 2025 in theaters and November 7 on Netflix, it won the 2026 Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Gothic (1986 film)
Gothic (1986) is a British psychological horror film directed by Ken Russell, written by Stephen Volk, starring Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, and Natasha Richardson, dramatizing the 1816 Villa Diodati night that inspired Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
House of Wax (1953 film)
House of Wax (1953 film) is a Warner Bros. horror film starring Vincent Price as a sculptor. It was notable as a major-studio color 3-D feature.
Kill, Baby... Kill!
Kill, Baby... Kill! (Operazione paura) is Mario Bava's 1966 Italian gothic horror film about a ghost girl haunting a Carpathian village, starring Giacomo Rossi-Stuart and Erika Blanc; distinct from Okamoto's 1968 samurai film Kill!
Lisa and the Devil
Lisa and the Devil (Lisa e il diavolo), 1973 Mario Bava Italian-Spanish-German horror film starring Telly Savalas and Elke Sommer; flopped at Cannes, re-edited as The House of Exorcism in 1975.
Mārama (film)
Mārama (2025) is a New Zealand Māori gothic horror film, the debut feature of Taratoa Stappard, starring Ariāna Osborne as a young Māori woman in 1859 Yorkshire; it premiered at TIFF 2025 and won festival awards including Seattle's Grand Jury Prize.
Mary Reilly (1996 film)
Mary Reilly (1996), also simply Mary Reilly, is a Stephen Frears gothic horror drama, Christopher Hampton's adaptation of Valerie Martin's 1990 novel retelling Jekyll and Hyde from a maid's view, starring Julia Roberts and John Malkovich; a $47 million TriStar production that grossed about $12.4 million and holds 26% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Mask of the Demon
Mask of the Demon (La maschera del demonio; The Mask of Satan; US: Black Sunday) is Mario Bava's 1960 Italian gothic horror debut, based on Gogol's "Vij", starring Barbara Steele as a revived witch and her descendant.
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Murders in the Rue Morgue is a 1932 American pre-Code horror-mystery directed by Robert Florey, starring Bela Lugosi as a Paris doctor experimenting with ape blood, released by Universal Pictures.
Nosferatu (2023 film)
Nosferatu (2023), also listed as Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, is David Lee Fisher's remake of Murnau's 1922 silent classic, starring Doug Jones as Count Orlok with Sarah Carter and Emrhys Cooper; distinct from Eggers's 2024 remake.
Sleepy Hollow (film)
Sleepy Hollow (1999) is Tim Burton's gothic horror film for Paramount, loosely adapting Washington Irving's 1819 tale, starring Johnny Depp as detective Ichabod Crane and Christina Ricci, grossing $101.1 million in the US.
The Black Cat (1934 film)
The Black Cat (1934) is Edgar G. Ulmer's Universal pre-Code horror film, the first pairing of Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, loosely credited to Poe's story, Universal's top-grossing 1934 release, costing $95,745.31.
The Body Snatcher
The Body Snatcher is Robert Wise's 1945 RKO horror film produced by Val Lewton from Stevenson's 1884 story, starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi as grave robber and servant in Burke and Hare-era Edinburgh.
The City of the Dead
The City of the Dead, aka Horror Hotel, is a 1960 British black-and-white witchcraft horror film directed by John Moxey, starring Christopher Lee, produced by Rosenberg and Subotsky for Vulcan, and considered the first Amicus film.
The Curse of the Crying Woman
The Curse of the Crying Woman (La maldición de la Llorona) is a 1961 Mexican black-and-white gothic horror film directed by Rafael Baledón, starring Rosita Arenas, Abel Salazar, and Rita Macedo, about a niece drawn into her aunt's plot to resurrect the folkloric Llorona.
The Devil's Backbone
The Devil's Backbone (El espinazo del diablo) is Guillermo del Toro's 2001 Spain-Mexico Civil War ghost story about orphan Carlos at Santa Lucía, haunted by murdered Santi; sister film of Pan's Labyrinth, produced by El Deseo and Tequila Gang.
The Dreadful
The Dreadful is a 2026 Gothic folk horror film directed and written by Natasha Kermani, starring Sophie Turner, Kit Harington, and Marcia Gay Harden. Set in 15th-century England during the Wars of the Roses, it adapts the tale behind Onibaba and received poor reviews (35% Tomatometer, Metascore 33).
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film)
The Fall of the House of Usher (US title House of Usher) is Roger Corman's 1960 AIP horror film starring Vincent Price, the first of his eight Poe adaptations, shot in 15 days for $270,000 and grossing $2 million.
The Ginkgo Bed
The Ginkgo Bed (은행나무 침대, Eunhaengnamoo Chimdae) is a 1996 South Korean fantasy romance, Kang Je-kyu's debut feature, starring Han Suk-kyu and Shin Hyun-jun; a reincarnated-love story notable for early Korean CGI, 452,580 Seoul admissions, and Grand Bell and Blue Dragon awards.
The Girl with the Needle
The Girl with the Needle (Pigen med nålen) is Magnus von Horn's 2024 Cannes competition drama, inspired by Danish serial killer Dagmar Overby, who murdered infants between 1913 and 1920; it won two 2024 European Film Awards.
The Haunted Palace (1963 film)
The Haunted Palace (1963) is Roger Corman's horror film starring Vincent Price, Debra Paget, and Lon Chaney Jr., the first screen adaptation of Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, marketed by AIP as an Edgar Allan Poe picture.
The House That Never Dies (朝内81号)
The House That Never Dies (京城81号, originally 朝内81号) is a 2014 Chinese 3D horror film directed by Yip Wai-man, adapted from Yu Lei's novel about Beijing's legendary haunted mansion at Chaonei Street No. 81, and the highest-grossing Chinese horror film with about 411 million yuan.