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12 Feet Deep

12 Feet Deep (The Deep End, Trapped Sisters) is a 2017 MarVista survival thriller directed by Matt Eskandari, starring Alexandra Park, Nora-Jane Noone, Diane Farr, and Tobin Bell, about sisters trapped under a pool cover.

13 Sins

13 Sins is a 2014 American horror-thriller directed by Daniel Stamm, a remake of the Thai film 13: Game of Death, in which Mark Webber's debt-ridden salesman completes 13 escalating tasks for cash.

Abigail (2023 film)

Abigail is a 2024 American horror comedy directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. The film follows kidnappers who discover their captive is a vampire.

ATM (2012 film)

ATM (2012) is a psychological thriller directed by David Brooks, written by Chris Sparling, starring Brian Geraghty, Alice Eve, and Josh Peck as coworkers trapped in an ATM kiosk by a hooded killer; released by IFC Films, it grossed $921,752 worldwide.

Barbarian (2022 film)

Barbarian is a 2022 American horror film written and directed by Zach Cregger in his solo feature directorial debut, starring Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, and Justin Long.

Bedevilled (김복남 살인사건의 전말) (2010 film)

Bedevilled (김복남 살인사건의 전말) is Jang Cheol-soo's 2010 South Korean debut horror-thriller: abused islander Kim Bok-nam takes sickle revenge on Mu-do island after her Seoul friend Hae-won fails to help; Cannes Critics' Week premiere.

Berlin Syndrome (film)

Berlin Syndrome (2017) is an Australian psychological thriller directed by Cate Shortland, adapted by Shaun Grant from Melanie Joosten's novel, starring Teresa Palmer and Max Riemelt; premiered at Sundance 2017.

Black Box (2026 film)

Black Box (Black Box: Flight 298; Russian: Рейс 298) is a 2026 horror sci-fi thriller directed by Steven Quale, written by Stephen Susco, starring Tom Brittney; Vero Airlines Flight 298 faces supernatural terror; 70% Tomatometer, $521,167 gross.

Blood Star

Blood Star (2024) is a British-American independent desert road thriller, Lawrence Jacomelli's feature debut, starring Britni Camacho and John Schwab. Shot in New Mexico in ten days from a 70-minute animatic; premiered at NIFFF 2024; distributed by PLAION and Quiver.

Bunker (2026 film)

Bunker is a 2026 psychological thriller written and directed by Florian Zeller, starring Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz as a couple whose 17-year marriage frays when he accepts a tech billionaire's bunker commission; France-Spain, 126 min, Venice 2026.

Bunker Heights

Bunker Heights is a 2026 American crime-horror-comedy creature feature written and directed by Drew Fortier, starring Hannah Fierman, Chaney Morrow, and Paul T. Taylor with Violent J, Vinnie Dombroski, and David Ellefson; made for $30,000 and released October 13, 2026 by MVD Entertainment.

Burning Bright (film)

Burning Bright is a 2010 Carlos Brooks horror-thriller starring Briana Evigan, Garret Dillahunt, and Charlie Tahan, in which siblings are trapped in a hurricane-boarded house with a Bengal tiger bought by their stepfather; three real tigers were used, composited without actors on set.

Cat's Eye (1985 film)

Cat's Eye is a 1985 American horror anthology film directed by Lewis Teague from Stephen King's screenplay, linking Quitters Inc., The Ledge, and The General through a stray cat protecting Drew Barrymore; released April 12, 1985 by Dino De Laurentiis.

Chum (film)

Chum is a 2026 shark horror-thriller directed by Jonathan Zuck, starring Alice Eve, Eric Michael Cole, and Jim Klock. A Malta wedding party is trapped by a great white shark and a fisherman using guests as bait; released June 5, 2026 by IFC Films.

Cobweb (2023 American film)

Cobweb (2023 American film), not to be confused with Kim Jee-woon's Korean Cobweb, is a Lionsgate supernatural horror film directed by Samuel Bodin, starring Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr, about a boy hearing knocking in his walls; released July 21, 2023, 88 minutes, R-rated.

Curve (film)

Curve is a 2015 American Blumhouse psychological horror-thriller directed by Iain Softley, starring Julianne Hough and Teddy Sears; a bride crashes her car to escape a drifter and is trapped in the wreck. Distinct from the unrelated 2016 Tim Egan short film of the same name.

Dead Calm (film)

Dead Calm is a 1989 Australian psychological thriller directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, and Billy Zane, adapted from Charles Williams's 1963 novel; a couple at sea rescue a killer, and the film became Kidman's international breakthrough.

Dead Mail (film)

Dead Mail is a 2024 American horror-thriller directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy, premiering at SXSW and TIFF. A blood-stained help note reaches dead letter investigator Jasper (Tomas Boykin), uncovering a kidnapping by synth-obsessed Trent (John Fleck); Shudder release April 18, 2025.

Don't Breathe

Don't Breathe, also released as A Man in the Dark, is a 2016 American horror thriller directed by Fede Alvarez, starring Jane Levy and Stephen Lang, grossing $157.8 million.

Don't Hang Up (film)

Don't Hang Up is a 2016 British horror-thriller, the directorial debut of Damien Macé and Alexis Wajsbrot, starring Gregg Sulkin and Garrett Clayton as prank callers tormented by a stranger called Mr. Lee; released 2016-2017, grossed $332,571.

Dorothea (film)

Dorothea (film) most commonly denotes Dorothea (2025), Chad Ferrin's true-crime horror film starring Susan Priver as Sacramento serial killer Dorothea Puente, released by Dread on October 31, 2025; other films share the title.

Double Vision (2002 film)

Double Vision (雙瞳) is a 2002 Taiwanese psychological thriller directed by Chen Kuo-fu, starring Tony Leung Ka-fai and David Morse as detectives hunting a Taoist cult behind serial murders in Taipei; the first Hollywood-backed film set in Taipei and 2002's top Taiwanese box-office hit.

Eden Lake

Eden Lake (2008) is a British hoodie-horror thriller written and directed by James Watkins, starring Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, and Jack O'Connell, about a couple terrorized by youths at a lake, noted for its bleak ending.

Emelie (film)

Emelie (2015) is an American psychological thriller, Michael Thelin's feature debut, starring Sarah Bolger as an impostor babysitter who terrorizes the Thompson children after kidnapping the real sitter; premiered at Tribeca, released by Dark Sky Films in 2016.

Eyes of Laura Mars

Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) is an American suspense thriller directed by Irvin Kershner, starring Faye Dunaway as a fashion photographer who witnesses murders through a serial killer's eyes; scripted by John Carpenter and David Zelag Goodman, produced by Jon Peters for Columbia.

Four Flies on Grey Velvet

Four Flies on Grey Velvet (4 mosche di velluto grigio) is Dario Argento's 1971 Italian-French giallo, the final film of his Animal trilogy, starring Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer, and Jean-Pierre Marielle, with an Ennio Morricone score and an optography-based plot.

Fresh (2022 film)

Fresh (2022) is an American horror comedy directed by Mimi Cave, written by Lauryn Kahn, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastian Stan. Premiered at Sundance January 20, 2022; released on Hulu March 4, 2022; about a woman whose new boyfriend sells human meat.

Funny Games (1997 film)

Funny Games (1997) is Michael Haneke's Austrian home-invasion thriller, premiered in Competition at Cannes, in which two polite young men torture a family at a lakeside vacation home; remade shot-for-shot in English in 2007.

Green Room (film)

Green Room is a 2015 horror-thriller written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier, distributed by A24, starring Anton Yelchin, Patrick Stewart, and Imogen Poots as a punk band trapped by neo-Nazi skinheads in an Oregon club's green room.

Hallowarrior

Hallowarrior is a 2026 American post-apocalyptic Halloween home-invasion horror film, Ben Sottak's feature debut expanded from his short Scavenger, starring Milly Shapiro as plague survivor Pumpkin, with Shannyn Sossamon; premiered at Tribeca June 10, 2026, streaming on Shudder October 16, 2026.