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Hauntology (film)

Hauntology (2024) is Parker Brennon's debut feature, a queer horror road-trip anthology set in Ohio, starring Jaidyn Triplett, Samantha Russell, Naomi Grossman, and Nancy Loomis, released by Gravitas Ventures.

Hive (2026 film)

Hive (2026 film) is a Felipe Vargas Tubi Original horror movie starring Xochitl Gomez, about a babysitter, a playground hive mind, and Coral Grove; distinct from the 2021 Kosovo drama.

Honey Bunch (film)

Honey Bunch is a 2025 Canadian psychological gothic thriller by Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli, starring Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie; a woman with memory loss enters an experimental facility, premiered at Berlinale 2025.

Humane (film)

Humane is a 2024 Canadian dystopian horror-thriller, the directorial debut of Caitlin Cronenberg, written by Michael Sparaga. After ecological collapse forces a 20% population cut via paid euthanasia, a family dinner erupts; 93 min, IFC Films, mixed reviews.

I Live Here Now (film)

I Live Here Now is a 2025 American psychological horror film, Julie Pacino's feature directorial debut, starring Lucy Fry as Rose, an actress trapped in the surreal Crown Inn motel; premiered at Fantasia 2025, released on VOD by Utopia April 21, 2026.

Influencers (film)

Influencers (2025) is Kurtis David Harder's horror-thriller sequel to Influencer (2022), starring Cassandra Naud as killer CW, released on Shudder December 12, 2025; distinct from The Influencer Project (2026).

Inside (2007 film)

Inside (À l'intérieur) is a 2007 French home-invasion horror film by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, starring Béatrice Dalle and Alysson Paradis, premiered at Cannes Critics' Week and a key New French Extremity title.

Intruders (2015 film)

Intruders (2015) is Adam Schindler's American home-invasion horror-thriller starring Beth Riesgraf as agoraphobic Anna Rook, who traps three burglars; distinct from The Intruders (2015) with Miranda Cosgrove.

It Ends

It Ends is a 2025 American road-horror thriller directed by Alexander Ullom, in which four new college graduates are trapped on an endless two-lane road by unknowable forces.

Keep Watching

Keep Watching is a 2017 American home-invasion horror film, originally titled Home Invasion, directed by Sean Carter and starring Bella Thorne, Chandler Riggs, and Ioan Gruffudd; intruders trap a family and live-stream their ordeal, released Halloween 2017 to poor reviews.

Knock at the Cabin

Knock at the Cabin (2023) is M. Night Shyamalan's apocalyptic home-invasion thriller for Universal, adapted from Paul Tremblay's novel The Cabin at the End of the World, starring Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, and Ben Aldridge; it opened at No. 1 with $14.2 million and changed the book's ending.

Knock Knock (2015 film)

Knock Knock is a 2015 erotic thriller directed by Eli Roth, starring Keanu Reeves as a married architect whose weekend alone becomes a nightmare when two young women refuse to leave.

Kristy (film)

Kristy (2014) is an American slasher horror film directed by Olly Blackburn, starring Haley Bennett as Justine, a student hunted over Thanksgiving break by a cult led by Ashley Greene's Violet.

Last Straw

Last Straw (2024) is Alan Scott Neal's debut siege horror, written by Taylor Sardoni, starring Jessica Belkin as Nancy and Jeremy Sisto; a waitress fights masked killers alone in her father's roadside diner. 79% on Rotten Tomatoes; streams on Prime Video, AMC+, and Shudder.

Let's Scare Julie

Let's Scare Julie (also Let's Scare Julie to Death) is a 2020 American one-take horror film by Jud Cremata about teen girls whose prank on a reclusive neighbor backfires, released October 2, 2020.

Mads (film)

MadS is a 2024 French one-shot horror film by David Moreau, following teenager Romain through the first night of a zombie-like outbreak; starring Milton Riche, Laurie Pavy, and Lucille Guillaume, released via Shudder.

Margaux (film)

Margaux (2022) is an American sci-fi horror film directed by Steven C. Miller, starring Madison Pettis and Vanessa Morgan, about a smart house AI that turns deadly; released digitally September 9, 2022 by Paramount.

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) is a Michael Curtiz Warner Bros. pre-Code horror film with Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, and Glenda Farrell, the last two-color Technicolor feature, remade as House of Wax (1953) and restored in 4K by UCLA in 2020.

Night Patrol (2025 film)

Night Patrol (2025) is an American vampire horror film directed and co-written by Ryan Prows, starring Jermaine Fowler, Justin Long, and RJ Cyler. Released by RLJE Films/Shudder, it premiered at Fantastic Fest 2025 and is unrelated to the 1984 comedy of the same name.

Night Shift (2023 film)

Night Shift (2023) is an American horror-thriller and the feature debut of the China Brothers, starring Phoebe Tonkin, Madison Hu, and Lamorne Morris; it premiered at Mammoth Film Festival 2023, won Best Genre Film, and was released by Quiver Distribution in March 2024.

No One Lives

No One Lives is a 2012 American horror-thriller directed by Ryūhei Kitamura, written by David Lawrence Cohen, starring Luke Evans as serial killer Driver; released 2013 by Anchor Bay, grossing $1,048,704 worldwide.

Noise (2024 film)

Noise (2024 film) is a South Korean psychological horror-thriller directed by Kim Soo-jin. It follows a woman with a hearing impediment searching for her missing sister.

Nurse 3D

Nurse 3D is a 2013 American horror film directed by Doug Aarniokoski, starring Paz de la Huerta, Katrina Bowden, and Corbin Bleu, released in February 2014.

P2 (film)

P2 (2007) is a Christmas Eve horror-thriller, the directorial debut of Franck Khalfoun, written with Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur, starring Rachel Nichols and Wes Bentley, shot in a Toronto parking garage, grossing about $8 million worldwide.

Pendulum (2027 film)

Pendulum (2027) is an American horror-thriller, Mark Heyman's directorial debut, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Phoebe Dynevor, Norman Reedus, and Jacki Weaver; produced by Darren Aronofsky's Protozoa and C2, released theatrically by Vertical January 1, 2027.

Play Misty for Me

Play Misty for Me is Clint Eastwood's 1971 directorial debut, a Malpaso-Universal psychological thriller starring Eastwood, Jessica Walter, and Donna Mills about a Carmel DJ stalked by an obsessive fan.

Room for Rent (2019 film)

Room for Rent (2019) is an American psychological thriller directed by Tommy Stovall, written by Stuart Flack, starring Lin Shaye as widowed Joyce, who becomes obsessed with tenant Bob (Oliver Rayon); premiered at Sedona, released May 3, 2019, distinct from the 2018 Canadian comedy of the same name.

Run (2020 American film)

Run (2020) is an American psychological thriller directed by Aneesh Chaganty, starring Sarah Paulson and wheelchair-user debutante Kiera Allen as a mother and daughter; released on Hulu November 20, 2020 after its theatrical release was canceled, inspired by the Dee Dee Blanchard case.

Saltburn (film)

Saltburn is Emerald Fennell's 2023 black comedy thriller starring Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi, set at Oxford and a country estate in 2006-07, filmed at Drayton House, and divisive over its class satire.

Silk (2006 film)

Silk (诡丝, Guisi) is a 2006 Taiwanese sci-fi horror film by Su Chao-pin in which scientists trap a boy's ghost with a Menger Sponge device; Cannes out-of-competition, Golden Horse Best Visual Effects, top-grossing 2006 Taiwanese film.