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Repulsion (film)
Repulsion (1965) is Roman Polanski's first English-language film, a British psychological horror starring Catherine Deneuve as a Belgian manicurist whose isolation triggers madness and murder; it won the Silver Bear at Berlin.
Ring Virus (링)
Ring Virus (링), also The Ring Virus, is a 1999 South Korean horror film directed by Kim Dong-bin, the first Korean-Japanese capital co-production, remaking Nakata's Ring from Suzuki Koji's novel; it earned 332,354 Seoul admissions.
Ringu
Ringu (リング) is Hideo Nakata's 1998 Japanese horror film adapted from Koji Suzuki's 1991 novel Ring, about a cursed videotape that kills viewers in seven days; it sparked the J-horror boom and was remade as The Ring (2002).
Rosemary's Baby (film)
Rosemary's Baby (1968) is Roman Polanski's psychological horror film adapted from Ira Levin's 1967 novel, starring Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, and Oscar winner Ruth Gordon, released by Paramount on June 12, 1968.
Run Rabbit Run (film)
Run Rabbit Run is a 2023 Australian psychological horror film directed by Daina Reid, written by Hannah Kent, starring Sarah Snook; premiered at Sundance January 2023 and released on Netflix June 28, 2023.
Saint Maud
Saint Maud is Rose Glass's 2019 British psychological horror debut, starring Morfydd Clark as a devout palliative nurse obsessed with saving dying dancer Jennifer Ehle's soul; premiered at TIFF 2019, released 2020-2021, record 17 BIFA nominations.
Seconds (1966 film)
Seconds (1966) is John Frankenheimer's black-and-white sci-fi drama, from David Ely's novel, in which banker Arthur Hamilton (John Randolph) is surgically remade as Rock Hudson's Tony Wilson; booed at Cannes, later reappraised.
Session 9
Session 9 is a 2001 American psychological horror film directed by Brad Anderson and co-written with Stephen Gevedon, about an asbestos abatement crew working in the real abandoned Danvers State Hospital, Massachusetts; released by USA Films on August 10, 2001, it grossed $374,000 and became a cult classic.
Shrooms (film)
Shrooms (film) is a 2007 Irish horror movie directed by Paddy Breathnach and written by Pearse Elliott. It stars Lindsey Haun and Jack Huston and five American college students.
Shut In (2016 film)
Shut In (2016) is a psychological thriller directed by Farren Blackburn from a Black List script by Christina Hodson, starring Naomi Watts as a widowed child psychologist haunted by a missing patient; 5% on Rotten Tomatoes, $6.9 million US gross.
Sleep (잠) (2023 film)
Sleep (잠) is a 2023 South Korean psychological horror film, the debut feature of Jason Yu, starring Jung Yu-mi and Lee Sun-kyun as newlyweds whose marriage unravels when the husband's sleepwalking turns menacing. Screened at Cannes Critics' Week 2023, it grossed about $11 million worldwide and won the Gérardmer Grand Prix.
Speak No Evil (2022 film)
Speak No Evil (Danish: Gæsterne) is a 2022 Danish psychological horror film by Christian and Mads Tafdrup about a Danish family visiting a Dutch couple whose politeness traps them; Sundance 2022 premiere, bleak ending, remade by Blumhouse in 2024.
Stonehearst Asylum
Stonehearst Asylum, also released as Eliza Graves, is a 2014 Brad Anderson psychological thriller starring Jim Sturgess, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Kingsley, and Michael Caine, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's story about patients taking over a Victorian asylum.
Stopmotion (film)
Stopmotion (2023) is a British psychological horror film and the feature debut of director Robert Morgan, starring Aisling Franciosi as animator Ella Blake, whose puppet film blurs with reality after her mother's death; 93 minutes, Sitges Special Jury Prize, 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Suicide Club (自殺サークル) (film)
Suicide Club (自殺サークル, Jisatsu Sākuru), also Suicide Circle, is a 2001 Japanese horror-mystery film written and directed by Sion Sono, released March 9, 2002, opening with 54 schoolgirls' mass suicide at Shinjuku station; sequel Noriko's Dinner Table.
Tesis
Tesis (Thesis) is a 1996 Spanish black-and-white thriller, the debut feature of Alejandro Amenábar, starring Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez, and Eduardo Noriega; a film student finds a snuff tape at Madrid's Complutense University and won seven 1997 Goya Awards.
The Babadook
The Babadook is a 2014 Australian psychological horror film, Jennifer Kent's feature directorial debut, starring Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman as a mother and son haunted by a pop-up-book monster. Premiered at Sundance 2014; 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Beguiled (1971 film)
The Beguiled is a 1971 American Southern gothic drama directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood as a wounded Union soldier sheltered at a Mississippi girls' school.
The Beldham (film)
The Beldham is a 2024 American psychological horror film, Angela Gulner's directorial debut, starring Katie Parker, Patricia Heaton, Emma Fitzpatrick, and Corbin Bernsen; premiered at Sitges 2024, released digitally November 2025.
The Boy (2015 film)
The Boy (2015), not to be confused with the 2016 doll film, is a psychological horror film by Craig William Macneill and Clay McLeod Chapman about 9-year-old Ted Henley, based on the short Henley and Chapman's novel Miss Corpus, produced by SpectreVision and Chiller Films.
The Boy (2016 film)
The Boy (2016) is a horror thriller directed by William Brent Bell, written by Stacey Menear, starring Lauren Cohan as a nanny to a doll named Brahms; STX release grossing $73.9 million, distinct from the 2015 Macneill film.
The Chalk Line
The Chalk Line (Jaula) is a 2022 Spanish psychological thriller, Ignacio Tatay's feature debut, starring Elena Anaya as Paula, who deciphers a mute girl's chalk-square behavior; Netflix release October 2022, distinct from the unrelated 2026 film Chalk Line.
The Convenience Store
The Convenience Store (夜勤事件, Yakin Jiken) is a 2026 Japanese horror film by Jiro Nagae adapting Chilla's Art's 2020 indie game, starring Kotona Minami as a night-shift clerk; released February 20, 2026, 83 minutes, over 300 million yen gross.
The Dead Center
The Dead Center is a 2018 supernatural horror thriller written and directed by Billy Senese, starring Shane Carruth as psychiatrist Daniel Forrester treating a revived suicide victim (Jeremy Childs). Premiered at LA Film Festival 2018; released by Arrow Films October 2019; 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Disappointments Room
The Disappointments Room is a 2016 American psychological horror film directed by D. J. Caruso, starring Kate Beckinsale as a mother who finds a hidden attic room.
The Dunwich Horror (1970 film)
The Dunwich Horror (1970) is an AIP horror film directed by Daniel Haller, adapting H.P. Lovecraft's story, starring Sandra Dee, Dean Stockwell, and Ed Begley; released January 14, 1970, rated M then GP.
The Evil Within (2017 film)
The Evil Within (2017) is a horror film, originally titled The Storyteller, written, directed, and self-financed by oil heir Andrew Getty. Production ran from 2002; Getty died in 2015, and the film was completed posthumously and released in 2017.
The Eyes (눈동자) (2026 film)
The Eyes (눈동자) is a 2026 South Korean thriller directed by Yeom Ji-ho, starring Shin Min-a as a photographer investigating her twin sister's death, remade from Julia's Eyes (2010).
The Game of Killing
The Game of Killing (天黑请闭眼, Tian hei qing bi yan) is a 2004 mainland Chinese Mandarin horror film directed and written by Kiefer Liu (Agan), starring Wang Zhiwen, Wu Qianlian, and Roy Cheung; it topped the 2004 domestic Chinese box office.
The House (2005 film)
The House (凶宅, Hung Chak) is a 2005 Hong Kong Cantonese horror film directed by Ng Man-Ching, starring Maggie Shiu, Cheung Siu-fai, and Wayne Lai, about a mother and daughter haunted in a cheap apartment; distinct from the 2007 Thai film.