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Horror films (individual works)

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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.

Frewaka

Fréwaka (from Irish fréamhacha, "roots") is a 2024 Irish-language folk horror film by Aislinn Clarke, the first horror film produced in Irish, about caregiver Shoo, Peig, and the Na Sídhe; premiered at Locarno 2024.

Friend Request

Friend Request (original title Unfriend) is a 2016 German supernatural horror film directed by Simon Verhoeven, starring Alycia Debnam-Carey and Liesl Ahlers, about a college student cursed after unfriencing an outcast on Facebook; distinct from the 2014 film Unfriended.

Fright Night

Fright Night (1985) is Tom Holland's directorial debut, a Columbia Pictures vampire horror-comedy starring William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, and Roddy McDowall; it grossed $24.9 million, won three Saturn Awards, and was remade in 2011.

Fright Night (2011 film)

Fright Night is a 2011 American horror-comedy film directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Anton Yelchin and Colin Farrell, a remake of Tom Holland's 1985 film of the same name.

Frogs

Frogs (1972) is an American eco-horror film directed by George McCowan for American International Pictures, starring Ray Milland and Sam Elliott, in which Florida swamp wildlife takes revenge on a pesticide-using patriarch; a cult revenge-of-nature film, not the Aristophanes play.

From Beyond (film)

From Beyond (1986) is Stuart Gordon's sci-fi body horror film, loosely adapted from H.P. Lovecraft's short story, starring Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, and Ken Foree; a Resonator machine stimulates the pineal gland to reveal a hostile parallel dimension.

From Dusk till Dawn

From Dusk till Dawn (1996) is a Robert Rodriguez crime-horror film written by Quentin Tarantino from Robert Kurtzman's story, starring George Clooney and Tarantino as the Gecko brothers, whose hostage getaway turns into a vampire siege at a Mexican bar.

Frontier (2007 film)

Frontier(s) (Frontière(s)) is a 2007 French horror film, Xavier Gens's first feature, about young thieves fleeing Paris who fall into an inn run by cannibal neo-Nazis near the Luxembourg border.

Fuck My Son!

Fuck My Son! is a 2025 American X-rated horror-comedy directed by Todd Rohal, adapted from Johnny Ryan's underground comic, starring Tipper Newton, Steve Little, and Robert Longstreet; it premiered at TIFF 2025 and became known for its generative AI imagery.

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.

Funny Games (2007 film)

Funny Games (Funny Games U.S.) is a 2007 thriller directed by Michael Haneke, a shot-for-shot remake of his own 1997 film, starring Naomi Watts and Tim Roth.

Gale: Yellow Brick Road

Gale: Yellow Brick Road (2026) is a British indie horror-fantasy film by Daniel Alexander, expanding his 2023 short Gale: Stay Away from Oz. It stars Chloë Crump as Emily Gale and Karen Swan as Dorothy, released one night via Fathom Entertainment.

Game Over (2019 film)

Game Over (2019) is an Indian Tamil-Telugu home-invasion horror thriller directed by Ashwin Saravanan, starring Taapsee Pannu as Swapna, a wheelchair-bound game designer with PTSD targeted by a serial killer; released 14 June 2019.

Ganja & Hess

Ganja & Hess (1973) is Bill Gunn's independent Black vampire film starring Duane Jones and Marlene Clark, made for $350,000 as a Blaxploitation commission, recut as Blood Couple, and later restored via MoMA as a classic.

Gemini (双生児) (1999 film)

Gemini (双生児, Sōseiji) is a 1999 Japanese horror film by Shinya Tsukamoto, adapted from an Edogawa Ranpo story, starring Masahiro Motoki as feuding twin brothers in Meiji-era Tokyo.

Gerald's Game (film)

Gerald's Game (2017) is Mike Flanagan's Netflix psychological horror film adapted from Stephen King's 1992 novel, starring Carla Gugino as Jessie, handcuffed to a bed after her husband dies during a sex game; 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Get Away (film)

Get Away (2024) is a Finnish-British comedy-horror film directed by Steffen Haars, written by and starring Nick Frost with Aisling Bea, about a family's holiday on the fictional Swedish island of Svalta turning into folk-horror carnage; released by IFC Films and Sky Cinema.

Get Out

Get Out is a 2017 American horror film, Jordan Peele's directorial debut, in which Daniel Kaluuya's character visits his white girlfriend's family estate and uncovers a sinister plot.

Ghost (1990 film)

Ghost is a 1990 American romantic fantasy thriller directed by Jerry Zucker and written by Bruce Joel Rubin, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, and Tony Goldwyn.

Ghost Board (กล่องผีสุ่มวิญญาณ)

Ghost Board (กล่องผีสุ่มวิญญาณ) is a 2026 Thai supernatural horror film directed by Chanathip Wongpoltree for M Studio, about teens whose cursed board game releases Thai ghosts they must beat before dawn; released March 12, 2026, 125 minutes, later on Netflix.

Ghost in Love (자귀모)

Ghost in Love (자귀모, Jaguimo) is a 1999 South Korean fantasy romance directed by Lee Kwang-hoon, starring Kim Hee-sun, Lee Sung-jae, and Cha Seung-won, about a woman pushed to death who joins a suicide ghosts' club; 91 minutes, 362,935 Seoul admissions.

Ghost in the Cell

Ghost in the Cell is a 2026 Indonesian horror film by Joko Anwar: a framed journalist in a corrupt prison faces an invisible entity killing inmates. Premiered at Berlinale 2026; US release October 2026.

Ghost Ship (2002 film)

Ghost Ship is a 2002 supernatural horror film directed by Steve Beck, in which a salvage crew finds a derelict ocean liner's dead passengers still aboard.

Ghost Train (괴기열차) (2025 film)

Ghost Train (괴기열차), also known as Ghost Train (2024), is a 2025 South Korean horror anthology film directed by Tak Se-woong, starring Joo Hyun-young as YouTuber Da-kyung investigating haunted Gwangrim Station; premiered at BIFF 2024, released July 9, 2025.

Ghostland

Ghostland (2018), also Incident in a Ghostland, is a horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier, starring Mylène Farmer, Crystal Reed, and Emilia Jones, about a family attacked in an inherited house; it won the Gérardmer Grand Prix.

Ghosts of War (2020 film)

Ghosts of War (2020) is a supernatural war horror film written and directed by Eric Bress, starring Brenton Thwaites, in which five WWII soldiers guarding a French château face vengeful ghosts and a simulated-reality twist.

Ghostwatch

Ghostwatch: BBC One Screen One horror drama, 31 October 1992, written by Stephen Volk, directed by Lesley Manning, starring Michael Parkinson as a fake live ghost investigation that fooled millions and was never repeated in the UK.

Ginger Snaps (film)

Ginger Snaps (2000) is a Canadian werewolf horror film directed by John Fawcett, written by Karen Walton, starring Emily Perkins and Katharine Isabelle as sisters in Bailey Downs; a puberty-as-lycanthropy cult classic with two sequels.

Girl House

Girl House, originally titled Girlhouse, is a 2014 Canadian slasher horror film co-directed by Jon Knautz and Trevor Matthews, about a webcam house stalked by a deranged fan.