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Horror films (individual works)

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Girl on the Third Floor

Girl on the Third Floor (2019) is an American haunted-house horror film, Travis Stevens's directorial debut, starring CM Punk as Don Koch, who renovates a former brothel in Frankfort, Illinois that turns on him.

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (곤지암) is a 2018 South Korean found-footage horror film by Jung Bum-shik about a web series crew livestreaming inside the abandoned Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital; it sold 2.69 million admissions and won Blue Dragon and Daejong Best Editing awards.

Good Boy (2025 Leonberg film)

Good Boy (2025, Ben Leonberg): American supernatural horror told from a dog's POV; Indy, the director's Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, protects owner Todd in a haunted house; SXSW premiere, 73 min, distinct from Jan Komasa's 2025 Good Boy.

Goodnight Mommy

Goodnight Mommy (Ich seh, Ich seh) is a 2014 Austrian psychological horror film by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala about twins who suspect their bandaged mother is an impostor; Venice premiere, Austrian Oscar candidate, remade in 2022 with Naomi Watts.

Goosebumps (film)

Goosebumps (2015 film), also called the Jack Black Goosebumps movie: a Rob Letterman horror-comedy in which R.L. Stine's monsters escape their manuscripts; preceded by a 1990s TV series and followed by the 2018 sequel and a 2023 Disney+ series.

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.

Gothika

Gothika (2003) is an American supernatural horror thriller directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, starring Halle Berry as psychiatrist Miranda Grey, accused of her husband's murder. Dark Castle production; $141.5M worldwide; 15% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Grabbers

Grabbers (2012) is an Irish-British comedy horror directed by Jon Wright, written by Kevin Lehane, starring Richard Coyle and Ruth Bradley: bloodsucking aliens invade an Irish island, and only drunk islanders survive.

Grafted (film)

Grafted (2024) is a New Zealand body horror film and the feature debut of director Sasha Rainbow, starring Joyena Sun, Jess Hong, and Eden Hart. It premiered at NZIFF in August 2024 and streams on Shudder from January 24, 2025.

Grave Encounters

Grave Encounters (2011) is a Canadian-American found-footage horror film, the debut of the Vicious Brothers, about a ghost-hunting TV crew trapped in a haunted psychiatric hospital; it spawned a 2012 sequel and a reboot in development.

Grave Torture

Grave Torture (Siksa Kubur) is a 2024 Indonesian psychological horror film by Joko Anwar, expanded from his 2012 short, about Sita entering a sinner's grave to disprove grave torture; it sold nearly 4 million tickets in Indonesia.

Graveyard Shift (1990 film)

Graveyard Shift (1990 film), also Stephen King's Graveyard Shift, is a horror movie directed by Ralph S. Singleton, based on King's Night Shift short story, about a mill crew battling rats and a mutant bat-rat creature; released October 26, 1990 by Paramount, starring David Andrews and Brad Dourif.

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.

Gremlins

Gremlins is a 1984 American comedy-horror film directed by Joe Dante and written by Chris Columbus, about a mogwai named Gizmo whose care rules are broken, unleashing gremlins on a small town.

Gretel & Hansel

Gretel & Hansel (2020) is Oz Perkins's dark fantasy horror retelling of the Grimm fairy tale, starring Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, and Alice Krige; a feminist coming-of-age take that grossed $15.3 million in the US.

Grotesque (2009 film)

Grotesque (グロテスク) is a 2009 Japanese splatter horror film by Kōji Shiraishi about a couple, Kazuo and Aki, kidnapped and tortured by a doctor; the BBFC refused it an 18 certificate, banning it in the UK.

Hagazussa

Hagazussa (Hagazussa: Der Hexenfluch, A Heathen's Curse) is a 2017 German-Austrian folk horror film, Lukas Feigelfeld's debut, about Albrun, a 15th-century Alpine goatherd ostracized as a witch, told in four chapters with minimal dialogue.

Hallow Road

Hallow Road (2025) is a psychological horror-thriller directed by Babak Anvari, written by William Gillies, starring Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys, and Megan McDonnell. An 80-minute UK-Ireland real-time car thriller about parents racing to their daughter after a hit-and-run; SXSW 2025 premiere, 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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.

Halloween with the New Addams Family

Halloween with the New Addams Family is a 1977 NBC made-for-television comedy horror special reuniting the original 1964–66 Addams Family cast, directed by Dennis Steinmetz, written by George Tibbles, about crooks robbing the Addams mansion during their Halloween party.

Handling the Undead (film)

Handling the Undead (Håndtering av udøde) is a 2024 Norwegian horror drama, Thea Hvistendahl's debut, adapted from John Ajvide Lindqvist's 2005 novel, about three Oslo families whose dead return; Sundance premiere, Méliès d'Or winner.

Happy Birthday to Me

Happy Birthday to Me is a 1981 Canadian slasher film directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Melissa Sue Anderson and Glenn Ford, about murders at Crawford Academy before Virginia's 18th birthday; released 1981, rated R, 111 minutes.

Harvest (2024 film)

Harvest (2024 film): Athina Rachel Tsangari's English-language debut, adapted from Jim Crace's Booker-shortlisted novel; premiered at Venice 2024, released by MUBI in 2025, Metascore 68.

Hatching (film)

Hatching (Pahanhautoja) is a 2022 Finnish body-horror film, Hanna Bergholm's debut, in which gymnast Tinja (Siiri Solalinna) hatches a doppelgänger creature; Sundance 2022, IFC Midnight release, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Haunt (2019 film)

Haunt (2019) is an American slasher horror film written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, starring Katie Stevens, about friends trapped in a deadly extreme haunted house on Halloween; released September 13, 2019 by Momentum Pictures, grossing $2.2 million.

Haunted Heist

Haunted Heist is a 2026 American horror-comedy heist film, the directorial debut of Lil Rel Howery, written by Carl Reid, starring Tiffany Haddish, King Bach, Karlous Miller, and Brett Gelman; four friends robbing a mansion face 1950s cultist ghosts.

Haunter (film)

Haunter (2013) is a Canadian supernatural horror film directed by Vincenzo Natali, written by Brian King, starring Abigail Breslin as a murdered teen ghost protecting a living girl from a killer's possessing spirit; premiered at SXSW, released by IFC Midnight.

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.

He Never Died

He Never Died is a 2015 Canadian-American horror comedy written and directed by Jason Krawczyk, starring Henry Rollins as Jack, an immortal cannibal drawn back into violence when criminals kidnap his long-lost daughter; premiered at SXSW, released December 18, 2015.

He's Out There

He's Out There (2018) is an American slasher film starring Yvonne Strahovski, written by Mike Scannell, released by Vertical Entertainment; its director is credited as Quinn Lasher, widely reported as a pseudonym for Dennis Iliadis.