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Horror films (individual works)

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Popeye the Slayer Man

Popeye the Slayer Man (2025) is an American slasher horror film directed by Robert Michael Ryan, made after Popeye's 1929 comic version entered the US public domain; released March 21, 2025 by Vantage Media, one of three 2025 Popeye horror films.

Popeye's Revenge

Popeye's Revenge is a 2025 British slasher horror film directed by William Stead for ITN Studios, one of three 2025 Popeye horror films made after the character entered the US public domain, released digitally February 2025.

Possession (1981 film)

Possession (1981), Andrzej Żuławski's French-West German horror-drama starring Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill, depicts a divorcing couple in West Berlin, a tentacled monster, Cannes Best Actress win, video-nasty ban, and cult legacy.

Possession (2027 film)

Possession (2027) is Parker Finn's Paramount remake of Andrzej Żuławski's 1981 cult horror film, starring Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner as a divorcing couple, produced with Robert Pattinson, releasing June 11, 2027.

Presence (2024 film)

Presence (2024) is a Steven Soderbergh haunted-house film, written by David Koepp, shot entirely from a ghost's first-person POV. Premiered at Sundance 2024, released by NEON January 24, 2025, starring Lucy Liu and Callina Liang.

Prey for the Devil

Prey for the Devil (originally The Devil's Light) is a 2022 Lionsgate supernatural horror film directed by Daniel Stamm, starring Jacqueline Byers as Sister Ann, a nun training to be the first female exorcist; it earned $19.8 million and weak reviews.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (film)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), stylized Pride + Prejudice + Zombies, is Burr Steers's action comedy horror film adapting Seth Grahame-Smith's 2009 mash-up novel, starring Lily James and Sam Riley; it earned mixed reviews (RT 47%, Metacritic 45) and $10.9 million US gross.

Priest (2011 film)

Priest (2011) is a Screen Gems 3D post-apocalyptic vampire action film directed by Scott Stewart, starring Paul Bettany, adapted from Min-Woo Hyung's Korean manhwa; first Hollywood adaptation of a Korean graphic novel, 87 minutes, $29.1M US gross.

Primate (2025 film)

Primate (2025 film) is a Johannes Roberts horror film for Paramount about a rabid pet chimp attacking friends at a Hawaiian villa; premiered at Fantastic Fest, released January 9, 2026, grossing $41.2 million.

Prince of Darkness (film)

Prince of Darkness is a 1987 American horror film directed by John Carpenter, in which scientists study a cylinder of swirling green liquid, the essence of Satan.

Prisoners of the Ghostland

Prisoners of the Ghostland is a 2021 post-apocalyptic samurai-Western action film, Sion Sono's English-language debut, starring Nicolas Cage as Hero, a bank robber in an explosive booby-trapped suit sent to rescue Sofia Boutella's Bernice from the Ghostland wasteland.

Project Wolf Hunting (늑대사냥)

Project Wolf Hunting (늑대사냥, Neukdaesanyang) is a 2022 South Korean action-horror film directed by Kim Hong-sun, about convicts rioting on a cargo ship from Manila to Busan and the superhuman Alpha they unleash; it premiered at TIFF 2022 and won two Sitges awards.

Prom Night (1980 film)

Prom Night (1980) is a Canadian slasher film directed by Paul Lynch, starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nielsen, about a masked killer avenging a childhood death at a high school prom; it grossed $14.8 million domestically and spawned sequels and a 2008 remake.

Psycho (1960 film)

Psycho, also known as Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, is a 1960 American suspense-horror film starring Anthony Perkins as motel keeper Norman Bates, adapted from Robert Bloch's novel.

Psycho Killer (film)

Psycho Killer is a 2026 American horror film directed by Gavin Polone and written by Andrew Kevin Walker, starring Georgina Campbell and James Preston Rogers.

Pulse (2001 film)

Pulse (回路, Kairo) is Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2001 Japanese horror film in which ghosts spread via the internet and victims vanish leaving black stains; screened at Cannes Un Certain Regard, remade in 2006.

Puppet Master: Doktor Death

Puppet Master: Doktor Death (2022) is a Full Moon Features horror film, the second solo Puppet Master spin-off after Blade: The Iron Cross, directed by Dave Parker, written by James Quinn, about the demon-possessed Doktor Death puppet killing in a nursing home.

Python (film)

Python (2000) is an American made-for-TV creature-feature horror film directed by Richard Clabaugh, starring Robert Englund, Casper Van Dien, and William Zabka, about a genetically engineered giant python loose after a military plane crash; it spawned Python 2 (2002).

Q: The Winged Serpent

Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) is Larry Cohen's cult monster film in which the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl nests atop New York's Chrysler Building; Michael Moriarty, David Carradine, and Richard Roundtree star, with stop-motion effects by David Allen.

Quatermass and the Pit (film)

Quatermass and the Pit (US: Five Million Years to Earth) is Hammer's 1967 British sci-fi horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker, written by Nigel Kneale, starring Andrew Keir, about a Martian craft unearthed in London.

Queens of the Dead

Queens of the Dead is a 2025 queer zombie horror-comedy, the feature directorial debut of Tina Romero, daughter of George A. Romero, about drag queens and club kids fighting an undead outbreak at a Brooklyn drag show; premiered at Tribeca 2025, released October 24, 2025.

Raat (रात) (film)

Raat (रात) is a 1992 Hindi supernatural horror film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma, starring Revathi, Om Puri, Rohini Hattangadi, and Akash Khurana; released 7 February 1992, it was Varma's first horror film.

Rabid (1977 film)

Rabid (1977) is David Cronenberg's Canadian body-horror film starring Marilyn Chambers as Rose, whose experimental plastic surgery leaves her with an armpit stinger and bloodlust, spreading a rabies-like epidemic through Montreal; it cost $530,000 and grossed $7 million.

Race with the Devil

Race with the Devil (1975) is a Jack Starrett action-horror film starring Peter Fonda and Warren Oates as RV travelers pursued by Texas Satanists after witnessing a ritual sacrifice; 88 minutes, Fox, $12M gross.

Raising Cain

Raising Cain is a 1992 American psychological thriller written and directed by Brian De Palma, starring John Lithgow as a child psychologist with multiple personalities who kidnaps children.

Rampant (창궐) (film)

Rampant (창궐) is a 2018 South Korean period action-horror film directed by Kim Sung-hoon. It stars Hyun Bin as a prince fighting Night Demons in the Joseon dynasty.

Rattlesnake (2019 film)

Rattlesnake (2019) is a Netflix psychological horror film written and directed by Zak Hilditch, starring Carmen Ejogo as a mother who must kill a stranger by sundown to repay a supernatural debt after her daughter's snakebite is miraculously healed.

Ravenous (1999 film)

Ravenous is a 1999 black-comedy cannibal horror Western directed by Antonia Bird, written by Ted Griffin, starring Guy Pearce and Robert Carlyle; set in 1847, inspired by the Donner Party and Wendigo legend, it flopped at the box office but became a cult film.

Raw (film)

Raw (film) is a 2016 French-Belgian horror drama, directed by Julia Ducournau. It follows Justine, a student who transforms after hazings force her to eat raw meat.

Rawhead Rex

Rawhead Rex (1986/1987) is a folk horror film directed by George Pavlou, adapted by Clive Barker from his Books of Blood story, shot in County Wicklow, Ireland, starring David Dukes; Barker disowned it.