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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.
Silver Bullet (film)
Silver Bullet, also known as Stephen King's Silver Bullet, is a 1985 American werewolf horror film directed by Daniel Attias and written by Stephen King.
Sinister (film)
Sinister (2012) is a supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson, co-written with C. Robert Cargill, starring Ethan Hawke as true-crime writer Ellison Oswalt, who finds murderous Super 8 reels linked to the deity Bughuul; a $3 million Blumhouse hit grossing about $80 million worldwide.
Sinners (2025 film)
Sinners is a 2025 American horror film set in 1932 Clarksdale, Mississippi. It follows twin brothers who open a juke joint and confront a vampire threat.
Skeletons (2027 film)
Skeletons is an upcoming American creature horror film directed by JT Mollner and starring Brie Larson, scheduled for release by Sony Pictures on June 4, 2027.
Sketch (2024 film)
Sketch is a 2024 American family fantasy-adventure film written and directed by Seth Worley, starring Tony Hale, about a girl whose monster drawings come to life.
Skillhouse (ͼUSE)
Skillhouse is a 2025 American satirical horror film written and directed by Josh Stolberg, starring TikTok creators Bryce Hall and Hannah Stocking with 50 Cent and Neal McDonough. Ten influencers are trapped in a content house where likes decide survival; released July 11, 2025 via Fathom Entertainment to largely negative reviews.
Skinamarink
Skinamarink is a 2022 Canadian experimental horror film by Kyle Edward Ball, made for $15,000 in his Edmonton childhood home, about two children trapped after windows and doors vanish; it leaked online, went viral, and earned $2 million theatrically.
Slanted
Slanted is a 2025 satirical body horror film and feature debut of Chinese-Australian director Amy Wang, in which Chinese-American teen Joan Huang undergoes Ethnos clinic surgery to become white for prom queen; SXSW 2025 Grand Jury winner, Bleecker Street release.
Slaughtered Vomit Dolls
Slaughtered Vomit Dolls is a 2006 Canadian experimental horror film by Lucifer Valentine, first of the Vomit Gore Trilogy, starring Ameara Lavey as Angela Aberdeen; 71 minutes, released 14 February 2006.
Slaughterhouse Rulez
Slaughterhouse Rulez: 2018 British comedy horror film, Crispian Mills's directorial work and first release from Pegg and Frost's Stolen Picture; fracking at a boarding school unleashes monsters, grossing $730,762 worldwide.
Slay (2024 film)
Slay (2024) is a Tubi Original horror comedy directed by Jem Garrard, starring Drag Race queens Trinity the Tuck, Heidi N Closet, Crystal Methyd, and Cara Melle as performers besieged by vampires at a biker bar.
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.
Sleep No More (film)
Sleep No More (Monster Pabrik Rambut) is Edwin's 2026 Indonesian horror-fantasy film about sisters investigating their mother's death in a wig factory; it premiered in Berlinale Special Midnight and is unrelated to Punchdrunk's immersive play of the same name.
Sleepaway Camp
Sleepaway Camp (1983), also titled Nightmare Vacation, is Robert Hiltzik's summer camp slasher starring Felissa Rose as Angela, famous for its twist ending revealing the killer, and for spawning a cult franchise of sequels.
Sleepwalkers
Sleepwalkers is a 1992 American horror film directed by Mick Garris and written by Stephen King. It follows a mother and son who are the last survivors of a vampiric species.
Sleepy Hollow (film)
Sleepy Hollow (1999) is Tim Burton's gothic horror film for Paramount, loosely adapting Washington Irving's 1819 tale, starring Johnny Depp as detective Ichabod Crane and Christina Ricci, grossing $101.1 million in the US.
Slender Man (film)
Slender Man (2018) is a Sony Screen Gems supernatural horror film directed by Sylvain White, based on Eric Knudsen's creepypasta character, starring Joey King and Javier Botet; it earned $30.5 million but scored 8% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Slither (2006 film)
Slither (2006) is James Gunn's horror-comedy directorial debut about alien slugs invading Wheelsy, South Carolina, starring Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, and Michael Rooker; a box-office flop that became a cult classic with an 87% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Smile (2022 film)
Smile (2022) is Parker Finn's feature-directorial-debut psychological horror, adapted from his short Laura Hasn't Slept, starring Sosie Bacon as cursed psychiatrist Rose Cotter; it earned $217 million on a $17 million budget and spawned Smile 2 (2024).
Smile 2
Smile 2 (2024) is Parker Finn's supernatural horror sequel to Smile, starring Naomi Scott as cursed pop star Skye Riley. Released October 18, 2024 by Paramount on a $28 million budget; it opened to $23 million and grossed $138.1 million worldwide.
Smiley (2012 film)
Smiley (2012) is an American horror film directed by Michael J. Gallagher, starring Caitlin Gerard and Melanie Papalia, about an internet urban legend of a killer summoned by typing "I did it for the lulz" three times; released October 12, 2012, poorly reviewed.
Snuff (film)
Snuff (1976) is an American exploitation horror film by Michael and Roberta Findlay, originally The Slaughter (1971), whose staged murder coda, added by distributor Allan Shackleton, popularized the snuff film urban legend despite no genuine snuff film ever being located.
Society (film)
Society (1989) is Brian Yuzna's directorial debut, a body horror satire starring Billy Warlock as a Beverly Hills teen whose elite family are parasitic monsters; famous for the Screaming Mad George shunting finale, it flopped in the US but became a cult classic in the UK.
Soft & Quiet
Soft & Quiet is a 2022 American real-time thriller, the feature debut of writer-director Beth de Araújo, about a white supremacist women's group whose store altercation escalates into a home invasion. Shot as a one-take film, released by Momentum Pictures with Blumhouse producing.
Sorority Row
Sorority Row (2009) is a Stewart Hendler slasher remake of The House on Sorority Row, starring Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, and Rumer Willis; released by Summit on September 11, 2009, grossing $12.0M with 24% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Southbound (2015 film)
Southbound (2015) is an American horror anthology film by Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, Patrick Horvath, and Radio Silence, the V/H/S makers, with five interlocking desert-highway tales; it premiered at TIFF 2015 and was released by The Orchard in February 2016.
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.
Speed Demon (2026 film)
Speed Demon (2026) is an American horror film directed by Jon Keeyes, written by Domenico Salvaggio, starring Katie Cassidy as Sister Lu and William H. Macy as Father Novak, about a demon-possession exorcism on a runaway Montreal-to-New York train; released May 31, 2026, distinct from the Michael Jackson song and the Scourge RPG buff.
Splinter (2008 film)
Splinter (2008) is an American horror film, Toby Wilkins's feature debut, starring Shea Whigham, Jill Wagner, and Paulo Costanzo. Parasite creature feature set at an Oklahoma gas station; 82 minutes, Magnet Releasing, six Screamfest 2008 awards, $522,497 worldwide gross.