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The Black Cat (1934 film)
The Black Cat (1934) is Edgar G. Ulmer's Universal pre-Code horror film, the first pairing of Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, loosely credited to Poe's story, Universal's top-grossing 1934 release, costing $95,745.31.
The Black Phone
The Black Phone (2022) is a Blumhouse supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson, adapting Joe Hill's short story; Ethan Hawke plays the Grabber, a child abductor whose victims' ghosts call Finney (Mason Thames) through a disconnected phone.
The Black Scorpion
The Black Scorpion is a 1957 Warner Bros. giant-monster film directed by Edward Ludwig, starring Richard Denning and Mara Corday, with stop-motion scorpions animated by Willis O'Brien and Pete Peterson; distinct from the 1995 Black Scorpion superhero film.
The Blackcoat's Daughter
The Blackcoat's Daughter (originally February) is Osgood Perkins' 2015 supernatural horror debut, starring Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, and Lucy Boynton, released by A24 in 2017; a slow-burn, non-linear story of girls stranded at a Catholic boarding school.
The Blackening (film)
The Blackening (2023) is an American horror comedy directed by Tim Story, written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins, based on a 2018 3Peat Comedy Central short. Seven Black friends at a Juneteenth cabin getaway are forced by a masked killer to decide who is 'the Blackest.'
The Blair Witch Project
The Blair Witch Project (1999), found-footage horror by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, starring Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, Joshua Leonard; grossed about $249 million worldwide and popularized found footage and viral internet marketing.
The Blob
The Blob is the 1958 American sci-fi horror film directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., starring Steve McQueen as a teen warning a Pennsylvania town about a meteor-borne, people-consuming gelatinous mass; it spawned a 1972 sequel, a 1988 remake, and later remake projects.
The Blood Countess (film)
The Blood Countess (Die Blutgräfin) is a 2026 Austrian-Luxembourg-German vampire black comedy by Ulrike Ottinger, written with Elfriede Jelinek, starring Isabelle Huppert as Erzsébet Báthory; premiered at Berlinale 2026, released 29 October 2026.
The Body Snatcher
The Body Snatcher is Robert Wise's 1945 RKO horror film produced by Val Lewton from Stevenson's 1884 story, starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi as grave robber and servant in Burke and Hare-era Edinburgh.
The Boogeyman (2023 film)
The Boogeyman is a 2023 American supernatural horror film directed by Rob Savage, based on Stephen King's 1973 short story, released by 20th Century Studios on June 2, 2023.
The Borderlands (2013 film)
The Borderlands (2013), released in the US as Final Prayer, is a British found-footage horror film by Elliot Goldner about Vatican investigators probing reported miracles at a remote West Country church, starring Gordon Kennedy and Robin Hill.
The Boxer's Omen
The Boxer's Omen (魔, aka Mo, Black Magic 4) is a 1983 Shaw Brothers Hong Kong horror film by Kuei Chih-hung, sequel to Bewitched, in which kickboxing revenge in Thailand becomes a psychedelic Buddhist-versus-black-magic battle.
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 Boy in the Iron Box
The Boy in the Iron Box: 2024 six-part Amazon Original Stories horror novella by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan (not Chuck Palahniuk) about mercenaries who find a chained iron box; Netflix film adaptation by David Prior, expected 2026.
The Brood
The Brood is a 1979 Canadian body-horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg, starring Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, and Art Hindle, in which psychoplasmic therapy turns a divorcing woman's rage into killer offspring; inspired by Cronenberg's own divorce.
The Bunker (2024 film)
The Bunker (2024 film), also released in Germany as Bunker 06: Das Exitus-Protokoll, is an American sci-fi horror film directed by Brian Hanson, starring Chelsea Edmundson, Tony Todd, and Tobin Bell; premiered at Popcorn Frights 2024 and released digitally in 2025 by Electric Entertainment.
The Bunny Game
The Bunny Game is a 2010 black-and-white American extreme horror film by Adam Rehmeier, co-written with star Rodleen Getsic, about a prostitute abducted by a trucker; banned by the BBFC in 2011, released uncut in the US in 2012.
The Bye Bye Man
The Bye Bye Man is a 2017 American supernatural horror film directed by Stacy Title, adapted by Jonathan Penner from Robert Damon Schneck's story "The Bridge to Body Island," about college students hunted by an entity spread through thinking or saying his name.
The Cabin in the Woods
The Cabin in the Woods is a 2012 American horror comedy directed by Drew Goddard and written with Joss Whedon, following five college friends at a remote cabin.
The Canal (2014 film)
The Canal (2014) is an Irish psychological horror film written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh, starring Rupert Evans, Hannah Hoekstra, Antonia Campbell-Hughes and Steve Oram; it premiered at Tribeca 2014 and was made for just under €1 million in Dublin.
The Car (1977 film)
The Car (1977), originally scripted as Wheels, is a Universal horror film directed by Elliot Silverstein, starring James Brolin as a sheriff fighting a demonic black Lincoln Mark III built by George Barris; released 13 May 1977, PG, 96 minutes.
The Carpenter's Son
The Carpenter's Son is a 2025 biblical horror film by Lotfy Nathan, based on the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, starring Nicolas Cage as Joseph, Noah Jupe as Jesus, and FKA twigs as Mary, set in Roman Egypt.
The Cars That Ate Paris
The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) is Peter Weir's debut feature, an Australian horror-comedy about the outback town of Paris, whose residents cause car crashes, salvage the wrecks, and experiment on survivors; a cult classic of the Australian New Wave, released in the US as The Cars That Eat People.
The Casket Girls
The Casket Girls is an upcoming supernatural horror film directed by Justin G. Dyck, starring Gabrielle Union and Mike Colter as detectives trapped in New Orleans's Ursuline Convent when the legendary vampire Casket Girls escape after 300 years; produced by QC Entertainment, filmed in Victoria, BC, US release by Aura Entertainment expected 2027.
The Cat o' Nine Tails
The Cat o' Nine Tails (Il gatto a nove code) is Dario Argento's 1971 giallo, second in his Animal Trilogy, starring Karl Malden and James Franciscus as amateur sleuths investigating murders tied to a Turin genetics institute, with an Ennio Morricone score.
The Cave (2005 film)
The Cave is a 2005 horror film directed by Bruce Hunt, in which cave divers explore a flooded cave beneath Romania's Carpathian Mountains and are hunted by creatures.
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 Changeling (film)
The Changeling (1980) is a Canadian haunted-house horror film directed by Peter Medak, starring George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, and Melvyn Douglas; it won nine Genie Awards and is ranked among the scariest films by Scorsese.
The Changeover (film)
The Changeover (2017) is a New Zealand supernatural thriller directed by Miranda Harcourt and Stuart McKenzie, adapting Margaret Mahy's 1984 Carnegie Medal novel. Erana James, Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey, and Lucy Lawless star; set in post-earthquake Christchurch, released 28 September 2017.