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The Medusa Touch
The Medusa Touch (1978) is a British-French supernatural thriller directed by Jack Gold, starring Richard Burton as telekinetic novelist John Morlar, with Lino Ventura and Lee Remick; adapted by John Briley from Van Greenaway's 1973 novel, produced by ITC.
The Menu (2022 film)
The Menu (2022) is a black comedy horror-thriller directed by Mark Mylod, written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy, starring Ralph Fiennes as chef Julian Slowik and Anya Taylor-Joy; released by Searchlight Pictures November 18, 2022, 107 minutes, 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, $79.6M worldwide.
The Messengers (film)
The Messengers is a 2007 supernatural horror film, the English-language debut of Hong Kong's Pang brothers, produced by Sam Raimi's Ghost House. It opened number one with $14.7M but scored 11% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Midnight After (那夜凌晨，我坐上了旺角开往大埔的红VAN)
The Midnight After (那夜凌晨，我坐上了旺角开往大埔的红VAN) is Fruit Chan's 2014 Hong Kong sci-fi thriller adapted from Mr. Pizza's HKGolden web novel: a minibus crosses Lion Rock Tunnel into an emptied Hong Kong, winning HK Film Critics Society Best Film.
The Midnight Meat Train
The Midnight Meat Train is a 2008 horror film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, adapted by Jeff Buhler from Clive Barker's Books of Blood story, starring Bradley Cooper and Vinnie Jones, released on only 100 screens by Lionsgate.
The Mist (film)
The Mist (2007) is Frank Darabont's horror film adapting Stephen King's 1980 novella, starring Thomas Jane and Marcia Gay Harden; townspeople trapped in a grocery store by a creature-filled mist, famous for its devastating ending.
The Mole People
The Mole People (1956) is a Universal-International black-and-white sci-fi horror film, Virgil Vogel's directorial debut, starring John Agar, about archaeologists finding an underground albino Sumerian colony with mole-man slaves; distinct from Toth's 1993 tunnel-dweller book.
The Monkey (film)
The Monkey (2025) is Osgood Perkins's horror comedy adapting Stephen King's 1980 short story, released by Neon on February 21, 2025. Theo James plays twin brothers stalked by a wind-up toy monkey whose turned key causes gruesome deaths; produced by James Wan, grossing $39.7 million in the US.
The Monolith Monsters
The Monolith Monsters (1957) is a Universal-International black-and-white sci-fi horror film directed by John Sherwood, from a story by Jack Arnold, in which meteor fragments grow with water, petrify people by draining silicon, and are stopped by salt water.
The Monster (2016 film)
The Monster (2016) is a horror film written and directed by Bryan Bertino, starring Zoe Kazan and Ella Ballentine as a stranded mother and daughter stalked by a creature; released by A24, 81% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Monster Squad
The Monster Squad is a 1987 American horror comedy directed by Fred Dekker and co-written with Shane Black, in which kids battle Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman; a box-office flop that became a cult film.
The Moogai
The Moogai (2024) is Jon Bell's Aboriginal supernatural horror feature debut, expanded from his 2020 SXSW-winning short. Starring Shari Sebbens and Meyne Wyatt, it premiered at Sundance 2024 and links a child-stealing spirit to the Stolen Generations.
The Moor (film)
The Moor is a 2024 British folk horror film, Chris Cronin's feature debut written by Paul Thomas, about a woman helping a father search Yorkshire moorland for his murdered son's remains; premiered at FrightFest 2023, released by Bulldog Film Distribution.
The Mortuary Assistant (film)
The Mortuary Assistant (film): 2026 American supernatural horror movie directed by Jeremiah Kipp, adapted from Brian Clarke's 2022 game; stars Willa Holland as possessed mortician Rebecca Owens; released February 13, 2026, Shudder March 27, 2026.
The Mortuary Collection
The Mortuary Collection is a 2019 American horror anthology film written and directed by Ryan Spindell, starring Clancy Brown as mortician Montgomery Dark and Caitlin Custer as Sam, released on Shudder October 15, 2020, with a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score.
The Most Dangerous Game (1932 film)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) is an RKO adventure-horror film co-directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and Irving Pichel, adapted from Richard Connell's 1924 short story, starring Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, and Leslie Banks as Count Zaroff, and sharing sets and crew with King Kong.
The Mothman Prophecies (film)
The Mothman Prophecies (2002 film), directed by Mark Pellington, starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney; supernatural thriller loosely based on John Keel's 1975 book about the Point Pleasant, West Virginia Mothman sightings, released January 25, 2002 by Screen Gems.
The Mouse Trap (film)
The Mouse Trap (originally Mickey's Mouse Trap) is a 2024 Canadian comedy horror film directed by Jamie Bailey, written by and starring Simon Phillips, about a masked Mickey Mouse killer at an arcade birthday party, released on VOD August 6, 2024.
The Mummy (1959 film)
The Mummy (1959 film) is Hammer Film Productions' Terence Fisher-directed, Technicolor horror remake starring Christopher Lee as Kharis and Peter Cushing as John Banning, the first film under Hammer's 1958 Universal remake-rights deal, released 25 September 1959 in the UK.
The Munsters (2022 film)
The Munsters (2022) is a Rob Zombie comedy film for Universal 1440, an origin story of Lily (Sheri Moon Zombie) and Herman's (Jeff Daniel Phillips) courtship, released September 27, 2022 on digital, Blu-ray, DVD, and Netflix.
The Neon Demon
The Neon Demon (2016) is a horror thriller by Nicolas Winding Refn, his first film after Only God Forgives, starring Elle Fanning as teenage model Jesse in Cannes Competition, with Cliff Martinez's Cannes-winning score.
The New Daughter
The New Daughter is a 2009 American horror film, Luiso Berdejo's directorial debut, adapted from a John Connolly short story in Nocturnes. Kevin Costner plays a divorced father in South Carolina whose daughter (Ivana Baquero) changes near a burial mound; it grossed $579,626 worldwide.
The Night Eats the World
The Night Eats the World (La Nuit a dévoré le monde) is a 2018 French zombie survival film, Dominique Rocher's first feature, adapted from Pit Agarmen's novel, starring Anders Danielsen Lie as a man alone in a Paris apartment after the undead invade.
The Night House
The Night House: 2021 psychological horror film directed by David Bruckner, written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski, starring Rebecca Hall as a widow uncovering her husband's secrets; Sundance 2020 premiere, Searchlight release, 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. Also an upcoming Jo Nesbø adaptation.
The Old Dark House
The Old Dark House (1932) is a James Whale pre-Code Universal horror-comedy adapted from J.B. Priestley's Benighted, starring Boris Karloff, Charles Laughton, and Gloria Stuart; once considered lost, it was rediscovered and restored in 4K.
The Open House
The Open House is a 2018 American Netflix horror thriller, also called Open House, directed and written by Matt Angel and Suzanne Coote. Dylan Minnette and Piercey Dalton play a son and mother stalked in a mountain home; 94 minutes, TV-MA, 7% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Orphanage (2007 film)
The Orphanage (El orfanato) is a 2007 Spanish-Mexican supernatural horror film, Juan Antonio Bayona's debut, written by Sergio G. Sánchez and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro, starring Belén Rueda; Spain's top-grossing 2007 film with seven Goya wins.
The Other
The Other (1972) is Robert Mulligan's psychological horror film adapted by Tom Tryon from his 1971 bestseller, starring Uta Hagen and the Udvarnoky twins as 1935 Connecticut farm boys whose deadly "game" hides a grim secret.
The Other Lamb
The Other Lamb (Córka boga) is a 2019 English-language cult drama-horror film by Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska, starring Raffey Cassidy, Michiel Huisman, and Denise Gough, shot in Wicklow, Ireland, premiered at Toronto 2019.
The Other Side of the Door (2016 film)
The Other Side of the Door is a 2016 supernatural horror film directed by Johannes Roberts, about a grieving mother in Mumbai who contacts her dead son.