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Horror films (individual works)

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The Others (2001 film)

The Others (2001), Spanish title Los otros, is Alejandro Amenábar's gothic ghost film starring Nicole Kidman as Grace Stewart, mother of photosensitive children in a darkened 1945 Jersey mansion; it grossed about $210 million and won 8 Goya Awards.

The Pact (2012 film)

The Pact (2012) is Nicholas McCarthy's supernatural horror feature debut, expanded from his 2011 Sundance short, starring Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, and Agnes Bruckner; released by IFC Midnight after premiering at Sundance 2012.

The People Under the Stairs

The People Under the Stairs is Wes Craven's 1991 horror-comedy about boy burglar Fool trapped in his landlords' fortified LA mansion with imprisoned children under the stairs; a satirical, politically charged cult film being remade by Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw.

The Perfection

The Perfection (2018) is an American psychological horror thriller directed by Richard Shepard, starring Allison Williams and Logan Browning as rival cellists. Premiered at Fantastic Fest, released on Netflix May 24, 2019; 71% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Phantom Lover (夜半歌声)

The Phantom Lover (夜半歌声) is Ronny Yu's 1995 Hong Kong musical drama starring Leslie Cheung as a disfigured Shanghai opera star, remaking Ma-Xu Weibang's 1937 Song at Midnight from Leroux's Phantom of the Opera; it won two Hong Kong Film Awards.

The Phantom of the Convent

El fantasma del convento (The Phantom of the Convent/Monastery) is a 1934 Mexican horror film by Fernando de Fuentes: a couple and their friend shelter in a haunted monastery, a precursor of Mexican horror cinema.

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) is MGM's Albert Lewin adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel, starring Hurd Hatfield, George Sanders, and Angela Lansbury, with Technicolor portrait inserts, an Oscar for black-and-white cinematography, and portraits by Ivan Albright.

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) is Roger Corman's second Edgar Allan Poe film for AIP, written by Richard Matheson and starring Vincent Price, John Kerr, and Barbara Steele. Released 23 August 1961, it invented a new plot around Poe's pendulum and outgrossed House of Usher.

The Platform 2

The Platform 2 (El hoyo 2) is a 2024 Spanish dystopian horror film by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, a prequel to The Platform set in the Pit's 333-floor vertical prison, starring Milena Smit and Hovik Keuchkerian, released on Netflix October 4, 2024 to weak reviews (36% Tomatometer, Metascore 45).

The Pope's Exorcist

The Pope's Exorcist is a 2023 Screen Gems horror thriller directed by Julius Avery, starring Russell Crowe as Vatican exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth, loosely based on Amorth's memoirs; it grossed $77 million worldwide and has a sequel in development.

The Possession

The Possession is a 2012 supernatural horror film directed by Ole Bornedal, in which a girl is possessed by a dybbuk, a spirit of Jewish folklore, from an antique box.

The Possession of Hannah Grace

The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018) is a Screen Gems supernatural horror film directed by Diederik Van Rooijen, starring Shay Mitchell as a morgue worker who suspects a delivered cadaver is possessed; grossed $14.8M, 23% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Poughkeepsie Tapes

The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) is a found footage mockumentary by John Erick Dowdle about fictional serial killer Edward Carver; premiered at Tribeca, shelved by MGM, released on VOD in 2014 and Blu-ray in 2017.

The Prodigy (film)

The Prodigy is a 2019 American supernatural horror film directed by Nicholas McCarthy, starring Taylor Schilling as a mother who fears her young son is a reincarnated killer.

The Pyramid (film)

The Pyramid (2014) is a horror film directed by Grégory Levasseur, produced by Alexandre Aja, starring Ashley Hinshaw, Denis O'Hare, and James Buckley as archaeologists trapped in a three-sided Egyptian pyramid.

The Quiet Family (조용한 가족)

The Quiet Family (조용한 가족, Jo-yonghan gajok) is Kim Jee-woon's 1998 South Korean black comedy horror debut: a family running a mountain lodge buries guests who keep dying; it ranked 6th at the 1998 Korean box office and was remade by Takashi Miike as The Happiness of the Katakuris.

The Quiet Ones (2014 film)

The Quiet Ones is a 2014 supernatural horror film directed by John Pogue, in which an Oxford professor tries to create a poltergeist by experimenting on a disturbed young woman.

The Raven (1935 film)

The Raven (1935) is a Universal horror film directed by Louis Friedlander (Lew Landers), starring Bela Lugosi as Poe-obsessed surgeon Dr. Richard Vollin and Boris Karloff as Edmond Bateman; released 8 July 1935, suggested by Poe's poem, budget $109,750.

The Raven (1963 film)

The Raven is a 1963 American comedy-horror film directed by Roger Corman, loosely adapted from Poe's 1845 poem and starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff.

The Reading (film)

The Reading is a 2023 American supernatural thriller, Courtney Glaude's feature debut, starring Mo'Nique as widowed author Emma Leeden; a staged psychic reading by Sky Brown unleashes real evil. BET+ original, February 2, 2023, executive produced by Lee Daniels.

The Reaping

The Reaping is a 2007 American horror thriller directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Hilary Swank as a former missionary investigating apparent biblical plagues in a Louisiana town.

The Reef (2010 film)

The Reef (2010) is an Australian survival thriller by Andrew Traucki, also known simply as Reef, about capsized sailors stalked by a great white, based on the 1983 Ray Boundy trawler disaster and shot with real sharks.

The Relic

The Relic is a 1997 American horror film directed by Peter Hyams, based on the novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, about a monster loose in a Chicago museum.

The Remaining

The Remaining is a 2014 American supernatural horror film directed by Casey La Scala, starring Alexa PenaVega, about friends facing the Rapture at a wedding; also a 2026 Finnish short by Kimi Issakainen.

The Remedy (film)

The Remedy is a 2025 psychological supernatural horror film by director Alex Kahuam and writer Daniel Kuhlman, starring Timothy Granaderos, London Thor, Doug Jones, Jenny O'Hara, and Chris Mulkey; it premiered at SXSW London in June 2026 after Cannes Fantastic Pavilion, about a son whose herbal remedy for his dying mother unleashes a flesh-eating entity.

The Rental

The Rental is a 2020 American horror-thriller, Dave Franco's directorial debut, co-written with Joe Swanberg, starring Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Sheila Vand, and Jeremy Allen White as couples spied on at a vacation rental.

The Reptile

The Reptile (1966) is a Hammer Films horror directed by John Gilling, written by Anthony Hinds, starring Noel Willman, Ray Barrett, and Jacqueline Pearce as a cursed snake woman in Cornwall; shot back to back with The Plague of the Zombies and released with Rasputin the Mad Monk.

The Resident (film)

The Resident (2011) is a psychological thriller, the directorial debut of Finland's Antti J. Jokinen for Hammer Films, starring Hilary Swank as a doctor stalked by her obsessed landlord (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), with Christopher Lee; 31% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Revenge of La Llorona

The Revenge of La Llorona is an upcoming 2027 New Line horror sequel to The Curse of La Llorona (2019), directed by Santiago Menghini, written by Sean Tretta, produced by James Wan and Gary Dauberman, releasing theatrically February 26, 2027; distinct from a 2006 film of similar name.

The Rite (2011 film)

The Rite is a 2011 American supernatural horror film directed by Mikael Håfström, in which a skeptical seminarian at the Vatican is apprenticed to a veteran exorcist played by Anthony Hopkins.