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Ugetsu Monogatari
Ugetsu Monogatari (雨月物語, Ugetsu), 1953 Kenji Mizoguchi ghost-story drama for Daiei, adapted from Ueda Akinari's 1776 tales; Silver Lion at Venice 1953, joint 90th in the 2022 Sight and Sound poll.
Umma (2022 film)
Umma (엄마) is a 2022 American supernatural horror film, Iris K. Shim's directorial debut, starring Sandra Oh as a Korean American beekeeper haunted by her dead mother's remains; produced by Sam Raimi, released March 18, 2022.
Uncontained
Uncontained (2025) is an American zombie horror film written, directed, produced by, and starring Morley Nelson, with Peter O'Meara and Hayley LeBlanc; released on VOD March 11, 2025 via Cineverse.
Under the Shadow
Under the Shadow (زیر سایه) is Babak Anvari's 2016 British-Iranian horror debut, set in 1980s Tehran during the Iran-Iraq War, where a mother and daughter are stalked by a djinn; it won the 2017 BAFTA for Outstanding Debut.
Under Wraps 2
Under Wraps 2 (2022) is a Disney Channel Original Movie, sequel to the 2021 Under Wraps remake, directed by Alex Zamm, written by Josh A. Cagan, starring Malachi Barton, Christian J. Simon, and Sophia Hammons; premiered September 25, 2022.
Underground (지하도) (2026 film)
Underground (지하도, Jihado) is a 2026 South Korean mystery horror thriller directed by Choi Woo-sik, starring Shin Hyun-soo and Lee Yu-ji, about spirits haunting a halted subway extension; released 13 August 2026 by EO Contents Group.
Undertone (film)
Undertone (stylized undertone), also released as The Undertone, is a 2026 Canadian supernatural horror film and Ian Tuason's feature debut, starring Nina Kiri, sold to A24 after Fantasia 2025 and grossing about $21.5 million on a $500,000 budget.
Underwater (film)
Underwater is a 2020 American science-fiction horror film directed by William Eubank and starring Kristen Stewart, whose crew walks across the Mariana Trench floor after an earthquake destroys their drilling station.
Unfriended
Unfriended (2014), aka Cybernatural, is a Screenlife horror film directed by Levan Gabriadze, written by Nelson Greaves, produced by Timur Bekmambetov, set entirely on a laptop screen during a Skype call haunted by a cyberbullied classmate's ghost.
Unholy Night (film)
Unholy Night (2026) is a Canadian Christmas horror-comedy, Michael Gabriele's feature debut, in which dead Italian relatives including a grandmother return as ritornati on Christmas Eve; it premiered at Fantasia 2026 and won the Gold Audience Award for Best Canadian Film. Distinct from the 1929 Barrymore film and the 2019 Chitaroni film of the same name.
Unsane
Unsane (2018) is Steven Soderbergh's psychological thriller starring Claire Foy as an involuntarily committed stalking victim; shot entirely on iPhone 7 Plus with Moment lenses, released March 23, 2018.
Until Dawn (film)
Until Dawn is an American horror film directed by David F. Sandberg, released in 2025. It is loosely based on the 2015 PlayStation Studios video game.
Untitled Takashi Miike film
Untitled Takashi Miike film, also known as the Untitled Kyoto Project: upcoming slasher-horror film directed by Takashi Miike, starring and produced by Charli xcx. Three friends' Kyoto trip turns nightmarish when Katie is possessed by a violent, tortured spirit (Kiko Mizuhara); filming began in Japan in 2026, release TBA.
Urban Legend (film)
Urban Legend (1998) is a slasher horror film directed by Jamie Blanks, written by Silvio Horta, starring Alicia Witt, Jared Leto, and Rebecca Gayheart; campus murders staged as urban legends, $38.1M US gross.
Us (2019 film)
Us, also known as Jordan Peele's Us, is a 2019 American horror film in which a family in Santa Cruz, California is attacked by their doppelgängers.
Uzumaki (うずまき) (film)
Uzumaki (うずまき), also released as Spiral, is a 2000 Japanese horror film directed by Higuchinsky, adapting Junji Ito's manga about a town cursed by spirals; released February 11, 2000 by Toei, starring Eriko Hatsune.
V/H/S: Viral
V/H/S: Viral (2014) is the third found-footage horror anthology in the V/H/S series, directed by Benson, Moorhead, Bishop, Sarmiento, Vigalondo, and Lincoln, with segments Dante the Great, Parallel Monsters, Bonestorm, and the Blu-ray-only Gorgeous Vortex; it was poorly received.
Vacancy (film)
Vacancy is a 2007 American horror-thriller film directed by Nimród Antal, starring Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale as an estranged couple targeted by snuff filmmakers at a remote motel.
Valentine (film)
Valentine is a 2001 slasher film directed by Jamie Blanks, based on Tom Savage's novel, about young women stalked by a killer sending Valentine's Day cards.
Vampire in Brooklyn
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) is a Wes Craven horror-comedy starring Eddie Murphy as Caribbean vampire Maximillian seeking half-vampire detective Rita Veder (Angela Bassett). A Paramount flop: Metascore 27, 14% Tomatometer, $20 million gross on a $16 million budget, later a cult item.
Vampire's Kiss
Vampire's Kiss (1988) is a Robert Bierman black comedy-horror starring Nicolas Cage as literary agent Peter Loew, who believes he is becoming a vampire. Written by Joseph Minion, it flopped ($725,131 gross) yet became a cult classic and meme source.
Vampires (1998 film)
Vampires (John Carpenter's Vampires), 1998 action horror film directed by John Carpenter, starring James Woods as vampire slayer Jack Crow hunting master vampire Jan Valek; based on John Steakley's novel Vampire$, released October 30, 1998 by Columbia Pictures, Metascore 42.
Vampires of the Velvet Lounge
Vampires of the Velvet Lounge is a 2026 American horror-comedy written and directed by Adam Sherman, starring Mena Suvari as Countess Elizabeth Báthory, whose coven hunts dating-app matches from a Savannah absinthe bar; released March 20, 2026 by Strand Releasing.
Vampyr
Vampyr (Vampyr – Der Traum des Allan Grey) is Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1932 German-French horror film, loosely based on Le Fanu's "Carmilla", funded by and starring Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg as Julian West, a commercial failure on release now ranked among cinema's greatest horror films.
Van Helsing (film)
Van Helsing is a 2004 American action horror film directed by Stephen Sommers, in which monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing battles Count Dracula in Transylvania.
Vash Level 2 (વશ: લેવલ 2)
Vash Level 2 (વશ: લેવલ 2) is a 2025 Gujarati supernatural horror film by Krishnadev Yagnik, sequel to Vash (2023), starring Janki Bodiwala, Hitu Kanodia, and Hiten Kumar; released 27 August 2025 and streaming on Netflix from 22 October 2025.
Velvet Buzzsaw
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) is a Netflix satirical horror film by Dan Gilroy, reuniting Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo from Nightcrawler; cursed paintings by dead artist Vetril Dease kill greedy art-world figures, scoring 61% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Venom (2005 film)
Venom (2005) is an American voodoo slasher horror film directed by Jim Gillespie, starring Agnes Bruckner and D.J. Cotrona; shot as Backwater, it grossed $881,745 domestically against a $25 million budget and holds 13% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Verónica (2017 Spanish film)
Verónica (2017) is a Spanish supernatural horror film by Paco Plaza, starring Sandra Escacena, about a teen's Ouija séance during the 1991 Madrid solar eclipse; inspired by the expediente Vallecas, it won the Goya for Best Sound. Not the Mexican film of the same name.
Versus (VERSUS) (2000 film)
Versus (ヴァーサス) is a 2000 Japanese action-horror film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, starring Tak Sakaguchi as Prisoner KSC2-303 fighting yakuza and undead in the Forest of Resurrection; budget $400,000, shot on 16mm.