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White Zombie (film)
White Zombie (1932), Victor Halperin's pre-Code horror film starring Bela Lugosi as voodoo master Murder Legendre, is widely regarded as the first feature-length zombie film, adapted from Seabrook's The Magic Island, budgeted at about $50,000, and released by United Artists.
Who Invited Them
Who Invited Them is a 2022 Shudder horror-comedy, Duncan Birmingham's feature debut, in which housewarming hosts Adam and Margo (Ryan Hansen, Melissa Tang) are trapped by neighborly strangers Tom and Sasha (Timothy Granaderos, Perry Mattfeld).
Wildling (film)
Wildling is a 2018 fantasy-horror film, Fritz Böhm's directorial debut co-written with Florian Eder, starring Bel Powley, Liv Tyler, and Brad Dourif. Premiered at SXSW 2018, released by IFC Midnight; 70% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Willard (1971 film)
Willard (1971), also known by its working title Ratman's Notebooks, is a Daniel Mann horror film starring Bruce Davison as a misfit who trains rats, including Ben and Socrates, to kill his tormentor, played by Ernest Borgnine.
Willow Creek (film)
Willow Creek (2013) is a found-footage Bigfoot horror film written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, starring Alexie Gilmore and Bryce Johnson as a couple retracing the 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film site in Humboldt County, California, famous for its long single-take tent scene.
Winchester (film)
Winchester is a 2018 supernatural horror film by the Spierig brothers starring Helen Mirren as rifle heiress Sarah Winchester, with Jason Clarke and Sarah Snook; partly shot at the real Winchester Mystery House, it earned $25.1 million and poor reviews.
Wish Upon
Wish Upon is a 2017 American supernatural horror film directed by John R. Leonetti, starring Joey King and Ryan Phillippe, about a music box granting seven deadly wishes; it grossed $14.3 million and scored 20% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Witchfinder General (film)
Witchfinder General (US title The Conqueror Worm) is Michael Reeves' 1968 British historical horror drama starring Vincent Price as witch-hunter Matthew Hopkins, released 19 May 1968 by Tigon and AIP, and now a foundational folk horror film.
Witching and Bitching
Witching and Bitching (Las brujas de Zugarramurdi), a 2013 Spanish-French horror comedy by Álex de la Iglesia: Madrid jewel thieves fall into a Basque witch coven; eight 2014 Goya awards, Metascore 73.
Within (film)
Within (original title Crawlspace) is a 2016 American horror thriller directed by Phil Claydon, written by Gary Dauberman, starring Michael Vartan, Erin Moriarty, and Nadine Velazquez as a family whose new suburban house hides an intruder in its crawl space.
Wolf (1994 film)
Wolf (1994 film) is an American werewolf film directed by Mike Nichols. It stars Jack Nicholson as a New York editor who is bitten by a wolf in Vermont.
Wolf Creek (film)
Wolf Creek (2005) is Greg McLean's Australian outback horror debut starring John Jarratt as killer Mick Taylor, inspired by the Ivan Milat and Bradley Murdoch cases, banned briefly in the Northern Territory, and now a franchise with a sequel, TV series, and third film Wolf Creek: Legacy.
Wolf Man (2025 film)
Wolf Man is a 2025 American horror film directed by Leigh Whannell, in which a family man slowly transforms into a werewolf at his rural Oregon childhood home.
Wolfen
Wolfen is a 1981 American horror film directed by Michael Wadleigh, based on Whitley Strieber's novel The Wolfen, in which a New York detective uncovers intelligent wolf-like predators.
Wolves (2014 film)
Wolves (2014) is an action-horror werewolf film, David Hayter's directorial debut, starring Lucas Till as Cayden Richards alongside Jason Momoa and Stephen McHattie; released November 14, 2014 by Ketchup Entertainment, it earned $491,154 worldwide and 16% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Womb (2025 film)
Womb (2025 film) most commonly denotes the American horror thriller directed by Bridget Smith, written by Mike Walsh, starring Taylor Hanks and Myles Clohessy, released digitally February 11, 2025; the title was also used by 2025 shorts from New Zealand, South Korea, and Czechia.
World War Z (film)
World War Z (2013), Marc Forster's American zombie pandemic action horror film starring Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, loosely adapted from Max Brooks's novel; $540 million worldwide, troubled reshoots, sequel with Edward Berger announced.
Would You Rather (film)
Would You Rather is a 2012 American psychological horror thriller directed by David Guy Levy, starring Brittany Snow and Jeffrey Combs, released theatrically February 8, 2013, about a deadly dinner-party game.
Wounds (film)
Wounds (2019) is a psychological horror film by Babak Anvari, adapted from Nathan Ballingrud's novella The Visible Filth, starring Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson, and Zazie Beetz; released on Hulu and Netflix in October 2019.
Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort
Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort (Wrong Turn VI: Last Resort) is a 2014 direct-to-video American slasher, the sixth Wrong Turn film, directed by Valeri Milev, about Danny inheriting the Hillicker cannibal family's Hobb Springs resort; recalled in Ireland in 2014.
X (2022 film)
X (2022) is Ti West's A24 slasher about a 1979 Texas porn shoot attacked by elderly hosts, starring Mia Goth in a double role as Maxine and Pearl; first of the X trilogy with Pearl and MaXXXine.
XX (film)
XX (2017) is a horror anthology film of four shorts written and directed by women: Jovanka Vuckovic, St. Vincent (Annie Clark), Roxanne Benjamin, and Karyn Kusama, linked by Sofia Carrillo stop-motion interstitials; Magnet Releasing released it February 17, 2017 after a Sundance Midnight premiere.
Yavarum Nalam (யாவரும் நலம்)
Yavarum Nalam (யாவரும் நலம்), aka 13B: Fear Has a New Address, is a 2009 Tamil-Hindi bilingual horror thriller by Vikram K. Kumar starring R. Madhavan, about a TV serial mirroring a family's life.
You Should Have Left
You Should Have Left: 2020 Blumhouse psychological horror film directed by David Koepp, starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried, adapted from Daniel Kehlmann's 2017 novella about a Welsh vacation house that traps a family.
You Won't Be Alone
You Won't Be Alone is Goran Stolevski's 2022 folk horror debut, premiered at Sundance and released by Focus Features, about a mute girl, Nevena, transformed into a shapeshifting witch in 19th century Macedonia.
You'll Never Find Me (film)
You'll Never Find Me is a 2023 Australian psychological horror film, the feature directorial debut of Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen, starring Brendan Rock and Jordan Cowan; it premiered at Tribeca 2023, won Best Feature at SXSW Sydney, and streamed on Shudder in March 2024.
You're Next
You're Next is a 2011 American home-invasion horror film directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett, starring Sharni Vinson as survivalist Erin. Premiered at TIFF 2011, released by Lionsgate in 2013; masked killers attack the Davison family, unaware one guest fights back.
Your Host (film)
Your Host is a 2025 American horror film directed by DW Medoff, written by Joey Miller, starring Jackie Earle Haley as masked game-show killer Barry Miller; premiered at FrightFest London, streamed October 14, 2025.
Zeder
Zeder (1983) is an Italian horror film by Pupi Avati, also called Revenge of the Dead, in which writer Stefano investigates K-zones where the buried dead revive, predating Pet Sematary.
Ziam
Ziam (ปากกัด ตีนถีบ) is a 2025 Thai action-horror film directed by Kulp Kaljareuk, Netflix Thailand's first action-zombie film, released July 9, 2025, starring Prin Suparat as a Muay Thai fighter battling hospital zombies.