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Black Christmas (1974 film)
Black Christmas (1974) is a Canadian horror film directed by Bob Clark, written by Roy Moore, starring Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder; a sorority-house slasher that prefigured Halloween and founded the slasher genre.
Black Christmas (2019 film)
Black Christmas (2019) is a Blumhouse horror film directed by Sophia Takal, co-written with April Wolfe, starring Imogen Poots and Cary Elwes; the second remake of the 1974 slasher, released December 13, 2019, grossing $10.4M US.
Black Death (film)
Black Death (2010) is a UK-German medieval horror film directed by Christopher Smith, written by Dario Poloni, starring Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, and Carice van Houten; a monk guides knights to a plague-spared village in 1348.
Black Phone 2
Black Phone 2 (2025) is Scott Derrickson's supernatural horror sequel to The Black Phone, written with C. Robert Cargill from Joe Hill's characters. Ethan Hawke's Grabber returns from the dead to haunt siblings Finney and Gwen at the 1982-set Alpine Lake winter camp; it opened to $42 million worldwide.
Black Sabbath (film)
Black Sabbath (I tre volti della paura, "The Three Faces of Fear") is Mario Bava's 1963 Italian horror anthology with Boris Karloff, released by AIP in 1964 in a recut version; the title inspired the Black Sabbath band name.
Black Sunday (1960 film)
Black Sunday (La maschera del demonio, 1960) is Mario Bava's Italian black-and-white gothic horror debut, loosely based on Gogol's Viy, starring Barbara Steele as a resurrected witch; it launched the Italian horror boom.
Black Swan (film)
Black Swan (2010) is Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller about ballerina Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) in a New York Swan Lake production, also starring Mila Kunis; it grossed about $330 million on a $13 million budget and won Portman the Best Actress Oscar.
Black Water (2007 film)
Black Water (2007 film): Australian survival thriller by David Nerlich and Andrew Traucki, based on true events, in which three tourists are stranded in a mangrove swamp by a crocodile; made for about $1.2 million, sold to 76 countries, distinct from the American film Blackwater (2007).
Blackout (2023 film)
Blackout (2023) is Larry Fessenden's 103-minute werewolf horror film, premiered at Fantasia, released theatrically March 13, 2024 by Dark Sky Films, starring Alex Hurt as a painter who believes he is a werewolf, distinct from other films titled Blackout.
Bless the Child
Bless the Child is a 2000 supernatural horror film directed by Chuck Russell, starring Kim Basinger as a nurse fighting a Satanic cult for custody of her niece.
Bloat (film)
Bloat is a 2025 screenlife horror film, also known by the German title Fluch aus der Tiefe, directed by Pablo Absento and produced by Timur Bekmambetov (Searching, Unfriended). Ben McKenzie plays a Marine whose son is possessed by a Kappa after nearly drowning in Japan; released March 7, 2025 by Lionsgate, it earned 29% on Rotten Tomatoes and $13,026 worldwide.
Blood and Black Lace
Blood and Black Lace (Sei donne per l'assassino) is Mario Bava's 1964 Italian giallo about a masked killer murdering models at a Rome fashion house; commonly considered the archetypal giallo and a forerunner of the slasher film.
Blood Creek
Blood Creek (2009), originally titled Town Creek, is a Joel Schumacher horror film starring Henry Cavill, Dominic Purcell, and Michael Fassbender, about brothers confronting a Nazi occult experiment in West Virginia; distinct from a 2006 Canadian film of the same name.
Blood Feast
Blood Feast (1963) is Herschell Gordon Lewis's low-budget Miami horror film about caterer Fuad Ramses murdering women for the goddess Ishtar, widely regarded as the first splatter film and a drive-in hit despite scathing reviews.
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb is a 1971 Hammer horror film, also known as an adaptation of Bram Stoker's The Jewel of Seven Stars, directed by Seth Holt and completed by Michael Carreras after Holt's death, starring Andrew Keir and Valerie Leon as Margaret/Queen Tera.
Blood Glacier
Blood Glacier (Blutgletscher) is a 2013 Austrian eco-horror film by Marvin Kren, also titled The Station, in which microorganisms from a melting glacier mutate Alpine wildlife into hybrid monsters; premiered at TIFF 2013, Metascore 45.
Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys
Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys is a 2014 Animal Planet TV movie by The Asylum, directed by James Cullen Bressack, starring Shannen Doherty and Christopher Lloyd as a mayor killed by lampreys.
Blood Quantum (film)
Blood Quantum is Jeff Barnaby's 2019 Canadian Mi'kmaq zombie horror film, also called a decolonial zombie movie, in which Indigenous residents of the Red Crow reserve are immune to a zombie plague; it premiered at TIFF 2019 and streams on Shudder and AMC+.
Blood Star
Blood Star (2024) is a British-American independent desert road thriller, Lawrence Jacomelli's feature debut, starring Britni Camacho and John Schwab. Shot in New Mexico in ten days from a 70-minute animatic; premiered at NIFFF 2024; distributed by PLAION and Quiver.
Bloody Axe Wound
Bloody Axe Wound is a 2024 horror comedy directed by Matthew John Lawrence, starring Sari Arambulo as the daughter of killer Roger Bladecut, released December 27, 2024 in theaters and on Shudder March 21, 2025.
Bloody Beach (해변으로 가다)
Bloody Beach (해변으로 가다, Haebyeoneuro Gada) is a 2000 South Korean slasher-horror film, Kim In-soo's debut, about a PC-communication club's beach trip turning deadly; 84,227 admissions, rated 18+.
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Bodies Bodies Bodies (also styled Bodies, Bodies, Bodies) is a 2022 A24 comedy-horror whodunit directed by Halina Reijn, written by Sarah DeLappe from a Kristen Roupenian story, starring Amandla Stenberg and Maria Bakalova; released August 5, 2022.
Body Cam (film)
Body Cam (2020 film), Paramount supernatural police thriller directed by Malik Vitthal, starring Mary J. Blige as officer Renee Lomito; distinct from the 2026 found-footage horror Bodycam and the 2018 documentary series.
Bodycam (film)
Bodycam is a Canadian found footage horror film by Brandon Christensen, streaming on Shudder from March 13, 2026, about two cops whose cover-up of an accidental shooting unleashes supernatural forces; distinct from the 2020 film Body Cam.
Bones (2001 film)
Bones (2001) is a New Line Cinema supernatural horror film directed by Ernest Dickerson, starring Snoop Dogg as murdered neighborhood protector Jimmy Bones, with Pam Grier and Khalil Kain; released October 24, 2001, grossing $7.3 million.
Bones and All
Bones and All (2022) is Luca Guadagnino's cannibal romance road film, adapted by David Kajganich from Camille DeAngelis's 2015 YA novel, starring Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet; it won the Venice Silver Lion for Best Director.
Boo! A Madea Halloween
Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016) is a Tyler Perry horror comedy, written, produced, and directed by Perry, inspired by a Top Five joke; it grossed $73.2 million domestically for Lionsgate and spawned Boo 2! in 2017.
Books of Blood (film)
Books of Blood (2020) is a Hulu horror anthology film directed by Brannon Braga, written with Adam Simon, based loosely on Clive Barker's 1984-85 story collection, starring Britt Robertson, Anna Friel, and Rafi Gavron, released October 7, 2020.
Bordello of Blood
Bordello of Blood (Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood) is a 1996 horror comedy directed by Gilbert Adler, starring Dennis Miller, Erika Eleniak, and Angie Everhart as the vampire Lilith; a box-office failure that ended the Crypt film series.
Boxing Helena
Boxing Helena is a 1993 American erotic thriller, the directorial debut of Jennifer Chambers Lynch, starring Julian Sands as a surgeon who keeps an amputated woman captive.