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Dead & Buried
Dead & Buried (1981) is a horror film directed by Gary Sherman, written by Ronald Shusett and Dan O'Bannon, starring James Farentino, Jack Albertson, and Robert Englund, about a coastal town whose murdered tourists return as living residents.
Dead Calm (film)
Dead Calm is a 1989 Australian psychological thriller directed by Phillip Noyce, starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, and Billy Zane, adapted from Charles Williams's 1963 novel; a couple at sea rescue a killer, and the film became Kidman's international breakthrough.
Dead End (2003 film)
Dead End (2003) is a horror film by French directors Jean-Baptiste Andrea and Fabrice Canepa about the Harrington family trapped on an endless Christmas Eve road. Shot in Los Angeles in 2001 on about $800,000, it premiered at Gérardmer 2003, grossed $898,994, and was never released in French cinemas.
Dead Mail (film)
Dead Mail is a 2024 American horror-thriller directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy, premiering at SXSW and TIFF. A blood-stained help note reaches dead letter investigator Jasper (Tomas Boykin), uncovering a kidnapping by synth-obsessed Trent (John Fleck); Shudder release April 18, 2025.
Dead of Night
Dead of Night (1945) is Ealing Studios' British horror anthology with four directors, a recurring-nightmare frame, and the famous Ventriloquist's Dummy segment; distinct from the 1977 Dan Curtis TV film, the 1981 Peter Haining book, and a 2017 PC game.
Dead Ringers (film)
Dead Ringers (1988) is David Cronenberg's psychological horror film starring Jeremy Irons as twin gynecologists Beverly and Elliot Mantle, loosely based on the Marcus twins case and the novel Twins, originally titled Twins itself.
Dead Rising: Watchtower
Dead Rising: Watchtower is a 2015 live-action zombie film based on Capcom's Dead Rising, directed by Zach Lipovsky, premiering on Crackle and set canonically between Dead Rising 2 and 3.
Dead Sea (film)
Dead Sea is a 2024 American survival horror thriller, also titled Flycatcher, written and directed by Phil Volken. Stranded teens rescued by a trawler captain fall into an organ-harvesting operation; released July 26, 2024 by Vertical Entertainment.
Dead Silence
Dead Silence (2007) is a supernatural horror film directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell, about widower Jamie Ashen and the ventriloquist Mary Shaw of Ravens Fair; it earned 22% on Rotten Tomatoes and $16.5 million domestically.
Dead Snow
Dead Snow (Død snø) is a 2009 Norwegian horror comedy directed by Tommy Wirkola, in which medical students at a remote Finnmark cabin fight Nazi zombies; Sundance premiere, 140,000 Norwegian tickets, 2014 sequel.
Dead Talents Society (鬼才之道)
Dead Talents Society (鬼才之道) is a 2024 Taiwanese horror-comedy directed by John Hsu, starring Gingle Wang, Sandrine Pinna, and Chen Bo-lin as ghosts competing to stay famous by scaring the living; it won five Golden Horse Awards.
Deadgirl
Deadgirl is a 2008 American indie horror film directed by Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel, written by Trent Haaga, about teens who find an undead woman in an abandoned asylum; premiered at TIFF 2008, released by Dark Sky Films.
Deadly Friend
Deadly Friend (1986), Wes Craven's Warner Bros. sci-fi horror based on Diana Henstell's novel Friend, scripted by Bruce Joel Rubin: teen genius Paul revives dead neighbor Samantha with robot BB's brain; studio reshoots added gore, box office $8.9M.
Death of a Unicorn
Death of a Unicorn is a 2025 A24 horror-comedy, the feature directorial debut of Alex Scharfman, starring Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni, and Richard E. Grant; released March 28, 2025, it earned $16 million worldwide against a $15 million budget.
Death of Me (film)
Death of Me is a 2020 folk-horror thriller directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, starring Maggie Q and Luke Hemsworth as a couple in Thailand who find a video of an apparent ritual murder. Released by Saban Films on October 2, 2020; shot in Krabi and Bangkok; 33% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Death Proof
Death Proof is a 2007 American exploitation-horror film directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike, a stunt driver who murders women with his car.
Death Whisperer 2 (ธี่หยด)
Death Whisperer 2 (ธี่หยด 2) is a 2024 Thai horror sequel directed by Taweewat Wantha, starring Nadech Kugimiya as Yak hunting the black-clad ghost; it earned 80 million baht on opening day and 350 million in five days.
Death Whisperer 3
Death Whisperer 3 (ธี่หยด 3, Tee Yod 3) is a 2025 Thai supernatural horror film, third in the Tee Yod franchise, directed by Narit Yuvaboon and Thanadet Pradit, starring Nadech Kugimiya as Yak searching for his abducted sister Yee; released October 2025, 104 minutes.
Deathgasm
Deathgasm (2015) is a New Zealand horror-comedy directed by Jason Lei Howden, about metalheads who summon the demon Aeloth the Blind One; it won Make My Horror Movie, premiered at SXSW, and spawned Goremageddon.
Deathwatch (2002 film)
Deathwatch (Czech: Mrtva hlidka) is a 2002 British-German WWI horror-war film, M.J. Bassett's directorial debut, starring Jamie Bell and Andy Serkis as soldiers stalked by an unseen evil in a German trench.
Deep Rising
Deep Rising is a 1998 American action-horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers, in which a tentacled sea creature attacks the cruise ship Argonautica on its maiden voyage.
Delirium (2018 film)
Delirium (2018 film), Dennis Iliadis horror-thriller starring Topher Grace, Patricia Clarkson, Callan Mulvey; Blumhouse/GK Films/Appian Way production, direct-to-video June 5, 2018; distinct from Johnny Martin's same-titled 2018 film.
Deliver Us from Evil (2014 film)
Deliver Us from Evil (2014) is a Scott Derrickson supernatural horror film starring Eric Bana as NYPD Sgt. Ralph Sarchie and Edgar Ramírez as priest Mendoza, based on Sarchie's book Beware the Night; Screen Gems release grossing $30.6M US.
Dementia 13
Dementia 13 (1963) is Francis Ford Coppola's first commercial feature, a black-and-white Irish axe-murder horror film made for Roger Corman on about $22,000, shot in nine days at Ardmore Studios, Bray, and released by AIP on a double bill with X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes.
Demon Knight
Demon Knight is a 1995 horror comedy directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, and it is the first feature film spun off from the HBO series Tales from the Crypt.
Demonic (2021 film)
Demonic (2021) is a Canadian sci-fi horror film written and directed by Neill Blomkamp, starring Carly Pope; a woman enters her comatose mother's mind and unleashes a demon. IFC Midnight released it August 20, 2021; it earned 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Der Nachtmahr
Der Nachtmahr (The Nightmare) is a 2015 German horror-tinged coming-of-age film by Akiz (Achim Bornhak), starring Carolyn Genzkow as a teen haunted by a creature only she first sees; made for about 80,000-100,000 euros without public funding.
Detention (2019 film)
Detention (返校) is a 2019 Taiwanese psychological horror film directed by John Hsu, adapted from Red Candle Games' 2017 video game, set in 1962 White Terror Taiwan, starring Gingle Wang, grossing over NT$250 million and winning five Golden Horse Awards.
Devil (2010 film)
Devil is a 2010 American supernatural horror film directed by John Erick Dowdle, in which five strangers trapped in an elevator die one by one, produced by M. Night Shyamalan.
Devil's Due (film)
Devil's Due is a 2014 American found-footage horror film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett and released by 20th Century Fox, in which a newlywed couple's honeymoon pregnancy proves demonic.