85 Best Horror Movies Directed by Women
The latest: For Women’s History Month, and on top of Coralie Fargeat’s world-tearing run with The Substance, we’ve added nearly 10 new films, including Arkasha Stevenson’s The First Omen, Caroline Lindy’s Your Monster, co-director Veronika Franz’s The Devil’s Bath — all Certified Fresh.
Welcome to our guide of the best-reviewed horror movies directed by women! The first directors to break ground were Stephanie Rothman in the 1970s with cult film The Velvet Vampire, and Kathryn Bigelow in the ’80s with another vampiric film, the neo-Western Near Dark. (Bigelow, of course, would go on to make further history as the first woman to win the Best Director Oscar for Zero Dark Thirty.) Still, it would take many more years for the horror space to truly open up. The ’90s, generally regarded as a weak decade for horror, had no Fresh or Certified Fresh films directed by women. The 2000s saw some pick-up with American Psycho, Amer, and In My Skin.
The 2010s were a watershed decade for horror: The genre became an engine that elevated underserved voices and adroitly exposed societal ills and terrors. Over 30 horror movies directed by women were marked Fresh and Certified Fresh in the 2010s, establishing names like Jennifer Kent (The Babadook), Issa López (Tigers Are Not Afraid), Julia Ducournau (Raw) and more.
The 2020s continue strong with Leigh Janiak (Fear Street trilogy), Nia DaCosta (Candyman), Coralie Fargeat (The Substance).
We’ll be adding to this list as horror continues to grow and evolve. Now, discover the best horror movies directed by women!
98%
Critics Consensus: The Babadook relies on real horror rather than cheap jump scares -- and boasts a heartfelt, genuinely moving story to boot.
Synopsis: Six years after the violent death of her husband, Amelia (Essie Davis) is at a loss. She struggles to discipline her 'out of control' 6... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Essie Davis, Daniel Henshall, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney
Directed By: Jennifer Kent
97%
Critics Consensus: Tigers Are Not Afraid draws on childhood trauma for a story that deftly blends magical fantasy and hard-hitting realism - and leaves a lingering impact.
Synopsis: When a girl's mother disappears leaving her on her own, she joins a gang of street children, leading to a tragic chain of events.
Starring: Paola Lara, Ianis Guerrero, Rodrigo Cortés, Hanssel Casillas
Directed By: Issa López
97%
Critics Consensus: A bone-chilling body horror, Huesera offers genre fans a twisted take on What to Expect When You're Expecting.
Synopsis: Valeria's joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she's cursed by a sinister entity. As danger closes in, she's forced deeper... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Natalia Solián, Alfonso Dosal, Mayra Batalla, Mercedes Hernández
Directed By: Michelle Garza Cervera
97%
Critics Consensus: Hellbender stirs a boiling cauldron of adolescent angst, serving up a coming-of-age story with dark horror overtones.
Synopsis: A teen and her mother live simply in a home in the woods, spending their time making metal music. A chance encounter with a fellow... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams, John Adams
Directed By: John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser
96%
Critics Consensus: Sissy weaves timely themes into its rich blend of horror and dark humor, topped off by terrific work from a talented cast led by Aisha Dee.
Synopsis: Cecilia and Emma were tween-age BFFs who were going to grow old together and never let anything come between them, until Alex arrived on the... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Aisha Dee, Yerin Ha, Lucy Barrett, Hannah Barlow
Directed By: Hannah Barlow, Kane Senes
96%
Critics Consensus: Good Manners adroitly juggles disparate tonal shifts while taking a uniquely smart and sensitive look at female relationships.
Synopsis: A mysterious and wealthy woman hires a lonely nurse named Clara to be the nanny of her soon-to-be born child. When a full moon brings... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Isabél Zuaa, Marjorie Estiano, Cida Moreira, Miguel Lobo
Directed By: Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra
96%
Critics Consensus: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night blends conventional elements into something brilliantly original -- and serves as a striking calling card for writer-director Ana Lily Amirpour.
Synopsis: Residents of a worn-down Iranian city encounter a skateboarding vampire (Sheila Vand) who preys on men who disrespect women.
Starring: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marnò
Directed By: Ana Lily Amirpour
95%
Critics Consensus: The Love Witch offers an absorbing visual homage to a bygone era, arranged subtly in service of a thought-provoking meditation on the battle of the sexes.
Synopsis: Elaine (Samantha Robinson), a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Samantha Robinson, Gian Keys, Laura Waddell, Jeffrey Vincent Parise
Directed By: Anna Biller
94%
Critics Consensus: Most Beautiful Island plunges audiences into a little-seen sector of society, with writer-director Ana Asensio's fearless performance leading the way.
Synopsis: An illegal immigrant struggling to begin a new life in New York City is offered a great opportunity, but as day turns to night, she... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Ana Asensio, Natasha Romanova, David Little, Nicholas Tucci
Directed By: Ana Asensio
93%
Critics Consensus: Raw's lurid violence and sexuality live up to its title, but they're anchored with an immersive atmosphere and deep symbolism that linger long after the provocative visuals fade.
Synopsis: Stringent vegetarian Justine (Garance Marillier) encounters a decadent, merciless and dangerously seductive world during her first week at veterinary school. Desperate to fit in, she... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Joana Preiss
Directed By: Julia Ducournau
93%
Critics Consensus: A slasher with flair and crafty patience for the kill, The Stylist marks writer-director Jill Gevargizian as an uncommonly sharp genre filmmaker.
Synopsis: We all dream of being someone else... but for Claire (Najarra Townsend, Contracted), that dream goes from an obsession to a living nightmare. Hairstylist by... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Brea Grant, Najarra Townsend, Millie Milan, Sarah McGuire
Directed By: Jill Gevargizian
92%
Critics Consensus: Revenge slices and dices genre tropes, working within an exploitation framework while adding a timely -- yet never less than viscerally thrilling -- feminist spin.
Synopsis: Jen is enjoying a romantic getaway with her wealthy boyfriend -- until his two sleazy friends arrive for an unannounced hunting trip. As tension mounts... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, Guillaume Bouchède
Directed By: Coralie Fargeat
93%
Critics Consensus: A message movie in a hard horror shell, Hatching perches between beauty and revulsion -- and establishes director Hanna Bergholm as a bright new talent.
Synopsis: In HATCHING, 12-year-old gymnast, Tinja (Siiri Solalinna), is desperate to please her image-obsessed mother, whose popular blog 'Lovely Everyday Life' presents their family's idyllic existence... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen, Oiva Ollila
Directed By: Hanna Bergholm
92%
Critics Consensus: A brilliantly unsettling blend of body horror and psychological thriller, Saint Maud marks an impressive debut for writer-director Rose Glass.
Synopsis: The debut film from writer-director Rose Glass, Saint Maud is a chilling and boldly original vision of faith, madness, and salvation in a fallen world.... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle, Lily Frazer, Lily Knight
Directed By: Rose Glass
92%
Critics Consensus: As ambitious as it is daringly transgressive, Prevenge should thrill fans of pitch-black horror-comedy -- and open untold opportunities for writer/director/star Alice Lowe.
Synopsis: A pregnant woman kills an assortment of people.
Starring: Kate Dickie, Gemma Whelan, Alice Lowe, Kayvan Novak
Directed By: Alice Lowe
92%
Critics Consensus: Proof that there's still life in the found-footage gimmick, Deadstream is a scarily good bit of B-movie fun.
Synopsis: After a public controversy left him disgraced and demonetized, a washed up internet personality tries to win back his followers by livestreaming himself spending one... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Joseph Winter, Melanie Stone, Jason K. Wixom, Pat Barnett
Directed By: Joseph Winter, Vanessa Winter
92%
Critics Consensus: Relic ratchets up its slowly building tension in an expertly crafted atmosphere of dread, adding up to an outstanding feature debut for director/co-writer Natalie Erika James.
Synopsis: A woman links her mother's increasingly volatile behavior to an evil presence at their family's decaying country home.
Starring: Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin, Bella Heathcote, Chris Bunton
Directed By: Natalie Erika James
91%
Critics Consensus: Brought hauntingly to life by Laura Galán's committed performance, Piggy deftly deploys genre thrills in service of sharp social commentary.
Synopsis: With the summer sun beating down on her rural Spanish town, Sara hides away in her parent's butcher shop. A teenager whose excess weight makes... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Laura Galán, Richard Holmes, Carmen Machi, Irene Ferreiro
Directed By: Carlota Pereda
91%
Critics Consensus: Led by Anna Diop's strong central performance, the smartly disquieting Nanny is a promising debut for writer-director Nikyatu Jusu.
Synopsis: In this psychological horror fable of displacement, Aisha (Anna Diop), a woman who recently emigrated from Senegal, is hired to care for the daughter of... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector
Directed By: Nikyatu Jusu
89%
Critics Consensus: Audaciously gross, wickedly clever, and possibly Demi Moore's finest hour, The Substance is a gasp-inducing feat from writer-director Coralie Fargeat.
Synopsis: Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You, only better in every way. You should try this new product, it's called The... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Hugo Diego Garcia
Directed By: Coralie Fargeat
91%
Critics Consensus: A squirm-inducing period piece that locates true horror in both mind and spirit, The Devil's Bath might be Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz's most chilling directorial effort yet.
Synopsis: In 1750 Austria, a deeply religious woman named Agnes has just married her beloved, but her mind and heart soon grow heavy as her life... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Anja Plaschg, David Scheid, Maria Hofstätter, Natalija Baranova
Directed By: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
90%
Critics Consensus: Thrillingly provocative and original, Titane reaffirms writer-director Julia Ducournau's delightfully disturbing vision.
Synopsis: Titane: A metal highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys, often used in medical prostheses due to its pronounced biocompatibility.
Starring: Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh
Directed By: Julia Ducournau
90%
Critics Consensus: The Invitation makes brilliant use of its tension-rich premise to deliver a uniquely effective -- and surprisingly clever -- slow-building thriller.
Synopsis: While attending a dinner party at his former house, a man starts to believe that his ex-wife and her new husband have sinister plans for... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Michiel Huisman, Emayatzy Corinealdi
Directed By: Karyn Kusama
89%
Critics Consensus: Occasionally uneven but bold and viscerally effective, Censor marks a bloody good step forward for British horror.
Synopsis: Film censor Enid takes pride in her meticulous work, guarding unsuspecting audiences from the deleterious effects of watching the gore-filled decapitations and eye gougings she... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Niamh Algar, Michael Smiley, Nicholas Burns, Vincent Franklin
Directed By: Prano Bailey-Bond
89%
Critics Consensus: Fear Street Part Three: 1666 sends the slasher series back in time for a trilogy-concluding installment that caps things off on a screaming high note.
Synopsis: The origins of Sarah Fier's curse are finally revealed as history comes full circle on a night that changes the lives of Shadysiders forever.
Starring: Kiana Madeira, Ashley Zukerman, Gillian Jacobs, Olivia Welch
Directed By: Leigh Janiak
88%
Critics Consensus: Smartly creepy, You Are Not My Mother engages with a number of thought-provoking themes without sacrificing chills.
Synopsis: It's the week before Halloween. Char's bedridden mother, Angela, has mysteriously gone missing. All that remains is her abandoned car parked in the middle of... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Jade Jordan, Carolyn Bracken, Hazel Doupe, Paul Reid
Directed By: Kate Dolan
88%
Critics Consensus: Although its story may lack surprises, Watcher benefits from director Chloe Okuno's chilling grip on the material -- and Maika Monroe's terrific work in the leading role.
Synopsis: As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia -- a young actress who just moved to town with her boyfriend -- notices a mysterious stranger... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, Burn Gorman, Tudor Petrut
Directed By: Chloe Okuno
88%
Critics Consensus: A smart and subversive twist on slasher horror, Fear Street Part II: 1978 shows that summer camp has never been scarier thanks to stellar performances from Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd, and Ryan Simpkins.
Synopsis: Shadyside, 1978. School's out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider is possessed with the urge... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd, Ryan Simpkins, Chiara Aurelia
Directed By: Leigh Janiak
88%
Critics Consensus: Cargo takes a refreshingly character-driven approach to the zombie genre that's further distinguished by its Australian setting and Martin Freeman's terrific lead performance.
Synopsis: Stranded in rural Australia in the aftermath of a violent pandemic, an infected father desperately seeks a new home for his infant child, and a... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Martin Freeman, Anthony Hayes, Susie Porter, Simone Landers
Directed By: Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke
88%
Critics Consensus: With thought-provoking themes lurking beneath its absurd premise, Glorious is a brightly blood-spattered genre treat from director Rebekah McKendry.
Synopsis: A heartbroken man finds himself trapped in a bathroom with a strange voice who says he may be the only hope in stopping a terrible... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Ryan Kwanten, J.K. Simmons, Sylvia Grace Crim, Andre Lamar
Directed By: Rebekah McKendry
86%
Critics Consensus: Impeccably cast and smartly written, Bodies Bodies Bodies is an uncommonly well-done whodunit.
Synopsis: When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game goes awry in this fresh and funny... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha'la Herrold, Chase Sui Wonders
Directed By: Halina Reijn
85%
Critics Consensus: Dark, violent, and drenched in dread, Goodnight Mommy is perfect for extreme horror enthusiasts -- or filmgoers who prefer to watch between splayed fingers.
Synopsis: Twin boys who do everything together, from collecting beetles to feeding stray cats, welcome their mother home after her reconstructive surgery. But with her face... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Susanne Wuest, Elias Schwarz, Lukas Schwarz, Hans Escher
Directed By: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
84%
Critics Consensus: A painfully timely horror-fueled thriller, Soft & Quiet forces the viewer to confront the ugly underbelly of modern American race relations.
Synopsis: Playing out in real time, SOFT & QUIET is a runaway train that follows a single afternoon in the life of an elementary school teacher,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Stefanie Estes, Olivia Luccardi, Eleanore Pienta, Dana Millican
Directed By: Beth de Araújo
84%
Critics Consensus: Candyman takes an incisive, visually thrilling approach to deepening the franchise's mythology -- and terrifying audiences along the way.
Synopsis: For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini-Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost story about a supernatural killer... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo
Directed By: Nia DaCosta
84%
Critics Consensus: Formally provocative and emotionally raw, She Dies Tomorrow confirms writer-director Amy Seimetz as a filmmaker with a unique -- and timely -- vision.
Synopsis: A woman's conviction that she will die tomorrow spreads like a contagion through a town.
Starring: Kate Lyn Sheil, Jane Adams, Kentucker Audley, Katie Aselton
Directed By: Amy Seimetz
84%
Critics Consensus: A stylish and well-acted tonal blend, Medusa confronts religious hypocrisy and sexism with invigorating anger.
Synopsis: Mari and her friends broadcast their spiritual devotion through pastel pinks and catchy evangelical songs about purity and perfection, but underneath it all they harbor... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Mari Oliveira, Bruna Linzmeyer, Thiago Fragoso, Lara Tremouroux
Directed By: Anita Rocha da Silveira
84%
Critics Consensus: Fear Street Part One: 1994 kicks off the trilogy in promising fashion, honoring the source material with plenty of retro slasher appeal.
Synopsis: A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounter the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Kiana Madeira, Olivia Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Gillian Jacobs
Directed By: Leigh Janiak
81%
Critics Consensus: Near Dark is at once a creepy vampire film, a thrilling western, and a poignant family tale, with humor and scares in abundance.
Synopsis: Cowboy Caleb Colton meets gorgeous Mae at a bar, and the two have an immediate attraction. But when Mae turns out to be a vampire... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton
Directed By: Kathryn Bigelow
83%
Critics Consensus: Frequently frightening even as it plays within the confines of a nearly 50-year-old film series, this prequel is The First Omen of a bright future for the franchise in quite some time.
Synopsis: When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Nell Tiger Free, Ralph Ineson, Sônia Braga, Tawfeek Barhom
Directed By: Arkasha Stevenson
82%
Critics Consensus: Imperfect yet intriguing, The Wind offers horror fans an admirably ambitious story further distinguished by its fresh perspective and effective scares.
Synopsis: Lizzy is a tough, resourceful frontierswoman settling a remote stretch of land on the 19th-century American frontier. Isolated from civilization in a desolate wilderness where... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Miles Anderson
Directed By: Emma Tammi
80%
Critics Consensus: Some of its contents are more entertaining than others, but genre fans should still find this Scare Package well worth opening.
Synopsis: Seven filmmakers present seven terrifying and comedic tales of horror.
Starring: Jeremy King, Noah Segan, Toni Trucks, Chase Williamson
Directed By: Courtney Andujar, Aaron B. Koontz, Hillary Andujar, Anthony Cousins
79%
Critics Consensus: A smartly ambitious supernatural thriller, Perpetrator blends an assortment of genres and influences into a bloody good time.
Synopsis: Jonny Baptiste (Kiah McKirnan) is a reckless teen sent to live with her estranged Aunt Hildie (Alicia Silverstone). On her 18th birthday, she experiences a... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Josh Bywater, Avery Holliday, Casimere Jollette, Sasha Kuznetsov
Directed By: Jennifer Reeder
79%
Critics Consensus: While Clock may strain some viewers' suspension of disbelief, it's a mostly effective attempt to view reproductive pressures through a chilling horror lens.
Synopsis: "Clock" is the story of a woman who enrolls in a clinical trial to try and fix her seemingly broken biological clock after friends, family,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Dianna Agron, Melora Hardin, Jay Ali, Saul Rubinek
Directed By: Alexis Jacknow
79%
Critics Consensus: A wickedly delightful genre mashup led by Melissa Barrera, Your Monster is pleasantly packed with songs, guts, and heart.
Synopsis: Your Monster tells the story of the soft-spoken actor Laura Franco (Melissa Barrera), who is dumped by her longtime boyfriend (Edmund Donovan) while recovering from... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Melissa Barrera, Meghann Fahy, Tommy Dewey, Edmund Donovan
Directed By: Caroline Lindy
78%
Critics Consensus: Sharp, twisted, and darkly funny, 12 Hour Shift is an uncommonly clever heist caper with a refreshing female-focused twist.
Synopsis: It’s 1998 and over the course of one night at an Arkansas hospital, a junkie nurse, her scheming cousin and a group of black market... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Angela Bettis, Chloe Farnworth, Nikea Gamby-Turner, Kit Williamson
Directed By: Brea Grant
77%
Critics Consensus: Tales of Halloween boasts a number of fun scares and is overall more consistent than many horror anthology films, even if it isn't quite as dark or nasty as the classics of the genre.
Synopsis: Ten short stories revolve around ghosts, ghouls, monsters, the devil, aliens, and ax murderers who terrorize a suburb on Halloween night.
Starring: Barry Bostwick, Lin Shaye, John Savage, Adrienne Barbeau
Directed By: Darren Bousman, Axelle Carolyn, Adam Gierasch, Neil Marshall
76%
Critics Consensus: Smart, stylish, and nail-bitingly tense, Honeymoon packs more slow-building horror than many bigger-budget productions.
Synopsis: A honeymooning bride (Rose Leslie) goes sleepwalking into the woods surrounding a secluded cabin. When she returns she looks the same, but something about her... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway, Ben Huber, Hanna Brown
Directed By: Leigh Janiak
77%
Critics Consensus: A windingly intricate and delirious sci-fi thrill ride washes over the senses and steadily flows through Caddo Lake.
Synopsis: When an 8-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes, a series of past deaths and disappearances start to link together, forever altering a broken family's history.
Starring: Dylan O'Brien, Eliza Scanlen, Lauren Ambrose, Eric Lange
Directed By: Celine Held, Logan George
75%
Critics Consensus: It can be didactic rather than truly suspenseful, but Master is an impressively well-crafted horror outing with a lot on its mind.
Synopsis: At an elite New England university built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill, three women strive to find their place. Navigating politics and... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Regina Hall, Zoe Renee, Talia Ryder, Talia Balsam
Directed By: Mariama Diallo
75%
Critics Consensus: Led by an impressive Riley Keough performance, The Lodge should prove a suitably unsettling destination for fans of darkly atmospheric horror.
Synopsis: During a family retreat to a remote winter cabin over the holidays, the father is forced to abruptly depart for work, leaving his two children... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Richard Armitage
Directed By: Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
75%
Critics Consensus: A grounded zombie picture with emotional bite, Handling the Undead shuffles along at a patient pace but succeeds as a poignant and thoughtful addition to the genre.
Synopsis: On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bjørn Sundquist, Bente Børsum
Directed By: Thea Hvistendahl
74%
Critics Consensus: Berlin Syndrome offers thriller fans an uncommonly well-written descent into dangerous obsession, enlivened by taut direction and a committed performance from Teresa Palmer.
Synopsis: A disturbed teacher holds a young photographer captive in his Berlin apartment after bringing her home for a night of romance.
Starring: Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt, Matthias Habich, Emma Bading
Directed By: Cate Shortland
75%
Critics Consensus: Like most anthologies, V/H/S/99 has its ups and downs -- but more often than not, this collection of shorts continues the franchise's recent creative rebound.
Synopsis: V/H/S/99 harkens back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium. In V/H/S/99,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Kim Abunuwara, Duncan Anderson, Kyle Bales, Verona Blue
Directed By: Flying Lotus, Maggie Levin, Tyler MacIntyre, Johannes Roberts
100%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In small-town Australia, a nightmare is brewing. Sophie is a young filmmaker obsessed with finding a thought-to-be long-lost film. Meanwhile, an earthquake unleashes ancient parasites... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Lewi Dawson, Etcetera Etcetera, Lisa Fanto, Toshiro Glenn
Directed By: Alice Maio Mackay
93%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: When he wakes up after a car accident and doesn't have a memory, a man makes his way into town to look for help. As... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Diego Klattenhoff, Charlotte Sullivan, Nazariy Demkowicz, Brett Donahue
Directed By: Caroline Labrèche, Steeve Léonard
93%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Months after escaping a brutal kidnapping, Meg travels with her husband, Scott, to his family's isolated compound in Cape Cod, hoping the early winter quiet... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Marin Ireland, Micheál Richardson, Jennifer Kim, Kentucker Audley
Directed By: Olivia West Lloyd
89%
Critics Consensus: Effectively playing on fundamental fears, Lovely, Dark, and Deep is a creepy calling card for debuting director Teresa Sutherland that's further distinguished by Georgina Campbell's haunting performance.
Synopsis: Lennon, a new back-country ranger, travels alone through the dangerous wilderness, hoping to uncover the origins of a tragedy that has haunted her since she... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Georgina Campbell, Nick Blood, Wai Ching Ho, Edgar Morais
Directed By: Teresa Sutherland
89%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Blumhouse Television and EPIX present the cautionary tale of a rise to stardom set in the iconic Nashville Country Music scene. Two friends, rising artists... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Katey Sagal, Abby Quinn, Alexxis Lemire, Joshua Leonard
Directed By: Brea Grant
88%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Jobless and searching for purpose, Emma and a group of young people from Los Angeles drive up the coast to make quick cash trimming marijuana... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Bethlehem Million, Alex Essoe, Jane Badler, Ally Ioannides
Directed By: Ariel Vida
88%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A young man becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle.
Starring: Milo Cawthorne, Olivia Tennet, Ari Boyland, Fleur Saville
Directed By: Madellaine Paxson
88%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Two women form an unlikely connection when a depressed gas station clerk Sam (Jolene Purdy), receives a call from Emily (Midori Francis), a nearly blind... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Midori Francis, Jolene Purdy, Missi Pyle, Michael Patrick Lane
Directed By: Yoko Okumura
86%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: When novice art restorer Lisa Gray goes to a small Italian village to bring a medieval painting back to its former glory after fire damage,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Lauren LaVera, Claudia Gerini, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Linda Zampaglione
Directed By: Federico Zampaglione, Andrea Arnone, Antonella Balsamo
86%
Critics Consensus: It may not offer much they haven't seen before, but strong-stomached exploitation enthusiasts will savor The Retaliators.
Synopsis: In THE RETALIATORS, an upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter's brutal murder. A high-octane original... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Michael Lombardi, Marc Menchaca, Joseph Gatt, Katie Kelly
Directed By: Bridget Smith, Samuel Gonzalez Jr.
83%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: "You're Killing Me" follows Eden Murphy (McKaley Miller), who goes to a coveted 'Heaven and Hell' party, hoping to get a letter of recommendation to... View Full Synopsis
Starring: McKaley Miller, Dermot Mulroney, Anne Heche, Brice Anthony Heller
Directed By: Beth Hanna, Jerren Lauder
83%
Critics Consensus: An auspicious debut for writer-director Amelia Moses, the smartly restrained Bleed with Me taps a rich vein of psychological horror.
Synopsis: Bleed With Me is a psychological horror film that explores the intersections of admiration, compulsion, and obsession. Rowan, a vulnerable outsider, is thrilled when the... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Lee Marshall, Lauren Beatty, Aris Tyros
Directed By: Amelia Moses
80%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: The accidental death of her rapist sets an art student on a course for justice, fueling the inspiration for her thesis exhibition.
Starring: Francesca Eastwood, Clifton Collins Jr., Leah McKendrick, Peter Vack
Directed By: Natalia Leite
79%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Ana's carnal desires define her life.
Starring: Harry Cleven, Biancamaria D'amato, Bernard Marbaix, Jean-Michel Vovk
Directed By: Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani
77%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Jess (Dani Barker) has finally found her hook: secretly filming creepy interactions she encounters via online job listings, and using the kinks of others to... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Luke Cook, Dani Barker, Eliana Jones, Mark Moses
Directed By: Sylvia Caminer
75%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Ivy, a struggling singer in New Orleans trapped in the hidden underworld of her eating disorder, must face her addiction -- or risk becoming a... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Kelly Murtagh, Bobby Gilchrist, Jamie Neumann, Marco Dapper
Directed By: Samantha Aldana
73%
Critics Consensus: If its chilly sense of dread never quite becomes spine-tingling terror, Amulet remains smart, solidly disquieting fun for genre fans seeking slow-building horror.
Synopsis: Terror strikes when a former soldier takes a job to help a young woman and her housebound mother.
Starring: Carla Juri, Imelda Staunton, Alec Secareanu, Angeliki Papoulia
Directed By: Romola Garai
72%
Critics Consensus: ABCs of Death 2 delivers some inventively gory thrills, offering a surprising (albeit still somewhat uneven) upgrade over its predecessor.
Synopsis: Twenty-six filmmakers from around the globe helm stories that detail 26 ways to meet your maker, each one corresponding to a different letter of the...
Starring: Martina García, C. Ernst Harth, Eric Jacobus, Andy Nyman
Directed By: Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado, Alejandro Brugués, Bill Plympton
70%
Critics Consensus: Humane's twisted psychological thrills are diverting enough in the moment to distract from its occasionally awkward attempts to balance sociopolitical commentary against high-concept horror.
Synopsis: HUMANE takes place over a single day, mere months after a global ecological collapse has forced world leaders to take extreme measures to reduce the... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire, Peter Gallagher, Enrico Colantoni
Directed By: Caitlin Cronenberg
71%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A couple becomes the target of a vampires' seductions.
Starring: Michael Blodgett, Sherry Miles, Celeste Yarnall, Gene Shane
Directed By: Stephanie Rothman
70%
Critics Consensus: Nothing Bad Can Happen uses its protagonist's punishing ordeal to pose questions about faith that are well worth considering, even if the film can't quite answer them.
Synopsis: A pious teen (Julius Feldmeier) endures torture at the hands of a sadistic couple (Sascha Alexander Gersak, Annika Kuhl) because he thinks God is testing... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Julius Feldmeier, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Annika Kuhl, Swantje Kohlhof
Directed By: Katrin Gebbe
69%
Critics Consensus: XX's array of distinct female filmmaking voices -- and the empowerment their collection represents -- offer enough thrills to make up for the overall uneven quality that plagues most anthology projects.
Synopsis: Filmmakers Jovanka Vuckovic, Annie Clark, Roxanne Benjamin and Karyn Kusama present four horrific tales of terror. In "The Box," a boy (Peter DaCunha) starts to... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Natalie Brown, Jonathan Watton, Peter DaCunha, Peyton Kennedy
Directed By: Jovanka Vuckovic, St. Vincent, Roxanne Benjamin, Karyn Kusama
69%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A feral teenage girl is taken into strict Catholic church care and prepared for her First Holy Communion.
Starring: Nora Jane Noone, Peyton Wich, Eugenie Bondurant, Charlie Talbert
Directed By: Pollyanna McIntosh
69%
Critics Consensus: If it falls short of the deadly satire of Bret Easton Ellis's novel, American Psycho still finds its own blend of horror and humor, thanks in part to a fittingly creepy performance by Christian Bale.
Synopsis: In New York City in 1987, a handsome, young urban professional, Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), lives a second life as a gruesome serial killer by... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon
Directed By: Mary Harron
68%
Critics Consensus: This one bites in a mostly good way: Kiss of the Damned is an erotic gorefest reminiscent of gaudy '70s horror flicks, presented in plain packaging and not meant for direct sunlight.
Synopsis: When a handsome young writer falls for a gorgeous, seductive vampire, their wild romance seems destined for the ages -- until the appearance of her... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Joséphine de La Baume, Milo Ventimiglia, Roxane Mesquida, Anna Mouglalis
Directed By: Xan Cassavetes
66%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A Parisian marketing professional, Esther (Marina de Van) has a gruesome secret. She's been obsessed with the damage she can inflict upon her own body... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Marina de Van, Laurent Lucas, Léa Drucker, Thibault de Montalembert
Directed By: Marina de Van
63%
Critics Consensus: It isn't terribly devilish or particularly pulse-quickening, but Satanic Panic remains an entertaining midnight movie that forgiving genre enthusiasts will enjoy.
Synopsis: A minimum-wage delivery girl is forced into a night-long battle with the affluent leaders of a suburban community after discovering they're part of a satanic... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Hayley Griffith, Ruby Modine, Jerry O'Connell, Rebecca Romijn
Directed By: Chelsea Stardust
63%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Mexican-American and queer, high school student Javier doesn't exactly fit in with the popular kids. But he might be the only one who can save... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, Yani Gellman, Ireon Roach, Cameron Scott Roberts
Directed By: Clare Cooney
62%
Critics Consensus: Nocturne's thought-provoking themes find themselves at odds with its genre ingredients, resulting in a mild blend that isn't quite pulpy enough.
Synopsis: Inside the halls of an elite arts academy, a timid music student begins to outshine her more accomplished and outgoing twin sister when she discovers... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Madison Iseman, Jacques Colimon, Ivan Shaw
Directed By: Zu Quirke
61%
Critics Consensus: It suffers a bit from some uneven acting and an underwhelming climax, but American Mary utilizes pitch black humor and striking visuals to deliver gory, freaky thrills for body horror enthusiasts.
Synopsis: Mary Mason (Katharine Isabelle) is lured into a world of freakish surgeries for easy money.
Starring: Katharine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, Tristan Risk, David Lovgren
Directed By: Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska
61%
Critics Consensus: Conceptually strong but uneven in execution, There's Something Wrong with the Children is a serviceable horror movie that could have been much more.
Synopsis: When Margaret (Alisha Wainwright) and Ben (Zach Gilford) take a weekend trip with longtime friends Ellie (Crew) and Thomas (Santos) and their two young children... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Alisha Wainwright, Zach Gilford, Amanda Crew, Carlos Santos
Directed By: Roxanne Benjamin
60%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In a remote Irish village, police are called to the scene of a massacre, but they ignore the lone survivor's claim that the house was... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Missy Keating, Marcella Plunkett, Padraic Delaney, Catherine Walker
Directed By: Marina de Van
