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, Jan Chapman, Jeff Harrison, Jonathan Page

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, David Bond, Francisco Sánchez Solís, Javier Sepulveda

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, Francisco González Compeán, Carlos Taibo

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

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 Navabi

Directed By: Ana Lily Amirpour, Ben Conrad, Daniel Grove, Patrick Grove

Critics Consensus: Taking a hammer and chisel to a quintessential fairy tale, The Ugly Stepsister‘s masterful application of gore and subversion are the stuff that nightmares are made of.

Synopsis: In a twisted take on the classic Cinderella story, ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ follows Elvira as she battles to compete with her insanely beautiful stepsister. In… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp, Flo Fagerli

Directed By: Emilie Blichfeldt, Jesper Morthorst

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, Alexandra Burke, Vicki De Margheriti

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, Maria Ionescu

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, Jared Sanford

Critics Consensus: Firmly rooted in classic horror, Birth/Rebirth uses a familiar framework to tease at fundamental fears from a chillingly relatable angle.

Synopsis: Rose (Marin Ireland) is a pathologist who prefers working with corpses over social interaction. She also has an obsession — the reanimation of the dead…. View Full Synopsis

Starring: Judy Reyes, Marin Ireland, A.J. Lister, Breeda Wool

Directed By: Laura Moss, David Newhouse, Brendan J. O'Brien

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, Adan Aliaga, Ahmet S. Bilgen, Selim Cevikel

Critics Consensus: A bloody valentine to slasher horror that celebrates personal self-discovery as much as it does the possibilities of cinema, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma combines killer style with a big, still-beating heart.

Synopsis: After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director (Hannah Einbinder, Hacks) for… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Gillian Anderson, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Patrick Fischler, Hannah Einbinder

Directed By: Jane Schoenbrun, Daniel Bekerman

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

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

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, Daniel Battsek, Sam Lavender, Mary Burke

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 Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, Guillaume Bouchède

Directed By: Coralie Fargeat, Frantz Richard, Hicham El Ghorfi

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, Cloé Garbay, Laurent Jacobs, Peter Krupenin

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, Franki Goodwin, Will Kane, Mike Rattenbury

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

Critics Consensus: A direct continuation of 28 Years Later that ups the gore while deepening the dread, The Bone Temple is finely adorned by Nia DaCosta’s unnerving direction as well as Ralph Fiennes and Jack O’Connell’s inspired performances.

Synopsis: Expanding upon the world created by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland in 28 Years Later — but turning that world on its head — Nia… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Alfie Williams, Jack O'Connell, Erin Kellyman

Directed By: Nia DaCosta, Cillian Murphy

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, Mike Larocca, Todd Makurath

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, Pilar Benito

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

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

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, Ryan Heller, Sumalee Montano, Grace Lay

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, Mynette Louie, Julie Parker Benello, Dan Cogan

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

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, Mary Burke, Lauren Dark, Kim Newman

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, Leigh Janiak

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, Gabi Antal, James Hoppe, Stuart Manashil

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

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, Sophie Green, Stephen Kelliher, Brendan McCarthy

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, Compton Ross, Ian Kirk

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, Mark Cartier, Barbara Crampton, Gaba Gavi

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, Sarah DeLappe, Amandla Stenberg, Christine D'Souza Gelb

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

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, Tim Smith, Whitney Brown, Gracie Wheelan

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

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, Kori Adelson, Yvonne M. Bernard, Timothy M. Bourne

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, Jason Blum, Robina Riccitiello, Beatriz Sequeira

Critics Consensus: Setting the stage to slay all day, Tina Romero’s feature debut is a glowing zombie-fest filled with humor and heart, proving that there’s more than enough room in the genre for these Queens of the Dead.

Synopsis: Drag queens and club kids battle zombies craving brains during their drag show in Brooklyn, putting personal conflicts aside to utilize their distinct abilities against… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Katy O'Brian, Jaquel Spivey, Quincy Dunn-Baker, Margaret Cho

Directed By: Tina Romero, Carole Baraton, Pauline Boucheny Pinon, Jennifer Chalikian

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, Tarcila Jacob

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, Shauna Bryan, Jason Cloth, Aaron L. Gilbert

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, Greg Gilreath, Adam Hendricks, Henry Jacobson

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, Edward S. Feldman, Charles R. Meeker

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, Graham Northcote, Aaron B. Koontz, Hillary Andujar

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, Tommy Dewey, Sharon Horgan, Clelia Mountford

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, Greg Gilreath, Emily Gotto, Trevor Groth

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, David Worthen Brooks, Jenna Cavelle, Arbi Pedrossian

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

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, Will Greenfield, Harrison Huffman

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

Critics Consensus: Charmingly goofy and packed with incisive insights into the relatable ups and downs of any friend group, Forbidden Fruits is a campy coven worth hanging out with for its concise runtime.

Synopsis: Free Eden employee Apple leads a secret witch cult with coworkers Cherry and Fig. New hire Pumpkin questions their sisterhood, forcing them to confront inner… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Lili Reinhart, Lola Tung, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp

Directed By: Meredith Alloway, Katherine Romans, Charlie Traisman, Casey Durant

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, Julie Parker Benello, Allen Benello, Brandon Dufour

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, Ben Browning, Marc Schipper

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, Regina Hall, Mariama Diallo, Sophia Lin

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, Sveinung Golimo, Rasmus Krogh, Nick Shumaker

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

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, Angie Fielder, Emilie Georges, Tanja Meissner

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

Synopsis: While searching for her missing father, a woman (Mariana Hill) comes to a town crawling with flesh-eating zombies.

Starring: Michael Greer, Marianna Hill, Joy Bang, Anitra Ford

Directed By: Willard Huyck, Alan Riche, James P. Graham

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, Giles Daoust, Catherine Dumonceaux

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 Neeson, Jennifer Kim, Kentucker Audley

Directed By: Olivia West Lloyd, Mollye Asher, Mynette Louie, Derek Nguyen

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, Stefanie Coimbra, Molly C. Quinn, Matthew M. Welty

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, John Ierardi, Jeremy Gold, Chris McCumber

Synopsis: A young man becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle.

Starring: Milo Cawthorne, Olivia Tennet, Ari Boyland, Fleur Saville

Directed By: Madellaine Paxson, Eddie Guzelian, Madellaine Paxson

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, Alexander Kruener, Jeremy Gold, Chris McCumber

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.

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, Leal Naim

Synopsis: When a burned Quran is found on a film set the crew is thrown into turmoil. Caught in the crossfire of accusations, intern Elif is… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Devrim Lingnau, Mehdi Meskar, Serkan Kaya, Nicolette Krebitz

Directed By: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay

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

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

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, Berry Meyerowitz, Jeff Sackman

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, Rob Angel, Mariah Owen, Kelvin Parker

Synopsis: An antique mirror gives a student (Rainbow Harvest) the black-magic power to punish classmates who torment her.

Starring: Karen Black, Rainbow Harvest, Yvonne De Carlo, Kristin Dattilo

Directed By: Marina Sargenti, Ira Belgrade, Virginia Perfili, Gary Rasmussen

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

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, Barbara Erysian, Manuel Freedman, Fenner Osmond Friedman

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, Bobby Gilchrist, Kelly Murtagh

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, Reinhard Besser, Phil Hunt, Damian Jones

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

Synopsis: A couple becomes the target of a vampire’s seductions.

Starring: Michael Blodgett, Sherry Miles, Celeste Yarnall, Gene Shane

Directed By: Stephanie Rothman

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, Todd Brown, Martin Katz, Adrian Love

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

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, Michael Paseornek, Jeff Sackman, Joseph Drake

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 starts to display strange… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Natalie Brown, Jonathan Watton, Peter DaCunha, Peyton Kennedy

Directed By: Jovanka Vuckovic, St. Vincent, Roxanne Benjamin, Karyn Kusama

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, Adam S. Bersin, Jacob Pechenik, Riaz Tyab

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, Lucky McKee, Greg Newman, Badie Ali

Synopsis: Kate and her friends head to SpaceCON, the local sci-fi convention. Kate meets Paul, a recently turned vampire, and he bites her in the neck…. View Full Synopsis

Starring: Elaine Hurt, Tina Rodríguez, Lauren Lee, Sam Eidson

Directed By: Emily Hagins, Emily Hagins

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

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, Phil Nobile Jr., Danielle Cox, Adam Donaghey

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, Giles Edwards, Nicola Goelzhaeuser, Greg Newman

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, Jason Blum, Jeremy Gold, Marci Wiseman

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, Tom Raycove, Riaz Tyab

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, Andrew Lowe

Critics Consensus: Concocted with all the restraint of a mad scientist’s experiment, THE BRIDE! lurches in so many different creative directions that the overall effect is both sloppy and inspired.

Synopsis: A scientist revives a murdered woman as a companion for a legendary creature. The aftermath defies all expectations.

Starring: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening

Directed By: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Carla Raij, David Webb, Courtney Kivowitz

Critics Consensus: Pet Sematary is a bruising horror flick that wears its quirks on its sleeves, to the detriment of its scare factor.

Synopsis: Doctor Louis Creed (Dale Midkiff) moves his family to Maine, where he meets a friendly local named Jud Crandall (Fred Gwynne). After the Creeds’ cat… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby, Brad Greenquist

Directed By: Mary Lambert, Tim Zinnemann

Critics Consensus: Rabid reimagines David Cronenberg’s original narrative with clear reverence and a fresh aesthetic, but despite its biting first half, ultimately devolves into a fairly conventional genre exercise.

Synopsis: Horribly disfigured after a freak accident, doctors perform a radical medical procedure on an aspiring young fashion designer. But when the bandages come off, the… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Laura Vandervoort, Stephen McHattie, Greg Bryk, Stephen Huszar

Directed By: Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska, Charles Dorfman, David Gilbery

Critics Consensus: Ravenous tries bringing cannibal horror into an Old West setting, ending up with an uneven blend that will fail to satisfy most fans of either genre.

Synopsis: Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeremy Davies, Jeffrey Jones

Directed By: Antonia Bird, Tim Van Rellim

Synopsis: Someone with a power drill shows up uninvited to Trish’s (Michele Michaels) high-school pajama party.

Starring: Michele Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella, Debra DeLiso

Directed By: Amy Holden Jones

Critics Consensus: Jennifer’s Body features occasionally clever dialogue, but its horror/comedy premise ultimately fails to be consistently funny or scary enough to satisfy.

Synopsis: A beautiful cheerleader (Megan Fox) gains an insatiable appetite for human flesh after a hungry demon takes control of her body.

Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody

Directed By: Karyn Kusama, Diablo Cody