TAGGED AS: Horror

Scary Movies of 2017 by Tomatometer

#25

It Stains the Sands Red (2016)
67%

#25

Adjusted Score: 51404%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: During a zombie apocalypse, a Las Vegas woman becomes stranded in the desert with a ravenous zombie in pursuit.... [More]

Starring: Brittany Allen, Juan Riedinger, Merwin Mondesir, Kristopher Higgins

Directed By: Colin Minihan

#24

The Belko Experiment (2016)
54%

#24

Adjusted Score: 58475%

Critics Consensus: The Belko Experiment offers a few moments of lurid fun for genre enthusiasts, but lacks enough subversive smarts to consistently engage once the carnage kicks in.

Synopsis: An ordinary day at the office becomes a horrific quest for survival when 80 employees (John Gallagher Jr., Tony Goldwyn,... [More]

Starring: John Gallagher Jr., Tony Goldwyn, Adria Arjona, John C. McGinley

Directed By: Greg McLean

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#22

Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies (2016)
55%

#22

Adjusted Score: 30945%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Three young snowboarders find themselves in an epic battle for survival when a scientific experiment unleashes a horde of zombies... [More]

Starring: Gabriela Marcinkova, Patricia Aulitzky, Laurie Calvert, Karl Fischer

Directed By: Dominik Hartl

#21

Phoenix Forgotten (2017)
50%

#21

Adjusted Score: 50173%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: On March 13, 1997, several mysterious lights appeared over Phoenix. Three teens went into the desert shortly after the incident,... [More]

Starring: Florence Hartigan, Chelsea Lopez, Justin Matthews, Luke Spencer Roberts

Directed By: Justin Barber

#20

Red Christmas (2016)
48%

#20

Adjusted Score: 48074%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A widow and her bickering family gather at her remote estate on Christmas Eve. She must soon protect them all... [More]

Starring: Dee Wallace, Geoff Morrell, Sarah Bishop, Janis McGavin

Directed By: Craig Anderson

#19

A Cure for Wellness (2016)
42%

#19

Adjusted Score: 51843%

Critics Consensus: A Cure for Wellness boasts a surfeit of visual style, but it's wasted on a derivative and predictable story whose twists, turns, and frights have all been more effectively dealt before.

Synopsis: A Wall Street stockbroker (Dane DeHaan) travels to a remote location in the Swiss Alps to retrieve his company's CEO... [More]

Starring: Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth, Celia Imrie

Directed By: Gore Verbinski

#18

Nails (2017)
40%

#18

Adjusted Score: 35181%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A paralyzed woman desperately tries to get her family and doctors to believe that she is being terrorized by a... [More]

Starring: Shauna Macdonald, Ross Noble, Richard Foster-King, Steve Wall

Directed By: Dennis Bartok

#17

Death Note (2017)
36%

#17

Adjusted Score: 39515%

Critics Consensus: Death Note benefits from director Adam Wingard's distinctive eye and a talented cast, but they aren't enough to overcome a fatally overcrowded canvas.

Synopsis: A high school student discovers a supernatural notebook that has deadly powers. He can kill anyone he wishes simply by... [More]

Starring: Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley, LaKeith Stanfield, Willem Dafoe

Directed By: Adam Wingard

#16

Jackals (2016)
40%

#16

Adjusted Score: 30689%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: After the Powells hire a cult deprogrammer to take back their teenage son from a murderous cult, they find themselves... [More]

Starring: Stephen Dorff, Deborah Kara Unger, Johnathon Schaech, Nick Roux

Directed By: Kevin Greutert

#15

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
38%

#15

Adjusted Score: 42268%

Critics Consensus: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter may prove mind-numbingly chaotic for the unconverted, but for fans of the venerable franchise, it offers a fittingly kinetic conclusion to its violent post-apocalyptic saga.

Synopsis: The T-virus unleashed by the evil Umbrella Corp. has spread to every corner of the globe, infesting the planet with... [More]

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts

Directed By: Paul W.S. Anderson

#14

Jigsaw (2017)
32%

#14

Adjusted Score: 36160%

Critics Consensus: Jigsaw definitely won't win many converts to the Saw franchise, but for longtime fans, it should prove a respectably revolting -- if rarely scary -- diversion.

Synopsis: After a series of murders bearing all the markings of the Jigsaw killer, law enforcement officials find themselves chasing the... [More]

Starring: Tobin Bell, Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Clé Bennett

Directed By: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig

#13

Leatherface (2017)
27%

#13

Adjusted Score: 28580%

Critics Consensus: Leatherface may wear the skin of a Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel, but it proves gutless as an origin story and finds little invention in the horror tropes it's cannibalizing.

Synopsis: A violent teen and three others kidnap a young nurse while escaping from a Texas mental institution. Pursued by a... [More]

Starring: Sam Strike, Stephen Dorff, James Bloor, Sam Coleman

Directed By: Julien Maury, Alexandre Bustillo

#12

Havenhurst (2016)
27%

#12

Adjusted Score: 15191%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Strange events plague a troubled alcoholic (Julie Benz) after she moves into a gothic New York apartment complex where one... [More]

Starring: Julie Benz, Josh Stamberg, Danielle Harris, Fionnula Flanagan

Directed By: Andrew C. Erin

#11

The Vault (2017)
28%

#11

Adjusted Score: 28701%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Two estranged sisters hatch a scheme to rob a bank to save their brother. The heist begins smoothly, but mayhem... [More]

Starring: James Franco, Taryn Manning, Francesca Eastwood, Scott Haze

Directed By: Dan Bush

#10

Camera Obscura (2017)
26%

#10

Adjusted Score: 26114%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Jack Zeller is an intelligent, solitary man who continues to struggle with the horrors he witnessed as a war photographer.... [More]

Starring: Christopher Denham, Nadja Bobyleva, Noah Segan, Andrew Sensenig

Directed By: Aaron B. Koontz

Don't Knock Twice (2016)
27%

Adjusted Score: 27330%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A mother looking to reconnect with her estranged daughter attracts the attention of a demonic witch.... [More]

Starring: Katee Sackhoff, Lucy Boynton, Javier Botet, Nick Moran

Directed By: Caradog W. James

Don't Hang Up (2016)
33%

Adjusted Score: 30382%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Drunken teenagers making prank calls have their game turned against them by someone with deadly intentions.... [More]

Starring: Gregg Sulkin, Garrett Clayton, Bella Dayne, Sienna Guillory

Directed By: Damien Macé, Alexis Wajsbrot

The Bye Bye Man (2017)
18%

Adjusted Score: 22454%

Critics Consensus: The Bye Bye Man clumsily mashes together elements from better horror films, adding up to a derivative effort as short on originality as it is on narrative coherency or satisfying scares.

Synopsis: People commit unthinkable acts every day. Time and again, we grapple to understand what drives a person to do such... [More]

Starring: Douglas Smith, Lucien Laviscount, Cressida Bonas, Doug Jones

Directed By: Stacy Title

Wish Upon (2017)
20%

Adjusted Score: 24394%

Critics Consensus: Wish Upon is neither scary nor original, but its fundamental flaws as a horror movie may make it destination viewing for after-midnight camp genre enthusiasts.

Synopsis: Jonathan Shannon (Ryan Phillippe) gives his 17-year-old daughter Clare (Joey King) an old music box that promises to grant its... [More]

Starring: Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Ki Hong Lee, Mitchell Slaggert

Directed By: John R. Leonetti

Amityville: The Awakening (2017)
29%

Adjusted Score: 29231%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A mother moves with her three children into the notorious, supposedly haunted Amityville house to try using its dark powers... [More]

Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bella Thorne, Cameron Monaghan, Thomas Mann

Directed By: Franck Khalfoun

Unfriend (2016)
17%

Adjusted Score: 19939%

Critics Consensus: Friend Request's attempts to update old-school teen horror for the digital age do not, sadly, include memorable characters, fresh scares, or novel storytelling twists.

Synopsis: Laura is a popular college student who graciously accepts an online friend request from Marina, a young social outcast. To... [More]

Starring: Alycia Debnam-Carey, William Moseley, Connor Paolo, Brit Morgan

Directed By: Simon Verhoeven

Rings (2017)
8%

Adjusted Score: 13801%

Critics Consensus: Rings may offer ardent fans of the franchise a few threadbare thrills, but for everyone else, it may feel like an endless loop of muddled mythology and rehashed plot points.

Synopsis: A young woman (Matilda Lutz) becomes worried about her boyfriend (Alex Roe) when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a... [More]

Starring: Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki, Vincent D'Onofrio

Directed By: F. Javier Gutiérrez