The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

[9] Here we have a horror film so well executed, it swept the Academy Awards. Anthony Hopkins (The Lion in Winter) and Jodie Foster (The Accused) each deliver career-defining performances as cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter and neophyte FBI agent…
Bring Her Back (2025)

Bring Her Back (2025)

[8] After the death of their father, a brother and sister (Billy Barratt and Sora Wong) are placed in foster care with a disturbingly odd woman (The Shape of Water's Sally Hawkins) who has sinister plans for them. Barratt suspects…
The Old Dark House (1963)

The Old Dark House (1963)

[3] Hammer Films teams with gimmicky American horror director William Castle (The House on Haunted Hill, I Saw What You Did) for a film atypically goofy for either party. Tom Poston (Newhart, Mork & Mindy) stars as a car salesman…
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

[7] Writer/director Steven Spielberg follows up his immensely successful Jaws with this tale of extra-terrestrials and government conspiracy. Richard Dreyfuss stars as a family man whose encounter with a UFO brings him into contact with a grieving mother (Melinda Dillon)…
Scream of Fear (1961)

Scream of Fear (1961)

[7] A wheel-chair bound young woman named Penny (Susan Strasberg) returns to the cliffside home of her estranged father, who she hasn't seen in over ten years. But when she arrives, she's told by her stepmother (Ann Todd) that her…
Minority Report (2002)

Minority Report (2002)

[8] Steven Spielberg directs Tom Cruise in this taut adaptation of Philip K. Dick's sci-fi novelette set in 2054, when cops are able to use the visions of three uniquely gifted people called 'precogs' to arrest criminals before they commit…
Dressed to Kill (1980)

Dressed to Kill (1980)

[8] Brian DePalma (Carrie, Sisters) serves up a sexually charged Hitchcockian thriller about a female slasher hunting a prostitute who witnessed her last murder. Michael Caine stars as the shrink who tries to help the call girl, who's played by…
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

[5] Master of Horror John Carpenter directs this Lovecraftian horror thriller about an insurance investigator (Sam Neill) who teams up with a publishing company rep (Julie Carmen) to find a missing horror novelist named Sutter Cane (Jurgen Prochnow). Their search…
Vampyr (1932)

Vampyr (1932)

[6] An occultist beds down at a remote inn where he discovers a young lady succumbing to vampirism after being bitten by an old woman -- an old woman who is supposed to be buried in a nearby graveyard. Despite…
Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960)

Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960)

[6] Claude Dauphin stars as a race car driver who suffers from head trauma following a crash. The trauma is much more than physical, too -- he has uncontrollable urges to strangle his new wife (Diane Cilento). While recuperating together…