R U wondering which is the best horror to watch? Here are the best Horror movies from horror-comedy to horror-action films of all time by ListofBestNet.
10. Knock Knock
Knock Knock (2015) is an erotic horror movie directed by Eli Roth. Starring Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, and Ana de Armas.
The story follows Evan, a happily Architect father. On Father’s Day weekend due to work while his wife and children go on a family-planned beach trip. Two young women, Genesis and Bel knock on Evan’s door who claims to be stranded. Things getting worse when they each begin to seduce him.
- Initial release: October 8, 2015 (Brazil)
- Director: Eli Roth
- Based on: Knock Knock is a remake of the 1977 film Death Game
- Starring: Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas
- Music by: Manuel Riveiro
- Budget 2 million USD
- Box office 6.3 million USD
9. Hot Fuzz
Hot Fuzz (2007) is an action-comedy movie directed by Edgar Wright. Wright and Simon Pegg.
The story follows Police officer Nicholas Angel is known to be the best across London. His seniors transfer him to a remote village where he encounters various challenges.
- Initial release: February 14, 2007 (United Kingdom)
- Director: Edgar Wright
- Film series: Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot
- Fuzz (2007), and The World’s End (2013).
- Starring: Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Jim Broadbent
- Music by: David Arnold
- Budget: 12–16 million USD
- Box office: 80.7 million USD
8. Saw
Saw (2004) is a horror movie directed by James Wan. Starring Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter. It is the first installment in the Saw film series.
The story follows two men who find themselves chained in a large crumbly bathroom, with one being ordered to kill the other or his family will die.
- Director: James Wan
- Based on: Saw by James Wan, Leigh Whannell
- Film series: Saw, Saw II, Saw 3D, Jigsaw, Saw VI
- Starring: Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter
- Music by: Charlie Clouser
- Budget: 1.2 million USD
- Box office: 103.9 million USD
7. Underworld
Underworld (2003) is an action horror movie directed by Len Wiseman Starring Kate Beckinsale.
This is the story of the secret history of vampires and Lycans (Werewolf), and it follows Selene, a vampire Lycans hunter. She finds herself attracted to a human, Michael Corvin, who is bitten by a Lycan. Selene must decide whether to do her duty and kill him or go against her family and save him.
- Initial release: September 19, 2003
- Director: Len Wiseman
- Film Series: Underworld (2003), Underworld: Evolution,
- Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Underworld: Awakening,
- Underworld: Blood Wars
- Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen
- Shane Brolly, Erwin Leder, Bill Nighy
- Music by: Paul Haslinger
- Budget: million USD
- Box office: million USD
6. The Ring
The Ring (2002) is a horror movie directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Naomi Watts and Martin Henderson. It is a remake of one of the best Japanese horror movies 1998 Ring, based on the novel of the same name by Koji Suzuki.
The story follows Rachel Keller, a journalist who investigates a videotape that seemingly kills the viewer seven days after watching it.
- Initial release: October 18, 2002 (Canada)
- Director: Gore Verbinski
- Based on: The novel Ring by Koji Suzuki. Film Ring by
- Hiroshi Takahashi
- Starring: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman
- Music by: Hans Zimmer
- Budget: 48 million USD
- Box office: 249.4 million USD
5. The Neon Demon
The Neon Demon (2016) is a psychological horror movie directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, starring Elle Fanning.
The story follows Jesse, a young and beautiful girl launching her career in fashion industry.Jesse soon faces the wrath of envy, because of her beauty.
- Initial release: Initial release: June 23, 2016 (Germany)
- Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
- Starring: Elle Fanning, Karl Glusman, Jena Malone, Bella Heathcote
- Abbey Lee, Desmond Harrington, Christina Hendricks
- Music by: Cliff Martinez
- Budget: 7 million USD
- Box office: 3.4 million USD
4. Silent Hill
Silent Hill (2006) is a drama-horror movie directed by Christophe Gans. The film is an adaptation of Konami’s 1999 video game Silent Hill. Starring Radha Mitchell and Sean Bean
The story follows Rose and her daughter Sheron, driving to the mysterious town of Silent Hill. During which Rose is involved in a car accident. After the blackout, Rose discovers that Sharon is missing, while searching for her daughter, she fights human-like creatures and slowly uncovering Sharon’s connection to the town’s dark past.
- Initial release: April 21, 2006 (USA)
- Director: Christophe Gans
- Based on: The Videogame series Silent Hill by Konami
- Starring: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden
- Music by: Akira Yamaoka, Jeff Danna
- Budget: 50 million USD
- Box office: 100.6 million USD
3. [•REC]
Rec (2007) is a Spanish found-footage horror movie directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza. The was remade in the United States under the name Quarantine in 2008.
The story follows Ángela Vidal, a news reporter, covering a firefighter intervention at an apartment building in Barcelona. the things get intense when they discover that a deadly virus spreads among the building’s occupants, turning them into cannibals. As the government has surrounded the building to prevent the virus from spreading, they left with no escape. Angela and her operator continue to record the events that take place inside the building, of which the film itself is the final result.
- Initial release: November 23, 2007 (Spain)
- Director: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
- Film series: Rec, Rec 2 2009, Rec 3: Genesis 2012, and
- Rec 4: apocalypse 2014
- Starring: Manuela Velasco, Ferrán Terraza,
- Jorge-Yamam Serrano
- Budget 2 million USD
- Box office 32.5 million USD
2. The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) is a horror drama movie directed by Scott Derrickson, starring Laura Linney and Tom Wilkinson. It is based on the story of Anneliese Michel
The story follows a self-proclaimed agnostic who acts as defense counsel representing an exorcist priest, who has been accused by the state of negligent homicide after he performed an exorcism.
- Initial release: September 9, 2005 (USA)
- Director: Scott Derrickson
- Starring: Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott, Colm Feore
- Jennifer Carpenter, Henry Czerny, Shohreh Aghdashloo
- Music by: Christopher Young
- Budget: 19 million USD
- Box office: 145.2 million USD
1. 28 Weeks Later
28 Weeks Later (2007) is a horror movie directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. The sequel to the 2002 film 28 Days Later, it stars Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, and Idris Elba.
The story takes place after the events of the first film, depicting the efforts of military forces to retrieve a safe zone in London, the consequence of two young siblings breaking protocol to find their infected mother, and the resulting reintroduction of the Rage Virus to the safe zone.
- Initial release: April 26, 2007 (London)
- Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
- Based on: 28 Days Later by Danny Boyle, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
- Starring: Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau
- Music by: John Murphy
- Budget: 15 million USD
- Box office: 64.2 million USD