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Looking for acclaimed Best Horror Movies 2018 that live up to expectations? We rounded up 30 sensational, must-see Best Horror Movies 2018 for your viewing pleasure. Backed by stellar reviews from IMDB critics and our own discerning users, these titles are as good as entertainment gets. Help other fans uncover buried treasures by voting for your favorites. We value members who pay it forward with great recommendations!
Tumbbad (2018)
Plot Summary:
India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure which Vinayak gets obsessed with
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: India, Sweden
Plot tags: greed, treasure, father son relationship, evil, supernatural, mythology, folk horror, curse, british empire, village, treasure hunt, curses spells and rituals, tomb, escapades, rivalry, danger, ancient, chase, couples, redemption, hindu mythology, past, paranormal, nightmare, filmmaking
A Quiet Place (2018)
Plot Summary:
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 570000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: creature, post apocalypse, creature feature, sign language, monster, survival, silence, deafness, survival horror, fear, pregnancy, alien, self sacrifice, child in peril, alien invasion, supernatural horror, farmhouse, chase, mother, suffering, father son relationship, running, alien monster, rural setting, regret
Hereditary (2018)
Plot Summary:
After their reclusive grandmother passes away, the Graham family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited
Duration: 127 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 364000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: fear, supernatural horror, ghost, dysfunctional family, demon, seance, grief, supernatural, evil spirit, possession, secret society, funeral, death, ritual, attic, mother daughter relationship, car accident, husband wife relationship, trauma, terror, guilt, family tragedy, traumatic experience, dead body, satanism
Climax (2018)
Plot Summary:
Young dancers gather in a remote and empty school building to rehearse on a cold and wintry night. The all-night celebration soon turns into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn that their sangria is laced with LSD
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Plot tags: lsd, dancing, youth, little boy, lesbian sex, hallucination, paranoia, lesbian, pregnancy, brutality, insanity, snow, death, hallucinogenic drug, male nudity, screaming, desperation, group sex, gay, party, lgbt, murder, female nudity, cocaine, disco
Annihilation (2018)
Plot Summary:
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply
Duration: 115 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 353000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: female protagonist, creature, dna, mutation, scientist, expedition, research, genetic mutation, terror, biologist, transformation, mission, psychologist, genetics, professor, secret mission, scientific experiment, macabre, survival, supernatural, beast, cosmic horror, science, blood, survivor
The House That Jack Built (2018)
Plot Summary:
A depiction of a serial killer's 12 years' worth of murders and how it shaped his prime intelligence
Duration: 152 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Denmark, France, Sweden, Germany
Plot tags: serial killer, psychopath, murder, cruelty, sadistic psychopath, sadism, psychopath as protagonist, psycho killer, obsessive compulsive disorder, death, extreme violence, disturbed individual, serial killer as protagonist, violence, kidnapping, murderer, gore, locked in, building a house, hell, taxidermy, animal cruelty, maniac, hunting, brutality
Suspiria (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young ballet dancer travels to a prestigious dance academy in Europe, only to discover it is a front for something far more sinister and supernatural amidst a series of increasingly grisly murders
Duration: 152 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Plot tags: good versus evil, ritual sacrifice, dead woman, witchcraft, paranormal phenomena, mysterious event, telepathy, curse, occult, spiritualism, corporal punishment, abuse of power, witch, murder, mysterious disappearance, macabre, dark secret, coven, broken leg, bloodbath, conspiracy, dance performance, psychotherapist, secret, gore
Summer of 84 (2018)
Plot Summary:
Summer is usually a time for fun and games, but some teens get much more danger than they bargained for after beginning to suspect their neighbor is a serial murderer
Duration: 105 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Plot tags: serial killer, group of friends, friendship, murder suspect, psychopath, neighbor, murder, private investigation, basement, murder mystery, child killer, cop, surveillance, teenage boy, psycho killer, child protagonist, home invasion, friendship between teens, suspicion, serial child killer, teenager, four friends, suburbs, paranoia, coming of age
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018)
Plot Summary:
In an alternative Victorian Age Gotham City, Batman begins his war on crime while he investigates a new series of murders by Jack the Ripper
Duration: 78 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: batman, superhero, serial killer, masked vigilante, jack the ripper, gotham city, steampunk, heroes, alternate history, fantasy world, double life, murder investigation, vigilante, police corruption, rich, millionaire, warrior, tough guy, justice, rescue, corruption, multiverse, courage, heroism, fighting crime
Lords of Chaos (2018)
Plot Summary:
A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome
Duration: 118 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Country: Hungary, UK, Sweden, Norway
Plot tags: music band, heavy metal, black metal, music, musician, violence, murder, danger, gay, death, society, murderer, friendship, rivalry, subculture, self mutilation, suicide, nihilism, rock, rock and roll, teenager, gore, drinking, distopia, batman
Bird Box (2018)
Plot Summary:
A woman and a pair of children are blindfolded and make their way through a post-apocalyptic setting along a river
Duration: 124 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 377000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: survival, end of the world, epidemic, post apocalypse, creature, blindness, fear, pursuit, survival horror, suicide, parents and children, characters murdered one by one, dystopia, murder, bird, post apocalyptic, supernatural horror, apocalypse, single mother, river, boyfriend girlfriend conflict, pandemic, supermarket, monster, running
Overlord (2018)
Plot Summary:
On the eve of D-Day, a group of American paratroopers is dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a mission crucial to the invasion’s success. But as they approach their target, they begin to realize there is more going on in this Nazi-occupied village than a simple military operation
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 105000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: zombie, world war two, nazi, nazi zombie, supernatural, war, behind enemy lines, paratrooper, nazi occultism, monster, fascist, laboratory, wartime, survival, violence, mission, soldier, mutation, nazi experiment, evil dead, military, body horror, french countryside, undead, macabre
Mandy (2018)
Plot Summary:
Pacific Northwest. 1983 AD. Outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed by a cult led by the sadistic Jeremiah Sand, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire
Duration: 121 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, Belgium, USA
Plot tags: revenge, lumberjack, cult leader, surrealism, mysticism, rage, kidnapping, brutality, drug trip, nightmare, biker, rescue, chainsaw, biker gang, sadism, russian roulette, burned alive, cabin in the woods, psychopath, motorcycle, male nudity, obsession, violence, cosmic horror, torture
Halloween (2018)
Plot Summary:
Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. This film, the 11th film in the "Halloween" series, will ignore the events of all previous sequels, picking up 40 years after the events of the original film
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 167000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: serial killer, halloween, masked killer, maniac, homicidal maniac, violence, terror, psycho killer, psychopath, sadistic psychopath, serial murder, evil, masked villain, boogeyman, babysitter, stalker, murderer, escaped killer, husband wife relationship, killing spree, murder, holiday horror, fear, survival, blood
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018)
Plot Summary:
An internet broadcaster recruits a handful of people for their 'experience the horror' show at Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital, a place selected as one of the '7 freakiest places on the planet'. They are to explore the haunted asylum and stream it live on their online show
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Horror
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: found footage, ghost, paranormal investigation, fear, macabre, night, youth, paranormal activity, mental institution, mysticism, friends, legend, vlogger, paranormal, beer, haunted, violent death, supernatural, psychiatric hospital, supernatural horror, haunting, body horror, survival horror, witch, pandemic
Unsane (2018)
Plot Summary:
A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution amid uncertainty as to whether her greatest fear is real or delusional
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: obsession, mental institution, stalking, psychopath, mental illness, maniac, mental patient, murder, stalker, sexual assault, psychiatric ward, fear, loneliness, doctor, facebook, insurance scam, mentally unstable protagonist, psychology, kidnapping, pursuit, mental disorder, rape, mind game, hospital, sexual harassment
Bad Samaritan (2018)
Plot Summary:
A thieve makes a disturbing discovery in the house where he breaks in. Later, when he returns to the same house with his partner in crime, things are not longer how he expected
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: serial killer, psychopath, home invasion, captive, investigation, violence, sadism, psycho killer, obsession, held captive, murder, sadist, maniac, captivity, rescue, danger, police, kidnapping, human monster, brutality, cruelty, damsel in distress, burglar, stalker, fight
Incident in a Ghostland (2018)
Plot Summary:
A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters' lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reunite at the house, and that is when things get strange
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Plot tags: nightmare, home invasion, serial killer, ghost, sister sister relationship, insanity, sisters, female protagonist, danger, paranoid schizophrenia, paranoia, doll, violence, mother daughter relationship, escape, haunted, basement, blood, supernatural horror, torture, paranoid, terror, teenager, macabre, mission
Apostle (2018)
Plot Summary:
In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: religion, folk horror, gore, vampire, murder, church, father daughter relationship, brother, violence, ransom, evil cult, supernatural horror, occult, torture, religious cult, brutality, supernatural, preaching, prophet, vengeance, danger, deity, mission, good versus evil, cosmic horror
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
Plot Summary:
Dracula, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of the Drac Pack take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula falls in love with the ship's captain, Ericka, who's secretly a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, the notorious monster slayer
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, South Korea
Plot tags: frankenstein, vampire, dracula, monster, werewolf, female vampire, children, hotel, invisible man, halloween, ship, father daughter relationship, cruise ship, love, teenager, supernatural, experiment, vacation, love and romance, bigfoot, collaboration, buddies, lycanthropy, vampire hunter, castle
In Fabric (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set against the backdrop of a busy winter sales period in a department store, In Fabric follows a cursed dress as it passes from person to person with devastating consequences
Duration: 118 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: supernatural, car accident, blood, nightmare, saleswoman, fired from the job, witch, sexual relations, mother son relationship, absurdism, couple relations, occult, serial killer, fashion, killer, virus, revenge, murder, house, holiday, darkness, ritual, trippy, guts, supernatural horror
The Perfection (2018)
Plot Summary:
When troubled musical prodigy Charlotte seeks out Elizabeth, the new star pupil of her former school, the encounter sends both musicians down a sinister path with shocking consequences
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: lesbian, psychopath, revenge, amputee, vengeance, musician, female musician, cello, child abuse, classical music, cellist, interracial lesbian sex, mental illness, rape, lgbt, rage, child rape, female protagonist, male nudity, female warrior, female friendship, occult, rivalry, body horror, lgbtq
Unfriended: Dark Web (2018)
Plot Summary:
When a 20-something finds a cache of hidden files on his new laptop, he and his friends are unwittingly thrust into the depths of the dark web. They soon discover someone has been watching their every move and will go to unimaginable lengths to protect the dark web
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Plot tags: found footage, facebook, plot twist, hacking, dark web, characters killed one by one, sign language, murder, teenager, psychopath, cyberspace, no survivors, characters murdered one by one, deaf, cryptocurrency, hacker, secret, twists and turns, fear, bullying, friend, mission, lesbian relationship, witch, monster
The Night Eats the World (2018)
Plot Summary:
After waking up in an apartment where only the night before a party was raging, Sam is forced to come to grips with reality: He is now alone and the living dead have invaded the streets of Paris. Petrified with fear, Sam is going to have to barricade himself inside the building and organize his survival. But is he really the sole survivor?
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Plot tags: zombie, epidemic, infection, zombie apocalypse, zombie survival, loneliness, suicide, apocalypse, virus, one against many, survival horror, survival, living dead, zombie outbreak, zombie attack, neighbor, alone, infected, hallucination, saving a life, death, fire, elevator, monster, post apocalypse
Assassination Nation (2018)
Plot Summary:
High school senior Lily and her group of friends live in a haze of texts, posts, selfies and chats just like the rest of the world. So, when an anonymous hacker starts posting details from the private lives of everyone in their small town, the result is absolute madness leaving Lily and her friends questioning whether they'll live through the night
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: murder, school, high school, hacker, social satire, murderer, violence, gang, society, friends, police, female protagonist, feminist, feminism, revenge, teenage girl, small town, corruption, friendship, anger, vengeance, fool, schoolgirl, teenager, social media
Cam (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young camgirl discovers that she’s inexplicably been replaced on her site with an exact replica of herself
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: sex work, suicide, sex worker, stolen identity, doppelganger, erotica, social media, ambition, shame, terror, rivalry, young girl, false identity, paranoia, disguise, pretending to be someone else, female warrior, supernatural horror, losing-it hero, youth, brutality, sexuality, paranoid, secret identity, pursuit
Acrimony (2018)
Plot Summary:
A faithful wife takes action when it becomes clear to her that her devious husband has betrayed her
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: attempted murder, nervous breakdown, depression, divorce, unfaithful husband, courtroom, borderline personality disorder, financial problem, black, betrayal, mother daughter relationship, adultery, husband wife relationship, deception, stalker, relationship problems, dysfunctional marriage, troubled marriage, marriage crisis, female psychopath, traitor, female protagonist, family problems, secret, crumbling marriage
Look Away (2018)
Plot Summary:
A timid and reclusive 18-year-old high school student is alienated by her parents and ruthlessly rejected by her peers. Desperate and isolated, she confides in her own reflection — and in the mirror she finds her imagined evil twin, someone who supports her, encourages her and knows all her secret desires. When the “girls” trade places, repressed sexuality and a ferocious violence erupt with a dangerous sense of freedom
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: supernatural, female protagonist, bullying, teenage life, snow, father daughter relationship, doppelganger, high school life, plastic surgeon, murder, prom, vengeance, humiliation, embarrassment, violence, macabre, parents and children, mother daughter relationship, mirror, teenage girl, sexuality, female psychopath, female masturbation, villainess, teen angst
Tau (2018)
Plot Summary:
Held captive in a futuristic smart house, a woman hopes to escape by befriending the A.I. program that controls the house
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: artificial intelligence, robot, escape attempt, kidnapping, experiment, woman in danger, laboratory, murder, security system, kidnapped woman, drone, danger, distopia, cyberpunk, captive, trapped, psychopath, cyborgs, hostage, science, secret society, androids, technology, underground, trap
I Still See You (2018)
Plot Summary:
Bella Thorne stars in this spellbinding and romantic supernatural thriller. Ten years after an apocalyptic event left the world haunted by ghosts, Roni (Thorne) receives a threatening message from beyond the grave. Joining forces with a mysterious classmate, Kirk, Roni descends into a shadow world that blurs the bounds of the living and the dead-and begins a desperate race against time to stop a cunning killer
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: supernatural, ghost, death, teenage girl, life & death, post apocalypse, paranormal phenomena, fear, high school, murder, supernatural power, skating, apocalypse, teenage boy, secrets, young adult, dystopia, shark, epidemic, pandemic, supernatural horror, space, serial killer, winter, post-apocalyptic future