Marc’s Top 10 Movies — Horror

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#1
Scream (1996)
R
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich
Genres: Crime, Horror, Mystery
$173.0M

A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

#2
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
R
Director: Zack Snyder
Cast: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Michael Kelly, Mekhi Phifer, Inna Korobkina
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
$102.3M

A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.

#3
Scream 4 (2011)
R
Director: Wes Craven
Cast: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Nico Tortorella
Genres: Horror, Mystery
$97.2M

Fifteen years after the original Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott returns home to promote her new book about surviving trauma, only for a new Ghostface killer to emerge, targeting a new group of teens.

#4
World War Z (2013)
PG-13
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Ludi Boeken, Matthew Fox
Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
$531.9M

Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.

#5
The Evil Dead (1981)
NC-17
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly, Philip A. Gillis
Genres: Horror
$29.6M

In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.

#6
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
R
Director: Drew Goddard
Cast: Kristen Connolly, Fran Kranz, Chris Hemsworth, Jesse Williams, Anna Hutchison, Richard Jenkins
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Comedy
$71.0M

Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that something far more unsettling is at work and that nothing about their getaway is what it seems.

#7
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
R
Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, LL Cool J, Samuel L. Jackson, Jacqueline McKenzie, Michael Rapaport
Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction
$164.6M

Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.

#8
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
NR
Director: George A. Romero
Cast: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross, David Crawford, David Early
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
$55.0M

During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

#9
Ready or Not (2019)
R
Directors: Tyler Gillett, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
Cast: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell, Melanie Scrofano
Genres: Horror, Comedy
$57.6M

A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.

#10
The Orphanage (2007)
R
Director: J. A. Bayona
Cast: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera, Montserrat Carulla, Andrés Gertrúdix
Genres: Horror, Drama, Thriller
$78.6M

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.