If you love to be scared, this is for you. If you like dolls that creep you out, old killers, or tales that get under your skin, this list has it all. It makes your back feel cold. We have new parts to old tales and fresh, bold plots. These films bring fear, shocks, and the kind of odd times that stay with you. So dim the lights, grab your safe blanket (you’ll want it), and jump into 13 of the top scary films—why need a calm night’s sleep?
13. Nosferatu
Robert Eggers gives a new look to the 1922 silent film with his dark style. Lily-Rose Depp plays Ellen Hutter, a woman haunted by Bill Skarsgård’s odd and chilling Count Orlok. The look is cold, dark, and chilling in the best ways. A nod to the quiet start of horror with lots of mood to leave you breathless.
12. Black Phone 2
Scott Derrickson brings us this chilling next part, and yes, Ethan Hawke is back. After the last film, Finney and Gwen keep their tale going. It offers more mind games and ghost meetings. With a strong old cast, this part goes deep into its odd world but keeps its dark, true heart.
11. The Strangers: Chapter 2
Part two of Renny Harlin’s scary three tales goes on. Maya (Madelaine Petsch) has a new fright after the first shock. She dives more into the lore of the masked killers and the lone town of Venus. Look for more risk, new lost ones, and more masked scares. This run is not just about harm—it’s about fear.
10. Him
Count on Monkeypaw Productions to turn sports into a mind mess. In this tale against sports, Marlon Wayans plays a sports star who guides a new player (Tyriq Withers). But fame, aims, and odd forces twist their lives into something scary. This one burns slow and has style—not many sudden scares, more deep fears.
9. The Conjuring: Last Rites
Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga come back in what’s said to be the last big part of The Conjuring run. Michael Chavez leads as the Warrens face a big and close danger. Plot hints are few, but with new faces Ben Hardy and Mia Tomlinson, wait for one last frightful dance with the unknown.
8. I Know What You Did Last Summer
The fish man is back, and he wants more payback. This fresh look at the old teen scare brings back Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr., and adds new young ones. Led by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and with help from Sarah Michelle Gellar, it mixes old loves and new dread, showing the past is not done.
7. M3GAN 2.0
The mean AI doll is back, and now she’s up against a new foe: Amelia. Gerard Johnstone is back too, and with new faces like Ivanna Sakhno and Jemaine Clement, this part offers more sass, more deaths, and even more scary tech. Think Terminator meets Mean Girls—but with more fear.
6. 28 Years Later
Danny Boyle is back for the next part of his famed zombie tale. Set years after the first mess, the tale goes with a young boy saving his mom in a torn UK. With stars like Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, and Ralph Fiennes, the rage bug is not just back—it’s grown.
5. The Ritual
This one digs into the demon out tale but adds weight with big names like Al Pacino and Dan Stevens as clashing men of God. They aim to save a woman (Abigail Cowen) based on true tales. The film leans on people, stress, and the mental cost of real evil.
4. Fear Street: Prom Queen
Netflix’s return to Shadyside takes us to the bright ‘80s. The film features high school stars as prom time turns bloody. Someone takes out the girls, and one smart student starts to see the links. Led by Matt Palmer, it’s a slasher tale with the heart of Scream and the look of Heathers.
3. Final Destination: Bloodlines
Twelve years later, fate still has plans. Bloodlines shifts the view to first responders—those close to life and death. Tony Todd is back as the dark Bludworth, and new faces like Brec Bassinger and Teo Briones add new mess. The traps are still wild, and the stress is too much.
2. The Monkey
A bad toy monkey. A run of harsh deaths. And a Stephen King tale behind it. Osgood Perkins leads this haunting tale of two and their dark find in the attic. With Elijah Wood, Tatiana Maslany, and Theo James, and made by James Wan, it’s a good mix of kid fears and grown-up scares.
1. Wolf Man
Leigh Whannell goes back to monster land with this new look at AAuniversalale. Ryan Gosling stars as Blake, a man away from the world on a farm with his kin u, til something in him starts to shift. The change is not just of the body—it’s of the mind, fierce, sad. This is not just a wolf tale; it’s a mind fall wrapped in fur and teeth.
If you want slow dread, blood-filled mess, or a film that makes you check your doors at night, these 13 scary films have something for all. Horror keeps changing, but its aim stays—to get under your skin. And this list shows it’s still doing that, one yell at a time.