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The 250 Best Shudder Films, January 2023

A list of the 250 best films on Shudder in the United States (US) currently, ordered by a special algorithm combining critic and public ratings, along with their rating on The Filmaholic. Please note, in most cases you are required to have an active Shudder subscription to watch these films on this service.

Rank	Film	Year	Director(s)	Runtime	Rating
1	Halloween	1978	John Carpenter	1h 31m	8.6/10
2	Train to Busan Also Known As: 부산행	2016	Yeon Sang-ho	1h 58m	8.05/10
3	Ringu Also Known As: The Ring	1998	Hideo Nakata	1h 36m	7.6/10
4	Night of the Living Dead	1968	George A. Romero	1h 36m	7.45/10
5	Triangle	2009	Christopher Smith	1h 39m	7.45/10
6	Ginger Snaps	2000	John Fawcett	1h 48m	7.4/10
7	Housebound	2014	Gerard Johnstone	1h 47m	7.35/10
8	Deep Red Also Known As: Profondo Rosso	1975	Dario Argento	2h 7m	7.3/10
9	Super Dark Times	2017	Kevin Phillips	1h 43m	7.3/10
10	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre	1974	Tobe Hooper	1h 23m	7.25/10
11	The Wailing Also Known As: 곡성	2016	Na Hong-jin	2h 36m	7.2/10
12	Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum Also Known As: 곤지암	2018	Jung Bum-shik	1h 34m	7.15/10
13	A Tale of Two Sisters Also Known As: 장화, 홍련	2003	Kim Jee-woon	1h 55m	7.1/10
14	Carnival of Souls	1962	Herk Harvey	1h 18m	7.1/10
15	Heathers	1989	Michael Lehmann	1h 43m	7.1/10
16	Brotherhood of the Wolf Also Known As: Le Pacte des loups	2001	Christophe Gans	2h 17m	7/10
17	Clearcut	1991	Ryszard Bugajski	1h 40m	7/10
18	Hellraiser	1987	Clive Barker	1h 34m	7/10
19	Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer	1986	John McNaughton	1h 23m	7/10
20	Near Dark	1987	Kathryn Bigelow	1h 34m	7/10
21	A Bluebird In My Heart Also Known As: Tu ne tueras point	2018	Jérémie Guez	1h 25m	6.95/10
22	Black Christmas	1974	Bob Clark	1h 38m	6.85/10
23	Re-Animator	1985	Stuart Gordon	1h 24m	6.85/10
24	The Stepfather	1987	Joseph Ruben	1h 29m	6.85/10
25	The Invitation	2015	Karyn Kusama	1h 40m	6.8/10
26	Better Watch Out	2016	Chris Peckover	1h 29m	6.75/10
27	Host	2020	Rob Savage	56m	6.75/10
28	The Sadness Also Known As: 哭悲	2021	Robert Jabbaz	1h 39m	6.75/10
29	Vicious Fun	2020	Cody Calahan	1h 43m	6.75/10
30	Detention Also Known As: 返校	2019	John Hsu	1h 42m	6.7/10
31	A Creepshow Animated Special	2020	Gregory Nicotero	46m	6.6/10
32	Borgman	2013	Alex van Warmerdam	1h 53m	6.6/10
33	Brain Damage	1988	Frank Henenlotter	1h 26m	6.6/10
34	Dream Home Also Known As: 維多利亞壹號	2010	Pang Ho-cheung	1h 36m	6.6/10
35	Phantasm	1979	Don Coscarelli	1h 29m	6.6/10
36	Bloody Hell	2020	Alister Grierson	1h 34m	6.5/10
37	Cold Hell Also Known As: Die Hölle – Inferno	2017	Stefan Ruzowitzky	1h 32m	6.5/10
38	Hounds of Love	2016	Ben Young	1h 48m	6.5/10
39	Tenebrae Also Known As: Tenebre	1982	Dario Argento	1h 41m	6.5/10
40	The Exorcist III	1990	William Peter Blatty	1h 50m	6.5/10
41	Extra Ordinary	2019	Mike Ahern Enda Loughman	1h 34m	6.45/10
42	Opera	1987	Dario Argento	1h 47m	6.45/10
43	Tigers Are Not Afraid Also Known As: Vuelven	2017	Issa López	1h 23m	6.45/10
44	Anything for Jackson	2020	Justin G. Dyck	1h 36m	6.4/10
45	Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell Also Known As: 地獄の血みどろマッスルビルダ	1995	Shinichi Fukazawa	1h 2m	6.4/10
46	Extraordinary Tales	2013	Raúl García	1h 13m	6.4/10
47	Ms .45	1981	Abel Ferrara	1h 21m	6.4/10
48	Phenomena	1985	Dario Argento	1h 56m	6.4/10
49	Tailgate Also Known As: Bumperkleef	2019	Lodewijk Crijns	1h 26m	6.4/10
50	The Hills Have Eyes	1977	Wes Craven	1h 30m	6.4/10
51	Watcher	2022	Chloe Okuno	1h 36m	6.4/10
52	American Mary	2012	Jen Soska Sylvia Soska	1h 43m	6.35/10
53	Cheap Thrills	2013	E.L. Katz	1h 28m	6.35/10
54	Summer of 84	2018	François Simard Anouk Whissell Yoann-Karl Whissell	1h 45m	6.35/10
55	The Closet Also Known As: 클로젯	2020	Kim Kwang-bin	1h 38m	6.35/10
56	A Field in England	2013	Ben Wheatley	1h 30m	6.3/10
57	Blood Quantum	2019	Jeff Barnaby	1h 36m	6.3/10
58	Children of the Corn	1984	Fritz Kiersch	1h 33m	6.3/10
59	Dance with the Devil Also Known As: Perdita Durango	1997	Álex de la Iglesia	2h 6m	6.3/10
60	Dave Made a Maze	2017	Bill Watterson	1h 20m	6.3/10
61	Evil Dead Trap Also Known As: 死霊の罠	1988	Toshiharu Ikeda	1h 42m	6.3/10
62	Eyes of Fire	1983	Avery Crounse	1h 30m	6.3/10
63	Satanic Panic	2019	Chelsea Stardust	1h 25m	6.3/10
64	Jamie Marks Is Dead	2014	Carter Smith	1h 40m	6.25/10
65	A Good Woman Is Hard to Find	2019	Abner Pastoll	1h 37m	6.2/10
66	Adoration	2019	Fabrice Du Welz	1h 38m	6.2/10
67	Color Out of Space	2019	Richard Stanley	1h 51m	6.2/10
68	Mayhem	2017	Joe Lynch	1h 30m	6.2/10
69	Revenge Also Known As: La Vengeance	2017	Coralie Fargeat	1h 48m	6.2/10
70	The Amusement Park	1975	George A. Romero	54m	6.2/10
71	Yummy	2019	Lars Damoiseaux	1h 36m	6.2/10
72	Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers	1988	Dwight H. Little	1h 28m	6.15/10
73	The Advent Calendar Also Known As: Le Calendrier	2021	Patrick Ridremont	1h 41m	6.15/10
74	The House of the Devil	2009	Ti West	1h 35m	6.15/10
75	A Ghost Waits	2020	Adam Stovall	1h 20m	6.1/10
76	All About Evil	2010	Joshua Grannell	1h 38m	6.1/10
77	Bastards Also Known As: Les Salauds	2013	Claire Denis	1h 40m	6.1/10
78	Bloody Oranges Also Known As: Oranges sanguines	2021	Jean-Christophe Meurisse	1h 42m	6.1/10
79	Body Bags	1993	John Carpenter Tobe Hooper Larry Sulkis	1h 31m	6.1/10
80	One Missed Call Also Known As: 着信アリ	2003	Takashi Miike	1h 52m	6.1/10
81	The Nightshifter Also Known As: Morto Não Fala	2018	Dennison Ramalho	1h 50m	6.1/10
82	House	1985	Steve Miner	1h 33m	6.05/10
83	The Dark and the Wicked	2020	Bryan Bertino	1h 35m	6.05/10
84	The Taking of Deborah Logan	2014	Adam Robitel	1h 30m	6.05/10
85	A Blade in the Dark Also Known As: La casa con la scala nel buio	1983	Lamberto Bava	1h 50m	6/10
86	Belzebuth	2017	Emilio Portes	1h 54m	6/10
87	Blue Sunshine	1977	Jeff Lieberman	1h 29m	6/10
88	Countess Dracula	1971	Peter Sasdy	1h 33m	6/10
89	Creepshow 2	1987	Michael Gornick	1h 32m	6/10
90	Dark Waters	1993	Mariano Baino	1h 32m	6/10
91	DeadTectives	2018	Tony West	1h 32m	6/10
92	Fade to Black	1980	Vernon Zimmerman	1h 42m	6/10
93	Flux Gourmet	2022	Peter Strickland	1h 52m	6/10
94	Hellraiser II	1988	Tony Randel	1h 37m	6/10
95	Nightbreed	1990	Clive Barker	1h 42m	6/10
96	Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead	1994	Don Coscarelli	1h 31m	6/10
97	Maniac Cop 2	1990	William Lustig	1h 30m	5.95/10
98	Piranha	1978	Joe Dante	1h 34m	5.95/10
99	The McPherson Tape	1989	Dean Alioto	1h 3m	5.95/10
100	The Void	2016	Jeremy Gillespie Steven Kostanski	1h 30m	5.95/10
101	What Josiah Saw	2021	Vincent Grashaw	2h	5.95/10
102	Death Line	1972	Gary Sherman	1h 27m	5.9/10
103	Dogs Don't Wear Pants Also Known As: Koirat eivät käytä housuja	2019	J.-P. Valkeapää	1h 45m	5.9/10
104	Evolution Also Known As: Évolution	2015	Lucile Hadžihalilović	1h 21m	5.9/10
105	Zombie Flesh Eaters Also Known As: Zombi 2	1979	Lucio Fulci	1h 31m	5.9/10
106	Demons Also Known As: Dèmoni	1985	Lamberto Bava	1h 29m	5.85/10
107	The Boy Behind The Door	2020	David Charbonier Justin Powell	1h 28m	5.85/10
108	1BR	2019	David Marmor	1h 30m	5.8/10
109	A Christmas Horror Story	2015	Brett Sullivan Steven Hoban Grant Harvey	1h 39m	5.8/10
110	Bad Moon	1996	Eric Red	1h 20m	5.8/10
111	Cannibal Holocaust	1980	Ruggero Deodato	1h 35m	5.8/10
112	Dead & Buried	1981	Gary Sherman	1h 34m	5.8/10
113	Elvira's Haunted Hills	2001	Sam Irvin	1h 30m	5.8/10
114	StageFright Also Known As: Deliria, StageFright: Aquarius	1987	Michele Soavi	1h 30m	5.8/10
115	Superhost	2021	Brandon Christensen	1h 23m	5.8/10
116	The Slumber Party Massacre	1982	Amy Holden Jones	1h 17m	5.8/10
117	House II: The Second Story	1987	Ethan Wiley	1h 28m	5.75/10
118	Lifechanger	2018	Justin McConnell	1h 24m	5.75/10
119	The Machine	2013	Caradog W. James	1h 31m	5.75/10
120	The Power	2021	Corinna Faith	1h 33m	5.75/10
121	The Room	2019	Christian Volckman	1h 40m	5.75/10
122	Vigilante	1982	William Lustig	1h 30m	5.75/10
123	Z	2019	Brandon Christensen	1h 23m	5.75/10
124	Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker Also Known As: Night Warning, The Evil Protege, Thrilled to Death	1981	William Asher	1h 36m	5.7/10
125	Demons 2 Also Known As: Demoni 2... L'incubo ritorna	1986	Lamberto Bava	1h 31m	5.7/10
126	Evilspeak	1981	Eric Weston	1h 33m	5.7/10
127	See for Me	2021	Randall Okita	1h 32m	5.7/10
128	Intruder Also Known As: Night Crew, Night Crew: The Final Checkout, Nerve Endings	1989	Scott Spiegel	1h 28m	5.65/10
129	Christmas Evil	1980	Lewis Jackson	1h 40m	5.6/10
130	Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II Also Known As: Prom Night 2	1987	Bruce Pittman	1h 37m	5.6/10
131	Random Acts of Violence	2019	Jay Baruchel	1h 20m	5.6/10
132	The House by the Cemetery Also Known As: Quella villa accanto al cimitero	1981	Lucio Fulci	1h 27m	5.6/10
133	Amsterdamned	1988	Dick Maas	1h 45m	5.55/10
134	Boar	2017	Chris Sun	1h 36m	5.55/10
135	The Prowler	1981	Joseph Zito	1h 29m	5.55/10
136	Alison's Birthday	1981	Ian Coughlan	1h 37m	5.5/10
137	Alligator	1980	Lewis Teague	1h 31m	5.5/10
138	Dead Shack	2017	Peter Ricq	1h 25m	5.5/10
139	Eaten Alive	1976	Tobe Hooper	1h 31m	5.5/10
140	Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers	1989	Dominique Othenin-Girard	1h 36m	5.5/10
141	Lucky	2020	Natasha Kermani	1h 23m	5.5/10
142	Open 24 Hours	2018	Padraig Reynolds	1h 42m	5.5/10
143	Pieces Also Known As: Mil Gritos Tiene la Noche	1982	Juan Piquer Simón	1h 25m	5.5/10
144	The Last Winter	2006	Larry Fessenden	1h 41m	5.5/10
145	Caveat	2020	Damian McCarthy	1h 28m	5.45/10
146	Prom Night	1980	Paul Lynch	1h 32m	5.45/10
147	They Look Like People	2015	Perry Blackshear	1h 20m	5.45/10
148	Antropophagus	1980	Joe D'Amato	1h 32m	5.4/10
149	Blood Glacier Also Known As: Blutgletscher	2013	Marvin Kren	1h 38m	5.4/10
150	Cemetery of Terror Also Known As: Cementerio del terror	1985	Rubén Galindo Jr.	1h 31m	5.4/10
151	Dark Night of the Scarecrow	1981	Frank De Felitta	1h 36m	5.4/10
152	Downrange	2017	Ryûhei Kitamura	1h 30m	5.4/10
153	The Last Matinee Also Known As: Al morir la matinée	2020	Maximiliano Contenti	1h 28m	5.4/10
154	Son	2021	Ivan Kavanagh	1h 38m	5.35/10
155	After Midnight	2019	Jeremy Gardner Christian Stella	1h 23m	5.3/10
156	Blood Vessel	2019	Justin Dix	1h 33m	5.3/10
157	Fried Barry	2020	Ryan Kruger	1h 39m	5.3/10
158	Glorious	2022	Rebekah McKendry	1h 19m	5.3/10
159	Motherly	2021	Craig David Wallace	1h 30m	5.3/10
160	Party Hard Die Young Also Known As: The Last Party of Your Life	2018	Dominik Hartl	1h 30m	5.3/10
161	3 from Hell	2019	Rob Zombie	1h 55m	5.25/10
162	Gwen	2018	William McGregor	1h 24m	5.25/10
163	Phantasm IV: Oblivion	1998	Don Coscarelli	1h 30m	5.25/10
164	The Woman	2011	Lucky McKee	1h 42m	5.25/10
165	Broadcast Signal Intrusion	2021	Jacob Gentry	1h 44m	5.2/10
166	Dark Glasses Also Known As: Occhiali neri	2022	Dario Argento	1h 26m	5.2/10
167	Edge of the Axe Also Known As: A Beira do Machado	1988	José Ramón Larraz	1h 30m	5.2/10
168	Hunted	2020	Vincent Paronnaud	1h 27m	5.15/10
169	Seance	2021	Simon Barrett	1h 32m	5.15/10
170	The Beach House	2019	Jeffrey A. Brown	1h 28m	5.15/10
171	The Cellar	2022	Brendan Muldowney	1h 34m	5.15/10
172	The Furies	2019	Tony D'Aquino	1h 22m	5.15/10
173	Beyond the Door III	1989	Jeff Kwitny	1h 34m	5.1/10
174	Black Roses	1988	John Fasano	1h 30m	5.1/10
175	Eat Brains Love	2019	Rodman Flender	1h 27m	5.1/10
176	Everly	2014	Joe Lynch	1h 30m	5.1/10
177	Frankenhooker	1990	Frank Henenlotter	1h 25m	5.1/10
178	Ruin Me	2017	Preston DeFrancis	1h 27m	5.1/10
179	The Toolbox Murders	1978	Dennis Donnelly	1h 33m	5.1/10
180	Frankenstein	2015	Bernard Rose	1h 29m	5.05/10
181	Tourist Trap	1979	David Schmoeller	1h 30m	5.05/10
182	Castle Freak	1995	Stuart Gordon	1h 35m	5/10
183	Dead Heat	1988	Mark Goldblatt	1h 26m	5/10
184	Demon Wind	1990	Charles Philip Moore	1h 36m	5/10
185	Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki Also Known As: ヒデキ : 死霊の罠二	1992	Izo Hashimoto	1h 37m	5/10
186	Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence	1992	William Lustig Joel Soisson	1h 25m	5/10
187	Spookies	1986	Genie Joseph Thomas Doran Brendan Faulkner	1h 25m	5/10
188	The Twin Also Known As: Paha Kaksonen	2022	Taneli Mustonen	1h 49m	5/10
189	Autopsy Also Known As: Macchie solari, The Victim, The Magician	1975	Armando Crispino	1h 40m	4.95/10
190	All the Creatures Were Stirring	2018	Rebekah McKendry David Ian McKendry	1h 20m	4.9/10
191	Await Further Instructions	2018	Johnny Kevorkian	1h 31m	4.9/10
192	City of the Living Dead Also Known As: Paura nella città dei morti viventi	1980	Lucio Fulci	1h 33m	4.9/10
193	Don't Panic	1987	Rubén Galindo Jr.	1h 30m	4.9/10
194	Terror Train	1980	Roger Spottiswoode	1h 37m	4.9/10
195	Warning: Do Not Play Also Known As: Amjeon	2019	Kim Jin-won	1h 26m	4.9/10
196	Hell Night	1981	Tom DeSimone	1h 41m	4.85/10
197	Mandrake	2022	Lynne Davison	1h 25m	4.85/10
198	A Banquet	2021	Ruth Paxton	1h 37m	4.8/10
199	Bloodthirsty	2020	Amelia Moses	1h 22m	4.8/10
200	Death Ship	1980	Alvin Rakoff	1h 31m	4.8/10
201	Def by Temptation	1990	James Bond III	1h 35m	4.8/10
202	A Wounded Fawn	2022	Travis Stevens	1h 31m	4.75/10
203	The Addiction	1995	Abel Ferrara	1h 22m	4.75/10
204	The Call	2020	Timothy Woodward Jr.	1h 37m	4.73/10
205	Burial	2022	Ben Parker	1h 35m	4.7/10
206	Head Count	2018	Elle Callahan	1h 30m	4.7/10
207	Phantasm: Ravager Also Known As: Phantasm V	2016	David Hartman	1h 27m	4.7/10
208	V/H/S/94	2021	Simon Barrett Timo Tjahjanto Jennifer Reeder Chloe Okuno Ryan Prows	1h 41m	4.7/10
209	Slaughterhouse	1987	Rick Roessler	1h 25m	4.65/10
210	The Seed	2021	Sam Walker	1h 31m	4.65/10
211	Demonia	1990	Lucio Fulci	1h 25m	4.6/10
212	Don't Open Till Christmas	1984	Edmund Purdom	1h 26m	4.6/10
213	Chopping Mall	1986	Jim Wynorski	1h 17m	4.55/10
214	Grave Encounters 2	2012	John Poliquin	1h 35m	4.55/10
215	The Ranger	2018	Jenn Wexler	1h 20m	4.55/10
216	Amityville 1992: It's About Time	1992	Tony Randel	1h 35m	4.5/10
217	Fender Bender	2016	Mark Pavia	1h 31m	4.45/10
218	The Apology	2022	Alison Star Locke	1h 31m	4.45/10
219	Allegoria	2022	Spider One	1h 10m	4.4/10
220	Amityville: A New Generation	1993	John Murlowski	1h 30m	4.4/10
221	Amityville: The Evil Escapes	1989	Sandor Stern	1h 35m	4.4/10
222	Dead & Beautiful	2021	David Verbeek	1h 38m	4.4/10
223	The Isle	2018	Matthew Butler-Hart	1h 36m	4.4/10
224	Beyond the Door Also Known As: Chi sei?, The Devil Within Her	1974	Ovidio G. Assonitis Robert Barrett	1h 49m	4.35/10
225	Confessional	2019	Brad T. Gottfred	1h 24m	4.35/10
226	Pledge Night Also Known As: A Hazing in Hell	1990	Paul Ziller	1h 26m	4.35/10
227	The Dark	2018	Justin P. Lange	1h 35m	4.35/10
228	Corporate Animals	2019	Patrick Brice	1h 26m	4.3/10
229	Sorority House Massacre	1986	Carol Frank	1h 30m	4.25/10
230	The Banishing	2020	Christopher Smith	1h 37m	4.25/10
231	Ænigma Also Known As: Aenigma	1987	Lucio Fulci	1h 30m	4.25/10
232	Amityville: Dollhouse	1996	Steve White	1h 33m	4.2/10
233	Alligator 2: The Mutation	1991	Jon Hess	1h 32m	4.15/10
234	Slaughterhouse Rock	1987	Dimitri Logothetis	1h 30m	4.15/10
235	Sissy	2022	Kane Senes Hannah Barlow	1h 42m	4.1/10
236	Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge	1989	Richard Friedman	1h 31m	4/10
237	Offseason	2021	Mickey Keating	1h 23m	3.9/10
238	Deadstream	2022	Joseph Winter Vanessa Winter	1h 27m	3.8/10
239	Puppet Master	1989	David Schmoeller	1h 28m	3.8/10
240	Uncle Sam	1996	William Lustig	1h 29m	3.75/10
241	The Dead Pit	1989	Brett Leonard	1h 35m	3.65/10
242	Uninvited	1987	Greydon Clark	1h 30m	3.65/10
243	Violation	2020	Dusty Mancinelli Madeleine Sims-Fewer	1h 47m	3.65/10
244	Christmas Bloody Christmas	2022	Joe Begos	1h 27m	3.6/10
245	Fatal Exam	1990	Jack Snyder	1h 52m	3.6/10
246	Trick or Treats	1982	Gary Graver	1h 31m	3.45/10
247	Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2	1987	Lee Harry	1h 28m	3.4/10
248	13 Cameras	2015	Victor Zarcoff	1h 27m	3.38/10
249	The Long Night	2022	Rich Ragsdale	1h 31m	3.35/10
250	Revealer	2022	Luke Boyce	1h 26m	2.75/10