The 250 Best Shudder Films, October 2022

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	Poster	Film	Year	Director(s)	Runtime	Rating
1		Donnie Darko	2001	Richard Kelly	1h 53m	8.5/10
2		Halloween	1978	John Carpenter	1h 31m	8.35/10
3		Train to Busan Also Known As: 부산행	2016	Yeon Sang-ho	1h 58m	8.05/10
4		Deep Red Also Known As: Profondo Rosso	1975	Dario Argento	2h 7m	7.6/10
5		Ringu Also Known As: The Ring	1998	Hideo Nakata	1h 36m	7.6/10
6		Night of the Living Dead	1968	George A. Romero	1h 36m	7.45/10
7		Triangle	2009	Christopher Smith	1h 39m	7.45/10
8		Ginger Snaps	2000	John Fawcett	1h 48m	7.4/10
9		The Babadook	2014	Jennifer Kent	1h 34m	7.4/10
10		Housebound	2014	Gerard Johnstone	1h 47m	7.35/10
11		The Descent	2005	Neil Marshall	1h 39m	7.35/10
12		Super Dark Times	2017	Kevin Phillips	1h 43m	7.3/10
13		The Texas Chain Saw Massacre	1974	Tobe Hooper	1h 23m	7.25/10
14		Black Sunday Also Known As: La maschera del demonio	1960	Mario Bava	1h 27m	7.2/10
15		Coherence	2013	James Ward Byrkit	1h 29m	7.2/10
16		Dogtooth Also Known As: Κυνόδοντας	2009	Yorgos Lanthimos	1h 38m	7.2/10
17		Anything for Jackson	2020	Justin G. Dyck	1h 36m	7.15/10
18		Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum Also Known As: 곤지암	2018	Jung Bum-shik	1h 34m	7.15/10
19		A Tale of Two Sisters Also Known As: 장화, 홍련	2003	Kim Jee-woon	1h 55m	7.1/10
20		Carnival of Souls	1962	Herk Harvey	1h 18m	7.1/10
21		Heathers	1989	Michael Lehmann	1h 43m	7.1/10
22		A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night	2014	Ana Lily Amirpour	1h 39m	7/10
23		Black Sabbath Also Known As: I tre volti della paura	1963	Mario Bava	1h 32m	7/10
24		Brotherhood of the Wolf Also Known As: Le Pacte des loups	2001	Christophe Gans	2h 17m	7/10
25		Clearcut	1991	Ryszard Bugajski	1h 40m	7/10
26		Hellraiser	1987	Clive Barker	1h 34m	7/10
27		Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer	1986	John McNaughton	1h 23m	7/10
28		A Bluebird In My Heart Also Known As: Tu ne tueras point	2018	Jérémie Guez	1h 25m	6.95/10
29		Black Christmas	1974	Bob Clark	1h 38m	6.85/10
30		Re-Animator	1985	Stuart Gordon	1h 24m	6.85/10
31		The Stepfather	1987	Joseph Ruben	1h 29m	6.85/10
32		The Invitation	2015	Karyn Kusama	1h 40m	6.8/10
33		Better Watch Out	2016	Chris Peckover	1h 29m	6.75/10
34		The Sadness Also Known As: 哭悲	2021	Robert Jabbaz	1h 39m	6.75/10
35		Vicious Fun	2020	Cody Calahan	1h 43m	6.75/10
36		Borgman	2013	Alex van Warmerdam	1h 53m	6.7/10
37		Detention Also Known As: 返校	2019	John Hsu	1h 42m	6.7/10
38		Haunt	2019	Scott Beck Bryan Woods	1h 32m	6.65/10
39		A Bay of Blood Also Known As: Ecologia del delitto	1971	Mario Bava	1h 25m	6.6/10
40		A Creepshow Animated Special	2020	Gregory Nicotero	46m	6.6/10
41		A Lonely Place to Die	2011	Julian Gilbey	1h 39m	6.6/10
42		Brain Damage	1988	Frank Henenlotter	1h 26m	6.6/10
43		Dream Home Also Known As: 維多利亞壹號	2010	Pang Ho-cheung	1h 36m	6.6/10
44		Phantasm	1979	Don Coscarelli	1h 29m	6.6/10
45		Watcher	2022	Chloe Okuno	1h 31m	6.6/10
46		Asylum	1972	Roy Ward Baker	1h 28m	6.5/10
47		Bloody Hell	2020	Alister Grierson	1h 34m	6.5/10
48		Cold Hell Also Known As: Die Hölle – Inferno	2017	Stefan Ruzowitzky	1h 32m	6.5/10
49		Hounds of Love	2016	Ben Young	1h 48m	6.5/10
50		Ichi the Killer Also Known As: 殺し屋1	2001	Takashi Miike	2h 9m	6.5/10
51		Tenebrae Also Known As: Tenebre	1982	Dario Argento	1h 41m	6.5/10
52		The Exorcist III	1990	William Peter Blatty	1h 50m	6.5/10
53		Extra Ordinary	2019	Mike Ahern Enda Loughman	1h 34m	6.45/10
54		Tigers Are Not Afraid Also Known As: Vuelven	2017	Issa López	1h 23m	6.45/10
55		Extraordinary Tales	2013	Raúl García	1h 13m	6.4/10
56		Ms .45	1981	Abel Ferrara	1h 21m	6.4/10
57		Phenomena	1985	Dario Argento	1h 56m	6.4/10
58		The Hills Have Eyes	1977	Wes Craven	1h 30m	6.4/10
59		American Mary	2012	Jen Soska Sylvia Soska	1h 43m	6.35/10
60		Cheap Thrills	2013	E.L. Katz	1h 28m	6.35/10
61		Summer of 84	2018	François Simard Anouk Whissell Yoann-Karl Whissell	1h 45m	6.35/10
62		The Closet Also Known As: 클로젯	2020	Kim Kwang-bin	1h 38m	6.35/10
63		A Field in England	2013	Ben Wheatley	1h 30m	6.3/10
64		Blood Quantum	2019	Jeff Barnaby	1h 36m	6.3/10
65		Children of the Corn	1984	Fritz Kiersch	1h 33m	6.3/10
66		Dance with the Devil Also Known As: Perdita Durango	1997	Álex de la Iglesia	2h 6m	6.3/10
67		Dave Made a Maze	2017	Bill Watterson	1h 20m	6.3/10
68		Eyes of Fire	1983	Avery Crounse	1h 30m	6.3/10
69		Satanic Panic	2019	Chelsea Stardust	1h 25m	6.3/10
70		Jamie Marks Is Dead	2014	Carter Smith	1h 40m	6.25/10
71		A Good Woman Is Hard to Find	2019	Abner Pastoll	1h 37m	6.2/10
72		Adoration	2019	Fabrice Du Welz	1h 38m	6.2/10
73		Basket Case	1982	Frank Henenlotter	1h 31m	6.2/10
74		Blood for Dracula	1974	Paul Morrissey	1h 43m	6.2/10
75		Color Out of Space	2019	Richard Stanley	1h 51m	6.2/10
76		Mayhem	2017	Joe Lynch	1h 30m	6.2/10
77		Revenge Also Known As: La Vengeance	2017	Coralie Fargeat	1h 48m	6.2/10
78		The Amusement Park	1975	George A. Romero	54m	6.2/10
79		Yummy	2019	Lars Damoiseaux	1h 36m	6.2/10
80		Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers	1988	Dwight H. Little	1h 28m	6.15/10
81		The House of the Devil	2009	Ti West	1h 35m	6.15/10
82		A Ghost Waits	2020	Adam Stovall	1h 20m	6.1/10
83		All About Evil	2010	Joshua Grannell	1h 38m	6.1/10
84		Bloody Oranges Also Known As: Oranges sanguines	2021	Jean-Christophe Meurisse	1h 42m	6.1/10
85		Body Bags	1993	John Carpenter Tobe Hooper Larry Sulkis	1h 31m	6.1/10
86		Monkey Shines	1988	George A. Romero	1h 53m	6.1/10
87		One Missed Call Also Known As: 着信アリ	2003	Takashi Miike	1h 52m	6.1/10
88		The Nightshifter Also Known As: Morto Não Fala	2018	Dennison Ramalho	1h 50m	6.1/10
89		House	1985	Steve Miner	1h 33m	6.05/10
90		The Dark and the Wicked	2020	Bryan Bertino	1h 35m	6.05/10
91		The Taking of Deborah Logan	2014	Adam Robitel	1h 30m	6.05/10
92		VFW	2019	Joe Begos	1h 32m	6.05/10
93		A Blade in the Dark Also Known As: La casa con la scala nel buio	1983	Lamberto Bava	1h 50m	6/10
94		Backcountry	2014	Adam MacDonald	1h 32m	6/10
95		Belzebuth	2017	Emilio Portes	1h 54m	6/10
96		Blue Sunshine	1977	Jeff Lieberman	1h 29m	6/10
97		Creepshow 2	1987	Michael Gornick	1h 32m	6/10
98		Dark Waters	1993	Mariano Baino	1h 32m	6/10
99		DeadTectives	2018	Tony West	1h 32m	6/10
100		Fade to Black	1980	Vernon Zimmerman	1h 42m	6/10
101		Hellraiser II	1988	Tony Randel	1h 37m	6/10
102		Nightbreed	1990	Clive Barker	1h 42m	6/10
103		Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead	1994	Don Coscarelli	1h 31m	6/10
104		The Gate	1987	Tibor Takács	1h 25m	6/10
105		Cub Also Known As: Welp	2014	Jonas Govaerts	1h 24m	5.95/10
106		Maniac Cop 2	1990	William Lustig	1h 30m	5.95/10
107		Piranha	1978	Joe Dante	1h 34m	5.95/10
108		The McPherson Tape	1989	Dean Alioto	1h 3m	5.95/10
109		The Void	2016	Jeremy Gillespie Steven Kostanski	1h 30m	5.95/10
110		What Josiah Saw	2021	Vincent Grashaw	2h	5.95/10
111		And Now the Screaming Starts!	1973	Roy Ward Baker	1h 31m	5.9/10
112		Caveat	2020	Damian McCarthy	1h 28m	5.9/10
113		Dogs Don't Wear Pants Also Known As: Koirat eivät käytä housuja	2019	J.-P. Valkeapää	1h 45m	5.9/10
114		Evolution Also Known As: Évolution	2015	Lucile Hadžihalilović	1h 21m	5.9/10
115		The Devil's Rejects	2005	Rob Zombie	1h 47m	5.9/10
116		Zombie Flesh Eaters Also Known As: Zombi 2	1979	Lucio Fulci	1h 31m	5.9/10
117		Demons Also Known As: Dèmoni	1985	Lamberto Bava	1h 29m	5.85/10
118		The Boy Behind The Door	2020	David Charbonier Justin Powell	1h 28m	5.85/10
119		1BR	2019	David Marmor	1h 30m	5.8/10
120		Bad Moon	1996	Eric Red	1h 20m	5.8/10
121		Cannibal Holocaust	1980	Ruggero Deodato	1h 35m	5.8/10
122		Dead & Buried	1981	Gary Sherman	1h 34m	5.8/10
123		Flesh for Frankenstein	1973	Paul Morrissey	1h 35m	5.8/10
124		Society	1989	Brian Yuzna	1h 40m	5.8/10
125		StageFright Also Known As: Deliria, StageFright: Aquarius	1987	Michele Soavi	1h 30m	5.8/10
126		Superhost	2021	Brandon Christensen	1h 23m	5.8/10
127		The Deeper You Dig	2019	Toby Poser John Adams	1h 35m	5.8/10
128		The Slumber Party Massacre	1982	Amy Holden Jones	1h 17m	5.8/10
129		House II: The Second Story	1987	Ethan Wiley	1h 28m	5.75/10
130		Lifechanger	2018	Justin McConnell	1h 24m	5.75/10
131		The Machine	2013	Caradog W. James	1h 31m	5.75/10
132		The Power	2021	Corinna Faith	1h 33m	5.75/10
133		The Room	2019	Christian Volckman	1h 40m	5.75/10
134		Vigilante	1982	William Lustig	1h 30m	5.75/10
135		Z	2019	Brandon Christensen	1h 23m	5.75/10
136		Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker Also Known As: Night Warning, The Evil Protege, Thrilled to Death	1981	William Asher	1h 36m	5.7/10
137		Demons 2 Also Known As: Demoni 2... L'incubo ritorna	1986	Lamberto Bava	1h 31m	5.7/10
138		Evilspeak	1981	Eric Weston	1h 33m	5.7/10
139		See for Me	2021	Randall Okita	1h 32m	5.7/10
140		Intruder Also Known As: Night Crew, Night Crew: The Final Checkout, Nerve Endings	1989	Scott Spiegel	1h 28m	5.65/10
141		Christmas Evil	1980	Lewis Jackson	1h 40m	5.6/10
142		Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II Also Known As: Prom Night 2	1987	Bruce Pittman	1h 37m	5.6/10
143		Random Acts of Violence	2019	Jay Baruchel	1h 20m	5.6/10
144		The House by the Cemetery Also Known As: Quella villa accanto al cimitero	1981	Lucio Fulci	1h 27m	5.6/10
145		Amsterdamned	1988	Dick Maas	1h 45m	5.55/10
146		Boar	2017	Chris Sun	1h 36m	5.55/10
147		The Prowler	1981	Joseph Zito	1h 29m	5.55/10
148		Alison's Birthday	1981	Ian Coughlan	1h 37m	5.5/10
149		Alligator	1980	Lewis Teague	1h 31m	5.5/10
150		Dead Shack	2017	Peter Ricq	1h 25m	5.5/10
151		Eaten Alive	1976	Tobe Hooper	1h 31m	5.5/10
152		Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers	1989	Dominique Othenin-Girard	1h 36m	5.5/10
153		Lucky	2020	Natasha Kermani	1h 23m	5.5/10
154		Open 24 Hours	2018	Padraig Reynolds	1h 42m	5.5/10
155		Pieces Also Known As: Mil Gritos Tiene la Noche	1982	Juan Piquer Simón	1h 25m	5.5/10
156		Prom Night	1980	Paul Lynch	1h 32m	5.45/10
157		Antropophagus	1980	Joe D'Amato	1h 32m	5.4/10
158		Blood Glacier Also Known As: Blutgletscher	2013	Marvin Kren	1h 38m	5.4/10
159		Cemetery of Terror Also Known As: Cementerio del terror	1985	Rubén Galindo Jr.	1h 31m	5.4/10
160		Dark Night of the Scarecrow	1981	Frank De Felitta	1h 36m	5.4/10
161		Downrange	2017	Ryûhei Kitamura	1h 30m	5.4/10
162		Emelie	2015	Michael Thelin	1h 22m	5.4/10
163		The Last Matinee Also Known As: Al morir la matinée	2020	Maximiliano Contenti	1h 28m	5.4/10
164		Son	2021	Ivan Kavanagh	1h 38m	5.35/10
165		After Midnight	2019	Jeremy Gardner Christian Stella	1h 23m	5.3/10
166		Blood Vessel	2019	Justin Dix	1h 33m	5.3/10
167		Fried Barry	2020	Ryan Kruger	1h 39m	5.3/10
168		Motherly	2021	Craig David Wallace	1h 30m	5.3/10
169		Party Hard Die Young Also Known As: The Last Party of Your Life	2018	Dominik Hartl	1h 30m	5.3/10
170		3 from Hell	2019	Rob Zombie	1h 55m	5.25/10
171		Gwen	2018	William McGregor	1h 24m	5.25/10
172		Phantasm IV: Oblivion	1998	Don Coscarelli	1h 30m	5.25/10
173		The Woman	2011	Lucky McKee	1h 42m	5.25/10
174		Broadcast Signal Intrusion	2021	Jacob Gentry	1h 44m	5.2/10
175		Edge of the Axe Also Known As: A Beira do Machado	1988	José Ramón Larraz	1h 30m	5.2/10
176		Hunted	2020	Vincent Paronnaud	1h 27m	5.15/10
177		Seance	2021	Simon Barrett	1h 32m	5.15/10
178		The Beach House	2019	Jeffrey A. Brown	1h 28m	5.15/10
179		The Furies	2019	Tony D'Aquino	1h 22m	5.15/10
180		31	2016	Rob Zombie	1h 42m	5.1/10
181		Beyond the Door III	1989	Jeff Kwitny	1h 34m	5.1/10
182		Black Roses	1988	John Fasano	1h 30m	5.1/10
183		Eat Brains Love	2019	Rodman Flender	1h 27m	5.1/10
184		Everly	2014	Joe Lynch	1h 30m	5.1/10
185		Frankenhooker	1990	Frank Henenlotter	1h 25m	5.1/10
186		Ruin Me	2017	Preston DeFrancis	1h 27m	5.1/10
187		The Toolbox Murders	1978	Dennis Donnelly	1h 33m	5.1/10
188		Frankenstein	2015	Bernard Rose	1h 29m	5.05/10
189		The Lords of Salem	2012	Rob Zombie	1h 41m	5.05/10
190		Tourist Trap	1979	David Schmoeller	1h 30m	5.05/10
191		Castle Freak	1995	Stuart Gordon	1h 35m	5/10
192		Dead Heat	1988	Mark Goldblatt	1h 26m	5/10
193		Demon Wind	1990	Charles Philip Moore	1h 36m	5/10
194		Glorious	2022	Rebekah McKendry	1h 19m	5/10
195		Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence	1992	William Lustig Joel Soisson	1h 25m	5/10
196		Spookies	1986	Genie Joseph Thomas Doran Brendan Faulkner	1h 25m	5/10
197		The Cellar	2022	Brendan Muldowney	1h 34m	5/10
198		The Twin Also Known As: Paha Kaksonen	2022	Taneli Mustonen	1h 49m	5/10
199		All the Creatures Were Stirring	2018	Rebekah McKendry David Ian McKendry	1h 20m	4.9/10
200		Await Further Instructions	2018	Johnny Kevorkian	1h 31m	4.9/10
201		City of the Living Dead Also Known As: Paura nella città dei morti viventi	1980	Lucio Fulci	1h 33m	4.9/10
202		Don't Panic	1987	Rubén Galindo Jr.	1h 30m	4.9/10
203		Terror Train	1980	Roger Spottiswoode	1h 37m	4.9/10
204		Warning: Do Not Play Also Known As: Amjeon	2019	Kim Jin-won	1h 26m	4.9/10
205		Hell Night	1981	Tom DeSimone	1h 41m	4.85/10
206		A Banquet	2021	Ruth Paxton	1h 37m	4.8/10
207		Bloodthirsty	2020	Amelia Moses	1h 22m	4.8/10
208		Death Ship	1980	Alvin Rakoff	1h 31m	4.8/10
209		Def by Temptation	1990	James Bond III	1h 35m	4.8/10
210		The Addiction	1995	Abel Ferrara	1h 22m	4.75/10
211		Head Count	2018	Elle Callahan	1h 30m	4.7/10
212		Phantasm: Ravager Also Known As: Phantasm V	2016	David Hartman	1h 27m	4.7/10
213		V/H/S/94	2021	Simon Barrett Timo Tjahjanto Jennifer Reeder Chloe Okuno Ryan Prows	1h 41m	4.7/10
214		Slaughterhouse	1987	Rick Roessler	1h 25m	4.65/10
215		The Seed	2021	Sam Walker	1h 31m	4.65/10
216		Hack-O-Lantern Also Known As: The Damning, Death Mask, Halloween Night	1988	Jag Mundhra	1h 27m	4.6/10
217		The Call	2020	Timothy Woodward Jr.	1h 37m	4.6/10
218		Chopping Mall	1986	Jim Wynorski	1h 17m	4.55/10
219		Grave Encounters 2	2012	John Poliquin	1h 35m	4.55/10
220		The Ranger	2018	Jenn Wexler	1h 20m	4.55/10
221		Allegoria	2022	Spider One	1h 10m	4.5/10
222		Amityville 1992: It's About Time	1992	Tony Randel	1h 35m	4.5/10
223		Fender Bender	2016	Mark Pavia	1h 31m	4.45/10
224		Amityville: A New Generation	1993	John Murlowski	1h 30m	4.4/10
225		Amityville: The Evil Escapes	1989	Sandor Stern	1h 35m	4.4/10
226		Dead & Beautiful	2021	David Verbeek	1h 38m	4.4/10
227		The Isle	2018	Matthew Butler-Hart	1h 36m	4.4/10
228		Beyond the Door Also Known As: Chi sei?, The Devil Within Her	1974	Ovidio G. Assonitis Robert Barrett	1h 49m	4.35/10
229		Confessional	2019	Brad T. Gottfred	1h 24m	4.35/10
230		Pledge Night Also Known As: A Hazing in Hell	1990	Paul Ziller	1h 26m	4.35/10
231		The Dark	2018	Justin P. Lange	1h 35m	4.35/10
232		Corporate Animals	2019	Patrick Brice	1h 26m	4.3/10
233		Sorority House Massacre	1986	Carol Frank	1h 30m	4.25/10
234		The Banishing	2020	Christopher Smith	1h 37m	4.25/10
235		Amityville: Dollhouse	1996	Steve White	1h 33m	4.2/10
236		Before the Fire	2020	Charlie Buhler	1h 32m	4.2/10
237		Alligator 2: The Mutation	1991	Jon Hess	1h 32m	4.15/10
238		Slaughterhouse Rock	1987	Dimitri Logothetis	1h 30m	4.15/10
239		Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge	1989	Richard Friedman	1h 31m	4/10
240		Offseason	2021	Mickey Keating	1h 23m	3.9/10
241		Puppet Master	1989	David Schmoeller	1h 28m	3.8/10
242		Uncle Sam	1996	William Lustig	1h 29m	3.75/10
243		The Dead Pit	1989	Brett Leonard	1h 35m	3.65/10
244		Uninvited	1987	Greydon Clark	1h 30m	3.65/10
245		Violation	2020	Dusty Mancinelli Madeleine Sims-Fewer	1h 47m	3.65/10
246		Fatal Exam	1990	Jack Snyder	1h 52m	3.6/10
247		13 Cameras	2015	Victor Zarcoff	1h 27m	3.38/10
248		The Long Night	2022	Rich Ragsdale	1h 31m	3.25/10
249		Revealer	2022	Luke Boyce	1h 26m	2.7/10
250		Flux Gourmet	2022	Peter Strickland	1h 51m	0/10