Robert Eggers 2015

New England, 1630: William and Katherine try to lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness, with five children. When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes and their crops fail, the family begins to turn on one another. "The Witch" is a chilling portrait of a family unraveling within their own sins, leaving them prey for an inconceivable evil.

"Robert Eggers’s Sundance-garlanded period horror is a chilling study of fear and the devils that live within us all... A MODERN CLASSIC."

James Wan 2013

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.

"The Conjuring's use of tension, atmosphere, and suggestion prove that the scariest thing to an audience has nothing to do with what you see, but what you don't."

James Wan 2004

Two strangers awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there, and soon discover they are pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious serial killer.

"The surprise indie hit that built a franchise and sub-genre, and still has one of the great movie twists of all time. Saw is sadistic and brutal, but don’t cut your nose off to spite your face. saw is a classic."

Jack Arnold 1953

A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strangely.

John Carpenter has frequently cited the 1953 sci-fi classic It Came from Outer Space as the movie that terrified him the most and deeply influenced his childhood interest in filmmaking.

Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza 2007

A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.

Andrew Fleming 1996
A young girl new to a Catholic school befriends a coven of witches whom the other students either shun or fear. But when a powerful invocation goes wrong, the consequences could endanger their lives.