Best Horror Film

Wait Until Dark is a 1967 psychological thriller directed by Terence Young and produced by Mel Ferrer. The film stars Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, and Richard Crenna, adapting the 1966 play “Until They Find the Body” by Frederick Knott. Robert Carrington and Jane-Howard Carrington wrote the screenpla...

Alien: Original Motion Picture Score is Jerry Goldsmith's music for Ridley Scott's 1979 film, a major orchestral score for science-fiction horror.

Talk to Me is a 2022 Australian horror film centering on a group of teens who experiment with a possessed hand to communicate with the dead. The story involves a process utilizing a severed, embalmed hand that allows for spirit contact. The cast includes Sophie Wilde and Alexandra Jensen among other...

Dead of Night is a 1945 British anthology horror film produced by Ealing Studios and directed in separate segments by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, and Robert Hamer. Its framing story follows an architect who recognizes the guests at a country house from a recurring dream, pro...

Let the Right One In is a 2008 Swedish romantic horror film directed by Tomas Alfredson, based on the 2004 novel of the same name by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Set in 1982, the plot centers on Oskar, a 12-year-old boy frequently targeted by bullies, who befriends his new neighbor Eli. Unbeknownst to Osk...

The Psychotronic zine documents a rich history of low-budget horror and genre films. Created by Michael Weldon, it provides detailed analysis and context for B-movies and exploitation cinema from the 1980s and earlier. It’s particularly valuable for film enthusiasts, researchers, and anyone interest...

The Psycho soundtrack recording features music by Bernard Herrmann specifically commissioned for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film. Herrmann's score is notable for its intensely unsettling and dramatic use of orchestral instruments, particularly the prominent string arrangements that heightened the susp...

Halloween (1978) is a seminal American horror film following Michael Myers’ relentless killing spree in Haddonfield, Illinois. The movie established many tropes of the slasher subgenre and introduced iconic characters. It remains notable for its suspenseful atmosphere, minimalist score, and influenc...

[REC] is a Spanish mockumentary film that presents a terrifying real-time account of a zombie outbreak within a Barcelona building. Shot in the style of found footage, it’s notable for its intense visceral horror and innovative use of shaky camera work to immerse viewers in the escalating panic. The...

The *Under the Skin* soundtrack recording features the original score by Mica Levi for Jonathan Glazer’s 2013 film. Levi's unsettling electronic compositions are notable for their experimental and atmospheric approach, creating a profoundly disorienting soundscape. This album is particularly relevan...

The Shining soundtrack for Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film combines Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind's music with modern classical selections.

The Midsommar Original Motion Picture Score, composed by Bobby Krlic, provides a deeply unsettling soundscape for Ari Aster’s horror film. Utilizing orchestral arrangements and electronic elements, the score reflects the film's themes of pagan rituals and psychological distress within the Swedish co...

The Suspiria original soundtrack captures the unsettling atmosphere of Dario Argento’s 1977 horror classic. Thom Yorke’s score, initially by Goblin, reimagines the iconic Italian film with electronic textures and a distinctive soundscape. It is notable for its innovative approach to horror scoring a...

Trick 'r Treat is an American horror anthology film written and directed by Michael Dougherty. Produced in 2007 and commercially released in 2009, it interweaves several stories unfolding on the same Halloween night in the fictional town of Warren Valley, Ohio. The connecting figure is Sam, a child-...

Noroi: The Curse presents itself as an investigative documentary exploring a series of unsettling events surrounding a mysterious shrine and its associated curse. Shot in a mockumentary style, the film utilizes recovered footage and interviews to build a chilling narrative about paranormal activity...

Lake Mungo is a 2008 Australian psychological horror film written and directed by Joel Anderson and presented in a mockumentary format. Through interviews, photographs, and purported recordings, it follows a family investigating unsettling events after the drowning of their teenage daughter. The fil...

Asian Cult Cinema was an American periodical edited and published by Thomas Weisser that documented popular and cult filmmaking from East and Southeast Asia. Its coverage emphasized Hong Kong action and martial arts pictures, Japanese genre cinema, exploitation films, reviews, interviews, and filmog...

Bobby Krlic's score for Ari Aster's 2019 folk-horror film Midsommar uses choral textures and strings to mirror the Swedish ritual setting.

The Addams Family is a 1991 comedy film adapting Charles Addams’ comic strip characters. It centers around the eccentric and wealthy Addams family, led by Morticia and Gomez, as they investigate a potential familial connection. The film features Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, and Christopher Lloyd in...

Composed by American saxophonist Colin Stetson, this 2018 soundtrack accompanies Ari Aster's supernatural horror film Hereditary. The score is noted for its experimental, dissonant approach, heavily utilizing Stetson's signature circular breathing techniques on the saxophone alongside vocal arrangem...

Jerry Goldsmith composed the score for Richard Donner's 1976 horror film The Omen, starring Gregory Peck. The score is distinguished by its orchestral and choral writing, most notably 'Ave Satani,' a piece featuring inverted Latin liturgical text. Goldsmith won the Academy Award for Best Original Sc...

The score for Robert Eggers's 2019 psychological horror film The Lighthouse, which stars Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe as two lighthouse keepers on a remote New England island in the 1890s. The music was composed by Mark Korven, who previously collaborated with Eggers on The Witch (2015). Korven...

Creep 2 is a 2017 American found-footage psychological horror film directed by Patrick Brice. As the sequel to the 2014 film Creep, it stars Mark Duplass, who reprises his role as a serial killer named Josef. The plot follows a video artist named Sara, played by Desiree Akhavan, who accepts a myster...

Tales from the Crypt is a 1972 British horror anthology film produced by Amicus Productions and directed by Freddie Francis. Its framing story traps five visitors in a crypt, where a mysterious robed figure reveals the grim fate awaiting each of them. The five segments adapt stories published by EC...

The "Get Out" soundtrack features the instrumental score composed by Michael Abels for Jordan Peele's acclaimed 2017 horror film. The music is distinguished by its blending of classical orchestral arrangements with haunting choral elements, notably incorporating Swahili vocals to create an unsettlin...

Let Me In is a 2010 American coming-of-age vampire film written and directed by Matt Reeves, serving as an adaptation of the Swedish novel and film "Let the Right One In." Transposing the original story to a snowy 1980s New Mexico setting, the plot centers on a bullied young boy who befriends a myst...

The Mandy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the score for Panos Cosmatos's 2018 psychedelic horror film. It was primarily composed by the late Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, serving as his final completed film score before his death in February 2018. The album features a mix of haunting...

American horror anthology film (1995) directed by Rusty Cundieff and produced by Spike Lee, blending social commentary on racism and urban violence with horror storytelling.

[REC] 2 is a 2009 Spanish found-footage horror film co-written and co-directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza. Serving as a direct sequel to the 2007 film [REC], the narrative picks up immediately after the events of the first film, following a SWAT team and a medical officer as they are sent bac...