Horror
Life
(2017)
Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
7 nominations
Six astronauts aboard the space station study a sample collected from Mars that could provide evidence for extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet. The crew determines that the sample contains a large, single-celled organism - the first example of life beyond Earth. But..things aren't always what they seem. As the crew begins to conduct research, and their methods end up having unintended consequences, the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.
Maniac
(2012)
Alexandre Aja (screenplay), Grégory Levasseur (screenplay), Joe Spinell (original screenplay)
4 wins & 5 nominations.
Just when the streets seemed safe, a serial killer with a fetish for scalps is back and on the hunt. Frank is the withdrawn owner of a mannequin store, but his life changes when young artist Anna appears asking for his help with her new exhibition. As their friendship develops and Frank's obsession escalates, it becomes clear that she has unleashed a long-repressed compulsion to stalk and kill.
Maniacts
(2001)
C.W. Cressler
N/A
Two serial killers meet and fall in love in an asylum for the criminally insane. Upon escaping their corrupt captors, they flee to the country to try and lead a happy, normal life. Unfortunately, "normal" turns out to be a state of mind...an elusive state of mind.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
(1994)
Mary Shelley (novel), Steph Lady (screenplay), Frank Darabont (screenplay)
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 12 nominations.
When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge.
Midsommar
(2019)
Ari Aster
27 wins & 74 nominations
Dani (Florence Pugh) and Christian (Jack Reynor) are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, Christian invites a grieving Dani to join him and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer holiday in the North European land of eternal sunlight takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that render the pastoral paradise increasingly unnerving and viscerally disturbing.
Night of the Living Dead
(1968)
John A. Russo (screenplay), George A. Romero (screenplay)
1 win.
Barbra and Johnny visit their father's grave in a remote cemetery when they are suddenly set upon by zombies. Barbra manages to get away and takes refuge in what seems to be an abandoned farm house. She is soon joined by Ben who stopped at the house in need of gas. Beset by the walking dead all around them Ben does his best to secure the doors and windows. The news reports are grim however with creatures returning to life everywhere. Barbra and Ben are surprised when they realize there are 5 people hiding out in the basement: Harry, Helen and Judy Cooper; and a young couple, Tom and Judy. Dissensions sets in almost immediately with Harry Cooper wanting to be in charge. As their situation deteriorates, their chances of surviving the night lessen minute by minute.
Nosferatu the Vampyre
(1979)
Werner Herzog
5 wins & 8 nominations.
Jonathan Harker is sent away to Count Dracula's castle to sell him a house in Wismar where Jonathan lives. But Count Dracula is a vampire, an undead ghoul living off of men's blood. Inspired by a photograph of Lucy Harker, Jonathan's wife, Dracula moves to Wismar, bringing with him death and plague... An unusually contemplative version of Dracula, in which the vampire bears the curse of not being able to get old and die.
Omen IV: The Awakening
(1991)
Brian Taggert (teleplay), Harvey Bernhard (story), Brian Taggert (story), David Seltzer (characters)
N/A
Damien Thorn is dead, but his prophecy is reborn in a mysterious girl named Delia, who is adopted by two attorneys, Gene & Karen York. When Karen realizes her baby was born under suspicious...
One Missed Call
(2003)
Yasushi Akimoto (novel), Minako Daira (screenplay), Alexander Von David
N/A
People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent deaths.
Paranormal Activity 2
(2010)
Michael R. Perry (screenplay), Christopher Landon (screenplay), Tom Pabst (screenplay), Michael R. Perry (story), Oren Peli (film "Paranormal Activity")
1 win & 2 nominations.
After experiencing what they think are a series of "break-ins", a family sets up security cameras around their home, only to realize that the events unfolding before them are more sinister than they seem.
Pathology
(2008)
Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
N/A
Harvard Medical School graduate Dr. Ted Grey arrives at one of the nations most prestigious Pathology programs and is quickly noticed by the program's privileged and elite band of pathology interns who invite him into their crowd. It is also here, where he is introduced to Dr. Jake Gallo, who brings him to a secluded wing, where he and four other indulge in their after-hours, extra-curricular activities...finding ways to commit the perfect murder!
Patrick
(1978)
Everett De Roche (screenplay)
2 wins & 4 nominations.
After the shocking bathtub death of his mother and her lover, the sinister Patrick lays comatose in a small private hospital, his only action being his involuntary spitting. When a pretty young nurse, just separated from her husband, begins work at the hospital, she senses that Patrick is communicating with her, and he seems to be using his psychic powers to manipulate events in her life.
Pay the Ghost
(2015)
Tim Lebbon (novel), Dan Kay (screenplay)
1 win & 2 nominations.
One year after Mike Lawford's young son disappeared during a Halloween carnival, he is haunted by ghostly images and terrifying messages he can't explain. Together with his estranged wife, he will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery and find their son-and, in doing so, he unearths the legend of the crying woman who refuses to remain buried in the past.
Pitch Black
(2000)
Jim Wheat (story), Ken Wheat (story), Jim Wheat (screenplay), Ken Wheat (screenplay), David Twohy (screenplay)
2 wins & 4 nominations.
A commercial transport ship and its crew are marooned on a planet full of bloodthirsty creatures that only come out to feast at night. But then, they learn that a month-long eclipse is about to occur.
Planet Terror
(2007)
Robert Rodriguez
2 nominations.
After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.
Poltergeist
(1982)
Steven Spielberg (screenplay by), Michael Grais (screenplay by), Mark Victor (screenplay by), Steven Spielberg (story by)
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations.
A young family are visited by ghosts in their home. At first the ghosts appear friendly, moving objects around the house to the amusement of everyone, then they turn nasty and start to terrorise the family before they "kidnap" the youngest daughter.
Predator
(1987)
Jim Thomas, John Thomas
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations.
A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extra-terrestrial warrior.
Predator 2
(1990)
Jim Thomas (characters), John Thomas (characters), Jim Thomas, John Thomas
1 win & 4 nominations.
Amidst a territorial gang war, a sophisticated alien hunter stalks the citizens of Los Angeles and the only man between him and his prey is veteran L.A.P.D. officer, Lieutenant Mike Harrigan.
Premonition
(2004)
Noboru Takagi (screenplay), Norio Tsuruta (screenplay), Jirô Tsunoda (comic "Kyôfu shinbun")
N/A
While stopped at a roadside phone booth for transmitting his work through the Internet to the university, Professor Hideki Satomi finds a scrap of newspaper with the picture of his ...
Psycho
(1960)
Joseph Stefano (screenplay), Robert Bloch (novel)
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 8 nominations.
Phoenix officeworker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony. One Friday Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam's California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother.