Horror Films
Pattern Statistics
446
Movies
7.0
Avg Arcplot
99
Avg Runtime
1941-2024
Year Range
5.9
Avg IMDb
51%
Avg RT
51
Avg Metacritic
$25584M
Total Box Office
154
With Awards
13.8
Avg Plot Points
Horror Films - Narrative Patterns
This collection of 446 horror films reveals consistent understanding of narrative structure representative of the genre. Representing works from 1941 to 2024, the average Arcplot score of 7.1 reveals strong command of beat sheet principles.
Within this genre, 0% of films attain scores above 8.0, indicating that genre boundaries remain flexible. Notable examples include Club Dread (8.1), Child's Play 2 (8.0), and The Exorcist: Believer (7.9).
Duration Characteristics
Horror films in this dataset average 1 hour and 40 minutes, indicating focused dramatic arcs.
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[REC]
2007
[REC]²
2009
[REC]³ Genesis
2012
[REC]⁴ Apocalypse
2014
10 Cloverfield Lane
2016
11-11-11
2011
1408
2007
28 Days Later
2002
28 Weeks Later
2007
30 Days of Night
2007
47 Meters Down
2017
47 Meters Down: Uncaged
2019
A Cure for Wellness
2017
A Haunted House
2013
A Haunted House 2
2014
A Nightmare on Elm Street
2010
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1988
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
1985
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
1989
A Quiet Place
2018
A Quiet Place Part II
2021
A Quiet Place: Day One
2024
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
2012
Alien
1979
Alien Resurrection
1997
Alien: Romulus
2024
Alien³
1992
Aliens
1986
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
2007
Alone
2007
Alone in the Dark
2005
Altered States
1980
American Psycho
2000
Amityville 3-D
1983
Amityville II: The Possession
1982
Amityville: The Awakening
2017
An American Haunting
2005
An American Werewolf in London
1981
An American Werewolf in Paris
1997
Anaconda
1997
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
2004
Angel Heart
1987
Annabelle
2014
Annabelle Comes Home
2019
Annabelle: Creation
2017
Annihilation
2018
Antichrist
2009
Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End
2024
Apollo 18
2011
Arachnophobia
1990
Army of Darkness
1992
As Above, So Below
2014
Attack on Titan
2015
Attack on Titan II: End of the World
2015
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004
Bad Dreams
1988
Bait
2012
Barbarian
2022
Bats
1999
Beast
2022
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
Before I Wake
2016
Beloved
1998
Bereavement
2010
Black Christmas
2019
Black Christmas
2006
Black Sheep
2006
Black Swan
2010
Blade
1998
Blade II
2002
Blair Witch
2016
Blood and Chocolate
2007
Blood: The Last Vampire
2009
Blue Exorcist: The Movie
2012
Bodies Bodies Bodies
2022
Bones
2001
Bones and All
2022
Boo! A Madea Halloween
2016
Boogeyman
2005
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
2000
Bordello of Blood
1996
Brahms: The Boy II
2020
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
Bride of Chucky
1998
Brightburn
2019
Brotherhood of the Wolf
2001
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
Bug
2007
Burke & Hare
2010
Cabin Fever
2003
Candyman
2021
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
1995
Captivity
2007
Carrie
1976
Carrie
2013
Carriers
2009
Carved
2024
Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
2007
Case 39
2009
Cat People
1982
Cat's Eye
1985
Chaw
2009
Chernobyl Diaries
2012
Child's Play
1988
Child's Play
2019
Child's Play 2
1990
Child's Play 3
1991
Children of the Corn
1984
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
1992
Christine
1983
Cloverfield
2008
Club Dread
2004
Come Play
2020
Constantine
2005
Countdown
2019
Crawl
2019
Creature 3D
2014
Creep
2004
Creepshow
1982
Creepshow 2
1987
Crimes of the Future
2022
Crimson Peak
2015
Critters
1986
Cry_Wolf
2005
Cuckoo
2024
Cursed
2005
Damien - Omen II
1978
Dark Angel
1990
Dark Skies
2013
Dark Water
2005
Darkness
2002
Dawn of the Dead
1978
Dawn of the Dead
2004
Day of the Dead
1985
Day Watch
2006
Dead Calm
1989
Dead Ringers
1988
Dead Silence
2007
Deadly Friend
1986
Death Becomes Her
1992
Death Whisperer
2023
Deep Rising
1998
DeepStar Six
1989
Déjà Vu
2006
Deliver Us from Evil
2014
Devil
2010
Devil's Due
2014
Diabolique
1996
Diary of the Dead
2007
Disturbing Behavior
1998
Doctor Sleep
2019
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010
Don't Breathe
2016
Don't Breathe 2
2021
Don't Let Go
2019
Doom
2005
Dr. Giggles
1992
Dracula 2000
2000
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995
Drag Me to Hell
2009
Dragon Wars: D-War
2007
Dragonfly
2002
Dreamcatcher
2003
Dreamscape
1984
Dressed to Kill
1980
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
2011
Eight Legged Freaks
2002
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988
End of Days
1999
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
1996
Get Out
2017
Ghost
2010
Ghost Ship
2002
Ghosts of Mars
2001
Go Goa Gone
2013
Godzilla Minus One
2023
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
1995
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
2000
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2001
Gogol. The Beginning
2017
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
2018
Gothika
2003
Graveyard Shift
1990
Gremlins
1984
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
Gretel & Hansel
2020
Halloween
1978
Halloween
2007
Halloween
2018
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
1988
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
1989
Halloween Ends
2022
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
Halloween II
1981
Halloween II
2009
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1982
Halloween Kills
2021
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995
Handling the Undead
2024
Hannibal Rising
2007
Happy Birthday to Me
1981
Happy Death Day
2017
Happy Death Day 2U
2019
Hardware
1990
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
1988
Hellboy
2019
Hellraiser
1987
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
1992
Hellraiser: Bloodline
1996
Hide and Seek
2005
Hideaway
1995
High Tension
2003
Hostel
2006
House
1985
House at the End of the Street
2012
House II: The Second Story
1987
House of 1000 Corpses
2003
House of the Dead
2003
House of Voices
2004
House of Wax
1953
House of Wax
2005
House on Haunted Hill
1999
Humane
2024
I Know What You Did Last Summer
1997
I Know Who Killed Me
2007
I Saw the TV Glow
2024
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998
I, Frankenstein
2014
Igor
2008
Immaculate
2024
In Dreams
1999
In the Mouth of Madness
1995
Incarnate
2016
Infinity Pool
2023
Innocent Blood
1992
Insidious
2011
Insidious: Chapter 2
2013
Insidious: Chapter 3
2015
Insidious: The Last Key
2018
Interview with the Vampire
1994
Invaders from Mars
1986
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978
Jaws
1975
Last Night in Soho
2021
Ma
2019
Macabre
1958
Magic
1978
Mama
2013
Man's Best Friend
1993
MaXXXine
2024
Monkey Shines
1988
Monstrum
2018
Morbius
2022
Morgan
2016
Motel Hell
1980
mother!
2017
Multiple Maniacs
1970
Psycho
1960
Raising Cain
1992
Ready or Not
2019
Saw
2004
Saw 3D
2010
Saw II
2005
Saw III
2006
Saw VI
2009
Saw X
2023
Scanners
1981
Scared Stiff
1953
Scary Movie 2
2001
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
2015
Scream
1996
Scream 2
1997
Scream 3
2000
Screamers
1995
Seed of Chucky
2004
Separation
2021
Severance
2006
Shadow of the Vampire
2000
Shark Night 3D
2011
Shaun of the Dead
2004
The Amityville Horror
1979
The Amityville Horror
2005
The Animal Kingdom
2023
The Apparition
2012
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
2016
The Awakening
1980
The Awakening
2011
The Babadook
2014
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953
The Beast Within
1982
The Birds
1963
The Blair Witch Project
1999
The Blob
1988
The Blob
1958
The Exorcist III
1990
The Exorcist: Believer
2023
The Eye
2008
The Faculty
1998
The Final Conflict
1981
The Final Girls
2015
The First Purge
2018
The Fly
1958
The Fly
1986
The Fly II
1989
The Fog
2005
The Fog
1980
The Forest
2016
The Forsaken
2001
The Frighteners
1996
The Funhouse
1981
The Fury
1978
The Gallows
2015
The Gate
1987
The Giant Spider Invasion
1975
The Gift
2000
The Good Son
1993
The Green Inferno
2013
The Grudge
2019
The Grudge 2
2006
The Grudge 3
2009
The Guardian
1990
The Haunting
1999
The Haunting in Connecticut
2009
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
2013
The Hidden
1987
The Night House
2021
The Ninth Gate
1999
The Nun
2018
The Nun II
2023
The Omen
1976
The Omen
2006
The Order
2003
The Orphanage
2007
The Other Side of the Door
2016
The Others
2001
The People Under the Stairs
1991
The Pope's Exorcist
2023
The Possession of Hannah Grace
2018
The Prodigy
2019
The Puppet Masters
1994
The Purge
2013
The Purge: Anarchy
2014
The Pyramid
2014
The Quiet Ones
2014
The Rage: Carrie 2
1999
The Reaping
2007
The Relic
1997
The Return of Godzilla
1984
The Return of the Living Dead
1985
The Ring
2002
The Ring Two
2005
The Rite
2011
The Roommate
2011
The Ruins
2008
The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988
The Shining
1980
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
The Skeleton Key
2005
The Skin I Live In
2011
The Snowman
2017
The Stepfather
2009
The Stepford Wives
1975
The Strangers
2008
The Strangers: Chapter 1
2024
The Strangers: Prey at Night
2018
The Substance
2024
The Swarm
1978
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
1986
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006
The Thing
2011
The Thing
1982
The Turning
2020
The Unborn
2009
The Unholy
2021
The Uninvited
2009
The Vanishing
1993
The Visit
2015
The Wailing
2016
The Ward
2010
The Watcher in the Woods
1980
The Watchers
2024
The Wicker Man
2006
The Witch
2016
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
The Wolf Man
1941
The Wolfman
2010
The Woman in Black
2012
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
2014
They
2002
They Live
1988
Thinner
1996
Thir13en Ghosts
2001
Thirst
2009
Tightrope
1984
Titane
2021
Train to Busan
2016
Transylvania 6-5000
1985
Trap
2024
Tremors
1990
Trick or Treat
1986
Troll
1986
Truth or Dare
2018
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
2010
Turistas
2006
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983
Underworld: Blood Wars
2016
Unfriended
2014
Unsane
2018
Untraceable
2008
Urban Legend
1998
Urban Legends: Final Cut
2000
Vamp
1986
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
Vampires
1998
Village of the Damned
1995
Virus
1999
Visiting Hours
1982
Voodoo Black Exorcist
1974
Wait Until Dark
1967
Warlock
1989
Warm Bodies
2013
What Lies Beneath
2000
What We Do in the Shadows
2014
When a Stranger Calls
2006
Willard
2003
Winchester
2018
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey
2023
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
2024
Wish Upon
2017
Wishmaster
1997
Witchboard
1986
Wolf
1994
Wolf Creek
2005
Wolf Creek 2
2013
World War Z
2013
Wrong Turn
2003
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
2007
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings
2011
X
2022
You're Next
2013
Zombieland
2009
Zombieland: Double Tap
2019