Horror Films
Pattern Statistics
804
Movies
6.8
Avg Arcplot
101
Avg Runtime
1931-2024
Year Range
NaN
Avg IMDb
50%
Avg RT
49
Avg Metacritic
$44597M
Total Box Office
690
With Awards
15.0
Avg Plot Points
Horror Films - Story Architecture Study
This body of work of 804 horror films exhibits consistent understanding of narrative structure representative of the genre. Covering works from 1931 to 2024, the average Arcplot score of 7.1 reveals strong command of beat sheet principles.
Within this genre, 0% of films achieve scores above 8.0, suggesting that innovation and experimentation are valued. Genre highlights include Club Dread (8.1), Child's Play 2 (8.0), and Poltergeist III (7.9).
Length Conventions
Horror films in this sample average 1 hour and 41 minutes, indicating economical storytelling approaches.
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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
A Sacrifice
2024
A Thousand Days
2023
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
2012
Afraid
2024
Alien
1979
Alien Resurrection
1997
Alien: Romulus
2024
Alien³
1992
Aliens
1986
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
2007
All Together
2012
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
Antebellum
2020
Antichrist
2009
Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End
2024
Apollo 18
2011
Arachnophobia
1990
Arcadian
2024
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
Azrael
2024
Bad Dreams
1988
Baghead
2023
Bagman
2024
Bait
2012
Barbarian
2022
Bats
1999
Beast
2022
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024
Before I Wake
2016
Believer
2024
Beloved
1998
Bereavement
2010
Black Butler
2014
Black Christmas
2019
Black Christmas
2006
Black Sheep
2006
Black Swan
2010
Blackwater Lane
2024
Blade
1998
Blade II
2002
Blair Witch
2016
Bless the Child
2000
Blood and Chocolate
2007
Blood: The Last Vampire
2009
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
Burke & Hare
2010
Butchers Book Two: Raghorn
2024
Cabin Fever
2003
Candyman
2021
Candyman
1992
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
Cobweb
2023
Coma
2020
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
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 Untold
2014
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
Elevation
2024
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988
End of Days
1999
Eraserhead
1977
Escape Room
2019
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
2021
Event Horizon
1997
Evil Dead
2013
Evil Dead II
1987
Evil Dead Rise
2023
Exhuma
2024
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
Exorcist: The Beginning
2004
Eyes of Laura Mars
1978
Ezra
2017
Fantasy Island
2020
Final Destination
2000
Final Destination 2
2003
Final Destination 3
2006
Final Destination 5
2011
Firestarter
2022
Firestarter
1984
Five Nights at Freddy's
2023
Flatliners
1990
Flatliners
2017
Forbidden Siren
2006
Fragile
2005
Frankenstein
1931
Freaky
2020
Freddy vs. Jason
2003
Friday the 13th
2009
Friday the 13th
1980
Friday the 13th Part 2
1981
Friday the 13th Part III
1982
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
1986
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
1989
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
1985
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
1984
Friend Request
2016
Fright Night
1985
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996
From Hell
2001
Funny Games
2008
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
Grafted
2024
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: Resurrection
2002
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
Hell Fest
2018
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
1988
Hellboy
2019
Hellraiser
1987
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
1992
Hellraiser: Bloodline
1996
Hereditary
2018
Heretic
2024
Hide and Seek
2005
Hideaway
1995
High Tension
2003
Hollow Man
2000
Hostel
2006
Hostel: Part II
2007
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 Am Legend
2007
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
Imaginary
2024
Immaculate
2024
In Dreams
1999
In the Mouth of Madness
1995
Incantation
2022
Incarnate
2016
Infinity Pool
2023
Innocent Blood
1992
Insidious
2011
Insidious: Chapter 2
2013
Insidious: Chapter 3
2015
Insidious: The Last Key
2018
Insidious: The Red Door
2023
Interview with the Vampire
1994
Invaders from Mars
1986
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978
It
2017
It Chapter Two
2019
It Comes at Night
2017
It Follows
2015
It Lives Inside
2023
It's Alive
1974
Ivanna
2022
Jacob's Ladder
1990
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
1993
Jason X
2001
Jaws
1975
Jaws 2
1978
Jaws 3-D
1983
Jaws: The Revenge
1987
Jeepers Creepers
2001
Jeepers Creepers 2
2003
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn
2022
Jennifer's Body
2009
Jessabelle
2014
Jigsaw
2017
Joy Ride
2001
Julia's Eyes
2010
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
1988
King Kong
1933
Kingdom of the Spiders
1977
Knock at the Cabin
2023
Krampus
2015
Lake Placid
1999
Land of the Dead
2005
Last Night in Soho
2021
Late Night with the Devil
2024
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
1990
Legion
2010
Leprechaun
1993
Leprechaun 2
1994
Lesson of the Evil
2012
Let Me In
2010
Let the Right One In
2008
Leviathan
1989
Life
2017
Lifeforce
1985
Lights Out
2016
Lisa Frankenstein
2024
Little Bites
2024
Little Shop of Horrors
1986
Long Time Dead
2002
Longlegs
2024
Lord of Illusions
1995
Lost Souls
2000
Love at First Bite
1979
Ma
2019
Macabre
1958
Magic
1978
Mama
2013
Man's Best Friend
1993
Manhunter
1986
Maniac
1980
Marrowbone
2017
Marry My Dead Body
2023
Mary Reilly
1996
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
Maximum Overdrive
1986
MaXXXine
2024
Meet the Blacks
2016
Meg 2: The Trench
2023
Men
2022
Mid-Century
2022
Midsommar
2019
Mimic
1997
Mirrors
2008
Monkey Shines
1988
Monster Mash
2024
Monstrum
2018
Morbius
2022
Morgan
2016
Motel Hell
1980
mother!
2017
Multiple Maniacs
1970
My Bloody Valentine
2009
My Bloody Valentine
1981
My Boo
2024
My Soul to Take
2010
Nefarious
2023
Never Let Go
2024
New Nightmare
1994
Night of the Comet
1984
Night of the Living Dead
1968
Night of the Living Dead
1990
Night Swim
2024
Nightbreed
1990
Nightmares
1983
Nope
2022
Nosferatu
2024
Oculus
2014
Oddity
2024
Old
2021
Once Bitten
1985
One Missed Call
2008
One Missed Call
2003
One Missed Call 2
2005
One Missed Call 3: Final
2006
Open Water
2004
Open Water 2: Adrift
2006
Orca
1977
Orphan
2009
Orphan: First Kill
2022
Ouija
2014
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016
Overlord
2018
P2
2007
Pandorum
2009
Paranormal Activity 2
2010
Paranormal Activity 3
2011
Paranormal Activity 4
2012
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
2015
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
2014
Parasite
1982
Pearl
2022
Peninsula
2020
Pet Sematary
1989
Pet Sematary
2019
Pet Sematary II
1992
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023
Phantasm
1979
Phantasm II
1988
Phantoms
1998
Phobia 2
2009
Piranha
1978
Piranha 3D
2010
Piranha 3DD
2012
Planet Terror
2007
Poltergeist
1982
Poltergeist
2015
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
1986
Poltergeist III
1988
Possessor
2020
Prey
2022
Prey for the Devil
2022
Priest
2011
Prince of Darkness
1987
Project Silence
2024
Prom Night
1980
Prom Night
2008
Prophecy
1979
Psycho
1960
Psycho
1998
Psycho III
1986
Pulse
2006
Quarantine
2008
Queen of the Damned
2002
Raising Cain
1992
Ready or Not
2019
Red Dragon
2002
Red Riding Hood
2011
Red Spell Spells Red
1983
Regression
2015
Reincarnation
2005
Renfield
2023
Resident Evil
2002
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
2004
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
2016
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
2021
Return of the Killer Tomatoes!
1988
Return of the Living Dead Part II
1988
Ring
1998
Ring 2
1999
Rings
2017
Roald Dahl's The Witches
2020
Rogue
2007
Rosemary's Baby
1968
Run
2020
Satan's Slaves
2017
Satan's Slaves 2: Communion
2022
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
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
2019
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
2015
Scream
2022
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
Shin Godzilla
2016
Shrooms
2007
Shut In
2016
Silent Hill
2006
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012
Silent House
2011
Silent Rage
1982
Silver Bullet
1985
Single White Female
1992
Sinister
2012
Sinister 2
2015
Skull Heads
2009
Slay
2024
Sleep
2023
Sleep Tight
2011
Sleepaway Camp
1983
Sleepwalkers
1992
Sleepy Hollow
1999
Slender Man
2018
Slither
2006
Smile
2022
Smile 2
2024
Snakes on a Plane
2006
Sorority Row
2009
Spawn
1997
Speak No Evil
2024
Species
1995
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
2021
Split
2017
Split Second
1992
Spree
2020
Stay Alive
2006
Stigmata
1999
Still of the Night
1982
Stir of Echoes
1999
Strange Darling
2024
Student Bodies
1981
Supernova
2000
Suspect Zero
2004
Suspiria
2018
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
2007
Tale of Tales
2015
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
Tales from the Hood
1995
Talk to Me
2023
Tequila Body Shots
1999
Terrifier 2
2022
Terrifier 3
2024
Texas Chainsaw 3D
2013
Thanksgiving
2023
The 'Burbs
1989
The Abandoned
2006
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 Belko Experiment
2016
The Birds
1963
The Blair Witch Project
1999
The Blob
1988
The Blob
1958
The Blue Elephant 2
2019
The Boogeyman
2023
The Boy
2016
The Bride
2017
The Brood
1979
The Bye Bye Man
2017
The Cabin in the Woods
2012
The Cave
2005
The Cell
2000
The Changeling
1980
The Cleaning Lady
2018
The Collection
2012
The Conjuring 2
2016
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
2021
The Covenant
2006
The Craft
1996
The Crazies
2010
The Crucifixion
2017
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
The Curse of La Llorona
2019
The Cursed
2021
The Damned
2014
The Dark
2005
The Dark Half
1993
The Darkest Hour
2011
The Darkness
2016
The Dead Don't Die
2019
The Dead Zone
1983
The Descent
2005
The Descent: Part 2
2009
The Devil's Backbone
2001
The Devil's Rejects
2005
The Devils
1971
The Divine Fury
2019
The Empty Man
2020
The Entity
1982
The Evil Dead
1981
The Exorcism
2024
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
The Exorcist
1973
The Exorcist III
1990
The Exorcist: Believer
2023
The Eye
2008
The Faculty
1998
The Final Destination
2009
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 Forever Purge
2021
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
2004
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 Hills Have Eyes
1977
The Hills Have Eyes
2006
The Hills Have Eyes 2
2007
The Hitcher
2007
The Hitcher
1986
The Host
2006
The House at the End of Time
2013
The House on Sorority Row
1982
The House That Jack Built
2018
The Howling
1981
The Inugami Family
1976
The Invasion
2007
The Invisible Man
1933
The Invisible Man
2020
The Invitation
2022
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
The Last Exorcism
2010
The Last Exorcism Part II
2013
The Last House on the Left
2009
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
2023
The Lawnmower Man
1992
The Lazarus Effect
2015
The Lost Boys
1987
The Master and Margarita
2024
The Medium
2021
The Meg
2018
The Menu
2022
The Mist
2007
The Mothman Prophecies
2002
The New Mutants
2020
The Night House
2021
The Night Listener
2006
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 In The Walls
2024
The People Under the Stairs
1991
The Pope's Exorcist
2023
The Possession
2012
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 Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975
The Roommate
2011
The Ruins
2008
The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988
The Shining
1980
The Skeleton Key
2005
The Skin I Live In
2011
The Snowman
2017
The Spiral
1998
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
1988
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
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
Underwater
2020
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
When a Stranger Calls
1979
Whisper
2007
White Noise
2005
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
Wolfen
1981
World War Z
2013
Wrong Turn
2003
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
2007
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings
2011
X
2022
Your Monster
2024
Zombieland
2009
Zombieland: Double Tap
2019