Gory Scary Movies

From Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley DePaiva
Rated R

Evil Dead II is a comedic horror film directed by Sam Raimi. The film follows Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) and his girlfriend Linda as they travel to a remote cabin in the woods. Once there, they find the Necronomicon, an ancient book of the dead that unleashes a host of demons and spirits. Ash is forced to battle the evil forces, which come to life and possess the living. Along the way, he meets the mysterious and helpful Henrietta, who helps him to fight the malevolent forces. In the end, Ash is able to defeat the evil forces, but not before suffering a gruesome injury. The film is a sequel to the 1981 cult classic The Evil Dead, and is a mixture of horror and comedy that makes it a timeless classic.

From James Wan, starring Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Ken Leung
Rated R

Saw is a 2004 psychological horror film directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell. The story follows two men, Adam Stanheight (Leigh Whannell) and Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes), who are chained in a large dilapidated bathroom with only a dead body between them. As they try to escape the bathroom and figure out why they were kidnapped and put there, they discover a series of deadly traps set by the Jigsaw Killer, who wants to test their will to live and see how far they are willing to go to survive. Along the way, they uncover a horrific series of murders and a web of lies that Jigsaw has woven in order to manipulate his victims into completing his twisted games. Saw is widely credited with popularizing the "torture porn" subgenre of horror films, and is widely considered one of the most successful horror films of all time.

From Peter Jackson, starring Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin
Rated R

Dead Alive, directed by Peter Jackson in 1992, is a horror-comedy set in 1950s Wellington, New Zealand. The main character, Lionel Cosgrove, is a young man whose life is thrown into chaos when his domineering mother is bitten by a Sumatran Rat-Monkey at the local zoo. With the help of a priest and a local storekeeper, Lionel tries to contain the mysterious and dangerous plague unleashed by his mother, but soon discovers that the only way to stop it is to destroy the source of the infection: the Sumatran Rat-Monkey. As more and more people become infected, Lionel must face an ever-growing army of the living dead, determined to infect the rest of the world. With his trusty lawnmower in hand, Lionel must battle his way through a nightmarish landscape populated by zombies, monsters, and other unspeakable horrors in order to save himself, his friends, and the world.

From Danny Boyle, starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Alex Palmer
Rated R

28 Days Later... is a British science fiction horror film directed by Danny Boyle, released in 2002. The film follows Jim, a bike courier in London who wakes up from a coma to find the city deserted and in ruins. He soon discovers that a virus, which causes rage in humans and turns them into mindless zombies, has swept across England. As Jim searches for other survivors, he meets a group of people who are also trying to survive the post-apocalyptic world. Together they must fight to survive the zombie hordes, and eventually make it to a safe place. Along the way, they must also confront the moral dilemmas posed by the virus, as well as the horrors of their new reality. 28 Days Later... is a frightening, thrilling, and thought-provoking look at a world gone mad.

From Tobe Hooper, starring Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain
Rated R

From Sam Raimi, starring Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker
Rated NC-17

From Wes Craven, starring Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, John Saxon
Rated R

From Takashi Miike, starring Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki, Jun Kunimura
Rated R

From Julia Ducournau, starring Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas
Rated R

From Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, starring Ivan Massagué, Zorion Eguileor, Antonia San Juan, Emilio Buale
Rated TV-MA

From Clive Barker, starring Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, Sean Chapman
Rated R

From Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, starring Jeremy Renner, Rose Byrne, Robert Carlyle, Harold Perrineau
Rated R

From Jordan Peele, starring Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker
Rated R

From Alexandre Aja, starring Cécile de France, Maïwenn, Philippe Nahon, Franck Khalfoun
Rated R

From James Wong, starring Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Kristen Cloke
Rated R

From Rob Zombie, starring Sid Haig, Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, William Forsythe
Rated R

From Darren Lynn Bousman, starring Donnie Wahlberg, Beverley Mitchell, Franky G, Emmanuelle Vaugier
Rated R

From Adam Wingard, starring Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen, Nicholas Tucci
Rated R

From Fede Alvarez, starring Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Jessica Lucas, Lou Taylor Pucci
Rated R

From Dennis Iliadis, starring Garret Dillahunt, Monica Potter, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Bowen
Rated R

From Craig Zobel, starring Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Ike Barinholtz, Wayne Duvall
Rated R

From Alexandre Aja, starring Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan, Dan Byrd, Emilie de Ravin
Rated R

From Tony Randel, starring Doug Bradley, Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgins, Kenneth Cranham
Rated R

From James DeMonaco, starring Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford, Kiele Sanchez
Rated R

From Coralie Fargeat, starring Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, Guillaume Bouchède
Rated R