Curated collection

Curated Horror Cult Classics

Every film on this list was underestimated at some point. Curated horror cult classics earned their status outside the mainstream, through midnight screenings, worn-out VHS tapes, and the kind of word-of-mouth that studio marketing can't manufacture. Some took decades to find their audience. Worth the wait.

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Poster artwork for Ice Cream Man

Ice Cream Man

1995 · Movie

The neighborhood ice cream man has a very disturbing operation running out of his truck, and the local kids are starting to notice.

1990sSlasherHorror Comedy
Poster artwork for Interview with the Vampire

A vampire sits down with a journalist in San Francisco and tells the story of two centuries spent with a companion he never chose and could never escape.

1990sVampireGothic
Poster artwork for Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
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Something is off about the people Miles Bennell knows best, starting small and getting worse the more he looks. The town has no interest in being caught.

1950sAlienSci-Fi Horror
Poster artwork for Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
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San Francisco health inspector Matthew Bennell notices the people around him are changing, becoming subtly wrong in ways he can't quite name. He's running out of time to figure out who's still human.

1970sAlienSci-Fi Horror
Poster artwork for Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI

Tommy Jarvis tries to cremate Jason Voorhees's corpse to finally exorcise his own nightmares. A stray lightning bolt has other plans, and Camp Crystal Lake gets its killer back permanently.

1980sSlasherSupernatural
Poster artwork for Jaws

Jaws

1975 · Movie
Pick

Amity Island has a problem in the water and a mayor who won't close the beach. Three men eventually go out on a boat to solve it themselves.

1970sCreature FeatureAquatic Horror
Poster artwork for Jeepers Creepers

Jeepers Creepers

2001 · Movie
Pick

Two siblings on a long drive home spot someone dumping what looks like a body down a pipe off a rural highway. Stopping to investigate is where things go very wrong.

2000sCreature FeatureRoad Horror
Poster artwork for Killer Klowns from Outer Space
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Alien creatures shaped like circus clowns land in a small town and start harvesting the population using cotton candy cocoons. Two teenagers try to warn people.

1980sCreature FeatureAlien
Poster artwork for Let the Right One In

Eli moves into the apartment building where Oskar lives. She only comes out at night and doesn't technically need an invitation.

2000sCult ClassicVampire
Poster artwork for Little Shop of Horrors
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Seymour Krelborn works at a Skid Row flower shop and nurtures a strange plant that arrived after a solar eclipse. Audrey II grows quickly once she finds her preferred diet.

1980sHorror ComedyCreature Feature
Poster artwork for Magic

Magic

1978 · Movie

Corky Withers builds his stage act around a foul-mouthed ventriloquist dummy named Fats. The success is real, but so is the fact that Corky can't seem to control what Fats says or does.

1970sPsychologicalKiller Doll
Poster artwork for Maniac (1980)

Maniac

1980 · Movie

Frank Zito hunts young women through New York City, scalping them and adding their remains to a growing mannequin collection in his apartment. The mother who made him this way is never far from his thoughts.

1980sSlasherPsychological
Poster artwork for Masters of Horror

The most celebrated directors in horror each take a full hour to make exactly the kind of horror film they want, with no restrictions and no compromises.

2000sAnthologyPractical FX
Poster artwork for Microwave Massacre

Microwave Massacre

1983 · Movie

Donald is sick of his wife's gourmet cooking and finally snaps. What he discovers about his own appetite afterward is worse than anything she ever made.

1980sDark ComedyCannibal
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Midsommar

2019 · Movie
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Dani follows her boyfriend and his friends to a remote Harga commune in Sweden months after a personal tragedy. The midsummer festival they attend becomes increasingly difficult to classify as merely cultural.

2010sCult ClassicPsychological
Poster artwork for Motel Hell

Motel Hell

1980 · Movie
Pick

Farmer Vincent runs a roadside motel and sells smoked meats locals swear by. The production process is what makes this a horror film.

1980sHorror ComedyCannibal
Poster artwork for Paranormal Activity

Paranormal Activity

2007 · Movie

A couple in San Diego sets up cameras after unexplained sounds begin in the house at night. The footage becomes the film.

2000sCult ClassicFound Footage
Poster artwork for Parents

Parents

1989 · Movie

Young Michael Laemle suspects his parents' 1950s suburban normalcy is a cover for something much darker. The leftovers are the clue.

1980sDark ComedyCannibal
Poster artwork for Prom Night

Prom Night

1980 · Movie

Six teenagers have been carrying a guilty secret for years. On prom night, someone shows up to deal with it on their behalf.

1980sSlasherSchool Horror
Poster artwork for Psycho

Psycho

1960 · Movie
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Marion Crane stops at an empty motel on the run from her own bad decision, and the manager seems harmless. The house on the hill behind the office is another matter.

1960sPsychologicalSerial Killer