Psycho
(1960)A woman steals money and ends up at a remote motel run by a quiet young man with a dark secret about his mother. A private detective and the woman's sister start looking for her after she disappears.
Slashers, the ones that actually work
A mask, a body count, and rules everybody in the audience already knows. The genre gets written off because most of it is bad, which is true and also beside the point. These are the ones that work.
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. They work from the whole catalogue, not just this list.
Deep Red
(1975)A pianist witnesses a murder and begins investigating the killings himself. He follows clues from the crime scene while a mysterious figure in black gloves continues to strike.
Halloween
(1978)A escaped mental patient returns to his hometown on Halloween night. He stalks a teenage babysitter and her friends while his psychiatrist tries to stop him.
Peeping Tom
(1960)A serial killer uses a movie camera to film the dying moments of his victims. The movie follows his lonely life and his obsession with documenting fear.
Scream
(1996)A masked killer targets a high school student and her friends in a small California town. The attacks begin on the anniversary of her mother's murder.
American Psycho
(2000)A wealthy New York investment banker leads a double life as a serial killer. The film uses horror and comedy to mock 1980s yuppie culture and consumerism.
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
(2010)Two well-meaning hillbillies are mistaken for killers by a group of clueless college students. A series of misunderstandings leads to comically violent confrontations.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
(1984)A group of teenagers are hunted by a burned killer who invades their dreams. If he kills them in a nightmare they die in real life. They must stay awake to survive.
Blood and Black Lace
(1964)A masked killer murders models at a Roman fashion house to get a diary that could expose scandals. The plot follows the hunt for both the killer and the diary.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
(1974)A group of friends traveling to a rural homestead are attacked by a family of cannibals. The story follows their desperate fight to survive.
Pearl
(2022)In 1918, a young woman dreams of becoming a movie star while living on a Texas farm. Her frustration with her family and her violent impulses lead to murder.
Sleepy Hollow
(1999)A New York City police constable in 1799 is sent to a remote village to investigate a series of brutal murders. The locals believe the killings are the work of a ghostly headless horseman.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(2007)A barber returns to London seeking revenge on a corrupt judge who destroyed his life. He begins killing his customers and bakes their remains into meat pies with an accomplice.
Fear Street Part 2: 1978
(2021)In the summer of 1978, teenagers at Camp Nightwing are stalked and killed by a supernatural force tied to Shadyside's cursed history. A group of campers must survive the night and uncover the truth behind the murders.
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
(1970)An American writer in Rome witnesses a serial killer attacking a woman. He becomes obsessed with identifying the murderer before becoming a target himself.
Fear Street Part 3: 1666
(2021)A group of teens from 1994 discovers the origin of a curse that has plagued their town for centuries. The story jumps back to 1666 to show how the curse began and follows the modern-day survivors as they try to break it.
Final Destination Bloodlines
(2025)A college student has a terrifying vision of a disastrous skyscraper collapse from the 1960s. She inherits this ability from her dying grandmother who warns that Death is coming after their family.
Grindhouse
(2007)The film is a double feature of two separate stories. In one, survivors fight zombie-like creatures. In the other, a stuntman kills young women using his car.
Black Christmas
(1974)A sorority house gets obscene phone calls during Christmas break. The sisters start to disappear one by one as the killer hides inside the home.
Trick 'r Treat
(2007)Four Halloween stories unfold in one town. Each tale involves characters who break a Halloween tradition and are punished by a mysterious trick-or-treating demon named Sam.
The Hitcher
(1986)A young man driving across West Texas picks up a hitchhiker. The hitchhiker turns out to be a sadistic killer who toys with him and frames him for murder.
Dressed to Kill
(1980)A New York housewife is brutally murdered after a sexual encounter. A prostitute who witnesses the crime tries to solve it with the victim's son, while a killer stalks them.
Scream VI
(2023)Survivors of the Woodsboro killings move to New York City for a fresh start. A new Ghostface killer starts hunting them down in the city.
It: Chapter Two
(2019)The Losers Club returns to their hometown 27 years after their first encounter with Pennywise. They reunite to face the ancient evil that terrorized them as kids and finish the fight for good.
Death Proof
(2007)A stuntman uses his modified cars to target and murder young women. The film follows two groups of women who become his prey, leading to a high-speed confrontation.
Tenebrae
(1982)An American mystery novelist travels to Rome to promote his new book. A serial killer starts committing murders that seem to mirror the killings in the author's novel. The police and the writer himself get drawn into the hunt for the killer.
Opera
(1987)A young soprano stars in a new production of Verdi's Macbeth at an opera house. A masked killer begins murdering people connected to the production, and the singer becomes the killer's main target.
Terrifier 3
(2024)A woman named Sienna Shaw tries to move on with her life as Christmas approaches. She is hunted by the murderous clown Art and his new partner Victoria.
High Tension
(2003)A young woman and her classmate travel to a secluded farmhouse for a weekend visit. That night, a stranger breaks in and begins a violent killing spree.
Martin
(1978)A troubled young man believes he is a vampire. He struggles with his urges in a modern setting while living with his suspicious uncle.
Phenomena
(1985)An American teenage girl at a remote Swiss boarding school discovers she can communicate with insects. She uses her unusual ability to track a serial killer who is preying on young girls in the area.
Child's Play
(1988)A widowed mother gives her son a doll as a gift. The doll is actually possessed by the soul of a serial killer, and it begins a murder spree.
Body Double
(1984)An actor takes a house-sitting job and becomes obsessed with watching a beautiful woman through a telescope. He witnesses a murder and gets pulled into a dangerous mystery involving pornography and deceit.
Inside
(2007)A pregnant woman is home alone on Christmas Eve when a stranger breaks into her house. The intruder will do anything to get to her unborn baby.
The Fog
(1980)A glowing fog rolls into a small coastal town in Northern California and brings something deadly with it. The story follows several townspeople as they try to survive the night.
The Devil's Rejects
(2005)A murderous family goes on the run from a relentless sheriff. The sheriff hunts them across the desert as they leave a trail of violence.
X
(2022)In 1979, a group of amateur filmmakers arrive at a remote Texas farm to shoot a pornographic movie. The elderly couple who live there become violently hostile, threatening everyone on the property.
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
(1987)A young woman who can bring others into her dreams teams up with a psychiatrist who survived Freddy Krueger before. Together they help a group of teens fight the dream killer who stalks their sleep.
The Cat o' Nine Tails
(1971)A blind man and a reporter team up to solve a murder linked to a genetic research lab. They follow multiple leads that all seem to connect to the same killer.
Sisters
(1972)A reporter witnesses a murder committed by a model. She investigates and uncovers a dark secret involving the model's separated conjoined twin.
This list is from Underplayed Gems, a catalogue of films and series from everywhere. You can also browse by genre, country and year, or look around it in 3D and ask the Catbot there.