19. World War Z (2013)

Rated PG-13 for intense frightening zombie sequences, violence, and disturbing images.

When the world is suddenly plunged into an apocalypse by a mysterious zombie infection, a former United Nations investigator goes on a mission to investigate the disease, which will take him on a perilous trek around the world. The film is often regarded as one of the best zombie films of the recent era.

Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) and his family find themselves caught in the first wave of the disease.

Lane must go on a journey to get to the bottom of what's causing the strange infection.

18. The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

Rated R for strong bloody horror violence and gore, language, drug use, and some sexuality/nudity.

Five teenagers leave for a weekend at a secluded woodland cabin. They eventually find an odd collection of relics in the cellar, and manage to awaken a family of deadly zombie killers with a book. As another glowing example of why you should never vacation in cabins in the woods, The Cabin in the Woods is a creepy jewel of a film.

The teens witness the cellar door throw itself open. Of course, they decide to investigate.

Because they are in the middle of nowhere with no way to contact the outside world, the teens must escape the house and get help.

17. Bone Tomahawk (2015)

Not Rated

An outlaw accidentally leads a band of cannibals into a peaceful western town, where they kidnap several settlers, including the wife of a local rancher. Despite his injured leg, the rancher joins a small rescue party, and goes up against a savage foe. A western gunslinging film with a horror movie twist.

Chicory (Richard Jenkins) is desperate to rescue his wife from the cannibals.

The Troglodytes are a cannibalistic tribe that advertise their territory with methods that are decidedly not subtle.

16. Green Room (2015)

Rated R for strong brutal graphic violence, gory images, language, and some drug content.

When a band traveling through a secluded part of the Pacific Northwest witnesses a horrible crime, they become the targets of a gang of skinheads that want to ensure no evidence survives. A terrifying game of cat and mouse, Green Room will keep you on the edge of your seat.

The skinhead gang is not about to let the only witnesses to their crime get away.

The unwitting band must fight for their lives against the vicious skinheads.

15. Let Me In (2010)

Rated R for strong bloody horror violence, language, and a brief sexual situation.

When a lonely twelve year old befriends his next door neighbor, he discovers that she is a vampire, whose father is a wanted serial killer who drains the blood of his victims to feed her. The boy becomes caught up in the middle of the web of lies, and the police are closing in on his friend. An interesting twist on popular vampire lore, Let Me In is a creepy emotional roller coaster.

Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) becomes fast friends with Abby (Chloe Grace Moretz), who only appears at night, in the playground of their apartment building.

Abby's father (Richard Jenkins) is a serial killer who drains his victims of blood to feed his vampire daughter.

14. Don't Breathe (2016)

Rated R for terror, violence, disturbing content, and language including sexual references.

When a young woman agrees to take part in the robbery of a house owned by a blind man, it seems like an easy target. But the man is a more ruthless adversary than they expected, and they must escape the house before they become his next victims. Don’t Breathe is a deeply frightening thriller.

The robbers thought they were safe, because the occupant of the house is blind. They were wrong.

Though blind, the man (Stephen Long) is a ruthless killer who is not going to lie down and let the robbers take from him.

13. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

Rated PG-13 for thematic material, including frightening sequences of threat with some violence, and brief language.

After she’s in a car accident, a woman is held in a house with two men. They tell her that there is an alien attack and that the outside world has been poisoned. But can she trust them? A frighteningly realistic psychological thriller, 10 Cloverfield Lane will delight fans of Stephen King’s Misery.

Howard (John Goodman) is insistent that the outside world has been poisoned by aliens, and that Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) must stay in the bunker.

Michelle isn't sure whether she should trust Howard and Emmett (John Gallagher Jr.) who are keeping her captive in their bunker.

12. Raw (2016)

Rated R for aberrant behavior, bloody and grisly images, strong sexuality, nudity, language, and drug use/partying.

When a young vegetarian veterinary student undergoes a carnivorous hazing ritual, a strange craving for meat begins to grow in her. A terrifying and grisly of film about the dark side of human nature.

Though many first year veterinary students go through the bloody hazing ritual, it awakens something sinister inside Justine (Garance Marillier).

As her cravings worsen, Justine finds herself in a battle between her morals and her will.

11. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

Rated R for language and brief nudity.

An underground musician, who is also a vampire, reunites with his centuries old lover after he becomes depressed with the direction that society has taken. A gory vampire love story, Only Lovers Left Alive is a new twist on popular vampire lore.

Adam (Tom Hiddleston) and Eve (Tilda Swinton) are reunited after centuries apart.

As vampires, Adam and Eve have certain tastes that must be fulfilled.