Ranking these movies felt like an impossible task, but we did it anyway. Here are Polygon's top 10 horror movies of 2025.

There've been some pretty terrifying films released over the last few years, from the scariest horror movie of 2023, "Skinamarink," to one of the nastiest in recent memory, "Terrifier 3." But there's ...

Do people still like scary movies? Even in the midst of economic anxiety, politicized violence and other headlines that make you want to scream? Actually, yes. The horror genre has been growing by ...

When science fiction explores that, the results are often some of the most terrifying stories ever told on screen. The 2000 ...

Building tension and escalating the terror to a point of no return, movies like The Blair Witch Project and The Thing are ...

‘Tis the season to stay up late and be kept up even later by watching ultra-creepy horror flicks to prepare for Halloween. It’s hard to pick just 20 favorite films out of an entire genre dedicated to ...

Horror has a rich history of satisfying and chilling endings, with movies like The Mist and Psycho featuring some of the most ...

In the spirit of the magic of the season (and in hopes of providing some warm respite from the usual end-of-the-year best-of ...

The ’80s were a golden age for horror. Watching scary movies was a rite of passage, thanks to the help of VHS rentals, sleepovers, and late-night cable marathons. Some had us clutching pillows, others ...

Scary Movie 2' predominantly parodied supernatural horror films of the '70s and '80s. Here's the list of each one.