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Summer Horror/Thriller Movies

by stenko • Created 11 months ago • Modified 7 hours ago
These films offer a mix of terrifying horror and gripping thrills set in summer or outdoor environments. Enjoy your movie marathon!
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  • Milla Jovovich, Steve Zahn, Marley Shelton, Timothy Olyphant, Kiele Sanchez, and Chris Hemsworth in A Perfect Getaway (2009)

    1. A Perfect Getaway

    20091h 38mR63Metascore
    6.5 (78K)
    Two pairs of lovers on a Hawaiian vacation discover that psychopaths are stalking and murdering tourists on the islands.
    DirectorDavid TwohyStarsMilla JovovichSteve ZahnTimothy Olyphant
  • Summer of 84 (2018)

    2. Summer of 84

    20181h 45mNot Rated57Metascore
    6.7 (49K)
    After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evidence, but as they get closer to discovering the truth, things get dangerous.
    DirectorsFrançois SimardAnouk WhissellYoann-Karl WhissellStarsGraham VerchereJudah LewisCaleb Emery
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

    3. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    19741h 23mR91Metascore
    7.4 (199K)
    Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
    DirectorTobe HooperStarsMarilyn BurnsEdwin NealAllen Danziger
  • Florence Pugh in Midsommar (2019)

    4. Midsommar

    20192h 28mR72Metascore
    7.1 (450K)
    A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
    DirectorAri AsterStarsFlorence PughJack ReynorVilhelm Blomgren
  • Susan Backlinie and Bruce in Jaws (1975)

    5. Jaws

    19752h 4mPG87Metascore
    8.1 (696K)
    When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard Dreyfuss
  • Robert De Niro, Juliette Lewis, Nick Nolte, and Jessica Lange in Cape Fear (1991)

    6. Cape Fear

    19912h 8mR73Metascore
    7.3 (227K)
    A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroNick NolteJessica Lange
  • Kevin Bacon, Adrienne King, Ari Lehman, Robbi Morgan, Betsy Palmer, and Jeannine Taylor in Friday the 13th (1980)

    7. Friday the 13th

    19801h 35mR22Metascore
    6.4 (167K)
    A group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer.
    DirectorSean S. CunninghamStarsBetsy PalmerAdrienne KingJeannine Taylor
  • Deliverance (1972)

    8. Deliverance

    19721h 49mR80Metascore
    7.6 (125K)
    Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
    DirectorJohn BoormanStarsJon VoightBurt ReynoldsNed Beatty
  • Piranha 3D (2010)

    9. Piranha 3D

    20101h 28mR53Metascore
    5.5 (100K)
    After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area's new razor-toothed residents.
    DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsElisabeth ShueJerry O'ConnellRichard Dreyfuss
  • Nicole Kidman in Dead Calm (1989)

    10. Dead Calm

    19891h 36mR70Metascore
    6.8 (46K)
    After a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.
    DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsNicole KidmanSam NeillBilly Zane
  • The Shallows (2016)

    11. The Shallows

    20161h 26mPG-1359Metascore
    6.3 (150K)
    A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills.
    DirectorJaume Collet-SerraStarsBlake LivelyÓscar JaenadaAngelo Josue Lozano Corzo
  • Tiarnie Coupland in Killing Ground (2016)

    12. Killing Ground

    20161h 28mNot Rated59Metascore
    5.8 (10K)
    A couple's camping trip turns into a frightening ordeal when they stumble across the scene of a horrific crime.
    DirectorDamien PowerStarsAaron PedersenIan MeadowsHarriet Dyer
  • Martin Freeman in Cargo (2017)

    13. Cargo

    20171h 45mTV-MA65Metascore
    6.3 (50K)
    After an epidemic spreads all over Australia, a father searches for someone willing to protect his daughter.
    DirectorsBen HowlingYolanda RamkeStarsSimone LandersMartin FreemanMarlee Jane McPherson-Dobbins
  • Vinessa Shaw in The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

    14. The Hills Have Eyes

    20061h 47mR52Metascore
    6.4 (190K)
    A traveling family falls victim to a group of mutated cannibals in a desert far away from civilization.
    DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsTed LevineKathleen QuinlanDan Byrd
  • Sleepaway Camp (1983)

    15. Sleepaway Camp

    19831h 24mR58Metascore
    6.2 (41K)
    Bunks and showers are a mad stabber's beat at a summer camp strictly for teens.
    DirectorRobert HiltzikStarsFelissa RoseJonathan TierstenKaren Fields
  • Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Meryl Streep, and Joseph Mazzello in The River Wild (1994)

    16. The River Wild

    19941h 51mPG-1363Metascore
    6.5 (53K)
    Rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
    DirectorCurtis HansonStarsMeryl StreepKevin BaconDavid Strathairn
  • Eliza Dushku in Wrong Turn (2003)

    17. Wrong Turn

    20031h 24mR32Metascore
    6.1 (140K)
    Chris and a group of five friends are left stranded deep in the middle of the woods after their cars collide. As they venture deeper into the woods, they face an uncertain and bloodcurdling fate.
    DirectorRob SchmidtStarsEliza DushkuJeremy SistoEmmanuelle Chriqui
  • Wolf Creek (2005)

    18. Wolf Creek

    20051h 39mR56Metascore
    6.2 (82K)
    Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.
    DirectorGreg McLeanStarsNathan PhillipsCassandra MagrathKestie Morassi
  • The Burning (1981)

    19. The Burning

    19811h 31mR42Metascore
    6.3 (24K)
    Abusive former summer camp caretaker Cropsy, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong five years earlier, lurks around upstate NY summer Camp Stonewater with garden shears and bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.
    DirectorTony MaylamStarsBrian MatthewsLeah AyresBrian Backer
  • Eden Lake (2008)

    20. Eden Lake

    20081h 31mR65Metascore
    6.7 (103K)
    When a couple goes to a remote lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of kids. Rowdiness quickly turns to rage as the teens terrorize them, and a weekend outing becomes a battle for survival.
    DirectorJames WatkinsStarsKelly ReillyMichael FassbenderTara Ellis
  • Blood Simple (1984)

    21. Blood Simple

    19841h 39mR84Metascore
    7.5 (110K)
    The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies, and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
    DirectorsJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJohn GetzFrances McDormandDan Hedaya
  • Wake in Fright (1971)

    22. Wake in Fright

    19711h 49mR85Metascore
    7.5 (15K)
    After a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.
    DirectorTed KotcheffStarsDonald PleasenceGary BondChips Rafferty
  • Natalie Mendoza, Shauna Macdonald, Saskia Mulder, Alex Reid, Nora-Jane Noone, and MyAnna Buring in The Descent (2005)

    23. The Descent

    20051h 39mR71Metascore
    7.2 (261K)
    A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.
    DirectorNeil MarshallStarsShauna MacdonaldNatalie MendozaAlex Reid
  • William Hurt and Kathleen Turner in Body Heat (1981)

    24. Body Heat

    19811h 53mR77Metascore
    7.4 (42K)
    During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.
    DirectorLawrence KasdanStarsWilliam HurtKathleen TurnerRichard Crenna
  • Arachnophobia (1990)

    25. Arachnophobia

    19901h 49mPG-1367Metascore
    6.5 (79K)
    A new species of South American killer spider hitches a lift to a California town in a coffin and starts to breed, leaving a trail of deaths that puzzle and terrify young Dr. Ross Jennings, who is newly arrived in town with his family.
    DirectorFrank MarshallStarsJeff DanielsJulian SandsJohn Goodman

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