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1. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Juliette Lewis, Quentin Tarantino
Votes: 340,406 | Gross: $25.75M
2. Crimson Peak (2015)
R | 119 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds - and remembers.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam
Votes: 158,215 | Gross: $31.09M
3. Antlers (2021)
R | 99 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become embroiled with her enigmatic student, whose dark secrets lead to terrifying encounters with an ancestral creature.
Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene
Votes: 44,484
4. The Orphanage (2007)
R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
Director: J.A. Bayona | Stars: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera
Votes: 163,554 | Gross: $7.16M
5. Cronos (1992)
R | 94 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Margarita Isabel
Votes: 33,106 | Gross: $0.62M
6. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
R | 106 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
After Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets which he must uncover.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve
Votes: 70,984 | Gross: $0.75M
7. Santa Sangre (1989)
NC-17 | 123 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless mother - the leader of a strange religious cult - and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name as he becomes "her arms".
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky | Stars: Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell, Thelma Tixou
Votes: 23,308
8. Borderland (2007)
R | 105 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
On a trip to a Mexican border town, three college friends stumble upon a human-sacrifice cult.
Director: Zev Berman | Stars: Brian Presley, Jake Muxworthy, Rider Strong, Beto Cuevas
Votes: 10,639
9. Nightmare City (1980)
R | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An airplane exposed to radiation lands, and blood drinking zombies emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! They go on a rampage slicing, dicing, and biting their way across the Italian countryside.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Hugo Stiglitz, Laura Trotter, Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Francisco Rabal
Votes: 6,729
10. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
Not Rated | 83 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A dark fairy tale about a gang of five children trying to survive the horrific violence of the cartels and the ghosts created every day by the drug war.
Director: Issa López | Stars: Paola Lara, Juan Ramón López, Nery Arredondo, Hanssel Casillas
Votes: 9,029 | Gross: $0.13M
11. Come Out and Play (I) (2012)
R | 87 min | Horror
A couple take a vacation to a remote island - their last holiday together before they become parents. Soon after their arrival, they notice that no adults seem to be present - an observation that quickly presents a nightmarish reality.
Director: Makinov | Stars: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Vinessa Shaw, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Gerardo Taracena
Votes: 3,408
12. Evil Eye (2022)
100 min | Horror
Nala, a 13-year-old girl from the city, travels with her family to her grandmother's home in the countryside, to try to find a cure for her little sister's mysterious illness - But she'll soon find her granny is not exactly what she seems.
Director: Isaac Ezban | Stars: Ofelia Medina, Paola Miguel, Samantha Castillo, Arap Bethke
Votes: 1,507
13. Satanico Pandemonium (1975)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young nun is tempted by visions of forbidden sexual fantasies to cross over to Satan.
Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Enrique Rocha, Cecilia Pezet, Delia Magaña, Clemencia Colin
Votes: 1,510
14. Darker Than Night (1975)
102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Four beautiful women move to an old house, inherited by the aunt of one of them, and witness strange things.
Director: Carlos Enrique Taboada | Stars: Claudia Islas, Susana Dosamantes, Lucía Méndez, Helena Rojo
Votes: 1,447
15. Alucarda (1977)
R | 78 min | Horror
After the death of her parents, a young girl arrives at a convent and brings a sinister presence with her. Is it her enigmatic imaginary friend, Alucarda, who is to blame? Or is there a satanic force at work?
Director: Juan López Moctezuma | Stars: Claudio Brook, David Silva, Tina Romero, Susana Kamini
Votes: 4,075
16. Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968)
TV-14 | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Girls that were punished to sat at a boarding school during Spring Break have no idea the school is haunted by the restless spirit of a former student seeking revenge.
Director: Carlos Enrique Taboada | Stars: Marga López, Maricruz Olivier, Alicia Bonet, Norma Lazareno
Votes: 2,013
17. Here Comes the Devil (2012)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Thriller
A couple loses their children near some caves in Tijuana. The children return to their parents the next day, unharmed. However, something has happened to them.
Director: Adrian Garcia Bogliano | Stars: Laura Caro, Francisco Barreiro, Michele García, Alan Martínez
Votes: 4,449 | Gross: $0.00M
18. Cemetery of Terror (1985)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
On Halloween, a group of medical students steal the corpse a serial killer from a morgue and raise him from the dead, inadvertently putting themselves and a group of young neighborhood children in danger.
Director: Rubén Galindo Jr. | Stars: Hugo Stiglitz, Usi Velasco, Erika Buenfil, Edna Bolkan
Votes: 1,355
19. Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (1960)
85 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after fifteen years of hellish marriage.
Director: Rogelio A. González | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Amparo Rivelles, Elda Peralta, Guillermo Orea
Votes: 2,103
20. The Bees (1978)
PG | 83 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When South America killer bees corporately smuggled into the United States mutate into intelligent insects and attacks helpless people, young scientists work desperately to end the threat as the menace swarms in on the city areas.
Director: Alfredo Zacarías | Stars: John Saxon, Angel Tompkins, John Carradine, Claudio Brook
Votes: 1,472
21. Diablero (2018–2020)
TV-MA | 40 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A fallen priest, a legendary demon hunter and a modern day superhero join forces to battle evil.
Stars: Christopher Von Uckermann, Gisselle Kuri, Fátima Molina, Horacio Garcia Rojas
Votes: 2,825
22. Summer Camp (2015)
R | 81 min | Horror
Four American counsellors at a European summer camp must deal with the outbreak of a rage-inducing plague that starts in the animals.
Director: Alberto Marini | Stars: Diego Boneta, Jocelin Donahue, Maiara Walsh, Andrés Velencoso
Votes: 4,138
23. Don't Panic (1987)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror
On his seventeenth birthday, Michael unwittingly unlocks the evil forces of a Ouija board.
Director: Rubén Galindo Jr. | Stars: Jon Michael Bischof, Gabriela Hassel, Helena Rojo, Jorge Luke
Votes: 1,490
24. The Brainiac (1962)
Approved | 77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft, necromancy, and other crimes. As he dies, the Baron swears ... See full summary »
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Abel Salazar, Ariadne Welter, David Silva, Germán Robles
Votes: 1,310
25. The Black Pit of Dr. M (1959)
Approved | 71 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Two doctors make a pact in which they swear that the first to die will return - if possible - to tell the other how to get a glimpse of the afterlife while still alive.
Director: Fernando Méndez | Stars: Gastón Santos, Rafael Bertrand, Mapita Cortés, Carlos Ancira
Votes: 737
26. Lo que la gente cuenta (2005– )
60 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Horror stories based on legends told in Mexico.
Stars: Jair De Rubin, Marina Flores Trillo, Daniela Usi, Saúl Hernández
Votes: 68
27. Night of 1000 Cats (1972)
R | 63 min | Horror
A wealthy playboy kidnaps and murders young women, feeding their corpses to his horde of felines.
Director: René Cardona Jr. | Stars: Anjanette Comer, Hugo Stiglitz, Zulma Faiad, Christa Linder
Votes: 871
28. The Inhabitant (2017)
93 min | Horror
Three sisters break into a rich family house, but find a very disturbing secret in the basement.
Director: Guillermo Amoedo | Stars: María Evoli, Vanesa Restrepo, Carla Adell, Gabriela de la Garza
Votes: 1,273
29. The Book of Stone (1969)
99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A governess Julia comes to work in a bourgeois family that live in an afforested property that they have recently bought. Julia is to take care of little girl named Silvia, whose unusual ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Enrique Taboada | Stars: Marga López, Joaquín Cordero, Norma Lazareno, Aldo Monti
Votes: 1,233
30. La tía Alejandra (1980)
98 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Old aunt Alejandra goes to live with a Mexican middle-class family; she's bitter and the children tease her and make her life miserable, but the old woman is truly a witch, and takes revenge.
Director: Arturo Ripstein | Stars: Diana Bracho, Isabela Corona, Manuel Ojeda, María Rebeca
Votes: 449
31. Come Play with Me (2021)
80 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Sofía, an insecure young nanny who starts her new job taking care of two problematic kids. When their parents leave her alone with the children, they become victims of a demonic entity obsessed with playing children's games.
Director: Adrian Garcia Bogliano | Stars: Liz Dieppa, Emilio Beltrán, Santiago Beltrán, Erick Israel Consuelo
Votes: 408
32. KM 31: Kilómetro 31 (2006)
R | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Following a horrible car accident on a wooded road near Mexico City, Agata goes into a coma. Her twin sister Catalina must try to solve the mystery of her sister's accident next to the Km. 31 marker and discovers a terrifying local legend.
Director: Rigoberto Castañeda | Stars: Iliana Fox, Adrià Collado, Raúl Méndez, Luisa Huertas
Votes: 3,576
33. The Curse of the Crying Woman (1963)
Approved | 80 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After fifteen years of being away, a woman returns with her husband to her aunt's hacienda in the Mexican countryside, without realizing that her relative is a sorceress who wants to use her to bring an evil witch back to life.
Director: Rafael Baledón | Stars: Rosita Arenas, Abel Salazar, Rita Macedo, Carlos López Moctezuma
Votes: 782
34. The Witch's Mirror (1960)
Approved | 76 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch's mirror to take her revenge.
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Rosita Arenas, Armando Calvo, Isabela Corona, Dina de Marco
Votes: 954
35. The Wind of Fear (2007)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After a failed suicide attempt, Claudia is committed to an institution for troubled teens. Inside the place Claudia encounters the ghost of Andrea, a previous patient at the center who supposedly died at the facilities.
Director: Gustavo Moheno | Stars: Martha Higareda, Verónica Langer, María Aguilera, Omar Banana
Votes: 733
36. El fantasma del convento (1934)
85 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Alfonso (Del Campo), Eduardo (Villatoro) and Eduardo's wife Cristina (Ruel) get lost when visiting a forest. A strange monk finds them and takes them to an ancient convent. There, the three... See full summary »
Director: Fernando de Fuentes | Stars: Marta Roel, Enrique del Campo, Carlos Villatoro, Paco Martínez
Votes: 441
37. Pedro Páramo (1967)
TV-PG | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Highly symbolic and allegorical, this drama takes as its basis a son's search for his father in the chaotic times of the Mexican Revolution in the early 1900s. Stereotypical (or archetypal)... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Velo | Stars: John Gavin, Ignacio López Tarso, Pilar Pellicer, Julissa
Votes: 369
38. El vampiro (1957)
95 min | Mystery, Thriller, Horror
A pretty young Mexican girl returns to her hometown to make funeral arrangements for her beloved aunt, who has just died. Soon she begins to hear disturbing stories about the town being ... See full summary »
Director: Fernando Méndez | Stars: Abel Salazar, Ariadne Welter, Carmen Montejo, José Luis Jiménez
Votes: 1,013
39. Two Monks (1934)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When the Monk Javier acts violently in a gothic monastery, the Prior asks the Monk Juan to calm him down since he believes that Javier is possessed by demons. When Juan comes to Javier's ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Bustillo Oro | Stars: Víctor Urruchúa, Carlos Villatoro, Magda Haller, Beltrán de Heredia
Votes: 711
40. Darker Than Night (2014)
R | 110 min | Horror
Greta moves into her recently deceased aunt's mansion and starts throwing wild parties with her friends; however, what looks to be the best summer of their lives turns into a fight for their lives after Beker, her aunt's prized cat, drowns in the home's pool.
Director: Henry Bedwell | Stars: Zuria Vega, Adriana Louvier, Eréndira Ibarra, Ona Casamiquela
Votes: 1,007 | Gross: $0.86M
41. The Tenants (I) (2018)
TV-MA | 88 min | Horror
Luzma and Demián, a young couple, have just moved to an old neighborhood trying to leave behind an incident that torments them. Hopeful, they do their best to take this change as an ... See full summary »
Director: Chava Cartas | Stars: Danny Perea, Erick Elias, Luis Arrieta, Fernando Ciangherotti
Votes: 187
42. The Scapular (1968)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A woman who is about to die calls the town's priest and hands him a scapulary, saying that she knows of its great powers. Anybody who does not believe in them will end up dead.
Director: Servando González | Stars: Enrique Lizalde, Enrique Aguilar, Carlos Cardán, Federico Falcón
Votes: 360
43. Terror and Black Lace (1986)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Isabel Martinez (Maribel Guardia) is a naive stay-at-home wife, who constantly is being mistreated by her abusive husband, what they do not know is their quiet and polite neighbor is actually a crazed sex maniac.
Director: Luis Alcoriza | Stars: Gonzalo Vega, Maribel Guardia, Claudio Obregón, Jaime Moreno
Votes: 194
44. The Vampire's Coffin (1958)
80 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Graverobbers stumble upon the tomb of a vampire, who turns them into zombies to do his bidding, which is to stalk and capture beautiful women.
Director: Fernando Méndez | Stars: Abel Salazar, Ariadne Welter, Germán Robles, Yerye Beirute
Votes: 639
45. El hombre sin rostro (1950)
91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A faceless killer who hunts women can only be stopped by a detective with a disturbing past.
Director: Juan Bustillo Oro | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Carmen Molina, Miguel Ángel Ferriz, Queta Lavat
Votes: 198
46. Km 31-2 (2016)
R | 105 min | Horror
The police officer Martin Ugalde is called to investigate a series of kidnappings in Mexico City of kids between 6 and 9 years old. Immediately, he realizes these abductions have a special link with the case seven years before.
Director: Rigoberto Castañeda | Stars: Carlos Aragón, Mauricio García Lozano, Adrià Collado, Verónica Merchant
Votes: 266
47. Cuidado con lo que deseas (2020)
91 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Pamela loves fairy tales and horror films. Her parents take her to celebrate her eighth birthday and her uncle gives her as a gift a jester who will allow her to see the spectacle of how adults behave when they think no one is seeing them.
Director: Agustín Tapia | Stars: Fernanda Castillo, Valery Sais, Juan Ríos, Iván Arana
Votes: 360
48. Panic (1972)
85 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A young woman is nursing a doll like a real baby, and even hears its cries. Her fantasies becomes more deranged and her paranoia never lets her go. Is someone chasing her? Was she abused by three men?
Director: Julián Soler | Stars: Ana Martín, Ofelia Guilmáin, Joaquín Cordero, José Gálvez
Votes: 96
49. The Living Coffin (1959)
72 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A cowboy and his sidekick meet a ranching family that is haunted by spirits and vampires.
Director: Fernando Méndez | Stars: Gastón Santos, María Duval, Pedro de Aguillón, Hortensia Santoveña
Votes: 217
50. Noctem (2017)
R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Nights in a row, Adrian finds himself in his apartment, with no lights and strange sounds coming from the inside. He asks his friends for help and one of them decides to make a documentary of what is happening to him.
Director: Marcos Cabotá | Stars: Adrián Lastra, Sara Lopez, Esteban Piñero, Carla Nieto
Votes: 330