Curated collection

Curated Horror Cult Classics

Every film on this list was underestimated at some point. Curated horror cult classics earned their status outside the mainstream, through midnight screenings, worn-out VHS tapes, and the kind of word-of-mouth that studio marketing can't manufacture. Some took decades to find their audience. Worth the wait.

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Poster artwork for Creepshow

Creepshow

1982 · Movie

Five horror stories pulled from a pulp comic, each one about someone getting exactly what they deserve. Mean, colorful, and in a very good mood about it.

1980sAnthologyHorror Comedy
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Creepshow 2

1987 · Movie

Three horror stories from the same pulp comic: a wooden statue that remembers a debt, a lake with something in it that won't let anyone swim to shore, and a hitchhiker who keeps showing up.

1980sAnthologyHorror Comedy
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Death Becomes Her

1992 · Movie

Two lifelong rivals competing over the same man both drink a potion that promises eternal youth. The side effects are not clearly disclosed.

1990sBody HorrorHorror Comedy
Poster artwork for Ed and His Dead Mother

Ed Chilton misses his mother badly enough to pay a mysterious salesman to bring her back. She comes back hungry.

1990sDark ComedyZombie
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Evil Dead II

1987 · Movie

Ash is back in the cabin and the night ahead of him gets progressively, hilariously, horrifyingly worse. The tape plays again.

1980sDemonsCabin in the Woods
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Evil Ed

1995 · Movie
Pick

A mild-mannered film editor is reassigned to cut a series of violent splatter films and locked in a cottage alone to do the work. The footage changes him.

1990sHorror ComedySplatter
Poster artwork for Freddy's Nightmares
Pick

Freddy Krueger hosts a weekly anthology set in Springwood, introducing stories of fear, greed, and revenge in the shadow of Elm Street.

1980sAnthologySlasher
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Friday the 13th

1980 · Movie
Pick

Camp Crystal Lake is reopening after years of deaths nobody fully explained and a new group of counselors has moved in to prepare for the season. Somebody's already there.

1980sSlasherSummer Camp
Poster artwork for Goosebumps (1995)
Pick

R.L. Stine's best-selling books brought to life in a weekly half-hour anthology where ordinary kids find themselves in situations with real menace.

1990sAnthologyFamily Horror
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Gremlins

1984 · Movie

A Mogwai named Gizmo arrives as a Christmas gift with three very specific rules. All three get broken on the same night.

1980sCreature FeatureHorror Comedy
Poster artwork for Halloween III: Season of the Witch

No Michael Myers. Instead, a California coastal town is being targeted by a mask company with a very strange plan for Halloween night.

1980sHoliday HorrorFolk Horror
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Hellraiser

1987 · Movie
Pick

Frank Cotton solves an ancient puzzle box and gets more than he bargained for. When his brother's family moves into his old house, a single drop of blood gives Frank a way back.

1980sBody HorrorOccult
Poster artwork for House of 1000 Corpses

Two couples following a documentary about American roadside oddities stop at a rural Texas attraction and end up as guests of a family that doesn't let people leave.

2000sBackwoods HorrorSerial Killer
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Ice Cream Man

1995 · Movie

The neighborhood ice cream man has a very disturbing operation running out of his truck, and the local kids are starting to notice.

1990sSlasherHorror Comedy
Poster artwork for Interview with the Vampire

A vampire sits down with a journalist in San Francisco and tells the story of two centuries spent with a companion he never chose and could never escape.

1990sVampireGothic
Poster artwork for Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Pick

Something is off about the people Miles Bennell knows best, starting small and getting worse the more he looks. The town has no interest in being caught.

1950sAlienSci-Fi Horror
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Jaws

1975 · Movie
Pick

Amity Island has a problem in the water and a mayor who won't close the beach. Three men eventually go out on a boat to solve it themselves.

1970sCreature FeatureAquatic Horror
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Jeepers Creepers

2001 · Movie
Pick

Two siblings on a long drive home spot someone dumping what looks like a body down a pipe off a rural highway. Stopping to investigate is where things go very wrong.

2000sCreature FeatureRoad Horror
Poster artwork for Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Pick

Alien creatures shaped like circus clowns land in a small town and start harvesting the population using cotton candy cocoons. Two teenagers try to warn people.

1980sCreature FeatureAlien
Poster artwork for Let the Right One In

Eli moves into the apartment building where Oskar lives. She only comes out at night and doesn't technically need an invitation.

2000sCult ClassicVampire