- Us, Universal Pictures presents in association with Perfect World Pictures a Monkeypaw production ; produced by Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Ian Cooper ; written, produced, directed by Jordan Peele
- Oculus, Relativity Media and Intrepid Pictures ; screenplay, Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard ; director Mike Flanagan
- A quiet place, Paramount Pictures presents ; screenplay by Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, John Krasinski ; directed by John Krasinski
- Vacancy, Screen Gems presents a Hal Lieberman Company production ; produced by Hal Lieberman ; written by Mark L. Smith ; directed by Nimród Antal
- Resident evil, retribution, Screen Gems/DavisFilms/Impact Pictures Inc., Constantin Film International ; produced by Jeremy Bolt ... [et. al.] ; written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
- Horns, Radius-TWC Dimension Films and Red Granite Pictures present ; a Mandalay Pictures production ; screenplay by Keith Bunn ; directed by Alexandre Aja
- Hannibal rising, Dino De Laurentiis presents in association with Quinta Communications and Ingenuous Film Partners a Peter Webber film ; produced by Tarak Ben Ammar, Dino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis ; screenplay by Thomas Harris ; directed by Peter Webber
- It, New Line Cinema presents ; screenplay by Chase Palmer & Cary Fukunage and Gary Dauberman ; produced by Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Seth Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg, Barbara Muschietti ; directed by Andy Muschietti
- Red dragon, Universal Pictures and Dino De Laurentiis present in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures ; in association with Mikona Productions GmbH & Co. KG
- Silent Hill, a Silent Hill DCP, Inc.-Davis Films production in association with Konami ; released by TriStar
- Apollo 18, Weinstein Company ; director, Gonzalo López-Gallego ; screenplay by Brian Miller ; produced by Timur Bekmambetov and Ron Schmidt
- Goosebumps 2, Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation present ; produced by Deborah Forte, Neal H. Mortiz ; screenplay by Rob Lieber ; directed by Ari Sandel
- The hole, Bold Films presents ; in association with Benderspink ; directed by Joe Dante ; written by Mark L. Smith ; produced by Michel Litvak and David Lancaster
- Scare crow, York Pictures, Inc. ; Wonderland Entertainment & The Asylum ; an Urban Girl Productions, Inc. ; producers, Emmanuel Itier, Steve Taylor, Tanya York ; writers, Bill Cunningham, Emmanuel Itier, Jason White ; directed by Emmanuel Itier
- Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street, Dreamworks Pictures and; Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Parkes/MacDonald Productions ; produced by John Logan, Laurie MacDonald, Walter Parkes, Richard D. Zanuck ; screenplay by John Logan ; directed by Tim Burton
- Paranormal activity, Blumhouse Productions ; screenplay by Oren Peli ; directed by Oren Peli
- Cabin fever, Black Sky Entertainment presents in association with Deer Path Films a Down Home Entertainment/Tonic Films production ; a Lions Gate Films release
- Dark water, Touchstone Pictures presents a Pandemonium/Vertigo Entertainment production
- The box, Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Radar Pictures and Media Rights Capital, a Darko Entertainment production, a Richard Kelly film ; produced by Sean McKittrick, Richard Kelly and Dan Lin ; written for the screen and directed by Richard Kelly
- The grudge, Sam Raimi and Columbia Pictures present a Ghost House Pictures production ; executive producers, Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane, Carsten Lorenz, Roy Lee, Doug Davison ; producers, Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Taka Ichise ; screenplay, Stephen Susco ; director, Takashi Shimizu
- Don't breathe, Screen Gems, Stage 6 Films in association with Ghost House Pictures presents ; a film by Fede Alvarez ; produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Fede Alvarez ; written by Fede Alvarez & Rodo Sayagues ; directed by Fede Alvarez
- 28 days later, Fox Searchlight Pictures presents in association with DNA Films and The Film Council
- Freaky, Universal Pictures presents ; a Blumhouse production ; in association with Divide/Conquer ; produced by Jason Blum ; screenwriters, Michael Kennedy & Christopher Landon ; directed by Christopher Landon
- The invisible man, Universal Pictures presents ; a Blumhouse/Goalpost production ; in association with Nervous Tick Productions ; produced by Jason Blum, Kylie du Fresne ; screenplay and directed by Leigh Whannell
- Cabin in the woods, Lionsgate presents ; a Mutant Enemy production ; directed by Drew Goddard ; written by Joss Whedon & Drew Goodard ; produced by Joss Whedon
- Color out of space, Ace Pictures Entertainment presents ; in association with XYZ Films and BRO Cinema ; a SpectreVision production ; produced by Daniel Noan, Josh C. Waller, Lisa Whalen, Elijah Wood ; written by Richard Stanley and Scarlett Amaris ; directed by Richard Stanley
- The conjuring 2, a New Line Cinema presentation ; in association with Ratpac-Dune Entertainment ; a Safran Company/Atomic Monster production ; screenplay by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes & James Wan and David Leslie Johnson ; story by Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes & James Wan ; produced by Peter Safran, Rob Cowan, James Wan ; directed by James Wan
- Spring, XYZ Films presents ; produced by David Lawson, Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Luca Legnani ; written by Justin Benson ; directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
- Scream VI, a Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group presentation ; a Project X Entertainment production ; a Radio Silence film ; written by James Vanderbilt & Guy Busick ; produced by William Sherak, James Vanderbilt, Paul Neinstein ; directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett
- You're next, [producer, Keith Calder, Jessica Wu, Simon Barrett, Kim Sherman ; writer, Simon Barrett]; director, Adam Wingard
- Midnight son, director, Scott Leberecht
- Flatliners, Columbia Pictures presents ; in association with Cross Creek Pictures ; a Laurence Mark, Furthur Films, Safran Company production ; a film by Niels Arden Oplev ; produced by Laurence Mark, Michael Douglas, Peter Safran ; story by Peter Filardi ; screenplay by Ben Ripley ; directed by Niels Arden Oplev
- Ouija, Universal Pictures presents ; a Platinum Dunes/Blumhouse production in association with Allspark Pictures ; a Mike Flanagan film ; produced by Michael Bay [and five others] ; written by Mike Flanagan & Jeff Howard ; directed by Mike Flanagan
- The wolfman, Universal Pictures in association with Relativity Media, a Stuber Pictures production
- The Mummy, Universal Pictures presents an Alphaville production ; a Stephen Sommers film ; producers, James Jacks, Sean Daniel ; screen story, Stephen Sommers, Lloyd Fonvielle and Kevin Jarre ; screenplay, Stephen Sommers ; director, Stephen Sommers
- Goosebumps: Deep trouble, a co-production of Protocol Entertainment and Scholastic Productions ; producer, Steve Levitan ; teleplay by Jessica Scott & Mike Wollaeger ; directed by William Fruet
- Warm bodies, producers, Bruna Papandrea, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman ; writer, Jonathan Levine ; director, Jonathan Levine
- The eye, Lionsgate and Paramount Vantage presents a C/W Productions in association with Vertigo Entertainment ; produced by Don Granger, Paula Wagner ; screenplay by Sebastian Gutierrez ; directed by David Moreau, Xavier Palud
- The babadook, IFC Midnight, Entertanment One, Screen Australia, and Causeway Films present ; producers Kristina Ceyton, Kristian Moliere ; written and directed by Jennifer Kent
- The grudge 2, Sam Raimi and Columbia Pictures present a Ghost House Pictures production, a film by Takashi Shimizu ; produced by Takashige Ichise, Robert G. Tapert ; written by Stephen Susco ; directed by Takashi Shimizu
- Smile, Paramount Pictures presents ; in association with Paramount Players ; a Temple Hill production; produced by Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Isaac Klausner, Robert Salerno ; written and directed by Parker Finn
- Saw III, Lions Gate Films ; Twisted Pictures ; produced by Mark Burg, Oren Koules ; story by James Wan, Leigh Whannell ; screenplay by Leigh Whannell ; directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
- Quarantine, Andale Pictures ; Screen Gems ; Vertigo Entertainment ; produced by Sergio Aguero, Clint Culpepper, Doug Davison, Carlos Fernández, Julio Fernández, Roy Lee ; screenplay by John Erick Dowdle & Drew Dowdle ; directed by John Erick Dowdle
- Halloween, a Dimension Films release Moustapha Akkad presents a Nightfall production of a Rick Rosenthal film ; producer, Paul Freeman ; story, Larry Brand ; screenplay writers, Larry Brand, Sean Hood ; director, Rick Rosenthal
- Saw IV, it's a trap, Lions Gate Films ; Twisted Pictures ; produced by Mark Burg, Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules ; story by Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan and Thomas Fenton ; screenplay by Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan ; directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
- Scream 2, a Dimension Films presentation ; a Konrad Pictures production in association with Craven/Maddalena Films ; a film by Wes Craven ; written by Kevin Wiliamson ; produced by Cathy Konrad and Marianne Maddalena ; directed by Wes Craven
- The shallows, Columbia Pictures presents ; written by Anthony Jaswinski ; produced by Lynn Harris, Matti Leshem ; directed by Jaume Collet-Serra
- Synchronic, Patriot Pictures presents ; written by Justin Benson ; directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
- Scream 3, directed by Wes Craven ; written by Ehren Kruger ; produced by Cathy Konrad, Kevin Williamson, Marianne Maddalena ; a film by Wes Kraven ; a Konrad Pictures production in association with Craven/Maddalena Films ; a Dimension Films presentation
- 47 meters down, writers, Johannes Roberts, Ernest Riera; producers, James Harris, Mark Lane, Arnaud Lannic ; director, Johannes Roberts