- 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
- House at the end of the street, Relativity Media presents a Filmnation Entertainment and A Bigger Boat production ; screenwriter, David Loucka ; directed by Mark Tonderai
- Underworld, awakening = Monde infernal : l'éveil, Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment present ; a Lakeshore Entertainment production, in association with Sketch Films ; produced by Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Len Wiseman, Richard Wright ; story by Len Wiseman & John Hlavin ; screenplay by Len Wiseman & John Hlavin and J. Michael Straczynski and Allison Burnett ; directed by [Måns] Mårlind & [Björn] Stein
- Annabelle, a New Line Cinema presentation in association with Ratpac-Dune Entertainment ; an Atomic Monster/Safran Company production ; written by Gary Dauberman ; produced by Peter Safran, James Wan ; directed by John R. Leonetti
- M3GAN, Universal Pictures and BH present ; an Atomic Monster production ; in association with Divide/Conquer ; screenplay by Akela Cooper ; story by Akela Cooper & James Wan ; produced by Jason Blum, James Wan ; directed by Gerard Johnstone
- 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 hills have eyes, Fox Searchlight Pictures presents a Craven/Maddalena Films and Peter Locke production.; made in association with Dune Entertainment LLC and Major Studio Partners ; released by Twentieth Century Fox
- 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
- Sorority row, director, Stewart Hendler
- Slender Man, Screen Gems presents a Mythology Entertainment and Madhouse Entertainment production ; produced by Bradley J. Fischer, James Vanderbilt, William Sherak, Robyn Meisinger, Sarah Snow ; written by David Birke ; directed by Sylvain White
- After.life, Anchor Bay Films and Lleju Productions present a Plum Pictures production in association with Constellation Entertainment, a film by Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo ; produced by Brad Michael Gilbert, William O. Perkins III, Celine Rattray ; written by Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo, Paul Vosloo, Jakub Korolczuk ; directed by Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo
- Jennifer's body, Fox Atomic presents a Dubiecki/Novick/Reitman production ; produced by Mason Novick, Daniel Dubiecki, Jason Reitman ; written by Diablo Cody ; directed by Karyn Kusama
- The ring two, produced by Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes ; written by Ehren Kruger ; directed by Hideo Nakata
- It waits, IDT Entertainment ; directed by Steven R. Monroe ; produced by Stephen J. Cannell, Michael Dubelko ; written by Richard Christian Matheson & Tom Szollosi and Stephen J Cannell
- It, New Line Cinema presents ; a Double Dream, Vertigo Entertainment, Rideback production ; produced by Barbara Muschietti, Dan Lin, Roy Lee ; screenplay by Gary Dauberman ; directed by Andy Muschietti, Chapter two
- The mummy, Universal Pictures presents in association with Perfect World Pictures a Secret Hideout/Conspiracy Factory/Sean Daniel Company production ; produced by Alex Kurtzman, Chris Morgan, Sean Daniel, Sarah Bradshaw ; screenplay by David Koepp and Christopher McQuarrie and Dylan Kussman ; directed by Alex Kurtzman
- Saw II, Twisted Pictures ; a Lions Gate Films release
- Freddy vs. Jason, New Line Cinema
- The fourth kind, Universal Pictures and Gold Circle Films present a Chambara Pictures & Dead Crow Pictures production, an Olatunde Osunsanmi film ; produced by Paul Brooks, Joe Carnahan, Terry Lee Robbins ; story by Olatunde Osunsanmi & Terry Lee Robbins ; screenplay by Olatunde Osunsanmi ; directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi
- The messengers, Screen Gems and Ghost House Pictures and Columbia Pictures present a Blue Star Pictures production ; a Pang Brothers film ; produced by Sam Raimi, Bob Tapert, William Sherak, Jason Shuman ; screenplay by Mark Wheaton ; directed by Danny Pang & Oxide Pang
- The witch, producers, Daniel Bekerman, Lars Knudsen, Jodi Redmond, Rodrigo Teixeira ; written and directed by Robert Eggers
- A quiet place, Paramount Pictures presents in association with Michael Bay ; a Platinum Dunes/Sunday Night production ; produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Bradley Fuller, John Krasinski ; written and directed by John Krasinski, Part II
- John Carpenter's Vampires, Columbia Pictures ; Largo Entertainment presents ; a Storm King production ; produced by Sandy King ; screenplay by Don Jakoby ; directed by John Carpenter
- It follows, Radius & Northern Lights Films present ; written & directed by David Robert Mitchell
- Don't breathe 2, Screen Gems and Stage 6 Films present ; in association with Ghost House Pictures ; a Bad Hombre production ; produced by Fede Alvarez, Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert ; written by Fede Alvarez & Rodo Sayagues ; directed by Rodo Sayagues
- Turistas, Fox Atomic and 2929 Productions present a Stone Village Pictures/BoZ Productions production ; produced by Marc Butan ... [et al.] ; written by Michael Arlen Ross ; directed by John Stockwell
- Winchester, CBS Films presents ; written by Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig, Tom Vaughan ; produced by Tim McGahan, Brett Tomberlin ; directed by The Spierig Brothers
- I'll always know what you did last summer, Destination Films presents an Original Film production a Mandalay Pictures production
- It, New Line Cinema presents ; in association with RatPac-Dune Entertainment ; a Vertigo Entertainment/Lin Pictures production ; a KatzSmith production ; produced by Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Seth Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg, Barbara Muschietti ; screenplay by Chase Palmer & Cary Fukunaga and Gary Dauberman ; directed by Andy Muschietti
- Open house, Grindstone Pictures presents a Stonebrook Entertainment production ; produced by Danny Roth, Jack Schuster, Mitchell Goldman ; written and directed by Andrew Paquin
- What we do in the shadows, Unison Films presents ; a Defender Films production ; in association with Park Road Post Production and The New Zealand Documentary Board
- Saw V, A Lionsgate release, Twisted Pictures presents a Burg/Koules/Hoffman production ; produced by Gregg Hoffman, Mark Burg, Oren Koules ; screenplay by Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan ; directed by David Hackl
- Rest stop, don't look back, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ; director, Shawn Papazian ; writer/producer, John Shiban
- Morbius, Columbia Pictures presents ; in association with Marvel ; an Avi Arad/Matt Tolmach production ; screen story and screenplay by Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless ; produced by Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Lucas Foster ; directed by Daniel Espinosa