What Kind of Scary?

Know what kind of scary before you press play.

Love dread but hate gore? Fine with slashers but not with anything happening to a dog, a kid, or an eyeball? Every movie here gets a scare profile and a list of the upsetting stuff, so you can pick your poison instead of being ambushed by it.

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48 movies

4/5Very scary

The Thing

1982 · 109 min

Body horror · Creature feature · Sci-fi horror

HeavyAnimal harmed or killedHeavyBody horrorHeavyGraphic gore
3/5Scary

Evil Dead

2013 · 91 min

Body horror · Demonic & religious · Extreme & torture

HeavyDemons & possessionHeavyGraphic goreHeavySelf-harm
2/5Unsettling

The Cabin in the Woods

2012 · 95 min

Horror comedy · Creature feature · Sci-fi horror

HeavyGraphic gore
3/5Scary

The Mist

2007 · 126 min

Creature feature · Psychological · Survival

HeavyChild harmed or killedHeavyChild in dangerHeavyCults & religious extremism
3/5Scary

Hellraiser

1987 · 93 min

Body horror · Demonic & religious · Extreme & torture

HeavyBody horrorHeavyGraphic goreModerateCults & religious extremism
Unrated

It Chapter Two

2019 · 169 min

Cosmic & eldritch · Creature feature · Slow burn

HeavySuicideModerateClowns
Unrated

The Nun

2018 · 96 min

Cosmic & eldritch · Demonic & religious · Supernatural

HeavyDemons & possession
Unrated

Annihilation

2018 · 115 min

Body horror · Horror comedy · Cosmic & eldritch

HeavyBody horrorModerateAnimals as the threatModerateDisease & terminal illness
Unrated

The Evil Dead

1983 · 85 min

Cosmic & eldritch · Demonic & religious · Extreme & torture

HeavyDemons & possessionHeavyGraphic gore
Unrated

Event Horizon

1997 · 96 min

Cosmic & eldritch · Supernatural · Surreal & dreamlike

HeavyGraphic gore
Unrated

Prometheus

2012 · 124 min

Cosmic & eldritch · Creature feature · Sci-fi horror

Unrated

Army of Darkness

1992 · 89 min

Horror comedy · Cosmic & eldritch · Folk horror

ModerateGraphic gore
Unrated

Iron Lung

2026 · 125 min

Apocalyptic · Body horror · Cosmic & eldritch

HeavyBody horrorHeavyGraphic goreModerateGrief & bereavement
Unrated

Underwater

2020 · 95 min

Cosmic & eldritch · Creature feature · Survival

ModerateAnimals as the threatModerateAnimal harmed or killed
Unrated

The Empty Man

2020 · 137 min

Cosmic & eldritch · Folk horror · Sci-fi horror

Unrated

A Cure for Wellness

2017 · 146 min

Cosmic & eldritch

Unrated

Evil Dead II

1987 · 84 min

Horror comedy · Cosmic & eldritch · Extreme & torture

HeavyGraphic goreModerateEye trauma
Unrated

No One Will Save You

2023 · 93 min

Cosmic & eldritch · Home invasion

HeavyHome invasionModerateGrief & bereavement
Unrated

Color Out of Space

2020 · 111 min

Body horror · Cosmic & eldritch · Psychological

Unrated

In the Mouth of Madness

1995 · 95 min

Cosmic & eldritch · Gothic · Psychological

Unrated

The Endless

2017 · 112 min

Cosmic & eldritch · Supernatural

HeavySuicide
Unrated

Prince of Darkness

1987 · 102 min

Cosmic & eldritch · Demonic & religious · Surreal & dreamlike

ModerateCults & religious extremismModerateDemons & possession
Unrated

From Beyond

1986 · 85 min

Body horror · Cosmic & eldritch · Sci-fi horror

Unrated

The Void

2016 · 90 min

Body horror · Cosmic & eldritch · Creature feature