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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473 movies

2/5Unsettling

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

2021 · 107 min

Body horror · Sci-fi horror · Survival

ModerateAnimals as the threatModerateBody horrorModerateChild abuse
3/5Scary

Pinocchio: Unstrung

2026 · 82 min

Body horror · Creature feature · Psychological

HeavyChild in dangerHeavyDolls, puppets & mannequinsHeavyGraphic gore
3/5Scary

Backrooms

2026 · 111 min

Found footage · Psychological · Sci-fi horror

ModerateBody horrorModerateClaustrophobia & confinementModerateGraphic gore
3/5Scary

Deep Water

2026 · 107 min

Creature feature · Survival · Thriller

HeavyAnimals as the threatModerateChild in dangerModerateClaustrophobia & confinement
3/5Scary

The Fly

1986 · 96 min

Body horror · Psychological · Sci-fi horror

HeavyBody horrorHeavyGraphic goreModerateAnimals as the threat
4/5Very scary

Alien

1979 · 117 min

Creature feature · Sci-fi horror · Slow burn

HeavyBody horrorModerateClaustrophobia & confinementModerateGraphic gore
3/5Scary

It

2017 · 135 min

Horror comedy · Creature feature · Supernatural

HeavyBullying & hazingHeavyChild abuseHeavyChild harmed or killed
3/5Scary

A Quiet Place

2018 · 91 min

Apocalyptic · Creature feature · Survival

HeavyChild harmed or killedHeavyChild in dangerHeavyPregnancy & childbirth trauma
3/5Scary

Jaws

1975 · 124 min

Creature feature · Survival · Thriller

HeavyAnimals as the threatModerateAnimal harmed or killedModerateChild harmed or killed
4/5Very scary

Barbarian

2022 · 103 min

Horror comedy · Creature feature · Psychological

HeavyClaustrophobia & confinementHeavyGraphic goreHeavySexual assault
4/5Very scary

The Thing

1982 · 109 min

Body horror · Creature feature · Sci-fi horror

HeavyAnimal harmed or killedHeavyBody horrorHeavyGraphic gore
3/5Scary

Cannibal Holocaust

1980 · 96 min

Extreme & torture · Found footage · Creature feature

HeavyAnimal harmed or killedHeavyCannibalismHeavyGraphic gore
4/5Very scary

The Descent

2005 · 100 min

Creature feature · Psychological · Survival

HeavyClaustrophobia & confinementHeavyGraphic goreModerateCar crash
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

Nope

2022 · 130 min

Creature feature · Sci-fi horror · Thriller

ModerateAnimals as the threatModerateAnimal harmed or killedModerateGraphic gore
4/5Very scary

The Babadook

2014 · 94 min

Psychological · Slow burn · Supernatural

HeavyAnimal harmed or killedHeavyChild in dangerHeavyGrief & bereavement
3/5Scary

Possession

1981 · 124 min

Body horror · Demonic & religious · Psychological

HeavyBody horrorHeavyGraphic goreHeavyMental illness
Unrated

Alien: Covenant

2017 · 122 min

Creature feature · Sci-fi horror · Thriller

HeavyRealistic, grounded violence
Unrated

Lee Cronin's The Mummy

2026 · 133 min

Body horror · Creature feature · Demonic & religious

HeavyBody horrorModerateDemons & possession
Unrated

Meg 2: The Trench

2023 · 116 min

Creature feature

ModerateAnimals as the threat
Unrated

The Mummy

2017 · 110 min

Creature feature · Supernatural

Unrated

The Last House

2026 · 110 min

Creature feature

Unrated

Alien: Romulus

2024 · 119 min

Creature feature