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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209 movies

2/5Unsettling

Colony

2026 · 123 min

Sci-fi horror · Survival · Thriller

HeavyBody horrorHeavyDisease & terminal illnessModerateChild harmed or killed
4/5Very scary

Obsession

2026 · 109 min

Psychological · Slow burn · Supernatural

HeavyRealistic, grounded violenceModerateAnimal harmed or killedModerateDemons & possession
2/5Unsettling

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

2026 · 112 min

Horror comedy · Psychological · Slasher

ModerateGraphic goreModerateSexual assaultModerateSex & nudity
3/5Scary

False Positive

2021 · 93 min

Psychological · Slow burn · Thriller

HeavyMedical & surgicalHeavyPregnancy & childbirth traumaModerateChild harmed or killed
3/5Scary

Deep Water

2026 · 107 min

Creature feature · Survival · Thriller

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

Get Out

2017 · 104 min

Horror comedy · Psychological · Sci-fi horror

HeavyRacism & hate violenceModerateGraphic goreModerateMedical & surgical
4/5Very scary

The Shining

1980 · 144 min

Gothic · Psychological · Slow burn

HeavyChild in dangerHeavyDomestic abuseModerateAddiction & drugs
3/5Scary

Jaws

1975 · 124 min

Creature feature · Survival · Thriller

HeavyAnimals as the threatModerateAnimal harmed or killedModerateChild harmed or killed
2/5Unsettling

Ready or Not

2019 · 96 min

Horror comedy · Home invasion · Survival

HeavyGraphic goreModerateCults & religious extremismModerateTorture
3/5Scary

Black Swan

2010 · 108 min

Body horror · Psychological · Surreal & dreamlike

HeavyMental illnessHeavySelf-harmModerateBody horror
3/5Scary

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984 · 91 min

Slasher · Supernatural · Surreal & dreamlike

HeavyChild harmed or killedHeavyGraphic goreModerateChild abuse
2/5Unsettling

Companion

2025 · 97 min

Horror comedy · Sci-fi horror · Thriller

ModerateDomestic abuseModerateGraphic gore
3/5Scary

Psycho

1960 · 109 min

Psychological · Slasher · Thriller

ModerateChild abuseModerateMental illness
4/5Very scary

The Exorcist

1973 · 122 min

Demonic & religious · Slow burn · Supernatural

HeavyChild in dangerHeavyDemons & possessionHeavyMedical & surgical
4/5Very scary

It Follows

2015 · 101 min

Psychological · Slow burn · Supernatural

ModerateSex & nudity
3/5Scary

Scream

1996 · 112 min

Horror comedy · Slasher · Thriller

ModerateGraphic gore
3/5Scary

Heretic

2024 · 111 min

Psychological · Slow burn · Survival

HeavyCults & religious extremismModerateClaustrophobia & confinementModerateGraphic gore
4/5Very scary

The Descent

2005 · 100 min

Creature feature · Psychological · Survival

HeavyClaustrophobia & confinementHeavyGraphic goreModerateCar crash
4/5Very scary

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

1974 · 83 min

Extreme & torture · Slasher · Survival

ModerateCannibalismModerateTorture
3/5Scary

Rosemary's Baby

1968 · 138 min

Demonic & religious · Psychological · Slow burn

HeavyCults & religious extremismHeavyPregnancy & childbirth traumaHeavySexual assault
3/5Scary

The Invisible Man

2020 · 124 min

Psychological · Sci-fi horror · Thriller

HeavyDomestic abuse
4/5Very scary

The Ring

2002 · 115 min

Psychological · Supernatural · Thriller

ModerateAnimal harmed or killedModerateChild harmed or killedModerateChild in danger
3/5Scary

Nope

2022 · 130 min

Creature feature · Sci-fi horror · Thriller

ModerateAnimals as the threatModerateAnimal harmed or killedModerateGraphic gore
3/5Scary

Carrie

1976 · 98 min

Psychological · Supernatural · Demonic & religious

HeavyBullying & hazingHeavyCults & religious extremismModerateChild abuse