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Best Crime Horror Movies

Crime horror movies ranked by Horrorometer community ratings. From classics to hidden gems, these are the crime titles horror fans are rating highest.

50 titles ranked by community ratings.

Poster for Se7en

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

Se7en

MOVIE•1995
10.0(1)
Poster for The Silence of the Lambs

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

The Silence of the Lambs

MOVIE•1991
9.0(1)
Poster for Don't Breathe

A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.

Don't Breathe

MOVIE•2016
8.0(1)
Poster for Green Room

A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.

Green Room

MOVIE•2016
8.0(1)
Poster for Zodiac

Over the course of a decade, editors of the San Francisco Chronicle entice themselves in the murders of the Zodiac Killer. However, as time runs its course, interest in the case dwindles in the eyes of the professionals. The Killer stops interacting with the public. However, believing he has the answers, an amateur cartoonist from the initial sightings races against time to prevent what he believes is another murder.

Zodiac

MOVIE•2007
8.0(1)
Poster for The Poughkeepsie Tapes

When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen.

The Poughkeepsie Tapes

MOVIE•2007
8.0(1)
Poster for The Exorcism of Emily Rose

When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

MOVIE•2005
8.0(1)
Poster for American Psycho

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

American Psycho

MOVIE•2000
8.0(1)
Poster for From Dusk Till Dawn

After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious vampire clientele.

From Dusk Till Dawn

MOVIE•1996
8.0(1)
Poster for Abigail

A group of criminals kidnap a teenage ballet dancer, the daughter of a notorious gang leader, in order to obtain a ransom of $50 million, but over time, they discover that she is not just an ordinary girl. After the kidnappers begin to diminish, one by one, they discover, to their increasing horror, that they are locked inside with no normal little girl.

Abigail

MOVIE•2024
7.0(1)
Poster for Howard’s Mill

An abandoned piece of farmland in rural Tennessee may hold the key to multiple missing person cases spanning over forty years.

Howard’s Mill

MOVIE•2021
7.0(1)
Poster for Joker

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

Joker

MOVIE•2019
7.0(1)
Poster for The House That Jack Built

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

The House That Jack Built

MOVIE•2018
7.0(1)
Poster for Savageland

When a small town near the Arizona-Mexico border is wiped out overnight, suspicion falls on the lone survivor. But a roll of photos the survivor took that night tells a different story.

Savageland

MOVIE•2015
7.0(1)
Poster for Saw

Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, Jigsaw informs them that they must partake in a gruesome game in order to secure their freedom.

Saw

MOVIE•2004
7.0(1)
Poster for Red Dragon

Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.

Red Dragon

MOVIE•2002
7.0(1)
Poster for Strange Harvest

Detectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a cosmic force.

Strange Harvest

MOVIE•2025
6.0(1)
Poster for 1922

A simple yet proud rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate.

1922

MOVIE•2017
6.0(1)
Poster for Hannibal

After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.

Hannibal

MOVIE•2001
6.0(1)
Poster for Trap

A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event.

Trap

MOVIE•2024
5.0(1)
Poster for The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)

Inspired by the fictional Dr. Heiter, disturbed loner Martin dreams of creating a 12-person centipede and sets out to realize his sick fantasy.

The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)

MOVIE•2011
4.0(1)
Poster for #MissingCouple

A real #vanlife couple were on an adventure to renovate an abandoned farm in middle-of-nowhere Mississippi. Cameras blazing, they chronicled their project on social media. But the farm was full of disturbing surprises, especially at night.

#MissingCouple

MOVIE•2024
Poster for The Clovehitch Killer

A picture-perfect family is torn apart after Tyler finds a cache of disturbing images in his father's possession. He begins to suspect that the man he trusts most in the world may be responsible for the murder of 13 women ten years prior.

The Clovehitch Killer

MOVIE•2018
Poster for Bad Samaritan

A thief makes a disturbing discovery in the house where he breaks in. Later, when he returns to the same house with his partner in crime, things are no longer how he expected.

Bad Samaritan

MOVIE•2018
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