American body horror films

1979 film by Ridley Scott

2017 film directed by Jordan Peele

1982 film directed by John Carpenter

2004 film directed by Alexander Witt

1992 film by Robert Zemeckis

Eraserhead is a 1977 American horror film written, directed, produced, and edited by David Lynch in his feature-length directorial debut. Lynch also created its score and sound design, which included pieces by a variety of other musicians. Shot in black and white and surrealist style, the independent film was Lynch's first feature-length effort following several short films. Starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts, Laurel Near, and Jack Fisk, it tells the story of a man (Nance) who is left to care for his grossly deformed child in a desolate industrial landsca

The Substance is a 2024 body horror film written and directed by Coralie Fargeat. It follows a fading celebrity who is fired by her producer due to her age and uses a black market drug that creates a younger version of herself with unexpected side effects.

2016 film directed by M. Night Shyamalan

1986 film by David Cronenberg

Frankenstein is a 2025 American Gothic science fiction horror film written, co-produced, and directed by Guillermo del Toro, based on the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley. The film stars Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the Creature, with Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz in supporting roles. The story follows the life of Frankenstein, an egotistical scientist whose experiment in creating new life results in dangerous consequences.

2011 film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.

1988 film by David Cronenberg

1998 film directed by Robert Rodriguez

2018 film directed by Luca Guadagnino

2002 film directed by Eli Roth

1999 film directed by John Bruno

Re-Animator (also known as '''''H. P. Lovecraft's Re-Animator''''') is a 1985 American comedy horror film loosely based on the 1922 H. P. Lovecraft serial novelette "Herbert West–Reanimator". Directed by Stuart Gordon and produced by Brian Yuzna, the film stars Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West, a medical student who has invented a reagent which can re-animate deceased bodies. He and his classmate Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) begin to test the serum on dead human bodies, and conflict with Dr. Carl Hill (David Gale), who is infatuated with Cain's fiancée (Barbara Crampton) and wants to claim the inventi

2025 film directed by Leigh Whannell

2015 film directed by Paul McGuigan

1988 film directed by Tony Randel

2018 film directed by Julius Onah

2006 film by James Gunn

1989 film directed by Chris Walas

2005 film directed by Wes Craven

2013 film directed by Alexandre Aja

2015 film directed by David Gelb

2009 film directed by Àlex Pastor and David Pastor

2014 film directed by Kevin Smith

1999 film by Rodman Flender

1980 film by Ken Russell

1955 science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold

2008 film by Carter Smith

Clayface is an upcoming American body horror film based on the eponymous character from DC Comics. Directed by James Watkins from a screenplay by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini, it will be the third film in the DC Universe (DCU). Tom Rhys Harries stars as Matt Hagen / Clayface, alongside Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Max Minghella, and Eddie Marsan. In the film, Hagen is an actor whose face is disfigured, and he turns to a scientist (Ackie) who transforms his body into clay. It is produced by Matt Reeves and Lynn Harris alongside James Gunn and Peter Safran of DC Studios.

1996 film by Tom Holland

Sssssss is a 1973 American body horror film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and starring Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, and Heather Menzies. Its plot follows a college student who becomes a laboratory assistant to a herpetologist who is covertly developing a serum that can transform human beings into snakes.

Together is a 2025 supernatural body horror film written and directed by Michael Shanks in his feature-length directorial debut. It stars Dave Franco and Alison Brie as a couple who move to the countryside, where they encounter a mysterious force.

2005 film directed by Bruce Hunt

1982 film directed by Damiano Damiani

1982 film by Frank Henenlotter

2017 film directed by Franck Khalfoun

2015 body horror film directed by Tom Six

1991 film directed by Brian Yuzna

1986 film by Stuart Gordon

2019 film directed by Richard Stanley

1935 film by Lew Landers

1977 film directed by David Cronenberg

2024 film directed by Marielle Heller

1989 film directed by Brian Yuzna

2009 film by Ti West

2019 film by Carlo Mirabella-Davis

2014 film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett

2008 film by Toby Wilkins

1936 film by Lambert Hillyer

2014 film directed by Kaare Andrews

1992 film by Tony Randel

2003 film directed by Brian Yuzna

1993 film by Brian Yuzna

1994 film by Stewart Raffill

2016 film

Freaked is a 1993 American black comedy film directed by Tom Stern and Alex Winter, both of whom wrote the screenplay with Tim Burns. Winter also starred in the lead role. Both were involved in the short-lived MTV sketch comedy show The Idiot Box, and Freaked retains the same brand of surreal humour. Freaked was Winter's last feature film before he shifted to cameo and television films for two decades until 2013's Grand Piano.