American dark fantasy films

1992 film by Ralph Bakshi

2024 film by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

1997 film directed by Robert Kurtzman

1982 short film directed by Tim Burton

2016 film by Mike Flanagan

2016 film by Anna Foerster

1981 Canadian adult animated sci-fi-fantasy anthology film

1985 film directed by Walter Murch

2013 film directed by Alexandre Aja

2022 film directed by Anne Fletcher

1986 film by Michael Ritchie

1981 film by Matthew Robbins

2025 film directed by Alex Scharfman

1983 film by Michael Mann

1983 animated film by Ralph Bakshi

1988 film by Stan Winston

Nightbreed is a 1990 American dark fantasy horror film written and directed by Clive Barker, based on his 1988 novella Cabal. It stars Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg, Charles Haid, Hugh Quarshie, and Doug Bradley. The film follows an unstable mental patient named Aaron Boone who is falsely led to believe by his doctor that he is a serial killer. Tracked down by the police, his doctor, and his girlfriend Lori, Boone eventually finds refuge in an abandoned cemetery called Midian among a tribe of monsters and outcasts known as the "Nightbreed" who hide from humanity.

1941 film by William Dieterle

2020 film directed by Oz Perkins

1992 film directed by Mick Garris

2008 film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura

1997 film directed by Michael Cohn

1944 film by Robert Wise, Gunther von Fritsch

2022 film directed by Henry Selick

2020 film by Zoe Lister-Jones

series of action horror films

Monkeybone is a 2001 American dark fantasy comedy film directed by Henry Selick, written by Sam Hamm, produced by Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe and executive produced by Chris Columbus, Selick and Hamm. Combining live action with mostly stop-motion animation and loosely based on Kaja Blackley's graphic novel Dark Town, the film stars Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, Chris Kattan, Giancarlo Esposito, Rose McGowan, Whoopi Goldberg and John Turturro as the voice of the titular character. It tells the story of a cartoonist who falls into a coma, where he ends up in the otherworldly Down Town

1986 film directed by John Carl Buechler

1986 film by Tobe Hooper

2007 film by Alex Zamm

2009 film by Joe Dante

1992 American film

1993 film by Jeff Burr

2020 film directed by Jacob Chase

1983 film by Jack Clayton

1982 film by Albert Pyun

1984 US television film directed by Clive Donner

2020 film directed by Rachel Talalay

1987 film by Stuart Gordon

Nightbooks is a 2021 American dark fantasy film directed by David Yarovesky from a screenplay by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis, based on the 2018 children's book by J. A. White. The film stars Winslow Fegley, Lidya Jewett, and Krysten Ritter. Nightbooks was released on Netflix on September 15, 2021.

2022 film directed by Jeff Wadlow

2010 animated film directed by Shukō Murase, Kim Sang-jin, Mike Disa and Yasuomi Umetsu

Ghoulies is a 1985 American horror film, directed by Luca Bercovici in his directorial debut. The film was co-written with producer Jefery Levy. It stars Peter Liapis, Lisa Pelikan, Michael Des Barres, Jack Nance, Scott Thomson, and Mariska Hargitay. The film follows a young man named Jonathan Graves who, after inheriting his satanic father's estate, becomes seduced by its occult secrets. It is the first in the Ghoulies film series. It received negative reviews from critics.

2026 animated film directed by Travis Knight

2019 film by Melanie Martinez

1991 television film directed by Martin Campbell

1955 film by Francis D. Lyon

1957 film by Irwin Allen

2021 film directed by Phil Tippett

2018 film directed by Friedrich Böhm

2016 film by Gregg Bishop

1981 film by Steven Hilliard Stern

horror comedy film series

2012 American fantasy film directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg

upcoming film directed by Alex Garland

upcoming film directed by Ti West

2024 Guatemalan dark fantasy horror film directed by Jayro Bustamante

2023 film directed by David Slade

1986 film

1987 film by Tina Hirsch