American gothic horror films

The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 American stop-motion musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and written by Caroline Thompson. It tells the tale of Jack Skellington, King of Halloween Town, who stumbles upon Christmas Town and becomes obsessed with celebrating the holiday himself. Danny Elfman wrote the songs and score and provided the singing voice of Jack. The principal voice cast includes Chris Sarandon, Ken Page, Catherine O'Hara, Glenn Shadix, William Hickey, Paul Reubens and Ed Ivory.

2005 stop-motion-animated dark fantasy film by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson

1994 film by Neil Jordan

1992 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola

Beetlejuice is a 1988 American gothic horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren based on a story by McDowell and Larry Wilson. The film stars Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, along with Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder.

1968 film directed by Roman Polanski

1992 film by Robert Zemeckis

Misery is a 1990 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by William Goldman. It is based on Stephen King's 1987 novel and stars James Caan as famed novelist Paul Sheldon, who is held captive by Annie Wilkes, an obsessive fan. The supporting cast includes Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen, and Lauren Bacall.

1931 film directed by James Whale

1931 film directed by Tod Browning

Sinners is a 2025 American horror film produced, written, and directed by Ryan Coogler. Set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta, it stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as criminal twin brothers who return to their hometown in the Jim Crow South, where they are confronted by a supernatural evil. The film co-stars Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

2018 film by Corin Hardy

2012 American animated film directed by Tim Burton

1959 film directed by Ed Wood

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.

1925 film by Lon Chaney, Edward Sedgwick, Rupert Julian

2024 film directed by Tim Burton

2024 film directed by Robert Eggers

1932 film directed by Karl Freund

2010 film by Joe Johnston

2019 film directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan

1935 film directed by James Whale

1962 film by Robert Aldrich

1931 film by Rouben Mamoulian

2021 animation film

2023 film directed by Michael Chaves

1941 film directed by George Waggner

2007 film directed by James Wan

1995 film by Mel Brooks

1995 film directed by Wes Craven

2005 film by Iain Softley

1994 film directed by Mike Nichols

1946 film by Robert Siodmak

1936 film by Lambert Hillyer

1960 film by Roger Corman

2024 film directed by Michael Mohan

1941 American horror film directed by Victor Fleming

2015 film directed by Paul McGuigan

2023 film directed by Chris McKay

1945 film by Albert Lewin

1942 film by Jacques Tourneur

1943 film by Jacques Tourneur

1961 film by Roger Corman

1961 film directed by Jack Clayton

2012 film directed by Neil Jordan

1987 film directed by Kathryn Bigelow

1931 Spanish-language American horror film

1934 film by Edgar George Ulmer

1983 film by Tony Scott

1945 film by Erle C. Kenton

1947 film by Fritz Lang

1963 film directed by Roger Corman

2023 film directed by André Øvredal

2022 film directed by Jessica M. Thompson

1943 horror film directed by Arthur Lubin

2011 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola

Blacula is a 1972 American blaxploitation horror film directed by William Crain. It stars William Marshall in the title role about an 18th-century African prince named Mamuwalde, who is turned into a vampire (and later locked in a coffin) by Count Dracula in the Count's castle in Transylvania in the year 1780 after Dracula refuses to help Mamuwalde suppress the slave trade. The film co-stars Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas, Gordon Pinsent and Thalmus Rasulala.

2008 film by Darren Lynn Bousman

1963 film independent horror film

1970 film by Roy Ward Baker