Films about human sacrifice

1984 film by Steven Spielberg

Apocalypto () is a 2006 epic historical action-adventure film produced and directed by Mel Gibson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Farhad Safinia. The film features a cast of Indigenous and Mexican actors consisting of Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Mayra Sérbulo, Dalia Hernández, Gerardo Taracena, Jonathan Brewer, Rodolfo Palacios, Bernardo Ruiz Juarez, Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza, Ricardo Diaz Mendoza, and Israel Contreras. Set in Yucatán around the year 1511, Apocalypto portrays the hero's journey of a young man named Jaguar Paw, a late Mesoamerican hunter and his fellow tribesmen who are capt

2012 film directed by Drew Goddard

Mother! (stylized as mother!) is a 2017 American psychological horror film written and directed by Darren Aronofsky, and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, Brian Gleeson, and Kristen Wiig. Its plot follows a young woman whose tranquil life with her husband at their country home is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious couple, leading to a series of increasingly chaotic and destructive events.

2023 superhero film by James Wan

2007 film by Frank Darabont

2009 film by Karyn Kusama

Midsommar is a 2019 folk horror film written and directed by Ari Aster. It stars Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor as an American couple who are drawn into a violent cult in rural Sweden. Supporting actors include William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe, and Will Poulter.

2012 film directed by Scott Derrickson

1973 film directed by Robin Hardy

2016 film by Ben Stiller

Suspiria is a 1977 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Dario Argento, who co-wrote the screenplay with Daria Nicolodi, partially based on Thomas De Quincey's 1845 essay Suspiria de Profundis. The film stars Jessica Harper as an American ballet student who transfers to a prestigious European dance academy but realizes, after a series of murders, that the academy is a front for a coven of witches. It also features Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé, Alida Valli, Udo Kier, and Joan Bennett, in her final film role.

1984 film directed by Fritz Kiersch

2006 film by Neil LaBute

2020 film directed by McG

2015 film directed by Ciaran Foy

2017 film by David Bruckner

1966 film by Harold P. Warren

1982 fantasy film directed by Don Coscarelli

Bring Her Back is a 2025 Australian supernatural folk horror film directed by Danny and Michael Philippou, the former of whom co-wrote the screenplay with Bill Hinzman. It stars Billy Barratt, Sora Wong, Jonah Wren Phillips, and Sally Hawkins. The film follows two step-siblings who find themselves orphaned and placed in the middle of an occult ritual by their new foster mother.

2012 film by Rob Zombie

2004 film by Jaume Balagueró

1989 film directed by Brian Yuzna

1987 film by John Schlesinger

2023 Tamil film directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj

1988 film by Andrzej Żuławski

1990 film by William Friedkin

2013 film directed by Damien Leone

1966 film by J. Lee Thompson

Tumbbad is a 2018 period folk horror film directed by Rahi Anil Barve and Anand Gandhi, and written by Mitesh Shah, Adesh Prasad, Barve, and Anand Gandhi. It stars Sohum Shah in the lead role as Vinayak Rao, and follows the story of his search for a hidden 20th century treasure in the Indian village of Tumbbad, Maharashtra.

Him is a 2025 American supernatural horror film co-written and directed by Justin Tipping. The film stars Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, Julia Fox, Tim Heidecker, and Jim Jefferies. Its plot follows a young up-and-coming football player (Withers) training at the isolated compound of an aging, nearly retired quarterback (Wayans).

1972 film by Sergio Martino

1988 film by Ken Russell

2008 animated superhero film by Dave Bullock

1960 film by John Llewellyn Moxey

2022 film directed by Romuald Boulanger

2000 film by Ryuhei Kitamura

1977 film by Mauro Bolognini

2015 film directed by Ted Geoghegan

1976 film by Kostas Karagiannis

2013 film directed by Andrew Jones

1974 film by Francesco Barilli

2016 Tamil film directed by Ramana Madhesh

1993 film by Shyam Ramsay, Tulsi Ramsay

2025 Indian horror film

2023 film by William Brent Bell

2015 film by John Randall Walker

2005 Singaporean film directed by Kelvin Tong