French horror films

1997 film by David Lynch

1979 film directed by Werner Herzog

2007 film directed by Peter Webber

1960 film by Claude Sautet, Georges Franju

2018 film directed by Lars von Trier

2008 film by Pascal Laugier

2003 film directed by Alexandre Aja

Taxidermia is a 2006 satirical comedy-drama surrealist body horror film directed and co-written by György Pálfi. An international co-production of Hungary, Austria and France, the film spins a metaphorical socio-political retelling of Hungary's history from the Second World War to the present day.

1974 film by Paul Morrissey

2024 film directed by Xavier Gens

1962 film by Jesús Franco

1997 film by Sergio Stivaletti

2018 film by Dominique Rocher

2015 horror film directed by Miguel Ángel Vivas

1973 film directed by Corrado Farina

1988 film by Jesús Franco

1956 film by André Michel

1943 film by Maurice Tourneur

1959 television film directed by Jean Renoir

2009 television film directed by Bill Corcoran

1936 French film directed by Julien Duvivier

Errementari, also known as The Blacksmith and the Devil, is a 2017 internationally co-produced Basque-language period fantasy horror film directed by and written by Alijo and Asier Guerricaechebarría. The plot is based on the Basque folktale version of The Smith and the Devil, as collected by Father Joxemiel Barandiaran. The film sets the legend in 1843, with a blacksmith holding a demon in captivity, and an orphan girl who releases the demon from its cage.

1974 film by Francis Girod

1973 film by Jesús Franco

1972 film by Jesús Franco

1965 Spanish-French horror film directed by Jesús Franco

2016 film by Emiliano Rocha Minter

1978 film by Jean Rollin

2016 film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

1960 film by Edmond T. Gréville

1981 film by Jean Rollin

Léonor (also known as Mistress of the Devil) is a 1975 French-Italian-Spanish horror film written and directed by Juan Luis Buñuel (the son of Luis Buñuel) and starring Michel Piccoli, Liv Ullmann and Ornella Muti.

1980 film by Jean Rollin

1960 film by Giorgio Ferroni

2000 film by Lionel Delplanque

Maléfique is a 2002 French horror film directed by Éric Valette.

1981 film by Riccardo Freda

1980 film by Jesús Franco

Infested is a 2023 French horror film conceived, co-written, and directed by Sébastien Vaniček in his feature directorial debut. Its original French title is Vermines, which is literally Vermin in English. The film stars Théo Christine as a twenty-something Banlieue resident who takes home a lethal desert spider that reproduces rapidly and causes a massive infestation in the neighborhood. Sofia Lesaffre, Jérôme Niel, Lisa Nyarko, and Finnegan Oldfield are featured in supporting roles.

Achoura is a 2018 Moroccan-French horror fantasy film directed and co-written by Talal Selhami. Moroccan actors Omar Lotfi and Younes Bouab star alongside Sofia Manousha, Ivan Gonzalez, Mohamed Choubi, and Moussa Masskri. The film's plot follows four childhood friends who reconnect when one of them, who disappeared 25 years prior during the Ashura holiday, re-enters their lives, leading them to confront a monstrous djinn. The film is regarded as the first Moroccan fantasy film.

1981 film by Walerian Borowczyk

2009 film directed by Abel Ferry

2010 film directed by Yann Gozlan

1964 film by Lorenzo Sabbatini, Luciano Ricci

film genre

1971 film by Antonio Margheriti

1974 film by Jesús Franco

1979 film by Alain Jessua

1968 film directed by René Govar

2010 film by Hugues Martin

1974 film by Jean Rollin

2002 film directed by Doug Headline

2011 film by Laurent Achard

1982 film by Jean-Pierre Mocky

1973 film by Claudio Guerin

1950 film by Robert Vernay

2020 film by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo

2023 film directed by Jennifer Reeder

Humains is a French horror film directed from Pierre-Olivier Thévenin and Jacques-Olivier Molon. The film stars Sara Forestier, Dominique Pinon and Philippe Nahon.

2009 film by Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud