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- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith DavidA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
- DirectorAndrew LemanStarsMatt FoyerJohn BolenRalph LucasWhile sorting the affairs of his late Uncle, a man accidentally stumbles across a series of dark secrets connected to an ancient horror waiting to be freed.
- DirectorFrank H. WoodwardStarsRobin Atkin DownesNeil GaimanPeter StraubA chronicle of the life, work and mind that created the Cthulhu mythos.
- DirectorDan GildarkStarsJason CottleCasey CurranEthan AtkinsonA Seattle history professor, drawn back to his estranged family on the Oregon coast to execute his late mother's estate, is reaquainted with his best friend from childhood, with whom he has a long-awaited tryst. Caught in an accelerating series of events, he discovers aspects of his father's New Age cult which take on a dangerous and apocalyptic significance.
- DirectorDavid PriorStarsEric LangeJohn BillingsleyRay WiseHaunted by recent events and on the run, a man finds himself the unwitting pawn of a possessed evangelical radio station and like his unfortunate predecessor must ask himself whether it is better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
- DirectorAdrián CardonaRafa DengráDavid MuñozStarsJosé María AngorrillaPep SaisMayka DengráMr Olivares has already recovered, but now he needs a vacation. To go to some heavenly place where he can relax and blithely enjoy himself.
- DirectorSteve DanielsStarsSean BlueKdawn BranhamJane BruttoIn this dark, whimsical fantasy, a man travels deep into the forest to stop a creature from creating cursed silverware that brings unhappiness to the world.
- DirectorJoseph NanniStarsAdam Kenneth WilsonJacques Cowan is what the French call "a runner of the woods." He may be a foreigner in the new world but Jacques quickly learned the ways of the native people, their language, their routes, and their skills. But he didn't leave his life in another land for adventure, freedom, and wealth - he had much more in mind than trading pelts and cheating death. Jacques had listened intently to the stories that had crossed the ocean, extraordinary tales of mystical creatures and unknown forces. Black Goat finds Jacques mid hunt, as he closes in on what others thought was a legend. What he doesn't realize is that the legend is on a hunt of its own.
- DirectorHank FriedmannStarsAaron RefvemJacob KellarDaniel J. O'BrienWhen a group of bored suburban teens experiment with a mysterious new drug, they are thrust into a nightmare world where hallucinations kill.
- DirectorJovanka VuckovicStarsSkyler WexlerDarren BeatonRuby BeatonA darkly poetic fable that begins with a little girl drawing figures of people with chalk on the cement of a playground. She takes notice of an unusual crack in the pavement that is seeping a mysterious black fluid, which she follows to an ominous building. Inside, she encounters several bizarre phenomena, including walls that bleed black and tentacles that emerge from the ceiling to touch her. She then witnesses the birth of five terrifying supernatural beings that threaten the existence of her world.
- DirectorWilliam PrinceStarsFrancesca ParkerLucy HirdDaniel LeachAt the end of a long day, five children fill in the remaining hours of sunlight before they return home. Bored, and looking for a new playground, they enter an imposing, decaying building that has been abandoned for years. A warning to visitors the children should have noticed. Using classic horror motifs and contemporary characters, CLICK discovers why we are afraid of the dark. A discovery that the children make in possibly the last building they will ever enter.
- DirectorNicolas SimoninStarsHubert BenhamdineAs he tries to help a woman asking for help, an anonymous man finds himself lost on the no man's land of the railways in a strange train station at night, in Paris.
- DirectorRussell ApplefordStarsConnor CatchpoleDominic CreaseyMichael SheldonA haunting tale of loss and regret, blending live action and stunning visual effects that culminate in a dramatic finale.
- DirectorJared SkolnickStarsEllis GageColin AllenJacob MoonA young boy discovers a corpse while biking in the woods, then faces unexpected and macabre consequences when he tries to bury it.
- DirectorPaul CampionStarsJulia RoseEuan DempsyRobyn PatersonIn a secure military laboratory, a Scientist has become obsessed with the strange half-eel, half-human creature he's studying. When she beckons him to her, it's the call of a siren...
- DirectorJoseph NanniStarsJim BorwickDaniel HamblyIf you're suffering from an overwhelming sense of Lovecraftian cosmic dread, then Dr. N. Williams might have a cure for you based on an eons old technology.
- DirectorTed MarcusStarsGenevieve GauntGus LewisAngelica MandyMeet Jamie. He's your average London teenager: school, nagging parents, that girl down the road - he's got everything, but he's about to lose it all. It's Christmas, 2012 - the decorations are up, and there's a chill in the air. There's something wrong out in the streets, but Jamie ignores it. It's the biggest night of his year, the night that he's going to get with Frankie, the night it's all going to happen. Except his parents want him to stay home. And so Jamie has to get creative. He'll get his night out. Unfortunately for him, this night also happens to be the last date on the Mayan calendar. And that can mean only one thing: Apocalypse.
- DirectorCan EvrenolStarsJacob FarmerAnna MalmkjaerMarcus WebbWhen Jimmy is left alone in his house he discovers an old mask and decides to scare his parents upon their arrival home. Hiding in their bedroom closet he could not expect what he would see and the terror that would overtake their lives.
- DirectorLarry FessendenStarsRon PerlmanJames Le GrosConnie BrittonSent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman clashes with the drilling crew's chief, who wants to get the job done.
- DirectorShawn R. OwensStarsDorothea BrowderRamsey CampbellScott ChonjakiA look at the world of literary outsider H.P. Lovecraft who posthumously infected a large number of artists, writers, mystics and fanatics with his wonderfully bleak world view.
- DirectorRobert EggersStarsRobert PattinsonWillem DafoeValeriia KaramanTwo lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsSam NeillJürgen ProchnowJulie CarmenAn insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsLaurence FishburneSam NeillKathleen QuinlanA rescue crew is tasked with investigating the mysterious reappearance of a spaceship that had been lost for seven years.
- DirectorHiguchinskyStarsEriko HatsuneFhi FanHinako SaekiThe inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsThomas JaneMarcia Gay HardenLaurie HoldenA freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.
- DirectorDrew GoddardStarsKristen ConnollyChris HemsworthAnna HutchisonFive college friends head out to a remote cabin for a getaway, but things don't go as planned when they start getting killed. They soon discover that there is more to the cabin than it seems.
- DirectorJustin BensonAaron MoorheadStarsAaron MoorheadJustin BensonCallie HernandezAs kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.
- DirectorAurelio VoltaireStarsDanny ElfmanA mummified cat is tormented by the skeletons of past meals.
- DirectorJack FeldsteinA surreal neon animation film by stream of consciousness neon filmmaker, Jack Feldstein of H.P. Lovecraft's prose poem Ex Oblivione about time and mortality.
- DirectorEugenio VillaniStarsRaffaele PalazzoValentina VieccaHaselwurm is a short fantasy/horror film inspired on the one hand by some mythical stories of the region of Trentino, Italy, on the other hand by the narrative literature of Howard Philip Lovecraft. The main characters are a woman and a man striving to unveil a mystery as old as the mountains where the story is set. With the recklessness of a rifle shot, they make the mistake of killing a creature unlike any other. The consequences of this reckless act will soon reveal themselves and the price will be high ...
- DirectorMichael GranberryStarsMichael GranberryAn unsuspecting man falls into an otherworldly trap set by a psychotic genius in this spine-tingling animated film based on the short story by H.P.Lovecraft.
- DirectorGary FierroConor TimmisStarsConor TimmisKris KeyesIan MacDonaldHaving regained the key to the gate of dreams, a lonely Randolph Carter leaves behind the prosiness of the waking world forever and crosses into the realm of dreams.
- DirectorIvan RadovicStarsNathalie Ukkola BloomEngulfed by dark thoughts, a woman is forced into a tunnel to confront the creature who is waiting for her in the dark.
- DirectorThomas NicolStarsWilliam KephartStephanie SwearingenMichael KilcullenDr. Lawrence Schenker, Man of Science, is contacted by an old classmate with an intriguing problem, setting him on a mission to recreate a substance described in an ancient manuscript with no thought to the possible consequences.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsEzra GoddenCampbell LaneJay BrazeauA graduate student questions his sanity after he rents a room in an old boarding house which was the residence of a 17th-century witch, and he discovers that the evil forces still roam within the walls.
- DirectorNick SzostakiwskyjStarsShane TwerdunMichael DicksonCarl ToftfeltAt a cold, desolate, northmost outpost in Canada, an archaeological discovery is made. A specialist arrives Nov. 1. Strange things happen. All contact with the outside world is down.
- DirectorMark DennisBen FosterStarsReiley McClendonCassidy GiffordBrianne HoweyA professor enters a cave and goes missing. Some of his students come looking for him and get trapped in the cave as well.
- DirectorJeremy GillespieSteven KostanskiStarsAaron PooleKenneth WelshEllen WongShortly after delivering a patient to an understaffed hospital, a police officer experiences strange and violent occurrences seemingly linked to a group of mysterious hooded figures.
- DirectorRichard StanleyStarsNicolas CageJoely RichardsonMadeleine ArthurA secluded farm is struck by a strange meteorite which has apocalyptic consequences for the family living there and possibly the world.
- DirectorJames Ward ByrkitStarsEmily BaldoniMaury SterlingNicholas BrendonStrange things begin to happen when a group of friends gather for a dinner party on an evening when a comet is passing overhead.
- DirectorJulius OnahStarsGugu Mbatha-RawDavid OyelowoDaniel BrühlOrbiting a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis, and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
- DirectorMatt ReevesStarsMike VogelJessica LucasLizzy CaplanA group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.
- DirectorDan TrachtenbergStarsJohn GoodmanMary Elizabeth WinsteadJohn Gallagher Jr.A young woman is held in an underground bunker by a man who insists that a hostile event has left the surface of the Earth uninhabitable.
- DirectorEvan KellyStarsSteve ChambersJames GilbertDavid Patrick FlemmingFriends on a weekend excursion take a path into a forest that leads to death and destruction.
- DirectorSharunas BartasStarsDaiva KsivickieneMantvydas JaneliunasViacheslav AmirhanianThe atmosphere of a corridor between yesterday and tomorrow, where many doors open into the unknown.
- DirectorStewart SparkeStarsAnna DawsonMichaela LongdenDaniel ThraceA young scientist discovers a malevolent entity which sets her on a bloody descent into the jaws of insanity.
- DirectorLuiso BerdejoStarsKevin CostnerIvana BaqueroSamantha MathisA single father moves his two children to rural South Carolina, only to watch his daughter exhibit increasingly strange behavior.
- DirectorChristian AlvartStarsDennis QuaidBen FosterCam GigandetTwo crew members of a spaceship wake up from hypersleep to discover that all their colleagues are missing. Despite this, it appears that they are not alone.
- DirectorJoe ChappelleStarsPeter O'TooleRose McGowanJoanna GoingIn the peaceful town of Snowfield, Colorado something evil has wiped out the community. And now, its up to a group of people to stop it, or at least get out of Snowfield alive.
- DirectorRobert CappellettoStarsBarret WalzMaurice McNicholasTom LodewyckAn artist, Robert Pickman, becomes obsessed by visions of unworldly horror, revealed to him through an ancient artifact discovered in an abandoned church.
- DirectorGary FierroStarsConor TimmisJesse MurphyDerek MeineckeWhen two old friends meet for drinks, Eliot finds Thurber not the man he once knew. Thurber explains that the change in his demeanor is down to an artist, Pickman, he is using as inspiration for an article about weird art.
- DirectorAndrzej ZulawskiStarsIsabelle AdjaniSam NeillMargit CarstensenA woman starts exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce. Suspicions of infidelity soon give way to something much more sinister.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceLisa BlountJameson ParkerA group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open the container, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all humanity.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsNoomi RapaceLogan Marshall-GreenMichael FassbenderFollowing clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.
- DirectorJustin BensonAaron MoorheadStarsPeter CilellaVinny CurranEmily MontagueA man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events of that week are being mysteriously manipulated.
- DirectorDan O'BannonStarsJohn TerryJane SibbettChris SarandonCharles Dexter Ward's wife enlists the help of a private detective to find out what her husband is up to in a remote cabin owned by his family for centuries.
- DirectorDavid BrucknerStarsRafe SpallArsher AliRobert James-CollierA group of old college friends reunite for a trip to a most dangerous country in Europe - Sweden, encountering a menacing presence there stalking them.
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsFred WardDavid WarnerJulianne MooreIn a fantastical 40's where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsVincent PriceDebra PagetLon Chaney Jr.Charles Dexter Ward arrives at a small village to visit the house he inherited from his ancestor who died there 100 years ago.
- 1969–1973TV-PG7.2 (353)TV EpisodeDirectorJeff CoreyJack LairdStarsBradford DillmanLouise SorelSteve LawrenceLovelorn Mavis Goldsmith ignores her reclusive art teacher Pickman's warning not to follow him home. / A fake fortune-telling racket is disrupted by adultery. / When a woman enters an elevator, a ghoul is asked to remove his hat.
- DirectorRicardo HarringtonStarsRodrigo SepúlvedaLuis AlarcónFernando GallardoA journalist sets out to uncover the truth about the death of his colleague who was researching an American artist, Richard Upton Pickman. When he discovers the artist is in Santiago he goes to pay him a visit.
- DirectorNeil GaimanStarsJohn O'MahonyMarcus BrigstockeCarolyn BackhouseA documentary film crew takes a look at the inspirations behind artist John Bolton's paintings.
- DirectorCameron McCaslandStarsJoseph Aguon DrakeMark GreenbaumWynn ReichertAn adaptation of one of H.P. Lovecrafts earliest stories which finds a man hopelessly lost while exploring the Mammoth Cave system. Darkness brings a unknown fear.
- DirectorStuart GordonStarsJeffrey CombsBarbara CramptonTed SorelA group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.
- DirectorBlair EricksonStarsKatia WinterTed LevineMichael McMillianJournalist Anne Roland explores the disturbing links behind her friend's sudden disappearance, an ominous government research chemical, and a disturbing radio broadcast of unknown origin.
- DirectorJustin BensonAaron MoorheadStarsAnthony MackieJamie DornanKatie AseltonTwo New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.
- DirectorAmy SeimetzStarsKate Lyn SheilJane AdamsKentucker AudleyA woman becomes strangely convinced she will die the next day. Her friend initially disbelieves her before becoming paranoid herself that she too will die the next day.
- DirectorAndrew LemanStarsDarryl TylerSean BranneyWilliam Mark HulingsBased on the short story 'The Testimony of Randolph Carter' By H.P. Lovecraft. This faithful adaptation of "The Statement of Randolph Carter" tells the strange story of the demise of occultist Harley Warren.
- DirectorMatthew CooperStarsTony CoughlanAshe RussellGary GeesonA group of scientists studying climate change discover untold horrors on a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic in September 1992. Inspired by the H.P. Lovecraft short story.
- DirectorMatthew CooperStarsTony CoughlanAshe RussellDaniel MartinA cameraman is sent to a remote Yorkshire fishing village to scout a location for a proposed horror film. Instead of being a location scout, he finds himself the subject of a reality based horror show.
- DirectorMatthew JarjosaStarsPhillip Shaun DeVoneMatt SzakalDale DobsonAn adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale of cosmological horror that finds Professor William Dyer (Phil DeVone) and undergraduate student Danforth (Matt Szakal) on the hunt for a missing research team in the wastelands of the Antarctic. Their search will lead them down a path of discovery that challenges everything they know about their world - and their place in the cosmos.
- DirectorAndrew g MorganStarsEdward Lewis FrenchZoë Simpson DeanJilly BondArkham Sanitarium is an anthology of three short stories faithfully adapted from the works of H.P. Lovecraft - each of the three stories is set in 1930s New England (specifically Providence, Rhode Island and the fictional town of Arkham, Massachusetts). The stories are connected by an original 'wraparound' story. In this story - set in the 1950s - Alice Crow investigates the strange stories surrounding the infamous Arkham Sanitarium.
- DirectorEthan MillerStarsConnor BehmAndrew HunsickerDean JonesIn the uncharted regions of the Antarctic, dark secrets slumber. An ancient horror lies hidden in the bowels of an alien city, and two unlucky explorers race unwittingly towards it.
- DirectorChad FerrinStarsGina La PianaRobert MianoJohann UrbA married couple rents a beach side Airbnb only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. They soon discover that they are in the grip of a mysterious cult and the ancient sea god that they worship.
- DirectorRyan MackfallStarsCiaran ClarkeKevin HorshamNoah Wallace1907, Massachusetts. A scholar drifts from his path and finds himself in a house he takes for deserted. Deserted, apart from a beguiling book containing dark secrets that exerts a powerful hold over those who come into contact with it.
- DirectorSergey A.StarsSergey A.Evgeniy MishukhinSergey NewnoirApril 2021. Cthulhu rose from the sea near the city of Sochi, but a hero was found on a huge robot. An epic confrontation is inevitable.
- DirectorDavid Banta-GarciaPaul DeSimoneStarsLiv BrennockJoe Di PrimaMark HaggettA traveller finds himself on a dark, strange journey in the town of Innsmouth, MA.
- DirectorNoah Van BuhrenStarsEvan HallEduardo AlonsoAngela ChenBased on H.P. Lovecraft's short story, a young writer is tormented every night by apocalyptic visions. In his dreams, he is trapped in a ruined city and pursued by the deadly, flying Nightgaunts. He struggles to decide if it's all a dream or a real glimpse of the end of mankind.
- DirectorPatrick MüllerStarsBernhard PlankStrange blossoms, sunken pathways, déjà vus: A hike through H. P. Lovecraft's most personal garden.
- DirectorLudvig GürStarsKola KrauzeMagnus LennartssonAnna GuldkulaA desperate loner who has grown up with a butterfly and the Bible for company seizes his chance and makes good his escape only to face his worst fears head-on at an all-nighter in the company of strangers.
- DirectorJesse KellerStarsLexsy McKowenDon LoperConnor SullivanAn aimless musician becomes obsessed with the music her mysterious neighbor plays in the wee hours for an eldrich, unseen audience, in this updated take on the classic H.P. Lovecraft short story.
- DirectorRoss K. FoadStarsSara SecoraRoss K. FoadAlexis LaceA recovering tuberculosis patient is sent to a tranquil part of the Derbyshire countryside in order to aid his recovery. However, upon his arrival, whether by fate or by misfortune, he soon finds that there is far more to be found in the hills than just his good health.
- DirectorTyler McAlisterStarsAustin BenderChris CumminsOscar JimenezTwo detectives in search of a missing man, must get the story from the last person who saw him.
- DirectorTyler McAlisterStarsErin LynnMariah JaneAustin BenderThree thieves set out to rob a very wealthy old man after hearing of his prosperous history.
- DirectorHenrik MöllerStarsHenrik MöllerH.P. Lovecrafts character Abdul Alhazred and the journey that leads him to writing the infamous tome, Necronomicon.
- DirectorSheridan SinclairStarsAlexander ScottDean WhalleyGerald MaliqiTwo petty criminals ask their unemployed friend if he would like to make some easy money by robbing a mysterious old man. Despite the warnings of an old family friend, he agrees.
- DirectorIvan ZucconStarsEmanuele CermanAlessio CherubiniRita RuscianoAfter the loss of his daughter Eleanor, a famous scientist, Dr. Herbert West, experimenting with a special serum invented by him, desperately tries to bring her back to life.
- DirectorJoonas AllonenAntti LaaksoStarsEero OjalaLasse FagerströmAnastasia TriznaAn international research group is searching natural resources from the Arctic Ocean. They pick up a strange underwater sound from far north, and start to follow it to the uncharted waters. Inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft.
- DirectorEkaterina EremenkoMore than 100 years ago, explorers raced to discover the South Pole. Now scientists are racing to discover the secret subterranean world of rivers and lakes buried miles beneath it. In 1974, scientists made a sensational discovery: a vast lake underneath the icy desert of Antarctica, untouched for 400.000 years, Lake Vostok. In spring 2012, after 40 years of drilling, Russian scientist broke through the ice. In two different narrative strands the film tells the story of the evolution of life and climate, the story of four decades of exploration in the coldest place on Earth, and it accompanies the scientists on their final trip to the camp. The film also explores the mythologies and legends surrounding Antarctica - from H.P. Lovecraft to James Cameron: the 'Mountains of Madness' have lured many into their realm - not many left unscathed.
- DirectorRubén ArnaizStarsDiana LópezCrimsaizJosé Antonio López AlcántaraA meteor falls on Earth and the pieces are scattered everywhere. And the future of humanity depends on a mute and paranoid scientist and a man who doesn't want to hear or understand anything.
- DirectorSean Patrick O'ReillyStarsKiefer O'ReillyMichelle O'ReillyChristopher PlummerAfter visiting his father in Arkham Sanitarium, young Howard Lovecraft accidentally uses the legendary Necronomicon to open a portal to a strange frozen world filled with horrifying creatures and a great adventure.
- DirectorPierre DespratsBenjamin HameuryMaxime MartinotStarsBenjamin HameuryJohn MillerLuc RenauldWe find an author lost in his fantasies, trapped between the fear of vanished gods at the end of the seas and the peace of his childhood home in Providence, place of wisdom and constant daydreams.
- DirectorJacob RohrbachStarsJacob RohrbachDrake DalgleishAshton RuizTwo friends go out in the woods and discuss the possibility of an indescribable creature, unaware that something might lurk in the shadows.
- DirectorRubén ArnaizStarsCrimsaizDiana LópezJosé Antonio López AlcántaraSpain, 1918. During the Spanish flu, a landowner loses his beloved wife - and will do whatever it takes to get back to see her alive, even if it means a pact with the devil - literally.
- DirectorVivieno CaldinelliStarsRoddy PiperLaura RobinsonMatt WattsA crusty and recluse superintendent is thrown into the ultimate fight against evil when a pair of cultists open a portal to the ancient and mystical city of R'lyeh, awakening a slumbering god.
- DirectorIzzy LeeStarsSophia CacciolaPorcelain DalyaPhil HealyDetective Diana Olmstead arrives on the scene of a body with a mysterious egg sac. A clue leads her to Innsmouth, where she meets a seductive and horrific fate in the form of Alice Marsh.
- DirectorPetter BaiestorfPaulo Biscaia FilhoCláudia BorbaStarsFernando MantelliPitti SgarbiCarina DiasIn this anthology of horror episodes, 13 bizarre stories are told by independent film directors of Southern Brazil. Between ghosts, serial killers and demons, they conduct their strange, very strange stories.
- DirectorDmitry ChmelyovStarsDmitry ChmelyovVladislav KrivenchukAleksander PechterevAlexey "Blake" Blochenkov goes to an old abandoned sanatorium to film a video for his blog. There, he lets out something horrible. An ancient evil. The Haunter Of The Dark.
- DirectorPablo AngelesIn his quest to obtain a picture by his favorite macabre art painter, Richard Pickman, collector Thurber Phillips discovers the secret behind the artists work.