List of horror films of 2012

A list of horror films released in 2012.

Horror films released in 2012

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Notes
100 Bloody Acres	Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes	Damon Herriman, Angus Sampson, Anna McGahan	Australia	Horror comedy
2-Headed Shark Attack	Christopher Douglas Olen Ray	Brooke Hogan, Lauren Perez, Carmen Electra	United States	[1]
3AM 3D	Patchanon Thammajira, Kirati Nak-intanon, Issara Nadee	Focus Jeerakul, Toni Rakkaen, Chakhrit Yamnam	Thailand	[2]
9・9・81	Various	Patitta Attayatamavitaya, Setthasitt Limkasidej, Thiti Vetchabul	Thailand	[3]
12/12/12	Jared Cohn	Sara Malakul Lane, Jesus Guevara, Steve Hanks	United States	[4]
1920: Evil Returns	Bhushuan Patel		India	[5]
The ABCs of Death	Various	Joshua Diolosa, Erik Audé	United States	[6]
The Amazing Adventures of the Living Corpse	Justin Paul Ritter	Michael Vittar, Marshall Hilton, Ryan McGivern	United States	Animated zombie film[7]
American Mary	Jen and Sylvia Soska	Katharine Isabelle, Tristan Risk	Canada United States	[8]
Apartment 143	Carles Torrens	Kai Lennox, Gia Mantegna, Fiona Glascott	Spain	[9]
Awake in the Woods	Nicholas Boise	Theresa Galeani, Keith Collins, Madelaine Kemp	United States	[10]
Bait	Kimble Rendall	Xavier Samuel, Sharni Vinson, Adrian Pang	Australia Singapore	[11]
The Barrens	Darren Lynn Bousman	Stephen Moyer, Mia Kirshner, Allie MacDonald	Canada United States	[12]
The Battery	Jeremy Gardner	Niels Bolle, Adam Cronheim, Alana O'Brien	United States	[13]
The Bay	Barry Levinson	Nansi Aluka, Christopher Denham, Stephen Kunken	United States	[14]
Berberian Sound Studio	Peter Strickland	Toby Jones, Antonio Mancino, Fatma Mohamed	United Kingdom	[15]
Bhoot Returns	Ram Gopal Varma		India	[16]
Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes	Corey Grant	Drew Rausch, Rich McDonald, Ashley Wood	United States	[17]
Blood Stained Shoes	Raymond Yip	Ruby Lin, Kara Hui, Monica Mok	China	[18][19]
Bloody Bloody Bible Camp	Vito Trabuco	Reggie Bannister, Tim Sullivan, Ron Jeremy	United States	[20]
Bunshinsaba	An Byung-ki	Mei Ting, Guo Jingfei, Wu Chao	China	[21]
The Cabin in the Woods	Drew Goddard	Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison	United States	[22]
Chernobyl Diaries	Brad Parker	Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski, Devin Kelley	United States	[23]
Citadel	Ciaran Foy	Aneurin Barnard, Amy Shiels, Wunmi Mosaku	United Kingdom	[24]
Cockneys vs Zombies	Matthias Hoene		United Kingdom	Horror comedy[25]
The Cohasset Snuff Film	Edward Payson	Stephen Wu	United States	[26]
The Collection	Marcus Dunstan	Emma Fitzpatrick, Josh Stewart, Christopher McDonald	United States	[27]
Cross Bearer	Adam Ahlbrant	J.D. Brown, Isaac Williams, Natalie Jean	United States	[28]
Dark Flight	Issara Nadee	Marsha Vadhanapanich, Peter Knight, Patcharee Tubthong	Thailand	[29]
Dark Shadows	Tim Burton	Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter	United States	[30]
Dark Tide	John Stockwell	Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez	United States	[31]
Dead Before Dawn	April Mullen	Devon Bostick, Martha MacIsaac, Christopher Lloyd	Canada	Horror comedy
Dead Sushi	Noboru Iguchi	Rina Takeda, Shigeru Matsuzaki, Kentaro Shimazu	Japan	[32]
The Death is Here	David Kuan	He Dujuan, Zak Di, Wang Yi	China	[33]
Decay	Luke Thompson	Zoë Hatherell, Tom Procter, Stewart Martin-Haugh, Sara Mahmoud, William P.Martin	United Kingdom	[34]
The Devil Inside	William Brent Bell	Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth	United States	[35]
Dracula 3D	Dario Argento	Thomas Kretschmann, Asia Argento, Marta Gastini	Italy Spain France	[36][37]
Elfie Hopkins	Ryan Andrews	Jaime Winstone, Aneurin Barnard, Rupert Evans	United Kingdom	Horror comedy[38]
Evil Head	Doug Sakmann		United States	[39]
Excision	Richard Bates, Jr.	Annalynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter	United States	[40]
Foreclosure	Richard Ledes	Bill Raymond, Michael Imperioli, Spencer List	United States	[41]
Found	Scott Schirmer	Louie Lawless, Phyllis Munro, Ethan Philbeck	United States	[42]
Frankenweenie	Tim Burton	Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau	United States	Animated film[43]
Gallowwalkers	Andrew Goth	Wesley Snipes, Kevin Howarth, Riley Smith	United States	[44]
Ghost Day	Thanit Jitnukul, Titipong Chaisati, Sorathep Vetwongsatip	Apisit Opasaimlikit, Pimradapa Wright, Padong Songsang	Thailand	[45]
The Ghost Tales	Tso Shih-chiang	River Huang, Lorene Ren, Lee Yi-chieh, Wu Pong-fong, Tsai Chen-nan, James Wen	Taiwan	Fantasy horror[46]
Grabbers	Jon Wright	Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey	United Kingdom	[47]
Grave Encounters 2	John Poliquin	Richard Harmon, Leanne Lapp, Dylan Playfair	United States	[48]
Harpoon	Zhou Yaowu	Monika Mok, Hu Bing, Wang Shuangbao	China	[49]
Haunted Poland	Pau Masó	Ewelina Lukaszewska, Pau Masó, Irene Gonzalez	Spain Poland	[50]
Hellbenders	J. T. Petty	Clancy Brown, Clifton Collins Jr., Andre Royo	United States	Horror comedy[51]
Horror Stories	Im Dae-woong, Jeong Beom-Sik, Hong Ji-young, Kim Sun, Kim Gok		South Korea	[52]
John Dies at the End	Don Coscarelli	Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti	United States	Horror comedy[53]
Killer Kart	James Feeney	Ray Bouchard, Christine Alicia Rodriguez, Elly Schaefer	United States	[54]
The Lords of Salem	Rob Zombie	Sheri Moon Zombie, Ernest Thomas, Jeff Daniel Phillips	United States	[55]
Lovely Molly	Eduardo Sanchez	Alexandra Holden, Johnny Lewis	United States	[56]
Maniac	Franck Khalfoun	Elijah Wood, Megan Duffy, Nora Arnezeder	France United States	[57]
Modus Anomali	Joko Anwar	Rio Dewanto, Hannah Al Rashid, Izzi Isman	Indonesia	[58]
Nightmare	Herman Yau	Fiona Sit, Huang Xuan, Zhou Chuchu	China	[59]
No One Lives	Ryuhei Kitamura	Luke Evans, Adelaide Clemens, Lee Tergesen	United States	[60]
The Pact	Nicholas McCarthy	Caity Lotz, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Haley Hudson	United States	[61]
Painless	Juan Carlos Medina	Tomas Lemarquis, Juan Diego, Alex Brendemühl	France Portugal Spain	[62]
Paranormal Activity 4	Henry Josst, Ariel Schulman	Kathryn Newton	United States	[63]
ParaNorman	Sam Fell, Chris Butler	Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick	United States	Animated film[64]
Piranha 3DD	John Gulager	Danielle Panabaker, Matthew Bush, Chris Zylka	United States	[65]
The Possession	Ole Bornedal	Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Natasha Calis	United States	[66]
Prometheus	Ridley Scott	Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron	United States	Science fiction horror[67]
Raaz 3	Vikram Bhatt	Bipasha basu, Imran Hashmi, Esha Gupta	India	[68]
Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead	Naoyuki Tomomatsu	Arisu Ozawa, Asami, Yui Aikawa	Japan	[69]
REC 3: Genesis	Paco Plaza	Diego Martín, Leticia Dolera, Javier Botet	Spain	[70]
Resolution	Justin Benson, Aaron Scott Moorhead	Peter Cilella, Vinny Curran, Zahn McClarnon	United States	[71]
Sadako 3D	Tsutomu Hanabusa		Japan	[72][73]
Scary or Die	Bob Badway	Domiziano Arcangeli, Corbin Bleu, Bill Oberst Jr.	United States
Shackled	Upi Avianto	Abimana Aryasatya, Imelda Therinne, Laudya Chintya Bella	Indonesia	[74]
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D	Michael J. Bassett	Adelaide Clemens, Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell	Canada France	[75][76]
Silent House	Chris Kentis, Laura Lau	Elizabeth Olsen	United States	[77][78]
Silent Night	Steven C. Miller	Malcolm McDowell, Jaime King, Donal Logue, Ellen Wong, Brendan Fehr	United States	Slasher
The Sleeping Soul	Shawn Burkett	Ayse Howard, Corey A. Thrush	United States	Supranatural
Sinister	Scott Derrickson	Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, James Ransone	United States	[79]
Smiley	Michael J. Gallagher	Caitlin Gerard, Melanie Papalia, Shane Dawson	United States	[80]
Stitches	Conor McMahon	Ross Noble, Tommy Knight	Ireland	[81]
Storage 24	Johannes Roberts	Noel Clarke, Colin O'Donoghue, Antonia Campbell-Hughes	United Kingdom	[82]
Terror Hotel	Laizhi Zheng		China	[83]
ThanksKilling 3	Jordan Downey	Dan Usaj, Joe Hartzler, Marc M.	United States	[84]
Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles	Erik Matti	Dingdong Dantes, Joey Marquez, Lovi Poe	Philippines	[85]
Underworld: Awakening	Mans Marlind, Bjorn Stein	Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy	United States	[86]
V/H/S	Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg	Joe Swanberg, Adam Wingard, Sophia Takal	United States	[87]
The Woman in Black	James Watkins	Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer	Canada United Kingdom	[88]
When the Lights Went Out	Pat Holden	Steve Waddington, Kate Ashfield, Tasha Connor, Craig Parkinson, Gary Lewis, Martin Compston, Hannah Clifford	United Kingdom	[89]
Where the Dead Go to Die	Jimmy ScreamerClauz	Ruby Larocca, Brandon Slage, Joey Smack	United States	Animated film[90]
Would You Rather	David Guy Levy	Jeffrey Combs, Brittany Snow, Sasha Grey	United States	[91]
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines	Declan O'Brien	Doug Bradley, Camilla Arfwedson, Simon Ginty, Roxanne McKee, Paul Luebke, Oliver Hoare, Kyle Redmond Jones	United States	Slasher

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External links

• Horror films of 2012 on Internet Movie Database