List of horror films of 2020

This is a list of horror films that were released in 2020. This list includes films that are classified as horror as well as other subgenres. They are listed in alphabetical order.

Horror films released in 2020

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Genre	Ref
A Quiet Place Part II	John Krasinski	Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds	United States	Post-apocalyptic Horror	[1]
A Ghost Waits	Adam Stovall	MacLeod Andrews, Natalie Walker, Sydney Vollmer, Amanda Miller	United States	Horror, Romantic comedy	[2]
Angels Fallen	Ali Zamani	Nicola Posener, Houston Rhines, Michael Teh, Li Jing, Michael Madsen, Said Legue, Caroline Amiguet, Eric Roberts	United States	Horror Science Fiction	[3]
Alone	Johnny Martin	Tyler Posey, Summer Spiro, Robert Ri'chard, Donald Sutherland	United States	Apocalyptic Zombie Survival	[4]
Alone	John Hyams	Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca, Anthony Heald	United States	Thriller	[5]
Antebellum	Gerard Bush, Christopher Renz	Janelle Monáe, Marque Richardson, Eric Lange	United States	Thriller	[6]
Behind You	Andrew Mecham, Matthew Whedon	Addy Miller, Elizabeth Birkner, Jan Broberg	United States	Horror	[7]
Block Z	Mikhail Red	Julia Barretto, Joshua Garcia, Dimples Romana, Yves Flores, Maris Racal, McCoy de Leon, Ian Veneracion	Philippines	Apocalyptic Zombie Thriller	[8]
Books of Blood	Brannon Braga	Britt Robertson, Anna Friel, Rafi Gavron, Yul Vazquez	United States	Anthology, Horror	[9]
Butchers	Adrian Langley	Simon Phillips, Michael Swatton, Julie Mainville, Anne-Carolyne Binette, Samantha De Benedet, James Gerald Hicks	Canada	Slasher
Brahms: The Boy II	William Brent Bell	Katie Holmes, Ralph Ineson, Owain Yeoman	United States	Supernatural Horror	[10]
Caveat	Damian Mc Carthy	Johnny French, Leila Sykes, Ben Caplan, Conor Dwane	Ireland	Horror	[11]
Children of the Corn	Kurt Wimmer	Elena Kampouris, Kate Moyer, Callan Mulvey	United States	Horror Slasher	[12]
Corona Zombies	Charles Band	Robin Sydney, Cody Renee Cameron, Russell Coker	United States	Zombie Horror Comedy	[13]
Death of Me	Darren Lynn Bousman	Maggie Q, Luke Hemsworth	United States	Horror	[14]
Deep Blue Sea 3	John Pogue	Tania Raymonde, Nathaniel Buzolic, Bren Foster	United States	Survival Horror	[15]
The Empty Man	David Prior	James Badge Dale, Marin Ireland, Sasha Frolova, Robert Aramayo, Samantha Logan, Aaron Poole, Rob Canada, Joel Courtney	United States	Supernatural horror	[16]
Fantasy Island	Jeff Wadlow	Michael Peña, Maggie Q, Lucy Hale	United States	Horror Fantasy Supernatural	[17]
Freaky	Christopher Landon	Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Newton, Katie Finneran, Misha Osherovich, Celeste O'Connor, Alan Ruck	United States	Slasher, Comedy
Friend of the World	Brian Patrick Butler	Nick Young, Alexandra Slade, Michael C. Burgess, Kathryn Schott, Neil Raymond Ricco	United States	independent Black and White	[18]
Ghosts of War	Eric Bress	Brenton Thwaites, Theo Rossi, Skylar Astin, Kyle Gallner, Alan Ritchson, Billy Zane, Shaun Toub	United Kingdom, Bulgaria	Supernatural horror	[19]
Gretel & Hansel	Oz Perkins	Sophia Lillis, Sam Leakey, Charles Babalola	Canada United States Ireland	Supernatural horror	[20]
Hacksaw	Anthony Leone	Amy Cay, Brian Patrick Butler, Michael C. Burgess, Cortney Palm, Sadie Katz	United States	Found Footage Horror Slasher	[21]
Her Name Was Christa	James L. Edwards	Shianne Daye, James L. Edwards, Drew Fortier	United States	Horror	[22]
Host	Rob Savage	Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore, Emma Louise Webb	United Kingdom	Screenlife Supernatural horror	[23]
Kindred	Joe Marcantonio	Tamara Lawrance, Jack Lowden, Fiona Shaw	United Kingdom	Horror, Mystery, Drama	[24]
Mang Kepweng: Ang Lihim ng Bandanang Itim	Topel Lee	Vhong Navarro	Philippines	Fantasy Horror Comedy	[25]
Nocturne	Zu Quirke	Sydney Sweeney, Jacques Colimon, Madison Iseman	United States	Supernatural horror Drama	[26]
Peninsula	Yeon Sang-ho	Gang Dong-won, Lee Jung-hyun, Lee Re	South Korea	Apocalyptic Action Zombie	[27]
Possessor	Brandon Cronenberg	Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott,Rossif Sutherland, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean, Jennifer Jason Leigh	Canada, United Kingdom	Science fiction Psychological horror	[28]
Relic	Natalie Erika James	Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin, Bella Heathcote	United States	Psychological horror	[29]
Rent-A-Pal	Jon Stevenson	Wil Wheaton, Brian Landis Folkins, Kathleen Brady, Amy Rutledge, Adrian Egolf	United States	Psychological Thriller	[30]
Run Sweetheart Run	Shana Feste	Ella Balinska, Pilou Asbæk, Clark Gregg, Aml Ameen, Dayo Okeniyi, Betsy Brandt, Shohreh Aghdashloo	United States	Horror-thriller	[31]
She Dies Tomorrow	Amy Seimetz	Kate Lyn Sheil, Jane Adams, Kentucker Audley	United States	Psychological Thriller	[32]
Shortcut	Alessio Liguori	Jack Kane, Zanda Emlano, Zak Sutcliffe, Sophie Jane Oliver, Molly Dew	Italy	Horror	[33]
Spree	Eugene Kotlyarenko	Joe Keery, Sasheer Zamata, Mischa Barton, John DeLuca	United States	Satirical Horror	[34]
Sputnik	Egor Abramenko	Oksana Akinshina, Anton Vasiliev, Pyotr Fyodorov, Fyodor Bondarchuk	Russia	Science Fiction Horror	[35]
Stay Out of the Attic	Jerren Lauder	Ryan Francis, Morgan Alexandria, Bryce Fernelius	United States	Horror	[36]
Sweet Taste of Souls	Terry Ross	Honey Lauren, Sarah J. Bartholomew, Amber Gaston, Mark Valeriano, Thom Michael Mulligan	United States	Fantasy Horror	[37]
The Babysitter: Killer Queen	McG	Judah Lewis, Hana Mae Lee, Robbie Amell	United States	Black comedy Slasher	[38]
The Banishing	Christopher Smith	Jessica Brown Findlay, John Heffernan, John Lynch, Sean Harris	United Kingdom	Gothic, Horror	[39]
The Dark and the Wicked	Bryan Bertino	Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr., Xander Berkeley	United States	Supernatural horror	[40]
The Grudge	Nicolas Pesce	Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho	United States	Psychological Supernatural horror	[41]
The Hunt	Craig Zobel	Ike Barinholtz, Betty Gilpin, Amy Madigan	United States	Action Horror Thriller	[42]
The Invisible Man	Leigh Whannell	Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid	United States Australia	Science fiction Horror	[43]
The New Mutants	Josh Boone	Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton	United States	Superhero Horror	[44]
The Owners	Julius Berg	Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy, Jake Curran, Ian Kenny, Andrew Ellis, Rita Tushingham	United States, United Kingdom, France	Horror Thriller	[45]
The Reckoning	Neil Marshall	Charlotte Kirk, Sean Pertwee, Steven Waddington	United Kingdom	Adventure Horror	[46]
The Rental	Dave Franco	Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Sheila Vand	United States	Horror	[47]
The Superdeep	Arseny Syuhin	Milena Radulovic, Vadim Demchog, Maksim Radugin, Nikita Dyuvbanov, Kirill Kovbas	Russia	Horror	[48]
The Turning	Floria Sigismondi	Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince	United States	Gothic Supernatural horror	[49]
Uncle Peckerhead	Matthew John Lawrence	David Littleton, Chet Siegel, Jeff Riddle, Ruby McCollister, Shannon O'Neill	United States	Comedy Horror	[50]
Underwater	William Eubank	Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, Jessica Henwick	United States	Science fiction Action Horror	[51]
You Should Have Left	David Koepp	Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried, Avery Essex	United States	Psychological horror	[52]

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External links

• Horror films of 2020 on Internet Movie Database