Here’s a curated list of best Hollywood horror movies from 2014, offering a diverse mix of supernatural, psychological, slasher, and found-footage styles:
Top Picks
- The Babadook
- It Follows
- Annabelle
- Oculus
- The Purge: Anarchy
- As Above, So Below
- Deliver Us from Evil
- A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
- Horns
- Tusk
Supernatural Horror
- Jessabelle – A woman returns to her childhood home and confronts a vengeful spirit.
- The Quiet Ones – Paranormal experiments go awry.
- Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones – A spin-off from the popular series with a darker cultural twist.
- The Possession of Michael King – A skeptic experiments with summoning the supernatural.
- Housebound – A blend of horror and comedy about a haunted house.
Psychological & Found Footage
- Open Grave – A man wakes in a pit of corpses with no memory of what happened.
- Creep – A videographer encounters a bizarre and unnerving client.
- Mockingbird – Three people receive mysterious instructions leading to terrifying outcomes.
- The Taking of Deborah Logan – A documentary team captures a woman’s descent into possession.
- Found – A boy discovers his brother is a serial killer.
Slasher & Gore
- Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort – More backwoods terror and cannibalism.
- Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead – Nazi zombies meet their match.
- See No Evil 2 – The return of the menacing Jacob Goodnight.
- V/H/S: Viral – A horror anthology with a chilling tech twist.
- Stage Fright – A musical slasher set at a theater camp.
Creature Features & Monster Horror
- Exists – A terrifying encounter with Bigfoot in the woods.
- Clown – A father’s clown costume becomes a deadly curse.
- The Pyramid – Archaeologists unleash ancient horrors in an Egyptian tomb.
- Wolfcop – A cop becomes a werewolf in this horror-comedy.
- Zombeavers – Killer zombie beavers terrorize vacationers.
Zombie Horror
- Life After Beth – A romantic comedy-horror where a zombie ex-girlfriend causes chaos.
- Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead – A unique Australian zombie apocalypse tale.
- The Returned – A drama-horror exploring life after a zombie outbreak.
- Dead Rising: Watchtower – Based on the popular video game series.
- Extinction – Survivors in a post-apocalyptic world face both zombies and internal struggles.
Foreign Influence in Hollywood
- Rigor Mortis – A supernatural thriller with martial arts elements.
- Rec 4: Apocalypse – The final installment in the gripping Spanish horror series.
- Goodnight Mommy – A chilling tale of identity and paranoia.
- The Canal – A projectionist unravels the dark history of his home.
- The Blue Elephant – A psychological horror with supernatural elements.
Indie & Arthouse Gems
- Only Lovers Left Alive – A vampire love story with eerie undertones.
- Late Phases – A blind veteran faces off against a werewolf.
- Starry Eyes – An actress’s Hollywood dream turns into a nightmare.
- Proxy – A dark and twisted psychological thriller.
- Honeymoon – A couple’s romantic getaway takes a horrifying turn.
Miscellaneous Must-Watch
- Mercy – Based on a Stephen King story about supernatural forces.
- Alien Abduction – Found footage about extraterrestrial horror.
- The Den – A woman is stalked by a killer via webcam.
- Apocalyptic – A reporter investigates a sinister cult.
- House at the End of Time – A Venezuelan supernatural thriller about time loops and ghosts.