List of horror films of 2016
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This is a list of horror films that were released in 2016.
Highest-grossing horror films of 2016
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Conjuring 2 | Warner Bros. Pictures | $321.8 million |
| 2 | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | Sony Pictures Releasing | $312.2 million |
| 3 | Split | Universal Pictures | $278.3 million |
| 4 | Don't Breathe | Sony Pictures Releasing | $157.8 million |
| 5 | Lights Out | Warner Bros. Pictures | $148.9 million |
| 6 | The Shallows | Sony Pictures Releasing | $119.1 million |
| 7 | The Purge: Election Year | Universal Pictures | $118.6 million |
| 8 | 10 Cloverfield Lane | Paramount Pictures | $110.2 million |
| 9 | Train to Busan | Next Entertainment World | $98.5 million |
| 10 | Ouija: Origin of Evil | Universal Pictures | $81.7 million |
Horror films released in 2016
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Cloverfield Lane | Dan Trachtenberg | Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr. | United States | [1] |
| The Amityville Legacy | Dustin Ferguson, Mike Johnson | Mark Popejoy, Julia Farrell, Jennii Caroline | United States | [2] |
| Amityville: No Escape | Henrique Couto | Julia Gomez, Josh Miller, Allison Egan | United States | [3] |
| The Amityville Terror | Michael Angelo | Nicole Tompkins, Kaiwi Lyman, Kim Nielsen | United States | [4] |
| Antibirth | Danny Perez | Natasha Lyonne, Chloë Sevigny, Meg Tilly | United States Canada |
[5][6] |
| The Autopsy of Jane Doe | André Øvredal | Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch, Ophelia Lovibond | United States | [7] |
| Bedeviled | The Vang Brothers | Saxon Sharbino, Mitchell Edwards, Carson Boatman | United States | [8] |
| The Belko Experiment | Greg McLean | John Gallagher Jr., Tony Goldwyn, David Del Rio | United States | [9] |
| Blair Witch | Adam Wingard | James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Valorie Curry | United States | [10] |
| Blood of the Tribades | Sophia Cacciola, Michael J. Epstein | Chloé Cunha, Mary Widow, Seth Chatfield | United States | [11] |
| The Boy | William Brent Bell | Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Jim Norton | United States | [12] |
| The Blackout Experiments | Rich Fox | Josh Randall, Kristjan Thor, Bob Glouberman | United States | [13] |
| Bleed | Tripp Rhame | Chelsey Crisp, Riley Smith, Michael Steger | United States | [14] |
| Cabin Fever | Travis Zariwny | Gage Golightly, Matthew Daddario, Nadine Crocker | United States | [15] |
| Cell | Tod Williams | John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman | United States | [16] |
| The Conjuring 2 | James Wan | Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Frances O'Connor | United States | [17] |
| The Darkness | Greg McLean | Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell, Tina Lifford | United States | [18] |
| Dead 7 | Danny Roew | AJ McLean | United States | [19] |
| The Devil's Dolls | Padraig Reynolds | Christopher Wiehl, Kym Jackson | United States | [20] |
| Don't Breathe | Fede Álvarez | Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Stephen Lang | United States | [21] |
| Don't Hang Up | Alexis Wajsbrot, Damien Macé | Laurie Cook, Jason Newmark, Romain Philippe | United Kingdom | [22] |
| Don't Kill It | Mike Mendez | Dolph Lundgren, Kristina Klebe, Tony Bentley | United States | Horror comedy[23] |
| The Eyes of My Mother | Nicolas Pesce | Diana Agostini, Olivia Bond, Will Brill | United States | [24] |
| The Faith of Anna Waters | Kelvin Tong | Elizabeth Rice, Matthew Settle | Singapore United States |
[25] |
| Fender Bender | Mark Pavia | Makenzie Vega, Cassidy Freeman, Bill Sage, Steven Michael Quezada | United States | [26] |
| The Forest | Jason Zada | Natalie Dormer, Taylor Kinney | United States | [27] |
| Haunting on Fraternity Row | Brant Sersen | Jacob Artist, Jayson Blair, Shanley Caswell | United States | [28] |
| Holidays | Various | United States | [29] | |
| Home | Frank Lin | Heather Langenkamp, Samantha Mumba, Aaron Hill | United States | [30] |
| Hush | Mike Flanagan | John Gallagher, Jr., Michael Trucco, Kate Siegel | United States | [31] |
| I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House | Osgood Perkins | Ruth Wilson, Bob Balaban, Lucy Boynton | United States Canada |
[32] |
| Killing Ground | Damien Power | Harriet Dyer, Ian Meadows, Aaron Pedersen | Australia | [33] |
| Krampus Unleashed | Robert Conway | Amelia Brantley, Bryson Holl, Caroline Lassetter | United States | [34] |
| Lights Out | David F. Sandberg | Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Maria Bello | United States | [35] |
| Terrifier | Damien Leone | David Howard Thornton, Jenna Kanell, Samantha Scaffidi, Catherine Corcoran | United States | Slasher[36] |
| The Limehouse Golem | Juan Carlos Medina | Olivia Cooke, Bill Nighy, Douglas Booth | United Kingdom | [37] |
| The Love Witch | Anna Biller | Samantha Robinson, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Gian Keys, Laura Waddell | United States | [38] |
| Martyrs | Kevin Goetz, Michael Goetz | Troian Bellisario, Bailey Noble, Kate Burton | United States | [39] |
| The Midnight Man | Travis Zariwny | Lin Shaye, Gabrielle Haugh, Grayson Gabriel | United States | [40] |
| The Monster | Bryan Bertino | Zoe Kazan, Ella Ballentine | United States | [41] |
| Morgan | Luke Scott | Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Toby Jones | United States | [42] |
| The Neon Demon | Nicolas Winding Refn | Elle Fanning, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee | Denmark France United States |
[43] |
| The Other Side of the Door | Johannes Roberts | Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto | India United Kingdom |
[44] |
| Ouija: Origin of Evil | Mike Flanagan | Annalise Basso, Elizabeth Reaser, Lulu Wilson | United States | [45] |
| Phantasm: Ravager | David Hartman | Reggie Bannister, Dawn Cody, Angus Scrimm | United States | [46] |
| Pool Party Massacre | Drew Marvick | LeeAnna Vamp, Mark Justice, Alexis Adams | United States | [47] |
| Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | Burr Steers | Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston | United States | [48] |
| The Purge: Election Year | James DeMonaco | Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell | United States | [49] |
| Raw | Julia Ducournau | Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Naït Oufella | France Belgium |
[50][51] |
| Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | Paul W. S. Anderson | Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter | United States | [52] |
| Sadako vs. Kayako | Koji Shiraishi | Mizuki Yamamoto, Tina Tamashiro | Japan | [53] |
| Siren | Gregg Bishop | Chase Williamson, Justin Welborn, Michael Aaron Milligan | United States | [54] |
| Split | M. Night Shyamalan | James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Bruce Willis | United States | [55] |
| Spring Break Zombie Massacre | Bobby Carnevale | Sam Suchmann, Mattie Zufelt, Pauly D | United States | [56] |
| Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl | A.D. Calvo | Erin Wilhelmi, Quinn Shephard, Susan Kellermann | United States | [57] |
| Train to Busan | Yeon Sang-ho | Gong Yoo, Ma Dong-seok, Ahn So-hee | South Korea | [58] |
| Under the Shadow | Babak Anvari | Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi | Iran Jordan Qatar United Kingdom |
[59] |
| The Veil | Phil Joanou | Jessica Alba, Thomas Jane, Lily Rabe | United States | [60] |
| The Void | Steven Kostanski, Jeremy Gillespie | Ellen Wong, Aaron Poole, Evan Stern | Canada | [61][62] |
| Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories | [various directors] | United States | [63] | |
| The Wailing | Na Hong-jin | Kwak Do-won, Hwang Jung-min, Chun Woo-hee | South Korea | [64] |
| What We Become | Bo Mikkelson | Troels Lyby, Mille Dinesen, Mikael Birkkjær | Denmark | [65] |
| We Are the Flesh | Emiliano Rocha Minter | Noé Hernández, María Evoli, Diego Gamaliel | Mexico France |
[66] |
| The Windmill Massacre | Nick Jongerius | Charlotte Beaumont, Bart Klever, Patrick Baladi, Ben Batt Fiona Hampton, Tanroh Ishida, Adam Thomas Wright, Noah Taylor | Netherlands | |
| Without Name | Lorcan Finnegan | Alan McKenna, Niamh Algar, James Browne | Ireland | [67] |
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