- Cabin in the woods, Lionsgate presents ; a Mutant Enemy production ; directed by Drew Goddard ; written by Joss Whedon & Drew Goodard ; produced by Joss Whedon
- Evil dead, Tristar Pictures, FilmDistrict and Ghost House Pictures present ; produced by Rob Tapert, Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell ; screenplay by Fede Alvarez & Rodo Sayagues ; directed by Fede Alvarez
- Scream, a Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group presentation ; a Project X Entertainment production ; a Radio Silence film ; written by James Venderbilt & Guy Busick ; producers, William Sherak, James Vanderbilt, Paul Neinstein ; directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett
- Slender Man, Screen Gems presents a Mythology Entertainment and Madhouse Entertainment production ; produced by Bradley J. Fischer, James Vanderbilt, William Sherak, Robyn Meisinger, Sarah Snow ; written by David Birke ; directed by Sylvain White
- Let it snow, producers, Serge Lavrenyuk ; writers, Stanislav Kapralov, Omri Rose ; director, Sanislav Kapralov
- The forest, Gramercy Pictures presents ; in association with AI Film Entertainment ; a Lava Bear/Phantom Four Films production ; produced by Tory Metzger, David S. Goyer, David Linde ; written by Ben Ketai and Sarah Cornwell and Nick Antosca ; directed by Jason Zada
- Victor Frankenstein, Twentieth Century Fox presents ; screenplay by Max Landis ; directed by Paul McGuigan
- It, New Line Cinema presents ; a Double Dream, Vertigo Entertainment, Rideback production ; produced by Barbara Muschietti, Dan Lin, Roy Lee ; screenplay by Gary Dauberman ; directed by Andy Muschietti, Chapter two
- Haunting of Alcatraz, SP Releasing and High Fliers Films present a Creativ Studios production ; directed by Steve Lawson
- The black phone, Universal Pictures and Blumhouse present ; a Crooked Highway production ; produced by Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill ; screenplay by Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill ; directed by Scott Derrickson
- Annabelle, a New Line Cinema presentation ; in assocation with RatPac-Dune Entertainment ; an Atomic Monster/Safran Company production ; produced by Peter Safran, James Wan ; written by Gary Dauberman ; directed by David F. Sandberg
- Fright night, DreamWorks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment present a Michael DeLuca and Gaeta/Rosenzsweig production, a Craig Gillespie film ; produced by Michael DeLuca, Alison Rosenzweig ; written by Tom Holland ; screenplay by Marti Noxon ; directed by Craig Gillespie
- Blumhouse's Fantasy Island, Columbia Pictures and Blumhouse present ; a Tower of Babble production ; a Jeff Wadlow film ; screenwriters, Jeff Wadlow, Chris Roach, Jillian Jacobs ; produced by Jason Blum, Marc Toberoff, Jeff Wadlow ; directed by Jeff Wadlow
- The messengers, Screen Gems and Ghost House Pictures and Columbia Pictures present a Blue Star Pictures production ; a Pang Brothers film ; produced by Sam Raimi, Bob Tapert, William Sherak, Jason Shuman ; screenplay by Mark Wheaton ; directed by Danny Pang & Oxide Pang
- The final destination, New Line Cinema presents a Practical Pictures/Parallel Zide production, a David R. Ellis film ; produced by Craig Perry, Warren Zide ; written by Eric Bress ; directed by David R. Ellis
- Shadow in the cloud, Endeavor Content presents ; in association with Rhea Films and Hercules Film Fund, the New Zealand Film Commission ; an Automatik and Four Knights Film production ; written by Max Landis and Roseanne Liang ; produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Fred Berger, Kelly McCormick, Tom Hern ; directed by Roseanne Liang
- Blade, New Line Cinema ; producers, David S. Goyer, Lynn Harris ; written and directed by David S. Goyer
- A quiet place, Paramount Pictures presents in association with Michael Bay ; a Platinum Dunes/Sunday Night production ; produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Bradley Fuller, John Krasinski ; written and directed by John Krasinski, Part II
- Renfield, Universal Pictures presents ; a Skybound/Giant Wildcat production ; a Chris McKay film ; screenplay by Ryan Ridley ; story by Robert Kirkman ; directed by Chris McKay
- I see you, Saban Films and Bankside Films present in association with Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology Kreo Films, Quickfire Films and Zodiac Holdings ; produced by Matt Waldeck ; written by Devon Graye ; directed by Adam Rabdall
- Paranormal activity, Paramount + presents ; produced by Jason Blum, Oren Peli ; written by Christopher Landon ; directed by William Eubank
- Halloween II, Halloween III, season of the witch, Universal Studios ; Moustapha Akkad presents ; a John Carpenter/Debra Hill production ; produced by John Carpenter and Debra Hill
- 1408, Dimension Films presents a Lorenzo Di Bonaventura production ; produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura ; screenplay by Matt Greenberg and Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski ; directed by Mikael Håfström
- Hereditary, A24 and Palmstar Media present ; producers, Kevin Scott Frakes, Lars Knudson, Buddy Patrick ; written & directed by Ari Aster
- Tremors, Don Michael Paul