In many of us, somewhere deep inside, there is a wild desire to be afraid, but stronger. The chilling fear that takes place on the screen can crawl under the skin and make the heart beat faster. We offer you to pay attention to the list of the most terrible horror movies of 2019 with a high rating and a cool plot; the description of the films will make you tickle your nerves even at the stage of reading.
We (Us)
- USA, Japan, China
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.2, IMDb - 6.9
- Actors Elisabeth Moss and Yahya Abdul-Matin II previously starred in the series The Handmaid's Tale (2017).
In detail
As a little girl, Adelaide experienced a traumatic event. She lost her way in a maze of mirrors somewhere in a California resort and almost lost her voice when faced with her terrible double. Having matured, already with her husband and children, Adelaide comes to her grandmother's house, which is located next to that same ill-fated park, and from the very beginning of communication, the woman feels out of place. The husband is sure that in such a calm place you need to forget about fear and relax. But when strangers in red overalls appear in front of the house with clearly aggressive intentions, his opinion immediately changes ...
Solstice (Midsommar)
- USA, Sweden
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.6, IMDb - 7.2
- The director of the film, Ari Astaire, admitted that he was inspired to make a film after the breakup.
In detail
"Solstice" is a scary horror movie on the list based on true events. Friends always told Christian that it was high time for him to part with Denis, from whom he managed to get tired over the last year of relationship. A young man cannot make a responsible decision, and even more so after Denis's sister, suffering from bipolar disorder, commits suicide. Still not recovered from the terrible tragedy, the girl is imposed on Christian's company and together with him on vacation goes to a small Swedish village. Upon arrival, friends will find out that they have just got to the summer festival. Soon, the rest of the friends turns into a fierce battle for life and death.
Pet Sematary
- USA, Canada
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 5.6, IMDb - 5.8
- The slogan of the film is "The dead must remain dead."
In detail
Pet Sematary is an already released 2019 horror film in good quality. Louis Creed, along with his housewife Rachel, daughter Ellie and son Gage, moves to a quiet town, where the first misfortune soon occurs - their beloved cat Church dies under the wheels of a truck. On the advice of a neighbor, a man buries a cat in an ancient Indian cemetery, but the pet comes back as if nothing had happened. But this is not the same Church as before - this fluffy ball of wool surprises its owners with its cruelty and even attacks children. The story gets much worse when the tragedy on the road repeats itself and takes another life. Distraught with grief, Louis again goes to the mysterious cemetery ...
The Lighthouse
- USA, Canada
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 7.2, IMDb - 7.7
- Actor Willem Dafoe's manner of speech was taken from fishermen who were fishing in the Atlantic Ocean at that time.
In detail
The film is set in the 19th century. Ephraim Winslow arrives on a remote island to work with the grumpy old lighthouse keeper Thomas Wake. For the next four weeks, they will have to break their backs, doing hard work, and be content with each other's company, reconciling with mutual dislike. A seasoned old man treats a subordinate as a personal slave and forbids him to climb the lighthouse itself and control the light. Ephraima does not let go of his own past and, if at first the young man refused alcohol, now he happily kisses the bottle, and soon some devilry begins to happen on the alienated island.
Velvet Buzzsaw
- USA
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.2, IMDb - 5.7
- Dan Gilroy directed Stringer (2013).
Velvet Chainsaw (2019) is one of the most terrifying and creepy horror films with a high rating. Morph Vandewalt is an art critic with amazing taste, leading the calm and boring life of a bohemian party-goer. One day his girlfriend entered the apartment of a deceased neighbor and gasped in surprise - the girl discovered a whole warehouse of unknown works, and Morph realizes that they have discovered a genius. The deceased had no relatives, so the heads of local galleries laid out a substantial sum to buy up the paintings of the great master. However, wealthy collectors will have to pay dearly for their hobby. If you are drawn into a passionate hunt for strange and sinister pictures, please pay the price for it. Human life will do just fine ...
It Chapter Two
- USA, Canada
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.6, IMDb - 6.6
- The film broke the record for the number of liters of fake blood used in a horror film. There are 19 thousand of them in one scene alone.
In detail
It 2 is one of the scariest horror films of 2019; The most interesting thing is that the collection of the painting in the world amounted to $ 473,093,228. 27 years have passed since the guys met with the demonic Pennywise. They grew up, left their hometown and even almost forgot about those terrible events, but suddenly a strange phone call intrudes into their calm and quiet life. It turns out that Mike lived in Derry all this time and was collecting information about the creepy clown. The man waited for new murders to begin in the city and, it seems, waited. The hero asks old friends to get back together and deal with the evil of Derry once and for all. Will they be able to put an end to the nightmarish events, or will the creature be much more cunning and agile?
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
- USA, Canada
- Rating: KinoPoisk - 6.1, IMDb - 6.2
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is an adaptation of the popular horror trilogy by Alvin Schwartz.
In detail
1968, the wind of change soars over America ... On Halloween night, a big lover of scary stories Stella and her unlucky friends decided to play a cruel joke with the local bully Tommy. Fleeing, the friends hide in the car of the guy Ramon, who takes them to the city landmark - a large "haunted house", where once lived a family of rich Bellows, whose members mysteriously disappeared about 100 years ago. Scary legends are still circulating about the daughter of the family Sarah - supposedly she can kill by telling stories to people passing by. Friends explore the house and find an old book in which Sarah wrote her stories ...
The Vigil
- USA
- Rating: IMDb - 6.0
- Actor Dave Davis starred in the movie Selling Short (2015).
In detail
Jacob is an unemployed guy living in the Hasidic community of Borough Park in Brooklyn. The young man agrees to become a Shomer for a substantial jackpot - a man who watches next to the body of a recently deceased Jew. The deceased is a certain Mr. Litvak, a Holocaust survivor. When night falls, Jacob's vigil turns into a heartbreaking exploration of the past. And the worst and worst of all is that the main character has to face a dybbuk - an insidious evil spirit. What's next for Jacob?
Platform (El Hoyo)
- Spain
- Rating: IMDb - 7.3
- Actor Ivan Massage starred in the film Pan's Labyrinth.
In detail
The events of the film take place in a dystopian future, where a resource crisis has come. Each person can voluntarily raise their social status, for this you need to visit the Yama - a vertical prison that descends many floors underground. There are two prisoners at each level, but no one knows how many levels there are. All floors are connected by a common well, through which a platform with food is lowered once a day. On it - an unthinkable number of dishes, but the lower the prisoners live, the greater the chance of staying hungry. The main character Goreng decides to take part in a dangerous experiment and finds himself on the -18th floor of the prison.
Clown Motel: Spirits Arise
- USA
- Rating: IMDb - 6.7
- Director Joseph P. Kelly created Motel of Clowns: Rebels following the success of his short film of the same name.
Motel of Clowns: Rebels (2019) is a horror film that has already been released. In a gloomy, abandoned motel, two companies met - a group of ghost hunters who came here for the thrill, and several girls who returned from a fun bachelorette party. The guys spend the night there, and in the morning they realize that their cars are broken and there is no way to get home. After a while, friends are horrified to discover that zombie clowns are walking around the motel - the souls of merry fellows who died in this place under very strange circumstances. These creatures are ready to kill everyone in their path. Ghostbusters and fragile girls will have to join forces to defeat a powerful evil and get a chance to be saved.
The Lodge
- USA, Canada, UK
- Rating: IMDb - 6.6
- The slogan of the film is “You are not welcome here”.
Grace recently married journalist Richard, and now the woman will become a stepmother to his two children. Aiden and Mia are unhappy with this state of affairs, because, unlike their amorous father, they have not yet managed to forget their mother. In addition, Grace is the daughter of the founder of the sect, who committed mass suicide several years ago. It is quite understandable why children consider Richard's new passion a psychopath. So that the girls get to know Grace better, the man sends the family to spend a couple of days before Christmas in a house far from civilization. Surprisingly, the relationship between the girls and Grace "settled down", but soon something terrible happened ...
The Final Scream
- United Kingdom
- Rating: IMDb - 7.3
- The slogan of the picture is "Something ominous awaits."
Last Scream (2019) is one of the most terrifying and creepy horror films with a high rating. Kia has dreamed of becoming a famous actress all her life. After going through many auditions, the girl realized that she would not succeed. She decides to give up everything and give up the dream of her life. Suddenly, the heroine receives an offer to star in a horror film. Kia happily agrees and goes to the shooting in a forest house located in the wilderness. Soon, the girl fearfully realizes that the location of the filming was not chosen by chance, and the creators of the picture have a very peculiar idea of the term "get used to the role."
Mom: Guest from the Dark (Cruel Peter)
- Italy
- Rating: IMDb - 6.2
- The slogan of the film is “Do not stir up the secrets of the past”.
The Sicilian city of Messina, Christmas 1908. The spoiled 13-year-old Peter from a wealthy English family is known for his abuse of children, animals and servants. One night, a young tomboy wakes up in a coffin, he was buried in the city cemetery by a servant boy from his mother's estate. The burial place is lost during an unexpected earthquake, but a hundred years later, the famous English archaeologist Norman, along with his teenage daughter, comes to the excavation of an old cemetery and awakens evil.
Mermaid Down
- USA
- Rating: IMDb - 7.6
- The slogan of the film is "They exist."
Fishermen accidentally hit the net with an amazing creature - a real mermaid! The captain of the fishing schooner decided to mock him and found it funny to chop off the tail of the sea creature. The sailors took the mermaid to land, and the creature ended up in a psychiatric hospital. Now she is trying to prove her identity to medical personnel, but no one believes her. Soon, the mysterious aquatic inhabitant will show that in vain everyone mocked her and kept her in captivity.
Karma
- Taiwan
- Rating: IMDb - 6.9
- Karma is the only film on the list of Taiwanese production.
School teacher Ling Shen's first day was hardly a good one. One of his students died at home under very strange circumstances. It turns out that a certain mobile application is involved, and the teacher will have to figure out - how the damn program can be connected with the death of a student?
A Night of Horror: Nightmare Radio
- Argentina, New Zealand, UK
- Rating: IMDb - 7.4
- Director Oliver Pak has released his second feature film, previously he specialized only in short films.
Rod Wilson is a horror radio host. Listeners call him and tell different paranormal stories. One day, strange calls begin to arrive at the station from a child desperately asking for help. At first, the guy thinks that this is someone's stupid prank, but later becomes convinced of the opposite. Moreover, there is a terrible secret in these calls, and Rod himself will soon be a participant in it.
By real events (True Fiction)
- Canada
- Rating: IMDb - 7.2
- Actress Sara Garcia starred in the TV series Murdoch Investigations.
True Story is one of the worst horror movies of 2019 on the list with high ratings and scary descriptions; The plot of the picture attracts attention from the first minutes of viewing, and you don't want to tear yourself away from the film. Ivory is a library worker and aspiring book author. The girl cannot believe her happiness, because now she has become an assistant to her idol - the writer Caleb Konrad. Arriving at him in a mansion far from civilization, Ivory learns that she will have to take part in a psychological experiment that will serve as the basis for the author's new novel. Will the heroine agree to a dubious adventure? And what will await her in case of refusal?