Serial Killer Horror Movie Reviews
Looking for a new Serial Killer horror movie to watch, but don't want to waste your time sitting through a movie you'll hate? You're in luck! We built AllHorror specifically to help you find the horror movies you're most likely to love. Check out our spoiler-free "Worth Watching" reviews below. All reviews are short and written to give you an idea of what kind of Serial Killer movie it is and what other Serial Killer movies it's similar to, just so you know what to expect. And nearly all Serial Killer movie reviews include videos from other reviewers, so you get multiple opinions from the horror community.
Scream VI (2023) Review
Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York City. Scream VI was directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. The same duo in charge of the previous reqeul (sequel...
Scream VI (2023) Review
It's about the Woodsboro survivors moving to New York City and having to deal with Ghostface. Again. Scream VI was directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin (Scream, Ready or Not, and Southbound) and Tyler Gillett (Scream, Ready or Not, and Sout...
Damon's Revenge (2022) Review
It's about cursed relics, police brutality, a jailbreak, and multiple competing killers. And nudity. Damon's Revenge was directed by David Gere (Burial Ground Massacre) and stars Michael Madsen (Megalodon, Incarnation, and Rock Paper De...
A Wounded Fawn (2022) Review
It's about a museum curator who goes on a romantic getaway with a charming serial killer and must confront the madness boiling within him. A Wounded Fawn was directed by Travis Stevens (Jakob's Wife, Girl on the Third Floor) and stars ...
Haunted Trail (2021) Review
It's about a group of friends who start getting murdered by a killer disguising himself as one of the haunters in a haunted house attraction. Haunted Trail was directed by Robin Givens and stars Desi Banks, Marquise c. Brown, Brook Sill,...
Killer Concept Ending Explained (Spoilers)
Three creatives team up to write a screenplay chronicling a string of murders in their town, but one of the three may be closer to the story than the others realize. Killer Concept: Spoilers Below What is the first thing that comes to mind ...
Dark Glasses (2022) Review
It's about a woman blinded during a car accident when trying to escape a murderer who only targets sex workers and must take in the lone survivor of the crash and escape the killer. Dark Glasses was directed by Dario Argento (The Sandman, Dr...
Megalomaniac (2022) Review
It's about the daughter of an infamous serial killer who is bullied and assaulted one too many times. Megalomaniac was directed by Karim Ouelhaj and stars Eline Schumacher, Benjamin Ramon (Yummy), Wim Willaert, Pierre Nisse, Raphaëlle...
The Third Saturday in October (2022) Review
It's about an escaped death row convict who terrorizes a group of college football fans in Alabama, 1979. The Third Saturday in October was directed by Jay Burleson (The Third Saturday in October Part V) and stars Darius Willis (Spiral),...
The Black Phone (2022) Review
It's about a boy who is kidnapped by a child murderer but is able to communicate with his past victims through a black phone in his basement, whose help may be the only way for him to survive. The Black Phone was directed by Scott Derrickson...
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) Ending Explained (Spoilers)
After nearly 50 years of hiding, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of idealistic young friends who accidentally disrupt his carefully shielded world in a remote Texas town. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Spoilers Below In the 2022 sequ...
After Blue (2022) Review
It's about a daughter and mother who must catch and bring a runaway criminal to justice on an alien planet that can only be inhabited by women. After Blue was directed by Bertrand Mandico and stars Paula Luna, Elina Löwensohn (Let The Co...
Scream (2022) Ending Explained (Spoilers)
25 years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, Calif., a new killer dons the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town's deadly past. Scream (2022): Spoilers Bel...
Slumber Party Massacre Ending Explained (Spoilers)
A remake of the 1982 slasher film about sorority girls attacked by a maniac killer with a large electric drill. Slumber Party Massacre: Spoilers Below Trish Devereaux had a slumber party with friends Jackie, Kim, and Diane in a cabin in Hol...
Scream (2022) Review
A woman returns to her home to find out who has been committing a series of vicious crimes. Scream (2022) was directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (also known for V-H-S and Ready or Not) and stars Neve Campbell, David Arquette ...
Kill Teaser (2018) Review
It’s about a young hacker who becomes obsessed with an internet celebrity serial killer and subsequently becomes an accomplice to his murderous activities. An internet inspired serial killer horror that wants to be a combination of feardotcom wi...
I Love You So Much It's Killing Them (2016) Review
It’s a dark comedy concerning the three – or is it four? – favorite loves of the heroine. I Love You So Much It’s Killing Them is a short (15-minute) film directed by Joel Ashton McCarthy (I Am Alfred Hitchcock) and starring Alex Duncan (T...
As a Prelude to Fear (2021) Review
When a young cellist called Eve Taylor gets kidnapped and imprisoned in a dungeon-like basement, Police Detective Barnbrooke believes it is the work of the notorious psychopath the media has named the Pied Piper. As a Prelude to Fear was directed ...
Creep 2 (2017) Review
It’s about a deranged and charismatic serial killer who lures videographers to their deaths. A sequel to 2014’s ‘Creep’, ‘Creep 2’ features a new protagonist and target, played by Desiree Akhavan. Creep 2 was directed by Patrick Brice,...
Creep (2014) Review
It’s about a young freelance videographer called Aaron who takes a one day job to film the last messages of a dying man for his unborn son. As the day goes on Aaron notices the man’s increasingly weird and disturbing behaviour and begins to quest...
Open House (2010) Review
It’s a home invasion slasher with a captor-captive plot. Open House was written and directed by Winnipeg, Manitoba’s Andrew Paquin (producer of New in Town and Blue State) and stars his younger sister, fellow Winnipeg-ian Anna Paquin (who wo...
Open House (1987) Review
It’s about a sort of Dr. Frasier Crane talk show psychologist who receives calls from a serial killer and thinks he can outwit him. Open House was directed by Jag Mundhra (The Jigsaw Murders and Bawandar), who also wrote the original story on...
Henry 2: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1996) Review
It's about a group of small town criminals that Henry gets mixed up with. Henry 2: Portrait of a Serial Killer was directed by Chuck Parello (who also directed Ed Gein) and stars Neil Giuntoli (from The Borrower), Kate Walsh (from Legion) and ...
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) Review
It's about a guy with an uncontrollable urge to kill and another guy he meets with the same problem. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer was directed by John Mcnaughton (who also directed The Harvest and The Borrower) and stars Michael Rooker (...
The Call (2020) Review
It’s about a time traveling telephone that turns into a terror trip. The Call was directed by Chung-Hyun Lee (at age 30, his full-length directorial debut) and stars Park Shin-He (from #Alive) and Jong-seo Jun (from Burning). Can a magic phon...
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) Review
It's about a group of friends who dig into Freddy's past to figure out why their parents torched him. A Nightmare on Elm Street was directed by Samuel Bayer and stars Jackie Earle Haley (from The Dark Tower and RoboCop), Kyle Gallner (fr...
F*CK, SCARE, KILL: An Autopsy of Teen Horror URBAN LEGEND
A Monthly Column Dissecting Teen Horror Favorites The nineties often get overlooked, earning a reputation for a decade of bad horror movies, but it was a time when teen horror truly reigned. After Scream’s massive success appealing to the masses...
Discopath (2014) Review
It's about a guy who goes into a murderous rage whenever he hears disco. Ok, maybe a lot of people do, but this dude follows through. Discopath was directed by Renaud Gauthier (who also directed Aquaslash) and stars Catherine Antaki, François...
F*CK, SCARE, KILL: An Autopsy of Teen Horror THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE
Welcome to F*ck, Scare, Kill, my brand new column! Once a month, I’ll be dissecting movies of the Teen Horror persuasion, which all follow a similar formula: teenagers scaring each other, having sex, and a kill-or-be killed mantra. Through in-depth...
The Basement (2018) Review
It's about a guy who gets abducted and tortured by a mental serial killer with multiple personalities. The Basement was directed by Brian M. Conley and Nathan Ives, and stars Mischa Barton (from The Toybox and Ouija House), Tracie Thoms (from ...
The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) Review
It's a mockumentary about the hunt for an elusive serial killer who documented his many heinous kills on hundreds of old VCR tapes. The Poughkeepsie Tapes was directed by John Erick Dowdle (who also directed As Above, So Below, Devil and Quar...
The Night of a Thousand Cats (1972) Review
It's about a jet setting millionaire who plays with women the way a cat plays with its food, before snuffing them out and feeding them to his cats. The Night of a Thousand Cats was directed by René Cardona Jr. (who also directed The Man In Wh...
Trick (2019) Review
The story centers on an elusive serial killer, who descends upon a small town annually. He is responsible for gruesome murders year after year, each seemingly unrelated. No one believes this could be the same killer. Detective Denver has faced Trick ...
Leatherface (2017) Review
It's about a group of psycho kids who escape from a mental hospital, one of whom will go on to become the notorious chainsaw wielding Leatherface. Leatherface was directed by Alexandre Bustillo (who also directed Among The Living) and Julien M...
Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013) Review
It's about a group of friends who travel to rural Texas to claim a willed mansion, and the chainsaw wielding maniac in the cellar. Texas Chainsaw 3D was directed by John Luessenhop and stars Alexandra Daddario (from We Summon The Darkness), Bi...
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) Review
It's about a group of friends who come face to face with a deranged family and a crazed maniac who will later become known as Leatherface. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning was directed by Jonathan Liebesman (who also directed The K...
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) Review
It's about a group of friends traveling through BFE Texas who have the misfortune of finding themselves being terrorized by a psycho family of cannibalistic killers. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre was directed by Marcus Nispel (who also directe...
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) Review
It's about a radio DJ in a small Texas town who happens to find herself the target of the cannibalistic (and charismatic) Sawyer family. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 was directed by Tobe Hooper (who also directed Mortuary and Crocodile) and s...
Maniac (2012) Review
It's about a guy named Frank who likes to kill women, scalp them and then staple their hair to mannequins who later morph into his girlfriends (in his own demented mind of course). Maniac was directed by Franck Khalfoun (who also directed Prey...
Maniac (1980) Review
It's about a disturbed guy in NYC who goes around killing and scalping women to make mannequin effigies of them, you know, to keep him company. Maniac was directed by William Lustig (who also directed Uncle Sam and Relentless) and stars Joe Sp...
Hannibal Rising (2007) Review
It's about a kid whose family is killed during WWII. A kid who watched his baby sister get killed and eaten by soldiers. A kid who kinda didn't mean to eat some of her too, but kinda did anyway. A kid who grows up hell bent on revenge. Han...
Red Dragon (2002) Review
It's about an FBI agent tasked with capturing an elusive serial killer known as the Red Dragon. Oh, and there's this guy named Hannibal in there as well. Red Dragon was directed by Brett Ratner and stars Anthony Hopkins (from The Rite, The...
Salvage (2006) Review
It’s about a young girl Claire Parker. At the hands of a sadistic and depraved killer, she will endure a terrifying, unimaginable brutal death–and it will all happen again. After being beaten, dragged, sliced, and stabbed, Claire awakens at work...
Manhunter (1986) Review
It's about a burned out detective who once caught the infamous Hannibal Lecter and is now tasked with catching the newest serial killer on the block, The Red Dragon. Manhunter was directed by Michael Mann (who also directed The Keep) and stars...
Frailty (2001) Review
It's about a single dad who believes he's been chosen by God to kill demons (AKA random people) and his two sons who are forced to help him. Frailty was directed by Bill Paxton and stars Bill Paxton (from The Colony, Club Dread, The Vagran...
The House That Jack Built (2018) Review
It's about a serial killer who documents five of his kills, in an artistic and intimately realistic way, to an unknown higher power. The House That Jack Built was directed by Lars Von Trier (who also directed Antichrist) and stars Bruno Ganz ...
Bunnyman Vengeance (2017) Review
It’s about a group of guys from Bunnyman’s past who take him in, and later regret it. Bunnyman Vengeance was directed by Carl Lindbergh (who also directed Bunnyman and Shadows of the Dead) and David Scott (from And They Watched), Marshal ...
Bunnyman: Grindhouse Edition Review
It's about a group of friends who become the unlucky targets of a psycho serial killing bunny suit wearing maniac. Bunnyman and Bunnyman: Grindhouse Edition were directed by Carl Lindbergh (who also directed Bunnyman Massacre, Bunnyman Vengea...
Lifechanger (2018) Review
It's about a guy who has to claim people's lives just to stay alive. Lifechanger was directed by Justin Mcconnell and stars Lora Burke, Jack Foley and Bill Oberst Jr. (from Ayla, The Chair, Scream at the Devil, Hunting Grounds, The Den). ...
Kristy (2014) Review
It’s about a college girl who has to fight off a group of serial killer cultists while alone at her school over Thanksgiving weekend. Kristy was directed by Olly Blackburn (who also directed Donkey Punch) and stars Ashley Greene (from Summer'...
