Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Horror > Youth: 78 Films to Rent
- Craft: Legacy, The (2020)
- Dir. Zoe Lister Jones
Feat. Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone…
- Sequel to the 1996 film THE CRAFT, following four high school students who form a coven of witches.
After the original's all–male creative…
- Freaky (2020)
- Dir. Christopher Landon
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Newton, Katie Finneran…
- Christopher Landon (HAPPY DEATH DAY) directs this big hearted and hilarious teen comedy slasher with loving nods to classics of the genre, especially…
- New Mutants, The (2020)
- Feat. Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton…
- This thirteenth and final installment in the X–Men film series follows five young mutants fighting to save themselves while being held in a…
- Truth or Dare (2018)
- Dir. Jeff Wadlow
Feat. Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey, Violett Beane
- Teen horror fodder from the mega–successful Blumhouse productions in which a harmless game of Truth or Dare among friends turns deadly when…
- Super Dark Times (2017)
- Dir. Kevin Phillips
Feat. Owen Campbell, Charlie Tahan, Elizabeth Cappuccino…
- An indie psychological thriller that deftly detours from a benign coming–of–age scenario when a traumatic after–school incident…
- Transfiguration, The (2017)
- Dir. Michael O’Shea
Feat. Eric Ruffin
- An elevated genre film dealing with love and loss about a troubled teen with a vampire lore fascination who meets an equally alienated young woman…
- Stranger Things (TV Series) (2016)
- Feat. Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard…
- A web television series phenomenon that pays hefty homage to the tropes and aesthetics of sci–fi adventure and horror film of the 1980s and the…
- Ouija (2014)
- Dir. Stiles White
Feat. Olivia Cooke, Daren Kagasoff, Ana Coto…
- Much–maligned supernatural horror film about a group of non–too–bright teenagers who unleash unfriendly spirits from a Ouija…
- Carrie (2013)
- Dir. Kimberly Peirce
Feat. Julianne Moore, Chloe Grace Moretz, Portia Doubleday…
- Though strictly serviceable as a horror film, BOYS DON'T CRY director Kimberly Peirce brings an intense focus on character, psychology and social…
- Nightmare on Elm Street, A (2010)
- Dir. Samuel Bayer
Feat. Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Clancy Brown…
- Stylish, shallow reworking of the classic 80s slasher movie (replete with a music video director at the helm) reins in the smirk and aims for a…
- Twilight: Eclipse (2010)
- Dir. David Slade
Feat. Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner…
- Torrid third installment in the saga has Bella forced to choose between Edward and Jacob as a series of mysterious killings grip Seattle.
- Jennifer's Body (2009)
- Dir. Karyn Kusama
Feat. Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons…
- The screenwriter of JUNO brings her distinctive, know–it–all style to this high–school horror–comedy, in which the sultry…
- Twilight: New Moon (2009)
- Dir. Chris Weitz
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson…
- Succulent second helping of the Stephanie Meyer vampire saga finds pasty Edward no longer able to protect his beloved Bella, fleeing the country and…
- Vampire Diaries, The (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder
- The TWILIGHT zeitgeist is vamped up as a 90210–style serial in this melodramatic teen soap, about a troubled girl torn between her brooding…
- Dead in 3 Days (Dead in Three Days) (2008)
- Dir. Andreas Prochaska
- Chilling Austrian slasher involving a group of teenagers who must discover a serial killer’s identity in order to save themselves from getting…
- Disappeared, The (2008)
- Dir. Johnny Kevorkian
Feat. Harry Treadaway, Greg Wise, Ros Leeming…
- Restrained British chiller set on a London estate focuses on a young man's search for his missing younger brother.
Impressive debut for dir.…
- Donkey Punch (2008)
- Dir. Oliver Blackburn
- Trendy, explicit youth horror centred on three holidaying gal pals whose wild night of sex and drugs with three guys on a yacht turns deadly when a…
- Haunting Of Molly Hartley, The (2008)
- Dir. Mickey Liddell
Feat. Haley Bennett, Jake Weber, Chace Crawford
- 17–year–old Molly Hartley begins to suffer odd symptoms of psychosis that foreshadow a sinister destiny in this ambitious horror, which…
- Lost Boys 2: The Tribe (2008)
- Dir. P.J. Pesce
Feat. Gabrielle Rose, Corey Feldman, Autumn Reeser…
- Belated sequel to the 80's blood–letting hit THE LOST BOYS, this time set in a California surf Mecca where a brother and sister get unwittingly…
- Prom Night (2008)
- Dir. Nelson McCormick
Feat. Idris Elba, Jessica Stroup, Johnathon Schaech
- Lame duck remake of the 80's teen horror, with a picture perfect cast being chased around by a deranged killer on their…
- Ruins, The (2008)
- Dir. Carter Smith
Feat. Jena Malone, Jonathan Tucker, Joe Anderson
- Gory cautionary tale, adapted from Scott Smith’s popular pulp novel, in which a group of college pals on an eye–opening Mexican vacation…
- Twilight (2008)
- Dir. Catherine Hardwicke
Feat. Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Billy Burke…
- The first installment of the uber–popular book franchise (by Stephanie Meyer) sees lonely teenage girl Bella fall in love with Edward, a…
- Shrooms (2007)
- Dir. Paddy Breathnach
Feat. Robert Hoffman
- Flimsy slasher horror in which a group of clot–headed American college kids camp out in some creepy Irish woods and experience a terrifying…
- Teeth (2007)
- Dir. Mitchell Lichtenstein
Feat. Jess Weixler
- Squeamishly entertaining horror centred on a sweet high school virgin who discovers she has a set of mutant teeth between her legs, the perfect…
- Final Destination 3 (2006)
- Dir. James Wong
Feat. Mary Elizabeth Winstead
- Workmanlike third entry in the horror series known best for its wildly inventive death sequences, this time setting up a handful of teenagers to…
- Hatchet (2006)
- Dir. Adam Green
Feat. Joel David Moore
- Definitely not for the squeamish, this gloriously gruesome horror involves imbecilic young tourists getting stalked, lopped and hacked up by a…
- When a Stranger Calls (2006)
- Dir. Simon West
Feat. Camilla Belle
- Tense, if skeletal, remake of the original 1970s babysitter thriller in which Camilla Belle minds the children in a remote house fitted with…
- Cry Wolf (2005)
- Dir. Jeff Wadlow
Feat. Jon Bon Jovi
- Inventive, if light on truly scary moments, this slasher suspenser is set in a posh American prep school, where bored teenagers concoct a fictional…
- Final Destination 2 (2003)
- Dir. David R Ellis
Feat. Ali Larter, A J Cook, Michael Landes
- Inevitably tongue–in–cheek sequel to one of the better teen horror’s of the late nineties replaces the original’s doomed…
- Tale of Two Sisters, A (Janghwa Hongryeon) (2003)
- Dir. Ji-woon Kim
Feat. Kap-su Kim, Jung-ah Yum, Su-jeong Lim…
- A further revelation of the K–horror genre, this enters the forboding world of two devoted sisters who endure the lakeside household of their…
- Cabin Fever (2002)
- Dir. Eli Roth
Feat. Justin Ladd, James DeBello, Rider Strong
- More a horror ‘tribute’ than a horror movie, this indie effort from David Lynch protégé Roth steals knowingly from every other…
- Suicide Club (Suicide Circle) (2002)
- Dir. Sion Sono
Feat. Ryo Ishibashi, Akaji Maro, Masatoshi Nagase
- Off–beat Japanese thriller based on apparently real–life incidents in which groups of high–school children commit mass…
- Jeepers Creepers (2001)
- Dir. Victor Salva
Feat. Justin Long, Gina Philips
- A brother–sister couple take a rural back road home, but make an ill–advised roadside stop where urban mythology becomes gross–out…
- Long Time Dead (2001)
- Dir. Marcus Adams
Feat. Joe Absolom, Lara Belmont
- Though hip, slick and atmospheric, this British horror entry for the multiplexes is at once straight–faced and silly, and strictly…
- Valentine (2001)
- Dir. Jamie Blanks
Feat. Denise Richards, David Boreanz, Jessica Capshaw…
- The dir. of URBAN LEGEND brings us a Valentine’s Day slasher–massacre, centred round a cupid–masked serial–killer out to avenge…
- Anatomie (2000)
- Dir. Stefan Ruzowitzky
Feat. Franke Potente
- Franke Potente (RUN LOLA RUN) stars as a bright medical student at an elite college who discovers her fellow freshmen and women are turning up as…
- Bad Girls From Valley High (A Fate Totally Worse Than Death) (2000)
- Dir. John T. Kretchmer
Feat. Christopher Lloyd
- A good premise lifts this high–school comedy from out of the herd, with three socially ambitious girls having a curse placed on them which…
- Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
- Dir. Joe Berlinger
Feat. Kim Director, Jeffrey Donovan, Erica Leerhsen
- Another troupe of young ghoul–hunters head for the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland, which, in a post–modern twist, has become a…
- Cherry Falls (2000)
- Dir. Geoffrey Wright
Feat. Brittany Murphy, Jay Mohr
- A mystery psycho–killer's penchant for slaying virgins presents life–saving opportunities for the geeks and jocks of a small–town…
- Cut (2000)
- Dir. Kimble Rendall
Feat. Molly Ringwald
- Solid Australian variation on SCREAM, with an imported Molly Ringwald helping complete a horror film abandoned some years before due to an…
- Final Destination (2000)
- Dir. James Wong
Feat. Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith…
- A young man's premonition that his Paris–bound plane of classmates will explode after take–off causes a fall–out of unpredictable…
- Ginger Snaps (2000)
- Dir. John Fawcett
Feat. Emily Perkins, Katherine Isabelle, Mimi Rogers
- Canadian variation on the teen–horror model mixes the gene pool of adolescent angst with the werewolf genre, adopting lycanthropy as a metaphor…
- Hole, The (2000)
- Dir. Nick Hamm
Feat. Thora Birch, Daniel Brocklebank, Desmond Harrington…
- Thora Birch (AMERICAN BEAUTY) delivers a convincing English accent for this Brit variation of Teenage Gothic, emerging as the only survivor of a…
- Scream 3 (2000)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette…
- Less comic than before but otherwise it's more ironic psycho–trouble on the Woodsboro lot for regulars Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox and David…
- Blair Witch Project, The (1999)
- Dir. Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez
Feat. Heather Donahue, Michael C Williams, Joshua Leonard
- The most profitable film in history on a cost–to–gross basis, this handycam horror struck paydirt thanks to a swag of resourcefulness and…
- Carrie 2: The Rage (1999)
- Dir. Katt Shea
Feat. Emily Bergl
- The secondary school system gets another dousing in pigs–blood in this less–sequel–more–remake of the Brian DePalma original…
- Faculty, The (1999)
- Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Jordana Brewster, Clea Duvall, Laura Harris…
- The writer of SCREAM gives post–modern surgery to INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, setting it on a high–school campus, of…
- Idle Hands (1999)
- Dir. Rodman Flender
Feat. Seth Green, Devon Sawa, Elden Henson
- An evil spirit moves from person to person, afflicting only a single hand, which proceeds to wreak five–fingered carnage. High–school…
- Disturbing Behaviour (1998)
- Dir. David Nutter
Feat. James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl
- Reincarnating THE STEPFORD WIVES for the SCREAM–generation finds the troublemakers of Cradle Bay High strangely changing one by one into…
- Halloween H20 (1998)
- Dir. Steve Miner
Feat. Jamie Lee Curtis
- Or Halloween Twenty Years Later, adjourns from the original classic, undistracted by the whole lamentable trail of sequels (six at last count).…
- I Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
- Dir. Jim Gillespie
Feat. Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Geller
- A slick teen horror outing from the writer of SCREAM gives an ironic lift to several old Urban Legends, only this time with a straight…
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
- Dir. Danny Cannon
Feat. Jennifer Love Hewitt
- While unpredictable in its specifics, this sequel follows the same straight–faced, moderately scary path as its predecessor. Jennifer Love…
- Phantoms (1998)
- Dir. Joe Chappelle
Feat. Joanna Going, Rose McGowan, Ben Affleck…
- Dropping in on a remote town with no apparent inhabitants, babe sisters Joanna Going and Rose McGowan find themselves on the sinister skids.
Ben…
- Urban Legend (1998)
- Dir. Jamie Blanks
Feat. Alicia Witt, Danielle Harris
- A serial killer is offing students in the manner of various urban legends (grisly rumours that become so commonly known they're accepted as fact).…
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series) - Season 1 (1996)
- Dir. Bruce Seth Green, Joss Whedon
Feat. Sarah Michelle Gellar
- The TV followup to the 1992 movie, that slays its predecessor in wit and cult–appeal. Sarah Michelle Gellar plays the high–school teen…
- Campfire Tales (1996)
- Dir. David Semel, Martin Kunert, Matt Cooper
Feat. Jay R. Ferguson, Christine Taylor, Christopher Masterson…
- Urban legends pervade a trilogy of spook stories that emanate from a roadside breakdown. Some competent storytelling is undone by an irritatingly…
- Craft, The (1996)
- Dir. Andrew Fleming
Feat. Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell…
- The director of THREESOME conjures a fast–paced and slick tale of teenage outcasts who prefer to look pretty in black than pink. It's a dark…
- Scream (1996)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Neve Campbell, Drew Barrymore, Skeet Ulrich…
- The horror genre gets a long overdue (if tongue–in–cheek) revamp but you needn't be an aficionado to experience the thrill of this…
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Miko Hughes
- Ingenious post–script to the tired NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST. franchise in which castmembers of the previous films (playing themselves), too, become…
- When a Stranger Calls Back (1993)
- Dir. Fred Walton
Feat. Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Jill Schoelen
- Sequel to the 1979 classic WHEN A STRANGER CALLS, with the same director and much of the same cast.
Babysitter Julia is looking after two kids…
- Doppelganger (1992)
- Dir. Avi Nesher
Feat. Drew Barrymore
- Drew Barrymore plays an innocent who moves in with a budding horror scriptwriter – ultimately providing him with plenty of source material.…
- American Gothic (1988)
- Dir. John Hough
Feat. Rod Steiger, Yvonne De Carlo, Sarah Torgov
- Creepy psychos living on a remote isle make life hell for holiday–making teens. Sound familiar? It is, but done with a certain inventive…
- Night of the Demons (1988)
- Dir. Kevin S. Tenney
Feat. Linnea Quigley, William Gallo
- Shlocky 80's horror based around a group of high school seniors partying inside an isolated funeral parlour where they unknowingly release a demon or…
- Lost Boys, The (1987)
- Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Corey Haim…
- Keifer Sutherland leads a pack of teen vampires who have a taste for fashion as well as that red liquidy stuff. A dynamic, stylish horror with a…
- Near Dark (1987)
- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Adrian Pasdar, Lance Henrikson, Jenny Wright…
- The blueprint vampire–in–contemporary–clothing movie about a pack of young hedonists on the urban fringes afflicted with…
- Surf Nazis Must Die (1986)
- Dir. Peter George
Feat. Gail Neely, Robert Harden, Barry Brenner
- Gory battles for the beaches and waves, Troma–style. The T–shirt is better than the movie.
- Wraith, The (1986)
- Dir. Mike Marvin
Feat. Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, Sherilyn Fenn…
- Cartoonish supernatural actioner starring Charlie Sheen as a murdered Arizona teen who mysteriously returns from the dead as an all–powerful…
- Initiation, The (1984)
- Dir. Larry Stewart
Feat. Daphne Zuniga, Vera Miles, Clu Gulager…
- A department store–set 80's slasher flick starring Daphne Zuniga (BEVERLY HILLS 90210) as an amnesiac sorority member plagued by a recurring…
- Nightmare On Elm Street, A (1984)
- Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp…
- The maiden nightmare of the razor–fingered dream–demon Freddie Krueger, who went on to become the pre–eminent horror icon of the…
- Christine (1983)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul
- A persecuted teen finds unlikely kinship in a girl with a diff – a demonically–charged 1958 Plymouth that indulges in dispatching…
- Sweet Sixteen (1983)
- Dir. Jim Sotos
Feat. Aleisa Shirley, Bo Hopkins, Susan Strasberg…
- Forgotten slasher from the 80's that instead slashes the boys instead of the girls, when a soon–to–be sixteen–year–old girl…
- Burning, The (1981)
- Dir. Tony Maylam
Feat. Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer…
- A proficient slasher in the wake of FRIDAY THE 13TH in which a former summer camp caretaker plots bloody revenge on the teenagers who accidentally…
- Friday the 13th [Franchise] (1980-1989)
- Dir. Sean S. Cunningham
Feat. Betsy Palmer, Kevin Bacon
- The most successful film to exploit the '80s stalk–and–slash formula, characterised by disposable teenagers being endlessly slaughtered…
- Prom Night (1980)
- Dir. Paul Lynch
Feat. Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen
- 'Halloween' stalk'n'slash protege with Jamie Lee Curtis returning as one of a group of teens with a guilty secret menaced by the ubiquitous masked…
- Terror Train (1980)
- Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Johnson, Hart Bochner…
- Fresh from HALLOWEEN, Jamie Lee Curtis reprises a 'scream queen' for this teen slasher pic set aboard a chartered locomotive. A gamut of masquerade…
- When a Stranger Calls (1979)
- Dir. Fred Walton
Feat. Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Colleen Dewhurst…
- "Have you checked the children?". This line and the opening twenty minutes of this film (later parodied in SCREAM) preyed on babysitters' fears the…
- Carrie (1976)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Sissy Spacek, John Travolta
- One of the best screen adaptations of any Stephen King novel, and also one of dir. De Palma's best, this is the frightening story of a persecuted…
- Teenage Zombies (1959)
- Dir. Jerry Warren
- A group of teenagers fall prey to a mad female scientist whose island they happen upon. Here, other prisoners and a variety of creatures are being…