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Craft: Legacy, TheCraft: 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…
FreakyFreaky (2020) Recommended
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, TheNew 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 DareTruth 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 TimesSuper Dark Times (2017) Recommended
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, TheTransfiguration, 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)Stranger Things (TV Series) (2016) Recommended
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…
OuijaOuija (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…
CarrieCarrie (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, ANightmare 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: EclipseTwilight: 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 BodyJennifer'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 MoonTwilight: 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)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 DaysDead 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, TheDisappeared, 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 PunchDonkey 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, TheHaunting 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 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 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 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…
TwilightTwilight (2008) Recommended
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…
ShroomsShrooms (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…
TeethTeeth (2007) Recommended
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 3Final 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…
HatchetHatchet (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 CallsWhen 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 WolfCry 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 2Final 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, ATale of Two Sisters, A (Janghwa Hongryeon) (2003) Recommended
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 FeverCabin 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 ClubSuicide 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 CreepersJeepers 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 DeadLong 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…
ValentineValentine (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…
AnatomieAnatomie (2000) Recommended
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 HighBad 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 2Book 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 FallsCherry 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…
CutCut (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 DestinationFinal Destination (2000) Recommended
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 SnapsGinger 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, TheHole, 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 3Scream 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, TheBlair Witch Project, The (1999) Aro Favourite
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 RageCarrie 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, TheFaculty, The (1999) Recommended
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 H20Halloween 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 SummerI 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 SummerI 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…
PhantomsPhantoms (1998) Recommended
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 LegendUrban 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 Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series) - Season 1 (1996) Recommended
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 TalesCampfire 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, TheCraft, 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…
ScreamScream (1996) Aro Favourite
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 NightmareWes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) Recommended
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 BackWhen 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 GothicAmerican 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 DemonsNight 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, TheLost Boys, The (1987) Recommended
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 DarkNear Dark (1987) Recommended
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 DieSurf 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, TheWraith, 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, TheInitiation, 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, ANightmare On Elm Street, A (1984) Recommended
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…
ChristineChristine (1983) Recommended
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 SixteenSweet 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, TheBurning, 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]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 NightProm 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 TrainTerror 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 CallsWhen 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…
CarrieCarrie (1976) Aro Favourite
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 ZombiesTeenage 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…

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