- It comes at night, A24 presents ; director and writer, Trey Edwards Shults ; producers, David Kaplan, Andrea Roa
- Rings, Paramount Pictures presents ; a Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation ; produced by Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald ; screenplay by David Loucka and Jacob Estes and Akiva Goldsman ; story by David Loucka and Jacob Estes ; directed by F. Javier Guitierrez
- Wish upon, Broad Green Pictures presents a Broad Green Pictures production in association with Busted Shark Productions ; a John Leonetti film ; produced by Sherryl Clark ; written by Barbara Marshall ; directed by John R. Leonetti
- The shallows, Columbia Pictures presents ; written by Anthony Jaswinski ; produced by Lynn Harris, Matti Leshem ; directed by Jaume Collet-Serra
- 47 meters down, writers, Johannes Roberts, Ernest Riera; producers, James Harris, Mark Lane, Arnaud Lannic ; director, Johannes Roberts
- Alien, Twentieth Century Fox presents in association with TSG Entertainment ; a Scott Free/Brandywine production ; a Ridley Scott film ; produced by David Giler, Walter Hill, Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam, Michael Schaefer ; story by Jack Paglen and Michael Green ; screenplay by John Logan and Dante Harper ; directed by Ridley Scott
- Halloween kills, Universal Pictures, Mirimax and Blumhouse present ; screenwriters, Scott Teems, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green ; directed by David Gordon Green
- Mama, Toma 78, De Milo ; director, Andrés Muschietti ; writers, Neil Cross, Andrés Muschietti
- Annihilation, Paramount Pictures and Skydance present ; a Scott Rudin/DNA Films production ; produced by Scott Rudin, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Eli Bush ; written and directed by Alex Garland
- Scary stories to tell in the dark, CBS Films and Entertainment One present ; in association with Rolling Hills and Starlight ; a Hivemind/1212 Entertainment production ; a Double Dare You production ; produced by Guillermo del Toro, Sean Daniel, Jason F. Brown, J. Miles Dale, Elizabeth Grave ; screen story by Guillermo del Toro and Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan ; screenplay by Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman ; directed by André Øvredal
- Insidious, Focus Features presents in association with Stage 6 Films an Entertainment One presentation ; a Blumhouse production ; producers, Jason Blum, Oren Peli, James Wan ; written and directed by Leigh Whannell, Chapter 3
- Harrow Lake, Kat Ellis
- Till death, Screen Media presents ; a Millennium Media, Brave Carrot production ; in association with Campbell Grobman Films ; produced by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger, Yariv Lerner, Les Weldon, Tanner Mobley, Jana Karaivanova ; written by Jason Carvey ; directed by SK Dale
- Halloween, Dimension Films ; Nightfall Productions ; Spectacle Entertainment Group ; Trancas International Films
- Ouija, Universal Pictures presents ; a Platinum Dunes/Blumhouse production ; in association with Hasbro Studios ; written by Juliet Snowden & Stiles White ; directed by Stiles White
- Doctor Sleep, Warner Bros. Pictures presents an Intrepid Pictures/Vertigo Entertainment production ; a Mike Flanagan film ; produced by Trevor Macy, Jon Berg ; written & directed by Mike Flanagan
- Get out, Universal Pictures presents ; a Blumhouse / QC Entertainment production ; in association with Monkeypaw Productions ; a Jordan Peele film ; produced by Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr., Jordan Peele ; written and directed by Jordan Peele
- Split, Universal Pictures presents ; a Blinding Edge Pictures / Blumhouse production ; an M. Night Shyamalan film ; produced by Marc Bienstock, M. Night Shyamalan, Jason Blum ; written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan
- Five night's at Freddy's, produced by Blumhouse ; written by Scott Cawthon, Seth Cuddeback, Emma Tammi ; directed by Emma Tammi
- Zombieland, Columbia Pictures presents ; in association with 2.0 Entertainment ; a Pariah production ; produced by Gavin Polone ; written by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick and Dave Callaham ; directed by Ruben Fleischer
- Final destination 5, Warner Bros. ; director, Steven Quale
- Countdown, STXFilms presents ; a Wrigley Pictures, Two Grown Men, BSFG production ; produced by John Rickard, Zack Schiller, John Morris, Sean Anders ; written and directed by Justin Dec
- The box, Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Radar Pictures and Media Rights Capital, a Darko Entertainment production, a Richard Kelly film ; produced by Sean McKittrick, Richard Kelly and Dan Lin ; written for the screen and directed by Richard Kelly
- The wicker man, Warner Bros. in association with A lcon Entertainment and Millennium Films presents a Saturn Films production, an Emmett/Furla Films production for Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co KG IIII and Nu Image Entertainment GmbH ; produced by Nicolas Cage, Norm Golightly, Avi Lerner, Randall Emmett, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson ; written for the screen and directed by Neil LaBute
- Escape room, Columbia Pictures presents ; story by Bragi Schut ; screenplay by Bragi Schut and Maria Melnik ; produced by Neal H. Moritz, Ori Marmur ; directed by Adam Robitel
- Happy death day, Universal Pictures presents a Blumhouse Production ; produced by Jason Blum ; written by Scott Lobdell ; directed by Christopher Landon
- Blumhouse's Truth or dare, Universal Pictures presents ; a Blumhouse production ; a Jeff Wadlow film ; produced by Jason Blum ; story by Michael Reisz ; screenwriters, Michael Reisz, Jillian Jacobs, Chris Roach, Jeff Wadlow ; directed by Jeff Wadlow
- Pride and prejudice and zombies, Screen Gems and Cross Creek Pictures present a Serra Pictures production ... [et al.] ; produced by Brian Oliver, Tyler Thompson ; produced by Marc Butan ; screenplay by Burr Steers ; director, Burr Steers
- Crimson Peak, Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures present a Legendary Pictures/DDY production ; produced by Thomas Tull [and three others] ; written by Guillermo del Toro & Matthew Robbins ; directed by Guillermo del Toro
- Freaky, Universal Pictures presents ; a Blumhouse production ; in association with Divide/Conquer ; produced by Jason Blum ; screenwriters, Michael Kennedy & Christopher Landon ; directed by Christopher Landon
- The invisible man, Universal Pictures presents ; a Blumhouse/Goalpost production ; in association with Nervous Tick Productions ; produced by Jason Blum, Kylie du Fresne ; screenplay and directed by Leigh Whannell
- The menu, Searchlight Pictures presents ; in association with TSG Entertainment ; a Hyperobject Industries/Gary Sanchez production ; written by Seth Reiss & Will Tracy ; produced by Adam McKay, Betsy Koch, Will Ferrell ; directed by Mark Mylod
- A quiet place, Paramount Pictures presents ; screenplay by Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, John Krasinski ; directed by John Krasinski
- The manitou, Studio Canal ; an Avco Embassy film ; written by William Girdler, Jon Cedar, and Thomas Pope ; produced by William Girdler and Melvin Simon ; directed by William Girdler
- It, New Line Cinema presents ; screenplay by Chase Palmer & Cary Fukunage and Gary Dauberman ; produced by Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Seth Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg, Barbara Muschietti ; directed by Andy Muschietti
- Goosebumps 2, Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation present ; produced by Deborah Forte, Neal H. Mortiz ; screenplay by Rob Lieber ; directed by Ari Sandel
- The new daughter, Anchor Bay Films and Gold Circle Films
- Don't breathe, Screen Gems, Stage 6 Films in association with Ghost House Pictures presents ; a film by Fede Alvarez ; produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Fede Alvarez ; written by Fede Alvarez & Rodo Sayagues ; directed by Fede Alvarez
- Morbius, Columbia Pictures presents ; in association with Marvel ; an Avi Arad/Matt Tolmach production ; screen story and screenplay by Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless ; produced by Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Lucas Foster ; directed by Daniel Espinosa
- The intruder, Screen Gems presents ; a Hidden Empire Film Group production ; in association with Primary Wave Entertainment ; written by David Loughery ; produced by Roxanne Avent, Deon Taylor, Mark Burg, Jonathan Schwartz, Brad Kaplan ; directed Deon Taylor
- 10 Cloverfield Lane, Paramount Pictures presents a Bad Robot production ; screenplay by Josh Campbell, Matt Steucken, Damien Chazelle ; directed by Dan Trachtenberg
- Firestarter, Universal Pictures and Blumhouse present a Weed Road Pictures production ; produced by Jason Blum, Akiva Goldsman ; screenplay by Scott Teems ; directed by Keith Thomas
- The apparition, Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; Dark Castle Entertainment ; producers, Joel Silver, Andrew Rona, Alex Heineman ; written and directed by Todd Lincoln
- Jigsaw, Twisted Pictures presents ; a Burg/Koules/Hoffman production ; produced by Mark Burg, Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules ; written by Josh Stolberg, Pete Goldfinger ; directed by the Spierig Brothers
- Warm bodies, producers, Bruna Papandrea, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman ; writer, Jonathan Levine ; director, Jonathan Levine
- Upgrade, OTL releasing presents a BH Tilt Goal Post Pictures production in association with Automatik Entertainment Nervous Tick ; produced by Jason Blum, Kylie du Fresne, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones ; written and directed by Leigh Whannel
- Come play, Amblin Partners and Reliance Entertainment present ; written & directed by Jacob Chase
- Krampus, Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures present ; a Legendary Pictures / Zam Pictures production; produced by Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Alex Garcia, Michael Dougherty ; written by Todd Casey & Michael Dougherty & Zach Shields ; directed by Michael Dougherty
- Crawl, Paramount Pictures presents a Raimi Productions/Fire Axe Pictures production ; an Alexandre Aja film ; produced by Craig Flores, Sam Raimi, Alexandre Aja ; written by Michael Rasmussen & Shawn Rasmussen ; directed by Alexandre Aja
- The craft, Columbia Pictures and Blumhouse present a Red Wagon production ; produced by Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Jason Blum ; written and directed by Zoe Lister-Jones