This is a list of horror anthology films.
Dead of Night (1945) helped to popularize the format for horror anthology films—although they had existed as far back as Unheimliche Geschichten(1919) or Waxworks (1924)—and British company Amicus made several such films in the 1960s and 1970s. From Beyond the Grave (1974), Trilogy of Terror (1975), Heavy Metal (1981), (1983), Creepshow (1982), The Company of Wolves (1984), Creepshow 2 (1987), (1990) and Tales from the Hood (1995) are various horror themed anthologies from the 70s to the 90s.
| Title | Segments[1] | Director(s) | Actors | Premiere | Country | Notes / Ref.< | -- |
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| "" "" "" | 19 | ||||||
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| Unheimliche Geschichten (Uncanny Stories; English international title: Eerie Tales) | "The Apparition" "The Hand" "The Black Cat" (after Edgar Allan Poe) "The Suicide Club" (after Robert Louis Stevenson) "Der Spuk" ("The Spectre") | 1919 | Weimar Republic | [2] | |||
| Der müde Tod (Weary Death; English international title: Destiny) | "The Story of the First Light" "The Story of the Second Light" "The Story of the Third Light" | 1921 | Weimar Republic | ||||
| Das Wachsfigurenkabinett (Waxworks) | "Harun al-Rashid" "Ivan the Terrible" "Jack the Ripper" | 1924 | Weimar Republic | [3] [4] | |||
| Dead of Night[5] | "The Hearse Driver" after E. F. Benson "The Christmas Party" "The Haunted Mirror" "The Golfer's Story" after H. G. Wells's "The Ventriloquist’s Dummy" | 1945 | United Kingdom | [6] | |||
| The Devil's Messenger | combining 3 episodes of the 1959 Swedish television series 13 Demon Street | Lon Chaney Jr. Karen Kadler John Crawford Michael Hinn | 1961 | Sweden United States | |||
| Tales of Terror[7] | "Morella" "The Black Cat" "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" | 1962 | United States | [8] [9] [10] | |||
| I tre volti della paura (Black Sabbath) | 1963 | Italy | [11] | ||||
| Kwaidan (怪談) | "The Black Hair" "The Woman of the Snow" "Hoichi the Earless" "In a Cup of Tea" | 1964 | Japan | ||||
| Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | "Werewolf" "Creeping Vine" "Voodoo" "Disembodied Hand" "Vampire" | 1965 | United Kingdom | [12] | |||
| Torture Garden | "Enoch" after Robert Bloch "Terror Over Hollywood" "Mr. Steinway" "The Man Who Collected Poe" | 1967 | United Kingdom | [13] [14] | |||
| Spirits of the Dead | "Metzengerstein" after Edgar Allan Poe "William Wilson" "Toby Dammit" | 1968 | France Italy | [15] | |||
| Night Gallery (film) | "The Cemetery""Eyes" "The Escape Route" | Boris SagalSteven Spielberg | Roddy McDowallJoan Crawford | 1969 | United States | [16] | |
| The House That Dripped Blood | "Method For Murder" "Waxworks" "Sweets to the Sweet" "The Cloak" | 1971 | United Kingdom | [17] | |||
| Asylum | "Frozen Fear" by Robert Bloch[18] "The Weird Tailor" "Lucy Comes To Stay" "Mannequins of Horror" | 1972 | United Kingdom | [19] | |||
| Tales from the Crypt | "...And All Through the House" "Reflection of Death" "Poetic Justice" "Wish You Were Here" "Blind Alleys" | 1972 | United Kingdom | ||||
| Encounter with the Unknown | "The Heptagon" "The Darkness" "The Girl on the Bridge | Robert Ginnaven Gary Brockette John Leslie | 1972 | United States | |||
| Tales That Witness Madness | "Clinic link episodes" "Mr. Tiger" "Penny Farthing" "Mel" "Luau" | Freddie Francis | 1973 | United Kingdom | [20] [21] | ||
| The Vault of Horror | "Midnight Mess" "The Neat Job" "This Trick’ll Kill You" "Bargain in Death" "Drawn and Quartered" | 1973 | United Kingdom | ||||
| From Beyond the Grave | "The Gatecrasher" "An Act of Kindness" "The Elemental" "The Door" | 1974 | United Kingdom | [22] | |||
| Trilogy of Terror | "Julie" by Richard Matheson "Millicent and Therese" by Richard Matheson "Amelia" by Richard Matheson | 1975 | United States | [23] | |||
| Dead of Night | 1977 | United States | |||||
| The Uncanny | "Montreal 1977", "London 1912", "Quebec 1975" and "Hollywood 1936" by Michel Parry | 1977 | United Kingdom Canada | [24] | |||
| The House of the Dead (Alien Zone) | Four stories | 1978 | United States | [25] [26] | |||
| Screams of a Winter Night | various scary stories | James L. Wilson | Matt Borel Gil Glasgow Patrick Byers Mary Agen Cox | 1979 | United States | [27] | |
| The Monster Club | "The Shadmock" "The Vampires" "The Ghouls" | 1981 | United Kingdom | [28] | |||
| Creepshow | "Father’s Day" after Stephen King "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" "Something to Tide You Over" "The Crate" "They're Creeping Up on You!" | 1982 | United States | [29] | |||
| Screamtime | "Killer Punch" "Dreamhouse" "Garden of Blood" | Michael Armstrong Stanley A. Long | 1983 | United Kingdom United States | [30] | ||
| "Time Out" "Kick the Can" "It's a Good Life" "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" | 1983 | United States | [31] | ||||
| The Dungeonmaster (aka Ragewar: The Challenges of Excalibrate or Digital Knights) | 7 segments | Dave Allen Richard Band John Carl Buechler Steven Ford Peter Manoogian Ted Nicolaou Rosemarie Turko | 1984 | United States | |||
| Cat's Eye | "Quitters, Inc." by Stephen King "The Ledge" "The General" | 1985 | United States | [32] | |||
| Deadtime Stories (Freaky Fairy-Tales, The Griebels from Deadtime Stories) | 3 segments | Jeffrey Delman | Scott Valentine Nicole Picard Matt Mitler Cathryn de Prume Melissa Leo | 1986 | United States | [33] [34] | |
| Creepshow 2 | "Old Chief Wood'nhead" after Stephen King "The Raft" "The Hitch-hiker" | Michael Gornick | 1987 | United States | [35] | ||
| Tales from the QuadeaD Zone | "Food for" "The Brothers" "Unseen Vision" | Chester Novell Turner | W.J. Rider Keefe L. Turner John W. Jones | 1987 | United States | [36] [37] | |
| After Midnight | "The Old Dark House" "A Night on the Town" "All Night Operator" | 1989 | United States | [38] | |||
| Grim Prairie Tales | 4 western stories | Wayne Coe | 1990 | United States | [39] [40] | ||
| "Lot 249" "Cat from Hell" "Lover's Vow" | 1990 | United States | [41] | ||||
| Body Bags | "The Gas Station" "Hair" "Eye" | 1993 | United States | [42] | |||
| "The Theatre" - story by Rod Serling, written by Richard Matheson"Where The Dead Are" - story and written by Rod Serling | Robert Markowitz | Amy IrvingGary Cole | 1994 | United States | |||
| Tales from the Hood | "Rogue Cop Revelation" "Boys Do Get Bruised" "KKK Comeuppance" "Hard-Core Convert" | 1995 | United States | [43] | |||
| Campfire Tales | "The Hook" "The Campfire" "The Honeymoon" "People Can Lick Too" "The Locket" | 1997 | United States | [44] [45] [46] | |||
| The Mirror (怪談之魔鏡; Guai tan: Mo jing) | five unrelated segments | Siu Wing | 1999 | Hong Kong | |||
| Bangkok Haunted (ผีสามบาท) | "Legend of the Drum" "Black Magic Woman" "Revenge" | Pisut Praesangeam Oxide Pang | Pimsiree Pimsee Pramote Seangsorn Dawan Singha-Wee Kalyanut Sriboonrueng Pete Thong-Jeur | 2001 | Thailand | [47] | |
| Strange Frequency | "Disco Inferno""My Generation""Room Service""More Than a Feeling" | Mary LambertBryan Spicer | Martin CumminsChristopher MastersonBrandy LedfordDanny Masterson | 2001 | United States[48] | [49] | |
| Three (쓰리, อารมณ์ อาถรรพณ์ อาฆาต, 三更) | "Memories" "The Wheel" "Going Home" | Kim Jee-woon Nonzee Nimibutr Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Jeong Bo-seok Kim Hye-soo Choi Jeong-won Suwinit Panjamawat Kanyavae Chatiawaipreacha Pornchai Chuvanon Leon Lai Eugenia Yuan Eric Tsang | 2002 | South Korea Thailand Hong Kong | [50] | |
| Darna Mana Hai | "On the Way" "No Smoking" "Homework" "Apples" "Ghostly Lift" "Stop/Move" | 2003 | India | [51] [52] | |||
| Three... Extremes | "Dumplings" "Cut" "Box" | 2004 | Hong Kong Japan South Korea | [53] [54] | |||
| Creepshow 3 | "Alice" after Stephen King "The Radio" "Call Girl" "The Professor's Wife" "Haunted Dog" | Ana Clavell James Dudelson | Roy Abramsohn Kris Allen Magi Avila | 2006 | United States | [55] | |
| Darna Zaroori Hai | "Imaginary Ghost" "Spirits Do Come" "Accidents are Never Predicted" "Ghostly Audition" "A Bride's Revenge" "The Ending" | Sajid Khan Ram Gopal Varma Prawaal Raman Vivek Shah Jiji Philip J. D. Chakravarthy Manish Gupta | 2006 | India | [56] [57] | ||
| Hood of Horror | "Crossed Out" "The Scumlord" "Rapsody Askew" | 2006 | United States | [58] | |||
| Wag Kang Lilingon | "Uyayi" "Salamin" | Quark Henares Jerry Lopez Sineneng | 2006 | Philippines | |||
| Fear(s) of the Dark | Six stories | 2007 | France | ||||
| 4bia (Phobia 1 สี่แพร่ง) | "Loneliness" "Deadly Charm" "The Man In The Middle" "Flight 244" | Youngyooth Thongkonthun Paween Purikitpanya Banjong Pisanthanakun Parkpoom Wongpoon | Maneerat Kham-uan Apinya Sakuljaroensuk Nattapong Chartpong Laila Boonyasak | 2008 | Thailand | [59] | |
| Phobia 2 (ห้าแพร่ง; Five-Way Intersection) | "Novice" "Ward" "Backpackers" "Salvage" "In the End" | Paween Purijitpanya Visute Poolvoralaks Songyos Sugmakanan Parkpoom Wongpoom Banjong Pisanthanakun | Jirayu Laongmanee Worrawech Danuwong Charlie Trairat Nicole Theriault Marsha Wattanapanich | 2009 | Thailand | [60] | |
| Trick 'r Treat | "Principal" "Halloween School Bus Massacre" "Surprise Party" "Sam" | 2009 | United States | [61] [62] | |||
| Cinco | "Braso" "Paa" "Mata" "Mukha" "Puso" | 2010 | Philippines | [63] | |||
| Chillerama | "Wadzilla" "I Was a Teenage Werebear" "The Diary of Anne Frankenstein" "Zom-B-Movie" | Adam Rifkin Sarah Mutch Sean Paul Lockhart Gabby West | 2011 | United States | [64] | ||
| Grave Tales | "One Man’s Meat" "Callistro’s Mirror" "The Hand" "Dead Kittens" | Don Fearney | 2011 | United Kingdom | [65] | ||
| Little Deaths | "House and Home" "Mutant Tool" "Bitch" | Luke de Lacey Jodie Jameson | 2011 | United Kingdom | [66] [67] | ||
| The ABCs of Death | 26 segments "A is for Apocalypse" "B is for Bigfoot" "C is for Cycle" ... | Srdjan Spasojevic Timo Tjahjanto Lee Hardcastle | Ingrid Bolsø Berdal Iván González Kyra Zagorsky Lucy Clements | 2012 | United States[68] | [69] | |
| V/H/S | "Tape 56" "Amateur Night" "Second Honeymoon" "Tuesday the 17th" "The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger" "10/31/98" | Adam Wingard David Bruckner Ti West Glenn McQuaid Joe Swanberg Radio Silence | 2012 | United States | [70] | ||
| V/H/S/2 | "Tape 49" "Phase I Clinical Trials" "A Ride in the Park" "Safe Haven" "Slumber Party Alien Abduction" | Simon Barrett Adam Wingard | Lawrence LevineKelsey Abbott L.C. Holt Adam Wingard | 2013 | United States CanadaIndonesia | ||
| ABCs of Death 2 | 26 segments "A is for Amateur" "B is for Badger" "C is for Capital Punishment" ... | Jim Hosking Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen Julian Barrett Rodney Ascher Kristina Buožytė Larry Fessenden Aharon Keshales Bill Plympton Vincenzo Nata etc. | Andy Nyman Béatrice Dalle Laurence R. Harvey etc. | 2014 | United States | [71] | |
| "Vicious Circles" "Dante the Great" "Parallel Monsters" "Bonestorm" "Gorgeous Vortex" | Marcel Sarmiento Gregg Bishop
Todd Lincoln | Patrick LawrieEmilia Ares Justin Welborn Emmy Argo | 2014 | United StatesSpain | |||
| A Christmas Horror Story | Four segments | 2015 | Canada | [72] [73] | |||
| Volumes of Blood | "Ghastly" "13 After Midnight" "The Encyclopedia Satanica" "A Little Pick Me Up" "That’s a Wrap!" | P.J. Starks Jakob Bilinski Nathan Thomas Milliner John Kenneth Muir Lee Vervoort | 2015 | United States | [74] | ||
| Southbound | "The Way Out", "Siren", "The Accident", "Jailbreak", "The Way In" | Radio Silence (The Way Out & The Way In) Roxanne Benjamin (Siren) David Bruckner (The Accident) Patrick Horvath (Jailbreak) | 2015 | United States | |||
| Tales Of Halloween | "Sweet Tooth""The Night Billy Raised Hell""Trick""The Weak and the Wicked""Grim Grinning Ghost""Ding Dong""This Means War""Friday the 31st""The Ransom of Rusty Rex""Bad Seed" | Dave Parker(Sweet Tooth)Darren Lynn Bousman(The Night Billy Raised Hell)Adam Gierasch(Trick)Paul Solet(The Weak and the Wicked)Axelle Carolyn(Grim Grinning Ghost)Lucky McKee(Ding Dong) Andrew Kasch and John Skipp(This Means War)Mike Mendez(Friday the 31st)Ryan Schifrin(The Ransom of Rusty Rex)Neil Marshall(Bad Seed) | Grace Phipps Booboo Stewart Adrienne Barbeau Lin Shaye Barry Bostwick Sam Witwer Greg Grunberg John Landis Joe Dante Barbara Crampton Pollyanna McIntosh James Duval Pat Healy Adam Green Alex Essoe Stuart Gordon Mick Garris Marc Senter Kristina Klebe Keir Gilchrist Clare Kramer Jose Pablo Cantillo John Savage Caroline Williams | 2015 | United States | ||
| ABCs of Death 2.5 | 26 segments "M is for Magnetic Tape" "M is for Maieusiophobia" ... | Tim Rutherford Christopher Younes Gigi Saul Guerrero Carles Torrens | diverși actori | 2016 | United States | [75] [76] | |
| Holidays | "Valentine's Day""St. Patrick's Day" "Easter" "Mother's Day" "Father's Day" "Halloween" "Christmas" "New Year's Day" | Kevin Kölsch and Dennis WidmyerGary Shore
Kevin Smith | 2016 | United States | |||
| Patient Seven | "The Body" "Undying Love" "The Sleeping Plot" "Death Scenes" "Evaded" "The Visitant" "Banishing" | Danny Draven Paul Davis Ómar Örn Hauksson Dean Hewison Joel Morgan Johannes Persson | Michael Ironside Jack Plotnick Drew Fonteiro | 2017 | United States | [77] [78] [79] | |
| Galaxy of Horrors | "Eden" "Iris" "Flesh Computer" "Pathos" "Eveless" "They Will All Die in Space" "Entity" "Kingz" | Dennis Cabella Todd Cobery Javier Chillon etc. | Adam Buller Charles Hubbell Rob Kerkovich Dennis Cabella | 2017 | Canada | [80] [81] [82] | |
| XX | "The Box""The Birthday Party" "Don't Fall" "Her Only Living Son" | Jovanka Vuckovic Annie Clark | 2017 | United States | |||
| An Hour to Kill | "An Hour To Kill" "Valkyrie's Bunker" "Assacre" | Aaron K. Carter | Mel Novak Aaron Guerrero Frankie Pozos | 2018 | United States | [83] [84] | |
| The Mortuary Collection | "Frame story, part 1""Segment 1" "Segment 2: Unprotected" "Segment 3: Till Death" "Frame story, part 2" "Segment 4: The Babysitter Murders" "Frame story, part 3" | Ryan Spindell | Clancy BrownCaitlin Custer Christine Kilmer Barak Hardley Sarah Hay | 2019 | United States | ||
| Ghost Stories | Four segments | Karan Johar Dibakar Banerjee Zoya Akhtar Anurag Kashyap | Sobhita Dhulipala Mrunal Thakur Avinash Tiwary Janhvi Kapoor | 2020 | India | [85] [86] | |
| An Horror Anthology | Four segments | Chris Rakotomamonjy | Anne Terret André Chomier Mehdi Sersoub | 2020 | France | [87] | |
| Scare Package | "Rad Chad's Horror Emporium, Horror Hypothesis" "Cold Open" "One Time In The Woods" "M.I.S.T.E.R." "Girls Night Out Of Body" "The Night He Came Back Again! Part IV: The Final Kill" "So Much To Do" | Courtney Andujar Hillary Andujar Anthony Cousins Emily Hagins Aaron B. Koontz Chris McInroy Noah Segan Baron Vaughn | Jon Michael Simpson Luxy Banner Sydney Huddleston | 2020 | United States | ||
| V/H/S/94 | "Holy Hell" "Storm Drain" "The Empty Wake" "The Subject" "Terror" | Jennifer ReederChloe Okuno
Ryan Prows | 2021 | United States | |||
| Dr. Saville's Horror Show | "Consume" "It's Complicated" "Break" | Kevin R. Phipps | Allen Valor Michael Hanelin Kristina Sabbagh Jedediah Jones Honda King Bry Lys Kirk Levingar Harley Queen Dylan Crow | 2022 | United States | ||
| KillRoy Was Here | Azita Ghanizada Ryan O'Nan Harley Quinn Smith Chris Jericho Justin Kucsulain | 2022 | United States | [88] [89] | |||
| V/H/S/99 | "Shredding""Suicide Bid" "Ozzy's Dungeon" "The Gawkers" "To Hell And Back" | Johannes RobertsVanessa & Joseph Winter Maggie Levin Tyler MacIntyre Flying Lotus | 2022 | United States | |||
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| Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | "Lot 36""Graveyard Rats" "The Autopsy" "The Outside" "Pickman's Model" "Dreams in the Witch House" "The Viewing" "The Murmuring" | Guillermo NavarroVincenzo Natali David Prior Ana Lily Amirpour Keith Thomas Catherine Hardwicke Panos Cosmatos Jennifer Kent | 2022 | United StatesMexico | |||
| V/H/S/85 | "Total Copy""No Wake" "God of Death" "TKNOGD" "Ambrosia" "Dreamkill" | David Bruckner Mike P. Nelson | 2023 | United States | |||
| V/H/S/Beyond | "Stork""Fur Babies" "Live and Let Dive" "Dream Girl" "Stowaway" "A Special Presentation" | Jordan Downey Christian Long and Justin Long Virat Pal | 2024 | United States |