The Crypt Charts
The Top 13 Horror Movies of 2006
The thirteen horror films of 2006 that the crypt judged worthiest, ranked by the Crypt Score.
Ranked by Crypt Score · Updated weekly · captured Jul 20, 2026
Eligibility: a title needs at least 2 rating sources and 1,000+ votes to chart — no thin-data entries.
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006 · Documentary, Horror · 87m · Alejandro Jodorowsky, George A. Romero, Perry Henzell, John Waters
From 1970-1977, six low budget films shown at midnight transformed the way we make and watch films.
Family
2006 · Horror, TV Movie · 58m · George Wendt, Matt Keeslar, Meredith Monroe, Haley Guiel
Harold is a seemingly peaceful neighbor in a quiet mid-western neighborhood, but underneath, he's a murderous psychopath who sets his eyes on a couple that have moved in across the street.
Inland Empire
R2006 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 180m · Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux, Harry Dean Stanton
When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural forces.
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
R2006 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 91m · Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals, Robert Englund, Scott Wilson
The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.
Sweeney Todd
2006 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 91m · Ray Winstone, Essie Davis, David Warner, Tom Hardy
A BBC adaptation of the Victorian "penny dreadful" tale of 19th century "demon barber" Sweeney Todd, of Fleet Street, who cuts the throats of unsuspecting clients in his London shop.
Slither
R2006 · Horror, Science Fiction, Comedy · 96m · Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker, Elizabeth Banks, Gregg Henry
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
Fido
R2006 · Horror, Comedy, Romance · 92m · Billy Connolly, Carrie-Anne Moss, Dylan Baker, Kesun Loder
Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when Fido eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups, "Fido" will rip your heart out.
The Dead Girl
R2006 · Mystery, Drama, Crime · 94m · Brittany Murphy, Rose Byrne, Toni Collette, Marcia Gay Harden
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated women begin to intersect.
Severance
R2006 · Horror, Comedy, Thriller · 96m · Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens
Seven employees of an international weapons manufacturer are treated to a team-building weekend at the company’s newly built luxury spa lodge. Things quickly go awry as the colleagues find their corporate weekend sabotaged by a deadly enemy.
The Fair Haired Child
2006 · Horror, TV Movie · 55m · Lori Petty, William Samples, Lindsay Pulsipher, Ian A. Wallace
A creepy couple kidnaps a teenage outcast and locks her in their basement with their seemingly kindhearted adolescent son - who harbors a terrifying secret involving the forces of evil.
The Living and the Dead
2006 · Drama, Horror · 83m · Leo Bill, Roger Lloyd Pack, Kate Fahy, Sarah Ball
Lord Donald and Lady Nancy reside in the magnificent but run-down Longleigh House with James, their mentally disabled adult son. Nancy has fallen seriously ill and Donald is preparing to sell the house to raise enough money to pay for an operation. He arranges for the family nurse, Mary, to take care of Nancy while he leaves to tend to the sale. However, James wants to prove to his father that he can look after his mother on his own and decides to lock Mary out of the house. It isn't long before James starts mixing his mother's pills and forgetting to take his own medication, and as the stress of looking after his mother increases, so too does the severity of his own condition.
Sick Girl
NR2006 · Horror, TV Movie · 56m · Angela Bettis, Erin Brown, Mike McKee, Jesse Hlubik
A shy entomologist named Ida—whose girlfriend has left her, due to her interest in insects—develops a crush on a strange girl, Misty. After Ida receives a mysterious insect in the mail, the two women spend the night together, and Ida awakens to find that Misty has stumbled upon her insect collection and has a great interest in them herself.
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