The Crypt Charts
The Top 13 Horror Movies of 2018
The thirteen horror films of 2018 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.
Hereditary
R2018 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 128m · Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne, Milly Shapiro
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.
Annihilation
R2018 · Science Fiction, Horror · 115m · Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Beast
R2018 · Mystery, Crime, Drama · 107m · Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Trystan Gravelle, Geraldine James
A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
The Swerve
2018 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 96m · Azura Skye, Bryce Pinkham, Ashley Bell, Zach Rand
The dark secrets of Holly's seemingly perfect life are exposed when an unwanted intruder spins her life out of control forever.
Mandy
NR2018 · Fantasy, Action, Horror · 122m · Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Ned Dennehy
The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.
Overlord
R2018 · Horror, War, Science Fiction · 110m · Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Pilou Asbæk, Mathilde Ollivier
On the eve of D-Day, a team of American paratroopers crash behind enemy lines and come face-to-face with a Nazi threat unlike any the world has ever seen.
Suspiria
R2018 · Horror, Mystery, Drama · 152m · Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Mia Goth, Angela Winkler
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
Summer of 84
NR2018 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 106m · Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis, Caleb Emery, Cory Gruter-Andrew
After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evidence, but as they get closer to discovering the truth, things get dangerous.
Lake Michigan Monster
2018 · Comedy, Fantasy, Horror · 78m · Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, Beulah Peters, Erick West, Daniel Long
An eccentric sea captain assembles a motley ship crew in a revenge mission to slay the sea monster lurking in Lake Michigan that killed his father.
Halloween
R2018 · Horror, Thriller · 106m · Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, James Jude Courtney
Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
The Clovehitch Killer
NR2018 · Drama, Mystery, Crime · 109m · Dylan McDermott, Charlie Plummer, Samantha Mathis, Madisen Beaty
A picture-perfect family is torn apart after Tyler finds a cache of disturbing images in his father's possession. He begins to suspect that the man he trusts most in the world may be responsible for the murder of 13 women ten years prior.
Ghost Stories
2018 · Horror, Drama · 98m · Andy Nyman, Paul Whitehouse, Alex Lawther, Martin Freeman
Professor Philip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases -- disturbing visions in an abandoned asylum, a car accident deep in the woods and the spirit of an unborn child. Even scarier -- each of the macabre stories seems to have a sinister connection to the professor's own life.
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