The Crypt Charts
The Top 13 Horror Movies of 2020
The thirteen horror films of 2020 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.
The Devil All the Time
R2020 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 138m · Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Bill Skarsgård, Riley Keough
In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.
Run
PG-132020 · Thriller, Horror, Drama · 90m · Sarah Paulson, Kiera Allen, Pat Healy, Sara Sohn
Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.
Saint Maud
R2020 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 85m · Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle, Lily Frazer, Lily Knight
Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye.
Spontaneous
R2020 · Comedy, Horror · 102m · Katherine Langford, Charlie Plummer, Yvonne Orji, Hayley Law
When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last.
His House
NR2020 · Horror, Drama · 93m · Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Wunmi Mosaku, Malaika Wakoli-Abigaba, Matt Smith
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
Host
NR2020 · Horror · 56m · Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore, Emma Louise Webb, Radina Drandova
Six friends hire a medium to hold a séance via Zoom during lockdown — but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong. When an evil spirit starts invading their homes, they begin to realise they might not survive the night.
Swallow
R2020 · Drama, Thriller, Horror · 95m · Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell, Elizabeth Marvel, David Rasche
Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.
The Mortuary Collection
NR2020 · Fantasy, Horror · 108m · Clancy Brown, Caitlin Custer, Sarah Hay, Mike C. Nelson
In the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. The eccentric undertaker chronicles the strange history of the town through a series of twisted tales, each more terrifying than the last, but the young girl's world is unhinged when she discovers that the final story... is her own.
Bloody Hell
R2020 · Horror, Comedy, Action · 94m · Ben O'Toole, Meg Fraser, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland
A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell... only to arrive somewhere much worse. In an effort to survive this new horror, he turns to his personified conscience.
Possessor
R2020 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 103m · Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Bean
Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.
Hunter Hunter
NR2020 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 93m · Camille Sullivan, Summer H. Howell, Devon Sawa, Nick Stahl
A fur trapper leaves his wife and daughter behind to kill a rogue wolf in the remote wilderness, but they soon become increasingly worried when their peaceful existence is disrupted.
Anything for Jackson
NR2020 · Horror · 96m · Sheila McCarthy, Julian Richings, Konstantina Mantelos, Josh Cruddas
A bereaved Satanist couple kidnap a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put their dead grandson's spirit into her unborn child, but they end up summoning more than they bargained for.
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