Random Horror Movie Generator

How this list was compiled: List chosen and every premise line written for this site on 2026-10-01; nothing is copied from another site's list or wording. Membership rule: a feature film (over 40 minutes) whose own English Wikipedia article calls it a horror film in its opening sentence, or files it under a category of horror films. Wikipedia's lists of horror films by decade and year (index: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_horror_films) were not used as a source of facts. Left out on purpose: any film whose entry in the rating database is NC-17 or X, films whose notoriety rests on sexual violence, and more than five films of one series. The list holds 296 films from 1920 to 2025. Title, year, country and running time come from each film's own article, read through the Wikipedia API on 2026-10-01 (the address is kept on every card as x.src): the year is the one in the article's opening sentence, the minutes are the infobox running time (for the one film whose infobox lists several cuts, the original cut), and the country is left off the card of a film made by three or more countries (all are kept in x.countries). The kind follows the wording of the article's opening and its categories; five films fit none of the nine kinds and carry none; two sequels take the kind of the first film of their series. Each premise line is ours, written from the opening section of the article, and a script then checked that the names and years in it stand in that text. Where an article's opening gives no plot, the line gives a fact about the film instead. Ratings were looked up one title at a time on 2026-10-01 in the Motion Picture Association's database at https://www.filmratings.com/ . A rating is given only where the database has an entry for this exact film: same title or listed alternate title, rated from one year before to two years after release, or a later entry for this same film (a re-issue, a re-rating, or a later American release listed with the film's original title); an entry for another film of the same or a similar name is not used; the certificate number and the year rated are kept in x.cert and x.rated. One film (It, 2017) carries the R stated in its Wikipedia article, because the database search does not take a two-letter title. One 1971 re-issue was published as GP, the earlier name of PG, and is shown as PG. Not rated means only that the database has no entry for the film; it says nothing about how strong the film is. 23 films are rated G or PG, 46 PG-13, 157 R, and 70 have no entry. The page opens on the G, PG and PG-13 films. That the rating system began on 1 November 1968 and that PG-13 was introduced on 1 July 1984 are from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_film_rating_system , read 2026-10-01. G, PG, PG-13 and R are the Motion Picture Association's marks, reported as published; this site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Motion Picture Association. 136 of these films are also on the horror movie wheel of a sister site, with the same title and year; every premise line here is worded differently from that wheel's line for the film. The list is reviewed every 12 months. Licence: own work