Highest grossing Horror movies that are award winners or nominees

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein(1994)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 24

When the brilliant, but unorthodox scientist, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes, and later swears revenge.



Beloved(1998)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 29

Based on the book by Toni Morrison, in which a slave is visited by the spirit of her deceased daughter.



The Swarm(1978)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people.



Shadow of the Vampire(2000)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 74

The filming of Nosferatu (1922) is hampered by the fact that its star Max Schreck is taking the role of a vampire far more seriously than seems humanly possible.



The Lighthouse(2019)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 89

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity whilst living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.



House of Usher(1960)

Combined Rating:
19
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Upon entering his fiancée's family mansion, a man discovers a savage family curse and fears that his future brother-in-law has entombed his bride-to-be prematurely.



What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?(1962)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 25

A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.



The Birds(1963)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.



Wait Until Dark(1967)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A recently blinded woman is terrorized by a trio of thugs while they search for a heroin-stuffed doll they believe is in her apartment.



Rosemary's Baby(1968)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A young couple move into an apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins to control her life.



Ben(1972)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 8

A lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent pack of killer rats.



Images(1972)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 11

Schizophrenic housewife, engulfed by terrorizing apparitions, kills off each, unknowing if these demons are merely figments of her hallucinatory imagination or part of reality.



You'll Like My Mother(1972)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Francesa Kinsolving, a very pregnant widow whose husband was rescently killed in action in Vietnam, travels to visit her late husband's mother in a snowy Minnesota town only to get snowed ...



Shanks(1974)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A mute puppeteer uses a deceased scientist's invention to control dead bodies like puppets.



Carrie(1976)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 43

Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.



The Omen(1976)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 31

Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?



Magic(1978)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 14

A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.



The Ninth Configuration(1980)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 10

A new commanding officer arrives at a remote castle serving as an insane asylum for crazy and AWOL U.S.M.C. soldiers where he attempts to rehabilitate them by allowing them to live out ...



An American Werewolf in London(1981)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 58

Two American college students on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.



Cat People(1982)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 56

A young woman's sexual awakening brings horror when she discovers her urges transform her into a monstrous black leopard.




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