New Years Horror Movies
by resetsmyth | created - 17 Jun 2018 | updated - 4 months ago | PublicHorror movies that take place on or around new years
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1. Life Blood (2009 Video)
R | 85 min | Horror
New Year's Eve, 1969: While driving on the Pearblossom Highway, a lesbian couple encounters the creator of the universe. Laid to rest for 40 years, the women wake up on New Year's Day as reborn creatures.
Director: Ron Carlson | Stars: Sophie Monk, Anya Lahiri, Scout Taylor-Compton, Justin Shilton
Votes: 931
2. New Year's Evil (1980)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
During a New Year's Eve celebration, a Los Angeles disc jockey receives a phone call saying that when New Year's strikes in each time zone, someone will be murdered - and she will be the last one.
Director: Emmett Alston | Stars: Roz Kelly, Kip Niven, Chris Wallace, Grant Cramer
Votes: 3,847
3. Bloody New Year (1987)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A group of friends take refuge in an island hotel that is decorated for New Years. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them.
Director: Norman J. Warren | Stars: Suzy Aitchison, Nikki Brooks, Colin Heywood, Mark Powley
Votes: 2,276
4. Terror Train (1980)
R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Three years after a prank went terribly awry, the six college students responsible are targeted by a masked killer at a New Year's Eve party aboard a moving train.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Ben Johnson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Hart Bochner, David Copperfield
Votes: 13,857
5. Steel Trap (2007)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
Seven guests are invited to an after party on the abandoned floor of an office building, handpicked to play a series sadistic and deadly puzzles.
Director: Luis Cámara | Stars: Georgia Mackenzie, Mark Wilson, Pascal Langdale, Julia Ballard
Votes: 1,873
6. Antisocial (I) (2013)
R | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Five university friends gather at a house party to ring in the New Year. Unbeknownst to them, an epidemic has erupted outside, causing outbreaks around the world.
Director: Cody Calahan | Stars: Michelle Mylett, Cody Ray Thompson, Adam Christie, Ana Alic
Votes: 3,563
7. End of Days (1999)
R | 122 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
At the end of the century, Satan visits New York in search of a bride. It's up to an ex-cop who now runs an elite security outfit to stop him.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney, Kevin Pollak
Votes: 116,748 | Gross: $66.89M
8. Ghost Keeper (1981)
R | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Three friends on a New Year's Eve snowmobiling excursion find themselves stranded at an abandoned lodge where the elderly female innkeeper is concealing a sinister secret.
Director: Jim Makichuk | Stars: Riva Spier, Murray Ord, Sheri McFadden, Georgie Collins
Votes: 1,274
9. The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
R | 115 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 3,272
10. Körkarlen (1958)
109 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The third film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's novel. The drinker David Holm gets killed right on the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. He will now face the death coachman, which happens to be his old friend.
Director: Arne Mattsson | Stars: George Fant, Ulla Jacobsson, Anita Björk, Edvin Adolphson
Votes: 93
11. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Approved | 137 min | Drama, Horror
A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 235,306
12. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Passed | 77 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh
Votes: 6,831
13. The Mansion (2017)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Horror
A band of students comes to celebrate the New Year in an old manor house isolated from everything. But soon after their arrival, strange events disrupt the atmosphere, before the party turns squarely to the nightmare.
Director: Tony T. Datis | Stars: Marc Jarousseau, Nathalie Odzierejko, Ludovik, Jérôme Niel
Votes: 2,996
14. Midnighters (2017)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
Their marriage was already in trouble. Then came the accident and bad decisions. Their troubles just got so much worse.
Director: Julius Ramsay | Stars: Alexandra Essoe, Perla Haney-Jardine, Dylan McTee, Ward Horton
Votes: 2,183
15. The Children (2008)
R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.
Director: Tom Shankland | Stars: Eva Birthistle, Stephen Campbell Moore, Jeremy Sheffield, Rachel Shelley
Votes: 19,034
16. Day Watch (2006)
R | 132 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
When Anton, a Warrior of Light, is falsely accused of murdering some vampires, he embarks on a journey to find the real killer and search for an ancient object that has the power to alter destiny.
Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Mariya Poroshina, Vladimir Menshov, Galina Tyunina
Votes: 35,397 | Gross: $0.45M
17.
Into the Dark (2018–2021)
Episode:
New Year, New You
(2018)
TV-MA | 81 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A group of old friends gather for a girl's night on New Years Eve. But as they begin to rehash old memories, many of the gripes they've been harboring manifest in murderous ways.
Director: Sophia Takal | Stars: Suki Waterhouse, Carly Chaikin, Kirby, Melissa Bergland
Votes: 2,470
18. The Millennium Bug (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
When the Haskin family seeks refuge from Y2K hysteria in the isolated forests of the Sierra Diablos mountains, madness and terror find them there. Abducted by a vicious hillbilly clan, the ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth Cran | Stars: John Charles Meyer, Jessica Postrozny, Christine Haeberman, Jon Briddell
Votes: 732
19. The Signal (2007)
R | 103 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
Directors: David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry | Stars: Anessa Ramsey, Justin Welborn, Scott Poythress, Sahr Ngaujah
Votes: 21,896 | Gross: $0.60M
20. Strange Days (1995)
R | 145 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore
Votes: 78,448 | Gross: $7.92M
21. Four Rooms (1995)
R | 98 min | Comedy
Four interlocking tales that take place in a fading hotel on New Year's Eve.
Directors: Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Chuck Jones | Stars: Tim Roth, Antonio Banderas, Sammi Davis, Amanda De Cadenet
Votes: 111,120 | Gross: $4.30M
22. Ghostbusters II (1989)
PG | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis
Votes: 224,918 | Gross: $112.49M
23. The Night of the Virgin (2016)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
In this horror-comedy, at a New Year's Eve party, Nico, a naive twenty year old, sets out ready to lose his virginity at all costs that same night. In the middle of the party, his gaze crosses Medea, a cunning and attractive mature woman.
Director: Roberto San Sebastián | Stars: Javier Bódalo, Miriam Martín, Víctor Amilibia, Ignatius Farray
Votes: 616
24. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, Astrid Holm
Votes: 14,093
25. Night of the Comet (1984)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.
Director: Thom Eberhardt | Stars: Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran, Sharon Farrell
Votes: 24,159 | Gross: $14.42M
26.
Into the Dark (2018–2021)
Episode:
Midnight Kiss
(2019)
TV-MA | 89 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Midnight Kiss follows a group of longtime gay best friends and their straight female bestie as they head to a beautiful desert home to celebrate New Year's Eve. One of their annual ... See full summary »
Director: Carter Smith | Stars: Scott Evans, Adam Faison, Lukas Gage, Ayden Mayeri
Votes: 1,463
27. All My Friends Are Dead (2020)
TV-MA | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
During the New Year's Eve party of a bunch of friends, a series of crazy events brings out secrets, breaks hearts and leads to a shocking ending.
Director: Jan Belcl | Stars: Michal Meyer, Adam Woronowicz, Julia Wieniawa-Narkiewicz, Adam Turczyk
Votes: 7,564
28. Canaries (2017)
84 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The first wave of an alien invasion coincides with a New Years Eve party in a Welsh valley.
Director: Peter Stray | Stars: Robert Pugh, Hannah Daniel, Sophie Melville, Robert Boulter
Votes: 645
29. Break (2019)
85 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Five young adults, who want to celebrate New Years Eve on top of a mountain, one of them drops out, they get stuck in a gondola lift. What started out as an adventurous party, soon becomes a fight for survival.
Director: Tigran Sahakyan | Stars: Irina Antonenko, Andrey Nazimov, Denis Kosyakov, Ingrid Olerinskaya
Votes: 2,272
30. The Exhibitionists (2012)
88 min | Drama, Thriller
Follow filmmaker Walter Todd over 36 deadly hours as he exploits his closest friends and family during a New Year's Eve party, exposing their darkest secrets and sexual perversions. The ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Melamedoff | Stars: Richard Short, Pepper Binkley, Ella Rae Peck, Mike Doyle
Votes: 151
31. Talisman (1998)
R | 72 min | Horror
As the millenium draws near, an evil being awakens. Fused to an ancient Talisman for centuries -- Theriel, the Black Angel is summoned from his resting place to usher in the end of the ... See full summary »
Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Billy Parish, Walter Jones, Jason Adelman, Ilinca Goia
Votes: 431
32. Countdown (IV) (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Some young people invite a mysterious stranger to their home for a crazy night of fun on New Year's Eve. The drugs they take start to take effect, but the fun turns into real terror.
Director: Baz Poonpiriya | Stars: Pachara Chirathivat, Jarinporn Joonkiat, Pattarasaya Kreuasuwansri, David Asavanond
Votes: 776
33. The Fifth Cord (1971)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A maverick, heavy-drinking journalist pursues a killer who is targeting acquaintances of his, prompting the police to brand him a suspect in their investigation.
Director: Luigi Bazzoni | Stars: Franco Nero, Silvia Monti, Wolfgang Preiss, Ira von Fürstenberg
Votes: 2,569
34. The Eve (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 79 min | Horror, Thriller
Friends head off to the remote island of Martha's Vineyard to celebrate New Year's Eve and reconnect. As tensions rise, an unforeseen presence halts celebrations and instead turns their holiday into a fight to live through to the new year.
Director: Ritchie Steven Filippi | Stars: Evan Bass, Miriam LaChioma, Al Thompson, Miranda Noelle Wilson
Votes: 436
35. Taboo (2002)
R | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
While staying at a secluded mansion, six young adults reveal their personal demons during an innocent game called Taboo. They reunite a year later, only to realize that one of them wants them dead for their moral transgressions.
Director: Max Makowski | Stars: Nick Stahl, Eddie Kaye Thomas, January Jones, Lori Heuring
Votes: 1,954
36. Intensive Care (1991)
91 min | Horror, Thriller
A famous surgeon gets into a coma after a car accident. Seven years later, he wakes up as a mutilated monster and starts a massacre.
Director: Dorna X. van Rouveroy | Stars: George Kennedy, Koen Wauters, Nada van Nie, Michiel Hess
Votes: 412
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