Horror: Desert/Desert-Like Terrain
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1. Dark Mountain (2013)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In March of 2011, three filmmakers disappeared in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona while documenting their search for the Lost Dutchman mine. Their bodies were never found... but their camera was.
Director: Tara Anaïse | Stars: Ron Eagle D'Andre II, Adam Haley, Sage Howard, George E. Johnston
Votes: 979
2. Dust Devil (1992)
R | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
Director: Richard Stanley | Stars: Robert John Burke, Chelsea Field, Zakes Mokae, John Matshikiza
Votes: 5,947
3. Feast (2005)
R | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Patrons locked inside a bar are forced to fight monsters.
Director: John Gulager | Stars: Navi Rawat, Krista Allen, Balthazar Getty, Judah Friedlander
Votes: 33,855 | Gross: $0.05M
4. 2Survive (2015)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A desert survival reality show goes horribly wrong.
Director: Tom Seidman | Stars: Sam Bearpaw, Madison Brightwell, Jonathan Camp, Erik Estrada
Votes: 254
5. Gone (VI) (2006)
R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Romantic English couple meets a disarming American psychopath while vacationing in Australia.
Director: Ringan Ledwidge | Stars: Shaun Evans, Scott Mechlowicz, Yvonne Strahovski, Victoria Thaine
Votes: 4,404
6. Road Kill (2010)
R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of teenagers are menaced by a driver-less train in the Australian outback.
Director: Dean Francis | Stars: Bob Morley, Sophie Lowe, Georgina Haig, Xavier Samuel
Votes: 3,986
7. Unearthed (2007)
R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An unknown creature terrorizes an archeological dig in the middle of a desolate New Mexico town.
Director: Matthew Leutwyler | Stars: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Luke Goss, Beau Garrett, Deborah Offner
Votes: 3,873
8. Borderland (2007)
R | 105 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
On a trip to a Mexican border town, three college friends stumble upon a human-sacrifice cult.
Director: Zev Berman | Stars: Brian Presley, Jake Muxworthy, Rider Strong, Beto Cuevas
Votes: 10,648
9. The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
R | 107 min | Horror, Thriller
A traveling family falls victim to a group of mutated cannibals in a desert far away from civilization.
Director: Alexandre Aja | Stars: Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan, Dan Byrd, Emilie de Ravin
Votes: 183,293 | Gross: $41.78M
10. The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of National Guard trainees find themselves battling against a vicious group of mutants on their last day of training in the desert.
Director: Martin Weisz | Stars: Daniella Alonso, Jacob Vargas, Michael Bailey Smith, Cécile Breccia
Votes: 67,656 | Gross: $20.80M
11. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Susan Lanier, Robert Houston, John Steadman, Janus Blythe
Votes: 39,239 | Gross: $25.00M
12. Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Horror, Western
In the dying days of the old west, an elderly sheriff and his posse set out to rescue their town's doctor from cannibalistic cave dwellers.
Director: S. Craig Zahler | Stars: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins
Votes: 118,036
13. 9 Miles Down (2009)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A security expert is sent to a remote scientific camp to investigate strange things that are happening.
Director: Anthony Waller | Stars: Adrian Paul, Amanda Douge, Anthony Waller, Caroline Couret-Delegue
Votes: 3,938
14. Lost Lake (2012)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A young couple travels to a deserted town to try and find their mysterious uncle, only to discover that ghosts are real and very dangerous.
Director: Marcus Nash | Stars: Ezra Buzzington, Katie Keene, John Shartzer, Pat McNeely
Votes: 367
15. Southbound (2015)
R | 89 min | Horror
Five interlocking tales of terror follow the fates of a group of weary travellers who confront their worst nightmares - and darkest secrets - over one long night on a desolate stretch of desert highway.
Directors: Roxanne Benjamin, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, David Bruckner, Tyler Gillett, Patrick Horvath, Justin Martinez, Radio Silence, Chad Villella | Stars: Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Kristina Pesic, Fabianne Therese
Votes: 21,412 | Gross: $0.01M
16. Wolf Creek 2 (2013)
Not Rated | 106 min | Horror, Thriller
The outback once more becomes a place of horror as another unwitting tourist becomes the prey for crazed, serial-killing pig-hunter Mick Taylor.
Director: Greg McLean | Stars: John Jarratt, Ryan Corr, Shannon Ashlyn, Philippe Klaus
Votes: 22,708
17. Wolf Creek (2005)
R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller
Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.
Director: Greg McLean | Stars: Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, John Jarratt
Votes: 78,364 | Gross: $16.19M
18. The Objective (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A military special operations team, led by a CIA case officer, are on a mission in the harsh and hostile terrain of Afghanistan where they find themselves in a Middle Eastern "Bermuda Triangle" of ancient evil.
Director: Daniel Myrick | Stars: Jonas Ball, Matthew R. Anderson, Jon Huertas, Michael C. Williams
Votes: 8,518 | Gross: $2.25M
19. Fairlane Road (2016)
92 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A troubled young man falls prey to sinister forces after he arrives in the desert to care for his dying uncle, while becoming ensnared in a decades old mystery.
Director: Gualtiero Negrini | Stars: Anthony Sherritt, Gualtiero Negrini, Lucy Kazarian, Bettina Devin
Votes: 254
20. Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A California couple and a survivalist encounter Leatherface and his family.
Director: Jeff Burr | Stars: Kate Hodge, Ken Foree, R.A. Mihailoff, William Butler
Votes: 19,369 | Gross: $5.77M
21. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Unrated | 101 min | Comedy, Horror
A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas marshal hunts them.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow, Bill Moseley
Votes: 37,997 | Gross: $8.03M
22. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
R | 83 min | Horror
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain
Votes: 183,691 | Gross: $30.86M
23. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
R | 98 min | Horror
After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a deformed chainsaw-wielding loon and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
Director: Marcus Nispel | Stars: Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Andrew Bryniarski, Erica Leerhsen
Votes: 152,405 | Gross: $80.57M
24. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
R | 91 min | Horror
Before being sent to serve in Vietnam, two brothers and their girlfriends take one last road trip, but when they get into an accident, a terrifying experience will take them to a secluded house of horrors, with a chainsaw-wielding killer.
Director: Jonathan Liebesman | Stars: Jordana Brewster, Matt Bomer, Diora Baird, Taylor Handley
Votes: 77,291 | Gross: $39.52M
25. Razorback (1984)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
As a vicious wild boar terrorizes the Australian outback, the husband of one of the victims is joined by a hunter and a farmer in a search for the beast.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood
Votes: 7,879 | Gross: $0.15M
26. The Boy (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An intimate portrait of a 9-year-old sociopath's growing fascination with death.
Director: Craig William Macneill | Stars: David Morse, Jared Breeze, Rainn Wilson, Bill Sage
Votes: 5,745
27. Carnage Park (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Part crime caper gone awry, part survival horror film, this 1970s set thriller depicts a harrowing fight for survival after a pair of wannabe crooks botch a bank heist and flee into the ... See full summary »
Director: Mickey Keating | Stars: Ashley Bell, Pat Healy, James Landry Hébert, Michael Villar
Votes: 3,769
28. Desperation (2006 TV Movie)
R | 131 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives.
Director: Mick Garris | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Steven Weber, Annabeth Gish, Charles Durning
Votes: 11,768
29. Blood Frenzy (1987)
90 min | Horror
A maniac tries to kill off a group of teenagers on an encounter session in the desert.
Director: Hal Freeman | Stars: Wendy MacDonald, Tony Montero, Lisa Loring, Lisa Savage
Votes: 510
30. The Graves (2009)
R | 88 min | Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Two inseparable sister's visit to a remote mine town turns into a mind-bending fight for survival against menaces both human and supernatural.
Director: Brian Pulido | Stars: Clare Grant, Jillian Murray, Bill Moseley, Tony Todd
Votes: 2,155
31.
Creepshow (2019– )
Episode:
A Creepshow Animated Special: Survivor Type/Twittering from the Circus of the Dead
(2020)
TV-MA | 46 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A man is determined to stay alive alone on a deserted island no matter what the cost; A teen's family road trip includes a visit to the gravest show on earth.
Director: Greg Nicotero | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Joey King, Fayna Sanchez, Mason Pike
Votes: 798
32. Cargo (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
After an epidemic spreads all over Australia, a father searches for someone willing to protect his daughter.
Directors: Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke | Stars: Simone Landers, Martin Freeman, Marlee Jane McPherson-Dobbins, Lily Anne McPherson-Dobbins
Votes: 48,120
33. Pitch Black (2000)
R | 109 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A transport ship crashes and leaves its crew stranded on a desert planet inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures that come out during an eclipse.
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Vin Diesel, Keith David
Votes: 253,022 | Gross: $39.24M
34. The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1984)
R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of bikers, heading to a race, become stranded in the desert and find themselves fighting off a family of inbred cannibals who live off the land.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Robert Houston, David Nichols, Virginia Vincent, James Whitworth
Votes: 7,377
35. Wolf Creek (2016–2017)
TV-MA | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
An anthology series which centers on different characters being targeted by crazed serial killer Mick Taylor in the Australian outback.
Stars: John Jarratt, Lucy Fry, Dustin Clare, Tess Haubrich
Votes: 5,758
36. Happy Hunting (2017)
91 min | Horror, Western
An alcoholic drifter must battle withdrawal and psychotic rednecks after he becomes the target of a deranged sporting event.
Directors: Joe Dietsch, Louie Gibson | Stars: Martin Dingle Wall, Ken Lally, Kenny Wormald, Connor Williams
Votes: 2,875
37. Blind Sun (2015)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Mystery
Greece. A seaside resort plagued by a heavy heatwave. Water is rare and violence is ready to explode. Ashraf, a solitary immigrant, guards a French family's villa while they are away. In ... See full summary »
Director: Joyce A. Nashawati | Stars: Ziad Bakri, Mimi Denissi, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Giannis Stankoglou
Votes: 1,660
38. Tremors (1990)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Horror
Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.
Director: Ron Underwood | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross
Votes: 150,575 | Gross: $16.67M
39. Wake in Fright (1971)
R | 109 min | Drama, Thriller
After a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay
Votes: 13,966 | Gross: $0.05M
40. Rattlesnake (2019)
TV-MA | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When a single mother accepts the help of a mysterious woman after her daughter is bitten by a rattlesnake, she finds herself making an unthinkable deal with the devil to repay the stranger.
Director: Zak Hilditch | Stars: Carmen Ejogo, Theo Rossi, Emma Greenwell, Appy Pratt
Votes: 9,376
41. Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
R | 92 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
High-level demons collect low-level demons as warriors in attempt to obtain a key containing the blood of Christ. The key is guarded by immortal warriors called Demon Knights.
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett Smith, Brenda Bakke
Votes: 26,315 | Gross: $21.09M
42. The Pyramid (2014)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An archaeological team attempts to unlock the secrets of a lost pyramid only to find themselves hunted by an insidious creature.
Director: Grégory Levasseur | Stars: Ashley Hinshaw, James Buckley, Denis O'Hare, Christa Nicola
Votes: 27,252 | Gross: $2.76M
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