Summer Horror Movie Watchlist: Get Ready to Scream
Summer isn’t just for sunshine and bbqs. It’s also the perfect time to crank up the AC, draw the curtains, and settle in for a fright fest. This summer horror movie watchlist has something for everyone, whether you crave a classic camp slasher or something a little more unsettling. So, get ready for a chilling good time (or maybe a nightlight) with these spooky picks!
Jaws
When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it’s up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
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Piranha (1978)
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort’s rivers, the guests become their next meal.
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Tourist Trap
A group of young friends stranded at a secluded roadside museum are stalked by a masked assailant who uses his telekinetic powers to control the attraction’s mannequins.
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Friday the 13th (1980)
A group of young friends stranded at a secluded roadside museum are stalked by a masked assailant who uses his telekinetic powers to control the attraction’s mannequins.
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Sleepaway Camp
Bunks and showers are a mad stabber’s beat at a summer camp strictly for teens.
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The Lost Boys
After moving to a new town, two brothers discover that the area is a haven for vampires.
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I Know What You Did Last Summer
Four young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.
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Wolf Creek
Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.
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Summer of 84
After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evidence, but as they get closer to discovering the truth, things get dangerous.
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Midsommar
A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown’s fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
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