20 Best Horror Movies of 2001

The films listed below include 2001 horror movies; including movies shown in movie theaters ranked in order of best to worst.

For released horror movies in movie theaters , Blu-ray/DVD , and On-Demand/VOD services like Netflix .

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Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2001

RankMovie TitleTotal Gross
1The Others (2001) $96,522,687
2Scary Movie 2 (2001) $71,308,997
3Thir13en Ghosts (2001) $41,867,960
4From Hell (2001) $31,602,566
5Valentine (2001) $20,384,136
6Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) $11,260,096
7Ghosts of Mars (2001) $8,709,640
8Bones (2001) $7,316,658
9The Forsaken (2001) $7,288,451
10Session 9 (2001) $378,176

Total Gross of All Movies $296,639,367

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List of horror movies released in 2001 list sorted by popular, most voted, and alphabetical order. Check out which movie was the top grossing movie of 2001.

20 Best Horror Movies of 2001

20). Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 5.83/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 5,170 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.1/10 | Metascore: 4.8/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13
Plot / Synopsis: En route to nineteenth-century Paris, Elvira finds herself spending the night in a mysterious house, where spooky high jinks occur. Tagline: Evil. Terror. Lust...

Director: Sam Irvin
Stars: Cassandra Peterson, Richard O''Brien, Mary Scheer, Scott Atkinson, Heather Hopper


19). Thir13en Ghosts (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Honest Review: Thir13en Ghosts (2001)Thir13en Ghosts poster
Score: 4.38/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 97,990 | Rotten Tomatoes: 1.9/10 | Metascore: 3.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $41,867,960
Thir13en Ghosts is Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max
Plot / Synopsis: When Cyrus Kriticos, a very rich collector of unique things dies, he leaves it all to his nephew and his family. All including his house, his fortune, and his malicious collection of ghosts!Tagline: Terror has multiplied...

Director: Steve Beck
Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz, Matthew Lillard, Shannon Elizabeth, Alec Roberts


18). She Creature (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 4.8/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 3,976 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Two carnies (Sewell and Gugino) abduct a mermaid in Ireland, circa 1900, and decide to transport her to America. As their ship loses its way and heads towards the mythical Forbidden Islands, the mermaid begins to display its deadly side. Tagline: Beatiful, seductive and totally deadly...

Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Stars: Rufus Sewell, Carla Gugino, Jim Piddock, Reno Wilson, Mark Aiken


17). Inugami (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 5.16/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,025 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Akira, the young new schoolteacher in town falls for secretive Miki, an older woman who takes care of her family's urn that supposedly holds a forest wolf-spirit, inugami. People soon start disappearing and the town blames Akira...

Director: Masato Harada
Stars: Yûki Amami, Atsuro Watabe, Eugene Harada, Shiho Fujimura, Kazuhiro Yamaji


16). Trouble Every Day (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Trouble Every Day poster
Score: 5.2/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 10,245 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.7/10 | Metascore: 4.0/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated | Gross: $9,189
Plot / Synopsis: Shane and June Brown are an American couple honeymooning in Paris in an effort to nurture their new life together... Tagline: The ability to love. The inability to love... The hunger to love...

Director: Claire Denis
Stars: Vincent Gallo, Tricia Vessey, Béatrice Dalle, Alex Descas, Florence Loiret Caille


15). Onmyoji (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Onmyoji poster
Score: 5.4/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,606 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.7/10 | Metascore: 5.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $16,234
Plot / Synopsis: Set in the capital city of Kyoto during the Heian period, a magician and fortune teller Onmyoji Seimei...

Director: Yôjirô Takita
Stars: Mansai Nomura, Hideaki Itô, Eriko Imai, Yui Natsukawa, Mai Hosho


14). Non ho sonno (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Non ho sonno poster
Score: 5.85/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 7,788 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.5/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus. Tagline: Creepier than Jack the Ripper...

Director: Dario Argento
Stars: Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli, Gabriele Lavia, Rossella Falk


13). Dagon (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.71/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 22,421 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A boating accident runs a young man and woman ashore in a decrepit Spanish fishing town which they discover is in the grips of an ancient sea god and its monstrous half human offspring...

Director: Stuart Gordon
Stars: Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal, Raquel Meroño, Macarena Gómez, Brendan Price


12). Jeepers Creepers (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

What We Thought of Jeepers CreepersJeepers Creepers poster
Score: 5.5/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 151,491 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.6/10 | Metascore: 4.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $37,904,175
Jeepers Creepers is Streaming on Tubi
Plot / Synopsis: A brother and sister driving home through isolated countryside for spring break encounter a flesh-eating creature which is on the last day of its ritualistic eating spree. Tagline: Fear takes a road trip...

Director: Victor Salva
Stars: Gina Philips, Justin Long, Jonathan Breck, Patricia Belcher, Brandon Smith


11). Session 9 (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.22/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 65,444 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.8/10 | Metascore: 5.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $378,176
Session 9 is Streaming on Netflix
Plot / Synopsis: Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.Tagline: Fear Is A Place...

Director: Brad Anderson
Stars: David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Paul Guilfoyle, Josh Lucas, Peter Mullan


Top 10 Horror Movies 2001

10). Visitor Q (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Visitor Q poster
Score: 6.25/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 17,767 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A troubled and perverted family find their lives intruded by a mysterious stranger who seems to help find a balance in their disturbing natures. Tagline: The only thing stranger than this family is... Visitor Q...

Director: Takashi Miike
Stars: Ken`ichi Endô, Ken''ichi Endô, Shungiku Uchida, Kazushi Watanabe, Jun Mutô


8). Pulse (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Pulse poster
Score: 6.97/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 29,593 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.6/10 | Metascore: 6.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $51,420
Pulse is Streaming on Tubi
Plot / Synopsis: Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet. Tagline: Yûrei ni aitai desu ka? (Do you want to meet a ghost?)...

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Stars: Haruhiko Katô, Kumiko Asô, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka, Masatoshi Matsuo


7). From Hell (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.29/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 168,812 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.6/10 | Metascore: 5.4/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $31,602,566
Plot / Synopsis: In Victorian Era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders by Jack The Ripper.Tagline: Only the legend will survive...

Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Stars: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Richardson


6). The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Happiness of the Katakuris poster
Score: 6.45/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 10,410 | Metascore: 6.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: The Katakuri's family have build an inn in the countryside in order that the whole family work together. Their first guest commits suicide in his room and they bury the body nearby the lake. Their second and third guests die while having s** and they bury the couple. Soon they receive the con-artist Richâdo Sagawa and they get rid...

Director: Takashi Miike
Stars: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida, Kiyoshirô Imawano


5). Ichi the Killer (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Honest Review: Ichi the Killer (2001)Ichi the Killer poster
Score: 6.5/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 62,462 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.3/10 | Metascore: 5.5/10 | MPAA Rating: | Gross: $20,285
Plot / Synopsis: As sadomas*chistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of. Tagline: Ai wa, kanari itai. (Love really hurts.) Click here for the 1 Ichi movie details...

Director: Takashi Miike
Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Ômori, Nao Ohmori, Shin`ya Tsukamoto, Shin''ya Tsukamoto


3). Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

What We Thought of Brotherhood of the WolfBrotherhood of the Wolf poster
Score: 6.78/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 74,746 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.3/10 | Metascore: 5.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $11,274,610
Plot / Synopsis: In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast. Tagline: The year is 1766... The hunt for a killer has begun...

Director: Christophe Gans
Stars: Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Jérémie Renier, Vincent Cassel, Émilie Dequenne


2). The Devil's Backbone (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Devil's Backbone Horror Movie ReviewThe Devil's Backbone poster
Score: 7.76/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 73,265 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.3/10 | Metascore: 7.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $755,249
The Devil's Backbone is Streaming on Peacock, Tubi
Plot / Synopsis: After Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets that he must uncover. Tagline: The living will always be more dangerous than the dead...

Director: Guillermo del Toro
Stars: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Íñigo Garcés


1). The Others (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 7.87/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 409,960 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.4/10 | Metascore: 7.4/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: $96,578,502
Plot / Synopsis: A woman who lives in a darkened old house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her family home is haunted.Tagline: Sooner or later she'll see them, then everything will be different...

Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston, Alakina Mann, James Bentley


Horror Movies of 2001 List

1). The Others (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Others Horror Movie ReviewThe Others poster
Score: 7.87/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 409,960 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.4/10 | Metascore: 7.4/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: $96,578,502
Plot / Synopsis: A woman who lives in a darkened old house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her family home is haunted.Tagline: Sooner or later she'll see them, then everything will be different...

Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston, Alakina Mann, James Bentley


2). The Devil's Backbone (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Devil's Backbone Horror Movie ReviewThe Devil's Backbone poster
Score: 7.76/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 73,265 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.3/10 | Metascore: 7.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $755,249
The Devil's Backbone is Streaming on Peacock, Tubi
Plot / Synopsis: After Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets that he must uncover. Tagline: The living will always be more dangerous than the dead...

Director: Guillermo del Toro
Stars: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Íñigo Garcés


3). Pulse (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Pulse poster
Score: 6.97/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 29,593 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.6/10 | Metascore: 6.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $51,420
Pulse is Streaming on Tubi
Plot / Synopsis: Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet. Tagline: Yûrei ni aitai desu ka? (Do you want to meet a ghost?)...

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Stars: Haruhiko Katô, Kumiko Asô, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka, Masatoshi Matsuo


4). Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

What We Thought of Brotherhood of the WolfBrotherhood of the Wolf poster
Score: 6.78/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 74,746 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.3/10 | Metascore: 5.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $11,274,610
Plot / Synopsis: In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast. Tagline: The year is 1766... The hunt for a killer has begun...

Director: Christophe Gans
Stars: Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Jérémie Renier, Vincent Cassel, Émilie Dequenne


6). Dagon (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.71/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 22,421 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A boating accident runs a young man and woman ashore in a decrepit Spanish fishing town which they discover is in the grips of an ancient sea god and its monstrous half human offspring...

Director: Stuart Gordon
Stars: Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal, Raquel Meroño, Macarena Gómez, Brendan Price


7). The Bunker (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Bunker poster
Score: 6.7/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 6,245 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Seven German soldiers are enclosed in one bunker during the Second World War. They soon feel surrounded by enemies. When they hear about the tunnel-system beneath the bunker and some mystic events that had occurred in this place, they soon begin to go mad... Tagline: The evil is within...

Director: Rob Green
Stars: Jason Flemyng, Andrew Tiernan, Christopher Fairbank, Simon Kunz, Andrew Lee Potts


8). Ichi the Killer (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Honest Review: Ichi the Killer (2001)Ichi the Killer poster
Score: 6.5/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 62,462 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.3/10 | Metascore: 5.5/10 | MPAA Rating: | Gross: $20,285
Plot / Synopsis: As sadomas*chistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of. Tagline: Ai wa, kanari itai. (Love really hurts.) Click here for the 1 Ichi movie details...

Director: Takashi Miike
Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Ômori, Nao Ohmori, Shin`ya Tsukamoto, Shin''ya Tsukamoto


9). The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

The Happiness of the Katakuris poster
Score: 6.45/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 10,410 | Metascore: 6.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: The Katakuri's family have build an inn in the countryside in order that the whole family work together. Their first guest commits suicide in his room and they bury the body nearby the lake. Their second and third guests die while having s** and they bury the couple. Soon they receive the con-artist Richâdo Sagawa and they get rid...

Director: Takashi Miike
Stars: Kenji Sawada, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinji Takeda, Naomi Nishida, Kiyoshirô Imawano


10). Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter poster
Score: 6.45/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 4,723 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Kung-Fu Action / Comedy / Horror / Musical about the second coming. Tagline: The first testament says "an eye for an eye." - The second testament says "love thy neighbour." - The third testament ... Kicks Ass!!!...

Director: Lee Demarbre
Stars: Phil Caracas, Murielle Varhelyi, Maria Moulton, Tim Devries, Ian Driscoll


12). From Hell (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Full Review of From Hell (2001)From Hell poster
Score: 6.29/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 168,812 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.6/10 | Metascore: 5.4/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $31,602,566
Plot / Synopsis: In Victorian Era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders by Jack The Ripper.Tagline: Only the legend will survive...

Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Stars: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Richardson


13). Visitor Q (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Visitor Q poster
Score: 6.25/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 17,767 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A troubled and perverted family find their lives intruded by a mysterious stranger who seems to help find a balance in their disturbing natures. Tagline: The only thing stranger than this family is... Visitor Q...

Director: Takashi Miike
Stars: Ken`ichi Endô, Ken''ichi Endô, Shungiku Uchida, Kazushi Watanabe, Jun Mutô


14). Session 9 (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Session 9 Horror Movie ReviewSession 9 poster
Score: 6.22/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 65,444 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.8/10 | Metascore: 5.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $378,176
Session 9 is Streaming on Netflix
Plot / Synopsis: Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.Tagline: Fear Is A Place...

Director: Brad Anderson
Stars: David Caruso, Stephen Gevedon, Paul Guilfoyle, Josh Lucas, Peter Mullan


15). Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Honest Review: Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)Tremors 3: Back to Perfection poster
Score: 6.07/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 20,105 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.0/10 | MPAA Rating: PG
Plot / Synopsis: Third entry in series returns to the small desert town of Perfection, Nevada seen in the first and briefly in the second.Tagline: The Food Chain Just Grew Another Link...

Director: Brent Maddock
Stars: Michael Gross, Shawn Christian, Susan Chuang, Charlotte Stewart, Ariana Richards


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24 List of 2001 Horror Films Worth Watching!

Best Horror Movies of 2001

Looking for the best 2001 horror movies? Included in our best horror movies of 2001 list are "The Others (2001), The Devil's Backbone (2001), Pulse (2001), Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), Godzilla, and Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)." Our top list is an average of our review scores, our movie fans and movie viewers like you, and a few other sources.

The best horror film of 2001 is The Others (2001) scoring 7.87/10 stars with our combined scores. IMDB already has over 409,960 votes for this movie. Starring in The Others (2001) is Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston, Alakina Mann, and James Bentley. Director Alejandro Amenábar did a phenomenal job treating us with this 2001 best horror film which was remarkable.The Others (2001) is in Horror, Thriller, Mystery, and Fantasy movie genres.

Next Best Horror Movies of 2001 The next best 2001 horror movie is The Devil's Backbone (2001) with a score of 7.76/10 stars. Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve, and Íñigo Garcés star in "The Devil's Backbone (2001)". The Devil's Backbone (2001) is directed by Guillermo del Toro and has over 73,270 IMDB votes. You can find The Devil's Backbone (2001) in Horror, Thriller, Drama, and Fantasy movie genres.

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