Horror Movies 2005
Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2005
| Rank | Movie Title | Release Date | Opening | Total Gross |
| 1 | Saw II (2005) | Oct 28, 2005 | $31,725,652 | $87,039,965 |
| 2 | The Ring Two (2005) | Mar 18, 2005 | $35,065,237 | $76,231,249 |
| 3 | Constantine (2005) | Feb 18, 2005 | $29,769,098 | $75,976,178 |
| 4 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) | Sep 09, 2005 | $30,054,300 | $75,072,454 |
| 5 | The Amityville Horror (2005) | Apr 15, 2005 | $23,507,007 | $65,233,369 |
| 6 | White Noise (2005) | Jan 07, 2005 | $24,113,565 | $56,386,759 |
| 7 | The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) | Oct 05, 2005 | $16,025,987 | $56,110,897 |
| 8 | The Skeleton Key (2005) | Aug 12, 2005 | $16,057,945 | $47,907,715 |
| 9 | Hostel (2005) | Jan 06, 2006 | $19,556,099 | $47,326,473 |
| 10 | Boogeyman (2005) | Feb 04, 2005 | $19,020,655 | $46,752,382 |
Total Gross of All Movies $634,037,441
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Horror Movies of 2005 List (Continued)
1). The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) Review
Score: 8.37/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 154,327 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.5/10 | Metascore: 8.7/10 | MPAA Rating: G | Gross: $56,110,897
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is Streaming on NetflixPlot / Synopsis: Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable growing contest.
Tagline: Something bunny is going on...
Directors: Steve Box, Nick Park
Stars: Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Kay, Nicholas Smith
2). The Batman vs. Dracula (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Read Our The Batman vs. Dracula Review
Score: 7.44/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 11,935 | MPAA Rating: Unrated
Plot / Synopsis: Batman faces off against the original creature of the night, Count Dracula, who has been unintentionally resurrected by the Penguin...
Directors: Michael Goguen, Seung Eun Kim, Sam Liu …
Stars: Rino Romano, Peter Stormare, Tara Strong, Tom Kenny, Kevin Michael Richardson
3). The Descent (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Honest Review: The Descent (2005)
Score: 7.43/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 264,691 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.7/10 | Metascore: 7.1/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $26,024,456
Plot / Synopsis: A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.
Tagline: The Scariest Movie In Earth...
Director: Neil Marshall
Stars: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, MyAnna Buring
4). Land of the Dead (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
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Score: 6.61/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 103,443 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5/10 | Metascore: 7.1/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $20,700,082
Land of the Dead is Streaming on ShudderPlot / Synopsis: The living dead have taken over the world, and the last humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they come to grips with the situation.Tagline: The dead shall inherit the Earth...
Director: George A. Romero
Stars: Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy
5). Lunacy (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.6/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 4,068 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.4/10 | Metascore: 6.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $48,324
Plot / Synopsis: A man takes up residence with a mysterious marquis and is soon persuaded to enter into an asylum for preventative therapy. Things are not what they seem, and the marquis may be even more sinister than what the young man may've predicted.
Tagline: Edgar Allan Poe + the Marquis de Sade + Jan Svankmajer = Lunacy...
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Stars: Jan Tríska, Pavel Liska, Anna Geislerová, Martin Huba, Jaroslav Dusek
6). Noriko's Dinner Table (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.47/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 5,149 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.4/10 | Metascore: 5.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A teenager called Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Tokoyama, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS...
Tagline: The family that eats together stays together...
Director: Sion Sono
Stars: Kazue Fukiishi, Tsugumi, Yuriko Yos**taka, Shirô Namiki, Sanae Miyata
7). Constantine (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
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Score: 6.4/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 396,708 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.6/10 | Metascore: 5.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $75,976,178
Constantine is Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, TubiPlot / Synopsis: Supernatural detective John Constantine helps a policewoman prove her sister's death was not a suicide, but something more.Tagline: Hell wants him. Heaven won't take him. Earth needs him...
Director: Francis Lawrence
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf, Djimon Hounsou, Max Baker
8). Antibodies (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.37/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 9,283 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.5/10 | Metascore: 5.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Long wanted serial killer Gabriel Engel gets arrested in a spectacular police strike. Small town cop...
Tagline: Das Gute ist das Böse daran. [The Good is the Evil in It.]...
Director: Christian Alvart
Stars: Norman Reedus, Christian von Aster, André Hennicke, Waltraud Witte, Konstantin Graudus
9). Isolation (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.3/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 8,233 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.
Tagline: A horror film set on a lonely farm in rural Ireland...
Director: Billy O''Brien
Stars: Essie Davis, Sean Harris, Marcel Iures, Crispin Letts, John Lynch
10). The Devil's Rejects (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
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Score: 6.24/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 109,244 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.4/10 | Metascore: 5.4/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $17,044,981
The Devil's Rejects is Streaming on HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape a vengeful police force which is not afraid of being as ruthless as their target.Tagline: Hell doesn't want them. Hell doesn't need them. Hell doesn't love them. This world rejects them...
Director: Rob Zombie
Stars: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, William Forsythe, Ken Foree
11). The Dark Hours (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.17/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 5,662 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.2/10 | Metascore: 6.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $423
Plot / Synopsis: The thirty and something years old psychiatrist Dr. Samantha Goodman has an incurable brain tumor that has just started to grow...
Tagline: She spent years getting into the mind of a monster... Now he's getting into hers...
Director: Paul Fox
Stars: Kate Greenhouse, Bruce McFee, Jeff Seymour, David Calderisi, Trevor Hayes
12). Zoo (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 5.91/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 618 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: This collection of shocking, unpredictable stories feature the first screen adaptation of the number one young author of his generation, Otsuichi. Working with five different directors, ZOO features five stories (four live-action, one animated) of fear, sadness and pain...
Directors: Ryu Kaneda, Masaki Adachi, Hiroshi Ando …
Stars: Patrick Harlan, Yui Ichikawa, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Ryôko Kobayashi
13). The Jacket (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Full Review of The Jacket (2005)
Score: 5.9/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 122,451 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.4/10 | Metascore: 4.4/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $6,303,762
The Jacket is Streaming on HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a Doctor's experiments, and his life is completely affected by them.Tagline: the first one is hard, then comes easy...
Director: John Maybury
Stars: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly Lynch
14). Hostel (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
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Score: 5.87/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 199,833 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.0/10 | Metascore: 5.5/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $47,326,473
Plot / Synopsis: Three backpackers head to a Slovak city that promises to meet their hed***stic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
Tagline: Welcome To Your Worst Nightmare...
Director: Eli Roth
Stars: Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson, Barbara Nedeljakova, Jan Vlasák
15). Wolf Creek (2005) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
In-Depth Wolf Creek Review
Score: 5.85/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 82,435 | Rotten Tomatoes: 5.5/10 | Metascore: 5.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $16,188,180
Plot / Synopsis: Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are befriended by a local who turns out to be a sad**tic psychopath and will plunge them into a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture.Tagline: Based on true events...
Director: Greg McLean
Stars: John Jarratt, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, Nathan Phillips, Gordon Poole