Horror Movies 2008
Box Office Performance for Horror Movies in 2008
| Rank | Movie Title | Release Date | Opening | Total Gross |
| 1 | The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) | Aug 01, 2008 | $40,457,770 | $102,491,776 |
| 2 | Cloverfield (2008) | Jan 18, 2008 | $40,058,229 | $80,048,433 |
| 3 | Hellboy II The Golden Army (2008) | Jul 11, 2008 | $34,539,115 | $75,986,503 |
| 4 | Saw V (2008) | Oct 24, 2008 | $30,053,954 | $56,746,769 |
| 5 | The Strangers (2008) | May 30, 2008 | $20,997,985 | $52,597,610 |
| 6 | Prom Night (2008) | Apr 11, 2008 | $20,804,941 | $43,869,350 |
| 7 | Quarantine (2008) | Oct 10, 2008 | $14,211,321 | $31,691,811 |
| 8 | The Eye (2008) | Feb 01, 2008 | $12,425,776 | $31,418,697 |
| 9 | Mirrors (2008) | Aug 15, 2008 | $11,161,074 | $30,691,439 |
| 10 | One Missed Call (2008) | Jan 04, 2008 | $12,511,473 | $26,890,041 |
Total Gross of All Movies $532,432,429
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Horror Movies of 2008 List (Continued)
1). Let the Right One in (Lat den ratte komma in) (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Honest Review: Let the Right One in (Lat den ratte komma in) (2008)
Score: 8.39/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 233,403 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.8/10 | Metascore: 8.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $2,122,065
Let the Right One in (Lat den ratte komma in) is Streaming on Hulu, TubiPlot / Synopsis: The film takes place in a wintry and rather miserable suburb of Stockholm in the early 1980s. Oskar Eriksson is a very normal and lonely 12-year-old. He undergoes the annoying bullying of his classmates as best he can. Back home, where he lives alone with his mother, he collects newspaper cuttings about serial killers and things like that. On a...
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist
2). Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) Review
Score: 7.52/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 293,815 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.6/10 | Metascore: 7.8/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: $75,986,503
Hellboy II: The Golden Army is Streaming on Netflix, HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must save the world from the rebellious creatures.
Tagline: Saving the world is a hell of a job...
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Stars: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, John Alexander, James Dodd
3). Lake Mungo (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Lake Mungo (2008) Review
Score: 7.2/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 34,645 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.5/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old ALICE PALMER drowns while swimming in the local dam. When her body is recovered and a verdict of accidental death returned, her grieving family buries her. The family then experiences a series of strange and inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Profoundly unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of psychic and parapsychologist, RAY KEMENY. Ray discovers...
Director: Joel Anderson
Stars: Rosie Traynor, David Pledger, Martin Sharpe, Talia Zucker, Tania Lentini
4). Martyrs (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Read Our Martyrs Review
Score: 7.16/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 113,707 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.4/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.Tagline: They did not finish to be alive...
Director: Pascal Laugier
Stars: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin, Robert Toupin, Patricia Tulasne
5). Cloverfield (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Detailed Review: Cloverfield (2008)
Score: 7.04/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 435,281 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.8/10 | Metascore: 6.4/10 | MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: $80,048,433
Cloverfield is Streaming on Netflix, TubiPlot / Synopsis: A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.Tagline: Some Thing Has Found Us...
Director: Matt Reeves
Stars: Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel
6). Eden Lake (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Our Take on Eden Lake (2008)
Score: 7/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 102,410 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.8/10 | Metascore: 6.5/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $7,321
Plot / Synopsis: Refusing to let anything spoil their romantic weekend break, a young couple confront a gang of loutish youths with terrifyingly brutal consequences.Tagline: A weekend by the lake, with views to die for...
Director: James Watkins
Stars: Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Tara Ellis, Jack O`Connell, Jack O''Connell
7). Tokyo Gore Police (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.95/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 13,483 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.0/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: Set in a future-world vision of Tokyo where the police have been privatized and bitter self-mutilation is so casual that advertising is often specially geared to the "cutter" demographic, this is the story of samurai-sword-wielding Ruka and her mission to avenge her father's assassination. Ruka is a cop from a squad whose mission is to destroy homicidal mutant humans...
Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura
Stars: Eihi Shiina, Itsuji Itao, Yukihide Benny, Jiji Bû, Ikuko Sawada
8). Pontypool (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Full Review of Pontypool (2008)
Score: 6.83/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 38,052 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.3/10 | Metascore: 5.4/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated | Gross: $3,865
Psychological, Survival, Thriller, Twisted Mystery, Confined, Desolate, Isolation, Madness, Virus, Valentines Day
Plot / Synopsis: A psychological thriller in which a deadly virus infects a small Ontario town.
Tagline: Shut Up Or Die...
Director: Bruce McDonald
Stars: Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle, Georgina Reilly, Hrant Alianak, Rick Roberts
9). Baghead (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.7/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 5,760 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.9/10 | Metascore: 6.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $140,106
Plot / Synopsis: Four struggling actors retreat to a cabin in Big Bear, California in order to write a screenplay that will make them all stars...
Directors: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Stars: Steve Zissis, Ross Partridge, Greta Gerwig, Elise Muller, Jett Garner
10). Splinter (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
In-Depth Splinter Review
Score: 6.63/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 42,809 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.4/10 | Metascore: 5.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $14,154
Splinter is Streaming on HBO Max, TubiPlot / Synopsis: Trapped in an isolated gas station by a voracious Splinter parasite that transforms its still living victims into deadly hosts, a young couple and an escaped convict must find a way to work together to survive this primal terror.Tagline: It will get under your skin...
Director: Toby Wilkins
Stars: Charles Baker, Jill Wagner, Paulo Costanzo, Shea Whigham, Rachel Kerbs
11). The Cottage (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 6.6/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 13,544 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.1/10 | MPAA Rating: Unrated
Plot / Synopsis: In a remote part of the countryside, a bungled kidnapping turns into a living nightmare for four central...
Tagline: Sleeps six bloody comfortably...
Director: Paul Andrew Williams
Stars: Andy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith, Jennifer Ellison, Steven O''Donnell, James Bierman
12). Dance of the Dead (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Detailed Review: Dance of the Dead (2008)
Score: 6.59/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 12,158 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.0/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: On the night of the big High-School Prom, the dead rise to eat the living, and the only people who can stop them are the losers who couldn't get dates to the dance.
Tagline: It's their night to come alive...
Director: Gregg Bishop
Stars: Jared Kusnitz, Greyson Chadwick, Chandler Darby, Carissa Capobianco, Randy McDowell
13). Dead Space: Downfall (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Our Take on Dead Space: Downfall (2008)
Score: 6.55/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 11,911 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: A prequel to the hit video game chronicling the discovery of the Red Marker and the first Necromorph outbreak.
Tagline: Meet Your Maker...
Director: Chuck Patton
Stars: Nika Futterman, Keith Szarabajka, Jim Cummings, Kevin Michael Richardson, Kelly Hu
14). The Burrowers (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Honest Review: The Burrowers (2008)
Score: 6.33/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 9,592 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: In the Wild West a rescue party sets out to find a family of settlers that has vanished from their home under mysterious circumstances.Tagline: Evil will surface...
Director: J.T. Petty
Stars: Clancy Brown, David Busse, Harley Coriz, Jocelin Donahue, Alexandra Edmo
15). I Sell the Dead (2008) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Honest Review: I Sell the Dead (2008)
Score: 6.28/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 11,415 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.1/10 | Metascore: 6.2/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated | Gross: $8,050
Plot / Synopsis: A grave robber reflects on his life of crime.Tagline: Never Trust A Corpse...
Director: Glenn McQuaid
Stars: Dominic Monaghan, Larry Fessenden, Angus Scrimm, Ron Perlman, Brenda Cooney