Top 13 on the 13th: Scariest movies ever

Movie List


Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  • November 12, 2005
  • Mike Newell
  • In his fourth year at Hogwarts, Harry faces his greatest challenges and dangers yet. When he is selected under mysterious circumstances as a contestant in the Triwizard Tournament, Harry must compete against the best young wizards from schools all over Europe. But as he prepares, signs begin to...

War of the Worlds

  • June 23, 2005
  • Steven Spielberg
  • In a modern-day adaptation of Jules Verne's sci-fi classic, a Newark dock worker is caught in the middle of an alien invasion and must get his kids out of harm's way. Why aliens would cross the galaxy to take over New Jersey is still a mystery.

The Cave

  • August 26, 2005
  • Bruce Hunt
  • A rescue team is sent down into the world's largest cave system to try to find the spelunkers who first explored its depths. But when the group's escape route is cut off, they are hunted by the monstrous creatures that live down below

Zathura: A Space Adventure

  • November 8, 2005
  • Jon Favreau
  • Two brothers discover an oblong box in the park, which they dismiss as "just some dumb old game." The boys turn their attention away from the game's "jungle adventure" board to discover a second game board inside with an outer-space theme and a colored path leading to the purple planet, Zathura....

Serenity

  • September 30, 2005
  • Joss Whedon
  • Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a hardened veteran on the losing side of a galactic civil war, now ekes out a living pulling off small crimes and transport-for-hire aboard his ship, Serenity. He leads a small, eclectic crew who are the closest thing he has left to family - squabbling, insubordinate and...

Undead

  • July 1, 2005
  • Michael SpierigPeter Spierig
  • Peaceful, rustic Berkeley is a charming fishing community where life is sweet and the people friendly. All that is about to change. After losing her childhood farm to the bank, local beauty Rene decides to leave town and head for the big city. Suddenly, an avalanche of meteorites races through the...

A Sound of Thunder

  • TBA
  • Peter Hyams
  • Set in a near future where time travel is possible, this is the story of a travel agency, Time Safari Inc. (owned and managed by Kingsley's character), that arranges hunting trips for wealthy customers back in time to hunt dinosaurs. Each trip is carefully planned, with a scout identifying...

Stay

  • October 18, 2005
  • Marc Forster
  • A reality-bending thriller about a psychologist whose suicidal client makes bizarre predictions that, to the psychologist's mounting terror, begin to come true. The shrink must race against time to save everything he loves before it disappears.

The Fog

  • October 14, 2005
  • Rupert Wainwright
  • A thick fog enshrouds a coastal town. The fog is reminiscent of one 100 years earlier that wrecked a ship and drowned the seamen aboard. Sure enough, the sailors are back and out to kill whomever they find

V for Vendetta

  • December 11, 2005
  • James McTeigue
  • The futuristic tale unfolds in a Great Britain that's a fascist state. A freedom fighter known as V (Purefoy) uses terrorist tactics to fight the oppressive society. He rescues a young woman (Portman) from the secret police, and she becomes his unlikely ally.