| Bad Samaritan | Dean Devlin | United States |
| Kembang Kantil | — | Indonesia |
| The Field Guide To Evil | Ashim Ahluwalia | Germany, Hungary, United States, Poland, Austria, Greece, Turkey, India |
| Mom and Dad | Brian Taylor | United Kingdom, United States |
| Winchester | Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | United States |
| Bayi Gaib: Bayi Tumbal Bayi Mati | Rizal Mantovani | Indonesia |
| The Cloverfield Paradox | Julius Onah | United States |
| Summer of '84 | François Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell | United States |
| Day of the Dead: Bloodline | Hèctor Hernández Vicens | Bulgaria, United States |
| Insidious: The Last Key | Adam Robitel | United States |
| Howler | — | United States |
| Jeepers Creepers 3 | Victor Salva | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Final Exit | — | India |
| It | Andy Muschietti | United States |
| The Promise | Sopon Sukdapisit | Thailand |
| Veronica | Paco Plaza | Spain |
| Annabelle: Creation | David F. Sandberg | United States |
| The Dark Tower | Nikolaj Arcel | United States |
| Ghost Bride | Chito S. Roño | Philippines |
| The Keeping Hours | Karen Moncrieff | United States |
| Shin Godzilla | Hideaki Anno | Japan, United States |
| Life | Daniel Espinosa | United States |
| Split | M. Night Shyamalan | United States |
| Havenhurst | Andrew C. Erin | United States |
| The Lure | Agnieszka Smoczyńska | Poland |
| The Bye Bye Man | Stacy Title | United States |
| Firegate | Rizal Mantovani | Indonesia |
| The Limehouse Golem | Juan Carlos Medina | United Kingdom |
| Aliff Dalam 7 Dimensi | — | Malaysia |
| The Conjuring 2 | James Wan | United States |
| Horror Stories 3 | Gok Kim, Sun Kim, Baek Seung-bin, Min Kyu-dong | South Korea |
| 10 Cloverfield Lane | Dan Trachtenberg | United States |
| Hush | Mike Flanagan | United States |
| Munafik | Syamsul Yusof | Malaysia |
| The Boy | William Brent Bell | People's Republic of China, United States |
| What We Do in the Shadows | Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement | New Zealand |
| Nannaku Prematho | Sukumar | India |
| Krampus | Michael Dougherty | United States |
| Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension | Gregory Plotkin | United States |
| Crimson Peak | Guillermo del Toro | Canada, United States, Mexico |
| The Devil's Candy | Sean Byrne | United States |
| The Gallows | Travis Cluff, Chris Lofing | United States |
| Unfriended | Levan Gabriadze | United States |
| Jeruzalem | Doron Paz, Yoav Paz | Israel |
| Hansel vs. Gretel | Ben Demaree | United States |
| Rec 4: Apocalypse | Jaume Balagueró | Spain |
| Genie in a Barrel | Alvin Soprano | Russia |
| The Purge: Anarchy | James DeMonaco | France, United States |