Best Horror Movies on Criterion Channel in Canada

1. 1
   Kwaidan 1965

   Directed by Masaki Kobayashi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.5

   7.7 · 484 votes
2. 2
   The Phantom Carriage 1921

   Directed by Victor Sjöström · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Filmtap
   7.4

   7.7 · 381 votes
3. 3
   The Cremator 1969

   Directed by Juraj Herz · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.4

   7.8 · 280 votes
4. 4
   Funny Games 1997

   Directed by Michael Haneke · Streaming on Crave, Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
   7.3

   7.3 · 2.2K votes
5. 5
   Hour of the Wolf 1968

   Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.3

   7.4 · 584 votes
6. 6
   The Return of Godzilla 1984

   Directed by Koji Hashimoto · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   7.0

   7.2 · 357 votes
7. 7
   Cemetery Man 1994

   Directed by Michele Soavi · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel, FlixFling
   6.8

   6.9 · 607 votes
8. 8
   The Big Shave 1967

   Directed by Martin Scorsese · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.8

   6.9 · 372 votes
9. 9
   The Most Dangerous Game 1932

   Directed by Irving Pichel · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Tubi TV
   6.7

   6.9 · 336 votes
10. 10
    Godzilla vs. Hedorah 1971

    Directed by Yoshimitsu Banno · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.6

    6.8 · 261 votes
11. 11
    Empire of Passion 1978

    Directed by Nagisa Ōshima · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.5

    6.8 · 141 votes
12. 12
    Encounters of the Spooky Kind 1980

    Directed by Sammo Hung Kam-bo · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.5

    6.8 · 106 votes
13. 13
    The Snails 1966

    Directed by René Laloux · Streaming on Criterion Channel, MUBI
    6.5

    6.9 · 85 votes
14. 14
    Doodlebug 1997

    Directed by Christopher Nolan · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    6.5 · 510 votes
15. 15
    The Grandmother 1970

    Directed by David Lynch · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    6.6 · 193 votes
16. 16
    Matango 1963

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Criterion Channel, FlixFling, Plex
    6.4

    6.7 · 108 votes
17. 17
    The Addiction 1995

    Directed by Abel Ferrara · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Shudder, Plex
    6.4

    6.5 · 333 votes
18. 18
    Godzilla, King of the Monsters! 1956

    Directed by Terry O. Morse · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    6.5 · 294 votes
19. 19
    Carnival of Sinners 1943

    Directed by Maurice Tourneur · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    6.7 · 92 votes
20. 20
    Rodan 1956

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    6.5 · 198 votes
21. 21
    Frankenstein Conquers the World 1965

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    6.7 · 78 votes
22. 22
    Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees 1975

    Directed by Masahiro Shinoda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.4

    7.0 · 41 votes
23. 23
    Mr. Vampire III 1987

    Directed by Ricky Lau · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.3

    6.8 · 50 votes
24. 24
    The Alphabet 1969

    Directed by David Lynch · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.3

    6.4 · 261 votes
25. 25
    Emotion 1966

    Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.3

    6.8 · 40 votes
26. 26
    Dogora 1964

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Criterion Channel, FlixFling
    6.3

    6.7 · 47 votes
27. 27
    Ghost Story of Yotsuya 1959

    Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa · Streaming on Hoopla, Criterion Channel, Shudder
    6.2

    6.5 · 64 votes
28. 28
    Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You 2019

    Directed by Brandon Cronenberg · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.2

    7.4 · 14 votes
29. 29
    Mr Vampire Saga 4 1988

    Directed by Ricky Lau · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.2

    6.6 · 39 votes
30. 30
    The Blob 1958

    Directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. · Streaming on Crave, Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
    6.2

    6.2 · 698 votes
31. 31
    Space Amoeba 1970

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.2

    6.4 · 56 votes
32. 32
    Body Snatchers 1993

    Directed by Abel Ferrara · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.2

    6.2 · 507 votes
33. 33
    The War of the Gargantuas 1966

    Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel
    6.2

    6.3 · 111 votes
34. 34
    Spirits of the Dead 1968

    Directed by Federico Fellini · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.1

    6.2 · 195 votes
35. 35
    Haunted Spooks 1920

    Directed by Alfred J. Goulding · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.1

    6.4 · 41 votes
36. 36
    Return to Glennascaul 1952

    Directed by Hilton Edwards · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.1

    6.4 · 29 votes
37. 37
    Geometry 1987

    Directed by Guillermo del Toro · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.1

    6.2 · 61 votes
38. 38
    Mercy, the Mummy Mumbled 1918

    Directed by R.G. Phillips · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.1

    6.4 · 18 votes
39. 39
    Corridors of Blood 1958

    Directed by Robert Day · Streaming on Criterion Channel, FlixFling, Plex
    6.1

    6.2 · 49 votes
40. 40
    Maniac Cop 1988

    Directed by William Lustig · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel, Shudder
    6.1

    6.1 · 562 votes
41. 41
    Three Cases of Murder 1955

    Directed by David Eady · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.0

    6.1 · 29 votes
42. 42
    I Was a Teenage Serial Killer 1993

    Directed by Sarah Jacobson · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel, Fandor
    6.0

    6.1 · 21 votes
43. 43
    The Lamp 1959

    Directed by Roman Polanski · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.0

    6.0 · 43 votes
44. 44
    Poison 1991

    Directed by Todd Haynes · Streaming on Hoopla, Criterion Channel, Kino Film Collection
    6.0

    6.0 · 97 votes
45. 45
    The Shout 1978

    Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski · Streaming on Tubi TV, Criterion Channel, Plex
    6.0

    6.0 · 133 votes
46. 46
    Re-Wind 1988

    Directed by Hisayasu Satō · Streaming on Criterion Channel, Shudder, AMC+
    6.0

    5.9 · 19 votes
47. 47
    Godzilla Raids Again 1955

    Directed by Motoyoshi Oda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.0

    6.0 · 351 votes
48. 48
    Mr. Vampire II 1986

    Directed by Ricky Lau · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.0

    5.9 · 52 votes
49. 49
    Premonitions Following an Evil Deed 1995

    Directed by David Lynch · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.0

    5.9 · 35 votes
50. 50
    Black Moon 1975

    Directed by Louis Malle · Streaming on Criterion Channel
    6.0

    6.0 · 171 votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes. Streaming data by JustWatch.

1. 1
   Varan 1958

   Directed by Ishirō Honda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   6.0

   5.8 · 37 votes
2. 2
   Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell 1968

   Directed by Hajime Sato · Streaming on Criterion Channel, FlixFling
   5.9

   5.8 · 60 votes
3. 3
   Living Skeleton 1968

   Directed by Hiroshi Matsuno · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   5.9

   5.6 · 32 votes
4. 4
   Nadja 1995

   Directed by Michael Almereyda · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   5.9

   5.7 · 64 votes
5. 5
   Genocide 1968

   Directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   5.8

   5.1 · 24 votes
6. 6
   The X from Outer Space 1967

   Directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu · Streaming on Hoopla, Criterion Channel
   5.7

   5.2 · 53 votes
7. 7
   I Was a Teenage Zombie 1987

   Directed by John Elias Michalakis · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   5.7

   4.7 · 27 votes
8. 8
   First Man into Space 1959

   Directed by Robert Day · Streaming on Criterion Channel, FlixFling
   5.6

   5.1 · 59 votes
9. 9
   Equinox 1970

   Directed by Jack Woods · Streaming on Criterion Channel
   5.6

   5.1 · 79 votes