Bloody Movies: Every Single Horror Film With the Word 'Blood' In the Title

Blood. Where would horror films be without it?

Be it the spilling, the slurping, or – most commonly – the splatter of it, blood isn’t just a staple of the horror genre. It’s a narrative cornerstone, a plot device, a tried-and-tested trope; a philosophy established more than a century ago, and embedded by thousands upon thousands of films. But of course, blood is more than just a tool horror movies use to shock, berate, and terrify us – it’s something that many of these films have staked their names on.

Which led me to wonder – how many horror films contain the word ‘blood’ in their title? I wanted to find out – and the answer, quite simply, was: far more than I first anticipated.

So below, I’ve listed out every horror film with the word ‘blood’ in it, along with the briefest of commentary or synopsis to whet the whistle for the sanguine-soaked stories they have to tell. With no more than that simple aim in mind, what I ended up with was a whistle-stop history through some of horror’s finest, yet perhaps less heralded moments: from the oldest surviving werewolf movie to the first film to depict zombies as homicidal cadavers. (Hint: it’s not Night of the Living Dead.) What’s more, the list below reads like a who’s who of some of the genre’s finest filmmakers and actors – from Corman and Cushing to Karloff and Bava, and so many more – with a subject matter running the gamut from the vaguely pornographic to the unabashedly unhinged.

So read on for a picturesque, platelet-painted trip down horror’s memory lane.

There will be blood.

Wolf Blood (a.k.a Wolfblood: A Tale of the Forest) (1925)

A silent film often considered – erroneously – to be the first werewolf film ever made. It’s not – that title goes to 1913’s The Werewolf – although George Chesebro’s film is the oldest werewolf picture not considered lost.

Blood of Dracula (1957)

A black-and-white vampire yarn from American International Pictures (AIP), released as a follow-up to its hit I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957).

Blood of the Vampire (1958)

Written by Hammer Horror legend Jimmy Sangster, the plot involves a scientist using the prisoners of a hospital for the criminally insane as his own personal playground.

Corridors of Blood (1958)

A Boris Karloff vehicle about a mad scientist’s experiments with opium.

A Bucket of Blood (1959)

Roger Corman comedy horror, set in the Beatnik culture of the time, about a slow-witted waiter who inadvertently kills his landlady’s cat and ends up as an acclaimed artist – with murderous consequences.

Blood and Roses (1960)

An erotic horror shot in both English and French.

Bloodlust! (1961)

Based on the 1924 short story The Most Dangerous Game (albeit without attribution), it tells the tale of a quartet who visit a tropical island, only to become the target of a cold-blooded killer.

Doctor Blood’s Coffin (1961)

Not a high-profile one, but considered one of the first portrayals of zombies – previously only seen on screen as voodoo-controlled vessels – as reanimated, homicidal corpses.

Blood Feast (1963)

Widely considered the first splatter film in history.

Blood and Black Lace (1964)

A Mario Bava giallo that follows a masked killer stalking the models of a Roman fashion house.

Castle of Blood (1964)

Released in Italian as Danza Macabra, a journalist goes toe to toe with Poe’s tales.

Bloody Pit of Horror (1965)

Another Italian horror following a killer with models in his sights.

Color Me Blood Red (1965)

Herschell Gordon Lewis’s follow up to his 1963 effort, Blood Feast.

Illusion of Blood (1965)

A classic Japanese ghost story based on the play Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan by Nanboku Tsuruya.

Blood Bath (1966)

A mad, metamorphosing painter goes looking for love.

The Blood Drinkers (1966)

A little-known, hard-to-find vampire yarn set in the Philippines.

Queen of Blood (1966)

Also known as Planet of Blood, claimed by some to be a spiritual antecedent to Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979).

Blood of the Virgins (1967)

Argentine vampire chiller starring Ricardo Bauleo and Rolo Puente.

The Blood Demon (1967)

A German take on Poe’s The Pit and the Pendulum.

Cauldron of Blood (1968)

Spanish film starring Karloff as a blind sculptor using the bones of the dead to create art.

A Taste of Blood (1967)

A Miami businessman becomes a vampire after drinking mysterious whiskey sent from England.

The Blood Beast Terror (1968)

Starring Peter Cushing, about a spate of gruesome murders in the English countryside.

The Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1969)

Filipino horror about a doctor creating plant/person hybrids on a remote island.

Blood of Dracula’s Castle (1969)

Bloodsucking exploitation flick stars John Carradine as a waiter (not, as implied by its outlandish ad campaign, the titular count).

Night of Bloody Horror (1969)

Shot in New Orleans, about a recently-released inmate whose fugue states coincide with a series of grisly murders.

Beast of Blood (1970)

The sequel to The Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1969).

Blood Mania (1970)

Peter Carpenter directs and stars as a physician who, along with his mistress, finds himself in murderous levels of trouble.

The Blood Rose (1970)

Translatable directly into its native French as The Flayed Rose, the film follows a man attempting to restore his wife’s disfigured face back to its erstwhile beauty.

Bloodthirsty Butchers (1970)

A more modern riff on Sweeney Todd lore.

The Bloody Judge (1970)

European exploitation flick loosely based on the story of a corrupt 17th-century judge.

Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)

Faced with a vampire plague, Earth sends astronauts to space in an attempt to discover the plague’s source – and save mankind.

I Drink Your Blood (1970)

Inspired by the Charles Manson killings and spurred on by the story of a rabid pack of wolves attacking a schoolhouse in Iran, this violent hippie exploitation film has gained a cult following.

Want to know more? Check out my I Drink Your Blood (1971) review for the Talking Terror take.

Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)

Hammer Horror’s fifth Dracula yarn, and Christopher Lee’s fourth as the eponymous vampire.

A Bay of Blood (1971)

Also known as Carnage, Twitch of the Death Nerve and Blood Bath), this graphically violent giallo considered Bava’s most bloody – and one his most brilliant.

Blood and Lace (1971)

Follows an orphaned teenager after she arrives at an orphanage – an orphanage run, no less, by a cabal of sadistic child murderers.

Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971)

Adapted from Stoker’s 1903 novel The Jewel of Seven Stars, the film endured a troubled production, but emerged as one of Hammer Horror’s most acclaimed films of the 70s.

Blood of Ghastly Horror (1967)

Al Adamson and John Carradine team up again for a sci-fi spin on the then-nascent zombie genre.

The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971)

This 18th-century English folk horror tells the tale of the young residents of a rural village, who begin to change after a farmer unearths a strange skull buried beneath his field.

Blood Thirst (1971)

Also released under the titles Blood Seekers and The Horror From Beyond, this dehydrated Filipino yarn follows an American cop investigating a string of murders in a Manila nightclub.

Brain of Blood (1971)

A cerebral 70s horror, in all the ways you’d expect.

The House That Dripped Blood (1972)

An Amicus portmanteau film featuring four stories – all written by Robert Bloch, the penman behind the book Psycho (1960) was based on – and a captivating wraparound story.

Baron Blood (1972)

Mario Bava takes on the German landed gentry, with Joseph Cotten as a long-dead Baron brought back to life by one of his descendants.

Blood Freak (1972)

Hippie horror released with the tagline “A Dracula on Drugs!” You get the picture.

Blood Orgy of the She-Devils (1972)

Witchcraft, murder…perhaps not quite what it says on the tin, but close enough for government work.

The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)

Based on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s 1872 vampire novella Carmilla, it’s a film notable for its rejection of fascism, as well as its progressive treatment of sexuality and gender.

Carnival of Blood (1972)

Burt Young stars – in his feature film debut – in a film about a serial killer preying on the attendees of a small-town carnival.

The Flesh and Blood Show (1972)

A minor cult slasher about a troupe of actors who fall prey to a killer while practising a play at an abandoned seaside theatre.

Invasion of the Blood Farmers (1972)

A scientist in a small town investigates the case of a man whose blood cells have been reproducing at an impossibly rapid rate.

Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)

Not to be confused with the better-known Christmas slasher Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) – which this effort predates by over a decade – this festive horror is credited alongside Black Christmas (1974) as being one of the early progenitors of the 80s slasher wave.

Blood Orgy of the She-Devils (1973)

Strange murders begin to occur after a man and woman dabble with witchcraft.

The Legend of Blood Castle (1973)

An ageing countess is willing to go to extreme – and murderous – lengths to maintain her youth and beauty.

Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood (1973)

A surreal, low-budget fever dream where a family infiltrates a carnival to find their missing son, – only to encounter cannibalistic ghouls and psychedelic horrors await within.

Scream Bloody Murder (1973)

A disturbed young man with a hook for a hand embarks on a killing spree, targeting women who remind him of his mother.

Theatre of Blood (1973)

Vincent Price stars as a vengeful actor who murders critics in ways inspired by Shakespearean plays.​

Blood for Dracula (1974)

Also known as Andy Warhol’s Dracula, this art-house take features Udo Kier as a sickly count seeking virgin blood in Italy.​

The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe (1974)

Brazilian horror icon Coffin Joe returns in this meta-horror where the character confronts not only supernatural forces – but his own legacy, too.

God’s Bloody Acre (1975)

Three Vietnam veterans protect their land from developers, leading to a series of brutal killings in this exploitation flick.​

Lips of Blood (1975)

Jean Rollin’s dreamlike vampire tale follows a man haunted by visions of a mysterious woman and a castle from his childhood.

Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975)

A bisexual artist in Mexico indulges in a vampiric killing spree while being pursued by her equally bloodthirsty father.

Blood Bath (1976)

Not to be confused with the 1966 film, this version involves a photographer who lures models to their deaths in his acid bath.

Blood Sucking Freaks (1976)

A controversial splatter film set in a Grand Guignol-style theater where the performances are disturbingly real.

Bloodlust (1976)

A group of teenagers becomes the prey of a madman on a remote island in this loose adaptation of "The Most Dangerous Game."

Bloodrage (1979)

A maniac with a penchant for killing women with a switchblade terrorises the streets in this gritty slasher.

Blood Beach (1981)

A John Saxon vehicle in which something monstrous lurks beneath the sand, devouring beachgoers from below in this creature feature.​ (Read: It’s a killer beach.)

Bloody Moon (1981)

A Spanish giallo where a disfigured man escapes from a mental institution and resumes his killing spree at a boarding school.

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

A miner returns from the grave to wreak havoc on Valentine’s Day in this Canadian slasher classic.​

Blood Song (1982)

A young woman with a heart transplant begins experiencing visions of a serial killer’s murders in this supernatural thriller.

Blood Tide (1982)

An ancient sea creature is awakened near a Greek island, leading to a series of deadly encounters.​

Bloodbeat (1982)

A bizarre blend of slasher and supernatural, where a samurai spirit possesses a woman during a Wisconsin Christmas.​

The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982)

College students renovating a dormitory during the holidays are stalked by a mysterious killer.​

Bloodsuckers from Outer Space (1984)

Texans battle alien-infected zombies in this low-budget sci-fi horror comedy.​

Rocktober Blood (1984)

A heavy metal musician returns from the grave to torment his former bandmates in this rock-infused slasher.​

Blood Cult (1985)

One of the first shot-on-video horrors, involving a series of murders linked to a satanic cult.​

Blood Diner (1987)

Two brothers run a vegetarian restaurant as a front for their human sacrifices to an ancient goddess in this gore-filled comedy.

Blood Frenzy (1987)

A psychiatrist’s desert retreat turns deadly when a killer starts picking off her patients.​

Blood Harvest (1987)

Before Pennywise’s first on-screen appearance, Tiny Tim – whose music you’ve heard in as incongruous settings as SpongeBob SquarePants to the Insidious franchise – stars as a clown in this slasher where a young woman returns home to find her parents missing and a killer on the loose.​

Blood Hook (1987)

A fishing tournament becomes a bloodbath when a killer uses giant hooks to reel in victims.​

Blood Lake (1987)

Teenagers vacationing at a lake house are stalked by a mysterious killer in this low-budget slasher.​

Blood Rage (1987)

Twins, one institutionalised for murder, the other free, switch places during Thanksgiving, leading to a gory rampage.

Blood Sisters (1987)

Sorority sisters spend the night in a haunted brothel as part of an initiation, awakening vengeful spirits.

Bloody New Year (1987)

A group of friends stumble upon a hotel stuck in a time loop, haunted by the spirits of a 1959 New Year’s Eve party.

Bloody Wednesday (1987)

A man’s descent into madness leads to a deadly shooting spree in this psychological horror.

Blood Relations (1988)

A family reunion turns sinister as secrets and murderous intentions come to light in this Canadian thriller.

Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)

Jason Voorhees meets his match in a telekinetic teenager in this supernatural slasher installment.​

Las Vegas Bloodbath (1989)

A man goes on a killing spree after discovering his wife’s infidelity in this ultra-low-budget gorefest.

Baby Blood (1990)

A woman becomes host to a parasitic creature demanding human blood in this French body horror.​

Blood Games (1990)

Bikini-clad baseball team vs. deranged rednecks. It's like A League of Their Own (1992) meets The Hills Have Eyes (1977) – but with more cleavage and carnage.

Bloodmoon (1990)

Martial arts and serial murders collide. Picture a kung fu killer slashing through high school athletes. Peak ‘90s weirdness.

Blood Salvage (1990)

Religious nut runs a towing service that “saves” people... by harvesting their organs. A Southern-fried, body-part-stealing fever dream.

Pale Blood (1990)

A Eurotrash vampire hires a PI to catch a serial killer in this gothy, slow-burn LA noir.

Blood Massacre (1991)

Veterans on a crime spree break into a cannibal family’s home. Feels like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) – but if everyone was already unhinged from the get-go!

Blood Ties (1991)

Made-for-TV vampire mafia melodrama. If The Godfather (1972) had fangs and more fog machines.

Innocent Blood (1993)

John Landis serves up a mob-vampire horror-comedy. French vamp snacks on the mob in Pittsburgh. Weirdly charming and criminally underrated.

Subspecies II: Bloodstone (1993)

Radu’s back – and creepier than ever. Shadowy castles, sibling rivalry, and the coveted Bloodstone. Think soap opera meets Nosferatu cosplay.

Zombie Bloodbath (1993)

Nuclear plant zombies wreak havoc. Shot on video and full of grime. More sludge than substance, but weirdly watchable all the same.

Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994)

Small-town teens awaken a vengeful demon. Soggy sequel vibes, but the creature still slaps.

Subspecies 3: Bloodlust (1994)

Radu’s got serious commitment issues... and a thirst for dramatic lighting. Continues the saga with more gothic angst, but little cinematic merit.

Blood and Donuts (1995)

A Canadian vampire film about blood, donuts, and loneliness.

Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)

Pinhead... in space! The Cenobite franchise gets futuristic (and confusing), but hey – space chains! Time-hopping demons!

Tales from the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood (1996)

Dennis Miller vs. vampire hookers in a funeral home. Trashy, tacky – and very much aware of it.

The Bloody Ape (1997)

Grindhouse sleaze featuring a killer gorilla and a LOT of yelling. Barely coherent, and proudly so.

Addicted to Murder 2: Tainted Blood (1999)

Low-budget vampire serial killer sequel. Shot in smudged camcorder vision. Oddly hypnotic, if only in a basement horror sort of way.

Alien Blood (1999)

Aliens, assassins, and... a baby? Ambitious; borderline nonsensical.

Camp Blood (1999)

Clown mask. Campground. Carnage. Ultra-low budget slasher that's spawned way more sequels than you'd expect.

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)

Bat vampires + bank heist = chaotic energy. Nowhere near the original, but delivers solid B-movie fun.

Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)

Stylish anime action with a katana-wielding half-vampire. Short, slick, and surprisingly influential.

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)

A gothic anime masterpiece. Gorgeous visuals, melancholic vibes, and D’s eternal coolness. Vampires with style and sadness.

Witchcraft XI: Sisters in Blood (2000)

More covens, more cleavage, more confusion. The eleventh(!) entry somehow out-camps itself, and it's not necessarily a good thing.

Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat (2002)

Herschell Gordon Lewis returns with splatter and satire. Guts galore, zero subtlety. Come hungry.

Blood Gnome (2002)

Tiny, invisible creatures that feed on BDSM sessions. Yes, really. One of the strangest things you’ll ever watch – and, most likely, regret watching.

Bloody Mallory (2002)

French action-horror about a punk demon hunter. Campy, candy-coloured chaos. Feels like Buffy after a Red Bull bender.

Blood Sisters (2003)

Sorority initiation meets supernatural slaughter. More boobs than blood, but the ‘80s energy lingers despite the early-2000s timestamp.

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)

Jungle expedition, giant snakes, and a mythical flower. Less horror, more creature-feature schlock. Fun if your standards are low. (I, incidentally, still remember seeing this as an 11-year-old boy, when it landed in cinemas. I enjoyed it!)

Bloodsucking Redneck Vampires (2004)

Trailer park Dracula vibes. The title delivers exactly what it promises – and nothing more.

BloodRayne (2005)

The much-maligned director Uwe Boll’s vampire epic, starring a very confused-looking Kristanna Loken. Meat Loaf shows up in a sex orgy. Like Blade (1998) if it was directed by a caffeinated raccoon.

Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005)

High schoolers invoke Bloody Mary, and she’s not in the mood. A ghostly goth girl doing revenge like it’s prom night 24/7.

Blood Curse (2006)

Italian horror throwback meets modern digital fuzz. Witches, curses, and mood lighting—but mostly mood lighting.

Blood Ranch (2006)

Young folks stumble onto a desert torture house run by psychos. Ranch dressing not included.

Bloodmyth (2006)

Ancient rituals, missing teens, and some blurry camera work. Feels like a pagan-themed student film made after watching The Wicker Man (1973) too many times.

Bloody Mary (2006)

Another mirror-summoning menace, this one with extra eyeliner. Not to be confused with your brunch cocktail, though you'll wish you were drinking instead.

Drawn in Blood (2006)

Art student’s work becomes murder scenes. Giallo vibes filtered through 2006 edginess. Bonus points for pretension.

Frankenstein's Bloody Nightmare (2006)

An abstract fever dream of stitched-up flesh and VHS static. Less narrative, more vibe. Viewer discretion (and patience) advised.

Witchcraft 13: Blood of the Chosen (2006)

Thirteen! And still going! Warlocks, witches, and absurd dialogue. At this point, the franchise is basically horror’s weird uncle who lives in a van. Well…it is an unlucky number.

Blood and Chocolate (2007)

Werewolves! Romance! Euro-angst!

Blood Monkey (2007)

A professor leads students into the jungle to study killer monkeys. The monkeys are CGI nightmares. F. Murray Abraham tries to act like this is Amadeus. It’s not.

Blood Ties (2007)

Another one! This one’s a made-for-TV vampire family drama. Less gore, more melodrama. Would’ve killed on the CW.

Bloodlines (2007)

Werewolf crime drama that wants to be deep. Instead, it’s a shaggy, sloppy mess.

The Legend of Bloody Mary (2007)

Blurry ghost visuals and low-budget screaming. The legend lives on, mostly in bargain bins.

Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud (2007)

Hatfields and McCoys with a vengeance demon. Feels like an Appalachian ghost story told after six whiskeys.

Rise: Blood Hunter (2007)

Lucy Liu is a vengeful vampire slayer. Sleek but kinda sterile. Like Underworld (2003) got lost in an art gallery.

Bikini Bloodbath Car Wash (2008)

Title says it all: bikinis, blood, suds, and a killer chef. Totally, proudly, terrifically trashy.

Blood Red Earth (2008)

Short film with spooky tension and supernatural overtones. Think folklore meets grainy indie horror.

Bloodlock (2008)

A vampire gets locked in a basement. Drama ensues. Feels like someone filmed a stage play with garlic breath.

Bloodwine (2008)

Low-budget vamps, bad wigs, and community theatre-level performances. Pairs well with regret and boxed cabernet.

The Death Factory Bloodletting (2008)

Industrial grindhouse gore. Torture, grime, and screaming in an abandoned warehouse – so, Tuesday.

Black Blooded Brides of Satan (2009)

Punk rock Satanic panic. Like Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) got possessed by Lucifer and a lot of body piercings.

Blood Creek (2009)

Nazi necromancers! Horsehead masks! Joel Schumacher directs this batty occult horror with grim commitment. Surprisingly fun.

Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)

Live-action version of the anime classic. Stylised, but clunky. Has swords and slow-mo – just not much soul.

Blood Moon Rising (2009)

Werewolves, vampires, zombies, AND aliens – this one’s got it all, baby. Also has Ron Jeremy, for some reason.

A Blood Pledge (2009)

Korean high school horror where suicide pacts haunt the living. Moody, tragic, and dripping with ghostly trauma.

Blood Red Moon (2009)

Vampire romance with Twilight (2008) vibes, and a much lower budget. Everyone’s hair looks freshly flat-ironed.

Blood Ties (2009)

Yet another Blood Ties. This one’s a horror short. Are we in a timeline where all films are just variations on this title?

Bloodbath in the House of Knives (2009)

Shot-on-video ultraviolence with giallo aspirations. Lives up to its title. Bring a mop.

Book of Blood (2009)

From Clive Barker’s twisted mind. Creepy, cerebral, and full of eerie flesh-etchings. Like if a ghost story had a PhD in skin carving.

Life Blood (2009)

Lesbian vampires become immortal after meeting a glowing woman in the woods. No, really. Surprisingly heartfelt... in a confusing way.

My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009)

Pickaxes, hearts in candy boxes, and ‘80s nostalgia soaked in 3D splatter. Pure popcorn slasher joy.

Quiet Nights of Blood and Pain (2009)

Post-war trauma meets vigilante bloodletting. Shot with grit and grime, like a no-budget Taxi Driver (1976) gone berserk.

Rotkäppchen: The Blood of Red Riding Hood (2009)

Little Red becomes a sultry werewolf slayer in a surreal fairy tale remix. German gothic weirdness with a lot of eyeliner.

Blood Junkie (2010)

Retro-loving teens stumble into a chemical plant and discover a killer stuck in the '80s. Synth-heavy, VHS-filtered, gloriously dumb and magnificently lacking in purpose.

Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp (2010)

More Korean classroom carnage! This time with summer camp vibes, mystery murders, and very intense math tests.

Blood Runs Cold (2011)

A snowy, Swedish slasher with minimalist vibes and maximum gore. Like The Shining (1980) met a snowplow.

Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings (2011)

We go back to the start – because what we really needed was an origin story for inbred cannibals. Bonus: snowmobile dismemberment.

100 Bloody Acres (2012)

Aussie horror-comedy where a fertiliser company uses corpses as ingredients. Gory, funny, and shockingly charming. Think Shaun of the Dead (2004), but rural and sticky.

Blood Stained Shoes (2012)

Period Chinese horror where cursed shoes unleash supernatural wrath. Gorgeous production design with just enough red to dye a river.

Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (2012)

Catholic camp gets slashed up by a killer nun. Irreverent, offensive, and as subtle as a communion wafer in a blender.

Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines (2012)

Back to hillbilly hell, this time with Doug Bradley (Pinhead!) and a Halloween music festival gone wrong. Peak backwoods chaos.

Fright Night 2: New Blood (2013)

Not a sequel, not a remake, just… another one. Evil vampire professor seduces students in Romania.

Bloody Doll (2014)

Chinese supernatural chiller. Haunted dolls and suppressed memories—classic combo. Might make you side-eye your collectibles.

Strange Blood (2014)

Mad scientist injects himself with a parasite to become immortal. It goes exactly how you’d expect: blood, boils, and bad choices.

Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015)

Graboids go to Africa. Kevin Bacon still MIA. But there’s a flamethrower, so we forgive.

Volumes of Blood (2015)

Meta anthology set in a library where horror tropes go to die – and come back snarling. Clever, scrappy, and made by fans for fans.

Blood of the Tribades (2016)

Arthouse lesbian vampires in a Giallo-meets-Jesus hallucinogen-induced nightmare. Like if Jean Rollin got into feminist theory and glitter.

Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories (2016)

The sequel ups the ante with more blood, more stories, and a higher body count per square foot of library.

Bloodlands (2017)

Albanian horror! A family feud turns occult, and pagan blood cults emerge from the fog. Super atmospheric, kinda bleak, full Balkan bleakness bonus points.

Blood Crayons (2017)

Microbudget and surreal, with a title that sounds like a kids’ art project turned into a Lovecraftian nightmare.

Underworld: Blood Wars (2017)

Kate Beckinsale still kicking werewolf butt in vinyl. Everyone looks cold and angry. Lots of blue filters and slow-mo.

Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2018)

Another retread of Romero’s classic. This time with bad CGI zombies and weird medical ethics. Bub deserves better.

Blood Quantum (2019)

Indigenous-led zombie apocalypse where Native people are immune. Smart, bold, and politically potent. This is how you resurrect the genre.

Books of Blood (2020)

Clive Barker’s classic tales get the anthology treatment. Some strong moments, some “eh,” but always juicy with dread.

Blood Conscious (2021)

A Black family under siege at a lakeside cabin suspects a killer might be possessed—or worse. Low-key, slow-burn paranoia horror with bite.

Blood Red Sky (2021)

Hijacking + vampires + airplanes = YES. Surprisingly emotional with sharp teeth. Terror at 30,000 feet!

Kicking Blood (2021)

A vampire trying to go sober. Existential, indie, and quietly blood-soaked. Like Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), but Canadian.

Blood (2022)

A mother’s love meets vampiric infection. Grim, desperate, and packed with artery-spraying tension. Definitely not a family movie.

Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022)

A robot Santa Claus goes on a kill-crazy rampage. Neon-lit, loud, and delightfully dumb. Ho-ho-homicidal.

HollyBlood (2022)

Spanish teen horror-rom-com about a vampire fandom and mistaken identity. Sweet, silly, and just bloody enough.

All You Need is Blood (2023)

Mockumentary-style zombie flick set in Liverpool. Gory Beatles puns? Yes. Low-budget charm? Also yes.

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023)

Prequel nobody asked for, but it does have forest rituals, dead things, and David Duchovny in Maine. So, that’s something.

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023)

Your childhood nightmares have arrived. Pooh and Piglet go feral in the Hundred Acre Kill Woods. Public domain terror for the TikTok generation.

Bloodline Killer (2024)

A serial killer’s family history comes back to bite. Lifetime vibes with extra stabbings. Plot twist: it’s not the dog.

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 (2024)

Even more budget, even more honey, even more blood. Owl’s in it now. Yes, Owl. He is… not well. (For a take on what this kind of shameless re-appropriation of Pooh’s now-defunct copyright means for the wider genre at large, by the way, check out my guide to IP in horror in the year 2025 – and the double-edged sword this influx of knock-offs represents.)

Bloody Horror Movies: That's a Wrap

And, finally – that’s it. God, who knew so many horror movies would have the word ‘blood’ in the title? What’s your favourite? Any deep cuts here that’ll be making their way to your must-watch list? Let me know in the comments if so, and be sure to stick around for awhile here on Talking Terror if you liked what you saw here. My suggestion? Try my guide to the best Valentine’s Day horror movies – with a list of every horror with the word ‘love’ in the title – before brushing up on the best horror movies of 2025. Then, move onto a few individual reviews: I’m sure The Vourdalak (2023), Malum (2023), Terrifier 3 (2024), and Speak No Evil (2024) will all be sufficiently blood-soaked to hold your attention!

As always, thanks for reading. Don’t have nightmares….or do!