Perfume: The Story of a Murderer(2006)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 66

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.



Sinister(2012)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 66

Washed-up true-crime writer Ellison Oswalt finds a box of super 8 home movies that suggest the murder he is currently researching is the work of a serial killer whose work dates back to the 1960s.



Happy Death Day(2017)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 69

A college student must relive the day of her murder over and over again, in a loop that will end only when she discovers her killer's identity.



Scream 3(2000)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 66

While Sidney and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, a new Ghostface begins to terrorize them once again.



A Nightmare on Elm Street(1984)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 65

Several people are hunted by a cruel serial killer who kills his victims in their dreams. While the survivors are trying to find the reason for being chosen, the murderer won't lose any chance to kill them as soon as they fall asleep.



The Devil's Rejects(2005)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 65

The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape a vengeful police force which is not afraid of being as ruthless as their target.



The Call(2013)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 64

When a veteran 911 operator takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl's life.



Scream 2(1997)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Two years after the first series of murders, a new psychopath dons the Ghostface costume and a new string of killings begins.



Totally Killer(2023)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 66

When the infamous "Sweet Sixteen Killer" returns 35 years after his first murder spree to claim another victim, 17-year-old Jamie accidentally travels back in time to 1987, determined to stop the killer before he can start.



Mr. Brooks(2007)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.



God Bless America(2011)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 64

On a mission to rid society of its most repellent citizens, terminally ill Frank makes an unlikely accomplice in 16-year-old Roxy.



Summer of Sam(1999)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.



Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer(1986)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Henry, a drifter, commits a series of brutal murders, supposedly operating with impunity.



Natural Born Killers(1994)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 59

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.



Boston Strangler(2023)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Loretta McLaughlin was the reporter who first connected the murders and broke the story of the Boston Strangler. She and Jean Cole challenged the sexism of the early 1960s to report on the city's most notorious serial killer.



The Cell(2000)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 61

An FBI agent persuades a social worker, who is adept with a new experimental technology, to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer in order to learn where he has hidden his latest kidnap victim.



The Raven(2012)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 61

When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.



Luther: The Fallen Sun(2023)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 61

Brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther breaks out of prison to hunt down a sadistic serial killer who is terrorising London.



Freddy vs. Jason(2003)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 59

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenage population. Except this time, they're out to get each other, too.



Taking Lives(2004)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 59

An FBI profiler is called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim.




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