Download Over 80 of the Best Horror Scripts Right Now
From The Shining to Scream, Reddit user Bjiorn Black comprised a list of over 80 horror scripts to download for free. What a gem!
I came across this Reddit Screenwriting thread from Bjorn Black that had 80+ of the best horror scripts in a Google drive. This seemed like something excellent for our readers to check out.
I don't want to bog you down with a long intro, so just dive in!
Click to Read 80+ of the Best Horror Scripts!
MASTER LIST (Ordered by film release year)
1960 - PSYCHO by Joseph Stefano
1968 - NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD by George Romero and John Russo
1968 - ROSEMARY'S BABY by Roman Polanski
1973 - DON'T LOOK NOW by Allan Scott and Chris Bryant
1973 - THE EXORCIST by William Peter Blatty
1973 - THE WICKER MAN by Anthony Shaffer
1974 - THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
1975 - JAWS by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb
1976 - CARRIE by Lawrence D. Cohen
1976 - THE OMEN by David Seltzer
1977 - THE HILLS HAVE EYES by Wes Craven
1978 - HALLOWEEN by John Carpenter and Debra Hill
1978 - PIRANHA by John Sayles
1979 - ALIEN by Walter Hill and David Giler
1979 - THE BROOD by David Cronenberg
1980 - FRIDAY THE 13TH by Victor Miller and Ron Kurz
1980 - THE FOG by John Carpenter and Debra Hill
1980 - THE SHINING by Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson
1981 - AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON by John Landis
1981 - EVIL DEAD by Sam Raimi
1982 - CREEPSHOW by Stephen King
1982 - POLTERGEIST by Steven Speilberg
1982 - THE THING by Bill Lancaster
1983 - CHRISTINE by Bill Phillips
1984 - A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET by Wes Craven
1984 - CHILDREN OF THE CORN by George Goldsmith
1984 - GREMLINS by Chris Columbus
1985 - DAY OF THE DEAD by George Romero
1986 - ALIENS by James Cameron
1986 - THE FLY by Charles Edward Pogue
1987 - HELLRAISER by Clive Barker
1988 - CHILD'S PLAY by Tom Holland
1988 - MANIAC COP by Larry Cohen
1988 - THEY LIVE by Frank Armitage (John Carpenter)
1990 - JACOB'S LADDER by Bruce Joel Rubin
1990 - MISERY by William Goldman
1991 - THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS by Ted Tally
1992 - CANDYMAN by Bernard Rose
1994 - IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS by Michael De Luca
1996 - SCREAM by Kevin Williamson
1997 - MIMIC by Matt Greenberg & Guillermo del Toro
1999 - SIXTH SENSE by M. Night Shyamalan
2000 - AMERICAN PSYCHO by Mary Harron & Guinevere Turner
2000 - FINAL DESTINATION by James Wong and Glen Morgan
2001 - FRAILTY by Brent Hanley
2001 - THIRTEEN GHOSTS by Neal Marshall Stevens
2002 - 28 DAYS LATER by Alex Garland
2002 - CABIN FEVER by Eli Roth and Randy Pearlstein
2002 - THE RING by Ehren Kruger and Scott Frank
2003 - HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES by Rob Zombie
2004 - SAW by Leigh Whannell and James Wan
2004 - DAWN OF THE DEAD by James Gunn and Michael Tolkin
2004 - SHAUN OF THE DEAD by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright
2004 - THE GRUDGE by Stephen Susco
2005 - THE DEVIL'S REJECTS by Rob Zombie
2006 - PAN'S LABYRINTH by Guillermo Del Toro
2007 - THE MIST by Frank Darabont
2008 - CLOVERFIELD by Drew Goddard
2008 - THE RUINS by Scott B. Smith
2008 - THE STRANGERS by Bryan Bertino
2009 - A HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT by Adam Simon & Tim Metcalfe
2009 - DRAG ME TO HELL by Ivan Raimi & Sam Raimi
2009 - ORPHAN by David Leslie Johnson
2009 - ZOMBIELAND by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick
2010 - INSIDIOUS by Leigh Whannell
2010 - LET ME IN by Matt Reeves
2010 - THE CRAZIES by Ray Wright
2010 - TUCKER AND DALE VERSUS EVIL by Eli Craig and Morgan Jurgenson
2011 - YOU'RE NEXT by Simon Barrett
2012 - THE CABIN IN THE WOODS by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
2013 - THE CONJURING by Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes
2013 - THE PURGE by James DeMonaco
2014 - ANNABELLE by Gary Dauberman
2014 - AS ABOVE, SO BELOW by John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle
2014 - IT FOLLOWS by David Robert Mitchell
2014 - THE BADABOOK by Jennifer Kent
2015 - BONE TOMAHAWK by S. Craig Zahler
2015 - THE INVITATION by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi
2015 - THE WITCH by Robert Eggers
2016 - DON'T BREATHE by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues
2016 - LIGHTS OUT by Eric Heisserer
2016 - THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE by Ian Goldberg & Richard Naing
2017 - GET OUT by Jordan Peele
2017 - MOTHER! by Darren Aronofsky
2018 - A QUIET PLACE by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods
2018 - HEREDITARY by Ari Aster
2019 - MIDSOMMER by Ari Aster
