# List of horror films of 1996

A list of horror films released in 1996.
Horror films released in 1996 :
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes |
| Aatank (translation: Terror) | Prem Lalwani | Dharmendra, Vinod Mehra, Hema Malini, Amjad Khan | India | |
| Amityville Dollhouse | Steve White | Robin Thomas, Starr Andreeff, Allen Cutler | United States | Direct-to-video |
| Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Don Escudero | Angelu De Leon, Rica Peralejo, Bobby Andrews, Michael Flores, Red Sternberg, Raven Villanueva, Lee Robin Salazar, Onemig Bondoc | Philippines | |
| Bad Moon | Eric Red | Mariel Hemingway, Michael Paré, Mason Gamble | United States | |
| Bangis | Philip Ko, Rogelio Salvador | Jasmin Reyes | Philippines | |
| Carnosaur 3: Primal Species | Jonathan A. Winfrey | Scott Valentine, Janet Gunn, Rick Dean | United States | |
| Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering | Greg Spence | Naomi Watts, Karen Black, William Windom | United States | Direct-to-video |
| The Craft | Andrew Fleming | Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True | United States | |
| Dead of Night (a.k.a. Dark Hunger) | Kristoffer Tabori | Diana Frank, Paul Winfield, Tanya Newbould, Robert Knepper, Alex Rocco | United States | |
| The Dentist | Brian Yuzna | Corbin Bernsen, Linda Hoffman, Molly Hagan | United States | |
| Don't Look Up | Hideo Nakata | Yurei Yanagi, Yasuyo Shirashima, Kei Ishibashi | Japan | |
| Ebola Syndrome | Herman Yau | Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Fui-On Shing, Yeung-ming Wan | Hong Kong | |
| Eko eko azaraku II | Shimako Sato | Kimika Yoshino, Akira Otano, Miho Fukuya | Japan | |
| The Frighteners | Peter Jackson | Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, Dee Wallace Stone, John Astin, Jeffrey Combs | New Zealand United States | |
| Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo | Tom Chaney | Ron Asheton, Lori Baker, Devlin Burton | United States | Horror comedy |
| From Dusk Till Dawn | Robert Rodriguez | George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Quentin Tarantino | United States | |
| Goblet of Gore | Andreas Schnaas | Bela B., Vivian Giaretti, Per Gilomen | Germany | |
| Head of the Family | Charles Band | Blake Bailey, Bob Schott, J.W. Perra | United States | |
| Hellraiser: Bloodline | Alan Smithee, Kevin Yagher | Bruce Ramsay, Valentina Vargas, Doug Bradley | United States | |
| Impakto | Don Escudero | Gelli De Belen, Antonio Aquitania | Philippines | |
| Leprechaun 4: In Space | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Warwick Davis, Rebekah Carlton, Brent Jasmer, Jessica Collins, Guy Siner | United States | |
| Licántropo | Francisco Rodríguez Gordillo | Paul Naschy, Amparo Muñoz, Antonio Pica | Spain | |
| Life Among the Cannibals | Harry Bromley Davenport | Juliet Landau, Wings Hauser, Bette Ford | United States | |
| Night Hunter | Rick Jacobson | Don Wilson, Maria Ford | United States | |
| Pinocchio's Revenge | Kevin Scannell | Candace McKenzie, Lewis Van Bergen, Ivan Gueron | United States | |
| Polymorph | J. R. Bookwalter | James L. Edwards, Jennifer Huss, Michael Ruso, Ariauna Albright | United States | |
| Scream | Wes Craven | Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich, Drew Barrymore, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Jamie Kennedy | United States | |
| Tales from the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood | Gilbert Adler | Dennis Miller, Erika Eleniak, Angie Everhart | United States | |
| Thinner | Tom Holland | Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney | United States | Based on the 1984 Stephen King novel |
| Tremors II: Aftershocks | S. S. Wilson | Fred Ward | United States | Direct-to-video |
| Trilogy of Terror II | Dan Curtis | Lysette Anthony, Geraint Wyn Davies, Matt Clark | United States | Television film |
| The Uninvited | Larry Shaw | Sharon Lawrence, Shirley Knight, Beau Bridges, Emily Bridges | United States | Television Movie Based on a true story |
| Vampirella | Jim Wynorski | Talisa Soto, Roger Daltrey, Tom Deters, Angus Scrimm | United States | Presented by Roger Corman Based on the 1969 comic book series |
| Witchcraft VIII: Salem's Ghost | Joseph John Barmettler | Kim Kopf, Jack Valan, David Jean Thomas | United States | |