# List of horror films of 2012

A list of horror films released in 2012.
Horror films released in 2012 :
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes |
| 100 Bloody Acres | Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes | Damon Herriman, Angus Sampson, Anna McGahan | Australia | Horror comedy |
| 2-Headed Shark Attack | Christopher Douglas Olen Ray | Brooke Hogan, Lauren Perez, Carmen Electra | United States | |
| 3AM 3D | Patchanon Thammajira, Kirati Nak-intanon, Issara Nadee | Focus Jeerakul, Toni Rakkaen, Chakhrit Yamnam | Thailand | |
| 9・9・81 | Various | Patitta Attayatamavitaya, Setthasitt Limkasidej, Thiti Vetchabul | Thailand | |
| 12/12/12 | Jared Cohn | Sara Malakul Lane, Jesus Guevara, Steve Hanks | United States | |
| 1920: Evil Returns | Bhushuan Patel | | India | |
| The ABCs of Death | Various | Joshua Diolosa, Erik Audé | United States | |
| The Amazing Adventures of the Living Corpse | Justin Paul Ritter | Michael Vittar, Marshall Hilton, Ryan McGivern | United States | Animated zombie film |
| American Mary | Jen and Sylvia Soska | Katharine Isabelle, Tristan Risk | Canada United States | |
| Apartment 143 | Carles Torrens | Kai Lennox, Gia Mantegna, Fiona Glascott | Spain | |
| Awake in the Woods | Nicholas Boise | Theresa Galeani, Keith Collins, Madelaine Kemp | United States | |
| Bait | Kimble Rendall | Xavier Samuel, Sharni Vinson, Adrian Pang | Australia Singapore | |
| The Barrens | Darren Lynn Bousman | Stephen Moyer, Mia Kirshner, Allie MacDonald | Canada United States | |
| The Battery | Jeremy Gardner | Niels Bolle, Adam Cronheim, Alana O'Brien | United States | |
| The Bay | Barry Levinson | Nansi Aluka, Christopher Denham, Stephen Kunken | United States | |
| Berberian Sound Studio | Peter Strickland | Toby Jones, Antonio Mancino, Fatma Mohamed | United Kingdom | |
| Bhoot Returns | Ram Gopal Varma | | India | |
| Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes | Corey Grant | Drew Rausch, Rich McDonald, Ashley Wood | United States | |
| Blood Stained Shoes | Raymond Yip | Ruby Lin, Kara Hui, Monica Mok | China | |
| Bloody Bloody Bible Camp | Vito Trabuco | Reggie Bannister, Tim Sullivan, Ron Jeremy | United States | |
| Bunshinsaba | An Byung-ki | Mei Ting, Guo Jingfei, Wu Chao | China | |
| The Cabin in the Woods | Drew Goddard | Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison | United States | |
| Chernobyl Diaries | Brad Parker | Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski, Devin Kelley | United States | |
| Citadel | Ciaran Foy | Aneurin Barnard, Amy Shiels, Wunmi Mosaku | United Kingdom | |
| Cockneys vs Zombies | Matthias Hoene | | United Kingdom | Horror comedy |
| The Cohasset Snuff Film | Edward Payson | Stephen Wu | United States | |
| The Collection | Marcus Dunstan | Emma Fitzpatrick, Josh Stewart, Christopher McDonald | United States | |
| Cross Bearer | Adam Ahlbrant | J.D. Brown, Isaac Williams, Natalie Jean | United States | |
| Dark Flight | Issara Nadee | Marsha Vadhanapanich, Peter Knight, Patcharee Tubthong | Thailand | |
| Dark Shadows | Tim Burton | Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter | United States | |
| Dark Tide | John Stockwell | Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez | United States | |
| Dead Before Dawn | April Mullen | Devon Bostick, Martha MacIsaac, Christopher Lloyd | Canada | Horror comedy |
| Dead Sushi | Noboru Iguchi | Rina Takeda, Shigeru Matsuzaki, Kentaro Shimazu | Japan | |
| The Death is Here | David Kuan | He Dujuan, Zak Di, Wang Yi | China | |
| Decay | Luke Thompson | Zoë Hatherell, Tom Procter, Stewart Martin-Haugh, Sara Mahmoud, William P.Martin | United Kingdom | |
| The Devil Inside | William Brent Bell | Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth | United States | |
| Dracula 3D | Dario Argento | Thomas Kretschmann, Asia Argento, Marta Gastini | Italy Spain France | |
| Elfie Hopkins | Ryan Andrews | Jaime Winstone, Aneurin Barnard, Rupert Evans | United Kingdom | Horror comedy |
| Evil Head | Doug Sakmann | | United States | |
| Excision | Richard Bates, Jr. | Annalynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter | United States | |
| Foreclosure | Richard Ledes | Bill Raymond, Michael Imperioli, Spencer List | United States | |
| Found | Scott Schirmer | Louie Lawless, Phyllis Munro, Ethan Philbeck | United States | |
| Frankenweenie | Tim Burton | Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau | United States | Animated film |
| Gallowwalkers | Andrew Goth | Wesley Snipes, Kevin Howarth, Riley Smith | United States | |
| Ghost Day | Thanit Jitnukul, Titipong Chaisati, Sorathep Vetwongsatip | Apisit Opasaimlikit, Pimradapa Wright, Padong Songsang | Thailand | |
| The Ghost Tales | Tso Shih-chiang | River Huang, Lorene Ren, Lee Yi-chieh, Wu Pong-fong, Tsai Chen-nan, James Wen | Taiwan | Fantasy horror |
| Grabbers | Jon Wright | Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey | United Kingdom | |
| Grave Encounters 2 | John Poliquin | Richard Harmon, Leanne Lapp, Dylan Playfair | United States | |
| Harpoon | Zhou Yaowu | Monika Mok, Hu Bing, Wang Shuangbao | China | |
| Haunted Poland | Pau Masó | Ewelina Lukaszewska, Pau Masó, Irene Gonzalez | Spain Poland | |
| Hellbenders | J. T. Petty | Clancy Brown, Clifton Collins Jr., Andre Royo | United States | Horror comedy |
| Horror Stories | Im Dae-woong, Jeong Beom-Sik, Hong Ji-young, Kim Sun, Kim Gok | | South Korea | |
| John Dies at the End | Don Coscarelli | Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti | United States | Horror comedy |
| Killer Kart | James Feeney | Ray Bouchard, Christine Alicia Rodriguez, Elly Schaefer | United States | |
| The Lords of Salem | Rob Zombie | Sheri Moon Zombie, Ernest Thomas, Jeff Daniel Phillips | United States | |
| Lovely Molly | Eduardo Sanchez | Alexandra Holden, Johnny Lewis | United States | |
| Maniac | Franck Khalfoun | Elijah Wood, Megan Duffy, Nora Arnezeder | France United States | |
| Modus Anomali | Joko Anwar | Rio Dewanto, Hannah Al Rashid, Izzi Isman | Indonesia | |
| Nightmare | Herman Yau | Fiona Sit, Huang Xuan, Zhou Chuchu | China | |
| No One Lives | Ryuhei Kitamura | Luke Evans, Adelaide Clemens, Lee Tergesen | United States | |
| The Pact | Nicholas McCarthy | Caity Lotz, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Haley Hudson | United States | |
| Painless | Juan Carlos Medina | Tomas Lemarquis, Juan Diego, Alex Brendemühl | France Portugal Spain | |
| Paranormal Activity 4 | Henry Josst, Ariel Schulman | Kathryn Newton | United States | |
| ParaNorman | Sam Fell, Chris Butler | Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick | United States | Animated film |
| Piranha 3DD | John Gulager | Danielle Panabaker, Matthew Bush, Chris Zylka | United States | |
| The Possession | Ole Bornedal | Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Natasha Calis | United States | |
| Prometheus | Ridley Scott | Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron | United States | Science fiction horror |
| Raaz 3 | Vikram Bhatt | Bipasha basu, Imran Hashmi, Esha Gupta | India | |
| Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead | Naoyuki Tomomatsu | Arisu Ozawa, Asami, Yui Aikawa | Japan | |
| REC 3: Genesis | Paco Plaza | Diego Martín, Leticia Dolera, Javier Botet | Spain | |
| Resolution | Justin Benson, Aaron Scott Moorhead | Peter Cilella, Vinny Curran, Zahn McClarnon | United States | |
| Sadako 3D | Tsutomu Hanabusa | | Japan | |
| Scary or Die | Bob Badway | Domiziano Arcangeli, Corbin Bleu, Bill Oberst Jr. | United States | |
| Shackled | Upi Avianto | Abimana Aryasatya, Imelda Therinne, Laudya Chintya Bella | Indonesia | |
| Silent Hill: Revelation 3D | Michael J. Bassett | Adelaide Clemens, Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell | Canada France | |
| Silent House | Chris Kentis, Laura Lau | Elizabeth Olsen | United States | |
| Silent Night | Steven C. Miller | Malcolm McDowell, Jaime King, Donal Logue, Ellen Wong, Brendan Fehr | United States | Slasher |
| The Sleeping Soul | Shawn Burkett | Ayse Howard, Corey A. Thrush | United States | Supranatural |
| Sinister | Scott Derrickson | Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, James Ransone | United States | |
| Smiley | Michael J. Gallagher | Caitlin Gerard, Melanie Papalia, Shane Dawson | United States | |
| Stitches | Conor McMahon | Ross Noble, Tommy Knight | Ireland | |
| Storage 24 | Johannes Roberts | Noel Clarke, Colin O'Donoghue, Antonia Campbell-Hughes | United Kingdom | |
| Terror Hotel | Laizhi Zheng | | China | |
| ThanksKilling 3 | Jordan Downey | Dan Usaj, Joe Hartzler, Marc M. | United States | |
| Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles | Erik Matti | Dingdong Dantes, Joey Marquez, Lovi Poe | Philippines | |
| Underworld: Awakening | Mans Marlind, Bjorn Stein | Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy | United States | |
| V/H/S | Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg | Joe Swanberg, Adam Wingard, Sophia Takal | United States | |
| The Woman in Black | James Watkins | Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer | Canada United Kingdom | |
| When the Lights Went Out | Pat Holden | Steve Waddington, Kate Ashfield, Tasha Connor, Craig Parkinson, Gary Lewis, Martin Compston, Hannah Clifford | United Kingdom | |
| Where the Dead Go to Die | Jimmy ScreamerClauz | Ruby Larocca, Brandon Slage, Joey Smack | United States | Animated film |
| Would You Rather | David Guy Levy | Jeffrey Combs, Brittany Snow, Sasha Grey | United States | |
| Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines | Declan O'Brien | Doug Bradley, Camilla Arfwedson, Simon Ginty, Roxanne McKee, Paul Luebke, Oliver Hoare, Kyle Redmond Jones | United States | Slasher |