| The Dark Tower | Nikolaj Arcel | United States |
| Jailangkung | Rizal Mantovani, Jose Poernomo | Indonesia |
| Alien: Covenant | Ridley Scott | United Kingdom, United States |
| Get Out | Jordan Peele | Japan, United States |
| Shin Godzilla | Hideaki Anno | Japan, United States |
| Berlin Syndrome | Cate Shortland | Australia |
| The Girl on the Train | Tate Taylor | United States |
| Blair Witch | Adam Wingard | United States |
| Raaz 4 | Vikram Bhatt | India |
| Ghosthunters | Pearry Teo | United States |
| The Conjuring 2 | James Wan | United States |
| Shelley | Ali Abbasi | Sweden, Denmark |
| Little Dead Rotting Hood | Jared Cohn | United States |
| FortySix | Harley Coleman, Roe Hyung-Joon | United States |
| Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension | Gregory Plotkin | United States |
| Stonehearst Asylum | Brad Anderson | United States |
| Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! | Anthony C. Ferrante | United States |
| Creep | Patrick Brice | United States |
| The Grave Dust | Ikechukwu Onyeka | Nigeria |
| Geomeunson | Park Jae-Sik | South Korea |
| The Man in the Orange Jacket | Aik Karapetian | Estonia, Latvia |
| The Woman in Black: Angel of Death | Tom Harper | United Kingdom, Canada |
| Hansel vs. Gretel | Ben Demaree | United States |
| Rec 4: Apocalypse | Jaume Balagueró | Spain |
| The Possession of Michael King | David Jung | United States |
| Sharknado 2: The Second One | Anthony C. Ferrante | United States |
| Happy Camp | Josh Anthony | United States |
| Wer | William Brent Bell | United States |
| Curse of Chucky | Don Mancini | United States |
| Insidious: Chapter 2 | James Wan | Canada, United States |
| Gravity | Alfonso Cuarón | United Kingdom, United States |
| Sharknado | Anthony C. Ferrante | United States |
| Dark Touch | Marina de Van | France, Ireland, Sweden |
| A Haunted House | Michael Tiddes | United States |
| The Complex | Hideo Nakata | Japan |
| 12/12/12 | Jared Cohn | United States |
| Dracula 3D | Dario Argento | France, Spain, Italy |
| The Raven | James McTeigue | United States |
| A Perfect Getaway | — | United States |
| Resident Evil: Retribution | Paul W. S. Anderson | Canada, Germany, United States |
| Deranged | Park Jung-woo | South Korea |
| Sleep Tight | Jaume Balagueró | Spain, Mexico |
| Thale | Aleksander L. Nordaas | Norway |
| The Darkest Hour | Chris Gorak | Russia, United States |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | David Fincher | United States, Sweden |
| The Thing | Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. | Canada, United States |
| Mega Piranha | Eric Forsberg, Stuart Gillard | United States, Mexico |
| Super 8 | J. J. Abrams | United States |