The 10 Best Techno-Horror Movies, Ranked
1.The Matrix (1999) – A game-changer that blends cyberpunk elements and horror to question reality as we know it.
2.Videodrome (1983) – A sleazy TV channel owner discovers a broadcast signal featuring extreme violence and torture that becomes disturbingly surreal.
3.eXistenZ (1999) – A virtual reality game designer on the run finds that the lines between game and reality blur into a terrifying experience.
4.Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) – A nightmarish take on technology’s invasive force as a man transforms into metal in this cult Japanese cyber-horror.
5.Pulse (2001) – Known in Japan as “Kairo,” this film explores isolation in the digital age, leading to an apocalyptic vision fueled by ghosts in the machine.
6.The Fly (1986)- While not strictly about computers, Cronenberg’s classic tells of a scientist whose teleportation experiment fuses him with a housefly, exploring technological hubris with body horror effects.
7.The Signal (2014) – Three friends on a road trip to track down a hacker find themselves drawn into a nightmarish scenario where nothing is as it seems.
8.Upgrade (2018) – After an accident leaves him paralyzed, the protagonist agrees to an experimental procedure that grants him superhuman abilities but has horrific consequences.
9.Demon Seed (1977) – An artificial intelligence imprisons the inventor’s wife and seeks to impregnate her, merging technology with biological horror.
10.Unfriended (2014) – A group of friends becomes terrorized by an unseen figure online seeking revenge in real-time, showing how horror can unfold entirely on a computer screen.