| 100% | BARBARIAN | 9 | 2022 horror movie whose plot involves a double-booked Airbnb |
| 49% | ARGO | 4 | Hit 2012 movie whose plot involves a plan to make a movie |
| 40% | CHESS | 5 | Musical whose plot involves a two-person tournament |
| 39% | SMILE | 5 | 2022 horror movie about a creepy facial expression |
| 36% | THECAR | 6 | 1977 horror movie whose title villain is a Lincoln Continental Mark III |
| 35% | MEN | 3 | 2022 horror movie that ends with a chain of male births |
| 34% | OMEN | 4 | "The First ___" (upcoming horror movie involving a church in Rome) |
| 31% | DAHL | 4 | Author Roald whose book "The BFG" was made into a 2016 movie |
| 31% | NOPE | 4 | 2022 horror movie starring Keke Palmer |
| 31% | TALKTOME | 8 | 2022 horror movie about contacting spirits |
| 31% | FIFTYSHADES | 11 | Erotic trilogy whose first book is being adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ELM | 3 | Tree whose name is a part of a horror movie title |
| 29% | MEN | 3 | 2022 horror movie that features Rory Kinnear in multiple roles |
| 29% | MIA | 3 | Actress Goth of the 2022 horror movie "X" |
| 29% | SAW | 3 | Horror movie named for a tool |
| 28% | THEGRUDGE | 9 | 2004 horror movie whose villain is the ghost Kayako Saeki |
| 27% | MENU | 4 | "The ___" (2022 Ralph Fiennes horror movie set at a restaurant) |
| 27% | SAW | 3 | 2004 horror movie named for a tool |
| 27% | KILLER | 6 | Horror movie villain, often a "serial" one |
| 27% | CUJO | 4 | 1983 horror movie based on a Stephen King book and featuring a rabid dog that was set largely in one location, the Trenton family home |
| 27% | INON | 4 | Involved with, as a plot |
| 27% | NOPE | 4 | 2022 horror film whose poster depicts the characters looking up |
| 27% | THEMENU | 7 | 2022 horror-comedy movie starring Anya Taylor-Joy: 2 wds. |
| 27% | PSYCHO | 6 | 1960 horror movie with a famous shower scene |
| 27% | SCREAM | 6 | 1996 horror movie about a killer named Ghostface |
| 27% | TWIST | 5 | Plot ___ (unexpected development in a movie) |
| 27% | NOPE | 4 | 2022 movie about a menacing UFO |
| 27% | NOPE | 4 | 2022 horror movie where horse-wrangling siblings try to survive an alien abduction and Hollywood |
| 26% | BOOGEYMAN | 9 | 2005 horror movie about a monster in the closet |
| 26% | OLD | 3 | M. Night Shyamalan horror movie set on a beach |