| 100% | SCANNERS | 8 | David Cronenberg’s 1981 body-horror thriller |
| 34% | PSYCHO | 6 | Horror thriller featuring a home inspired by Edward Hopper's "House by the Railroad" |
| 32% | MBUTTERFLY | 10 | 1993 David Cronenberg romantic drama |
| 32% | GORY | 4 | Like many body horror films |
| 30% | CRONENBERG | 10 | Body-horror director David who made an N.F.T. of himself kissing his own corpse |
| 30% | GONEGIRL | 8 | David Fincher thriller of 2014 |
| 30% | THEFAN | 6 | 1981 thriller about a stalker |
| 29% | OFLIES | 6 | Body __, 2008 Ridley Scott action thriller |
| 29% | OFLIES | 6 | Body __; 2008 Ridley Scott action thriller |
| 29% | RAZORSOFTHELOSTARK | 18 | 1981 thriller about bygone blade holders? |
| 29% | CUJO | 4 | 1981 Stephen King thriller |
| 29% | SHIVERS | 7 | 1975 horror film directed and written by David Cronenberg |
| 29% | THEFLY | 6 | Cronenberg sci-fi horror about buzzy insect |
| 27% | CUJO | 4 | Title dog in a 1981 thriller |
| 27% | EVIL | 4 | Classic 1981 horror film "The ___ Dead" |
| 27% | SNL | 3 | Source of David S. Pumpkins sketches |
| 27% | CUJO | 4 | 1981 thriller whose title character is a St. Bernard |
| 27% | BLOWOUT | 7 | 1981 film thriller starring John Travolta and Nancy Allen |
| 27% | VENOM | 5 | 1981 film thriller starring Klaus Kinski and Oliver Reed |
| 27% | SAMRAIMI | 8 | Horror director behind "The Evil Dead," 1981: 2 wds. |
| 27% | CAVY | 4 | S American short-tailed rodent with a stocky body |
| 27% | PANIC | 5 | "___ Room," 2002 thriller directed by David Fincher |
| 27% | EVILDEAD | 8 | The —, 1981 horror film starring Bruce Campbell |
| 27% | EVIL | 4 | The —, 1981 horror film starring Bruce Campbell |
| 26% | BODYHEAT | 8 | 1981 thriller starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner (2 wds.) |
| 26% | DIVA | 4 | 1981 thriller featuring Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez in the title role |
| 26% | PUTTNAM | 7 | David —, Oscar-winning producer of 1981 drama Chariots of Fire |
| 26% | MULHOLLANDDRIVE | 15 | Title locale in a 2001 David Lynch thriller |