List of horror films of 1998
A list of horror films released in 1998.
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes | - |
| 303 Fear Faith Revenge | Somching Srisupap | Taya Rogers, Ananda Everingham, Arthit Ryu | Thailand | - | |
| Apt Pupil | Bryan Singer | Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, Bruce Davison | United States | Based on the 1982 Stephen King novel | - |
| Blade | Stephen Norrington | Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson | United States | Based on the 1970s Marvel Comics series | - |
| Bride of Chucky | Ronny Yu | Jennifer Tilly, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile, John Ritter, Alexis Arquette | United States | Fourth entry in the Child's Play film series | - |
| Carnival of Souls | Adam Grossman, Ian Kessner | Larry Miller, Shawnee Smith, Bobbie Phillips | United States | Produced by Wes Craven Remake of the 1962 film classic | - |
| Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror | Ethan Wiley | Stacy Galina, Alexis Arquette, Eva Mendes, Ahmet Zappa | United States | Direct-to-video Based loosely on a Stephen King story | - |
| The Clown at Midnight | Jean Pellerin | Christopher Plummer, Margot Kidder, Melissa Galianos | Canada | - | |
| Club Vampire | Andy Ruben | John Savage, Starr Andreef, Mariam Parris | United States | - | |
| Curse of the Puppet Master | David DeCoteau | George Peck, Emily Harrison, Marc Newburger | United States | Produced by Charles Band | - |
| Deep Rising | Stephen Sommers | Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Anthony Heald | United States | - | |
| The Dentist 2 | Brian Yuzna | Corbin Bernsen, Jillian McWhirter, Linda Hoffman, Clint Howard | United States | Written by Charles Band Sequel to The Dentist | - |
| Die Hard Dracula | Peter Horak | Bruce Glover, Denny Sachen, Kerry Dustin | United States | Low budget comedy | - |
| Dream House | Graeme Campbell | Timothy Busfield, Lisa Jakub, Brennan Elliott, Cameron Graham | United States | Television film | - |
| The Faculty | Robert Rodriguez | Clea DuVall, Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood, Famke Janssen, Jon Stewart, Piper Laurie | United States | - | |
| Fantom Kiler | Roman Nowicki | Eliza Borecka, Andrej Jass, Magda Szymborska | Poland | - | |
| Frankenstein Reborn! | Julian Breen | Jaason Simmons, Roxana Papa, Haven Paschall, Oana Stefanescu | United States, Romania | Produced in Romania by Full Moon Pictures | - |
| Halloween H20: 20 Years Later | Steve Miner | Jamie Lee Curtis, Adam Arkin, Josh Hartnett, Janet Leigh, LL Cool J, Michelle Williams | United States | Seventh film in the Halloween franchise | - |
| I Still Know What You Did Last Summer | Danny Cannon | Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Brandy, Bill Cobbs | United States, Mexico, Germany | Sequel to I Know What You Did Last Summer | - |
| I've Been Waiting for You | Christopher Leitch | Sarah Chalke, Markie Post, Soleil Moon Frye, Christian Campbell | United States | Television film Based on the 1997 Lois Duncan novel Gallows Hill | - |
| The Last Broadcast | Stefan Avalos, Lance Weiler | Stefan Avalos, Lance Weiler, David Beard, Faith Weiler, Michele Pulaski | United States | - | |
| The Minion | Jean-Marc Piché | Dolph Lundgren, Françoise Robertson, David Nerman, Roc LaFortune | Canada United States | Direct to Video | - |
| Modern Vampires | Richard Elfman | Casper Van Dien, Kim Cattrall, Udo Kier, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Rod Steiger | United States | - | |
| The Mutilation Man | Andrew Copp | Jim Van Bebber, Terek Puckett, Kristy Bowersock | United States | Includes genital mutilation and cannibalism | - |
| Nightworld: Lost Souls | Jeff Woolnough | John Savage, Barbara Sukowa, Richard Lintern | Canada | Made as a Canadian television film Filmed in Luxembourg | - |
| Phantasm IV: Oblivion | Don Coscarelli | Reggie Bannister, Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Angus Scrimm | United States | Direct to Video | - |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Dario Argento | Andrea Di Stefano, Asia Argento, Julian Sands | Hungary Italy | Based loosely on the 1910 Gaston Leroux novel Music by Ennio Morricone | - |
| The Prophecy II | Greg Spence | Christopher Walken, Brittany Murphy, Jennifer Beals, Russell Wong | United States | Direct-to-video | - |
| Psycho | Gus Van Sant | Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy, Julianne Moore, Robert Forster | United States | Remake of the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock classic | - |
| Razor Blade Smile | Jake West | Eileen Daly, David Warbeck, Christopher Adamson, Jonathan Coote, Heidi James | Premiered at a film festival | - | |
| Ring | Hideo Nakata | Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Miki Nakatani | Japan | Based on the 1991 Koji Suzuki novel Ringu Remade in America in 2002 | - |
| Shadow Builder | Jamie Dixon | Michael Rooker, Tony Todd, Shawn Thompson, Leslie Hope, Kevin Zegers | Canada | Based on a short story by Bram Stoker | - |
| Shrieker | David DeCoteau | Tanya Dempsey, Parry Shen, Jenya Lano | United States | Direct to video | - |
| Sometimes They Come Back... for More | Daniel Zelik Berk | Clayton Rohner, Damian Chapa, Jennifer O'Dell, Faith Ford, Max Perlich | United States | Sequel to Sometimes They Come Back Direct to Video Based on a Stephen King story | - |
| Spiral | Jôji Iida | Kôichi Satô, Miki Nakatani, Daisuke Ban | Japan | Sequel to Ring Based on the 1994 novel Spiral | - |
| Strangeland | John Pieplow | Dee Snider, Kevin Gage, Linda Cardellini, Elizabeth Pena, Robert Englund, Brett Harrelson | United States | Written by Dee Snider | - |
| Tale of the Mummy | Russell Mulcahy | Jason Scott Lee, Louise Lombard, Sean Pertwee, Lysette Anthony, Honor Blackman | United Kingdom United States | The European version is 27 minutes longer | |
| Talisman | David DeCoteau | Ilinca Goia, Mircea Caraman, Oana Stefanescu | United States | Produced by Charles Band | - |
| Trance | Michael Almereyda | Rachel O'Rourke, Christopher Walken, Lois Smith | United States | Direct to Video | - |
| Troublesome Night 3 | Herman Yau | Louis Koo, Simon Lui, Vincent Kok, Lee Kin-Yan, Lee Lik-Chi | Hong Kong | - | |
| Troublesome Night 4 | Herman Yau | Pauline Suen, Simon Lui, Louis Koo, Cheung Tat-Ming, Wayne Lai | Hong Kong | - | |
| Tumbling Doll of Flesh | Tamakichi Anaru | Kikurin, Yuuji Kitano, Kanako Ooba, Tamakichi Anaru | Japan | Direct-to-video Considered one of the most violent splatter films ever made | - |
| The Untold Story 2 | Andy Ng Yiu Kuen | Pauline Suen, Anthony Wong Chau Sang, Emotion Cheung, Yeung Faan | China | - | |
| Urban Legend | Jamie Blanks | Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Robert Englund, Brad Dourif | United States, Canada, France | Filmed in Toronto, Canada | - |
| Vampires | John Carpenter | James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Maximilian Schell, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith | United States | Based on the 1990 John Steakley novel | - |
| Whispering Corridors | Park Ki-Yong | Lee Mi-Yun, Park Yong-Su, Lee Yong-Nyuh | South Korea | First in a series of five films | - |
| Witchcraft X: Mistress of the Craft | Elisar Cabrera | Stephanie Beaton, Kerry Knowlton, Eileen Daly, Sean Harry, Wendy Cooper | United States | Tenth film in the WitchCraft film series Shot in England | - |