Criteria: These are the Greatest Horror Movies chosen for their influence, impact, innovation to the genre, cultural significance, critical acclaim and popularity. Note: Sci-Fi Horror is on the Sci-Fi list. Title - (Year, Director)
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Last Updated: 2021-06-12
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Greatest Horror Movies
Title - (Year, Director)
1. Psycho - (1960, Alfred Hitchcock) 2. Nosferatu - (1922, F.W. Murnau) 3. Night of the Living Dead - (1968, George A. Romero) 4. The Exorcist - (1973, William Friedkin) 5. Peeping Tom - (1960, Michael Powell) 6. Jaws - (1975, Steven Spielberg) 7. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - (1920, Robert Wiene) 8. Vampyr - (1932, Carl Dreyer) 9. Halloween - (1978, John Carpenter) 10. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - (1974, Tobe Hooper) 11. The Mask of Satan (a.k.a Black Sunday) - (1960, Mario Bava) 12. Alien - (1979, Ridley Scott) 13. The Shining - (1980, Stanley Kubrick) 14. Don't Look Now - (1973, Nicholas Roeg) 15. Dawn of the Dead - (1978, George A. Romero) 16. Rosemary's Baby - (1968, Roman Polanski) 17. Suspiria - (1977, Dario Argento) 18. Bride of Frankenstein - (1935, James Whale) 19. Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn - (1987, Sam Raimi) 20. Evil Dead - (1981, Sam Raimi) 21. Frankenstein - (1931, James Whale) 22. A Nightmare on Elm Street - (1984, Wes Craven) 23. Blood and Black Lace - (1964, Mario Bava) 24. Horror of Dracula - (1958, Terence Fisher) 25. The Thing - (1982, John Carpenter)
26. Carrie - (1976, Brian De Palma) 27. The Wicker Man - (1973, Robin Hardy) 28. An American Werewolf in London - (1981, John Landis) 29. Eyes Without a Face - (1960, Georges Franju) 30. Aliens - (1986, James Cameron) 31. Profondo Rosso (a.k.a Deep Red) - (1975, Dario Argento) 32. White Zombie - (1932, Victor Halperin) 33. The Pit and the Pendulum - (1960, Roger Corman) 34. The Silence of the Lambs - (1991, Jonathan Demme) 35. Braindead - (a.k.a Dead Alive)(1992, Peter Jackson) 36. The Birds - (1963, Alfred Hitchcock) 37. Friday the 13th - (1980, Sean S. Cunningham) 38. The Witchfinder General - (1968, Michael Reeves) 39. Cannibal Holocaust - (1980, Ruggero Deodato) 40. The Blair Witch Project - (1999, Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez) 41. Zombi 2 (a.k.a Zombie Flesh Eaters) - (1979, Lucio Fulci) 42. Les Diaboliques - (1955, Henri-Georges Clouzet) 43. The Omen - (1976, Richard Donner) 44. Black Christmas - (1974, Bob Clark) 45. The Haunting - (1963, Robert Wise) 46. The Fly - (1986, David Cronenberg) 47. The Curse of the Cat People - (1944, Robert Wise & Gunther von Fritsch) 48. The Devil Rides Out - (1968, Terence Fisher) 49. Bay of Blood (a.k.a Twitch of the Death Nerve) - (1971, Mario Bava) 50. Dracula - (1931, Todd Browning)
51. Night of the Demon - (1957, Jacques Tourneur) 52. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer - (1986, John McNaughton) 53. Day of the Dead - (1985, George A. Romero) 54. Re-Animator - (1985, Stuart Gordon) 55. The Vanishing (a.k.a Spoorloos) - (1988, George Sluizer) 56. Ring - (2002, Gore Verbinski) 57. Saw - (2004, James Wan) 58. Invasion of the Body Snatchers - (1956, Don Seigel) 59. Village of the Damned - (1960, Wolf Rilla) 60. Black Sabbath - (1963, Mario Bava) 61. Audition - (1999, Takashi Miike) 62. Nosferatu the Vampyre - (1979, Werner Herzog) 63. Army of Darkness - (a.k.a Evil Dead III)(1993, Sam Raimi) 64. The Innocents - (1961, Jack Clayton) 65. The Amityville Horror - (1979, Stuart Rosenberg) 66. Brain Damage - (1988, Frank Henenlotter) 67. Misery - (1990, Rob Reiner) 68. Basket Case - (1982, Frank Henenlotter) 69. The Thing from Another World - (1951, Christian Nyby) 70. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage - (1970, Dario Argento) 71. The Fog - (1980, John Carpenter) 72. The Curse of Frankenstein - (1957, Terence Fisher) 73. The Beyond - (1981, Lucio Fulci) 74. House of Wax - (1953, Andre De Toth) 75. The Last House On The Left - (1972, Wes Craven)
76. The Hound of the Baskervilles - (1959, Terence Fisher) 77. The Return of the Living Dead - (1985, Dan O'Bannon) 78.The Conjuring - (2013, James Wan) 79. The Plague of the Zombies - (1966, John Gilling) 80. The Girl Who Knew Too Much - (1963, Mario Bava) 81. Martin - (1977, George A. Romero) 82. The Howling - (1981, Joe Dante) 83. The Exorcist III - (1990, William Peter Blatty) 84. Scream - (1996, Wes Craven) 85. The Phantom of the Opera - (1925, Rupert Julian) 86. Tenebre - (1982, Dario Argento) 87. Salem's Lot - (1979, Tobe Hooper) 88. Dellamorte Dellamore (a.k.a Cemetery Man) - (1994, Michele Soavi) 89. [REC] - (2007, Jaume Balaguero & Paco Plaza) 90. Shivers - (1975, David Cronenberg) 91. Dead Ringers - (1988, David Cronenberg) 92. In the Mouth of Madness - (1994, John Carpenter) 93. The Descent - (2005, Neil Marshall) 94. Bad Taste - (1987, Peter Jackson) 95. Poltergeist - (1982, Tobe Hooper) 96. Nightmare City (aka City of the Walking Dead) - (1980, Umberto Lenzi) 97. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (aka The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue) - (1974, Jorge Grau) 98. The Abominable Dr. Philbes - (1971, Robert Fuest) 99. Phantasm - (1979, Don Coscarelli) 100. 28 Days Later... - (2002, Danny Boyle)
Top 15 Horror Directors
Compiled by: MarginWalker
1. Mario Bava (Black Sunday) 2. George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead) 3. Terence Fisher (Horror of Dracula) 4. Dario Argento (Suspiria) 5. John Carpenter (Halloween) 6. Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street) 7. David Cronenberg (The Fly) 8. James Whale (Frankenstein) 9. Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho) 10. Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) 11. Roman Polanski (Rosemary's Baby) 12. William Castle (13 Ghosts) 13. Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead) 14. Tod Browning (Freaks) 15. Lucio Fulci (Zombi)
10 Best Horror Movies of 2020
1. Relic - (Natalie Erika James) (Robyn Nevin, Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote) 2. The Invisible Man - (Leigh Whannell) (Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen) 3. Possessor - (Brandon Cronenberg) (Andrea Riseborough, Jennifer Jason Leigh) 4. The Lodge - (Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz) (Riley Keough, Lia McHugh) 5. Gretel & Hansel - ( Oz Perkins) (Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, Alice Krige) 6. The Rental - (Dave Franco) (Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Sheila Vand) 7. We Summon the Darkness - (Marc Meyers) (Alexandra Daddario, Keean Johnson) 8. The Wretched - (Brett PierceDrew T. Pierce) (John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda) 9. You Should Have Left - (David Koepp) (Kevin Bacon, Amanda Seyfried) 10. Beneath Us - (Max Pachman) (Lynn Collins, Rigo Sanchez, Josue Aguirre)
10 Best Horror Movies of 2019
1. The Lighthouse - (Robert Eggers) (Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman) 2. Midsommar - (Ari Aster) (Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren) 3. Us - (Jordan Peele) (Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss) 4. Ready or Not - (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett) (Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien) 5. Doctor Sleep - (Mike Flanagan) (Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran) 6. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - (André Øvredal) (Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza) 7. The Perfection - (Richard Shepard) (Allison Williams, Steven Weber, Alaina Huffman) 8. The Hole In The Ground - (Lee Cronin) (Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, Kati Outinen) 9. Crawl - (Alexandre Aja) (Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark) 10. It: Chapter Two - (Andy Muschietti) (Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader)
10 Best Horror Movies of 2018
1. Hereditary - (Ari Aster) (Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne) 2. Mandy - (Panos Cosmatos) (Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache) 3. A Quiet Place - (John Krasinski) (Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds) 4. Apostle - (Gareth Evans) (Dan Stevens, Richard Elfyn, Paul Higgins) 5. Suspiria - (Luca Guadagnino) (Chloë Grace Moretz, Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson) 6. The Endless - (Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead) (Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead) 7. Halloween - (David Gordon Green) (Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak) 8. Cam - (Daniel Goldhaber) (Madeline Brewer, Patch Darragh, Melora Walters) 9. Unfriended: Dark Web - (Stephen Susco) (Colin Woodell, Stephanie Nogueras, Betty Gabriel) 10. The Clovehitch Killer - (Duncan Skiles) (Charlie Plummer, Dylan McDermott, Samantha Mathis)
10 Best Horror Movies of 2017
1. It - (Andy Muschietti) (Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard) 2. Get Out - (Jordan Peele) (Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford) 3. Annabelle: Creation - (David F. Sandberg) (Anthony LaPaglia, Samara Lee, Miranda Otto) 4. Gerald's Game - (Mike Flanagan) (Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Chiara Aurelia) 5. Split - (M. Night Shyamalan) (James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson) 6. Raw - (Julia Ducournau) (Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella) 7. The Ritual - (David Bruckner) (Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier) 8. Still/Born - (Brandon Christensen) (Christie Burke, Jesse Moss, Rebecca Olson ) 9. 47 Meters Down - (Johannes Roberts) (Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine) 10. Leatherface - (Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury) (Finn Jones, Lili Taylor, Stephen Dorff)
10 Best Horror Movies of 2016
1. Under the Shadow - (Babak Anvari) (Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi) 2. 10 Cloverfield Lane - (Dan Trachtenberg) (John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead) 3. Evolution - (Lucile Hadzihalilovic) (Max Brebant, Roxane Duran, Julie-Marie Parmentier) 4. The Love Witch - (Anna Biller) (Samantha Robinson, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Laura Waddell) 5. Train to Busan - (Sang-ho Yeon) (Yoo Gong, Soo-an Kim, Yu-mi Jung) 6. Don't Breathe - (Fede Alvarez) (Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette) 7. The Monster - (Bryan Bertino) (Zoe Kazan, Ella Ballentine, Aaron Douglas) 8. The Autopsy of Jane Doe - (André Øvredal) ( Emile Hirsch, Brian Cox, Ophelia Lovibond) 9. The Eyes of My Mother - (Nicolas Pesce) ( Kika Magalhaes, Will Brill, Olivia Bond) 10. Shelley - (Ali Abbasi) (Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Cosmina Stratan, Björn Andrésen)
10 Best Horror Movies of 2015
1. The Witch - (Robert Eggers) (Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie) 2. Green Room - (Jeremy Saulnier) (Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat) 3. The Invitation - (Karyn Kusama) ( Logan Marshall-Green, Emayatzy Corinealdi) 4. Insidious: Chapter 3 - (Leigh Whannell) ( Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Angus Sampson) 5. Baskin - (Can Evrenol) (Mehmet Cerrahoglu, Gorkem Kasal, Ergun Kuyucu) 6. The Hallow - (Corin Hardy) (Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton) 7. Emelie - (Michael Thelin) (Sarah Bolger, Carly Adams, Carl Bailey) 8. Maggie - (Henry Hobson) (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson) 9. Curse of the Witching Tree - (James Crow) (Sarah Rose Denton, Lucy Clarvis) 10. We Are Still Here - (Ted Geoghegan) (Barbara Crampton, Andrew Sensenig, Lisa Marie)
10 Best Horror Movies of 2014
1. The Babadook - (Jennifer Kent) (Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall) 2. Housebound - (Gerard Johnstone) (Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru) 3. The Taking of Deborah Logan - (Adam Robitel) ( Jill Larson, Anne Ramsay, Michelle Ang) 4. It Follows - (David Robert Mitchell) (Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi) 5. The Canal - (Ivan Kavanagh) (Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra) 6. Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead - (Tommy Wirkola) (Vegar Hoel, Ørjan Gamst, Martin Starr) 7. Starry Eyes - (Kevin Kolsch, Dennis Widmyer) (Alex Essoe, Amanda Fuller, Noah Segan) 8. 13 Sins - (Daniel Stamm) (Mark Webber, Devon Graye, Tom Bower) 9. Unfriended - (Leo Gabriadze) (Heather Sossaman, Matthew Bohrer, Courtney Halverson) 10. Honeymoon - (Leigh Janiak) (Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway, Ben Huber)
10 Best Horror Movies of 2013
1. The Conjuring - (James Wan) (Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston) 2. We Are What We Are - (Jim Mickle) (Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner) 3. You're Next - (Adam Wingard) (Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen) 4. Dark Touch - (Marina de Van) (Missy Keating, Marcella Plunkett, Padraic Delaney) 5. World War Z - (Marc Forster) (Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz) 6. Stoker - (Chan-wook Park) (Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode) 7. Jug Face - (Chad Crawford Kinkle) (Sean Bridgers, Lauren Ashley Carter, Kaitlin Cullum) 8. Evil Dead - (Fede Alvarez) (Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Jessica Lucas) 9. MAMA - (Andrés Muschietti) (Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier) 10. 100 Bloody Acres - (Cameron Cairnes , Colin Cairnes) (Damon Herriman, Anna McGahan)
10 Best Horror Movies of 2012
1. The Cabin in the Woods - (Drew Goddard) (Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth) 2. Sinister - (Scott Derrickson) (Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance) 3. The Bay - (Barry Levinson) (Kristen Connolly, Jane McNeill) 4. The Woman in Black - (James Watkins) (Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer) 5. The Collection - (Marcus Dunstan) (Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick) 6. V/H/S - (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin) (Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes 7. The Possession - (Ole Bornedal) (Natasha Calis, Jeffrey Dean Morgan) 8. [Rec]3 Génesis - (Paco Plaza) (Leticia Dolera, Diego Martín) 9. Paranormal Activity 4 - (Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman) (Katie Featherston, Kathryn Newton) 10. Chernobyl Diaries - (Bradley Parker) (Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski)
10 Best Horror Movies of 2011
1. You're Next - (Adam Wingard) (Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen) 2. The Innkeepers - (Ti West) (Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis) 3. The Woman - (Lucky McKee) (Pollyanna McIntosh, Brandon Gerald Fuller, Lauren Ashley Carter) 4. Paranormal Activity 3 - (Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman) (Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown) 5. Scream 4 - (Wes Craven) (Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette) 6. The Caller - (Matthew Parkhill) (Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer, Lorna Raver) 7. Final Destination 5 - (Steven Quale) (Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Arlen Escarpeta) 8. The Thing - (Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.) (Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton) 9. Silent House - (Chris Kentis, Laura Lau) (Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens) 10. The Monitor - (Pål Sletaune) (Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner, Vetle Qvenild Werring)
10 Best Horror Movies of 2010
1. Insidious - (James Wan) (Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins) 2. The Crazies - (Breck Eisner) (Radha Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant, Danielle Panabaker) 3. Stake Land - (Jim Mickle) (Connor Paolo, Nick Damici, Kelly McGillis) 4. Paranormal Activity 2 - (Tod Williams) (Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Molly Ephraim) 5. Hatchet II - (Adam Green) (Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder, Tony Todd) 6. The Wolfman - (Joe Johnston) (Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt) 7. 6 Souls - (Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein) (Julianne Moore, Jonathan Rhys Meyers) 8. I Spit on Your Grave - (Steven R. Monroe) (Sarah Butler, Jeff Branson, Andrew Howard) 9. The Ward - (John Carpenter) (Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer, Danielle Panabaker) 10. A Nightmare on Elm Street - (Samuel Bayer) (Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner)
1. The Exorcist (1973) You may not agree that The Exorcist is the scariest movie ever, but it probably also isn't much of a surprise to see it at the top of our list — with a whopping 19% of all the votes cast.
Often referred to as the scariest horror movie in history, “The Exorcist” is based on a true story. Well, it's actually based on a 1971 book of the same name by William Peter Blatty (who served as a producer and screenwriter on the film), but the book is based on the exorcism of Roland Doe.
'” Self-described horror fan Shapiro said “Hereditary” maintains a sense of realism on a human scale that's often lacking in the genre. “If you think about it, that could happen to anyone. That's what makes it so scary,” she said of Charlie's final ride.
Infamous scenes include Regan urinating on the carpet in front of dinner guests, stabbing at her genitals with a crucifix, desecrating a statue of the Virgin Mary, and, of course, the head-spinning scene. There is also the possessed Regan's use of obscene and graphic language.
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