Why do we enjoy watching scary movies so much? It is the blood, the scream, or the hot chick? Whatever it is, it’s always fun watching a horror flick with all your friends. What are the greatest horror movies of all time? Here are the top 13 horror movies of all time based on user reviews. The best time to watch a horror movie is Friday night; make sure to watch it with friends or family. These movies are rank top because of many factors, including: story, acting, entertaining, direction, visuals, and popularity. Go over the list and tell us what you think. We welcome all comments and suggestions, please comment intelligently. If you think another movie belongs on this list, please list the movie and explain why. This list will be updated every month to keep it accurate and up to date.
13 Weeks of Horror:
Week 1: Psycho (1960)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Psycho is smart, suspenseful, and very frightening. Psycho is the best horror movie of all time because of Alfred Hitchcock. His camera technique is very unique and unmatchable. This film is both entertaining and intellectual, keeping it real and precise. It takes a lot of talents to make a movie that people love and also make people wonder what just happened.
Week 2: The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Second on the list is The Silent of the Lambs, starring Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychopath who understands how the mind works. Jodie Foster played a brilliant FBI agent, Clarice Starling, who needs the help of the Doctor to find a serial killer. Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster make a perfect team even though their characters are the complete opposites.
Week 3: Alien (1979) & Aliens (1986)
Alien: Seven astronauts travel to another planet to investigate lands on a distant planet. However, upon leaving the planet, they brought along a creature that would ultimately bring forth destruction and fear to the entire crew. This is one of those science-fiction movies that got it right and was able to create an atmosphere and a setting unlike anything before. Sigourney Weaver and Tom Skerritt played their parts just right and it helps make this movie third on the list.
Aliens: A sequel to the original movie “Alien”. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is awakened by the Company half a century later. She has a new mission this time, go back to the planet where the first alien was found and destroy them once and for all. Aliens is an excellent horror movie with great sci-fi actions.
Week 4: The Shining (1980)
From the trailer, it might look like a regular family movie, but it is one of the scariest movies of all time. Jack Nicholson played a father who takes his wife and son on a vacation to an isolated hotel for the winter, he become influence by evil spirits and start acting violence. The only thing that can stop him is The Shining.
Week 5: Jaws (1975)
Directed by Steven Spielberg, Jaws will scare the crap out of you whether you're a child or an adult. Don't think they aren't watching, be very careful and stay alert. Even the hunters can become the hunted. The great white shark is a threat to all and the only way to stop it is to hunt it down.
Week 6: Frankenstein (1931) & Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Frankenstein: A true monster horror classic where the monster is not only the killer, but also the victim. Doctor Frankenstein wanted to create life in his own image (cloning), he succeeded in doing so, but his creation becomes a monster that threatens the village. The monster kills people without knowing why because he wasn’t given a proper education. Viewers love the Frakenstein’s monster because they associate the monster to a child who was abandoned by his own father.
Bride of Frankenstein: Frankenstein's monster returns once again and threatens the village. The second part is as good as the first because of Boris Karloff (aka The Monster) and the director James Whale. This time, he learns how to talk and he ultimately demands a bride in his own image.
Week 7: The Thing (1982)
A bloody horror films where the monster can be anyone and anyone can become the next victim. An alien life form takes shape of the person it kills and no one can see it, feel it, or hear it. The thing will take over your body in order to survive and it will do whatever it takes to stay alive.
Week 8: Night of the Living Dead (1968)
George A Romero's Night of the Living Dead is a low budget film that was able to frighten the viewers with flesh eating zombies. The main character is smart and likable. Zombies rise from the dead and start eating whatever it encounters and the only way out is through them.
Week 9: Dawn of the Dead (1978)
10 years later, George A Romero directs his second zombies movie. Dawn of the Dead includes human evisceration, exploding heads, and gruesome flesh eating Zombies. This movie was released unrated in the US due to fear of it being rated X. This could very well be the goriest movie of all times. Four survivors seek refuge in a shopping mall struggle to escape the flesh eating zombies and the incoming murderous bandits. Their chances of survival are minimal!
Week 10: The Exorcist (1973)
A little girl got possessed by the devil and the only way to save her is through exorcism. This movie strives to be a different kind of horror movie and it works out great. The story telling is great and it makes you believed everything from beginning to end. After seeing this movie, people actually believed the event can actually happen in real life.
Week 11: Halloween (1978)
Halloween is the greatest slasher movie of all time. John Carpenter created a terrifying, suspenseful, and creepy movie that will leave you breathless with fear. 15 years ago, 6 year old Michael Myers mercilessly killed his 17 years old sister, now he is back!
Week 12: Planet Terror (2007)
Planet Terror is among the best horror movies due to it scripts and hysterical plot. It fits in the horror category because there are zombies and gruesome blood. There are fake rated R movie trailers that are so freaking funny. This movie isn't so scary, but it is definitely a good movie and need to be on the list because of it zombies genre.
Week 13: Any of the Movies Below
- The Descent (2005)
- Friday the 13th (1980)
- Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- The Ring (2002)
- Poltergeist (1982)
- It (1990)
- Pet Sematary (1989)
- Saw (2004)
- Wrong Turn (2003)
- The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
- The Grudge (2004)
- 28 Weeks Later (2007) & 28 Days Later (2002)
- The Strangers (2008)
- American Werewolf in London (1981)
- The Evil Dead (1981)
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- Suicide Club (2002)
What are your favorite horror movies of all time? List those movies and explain why you think they are the best. Please note that we all have differences of opinions and there is no right or wrong in expressing your points of view. This list is not based on my opinions alone, but the opinions of many viewers who love the horror genre.
What about the Friday the 13th series or Nightmare on Elm Street? Those are staples of the original American slasher! Not to mention overall good movies.
Personally I would say my favorite horror movie is Suicide Club.
Kind of horror/action but still kind of creepy.
You need to add another film that I found to be very scary – It is called The Decent. Watch it and you will see what I mean.
I think the film Don’t Look Now works on many levels – one of them unadulterated horror.
i think you must put a lot of movies in this list like ( Day of the dead ) 1985 i belive it one of the pest Zombies movies ever .
Yeah have to agree that film the Decent is really scary, but for me The Shining is top of the list….and maybe a bit of IT just for good measure!
silence of the lambs, great movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A nightmare on elm street 2 is scary as hell you need to put that on the list over Planet Terror.
Agree with the list (for those I have watched). There is one more that I think ranks among the best horror movie…Pet Sematary. I am still troubled by the question…if the same happened to my child, would I do the same if such an option exist?
I enjoyed Saw 1 as well. (you can forget about the other Saw installments)
I believe one of the best horror movies (not fav, those are already listed) is Exorcism of Emily Rose. The whole thing isn’t scary. But, it is hard for me to be alone in a dark room watching when she contorts her body like that while possessed.
Try this…
1. The Grudge
2. Saw 1
3. Wrong Turn
4. Wrong Turn 2
5. Hills Have Eyes
6. The Doll Master
… just some of the movies I’ve watch which I think is pretty scary or gruesome and I think should be included on your list.
…for zombie movies, try 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Resident Evil 1, 2 & 3, this are mostly action films but bloody and gruesome indeed.
Halloween…. No doubt about it. Also, Halloween 4,5, and H20 are great. Watch them and see, cause this list needs some work. I mean, it is just TERRIBLE. Who wrote this, a third grader?
wrong there is only one scary movie that is true and that is bloody mary its so scary and its true
the strangers was a creepy one!!!
I havent seen all the movies on the list but jaws is definitely not scary!it was good 4 that era but today there is much scarier movies!i watched jaws in primary school and nearly fell asleep haha
Exorcist by far is the scariest film. The quality of the film combined with the acting makes it amazing. The fact that unexplained things were happening on the set makes it even worse. And the idea that this really happens messes with your mind. Movies like “The Grudge” or “Saw” — you can’t even compare the impact that this film had on people…makes you think! makes you worry!
The list is a bit crappy. Some of them arnt even Horror’s.
Alien is a sci-fi. Silence of the Lambs is a thriller.
Heres my list. Plz comment.
1, Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2, Poltergeist
3, The Hills Have Eyes
4, The Evil Dead
5, The Exorcist
6, Dawn of the Dead
7, Poltergeist 2
8, American Werewolf in London
9, Saw
10, 28 Days Later
There isnt a movie today or before dollar for dollar or actor that even came close to The Exorcist.. i mean think about it black an white movies sucked an all others just to easy to figure out
I AGREE WITH DJM BECAUSE THE HALLOWEEN SERIES ROCKS! I MEAN, COME ON,IM STILL A KID,AND THIS LIST WAS CRAPPY. i COULD COME UP WITH BETTER!
I AGREE WITH DJM BECAUSE THE HALLOWEEN SERIES ROCKS! I MEAN, COME ON,IM STILL A KID,AND THIS LIST WAS CRAPPY. i COULD COME UP WITH BETTER!
The Saw series, no doubt.
Opinons of movies are much like opinions of music and probably many other things too.With that in mind I always insist on seeing a film, from start to finish. I use to find it amazing that film reviewers could actually influence people regarding what is worth watching and what isnt, after all, the opinons of reviewers are uniquely their opinons, formed around their preferences, likes and dislikes and as we all know are usually wrong.
I think that a movie thats very underated is The Ring. I’ve seen just about all of the so called scary movies and the only two in my life that have ever scared me has been the exorcist and the ring, and i saw the exorcist when i was about 10 so obviously that was scary but i saw The Ring when i was like 17 in the movies and i wish i could have that experience again. Maybe it was because i saw it right when it came out and they gave away nothing in the previews so no one could ruin it for me, I’m sure if someone told you a few keys parts before you saw it it wouldn’t be half as scary. I dont find slasher films scary so for me this is my all time favorite although the sequel ruined the first one a bit….either way watch The Ring alone and tell me it doesnt scare you, its a modern classic.
1. Exorcist
2. Friday the 13
3. Nightmare on elm street
4. The grudge
5. Halloween
6. Dawn of the dead
7. Poltergeist
8. It
9. The shining
10. Pet cemetary
My list call me old school but no other movie scared the bejesus out of people like the exorcist when some theaters had EMT’s sitting at the door because people were freaked out thats scary
not very good at all plus you know nothing about horror movies
What and what do you know about horror movies that i dont? Why dont you tell us allmighty knower of all things horror
Id like to see movies like saw and hostil above aliens and Planet Terror for sure or even the Poltergeist Series
i agree with most of these peaple. but not the saw movies they are so dum. exspeshuly the newest one. i realy think the newest Aminivile Horror should be on the list too.
I think that it would be hard to list some horror movies without talking about Sam Neil, In the mouth of madness and event horrizon. both awsome horror films. Also Dead Alive while not terrific, it definately has the best zombie gore ending I’ve ever seen. cheers to that!
Hey this is my list :
1- Beyond the Door
2- Exorcist -old and new
3- Boogieman
4- The Ring
5- The Grudge: for anticipation shock value
6- Nightmare on Elm 2
7- Descent
8- Halloweens but #3 sucked
9- Friday the 13th – when he slams chick in sleeping bag into tree madddd funny…… Jason the best Killer hands down ….
10- 13 Ghost – good horror characters
11- Texas Chainsaw massacre – new version-& old is good too
12- Candyman gave me the creeps didn’t like mirrors at night for a while. lol
Hey? did anyone checy out “Darkness Falls”? If you’ve ever believed in the tooth fairy like most people, then this movie scared this adult out-of you!!!!
Another good horror flick is “30 days of night”!!! This movie will make you think twice about watchin another vampire movie? Great storyline, it almost makes vampires seem invincible once again???
Hey look!!! let’s stop all this NONSENSE!!! does anyone know what makes a good horror movie any more?? its not looking cool on screen, or blood & guts!! A “SUPREMELY” good horror flick should, get this…….SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF YOU!!! very few do that anymore?? so let’s find some movies that at least make you jump once in a while? (no sci-fi, action, thrillers, or drama PLEASE!!!)
Hello out there!!!!!!!! Why isn’t Rob Zombie’s re-make of the classic “Halloween” up there on this list?? If you can dump more than one alien movie on it, then you can certainly add that one!!!
Does anyone think “Christine” should’ve made this list?? “Silence of the Lambs” eh…no! drama? two “Alien” movies when one is good enough? eh..no can you say sci-fi? two “Frankenstein” movies as well? hello…sci-fi also! oh lord!!! not two zombie movies?? can anyone tell the difference between classic sci-fi and horror? people please!?!?
I posted two parts of a Top 10 list on Youtube recently.
From #s 10-1
10. An American Werewolf in London
9. The Omen (1976)
8. The Shining
7. Psycho (1960)
6. The Exorcist
5. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
4. Halloween (1978)
3. Jaws
2. Alien
1. The Thing (1982)-The Greatest Ever. The original is fantastic as well.
I tink that a good horror movie has to be original.
based on a real events and or someting that it culd actually hapen is what makes a horror movie good….
my be you`re a boliver or not but been possess it is real shit! I`m a witness of it!
10. The exorcism of emily rose
9. mothman prophecies
8. Aliens
7. Event Horizon
6. Twilight Zone (the movie) john lithgow on plane episode….wear a diaper.
5. It
4. Candyman
3.Vacancy
2.The Ring
1. The Blair Witch Project
im sure a lot of people my age havent seen it but i had nightmares for the longest time after watching The Thing. the special effects are awesome for its time. every time i turn a corner in a dimly lit room my heart pounds remembering scenes from that movie. i cant even summarize it but u have to believe me. i have seen A LOT of scary movies and a good number of them really scared me but it took me years to build up the courage to watch it again after seeing it for the first time (through my fingers with my hands to my face). trust me u wont be dissapointed.
THIS IS A DECENT LIST. I AGREE WITH SOME,BUT HERE’S HOW IT SHOULD GO.THE THING (FIRST HORROR MOVIE I CAN RECALL SEEING AND IT GAVE ME NIGHTMARES FOR A LONG TIME, 28 WEEK’S LATER, DAWN OF THE DEAD, THE RING, POLTERGEIST, THE GRUDGE,NIGHT OF THE DEMON’S,AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, THE HOWLING, SILVER BULLET, J.CARPENTER’S VAMPIRE’S ( NOT THAT SCARY, BUT STILL A GOOD MOVIE) ALL GEORGE ROMERO MOVIES AND THE MIST.
Why isn’t “The Entity” on this list. A true scary movie, I believe, should be about the supernatural. About things that we can’t really comprehend. True Good vs. True Evil movies. My top scary movies are the following.
1. The Exorcist 7. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2. The Entity 8. The Amityville Horror
3. The Omen 9. The Exorcism of Emily Rose
4. The Shining 10. Twilight Zone
5. Pet Semetary
6. The Ring
I can’t wait to see The Haunting in Conneticut!!!!
I love any good zombie movies and they need to make more like the new dawn of the dead thats scary shit! make u jump.. and how about When A Stranger Calls the original that gives me nightmares and Silent Hill is good! People are forgetting 30 Days of Night! my fav also haha their are so many to list and i think some oldies can be remade good like dawn of the dead was not the halloween that was weak! thanks
MY FAVORITE HORROR MOVIE IS THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
THAT’S THE BEST MOVIE I THINK
Dude nobody can compete with the exorcist. It holds the belt for all time SCARY!!!!!!!! Dawn of the dead(the remake) is also good.
this list was decent, but there were some left off and some that shouldnt have been on. almost all of week thirteens picks were wrong. the saw movies especially. any pg 13 movie sucks. and you only put silence of the lambs. all those movies were good. i think the thing was probably the scariest of them all. and you forgot movies like henry, the portrait of a serial killer, the reanimater, and interview with a vampire. that was the best vampire flick ever. the new hills have eyes part one was good. part two sucked. and this one is for anissa, youve seen the amytyville horrors, so why be excited about a haunting in conecticut? its gonna be the same exact thing. i could go on forever about this, but ill leave it short and simple.
Although some people wouldn’t consider it a typical horror movie, but Audition from Takashi Miike is a pretty creepy movie. I was scared of asian women for a while after seeing this movie.
i truelly enjoyed the classic rob zombie film house of 1000 corpses. horror at its best
here is my list
1.The Haunting
2. Braindead
3. The Fog
4.Evil Dead
5.Nightmare on Elm Street 1
6.Se7en
7.The Exorcist
8.The Thhhing
9.Wrong Turn
10. House
to be honest most of the movies people have
said in these coments, i dont think they’ve whatchted the movie.
i think they just say other people say them so they thought it would be scary.
like “Evil Dead” it was kind of cartoonish effect
but here’s my list for “MY” Favourite;.
1. Friday 13th, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
2. Exorciest
3. The shinning
4. The thing
5. Silent hill
6. Boogyman 2
7. Creep
8. Blair whitch project 2 – book of shadows
9. Halloween original 1, 2 , 4, Rob zomibie
10. Mirrors
Not in order By The Way.
The scariest movie is Hannibal. The scariest part of the movie was when Hannibal was making “dinner” for the Ray Liotta character, and Ray was missing the top of his head. I get shivers down my spine everytime I see that part.
How can anyone forget Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds”? Now, that was scary! Especially when Tippi Hedrin was locked in the room and attacked by the birds!
hey buddies, u al seem to be die hard fans of horror movies.
check out an indian movie ‘krishna cottage’, i believe u all will definitely enjoy it. its really scary by the way……just enjoy.
A lot of the movies I liked were named. I liked Hellraiser 1 and 2. The movie Suspiria was creepy. Suspiria probably one of the goriest killings in it.
hi everybody , in my point of view there is no doubt that exorcist is one of the best horror movie of all time but as far as iam concerned no body can match the ring . in my point of viw here is top 10
1. THE RING
2. THE EXORCIST
3. WRONG TURN
4 .THE HILLS HAVE EYES
5 . THE EVIL DEAD
6 . PHSYCO
7. HALOWEEN
8 . THE OMEN
9. FRIDAY THE 13TH
10. THE GRUDEGE
AS FAR AFTER READING ALL UR THOUGHTS I WOULD LOVE TOO SEE AMITYVILLE HORROR , THE SHINING AND ESPECIALL THE THING
28 weeks later and 30 days of night
I think everybody forgot to comment on the best horror movie ‘THE OTHERS’ which had a nice sensitive story. Please include this as well because it was an awrd winning film. And also please consider ‘THE OMEN’ in 1976. It is also a brillient horror movie which was nominated for several oscar awards.
everyone is entitled to there opinions but mine would be these movies, I am a young guy but the older movies were way better , anyways here they are
1. Halloween 1 ( first true boogeyman)
2. The Exorcist ( consider the time)
3. Texas Chain Saw Massacre
4. Silence of the Lambs
5. The Shinning
6. Psycho
7. Carrie (amazing movie)
8. friday the 13th (original)
9. Rosemary’s baby
10. The Night of the hunter
also must sees for cheap thrills:
Mother’s day (old school amazing) a gem
The slumber party massacre ( tits and ass lol )
My bloody valintine (original)
hills have eyes
Se7en (best horror- thriller of all time)
hay u all know that mirrors is the best movie ever and now come on what is the scariest thing about frankistine now yo come on ma lil sis can do a better list
Can’t really recall all the scary movies i’ve watched, but i must commend ‘evil dead’ ‘hell raiser’ and ’saw’. As for ‘the hills have eyes’ and ‘maintenace’ no rating.
how on earth did a stupid movie like Planet Terror get on a good list!
“The strangers” and ” The Haunting In Conneticut” is sooo freaking scary!!! You need to watch them!!
I thinK “House on the Haunted HIlls” is the greatest horror movie of all time along with Hellraiser series
2 of my favs that i didnt see on ur list that are sick an twistid are rob zombies house of 1000 corpses, and the devils rejects
I Definitely agree with Brown Boy. Both ROB ZOMBIE Films: HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES and THE DEVIL’S REJECTS are excellent horror movies! Plenty of violence, blood and gore, lots of laughs, as well as great scares, special effects, and storyline. Classics! Both of them! I also agree that MIRRORS with Keifer Sutherland was quite scary! All of the FRIDAY THE 13THs are pretty good to me, and I love the first 2 TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE movies, both old and new versions. Big HALLOWEEN fan here too, old and new. I Like to watch all of the old ones first, then watch the new stuff. Makes for a great late night!
p.s. As far as serial killers: …. TED BUNDY WAS A WICKED MOVIE!!!!
GREAT WEBSITE HERE BY THE WAY!
What is the movie where the girl keeps getting crucified? Is that Stigmata?
1. The Exorcist ( consider the time)
2. Silence of the Lambs
3. Texas Chain Saw Massacre
4. Ffriday the 13th
5. The Thing
6. It
7. The Fog
8. Pet Cemetry
9. The Poltergeist
10. Candy Man
Theres no movie in this planet that scares, those movies are clasified horors movie, but no movie is scary. I hope someone someday invent a movie that really I could call it a scary movie.. In this world i have to say theres none scary movie or horror or wat you want to call it.. theres cero horror movie.. my list is none, please invent a trully horror movie..
1. Creepshow
2. Halloween 1,2,4,5
3. Friday the 13th (everyone of them)
4. Texas chainsaw massacre
5. Nightmare on Elm street
6. Hills have eyes
7. Land of the dead
8. Dawn of the dead
9. Any movie that Goerge A. Romero makes
10. Pet Sematary
11. Exorcist
12. Cujo
13. Saw 1,2,3,4
I picked those b/c they were the first ones on the top of my head and im only 17 so ya…….. i don’t know much but im more into the new Horror/Thrillers
I agree with your list, i think you got the best especially The Descent. Thats one of the most scariest movie i have ever see. And you should also try Unborn.
1. The Shining – very scary stuff! Twin girls in the hallway got me! Cant even watch this film now because of them!
2. House of 1000 Courpses – All time classic
3. The Ring #1
4. Freddy vs Jason – you get the best of both of Nightmare on Elm Street and Halloween
5. Texas Chainsaw Massacre – all great films
6. 13 Ghosts – truly scared me from a young age
7. Drag Me To Hell – totally unexpected, extremely jumpy
8. Dead Silence
9. Wrong Turn 2 is totally grusome and great if you like blood and guts!
10. Hills Have Eyes both 1 and 2
11. Saw – each of them great in their own way, never lose the gore factor
12. Hostel part 2
13. Silence of the Lambs
14. The Strangers – scary stuff
Any thing made by Rob Zomie is going to be great, we can see that with films like House of 1000 Courpses, Devil’s Rejects and Halloween! Surely no one can disagree with that?!
Remake of The Last House on the Left is amazing, some sick scenes but a great un-expected ending and quite different from the original one, well worth watching.
i KNOW JURRASSIC PARK ISNT SCARY BUT STILL…………. iT SHOULD BE ON THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My favorite horror movie of all time is An American Werewolf In London for many reasons. This film is amazing, it’s a full blooded horror with razor edge sense of humor. One of the VERY rare films that succeeded in mixing horror and humor. Sad story believe it or not, both main characters dies(David and Jack). It has a touch of romance(David and nurse Alex), and of coarse, The Coolest transformation scene in movie history, terrifying too. Scared the heck out of me as a kid. So scary at times, yet, funny at times also. After years of CGI, nothing even came close to this latex groundbreaking beauty in effect. God bless Rick Baker(make up number 1 master). This film, and I should certainly add more The Changeling in peticular has been ignored from top 10 horror flicks, Thank you for accepting my comments, feel free to tell me what you think
1) the descent -can’t believe the cave part, what horror!
Interview with the vampire-what creeps me out most was kristen dunst’s characer…imagine believing it is an innocent girl you meet one night at the cafe or walking on a busy street and she befriends you and suddenly…..aaaaaaaaaaaa!
2) dark water-really appreciate jennifer connelly’s fine acting, the first I’ve seen of her and reallllly scary stuff here
3) tales from the crypt:demon knight-a pleasure to see Billy Zane in another top-notch acting form. And Jada Pincket is simply mesmerizing as Jeyline!
4) the exorcist-kept me awake at night for months till I finally could sleep in peace!
5) the sixth sense-is it me or has everyone forgotten this amazing movie, plus BW at his best?? Woooweee!
6) night of the living dead-nuff said! chilling! gorry! superb!
7) Vampire by John Carpenter-didn’t even finish watching this…scared the *beep* out of me!
9) Cujo
10) Bettlejuice-anyone…muah ha ha ha ha ha hahaaaaaa!!!
Top 10 Horror Movies Of all Time:
10.The Exorcist.
9.Evil Dead 2.
8.Psycho.
7.The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
6.Haloween.
5.An American Werewolf In London.
4.Fallen.
3.The Mothman Prophycies.
2.The Changeling.
1.In The Mouth Of Madness.
BTW, sorry guys, but Alien is half Sci-fi, and Jaws isn’t even rated R. It’s rated PG, and what’s the deal with some ppl putting the original child’s play in their top 10 horror flick, lol give me a break.
Note: The Changeling is a case of less is more, truly underrated, unlike the overrated amitiville horror, one of the weakest haunted house films ever made. TKS
I also just wanted to add that as a stylish traditional horror fan, I wanted to say fuck Roger Ebert, wtf does he know about horror movies. Him and his politically correct fucking cinema.lol
Great reviews for the most part. Nobody mentioned . . . HOSTEL !!
Maybe the creator of this list should consider non-American horror movies, particularly from Asian countries where the culture is tightly interwoven with these kind of elements, particularly Thai and Japanese horror movies where there are a lot more to them than just people in white walking around. Some of them are truly horrific! One might even find the original version more logical, solid and scarier compared to the remake.
I don’t classify CGI horror films as sufficiant horror films, and I agree with the one commentator in this page that stated that Action, Sci-fi, and Drama are generally bad deal for a horror movie. Though I don’t find drama to be really that bad. You might wanna tell me guys what did you think of these other honorable metions horror films that I enjoyed prior to the list on 77 Joe again lol. “Candyman, Raising Cain, White Noise, John Carpenter’s Body Bags, The Howling, Italian classic Suspiria, Night Of The Living Dead the original, and The Shining. Someone also mentioned beetlejuice, btw, princess Jasmine mentioned also Beetlejuice, now I personally enjoyed Beetlejuice, just thought it was a comedy disguised as a horror film. TKS
Here are some films that I highly recomend putting on the list:
1) The original, 1974, Tobe Hooper film, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” This film is very disturbing and as well original.
2) Clive Barker’s Hellraiser. This movie is dark, disturbing, and is filled with imaginitive originality. Also, I have to say the special effects are awesome!
3) If your going to have the original Halloween on the list, you should have the Rob Zombie remake on their as well. I feel they both compliment each other nicely. They are both great films.
4) If your going to have those great old horror films like Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, then you should have other great ones like those on the list too. Some examples would be, Dracula, The Mummy, The Wolf Man, and one of my personal favorites, The Creature From The Black Lagoon.
5) This is just a suggestion, but maybe you should make the list just a little bit bigger? A top 20 maybe?
yes i agree with ASH.
Asian Movies are breath taking
so as Emily Rose’ Exorcism
Ring 2
dark water
strangers
dead silence
darkness falls
etc
i’m an addict of horror movies.
creeps, vampires, or any ugly predators don’t ring any bell.
do you guys have more ideas that could give me some nightmares? hehe
i’m looking for an additional item to my horror collection
ps. thanks to the author of the top list and all you commented
I don’t really think Silence of the lambs should be on the list. It’s much more of a drama film then a horror film. Even though it does have horror elements to it.
Koko – Here’s an additional item to your horror collection:
The Last House in the Woods. It’s a recent Itallian film. I didn’t find this film particularly scary but I found it very interesting and enjoyable. It’s got a great story with some good, gritty, gore scenes. The only thing I really dislike with this film is the camera quality, but still a really cool film.
Not really gory but when a stranger would have to be the most gripping and shit scary movies i have ever seen and silent hill and wrong turn
It is true that the taste in horror films is subjective, cause we all have different idea of what we find scary, though there are somethings that are universal, however, I’ll have to say that the classic horror films is overall way better than today’s garbage. I would never put films like Hostel, Final Destination, and Saw though many ppl like them, no offense, it just that these films withdrew from the traditional horror classic film making, though I do agree with Ash that Japanese horror films still has it, just curious though The Grudge Vs.The Ring, give me your vote guys, tks
Sorry, I forgot to cast mine, I’m going with The Grudge, thus it has that suspenseful creepy touch to it that you see in films like The Shining etc., not that it’s the same. I won’t denounce though that The Ring do have its creepy moments.
The Ring gets my vote over The Grudge! The Ring and The Exorcist are my favorite movies of all time. I also loved Constantine. Hated The Shining because it was such a diversion from the book. The book was fantastic. Anyway, to any movie makers out there: Make more horror films! We love them and we can never get enough!
You guys notice that that early-mid 70s till like the mid 80s had one of the best horror films ever made. Which is understandable, cause you take stuff from let’s say 60s, 50s, 40s and 30s, though it had it great moments and were great at the times, but most of them are considered a spoof by today’s standards, and you take a look at the 90s and after that, and that’s when crappy CGI with no soul took over.
I loved 28 days later and 28 weeks later. I loved 28 weeks later more because it hit the storyline on a personal level, i love horror movies like that because it makes you push yourself in that situation, and you wonder, what would i do if i were them? when you can ask yourself that question for a movie, then it was worth watching, at least you learned something, even if it was the overrated cliche half naked, big busted, dumb blond running through the forest only to be knowingly sliced and diced. Or even the ridiculous rumored racism character stroyline where the black guy always dies first. At least you learn. There is a cool quiz on facebook, would you survive a horror film? – another cool one is, would you survive the zombie apocolypse? try them, there pretty entertaining.
Well the classic horror films though lacked high tech, but had good qualities and style. It’s also false to think that only today’s horror has alot of blood and gore in them, cause I mean you look at stuff from the early 80s like Friday the 13th, The Thing, those films weren’t shy with using blood and gore. I’m the type of guy that isn’t into something that only has to rely on suspense, or just being a totally blood and gore fan freak. The way I see it is that I like seeing blood and gore, as long as it’s not overblown and also the movie had a good quality film making to it. I would say that when it came down to foreign films also, only 2 that came close to american horror films were the Japanese and Italian horror films, E.G. The Grudge, The Ring, and Suspiria.
scariest movie i ve seen no one has denied it must watch “martyr”
I reckon Urban Legend should be up there.
Right scared the pants off me, it did.
these movies scared me and that says somethin, especially recently martyrs……
1. Event Horizon
2. Hellraiser
3. Original texas Chainsaw Massacre
4. It
5. Martyrs
6. Frontiers
7. Mirrors
8. Dead Silence
9. Stir of Echoes
10. Haute tension
I think you need to add Jeepers Creepers to this list. It’s just so weird! I still get all psyched when I see the skin on the wall.
In the early 70’s I saw the Exorcist and it was said that the movie was based on actual events. That’s what made it scary and disturbing. Now adays I tend to like the comedy horror movies like the Evil Dead “series”. Also liked Sinbad, Jack the Giant Killer, and other fantasy movies.
I’m not going to explain my choices. See them (if you haven’t already) & agree with me or don’t. Whatever.
(in no particular order):
“Trilogy Of Terror” (1975)
“Burnt Offerings” (1976)
“Necromancy” (1972) (Pamela Franklin, Orson Welles)
“The Fly”, “The Blob” (both 1958)
“Killer Klowns From Outer Space” (1988)
“Spellbinder” (1988)
“The Serpent & The Rainbow” (1988)
“Carnival Of Souls” (1962)
“Night Of The Living Dead” (1968)
“Island Of Lost Souls” (1932)
“Tremors” (1990)
“Halloween III: Season Of The Witch”
(not about Michael Myers, really.)
“Flowers In The Attic” (1987)
“Invasion Of The Body Snatchers” (1978)
(one of the only great remakes)
…among others.
Just for the record, I don’t think “The Exorcist”
& “Silence Of The Lambs” are scary at all.
To me It is the scariest of all time becuase when I was four me and my cousin who was also 4 thought it was a comedy about clowns trying to kill eachother and we didn’t sleep for tree weeks.
P.S.- I am now nine and still have nightmares!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good call on “The changeling”. Great movie, no special effects, just down right scary. Not too many people have even heard of it. And for those of you who haven’t seen it, it’s not the one with ang. jolie, totally different movie.
Martyrs sucks. If you want to see a great horror movie go watch [rec].
I have a top twenty… you all should check them out!!
1. Trailer Park of Terror
2. Mum and Dad
3. Reincarnation
4. Tooth and Nail
5. Dawn of the Dead
6. Frontiers
7. Dark Ride
8. Dance of the Dead
9. Laid to Rest
10. Autopsy
11. Amusement
12. Kill Theory
13. The lodger
14. Exit Speed
15. Splinter
16. Eden Lake
17. Storm Warning
18. Rose of Death
19. Dead Mary
20. Grave Dancers.
I have been watching horror movies since the forties. as a young boy I was scared wittless by something called “superman meets the mole men”. today it is quite laughable to view. anyhow I guess every generation has favorites based on their early fears. The first two on the list (psycho and silence of the lambs) are based on a real life person by the name of Ed Guen. The headlines of his crimes in the late fifties frighted everyone by making it know that real people can be “Monsters” prior to those movies most “monsters” were created, unreal beings. so I agree with the choice. of those two. I still love a good scare.
In case no one mentioned these:
The Blob — old but pretty scary.
Sixth Sense.
The Others.
Rita, The Blob would fit well on one of the top Sci-fi movies of all time, unless of coarse you’re referring to the 1988 one, but the 1958 one though I find it to be better, but it was a good sci-fi, not horror. The Sixth Sense is a suspense/thriller/mystery, and that was precisely my point that I sited on so many websites is that some of the films that’s been put on the top horror movie list of all time aren’t even horror. Any of you guys seen the 1980 Night Of The Demon? It’s like the bigfoot version of Friday the 13th, it’s a low budget B-movie, but I thought it was fairly entertaining.
Silence of the Lambs and Jaws I think need to be taken off the list. Silence of the Lambs is a drama. Jaws is a thriller.
I think Planet Terror should be taken off the list as well. I loved Planet Terror and I love Robert Rodrigez films, but should Planet Terror really be in the top 13 films of all time? I don’t think so. Although I must say, it is a great film.
Joe,
I’ve seen the night of the demons, it is amazing! The second one is really good too!!
Cool Lacey, Laustcaws mentioned Tremors, now Tremors was fairly entertaining, but I thought it was a mix of Comedy and Sci-fi mostly. Arachnophobia was released the same year 1990. One critic online put it as number 3 in his top horror flick of all time lol. I don’t know, I guess with Arachnophobia it’s pretty subjective and accquired taste, cause if you don’t fear spiders, the film is really not scary at all. Now I know I was cutting Jaws earlier, but anyone seen Jaws 5: The Last Shark, I saw it as a kid, and there are some graphic shit in that film. Look for the helicopter dude trying to pass the meat to the Shark, grrrrrrrr.
ok they r very scary but they r fake. do u know my bloody valintime is scary so is the stranges + the hill has eye what ever it is called. but they r still very good. and i am 16
1 the grudge 2 Alien 3 i am legeond 4 alien vs preditor reqeim 5 speed 6 the invasin 7 the most SCARIEST OF ALL spongebob a talking sponge enreything about that is pure horror!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 the grudge 2 Alien 3 i am legeond 4 alien vs preditor reqeim 5 speed 6 the invasin 7 the most SCARIEST OF ALL spongebob a talking sponge evreything about that is pure horror!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone also seen The Hidden with Kyle Machlaklan? Another film I enjoyed as a kid. Released in 1987. Some ppl might argue that it’s an Alien rip off cause it’s about a creature from outerspace that comes to earth and travel from one being to another, usually through mouth, lol yuck. Anyway, check it out if you haven’t.
I changed my top 10 horror flicks, lol
10. The Exorcist.
9. Fallen.
8. The Mothman Prohycies.
7. Candyman.
6. White Noise.
5. The Ring.
4. The Grudge.
3. An American Werewolf In London.
2. The Changeling.
1. In The Mouth Of Madness.
I like this list more cause it’s less of the mainstream typical one where it has Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Masscare, etc., however, those films will now go to my honorable mentions.
I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT THE BEST HORROR MOVIE FOR ME WOULD HAVE TO BE MIRROR MIRROR MAN THAT WAS FREAKY BUT PRETTY GOOD ITS AND OLD ONE BUT A GOOD ONE AND I WOULD ALSO HAVE TO SAY THE INTITY MAN FEEL SORRY FOR THAT LADY I WOULD HATE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN TO ME.
Phycho needs to be taken off the list also. It is not a horror film, it’s a thriller film. So is Jaws. And Silence of the Lambs is a drama. This list needs some major work. sorry.
Does any one remember the name of the movie that has vampires that lived in water, and there lungs would come outside of the mouth? lol sounds odd, i remember seeing it as a child but dont remember the name or many of the details.
Wish I could help Lacey but I’ve never heard of that one. Sounds interesting though. If you find out or remember the title, let me know.
i love horror flicks..
10) frankenstein
freddy vs. jason
9) sweeney todd
7) the exorcist
6) stay alive
5) ringu
4) ju-on 3
3) vampire (i don’t exactly know the whole title, i just remember seeing ‘vampire’ in it.. it’s the first ever horror flick i’ve watched when i was 10.. i can’t go to the bathroom alone because of that, scared that the vampire would be waiting for me..)
2) chakushin ari 2
1) shutter (this is the only movie that made me scream)
Hey we all have our own insight what is gory and what is NOT, Here it is from a true Horror Buff from the 70’s/80’s Growing up watching Creature Features with Cigar Bill Burns starting at the age of 4….
#1 The Thing, #2 Dawn of the Dead, #3 Halloween, #4 Exorcist, #5 The Grudge, #6 The Changeling, #7 Martyr’s, #8 Friday the 13th, #9 The Omen, #10 Haunting in Conneticut, #11 30 Days of Night, #12 Unborn, #13 Mirror!! Those of you that agree with my Picks are True Horror Film Watchers!! Rock On…
I like the fact that you put The Changeling in there creature. That’s a film that tend to get overlooked by both the publics and the critic. Just curious creature, how do you feel about John Carpenter’s work. I mean obviously you liked it since you put Halloween, but what do you think about some of his later work like In The Mouth Of Madness 1994?
Wow, I watched the Creature Features on channel 69 when I was a kid and snuck into horror movies. As both a horror movie and sci-fi fan, I would have to agree that there is a distinct difference between the two. I have been disappointed with the latest releases and have taken solace in the classics, Rob Zombie’s remake of Halloween did however give me hope, that kid was creepy as hell. Honorable mention for the creature genre, Stephen Kings “Sliver Bullet”.
I can’t believe “Wolf Creek” and “Switchblade Romance” aren’t mentioned, they are extremely scary and suspensful movies.
Also “Boo” and “Cry Wolf” are good, aswell as “Pulse” and that one did scare the cr@p outta me!
Best horror of all time though
JOHN CARPENTERS HALLOWEEN!
Saw it aged 11 and nearly cr@pped my pants!!
I hate this notion that many people have that a horror film has to be based on a true story to be more appreciated. If that’s the case, then Goodfellas and some other mob films should be considered the scariest for that it portrays the graphic world of the mob, not that I don’t like mafia films.
I hate the notion that some people have that a horror movie has to be based on a true story to be more appreciated. If that’s the case, Goofellas and other mob films should be considered the scariest movies ever, not that I don’t like mob films cause I do like some of them, but really, it’s sometimes the supernatural and the unknown that’s really creepy.
Sorry about the repitition, lol. I didn’t know it was sent at first
Has any one seen the new halloween movie by Rob Zombie… was it good if you did see it?
Also just asking again…. I really want to find this movie
Does any one remember the name of the movie that has vampires that lived in water, and there lungs would come outside of the mouth? lol sounds odd, i remember seeing it as a child but dont remember the name or many of the details.
This is crazy where are the vampire movies John Carpenter’s Vampires was a brilliant. Like when the guy opened the door vlad slit him in half with his hand. You can’t tell me thats not scary.
Lacey I’m sorry but i have seen just about every vampire movie made and I don’t recall seeing anything about it’s lung coming out of it’s mouth. Maybe it wasn’t a vampire movie how old where you. Maybe you just thought it was a vampire movie.
I recently saw a movie called ” Book of Blood”…. I have to say it was the most scary stuff I have ever seen, I recommend seeing it in the dark, and alone if possible to get the full shock of it, it becomes lees and less scary towards the end, but the plot of the movie is great, and lots of scary scenes…Two thumbs up.
how can anyone sit there and call themselves a horror fan and not have cannibal holocaust anywheres on the list..for 1980 the effects were insane… banned in 53 countries, the film crew were jailed after its release.. if your lucky enough to find an uncut version of this movie def watch
other notable mentions would be,
peter jacksons dead alive, a clockwork orange,bloodfeast, beuo omega, cannibal ferox, ravinous cannibal
none of the movies are scary if you know one that is actually scary. contact me dvdnunley@yahoo.com. these movies are okay but not what i would really want to watch again. im trying to find an actual scary movie
i dont think i heard anyone metion the movie demons that was the shi tt thats a horror part 1,2,3 also evil dead 1 was good the exorcist an there was a movie i had a hard time tring to find anymore it should of been in like the early 90’s april fools it was a movie where some1 was infected or had a deamon an they would pass it on to some1 else and you woldnt no who it was till they kill again, there was also a movie cant quite remember the name thinks its ‘angelia sister’ well anyway the movie was about some high school students there were two sisters among them an the went to an old house to party, and something happend an one of the sisters died, well she came back! and rip every one to therds lol she wasn’t playing but i thik it had 2 parts but part 1 was the good 1, am out for now ppl.
very good call john .. kudos =P
I agree with some of these people on here…I believe though that it really depends on what genre of horror we’re looking at and basing the ratings…I mean, the best horror movie will NOT have the top gore, the top story line, the top actors, etc. all in one.
1) The Shining because it falls in a more psychological horror and just being surrounded in silence for months is pretty wild.
2) The Bodysnatcher is on here because other than being a classic with Boris Karloff as a main actor, it involves true acting and does not rely on special affects, unlike a movie such as Saw where you need to see blood and guts. Graverobbing and hallucinating is pretty scary to me.
3) Zombie – Lucio Fulci directs it and is in for the run in being a gore filled zombie movie.
4)IT terrifies a nice number of people and a clown is one thing to be terrified of, but a clown that can transfer into whatever you fear the most has to be scary.
5)Hellraiser is awesome because the gore and scenes are pretty outstanding for an older movie. Sucking someones flesh and blood out from their hands is quite something.
6) A Nightmare on Elm Street is on here because anything can happen in dreams, but when dreams become reality thats when things get out of control and scary.
7)Creature From the Black Lagoon is in here because if you’re swimming in a lake, who knows what could lurk in there…with so much pollution in the air nowadays, I would NOT find it possible that something of that kind could evolve and live in random lakes.
Im going to stop here, but there is more great ones…I guess it depends on your taste of horror.
How about some B movies…such as Jolly Roger, Session 9, Chello…or how about creepy mountain people movies such as Deliverance, though it isn’t a gory horror film it is psychologically disturbing….I recommend that one out of all the others.
how about the movies that just give you that disturbing, low kind of sick feeling to your stomach..
one as such that would stand out to me.. that most have damned to be a “horrible movie” Gummo.. about a small town in ohio that was hit by a tornado in the 70’s.. the town never recovered.. just a odd interesting look into the lives of the everyday “white trash slum back in an untouched crevace..i personally think its a masterpiece and im sure most will disagree.. but its a beautiful film with a touching meaning.. to say there really are people out there like that.. who have no one to turn to.. no way to get out.. taught by the same narrow views of the father before them..
another film would be a film made in 77 called eraserhead.. truely a strange feature. both worth a watch if you get the chance
Based on genre/ quality/ scary:
1) The Exorcist
Halloween
2) Silence of the Lambs
3) Texas Chainsaw
Night of the Living Dead
4) The Shining
The Descent
5) The Others
The Omen
Scream
Almost made it but for Genre or dated impact) Phyco, Alien, Carrie, Jaws.
I do not believe a list this short should include more than one movie from the same franchise. I also believe some of the gorier movies on this list are not nearly as frieghtening as some of the movies that are not included. My lack of classics such as Frankenstien is because thier fear impact is dated despite the quality of the films.
P.S.) I do believe Jaws is one of the scariest movies ever made. I am also glad The Descent was included.
Oh. And I can’t believe nobody mentioned Rosemary’s Baby. My other also rans (some not in the genre but scary) include Poltergiest,Susperia, Candyman, Evil Dead 2, Fatal Attraction, and Misery. (Hello!!! Nobody for Misery?)
yea dude i can give you misery.. very good film… it def makes you feel something.. that should be a priority of any movie on the list
also if anyone wants to test thier stomach and sanity level.. try august undergound mortem. from the independent filmmaker fred vogel who also stars as one of the 2 killers in the movie.. this movie is called the sickiest movie ever made..vogel shows you a hardcore look into the sick mind of a serial killer. This movie will leave you speechless.. its filmed by an actual video camera.. and throughout the movie you sort of forget your watching something fake.. it will leave you sad,sickened,enraged so many mixed emotions and thats what fred vogel is going for..
WARNING: completely explicit scenes this film isnt for anyone.. only for the most hardcore gore fans.
Ill state a few scenes so that you can get an idea of what your in for.
At one point vogel and his cameraman have a female stipped and tied to a chair vogel stabs the woman and begins to pull her guts out of the wound.. after degutting her he proceeds by actually having intercourse in the wound
also near the end there is a part that show a decaying babies head with maggots within /on it.. vogel walks up causually and eats one of the maggots..
as i staed before this movie is not for the weak.. but this movie ranks high on my list for the shock factor.. you simply cannot believe what you are seeing and it looks so realistic.. but yet you cant look away for wanting to see what they will do next.. it will leave you feeling dirty and filthy.
my favorite is all of the Halloween movies andi also like the Hills Have Eyes and the Boobgeyman part two and the origanal Boogeyman and the IT and Bewolwf and the Frankinstian movies.
Well, I will not argue the point of the best, finest, scariest &/or goriest of the horror genre. As all of you are well aware by now I am sure, that the choice lies in the eye of the beholder, viewer, watcher, etc…
My personal choices are as follows, the number does not indicate placement:
1) Silence of The Lambs – 1991. Numerous people have mentioned that this should be categorized as a suspense/thriller movie and I do not disagree, with the exception of the realism of the FBI investigation showing the corpses/photos/et al. This remains the only Academy Award winner that I knew would win the moment I watched it.
2) Return of The Living Dead – 1985 Just for the sheer fun factor, and not to mention Linnea Quigley’s dance in the cemetary and her stroll downtown.
3) Psycho – 1960 In my perusing of everyone’s list, almost no one mentioned the Granddaddy of the genre. How many of us think about that scene every time we hop into the shower?
4) Patrick – 1978 This was the second horror movie I ever saw, the first being Texas Chainsaw Massacre on the big screen in a drive in when I was 7. Patrick is a little hokey, but the premise makes you watch, a comatose patient whose mind is still active. A nice trick of coercing the nurse to give him a handjob, without saying a word.
5) Texas Chainsaw Massacre – 1974 Enuff said!
6) Re-Animator series – 1985, 1990, 2003 Just gotta love Jeffrey Combs. For sheer gore & fun Re-Animator 1 & 2 are great. The 3rd was lacking in almost all departments, with the exception that Jeffrey Combs was back in the title role.
7) Perfume – The Story of a Murderer – 2006 Now this one in my opinion covered all the bases. You have your romance with Grenouille falling for the little red headed girl (and who doesn’t love a redhead?). Your suspense as he tracks her down by scent alone (which I can assure you, if you have a sensistive enough nose can be done), the thriller as he hunts the women whose scent will make him the envy of all, Drama as he realizes that all they want from him is the scents he has created, and throught the film the horror as he hunts and tries different methods to make the scent of his beloved red headed girl, from boiling, diffusing, pressing. And even a little erotica as you see him cup his hands over the women, and smell, especially in the genital areas.
9) Phantom of The Opera – 1989 With Robert Englund onboard as the title character you can expect some fun. Now this is not your Mama’s ALW wimpy singing Phantom. This in my belief is more in accord with Gaston LeRoux’s original story, darker and more enticing. Jill Schoelen’s beauty is a bonus and whomever did the voiceover singing should be commended.
10) Stigmata – 1999 This was the movie that made me a Gabriel Byrne fan. The fun part is he went from being a Catholic priest in this movie to being Satan in End of Days. How’s that for a mood/character swing!? Patricia Arquette is always enjoyable, but seems in her element when it comes to horror/thriller as in Stigmata as Frankie and in N.O.E.S 3 as Kristin.
11) Clay Pigeons – 1998 Now I know I’ll catch some heat for this, but it is most definitely a watch more than once flicks. Clay Pigeons is a intense comedic thriller. Who thinks of Vince Vaughan as a serial killer? Definitely a must see.
12) Frailty – 2001 Now here is a movie that has got it all. An actual great storyline including: Demonic Possesion, messages from God, holy weapons provided by a beam of light from an angel, Axe Killers (and why is it called OTIS?), sad mom dead moment, warm fuzzies with the family, hard working Dad, obedient kids (for a while at least), and a unique twist ending. Check this one out!
13) Halloween – 1978 & Friday The 13th – 1980 onward Now I include our dear friends Jason because he and his evil older halfbrother Mikey (Meyers that is) reset the whole of horror with their movies Friday The 13th & Halloween. Enuff said!
14) Se7en – 1995 Now in my opinion any movie with Morgan Freeman in it is usually good ( Wanted, Bucket List, Unleashed, just to mention a few. I grew up watching him on the original Electric Company many moons ago). Se7en is no exception. If you like to think during your movies this one should go on your list.
15) The Wraith – 1986 Now I know I’ll catch some heat for this one too, but it is a fun revenge movie. Not to mention it features one bad ass car the Dodge M4S Interceptor, of which only 4 are known to exist. Added bonuses of Sherilyn Fenn and Charlie Sheen help to make this kill’em all for what they did to me movie worth at least a watch.
16) Shaun Of The Dead – 2004 What fun is this movie! (as was Spaced – 1999 & Hot Fuzz – 2007) Simon and Nick Frost are made for each other. I am sure all have watched this, but did not see it included on many lists. And who would have thought of Simon Pegg as Scotty on the 2009 Star Trek?
17) Sublime – 2007 Now after watching a few episodes of Ed I did not see Tom Cavanagh as a horror film actor. Sublime turned that around for me. He does have a good range of ability, and I look foward to seeing more efforts from him in the genre.
18) Cigarette Burns – 2005 Now I know this technically is not a feature length film. Although you must admit that the Masters of Horror series has created some fine work. This being one of them. Who can’t relate to hunting down some film from your past that you just have to watch again. When you add a certain amount of difficulty and the rarity of the item being searched for you can just feel the longing that is expressed in the film.
19) Phantasm – 1979 Now I am sure this classic needs no description. Enuff said!
20) and at last the Hellraiser series 1-3 – 1987, 1988, & 1992 These classics are truly a vision into the brain of their author Clive Barker. Unfortunately the films that came after the first three leave much to be desired.
Honorable Mentions:
Serial Mom – 1994 just because it is so much fun!
Driller Killer – 1979 Insane Artist with a power drill
Monster – 2003 Aileen Wuornos because real life is so much better than film
Ed Gein – 2000 Because he has influenced so much of the horror genre from Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Silence of The Lambs, et al.
Copycat – 1995 Because of the ways they use serial killers from the past influencing the new breed of the future.
Henry: Portait of a Serial Killer – 1986 Michael Rooker is outstanding as Henry Lee Lucas, if you can find it, watch it!
Donnie Darko – 2001 This new classic is in a class all its own.
American Psycho – 2000 Christian Bale is more believable in this role than as the Caped Crusader
Anything Dario Argento
Hannibal Rising – 2007 Although I was hoping to see his first kill, and the recipe for his deep and glossy ragout the constituents of which were never determined which he made out of Benjamin Raspail
Candyman – 1992 At least they made a decent movie out of a urban legend. Tony Todd was great!
Urban Legend – 1998 So much more could have been done with this movie. It’s a good scare the panties off of your date flick though. >:)
I have written and said enough let us see what has been knocked loose in everyone’s memory palaces now.
Mad Doc
Try and check out “100 feet”, really scares the hell out of me..
Carrie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
exocist. it cucu 4 coco puffs
I liked the movie paranormal activity it was great especially the last half!!! Deffinitely a must see
If you liked “Exorcist”, watch “PARANORMAL ACTIVITY”. This movie was fantastic. Begining is little boring, but this is where character shaping takes place. It gets really interesting afterwards. Trust me, “PARANORMAL ACTIVITY” should definatly be top 5.
Nooo! The Strangers was the most scariest movies ever!
It was original and its coming out with a sequel!
1. Exorsist ( the best !!!)
2. Evil Dead
3. Demons (1985) this is a must see movie !
4. Night of the Demons (excellent !)
5. Return of the living dead
I did watch Paranormal Activity, and it made me jump a couple of times, but i wish there was more. I have to agree that its been a long time since i have seen a really good HORROR movie and wish someone would come up with one, So for anyone out there if u have a movie to recommend PLEASE!! cuz i think ive seen them all !
martyrs (2008)
grudge 2
watch “Laid to Rest” best gore I’ve ever seen.
ok honestly, i dont think Frankenstein or Jaws not eve alien is scary!
its completely fake in the sense that a wiewer can tell its fake. ive seen over 100 movies in my life that are “horror” well atleast claim to be and now when i watch something “scary” its stupid and makes me laugh.
i need a good SCARE!
THE BEST MOVIE EVER (SCARYIEST) IS THE FOURTH KIND
THE BEST SCARY MOVIE THE FOURTH KIND
ALL OF U ARE STUPID ITS THE FOURTH KIND U GUYS DONT KNOW WHATS SCARY SO SHUT UP
The top horror movies of all time are not that easy to rank,however here are some of my favorites.1.Grave Dancers 2.Pulse 3.Tarantula 4.Evil Dead 5.Quarantine 6.Curse Of The Fly 7.The Grudge 8.The Ring 9.Thirteen Ghosts 10.Mimic 11.The Relic 12.Texas Chainsaw Massacre(both of then) 13.Unrest 14.The Thing(1982) 15.American Werewolf In London 16.Van Helsing 17.Nightmare Man 18.The Howling 19.Phantasm 20.Re-Animator 21.Night Of The Living Dead 22. Blair Witch Project 23.Altered 24.Slither 25.Alien 26.Aliens 27.Evil Dead 2(Dead By Dawn) 28.20 Million Miles To Earth.
I have no exact rank but these are some scary movies i really think made my hair stood up. Chill:D
1. Night of the Living Dead
2. Psycho
3. Amytiville Horror
4. Exorcist
5. The Ring
6. Blairwitch Project
7. Pet Cemetery
8. What lies Beneath
9. Interview With The Vampire
10. Frankenstein
11. Dracula
12. Saw
13. Dawn of the Dead
14. The Others
15. Sixth Sense
My list is about movies that really cant make you sleep for a while:
1- the exorcist
2- omen
3- event horizon
4- paranormal activity
5- the descent
6- the ring
7- the blair witch proyect
8- the others
9- the six sense
10- signs (yeah it scared me especially the part where they saw an alien walking down the streets of brazil)
My list is about movies that really cant make you sleep for a while:
1. Night of the living dead ( thought 90’s version was better”
2.Hellraiser I
3. Texas Chainsaw massacre (original one)
4. demons
5. demons 2
6. The Exorcist
7. The Entity ( this is a classic good stuff)
8. Pet cemetary
9.nightmare on Elm st. (original one)
10. holloween first one
After reading almost every comment. I have one movie for you all to watch, (if you can find it). Diabolique. [1955]. Not the remake. Good Luck.
My favorite horror movie of all time is JAWS.That night scene where that girl gets hit from below by that Great White Shark could easily be real.We know that there is no Frankenstein ,Mummy, Werewolf or any of those other creatures walking around,BUT, that Great White shark is real and I’m convinced that if you are swimming or treading water in the Ocean a Great White [ CAN ] COME BY .I have not been swimming in the ocean since,and furthermore have no plans to in the future.
i gotta say that i dont think any of the old movies scared me. The movies that really got me where the ones that were more realistic and could happen. Like Jaws, that freaked me out heaps. I dont go swimming in the ocean any more cos of it. But i have to say some arent that bad, my list would be:
Not in any order.
Event Horizon
Quarantine ( i found that freaky, especially the ending )
The hills have eyes
Wolf creek
IT ( actually i gotta say alot of Stephen Kings movies are not bad)
Thirteen Ghosts
28 weeks later ( heaps better then the first )
Mimic
Saw 1 – 5
Deep Blue sea ( i know its not a horror but still made me shit, and i liked this movie alot better then jaws, looked more real)
Dead silence ( twist at the end did it for me )
The mist
Feast ( pretty gory, number 2 + 3 sucked)
Boogeyman 2
Halloween H20
Trick r treat 2009 ( awesome movie )
Creepshow 2 ( the blob freaked me out so much when i was young)
Creepshow 3
sorry that its long, but some werent mentioned
these are all i could think of at this time.
Also i really want to see paranormal activity, altitude, the crazies, Orphan, carriers and Pandorum i think all these will be great, judging by the traliers.
snakes on plane
y dont u just make a list and not make it so complucatied by saying this is week 1 scary movie!
I thought THE STRANGERS was the scariest film ever!
so many comments, (alot with some of the worst grammar EVER) and the largest majority of them said the same movies over and OVER AND OVER AND OVER… really repetition is rather annoying. I think that i may have desensitized myself by watching scary movies ever since I was probably about 7, but I agree with lik 1/100 of the poeple that posted on here, You just don’t get the shock value in movie these days (and especially from back in the days of Jason, and Michael. Slashers, NEVER been scary to me, to predictable really.) Zombie flicks…….. ummm REALLY? that’s more self-explanitory then vampire flicks, they were people, now they are the living dead, how else can you make them different? Psychological “Thrillers”? not Thrilling enough, and to much Side stories, not enough focus on the mind games. Monster movies… There is yet to be a monster that is actually “Scary…” Ghost movies, Now there is an easier genre to make scary! that’s were you can actually use your imagination! (The Grudge was HILARIOUS!!!) and so was the ring. the concept of a haunted tape, a little to sheltered if you ask me, bring me more deaths, more suspense, MORE it’s always best with MORE!!! I just got done watching The Mist (booooooo) lame, overly-CGI reliant, and Quarantine. eh, i’ve seen better. now a Really good movie (but wasn’t remotely scary) Drag me to hell. Orphan that was a mind fuck for you, who would have guessed? a nice innocent little girl turns out to be a 35 year old psych-ward escapee! Buaahahahaha (but still, Not scary…) 13 ghosts, would have been awesome IF there wasn’t so much CGI. Dead Silence (puppets are creepy, but to be killed by a long gone owner of a puppet, now that’s just awesome. however, the CGI and the issue of there not being enough suspense, not enough of anything really…) wow I ramble alot! and i’m only 18! muahahahaha I love watching “Scary” movies, not because I find them scary, but because i know that the movie is probably going to suck, and i get to be witness.
oh, Vampire Flicks (REALLY! STOP BEATING THE DEAD HORSE! there has been vampire movies ever since the 40’s for heaven sakes, please come up with a more creative monster… PLEASE???) they just aren’t scary anymore, hell they have shows were vampires are used more for comedy relief then they are for scares (yes I talk of course about the vampire diaries, and supernatural, oh don’t forget buffy the VAMPIRE slayer) now let’s adress Haute Tension (as it seems some poeple actually found it scary… ha ha ah ah hahaha) the only part that actually made sense was the part were the lady finds out she’s actually the one killing everyone, not the imaginary fat man (that’s what she get’s for masturbating to much in friends houses…) Ok moving on, people this list is supposed to be about SCARY movies, not movies you think were ‘Good” by the way Deep Blue? REALLY? Boooo, I bet that had a really tiny budget, and an even tinier script, because i was bored stiff watching that, which brings me to Jaws. it’s a shark. yay… it eats people… yay… oh no, shark in the water… yay… BOOO get off the stage you over-rated whore! same goes with carrie, the exorcist, the silence of the lambs, aliens (blech lame lame lame lame lame lame!!!!) get imaginative people there is more to life then creature features and outer space.
Another thing that bothered me, now don’t get me wrong, the 60’s (or so it is said, i’ve yet to see it) had some pretty interesting umm… Scary movies, but… they don’t even compare to anything we have now! (no offense to those too old fashioned to move on to new adventures. Hey it’s not my fault you got trapped in the boob-tube back in the 70’s (or maybe even the dreadful 80’s) you just need to find your own way out. Watch the newer scary movies with a different outlook, not your worn out perspective that once was. Things have changed therefore you should at least try to keep up (or get left in the dust) OOOOH I just remembered THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA??? REALLY? the only thing scary about that is Lady Carlotta! (but I guess to each his own lame form of being scared.)
don’t worry, I’m fully aware of my own flaws when it comes to my opinions, but I’m going off of years of being bored to tears by these supposed “Scary movies.” Tell me one thing i should be scared of from any of these movies, and i’m sure i will find a contradiction to it on Why I SHOULDN’T be scared. it’s a counter-balancing system of Lame, and Awesome (lately there is more lame then there should be so I’m more annoyed then anything. Dissatisfied? yes, Bored? yes, Yet to find a “Scary” movie (sadly enough) No.
I just recently heard of a movie titled “I Drink Your Blood.” it’s a bit cheesy, but the story line and gore is quite something…oh, and Hidden Agenda, you probably watch horror films with your friends with the lights on…sometimes its best to watch a horror film thinking that it could be real, not always thinking “yeah right, that will never happen”. think about “THIS could happen…”
1.hatchet-cause the hole movie is creepy
JJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA, YOU GUYS ARE JUST PLAIN AND SIMPLE RETARDED.MOST OF THE MOVIES IN THIS LIST DON’T BELONG ON THE HORROR GENRE.MOST ARE SUSPENCE AND SCIENCE FICTION.JAJAJAJAJAJAJA, IT SHOWS HOW DUMB SOME PEOPLE CAN BE TO EVEN READ YOUR SO CALLED EXPERT OPINIONS.IF YOU CAN TELL APART AN HORROR MOVIE FROM A SCIENCE-FI (ALIENS) OR A SUSPENCE MOVIE ( LIKE PSYCHO OR SILENCE OF THE LAMBS) , THEN HOW CAN YOU BE A TRUSTFUL SOURCE OF INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CINEMA WORLD.JAJAJAJAJJAJJAJAJAJAJAJAJAAJAJAJAJJAJAJAJA
this was crappy this is mine
1.soroity row
2.poleteroligist
3.the house on soroity row
4.all halloween movies
5.pshyco
6.texas chinsaw masscare
7.orphan
8.night of the living dead
9.hitcher
10.the mist
11.phantom of the opra
12.birs
The best horors for all time is:The hills run red 2009,The Stepfather 2009,Sorority Row,Carriers,Open Graves,Carver,Buried alive,See no evil,Wrestlemaniac,Turistas,Whisper,Wilderness,Rest stop 1 i 2,The Ruins,Eden lake,The Lodge,7eventy 5ive,Untraceable,Cry wolf,All the boys love Mandy Lane,Dead in 3 days 1 i 2,Rovdyr,Joy Ride 2,Dying Breed,SHUTTLE,Freak Dog,Horsemen…and many others.That is for now….See you next time
wot about prom night, steven kings it , american warewolf in london, my bloody valentine ,the howling , carrie the list is endless their are alot of good horrors and good british ones like 28days later and dog solders
did anyone watch “ONE MISSED CALL”
excellant horror movie i ve ever seen…!!
1.Exorcist
2.Fright Night
3.The Burrowers
4.The Shinning
5.The Exorcism of Emily Rose
6. Alien
7. The Changling
8.Something Evil
9.Die, Monster, Die
10.The Haunting
11. Hell House
12.Attack of the Crab Monsters
13.Killer Shrews
All my opinon of course!
There’s this french horror film…”À l’interieur”…it’s recent and It’a must see for any horror fan. Check it out.
30 days of Night- isolation, darkness and no hope what so ever
Ok, time to helpfully come out with my final definitive list:
10.The Exorcist(The Ultimate devil possessed movie). Watching it as a kid is brutal to the max.
9. Fallen(all devil possessed movies are just plain wrong).
8. The Grudge(The ring is more popular, this one is more
fucking creepy).
7. Candyman(You’ll never look at a mirror the same way).
6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre( The Ultimate Slasher movie, what’s worse is that it’s based on a true story).
5.An American Werewolf In London(I don’t care what anyone say, no other werewolf/monster movie comes close, this one says it all, sickest transformation after all this year), another film that terrified me as a kid, CGI is a joke.
4. White Noise(Mr.Michael Keaton(Batman) gets brutally killed for trying to contact his deceased wife, how often does that happen.”?).
3. The Mothman Prophycies(This movie is more of a creepy film than a scary film, not only it fucks with your mind, but it also fucks with your destiny).
2. The Changeling(The most underrated haunted house horror/mystery, this makes the Shining seem like a nice bedtime ghost story).
1. In The Mouth Of Madness( Everything, witches, the devil, disturbing and shocking images, mind fucking, this should’ve been considered Carpenter’s masterpiece instead of Halloween, let’s just hope that you don’t lose your mind after this one).
Honorable Mentions: Salem’s Lot, Suspiria, Night Of The Living Dead, The Howling, Halloween, The Shining, The Ring, Evil Dead 2, Jaws 5: The Last Shark, Silent Rage.
Guilty Pleasure: The Capture Of Bigfoot, The Black Cat, Child’s Play, The Dark 1994
What about, The ENTITY ? very scary and true
honourable mention to Jeepers Creepers ,its pretty good too.
i love horror movies especially low budget gems, granted you have to wade through some pretty bad movies but once you find a good one, its a must get for any horror collection…one that comes to mind is very low budget and pretty bad acting but i still don’t like to watch in the dark by myself it was called kolobos. check it out but watch it in the dark by yourself. if you watch with all the lights on with a bunch of friends its kind of hard not to make fun of it cause of the bad acting.
some top fave classics texas chainsaw massacre 1 and especially 2….phantasm 1 and 2…..halloween…maniac….jeffrey dahmer movie i am not sure which version but it was low budget and one of the first made….poltergeist…candyman….hellraiser…children of the corn…the hitcher….elm st….and too many more to list wow i love so many
martyrs is a messed up movie
some of the spelling on this site is ridiculous!
LOOK before you post a comment people!!!
These are soooooo boring !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don’t you have any lately? From 2007? Baka!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bleh =~=.
I have yet to find a movie that is scary enough to stay in my head after its over and disrupt my sleep but there have been a few that made me shiver. The only way for me to feel anything close to fear while watching a horror movie is to try to imagine myself as the victim and think of how I would react in their situation.
Slasher flicks aren’t scary to me at all. Most of the killers are just just crazy people, they’re not ninjas or navy seals, they don’t have supernatural stelth powers or super strength so how is it that they always manage to sneak up on people and overpower them. Scream is a perfect example, Its a couple of highschool kids. I think I would hear them trying to sneak up on me and I would grab a wrench from my tool bag and beat them to death while they were tripping over their stupid cosumes.
Then you have Jason and Michael Myers. So when a little retarded boy drowns his dead body grows up at the bottom of the lake and if your crazy enough you become imortal. Riiiight.
The Nightmare on Elm St. movies were good but they weren’t scary, with the exception of the scene in the first one where Tina gets killed. I imagine myself as the boyfriend, helpless to stop the invisible killer from hurting my girlfriend. That to me is scary. Over all if the Nightmare movies were anything they were funny and Evil Dead was hilarious, great but hilarious.
The most frightning thing to me is being powerless to stop some one or something from hurting the ones I love so movies like the Exorcist are the ones I find disturbing. The only thing worse then being helpless to stop something from hurting your loved ones is being unable to stop yourself from hurting them so films like the Shining will make my list as well.
There haven’t been enough movies that sent a shiver down my spine to make a top ten list so here is my top five.
#5 Saw. Being chained up and not knowing where you are while some phsyco has your wife and child doing god knows what to them would be the driving force for me, cutting off my own leg and killing some prick whos been spying on me seems a small price to pay.
#4 Drag me to Hell. There are only a few chilling parts and it wasn’t really scary but the end was fantastic.
#3 The shining. My Great Grand Mother had senile dementia and she fliped out one day and came after my Uncle with a butcher’s knife. After that we had to put her in a retirment home so I know it is possible for some one to lose their mind and attack their loved ones.
#2 Paranormal Activity. What makes this film so scary is the realistic portrail of Katie and Micah. They were so believable as a couple they could have been your next door neighbors. That mixed with the fact that we’ve all heard strange noises along with the home video style of the movie make it seem very real. This is the first movie since the Exorcist that made me jump out of my seat. It doesn’t seem like much from the previews but this film has everything that makes a horror film scary and anyone who says it doesn’t is either still in their teens or just looking for gore.
#1 The Exorcist. The most frightning thing in the world, if you have kids, is something beyond your control hurting them. Every parent gets a scared when their teenager gets their driver’s license and drives off on their own so having to watch something tear your child apart from the inside would be devastating. I imagine that for Chirs it was like finding out that Regan had cancer only a cancer that was a thousand times faster and more painfull.
To me a horror movie should create the aspect of fear combine with a realistic aspect of happening.Thats why i would consider the exorcism of emily rose, drag me to Hell,the Omen and may be the Texas chain saw.Otherwise it is rediculous to give Hills have eyes any rating as it looks so amatuerish and a copy cat of the already existing movies.Though i admit i havent seen so many others.
Eden Lake by far the best really doesn make you jump and keeps you on the edge of your seat.
please dont add the ring or the grudge to the list. Or any peice of crap horror movie like that to the list. The llist isnt great but its not bad so lets not ruin it with movies that really really suck.
The thing should be number one i love that movie. Childs play scared me to death as a kid. The last house on the left ( the original ) is pretty messed up. hell raiser. evil dead belongs on that list.silver bullet. Misery, needful things, lol killer clowns from outer space, phantasim i have no idea whats goin on in that movie, 28 days is a great zombie movie,
Jeeper Creepers, House on Haunted Hill
ohk here it is
1:friday the 13th series
2:a nightmare on elm street series
3:halloween 1 and 2
4:texas chainsaw massacare
5:saw series
6:predator
7:alien series
8:alien vs predator 1 and 2
9:child’s play
10:scilence of the lambs
i dont find the following even nearley scary
1:brids
2:the grudge
3:wrong turn 1 2
4:phyco
5:the mist
6:the shining
7:jaws
8:frankenstien
9:godzillar (new)
10:godzillar(1946)\
godzillar sucks balls and the grudge is gay jaws is to old but a good movie the shining gay frankenstien heaps gay and phyco eeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeee wtf the mist i saw that today at the end military people walking past no idea when his screaming like mi 3 year old sis saying nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooo cuz he killed his family boo hoo go bother jaws wait his dead
I must say these movies are great, but i wouldn’t class them as horror. No to me a horror movie is something on the lines of saving private ryan or Schindler’s List ,the two towers just to name a few. The fact that these things happen is scray.
I think I like all the movies except for evildead,excircist,and wrong turn,because when I watched them their aint no “Don’t go in their parts” and the actors are just too dramatic and not the cool kind.
O.K., I need to chime in here. There is a difference between horror, suspense and gore films. I can’t stand any of the “Saw” films!(gore) from the first to whatever they have now, not really impressed. Hostel was a bit better but not by much. You want something that will make you squirm? Check out “Devils experiment guinea pig.” It is by far the closest you will ever come to a real snuff film. Let me add, “Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer”, “Let them die slowly” and the original “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”. Now for suspense, the first “Holloween” created the genre, so one would think. It was actually “Black Christmas” that started it all, then “Holloween,” then “Friday the 13th”. Lets give credit where it is due. Oh, and also “Don’t answer the phone when you’re alone”. Now horror, that IS the “Exorcist!” If you read the book before hand, it adds to the experience, you think you have nightmares now? An “American Werewolf in London” and “the Shining” run hand in hand for a close second. If you want a euro twist to horror, watch “Suspiria”, it is one of the most visually stunning films by Dario Argento, It’s hard to find anything new that does any of the 3 genres justice. Although George A. Romero is a god!! And I am impressed with Michael Bay, I don’t care for Rob Zombie. “28 days and weeks later ” and “30 Days of night” are also amazing films. For Sci Fi, “The Thing” (1980’s version ) and “Alien” are incredible. But if you really want to get the be-jesus scared outta you, watch any of the 3 High School Musicals. That to me is by far the scariest thing I have ever seen! I only made it through the first 3 minutes of it!!!
i love the original halloween movie. thought it was great. so was rob zombies remakes. i also love his other films like house of a 1000 corpses and the devils rejects. but nothing compares to firday the 13th, nightmare on elm street, killer klowns from outer space, jeepers creepers, the texas chainsaw massacre, dawn of the dead, day of the dead, land of the dead.
U YOUNGSTERS DONT KNOW HORROR WHEN U SEE IT.
1. HALLOWEEN
2.FRIDAY THE 13TH
3. BLACK CHRISTMAS (OLDER VERISON)
4. WHEN A STRANGER CALL (OLDER VERISON)
5. THE EXORIST
6. PROM NIGHT(OLDER VERSION)
7. SALEMS LOT (OLDER VERSION)
8. HALLOWEEN 2 (OLDER VERSION)
9. FRIDAY THE 13TH PT 2
10. MY BLOODY VALENTINE (OLDER VERISON)
I think the list is okay but there are so many movies I don’t see. You have to admit that the 80’s horror flicks were pretty scary for their time. I’m talking about flicks like Return of the Living Dead, Rawhead Rex, Pumpkinhead, Gothic, Child’s Play….these movies scared the crap out of me when I was young. I watch them now but don’t get the same thrill out of them. They are still cool to watch though. Then there are flicks like 976-EVIL and Angel Heart that really freaked me out when I first saw them. But my all time favorite flick is Trilogy of Terror. That little fetish doll terrified me when I was a kid. It still gives me the chills.
Nobody seems to have mention EDEN LAKE.
All of the other horror movies can be rationalised into not believing. Here however is a horror scenario that could quite easily happen to anyone at any time and without the need for magic/supernatural etc…
*** EDEN LAKE ****
Hey Liam. Eden Lake was mentioned here. I guess you didn’t see it though. There are too many comments here going back like 2 years now. I haven’t seen it myself yet but I did download it. I’ll watch it soon.
OK this is a new movie but ive never been scared like this before (paranormal activity). its a fuked up movie. watch it u wont b disapointed. i promise
the best horror movie would have 2 be……friday the 13th uncut….or the exorcist
Yeah Paranormal Activity made me wanna sleep with the lights on. That shit is scary because possession can really happen and you never know when or where or even why. Evil does exist and it’s terrifying. That’s what makes those movies so scary. People die from being possessed. The demons ravage the body so horribly that there is little chance of survival. Look at the exorcist. Reagan’s head did a complete 360 in that movie. Her body was so contorted it’s sickening. Why they chose to have her character live after all that is beyond me. A real person would never have survived all that. Never think that these things are just make believe. That shit really does happen. Scary thought. Even scarier to witness it. Just watching the movies is enough for me. I never want to see it first hand. But if you like to get the chills, watch any of these movies: Paranormal Activity, The Exorcist, Stigmata, The Exorcism of Emily Rose. They are all good possession films.
I just remembered another good one. It’s from the 80’s. Witchboard. A woman gets obsessed with a Ouija board and ends up getting possessed by an evil spirit. Pretty good for the time period. Not so scary now but still a good flick.
how’s about house of wax?
oh, and silent hill and It, oh, and exorcism of emily rose. it’s creepy. and stigmata. 
yall bich ass nigas wont let us watch the yall crackers its fucking old movies thats just why i dont like white people now
Well, that’s pretty damned rude!