Best Horror Movies of All Time

Best Horror Movies of All Time

Horror films are movies that strive to elicit responses of fear, horror and terror from viewers. Their plots frequently involve themes of the supernatural. Some of the most notable horror flick critics in the business compiled this list of scary movies sure to turn the strongest stomachs!

RankFilmYear Released  
1 Psycho Psycho1960 
2 Alien Alien1979 
3 The Shining The Shining1980 
4 Aliens Aliens1986 
5 Les Diaboliques Les Diaboliques1955 
6 Bride of Frankenstein Bride of Frankenstein1935 
7 John Carpenter's The Thing John Carpenter's The Thing1982 
8 Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari1920 
9 Frankenstein Frankenstein1931 
10 Nosferatu Nosferatu1922 
11 Faust Faust1926 
12 King Kong King Kong1933 
13 The Virgin Spring The Virgin Spring1960 
14 Rosemary's Baby Rosemary's Baby1968 
15 The Exorcist The Exorcist 1973 
16 Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse1933 
17 Onibaba Onibaba1964 
18 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Invasion of the Body Snatchers1956 
19 Kaidan Kaidan 1964 
20 The Innocents The Innocents1961 
21 Dawn of the Dead Dawn of the Dead1978 
22 Shaun of the Dead Shaun of the Dead 2004 
23 Night of the Living Dead Night of the Living Dead1968 
24 Repulsion Repulsion1965 
25 Dead Man's Shoes Dead Man's Shoes2004 
26 Grindhouse Grindhouse 2007 
27 Battle Royale Battle Royale2000 
28 Dead of Night Dead of Night1945 
29 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962 
30 Halloween Halloween1978 
31 Eyes Without a Face Eyes Without a Face1960 
32 The Invisible Man The Invisible Man1933 
33 Delicatessen Delicatessen1991 
34 The Birds The Birds 1963 
35 Evil Dead II Evil Dead II1987 
36 Peeping Tom Peeping Tom 1960 
37 The Devil and Daniel Webster The Devil and Daniel Webster1941 
38 The Haunting The Haunting1963/I  
39 Freaks Freaks1932 
40 The Unknown The Unknown1927 
41 The Hound of the Baskervilles The Hound of the Baskervilles1939 
42 Survive Style 5+ Survive Style 5+2004 
43 Häxan Häxan1922 
44 The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera1925 
45 The Wicker Man The Wicker Man1973 
46 Vargtimmen Vargtimmen1968 
47 Profondo rosso Profondo rosso 1975 
48 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1931 
49 The Tenant The Tenant1976 
50 The Others The Others2001 
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