Which are the best horror films? FilmSite proudly presents the 100 best horror films.
HIGHLIGHTS
- There is two Alfred Hitchcock films on list. George A. Romero's four.
1
The Exorcist
1973 · William Friedkin
2
The Shining
1980 · Stanley Kubrick
3
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974 · Tobe Hooper
4
Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott
5
Psycho
1960 · Alfred Hitchcock
6
The Thing
1982 · John Carpenter
7
Rosemary's Baby
1968 · Roman Polanski
8
Halloween
1978 · John Carpenter
9
Dawn of the Dead
1978 · George A. Romero
10
Jaws
1975 · Steven Spielberg
11
Suspiria
1977 · Dario Argento
12
Night of the Living Dead
1968 · George A. Romero
13
Don't Look Now
1973 · Nicolas Roeg
14
The Innocents
1961 · Jack Clayton
15
Carrie
1976 · Brian De Palma
16
An American Werewolf in London
1981 · John Landis
17
Evil Dead II
1987 · Sam Raimi
18
The Fly
1986 · David Cronenberg
19
Let the Right One In Låt den rätte komma in
2008 · Tomas Alfredson
20
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 · Wes Craven
21
Audition オーディション
1999 · Takashi Miike
22
The Haunting
1963 · Robert Wise
23
Nosferatu Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 · F.W. Murnau
24
Freaks
1932 · Tod Browning
25
The Omen
1976 · Richard Donner
26
Poltergeist
1982 · Tobe Hooper
27
The Blair Witch Project
1999 · Daniel Myrick Eduardo Sánchez
28
The Evil Dead
1981 · Sam Raimi
29
The Birds
1963 · Alfred Hitchcock
30
The Changeling
1980 · Peter Medak
31
Videodrome
1983 · David Cronenberg
32
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
33
Martyrs
2008 · Pascal Laugier
34
The Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · James Whale
35
Carnival of Souls
1962 · Herk Harvey
36
The Wicker Man
1973 · Robin Hardy
37
Frankenstein
1931 · James Whale
38
Eyes Without a Face Les Yeux sans visage
1960 · Georges Franju
39
Cannibal Holocaust
1980 · Ruggero Deodato
40
Jacob's Ladder
1990 · Adrian Lyne
41
Possession
1981 · Andrzej Żuławski
42
The Devil's Backbone El espinazo del diablo
2001 · Guillermo del Toro
43
Hour of the Wolf Vargtimmen
1968 · Ingmar Bergman
44
The Tenant Le locataire
1976 · Roman Polanski
45
The Others
2001 · Alejandro Amenábar
46
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · Jonathan Demme
47
Dead of Night
1945 · Alberto Cavalcanti Charles Crichton Basil Dearden Robert Hamer
48
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 · Don Siegel
49
Ringu リング
1998 · Hideo Nakata
50
Peeping Tom
1960 · Michael Powell
51
The Descent
2005 · Neil Marshall
52
The Devils
1971 · Ken Russell
53
Deep Red Profondo rosso
1975 · Dario Argento
54
Eraserhead
1978 · David Lynch
55
Repulsion
1965 · Roman Polanski
56
The Sixth Sense
1999 · M. Night Shyamalan
57
The Vanishing Spoorloos
1988 · George Sluizer
58
Kwaidan 怪談
1964 · Masaki Kobayashi
59
Vampyr Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey
1932 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
60
[REC]
2007 · Jaume Balagueró Paco Plaza
61
Diabolique Les Diaboliques
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
62
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Charles Laughton
63
Lake Mungo
2009 · Joel Anderson
64
The Beyond ...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà
1981 · Lucio Fulci
65
Pulse 回路
2001 · Kiyoshi Kurosawa
66
High Tension Haute tension
2003 · Alexandre Aja
67
Night of the Demon
1957 · Jacques Tourneur
68
28 Days Later
2002 · Danny Boyle
69
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
1920 · Robert Wiene
70
Kill, Baby... Kill! Operazione paura
1966 · Mario Bava
71
The Old Dark House
1932 · James Whale
72
Aliens
1986 · James Cameron
73
Black Christmas
1974 · Bob Clark
74
Black Sunday La maschera del demonio
1960 · Mario Bava
75
Hellraiser
1987 · Clive Barker
76
Come and See Иди и смотри
1985 · Elem Klimov
77
The Fog
1980 · John Carpenter
78
Ginger Snaps
2000 · John Fawcett
79
Angel Heart
1987 · Alan Parker
80
Wolf Creek
2005 · Greg McLean
81
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978 · Philip Kaufman
82
Black Sabbath I tre volti della paura
1963 · Mario Bava
83
Dracula
1958 · Terence Fisher
84
The Orphanage El orfanato
2007 · J. A. Bayona
85
Phantasm
1979 · Don Coscarelli
86
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
1975 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
87
Session 9
2001 · Brad Anderson
88
The Unknown
1927 · Tod Browning
89
Day of the Dead
1985 · George A. Romero
90
Dead Ringers
1988 · David Cronenberg
91
Braindead
1992 · Peter Jackson
92
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
1986 · John McNaughton
93
Re-Animator
1985 · Stuart Gordon
94
Scream
1996 · Wes Craven
95
Society
1989 · Brian Yuzna
96
It Follows
2014 · David Robert Mitchell
97
God Told Me To
1976 · Larry Cohen
98
Martin
1977 · George A. Romero
99
The Mist
2007 · Frank Darabont
100
The Babadook
2014 · Jennifer Kent
So this is a list based on popular magazine list on this topic, like Time Out. But, we improved list by removing and replacing not so good films.