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A comprehensive list of horror movies ranked by 30 horror experts, with ratings, summaries, and trailers. Find classics like Alien, The Shining, and The Exorcist, as well as modern hits like The Blair Witch Project and Dawn of the Dead.
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- Scream
- Nosferatu
- The Blair Witch Project
- Dracula
- 28 Days Later
- The Fly
- An American Werewolf in London
- Let The Right One in
- Suspiria
- Dawn of The Dead
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Both director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson have plenty of successes in their career, but Screamremains a big highlight for both men. Williamson's script managed to deftly be so many things -- it was a sly meta/self-parody about the horror genre that didn't cross the line into goofiness, while also playing as a successful whodunit and, mos...
Count Orlok is moving to Germany, and he’s bringing pestilence and shadows with him. F.W. Murnau’s shameless rip-off of Bram Stoker’s Dracula does away with the sensuality that many associate with the undead monster, revealing the vampire to be a sad and rat-like creature, tormented by isolation and completely wrong for the modern world. Murnau see...
The movie that gave birth to the widespread "horror movie as faux-documentary" trend and that inspired such films as Paranormal Activity, The Blair Witch Projectis quite an effective scare fest in retrospect. Some of its then-inspired choices in the realm of "is it or isn't real" seem dated and obvious now, given the fact that the Internet seemingl...
All of today's mega-popular vampire franchises owe a debt of gratitude to Count Dracula. And as much as Bram Stoker's original novel helped popularize the vampire story, it was Universal's 1931 adaptationthat cemented the image of Dracula in the minds of most moviegoers. Dracula condenses and combines many of the main characters from the novel, ope...
The zombie genre is bigger than ever now, and you have 28 Days Laterto thank for it. The genre was practically dead by the time Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland gave zombies a much needed shot of adrenaline with this film. Seriously, this movie is pumped up on adrenaline. The zombies -- er, sorry, “infected” -- sprint through the movie, sp...
David Cronenberg's very R-rated, very intense and very excellent remake of The Flyputs Jeff Goldblum in the role of Seth Brundle, a scientist who invents telepods meant to change the world. Instead, they change him into a man-fly monster when a fly accidentally gets trapped in one of the machines as Seth teleports from one pod to the other. The scr...
It rarely hurts to merge horror with a tinge of comedy, and John Landis' An American Werewolf in London is one of the finer examples of that combination. It's also one of several iconic werewolf moviesthat hit theaters in 1981. Of the trio, American Werewolf remains the most popular and well-loved. The film begins with two backpackers traveling the...
Can you believe that there's a movie on our list that got its title from a Morrissey song? This most unusual of love stories is a Swedish film which hit it big internationally with its tale of a 12-year-old boy and his centuries-old vampire... who looks like a 12-year-old girl (but most certainly isn't). Whether or not Oskar and Eli's relationship ...
Of course we're including a giallofilm on this list, though the question did come up as to which of the Italian horror masters was most deserving to represent this distinctive genre. In the end, we had to give it to Dario Argento and his Suspiria -- a supernatural shocker that is an experience in style as well as terror. The film is about an Americ...
George Romero practically created the zombie movie genre single-handedly in 1968 with Night of the Living Dead. Ten years later he refined the formula with Dawn of the Dead. Far bigger, gorier, and funnier than its predecessor, Dawn of the Dead remains Romero's definitive work. Whereas Night featured a small cast of survivors holed up in a remote f...
IGN staff ranks and reviews the scariest and most influential horror films from Scream to Nosferatu. Find out which classics made the cut and why they deserve your attention.
A comprehensive guide to the best horror movies of all time, based on critics and audience scores, genres, and years. Find out which films made the list, from Alien to Zombieland, and why they are so scary and fresh.
Sep 17, 2024 · A list of the best horror films ever made, from classics like "Psycho" and "The Exorcist" to modern masterpieces like "Hereditary" and "Get Out". Explore the history, craft, and psychology of horror cinema with IndieWire's critics and experts.
From classic horrors, slashers, vampires and zombies, we've compiled the best horror movies ever made
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