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Best Horror Movies (by 25 users)
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Looking for a scare? Here's a list of the very best horror movies of all time. Get ready for some nightmares...
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Night of the Living Dead (1968) [ _ ]
on 18 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (72%)
description: Directed by George A. Romero. With Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman.... (more)
review: "A masterpiece! Who could NOT resist the charms of THIS classic!" - Dr_Gor @ Spout (more)
tags: Horror , Zombies , George Romero (more)
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The Shining (1980) [ _ ]
on 16 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (64%)
description: Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Llo... (more)
review: "Stanley Kubrick's maze of terror works on conscious and subconscious levels..." - Box Office Prophets (more)
tags: Horror , Jack Nicholson , Stephen King (more)
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Halloween (1978) [ _ ]
on 16 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (64%)
description: Halloween is a 1978 American independent horror film set in the fictional m... (more)
review: "Put simply, it is horror perfection." - movies.aol.com (more)
tags: Horror , Michael Myers , Slasher (more)
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The Exorcist [ _ ]
on 15 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (60%)
description: The Exorcist is an Academy Award-winning 1973 American horror and thriller ... (more)
review: "STILL THE SCARIEST MOVIE EVER MADE!!!" - Dr_Gor @ Spout (more)
tags: Horror , Exorcism , Catholicism (more)
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The Thing (1982) [ _ ]
on 15 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (60%)
description: Directed by John Carpenter. With Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, TK Carter. ... (more)
review: "Duh! Kurt Russell rocks my socks." - FroggyBaBe15876 @ Spout (more)
tags: John Carpenter , Horror , Sci-Fi (more)
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) [ _ ]
on 14 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (56%)
description: Directed by Tobe Hooper. With Marilyn Burns, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partai... (more)
review: "One of the best scream fests ever made and acomplished with almost no gore...." - Michael Phillips @ Amazon.com (more)
tags: Horror , Leatherface , Independent (more)
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Dawn of the Dead (1978) [ _ ]
on 14 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (56%)
description: Directed by George A. Romero. With David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger... (more)
review: "Dawn takes a look at the psychological toll that a paradigm shift can take ..." - Box Office Prophets (more)
tags: Zombies , Horror , George Romero (more)
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The Evil Dead [ _ ]
on 12 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (48%)
description: Directed by Sam Raimi. With Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeMani... (more)
review: "No horror movie has ever effected me as much as this low-budget, campy piec..." - Box Office Prophets (more)
tags: Bruce Campbell , Horror , Sam Raimi (more)
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A Nightmare on Elm Street [ _ ]
on 12 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (48%)
description: Directed by Wes Craven. With John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp... (more)
review: "Though some of the sequels drifted into camp and comedy, the original was t..." - Box Office Prophets (more)
tags: Horror , Freddy Krueger , Johnny Depp (more)
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Psycho (1960) [ _ ]
on 11 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (44%)
description: Alfred Hitchcock,Robert Bloch, Joseph Stefano. A young woman steals $40,000... (more)
review: "The horror film that started it all. The film will never get dated." - John L Murphy @ Amazon.com (more)
tags: Alfred Hitchcock , Shower , Horror (more)
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Alien [ _ ]
on 11 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (44%)
description: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Car... (more)
review: "Very disgusting. A real shocker. Great directing." - John L Murphy @ Amazon.com (more)
tags: Science Fiction , Horror , Ridley Scott (more)
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Jaws [ _ ]
on 11 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (44%)
description: Steven Spielberg When a gigantic great white begins to menace the small is... (more)
review: "Grew up right next to the Pacific coast... and never swam in the ocean once..." - D. Wilson "SonRisedInTheEast" @ Amazon.com (more)
tags: Steven Spielberg , Horror , Action (more)
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Hellraiser [ _ ]
on 11 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (44%)
description: Directed by Clive Barker. With Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laure... (more)
review: "For me, nothing else comes close... Strikingly innovative, it raised the ba..." - Bloodletters (more)
tags: Horror , Clive Barker , Pinhead (more)
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Rosemary's Baby [ _ ]
on 11 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (44%)
description: Directed by Roman Polanski. With Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon. ... (more)
review: "this is almost more of a psychological thriller than horror film" - IGN (more)
tags: Ira Levin , Devil , Horror (more)
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Scream [ _ ]
on 11 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (44%)
description: Directed by Wes Craven. With David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox. ... (more)
review: "The Best Horror Film of the 90s. An original, intelligent, funny script wit..." - Richard Lamery @ Amazon.com (more)
tags: Horror , Drew Barrymore , Slasher (more)
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The Silence of the Lambs [ _ ]
on 10 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (40%)
description: The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 Academy Award-winning horror/thriller fi... (more)
review: "The level of suspense in this movie, really can not be topped. When she is..." - dan (more)
tags: Horror , Anthony Hopkins , Cannibal (more)
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Evil Dead II [ _ ]
on 10 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (40%)
description: Directed by Sam Raimi. With Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks. The lon... (more)
review: "This one is my fav" - R. Gabe "Germinfestedzombie" @ Amazon.com (more)
tags: Bruce Campbell , Horror , Sam Raimi (more)
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28 Days Later [ _ ]
on 10 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (40%)
description: Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a... (more)
review: "Cillian Murphy does a damn fine job being a hero guy in this one AND he's w..." - FroggyBaBe15876 @ Spout (more)
tags: Zombie , Danny Boyle , Cillian Murphy (more)
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Suspiria [ _ ]
on 8 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (32%)
description: Suspiria is a 1977 Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento, and co-wr... (more)
review: "the one disc version is just as great but for you buffs out there this one ..." - Michael Phillips @ Amazon.com (more)
tags: Horror , Dario Argento , Italian Horror (more)
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Carrie [ _ ]
on 8 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (32%)
description: Carrie (1974) is Stephen King's first published novel. King has commented... (more)
review: "Classic and heartbreaking, Thats all that needs to be said." - Michael Phillips @ Amazon.com (more)
tags: Stephen King , Horror , Sissy Spacek (more)
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Saw [ _ ]
on 7 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (28%)
description: Directed by James Wan. With Leigh Whannell, Cary Elwes, Danny Glover. With ... (more)
review: "My personal favorite horror movie. Forget the haters, this was very clever...." - Heather Phinney "movie buff" @ Amazon.com (more)
tags: Horror , Cary Elwes , Danny Glover (more)
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The Blair Witch Project [ _ ]
on 7 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (28%)
description: Directed by Daniel Myrick, Eduardo S�nchez. With Heather Donahue, Joshua ... (more)
review: "It's like watching three psychological breakdowns, on film. At the time of ..." - Box Office Prophets (more)
tags: Horror , Witches (more)
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Braindead (Dead Alive) [ _ ]
on 7 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (28%)
description: None of the gore can be taken too seriously here and that is exactly what P... (more)
review: "The best horror film you may never have heard about. Before directing Lord ..." - Richard Lamery @ Amazon.com (more)
tags: Zombies , Gore , Horror Comedy (more)
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Friday the 13th [ _ ]
on 7 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (28%)
description: Many years after a boy drowns one summer and two camp counselors are killed... (more)
review: "A worthy knock-off of Halloween that made Jason popular. Still good stuff." - Daniel Gurrola "Movie-Buff36" @ Amazon.com (more)
tags: Horror , Jason Voorhees , Slasher (more)
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Phantasm [ _ ]
on 7 of 25 "Best Horror Movies" lists (28%)
description: Phantasm is a low-budget cult classic horror movie produced in 1977 and rel... (more)
review: "this movie was great as a kid and its still great. great musical score. i c..." - Michael Phillips @ Amazon.com (more)
tags: Horror (more)
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