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Top Horror Films (#1-100)

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock 9
2 Jaws 1975 Steven Spielberg 27
3 King Kong 1933 Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack 47
4 Alien 1979 Ridley Scott 54
5 Aliens 1986 James Cameron 88
6 The Exorcist 1973 William Friedkin 102
7 Frankenstein 1931 James Whale 114
8 Nosferatu 1922 F.W. Murnau 115
9 Bride of Frankenstein 1935 James Whale 116
10 The Shining 1980 Stanley Kubrick 129
11 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 131
12 Halloween 1978 John Carpenter 160
13 Night of the Living Dead 1968 George A. Romero 168
14 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 Don Siegel 173
15 Don't Look Now 1973 Nicolas Roeg 185
16 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920 Robert Wiene 237
17 The Birds 1963 Alfred Hitchcock 238
18 Rosemary's Baby 1968 Roman Polanski 255
19 Dawn of the Dead 1978 George A. Romero 273
20 Carrie 1976 Brian De Palma 275
21 The Thing 1982 John Carpenter 276
22 Peeping Tom 1960 Michael Powell 287
23 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974 Tobe Hooper 298
24 Scream 1996 Wes Craven 305
25 Freaks 1932 Tod Browning 306
26 The Wicker Man 1973 Robin Hardy 317
27 Diabolique 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot 327
28 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 Jim Sharman 333
29 Cat People 1942 Jacques Tourneur 338
30 Dracula 1931 Tod Browning 340
31 Repulsion 1965 Roman Polanski 348
32 Eraserhead 1977 David Lynch 397
33 The Blair Witch Project 1999 Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez 417
34 A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 Wes Craven 451
35 Suspiria 1977 Dario Argento 456
36 The Phantom of the Opera 1925 Rupert Julian 463
37 The Evil Dead 1981 Sam Raimi 466
38 The Thing from Another World 1951 Christian Nyby 482
39 Evil Dead II 1987 Sam Raimi 495
40 The Fly 1986 David Cronenberg 524
41 The Haunting 1963 Robert Wise 538
42 An American Werewolf in London 1981 John Landis 585
43 Dead of Night 1945 Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, and Robert Hamer 638
44 Shaun of the Dead 2004 Edgar Wright 643
45 Dead Ringers 1988 David Cronenberg 679
46 The War of the Worlds 1953 Byron Haskin 682
47 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931 Rouben Mamoulian 686
48 The Invisible Man 1933 James Whale 713
49 Poltergeist 1982 Tobe Hooper 719
50 Videodrome 1983 David Cronenberg 723
51 Beetlejuice 1988 Tim Burton 749
52 Eyes without a Face 1960 Georges Franju 756
53 Horror of Dracula 1958 Terence Fisher 758
54 The Mummy 1932 Karl Freund 767
55 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962 Robert Aldrich 792
56 The Conqueror Worm 1968 Michael Reeves 812
57 Vampyr 1932 Carl Theodor Dreyer 834
58 The Omen 1976 Richard Donner 840
59 Near Dark 1987 Kathryn Bigelow 848
60 I Walked with a Zombie 1943 Jacques Tourneur 849
61 28 Days Later… 2002 Danny Boyle 876
62 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 1948 Charles Barton 878
63 Curse of the Demon 1957 Jacques Tourneur 888
64 Re-Animator 1985 Stuart Gordon 896
65 The Innocents 1961 Jack Clayton 899
66 The Virgin Spring 1960 Ingmar Bergman 901
67 The Others 2001 Alejandro Amenábar 915
68 The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957 Jack Arnold 930
69 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978 Philip Kaufman 932
70 Predator 1987 John McTiernan 986
71 Alien: Resurrection 1997 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 997
72 Gremlins 1984 Joe Dante 1003
73 From Dusk Till Dawn 1996 Robert Rodriguez 1010
74 Black Sunday 1960 Mario Bava 1014
75 Carnival of Souls 1962 Herk Harvey 1020
76 The Wolf Man 1941 George Waggner 1026
77 Friday the 13th 1980 Sean S. Cunningham 1034
78 Total Recall 1990 Paul Verhoeven 1036
79 Alien³ 1992 David Fincher 1071
80 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1986 John McNaughton 1084
81 Braindead 1992 Peter Jackson 1103
82 The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover 1989 Peter Greenaway 1106
83 Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler 1922 Fritz Lang 1113
84 The Mummy 1999 Stephen Sommers 1118
85 Duel 1971 Steven Spielberg 1155
86 Candyman 1992 Bernard Rose 1157
87 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles 1994 Neil Jordan 1183
88 Ring 1998 Hideo Nakata 1189
89 The Black Cat 1934 Edgar G. Ulmer 1195
90 Hellraiser 1987 Clive Barker 1212
91 Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 Werner Herzog 1222
92 Misery 1990 Rob Reiner 1231
93 The Audition 1999 Takashi Miike 1233
94 Village of the Damned 1960 Wolf Rilla 1234
95 Faust 1926 F.W. Murnau 1249
96 Jacob's Ladder 1990 Adrian Lyne 1259
97 Onibaba 1964 Kaneto Shindô 1278
98 Manhunter 1986 Michael Mann 1288
99 Lost Highway 1997 David Lynch 1344
100 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1992 David Lynch 1356
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