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I lived in Philadelphia (and even part of the time in the suburbs) without a car for 13 years. For a time I commuted by train from a town in the New Jersey suburbs to work in a town in the Pennsylvania suburbs. I don’t recommend it but it certainly worked for me for a year.There’s no place in the city or suburbs you can’t get to on a bus or a train. It only gets dicey when get out into the suburban fringe/exurbs.As with any city, try to live close to work, school, or wherever it is you have to commute to. If you can’t live close try to pick a place that has a one seat ride to where you need to go. That is to say, make sure that it’s one train or one bus that will get you there. Transfers add time and uncertainty. If you have to make a transfer, make sure both routes are high frequency at the time of day you’ll be traveling.If you live in the city you absolutely don’t need a car although it would be possible to make like difficult for yourself. For example, you work at the Navy Yard in South Philly but rent an apartment in far Northeast Philly. Like I said, find a place that’s walking distance to stores and an easy bus or train ride (a one seat ride) to where you need to be from 9–5.There are even places in the suburbs, while they may be boring on the weekends, you wouldn’t need a car. Places like Ardmore and Jenkintown in Pennsylvania and Collingswood/Westmont/Haddonfield in New Jersey have all the basic amenities you’d expect from an urban neighborhood and the better schools you’d expect from the suburbs while also offering excellent rail service to Center City.

The different fossils that can be found on the U.S West Coast are the following:FossilEraList of State Fossils:The majority of the states in the United States have an official state in fossil designation. Several states have fossils unofficially designated thanks to a fossil being designated as the “State Dinosaur” or “State Stone”. There are 7 states without a state fossil designation, Arkansas, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.Alabama State FossilFossil:A reconstructed skull of Basilosaurus, the state fossil of Alabama.Primitive Whale (Basilosaurus cetoides)Age: EoceneYear Designated: 1984Basilosaurus ("king lizard") is a genus of early whale that lived 40 to 34 million years ago in the late Eocene. Basilosaurus represents one of the earliest whales although it is actually descended from land mammals. The front flippers had an elbow joint and the back flippers where hind legs would have been are greatly reduced in size. It's estimated it could reach gigantic sizes of 40-60 feet in length. These ancient whale fossils are most abundant in Alabama but fossil remains of the Basilosaurus cetoides may not be removed from the state without prior written approval of the governor.Alaska State FossilFossil:Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)Age: PleistoceneYear Designated: 1986The Woolly Mammoth or Mammuthus primigenius was a species of mammoth. The common name for the extinct elephant genus Mammuthus. It was about the size of a modern day elephant, covered in fur and lived from 400,000 years ago to as recent as 4,000 years ago. It first evolved in Eurasia and entered Alaska from Siberia over the Bering Land Bridge around 65,000 years ago. It's fossils are frequently found in Alaska by gold miners after being washed out of stream banks.Arizona State FossilFossil:Petrified Wood (Araucarioxylon arizonicum)Age: TriassicYear Designated: 1988Arizona is famous for it's vast petrified forest, so it makes sense that Arizona's state fossil would be the most plentiful species of fossil tree in that forest, Araucarioxylon arizonicum. Petrified wood is fossil wood that has been turn to a fossil via permineralization. That is the organic wood material was replaced with minerals by water after it was buried. The Petrified Forest National Monument is located north of I-40 east of Holbrook and is from the Triassic age, approximately 200 million years ago.Arkansas State FossilFossil:Arkansaurus fridayiAge: Early CretaceousYear Designated: 2017Arkansaurus, a bipedal coelurosaurian dinosaur, is the only dinosaur whose remains have been found in Arkansas. Joe B. Friday discovered the dinosaur's fossilized foot in a gravel pit near Lockesburg in 1972 when he was out looking for a cow.California State FossilFossil:Saber-Toothed Cat (Smilodon californicus)Age: PleistoceneYear Designated: 1974Fossils of the Saber-Toothed Cat (Smilodon californicus) are abundant at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. Smilodon is one of the most recognizable of the ferocious saber-toothed cats which roamed the Americas up until 11,000 years ago. They could weight up to 350 kg and had massive, 8 inch long upper canine teeth which they used to prey on large ice age mammals.Colorado State FossilFossil:Dinosaur (Stegosaurus stenops)Age: JurassicYear Designated: 1972The spike-tailed Stegosaurus is one of the most iconic and recognizable dinosaurs. It's rare fossils can be found in the Jurassic aged Morrison Formation of Colorado. It is believed that a typical Stegosaurus weighed five to ten tons but had a brain that was only about 2 ounces (the size of a walnut). But no, it did not have two brains. While probably not the brightest of the dinosaurs it had a formidable array of armored plates, and a spiked tail with which to defend itself.Connecticut State FossilFossil:Dinosaur Tracks (Eubrontes giganteus)Age: JurassicYear Designated: 1991The Connecticut Valley is home to one of the most impressive dinosaur track sites in the world. Tracks of many different types of dinosaurs have been found preserved in the Valley's sandstone dating back to the Early Jurassic. Eubrontes is the name given to the three-toed tracks but no skeletal remains have been found of their creator and the specific genus of dinosaur is not yet known. These tracks were the first known dinosaur fossils to be discovered in North America.Delaware State FossilFossil:Belemnite fossils.Cephalopod (Belemnitella americana)Age: CretaceousYear Designated: 1996Belemnites are an extinct group of squid-like cephalopods that lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous. They had a hard, internal, cone shaped structure that is often preserved as a fossil though it is not technically a shell. They had 10 arms but unlike modern squid these arms had small hooks instead of suckers.Belemnites of the species Belemnitella americana are found abundantly in the exposures of the Mount Laurel Formation along the banks of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. The fine-grained sands and silts of the Mount Laurel were deposited in a shallow sea during the Late Cretaceous.Florida State FossilFossil:Agatized Coral (Anthozoa)Age: EoceneYear Designated: 1979 (Designated State Stone)Currently, Florida does not officially recognize a state fossil but it's state stone is actually a fossil, so we'll count it. The state stone, err fossil is agatized coral and the most commonly found type found in Florida is Anthozoa. "Agatized" is a common name given to fossils that have been replaced by silica and contaminate minerals which provide the color. Agate replaced, fossil coral is found in several Florida locations and may have been formed when runoffs of silt rich is clay and silica buried an Eocene aged Coral reef. Some of the first inhabitants of Florida some 5,000 years ago used this agatized coral as a material for making stone tools and points.Georgia State FossilFossil:A large Megalodon Shark tooth found in Georgia.Generic Fossil Shark ToothAge: Cretaceous through MioceneYear Designated: 1976Georgia's state fossil is the fossil shark tooth without any specific species or genus identified. Fossil shark teeth are common in deposits ranging the Cretaceous through the Miocene in Georgia. The reason shark teeth are so common is that sharks shed their teeth frequently during their lifetime and an adult shark may have left behind many thousands of teeth on the seafloor. The most impressive of these fossil shark teeth found in Georgia are those of the Megalodon Shark which can reach lengths in excess of 7 inches long.Hawaii State FossilFossil: No state fossil...Idaho State FossilFossil:Hagerman Horse (Equus simplicidens)Age: PlioceneYear Designated: 1988The Hagerman Horse was discovered in 1928 by a cattle rancher near Hagerman, Idaho, hence the name. It is one of the oldest horses of the Equus genus appearing 3.5 million years ago and is believed to be very similar to the African Zebra. Nearly 200 fossil horse skeletons have been recovered from the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument.Illinois State FossilFossil:Tully Monster (Tullimonstrum gregarium)Age: PennsylvanianYear Designated: 1989The "Tully Monser" (Tullimonstrum gregarium) was a soft-bodied invertebrate of unknown affinities that lived in the the waters of muddy estuaries during the Pennsylvanian period, 300 million years ago. Its fossils have only been found in the Mazon Creek fossil beds of Illinois, United States. It lacks characteristics of any modern phyla and paleontologists speculate that it may be a representative of a stem group to one of the many phyla of worms.Indiana State FossilFossil: None, but crinoid (Elegantocrinus hemisphaericus) proposedIowa State FossilFossil: No state fossil, lame...Kansas State FossilFossil: Pteranodon(flying reptile) & Tylosaurus (marine reptile)Age: CretaceousYear Designated: 2014Kansas, the most recent state to designate a state fossil, decided to make up for being late to the party and designate two. They designated to two reptiles that inhabited the Western Interior Seaway that covered Kansas during the late Cretaceous period. Tylosaurus, a type of Mosasaur was a giant, predatory marine lizard that could reach sizes of up to 50 feet in length. Pteranodon is a type of pterosaurs which included some of the largest known flying reptiles, with wingspans up to 20 ft.Kentucky State FossilFossil:Ordovician brachiopod specimen from Maysville, Kentucky.BrachiopodAge: PaleozoicYear Designated: 1986Brachiopod shells are probably the most commonly found fossils in Kentucky. They are so many different species of fossil brachiopods found in Kentucky, the state simply designated the entire group as the state fossil. Brachiopods are marine animals that superficially resembled clams, but are a completely different phylum with a vastly different internal structure.Louisiana State FossilFossil:Petrified Palmwood (Palmoxylon sp.)Age: OligoceneYear Designated: 1976Petrified palm wood is the Louisiana state fossil and is characterized by prominent rod-like structures within the regular grain of the petrified wood. In Louisiana, petrified palm wood belongs to the genus Palmoxylon. It is found within the Catahoula Formation, which consists almost entirely of sediments deposited within broad, low-lying coastal plains during the Oligocene period about 30 million years ago.Maine State FossilFossil:Fossil Plant (Pertica quadrifaria)Age: DevonianYear Designated: 1985Pertica is a genus of extinct vascular plants of the Early to Middle Devonian (around 420 to 380 million years ago). Pertica quadrifaria (the type species of the genus) was described in 1972 from compression fossils found in the Trout Valley Formation of northern Maine, USA. It was an upright plant which grew to perhaps as much as a 3 feet in height.Maryland State FossilFossil:Gastropod (Ecphora gardnerae)Age: MioceneYear Designated: 1994Ecphora gardnerae is a species of large carnivorous sea snail lived during the Miocene epoch, and became extinct more than five million years ago. The shells are found as fossils in Maryland and Virginia. Ecphora was one of the first fossils from the New World to be illustrated in a scientific work in Europe.Massachusetts State FossilFossil: Undetermined Dinosaur TracksAge: TriassicYear Designated: 1980The Connecticut River Valley of Western Massachusetts is one of the world's richest sources of prehistoric dinosaur tracks. The dinosaur tracks in the Connecticut Valley date from about 180 million to 210 million years ago. They are actually the first recorded dinosaur tracks being first discovered by a farmer's son in the early 1800's. The prints were first thought to be the marks of ancient birds. No one can be certain which dinosaurs made the prints, but it's believed the largest (more than a foot in length) may have been made by Dilophosaurus, a 20-foot long meat-eating dinosaur.Michigan State FossilFossil:Mastodon (Mammut americanum), Petoskey Stone (rugose coral, Hexagonaria percarinata)Age: Pliocene - Pleistocene & DevonianYear Designated: 2002 & 1965Mammut americanum or the American mastodon is the youngest and most widely known member of the genus Mammut. Mastodons where relatives of elephants and mammoths and lived in Michigan during the Pliocene and Pleistocene.In addition the "Petoskey Stone" which is a rock containing fossilized rugose coral (Hexagonaria percarinata) was designated the Michigan state stone in 1965.Petoskey stones are found in the Gravel Point Formation of the Traverse Group. They are fragments of a coral reef that was originally deposited during the Devonian period. The fragments were then natural polished by glaciers and are found over a wide area.The name comes from an Ottawa Indian Chief, Chief Pet-O-Sega. The city of Petoskey, Michigan, is also named after him, and is the center of the area where the stones are found.Minnesota State FossilFossil: No state fossil, lame...Mississippi State FossilFossil:Primitive Whales (Basilosaurus cetoides and Zygorhiza kochii)Age: EoceneYear Designated: 1981Like Alabama, Mississippi has designated a primitive whale (or rather two of them) as their state fossils. Basilosaurus and Zygorhiza are both extinct genus' of basilosaurids whales from the Late Eocene (40-34 million years ago)Missouri State FossilFossil:Crinoid FossilCrinoid (Delocrinus missouriensis)Age: PennsylvanianYear Designated: 1989Crinoids, sometimes commonly referred to as sea lilies are animals not plants. They are echinoderms related to starfish, sea urchins and brittle stars.Montana State FossilFossil:Maiasaura peeblesorum, a hadrosaur from Montana. Drawing by: Nobu TamuraDuck-Billed Dinosaur (Maiasaura peeblesorum)Age: CretaceousYear Designated: 1985Maiasaura is a large type of duck-billed dinosaur in Montana during the Upper Cretaceous Period, about 76.7 million years ago. Maiasaura was large, attaining an adult length of about 30 ft and had the typical hadrosaurid flat (duck-billed) beak.. It had a small, spiky crest in front of its eyes, which may have been used in headbutting contests between males during the breeding season.Nebraska State FossilFossil:Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)Age: PleistoceneYear Designated: 1967The mammoth was adopted as the Nebraska state fossil in 1967. The world’s largest Mammoth skeleton, nicknamed ‘Archie’ was discovered in Lincoln County, Nebraska and is currently on display at the University of Nebraska State Museum. Archie is 15 feet tall, 25 feet long and is estimate to have weighed a staggering 7 tons.The mammoth was an elephant but much larger than the modern day version, hence the name. The remains on three different species of Mammoth that roamed the plains during the Pleistocene period have been found in Nebraska.New Hampshire State FossilFossil: None, but Mastodon proposedNevada State FossilFossil:Drawing of Shonisaurus by Nobu TamuraIchthyosaur (Shonisaurus sp.)Age: TriassicYear Designated: 1977, amended 1989Shonisaurus is a gigantic genus of Ichthyosaur that could reach lengths of nearly 50 feet. An Ichthyosaur is an extinct marine reptile resembling a dolphin, with a long pointed head, four flippers, and a vertical tail.In 1928 a large bone-bed of Shonisaurus fossils was discovered near Berlin, Nevada in the Triassic aged Luning Formation. Excavations thirty years later would reveal the remains of 37 large individuals. These were named Shonisaurus, which means "Lizard from the Shoshone Mountains", after the where the fossils were found. This area is now encompassed by Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park. Ichthyosaur fossils in general were designated as the Nevada state fossil in 1977 and this amended in 1989 to specifically be fossils of Shonisaurus.New Jersey State FossilFossil:Duck-Billed Dinosaur (Hadrosaurus foulkii)Age: CretaceousYear Designated: 1991 (State Dinosaur)Hadrosaurus foulkii was a type of duckbilled dinosaur that roamed the forests and swamps along New Jersey's coastline 80 million years ago. It was probably about 25 feet long and 10 feet tall. Hadrosaurs are believed to have stood on their hind legs while grazing, and had a mouthful of hundreds of tiny, blocky teeth that would have functioned to grind leaves and other vegetation.Hadrosaurus foulkii was the dinosaur known from more than isolated teeth to be found in North America. A of Hadrosaurus foulkii skeleton was discovered in 1858 by William Foulke in a marl pit near Haddonfield, New Jersey. In 1868, it became the first mounted dinosaur skeleton in the world and it was named the state dinosaur of New Jersey in 1991.New Mexico State FossilFossil:Dinosaur (Coelophysis bauri)Age: TriassicYear Designated: 1981Coelophysis bauri is an extinct species of coelophysid dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period, approximately 200 million years ago. It was a small, theropod dinosaur, about 6 feet in length and only weighing around 50 lbs. It was most likely a carnivore, preying on small reptiles, amphibians and early Triassic mammals.The remains of hundreds of skeletons of Coelophysis were discovered at Ghost Ranch during the 1940s. Because of the large number of remains that have been found it is probably the best known dinosaur of the Triassic. Coelophysis was adopted as the official fossil of New Mexico by law in 1981.New York State FossilFossil:Sea Scorpion (Eurypterus remipes)Age: SilurianYear Designated: 1984Eurypterus is an extinct genus of “Sea Scorpion” that lived during the Silurian Period from around around 432 to 418 million years ago. The first discovered species of the genus was Eurypterus remipes. Eurypterus averaged at about 5 to 9 inches in length and possessed spine-bearing appendages with a large paddle they used for swimming.Eurypterus remipes lived along the bottom of the shallow, brackish sea that covered much of New York over 400 million years ago. The first fossil of Eurypterus was found in 1818 by S. L. Mitchill. It was first thought to be a fossil catfish and wasn’t correctly identified as an arthropod until years later. It was named the official state fossil of NY in 1984.North Carolina State FossilFossil:Megalodon Teeth (Carcharodon megalodon)Age: MioceneYear Designated: 2013The official state fossil of North Carolina is fossilized teeth of the extinct, mega-mouthed shark Carcharocles megalodon. Megalodon is the largest known predator in the history of the planet having been estimated to reach sizes of up to 60 feet long. Huge serrated teeth up to 7 1/2 inches have been discovered. It's a good thing that this gigantic shark went extinct about 2.6 million years ago.Fossil teeth of the Megalodon are relatively common fossils in North Carolina. They are popularly collected by divers in the rivers and offshore after they erode out of the Miocene aged Hawthorn Formation. These fossil teeth were adopted as the official state fossil of North Carolina in 2013.North Dakota State FossilFossil:Teredo Petrified WoodAge: PaleoceneYear Designated: 1967Teredo wood the name that is given to wood that was bored into by small marine mollusks called shipworms. Thus, petrified teredo wood would be the fossils of this wood bearing the distinctive boreholes.During the Paleocene (around 60 million years ago) parts of North Dakota were covered by warm water swamps, similar to Florida today. Sequoias and other trees growing in these swamps fell into the water and were washed out to sea become driftwood. They would then be bored into by the marine shipworms. Under the right conditions this driftwood would become fossilized and replaced with silica through the process of petrification.Teredo petrified wood is a common fossil in the Cannonball formation of South-Central North Dakota. It was designated the North Dakota state fossil in 1967.Ohio State FossilFossil:Trilobite (Isotelus)Age: OrdovicianYear Designated: 1985Isotelus is a genus to large Asaphid trilobite that lived during the Ordovician Period. It’s fossils are common within several formations that outcrop in Southwestern Ohio. The largest Isotelus trilobite to be found in Ohio is about 16 inches long though the largest known trilobite Isotelus rex found in Manitoba, Canada is from the same genus.The most famous specimen of Isotelus from Ohio was discovered in 1919 while digging an outlet tunnel during the construction of the Huffman Dam near Dayton. This giant trilobite specimen measures 14 ½ inches long. A couple elementary school classes in Dayton proposed naming this specimen of the official state fossil. While declining to designate only that specific specimen, the legislature instead passed a bill naming the genus Isotelus in 1985.Oklahoma State FossilFossil:Theropod Dinosaur (Saurophaganax maximus)Age: JurassicYear Designated: 2000Saurophaganax is a genus of allosaurid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic (~151 million years old) Morrison Formation of Oklahoma. It was a truly massive predator, estimated to have reached a maximum size of 34-43 feet in length. The first bones of Saurophaganax were found in the early 1930s near Kenton, Oklahoma. Since that time, discoveries have been rare and fragmentary.On April, 14th, 2000 the governor of Oklahoma signed a senate bill designating Saurophaganax maximus as the official Oklahoma state fossilOregon State FossilFossil:Plant - Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia)Age: MioceneYear Designated: 2005The Metasequoia or “Dawn redwood” is a deciduous conifer that flourished from 34 to 5 million years ago. It’s fossils are common in rocks of these ages in Oregon and many other areas of the Pacific Northwest. It was made the official Oregon state fossil in 2005 after intense lobbying by a local fossil enthusiast who presented every legislator with a Metasequoia fossil. It’s an appropriate fossil for the state, because of the states prominent timber heritage.Pennsylvania State FossilFossil:Trilobite (Phacops rana rana)Age: DevonianYear Designated: 1988Phacops may be the most widely recognizable type of trilobite fossil in the world. Phacops rana is a species of the genus that can found in Pennsylvania's Devonian aged rocks. Trilobites are an extinct marine arthropod that occurred abundantly during the Paleozoic era.Phacops rana was named the official state fossil of Pennsylvania in 1988 after being proposed to lawmakers by a elementary school science class.South Carolina State FossilFossil:Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi)Age: PleistoceneYear Designated: 2014The Columbian mammoth became the official state fossil of South Carolina in 2014. South Carolina is the sixth state to make a mammoth the state fossil, and the second most recent to official name a state fossil. It almost didn’t happen because of months of delays by creationist lawmakers who tried to add amendments referring to the book of Genesis and God's creation to the law.“The Columbian Mammoth, which was created on the Sixth Day with the other beasts of the field, is designated as the official State Fossil of South Carolina and must be officially referred to as the 'Columbian Mammoth,' which was created on the Sixth Day with the other beasts of the field."It took much pleading by state residents to keep religion out of science but eventually the bill passed free of religious amendments.South Dakota State FossilFossil:Dinosaur (Triceratops horridus)Age: CretaceousYear Designated: 1988Prior to 1988 the official state fossil of South Dakota was the cycad, a type of palm like Mesozoic plant. Legislators decided to change it to one of the most recognizable dinosaurs to all-time, Triceratops.The horned dinosaur Triceratops is one of the most common dinosaur fossils in the Cretaceous aged Hell Creek Formation that outcrops in South Dakota. Many fine specimens of this large, rhinocerous looking herbivore have been discovered in South Dakota. Read more about Triceratops.Rhode Island State FossilFossil: No state fossil, lame...Tennessee State FossilFossil:Bivalve Mollusc (Pterotrigonia thoracica)Age: CretaceousYear Designated: 1998Pterorigonia is an extinct genus of that is a common fossil in the Cretaceous aged rocks in West Tennessee. About 70 million years ago, much of Tennessee was covered by a shallow sea. In 1998 Pterorigonia thoracica was named as the official state fossil of the state.Texas State FossilFossil:Sauropod Dinosaur (Paluxysaurus jonesi) & Petrified Palm Wood (Palmoxylon sp)Age: Cretaceous & OligoceneYear Designated: 2009 (State Dinosaur) & 1969 (State Stone)The Early Cretaceous sauropod dinosaur Paluxysaurus jonesi is estimated to have been about 60 feet long, 26 feet of that being it’s long neck. It is a relative of Brachiosaurus & Camarasaurus and its tracks can be viewed at Dinosaur Valley State Park near Glen Rose, Texas. Complete skeletons of this dinosaur are unknown, and most material is fragmentary.Originally the official state dinosaur was Pleurocoelus but that designation only lasted seven years when the bones were determined to have come from a different genus and species, Paluxysaurus jonesi. In 2009 Governor Rick Perry signed House Concurrent Resolution No changing the name of the state dinosaur to match.Texas's state stone, petrified Palmoxylon wood also happens to be a fossil.Utah State FossilFossil:Theropod Dinosaur (Allosaurusfragilis)Age: JurassicYear Designated: 1988Allosaurus is a well-known predatory dinosaur that lived during the Jurassic period and probably hunted in packs. It averaged about 25-30 feet in length and is the most common dinosaur fossil found in the Morrison Formation that outcrops in Eastern Utah. Over 60 skeletons, representing both adults and juveniles of the species have been found in one quarry in Utah along. It’s skull could reach up to 3 feet in length with backwardly curving teeth. It could open its jaw very wide and it has been theorized that it used it’s upper jaw like a hatchet to attach prey.The Allosaurus was designated the Utah State Fossil in 1988.Vermont State FossilFossil:Delphinapterus leucas skeleton on display. Image Credit: AV DezignWhale (Delphinapterus leucas) & Mount Holly mammoth tooth and tuskAge: PleistoceneYear Designated: 1993 (State terrestrial fossil) & 2014 (State marine fossil)Vermont has two state fossils designated, a state terrestrial (land) fossil and a state marine fossil.The “Mount Holly mammoth” was designated as the state terrestrial fossil in 2014. Discovered in 1848, the Mount Holly Mammoth consists of a partial mammoth found in a peat bog on Mt. Holly while making an excavation for a railroad."In making this excavation, the workmen found at the bottom of the bed, resting upon gravel which separated it from the rock below, a huge tooth. The depth of the peat at that place was eleven feet. Soon afterwards one of the tusks was found, about eighty feet from the place of the tooth mentioned above, which was a grinder. Subsequently the other tusk and several of the bones of the animal were found near the same place. These bones and teeth were submitted to the inspection of Professor Agassiz, who pronounced them to be extinct species of elephant. The directors of the R.& B.R.R. to whom they belong, placed them in the museum of the University of Vermont, for preservation, and for the illustration of our fossil geology.”In 1993 a fossil beluga whale skeleton was designated as the official Vermont Marine Fossil. Vermont is the only state that designates a fossil symbol from a species that still exists today.Virginia State FossilFossil:Bivalve Scallop (Chesapecten jeffersonius)Age: PlioceneYear Designated: 1993The prehistoric scallop Chesapecten jeffersonius holds the distinction of being the first fossil illustrated in a scientific publication from North America in 1687. It would later be named in honor Thomas Jefferson because of his interest in natural history and to celebrate the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the US. Fossils of this 4 million year old shellfish are commonly found in streams and beaches of Southeastern Virginia. It is an index fossil for the Lower Yorktown Formation.In 1993 is was officially adopted at the Virginia state fossil.Washington State FossilFossil:Columbian Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) & Petrified WoodAge: Pleistocene & MioceneYear Designated: 1998 & 1975Washington is one of six states to have a mammoth, designated as their state fossil, but Washington was one of the first to do so. So, it’s the other states being unoriginal. Petrified wood (a fossil) is also designated as the state stone. Fossilized remains of the Columbian mammoth were found on the Olympic Peninsula in Western Washington and petrified wood at several localities in Eastern Washington.West Virginia State FossilFossil:Giant Ground Sloth (Megalonyx jeffersonnii)Age: PleistoceneYear Designated: 2008Megalonyx jeffersonii is an extinct giant ground sloth that lived in North America from the Late Miocene (10 million years ago) through the Pleistocene (11k years ago) It was nearly 10 feet high and weight up to a ton. It is one of the most unusual North American ice-age mammals. It had thick hair that enabled the species to endure colder temperatures and range farther north than other ground sloths. It’s name latin for “Great Claw” from the fact that it had a giant claw.Like the state fossil of Virginia the species is named after fossil lover and third president of the United State, Thomas Jefferson. His lecture on Megalonyx to the American Philosophical Society in 1797 marked the beginning of vertebrate paleontology in North America. In 2008 Megalonyx jeffersonii was officially adopted as the West Virginia state fossil.Wisconsin State FossilFossil:Trilobite (Calymene celebra)Age: SilurianYear Designated: 1985In 1985 the trilobite Calymene celebra was adopted as the official Wisconsin state fossil. Trilobites are extinct marine arthropods which dominated the seas during the Paleozoic period. Calymene celebra lived during the Silurian period, at a time when warm, shallow seas covered the state. Its fossils are common in the vast Niagara dolomite outcroppings which are exposed in the state.Wyoming State FossilFossil:Fossil FIsh (Knightia) & Dinosaur (Triceratops)Age: Eocene & CretaceousYear Designated: 1987 & 1994Wyoming has both a state fossil, designated in 1987 and a state dinosaur designated in 1994.Knightia a genus of fossil herring was designated at the official state fossil. 45-50 million years ago, several large, freshwater lakes covered the Southwestern part of Wyoming, as well as areas of Utah and Colorado. Periodically there were mass die-offs of fish in the lake, potentially caused by volcanic eruptions, temperature fluctuations, or algal blooms. A low oxygen environment at the bottom of the lake allowed for beautiful preservation of these fish as fossils. Today these fossils are found in huge numbers at several quarries near Kemmerer, WY. Knightia is the most common of the fossil fish from the Green River Formation.RELATED ARTICLESAlaska State Fossil - Woolly MammothAbout Mammoth MolarsTexas State Fossil(s) - Petrified Palmwood & PaluxysaurusNevada State Fossil - Ichthyosaur (Shonisaurus popularis)Wyoming State Fossil - Fossil Fish (Knightia)Alabama State Fossil - Basilosaurus

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As in any committee-led process, our highly opinionated writers and experts argued over what constituted being included/categorized here (Mulholland Drive belongs on every list of some of the best horror movies Greatest Films of some of the best horror movies Millennium; whether it’s genuinely a “horror” film, however, is still up for debate). But some of the best horror movies ranked list of films here are guaranteed to have you repeating to yourself, “It’s only a movie … it’s only a movie… it’s only a movie …”.'Don't Breathe' (2016)Three years after he made his feature-film debut with a surprisingly good Evil Dead reboot, filmmaker Fede Alvarez directed and co-wrote his own gripping, original addition to some of the best horror movies horror canon. A trio of teens attempt to rob some of the best horror movies house of a blind man. It’s only then they learn about their target’s past: He’s is a bereft Army vet (Avatar‘s Stephen Lang) whose daughter has died and, to cope with his lost, has subsequently taken some dark turns in his life. Tables get turned, and predators become prey – it’s abject, twisted and totally compelling. KG'Sinister' (2012)Desperate for a hit, a true-crime author (Ethan Hawke) takes on a project involving a serial killer; coming across a box of Super-8 films in some of the best horror movies basement, he discovers that some of the best horror movies house he’s staying in may help him with his research in some of the best horror movies worst possible ways. This return to some of the best horror movies good ol’ hard-R horror trend after a long line of anodyne mid-‘aughts thrillers felt like a sucker-punch to some of the best horror movies abdomen, working a gruesome legacy of snuff films, occult nastiness and literary vanity to incredible scary-movie effect. ST'Saw II' (2005)The first Saw, released only a year earlier, was a hit with a branding-ready bad guy called Jigsaw, so a sequel was all but inevitable. Fortuitously, screenwriter Darren Lynn Bousman had been attempting to shop around a script called The Desperate that was close enough to some of the best horror movies 2004 movie that some of the best horror movies franchise could easily repurpose it – and in some of the best horror movies process, make a far better film than some of the best horror movies original. Stronger characters, a greater sense of panic, that stark giallo-inspired look and Donnie Wahlberg losing his shit while his son struggle with one of some of the best horror movies killer’s games – this was a superior Saw in every imaginable way. It was such a hit Bousman directed some of the best horror movies next two sequels. KG'May' (2002)If you took some of the best horror movies best parts of your pals and put them together, you could make some of the best horror movies perfect friend, right? That’s literally what some of the best horror movies titular character of May attempts to do to cure her crushing loneliness. Angela Bettis channels her heroine’s inner Carrie White, evoking empathy as her character’s metal state deteriorates. With each rejection, some of the best horror movies audience becomes more complicit in her craziness as May kills and dismembers people in an attempt to achieve some of the best horror movies impossible: finding someone to have and to hold. Mad props to director Lucky McKee for creating a character so relatable that we want nothing more than for her to succeed. JV'Tigers Are Not Afraid' (2017)Cartel-related violence has turned a Mexican city into a virtual ghost town; overnight, a young girl named Estrella (Paola Lora) finds herself orphaned when her mother “disappears.” Out of desperation, she falls in with a roving band of similarly homeless kids, led by a boy named Shine (Juan Ramón López). A stolen cellphone has put all of them in some of the best horror movies narco gang’s crosshairs. Luckily, Estrella has spirits of some of the best horror movies dead on her side, all of whom would like a word with some of the best horror movies men who killed them. Writer-director Issa López’s supernaturally tinged survival tale has attracted its share of attention (Guillermo del Toro is one of its biggest fans and most vocal advocates). It’s an absolutely brilliant, heartbreaking example of how to use horror in some of the best horror movies service of chills and social commentary without slighting either. DF'Swallow' (2019)An eerie empowerment parable embedded in a domestic horror movie (or is it some of the best horror movies other way around?), writer-director Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ unsettling portrait of an unraveling presents us with some of the best horror movies “picture-perfect” housewife Hunter Conrad (Haley Bennett). She’s quiet, dresses like a ’50s sitcom spouse and seems one casserole away from going full Stepford. Then she begin ingesting items like marbles, push-pins, chess pieces … and suddenly, Hunter feels like she has some tiny semblance of power over her life. Anchored by a genuinely fearless performance, this is straight-outta-some of the best horror movies DSM body horror that touches a nerve — and gives viewers a lot to chew on. DF'Goodnight Mommy' (2014)Sure, many children are innately creepy, and identical youngsters are vessels for evil pretty much without exception. (It’s called science, people.) But some of the best horror movies little rascals in this sleek debut from Austrian duo Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala are in a class all their own. When Mom starts acting volatile after returning from an intensive surgery, some of the best horror movies boys suspect she’s not some of the best horror movies woman she claims to be — look up “capgras delusion” in your DSM — so they go to work on violently interrogating her. The boys’ unusual weapons speak to some of the best horror movies directors’ originality in this front-to-back novel work: Krazy Glue, a DIY crossbow, and a goosebump-raising jar of cockroaches, to name a few. Trust no twin. CB'[REC]' (2007)Spain throws its hat into some of the best horror movies “found-footage” horror ring (sort of) with this nice ‘n’ nasty tale of a TV news reporter (Manuela Velasco) doing a human-interest story on a local fire station. She tags along for a routine call involving an elderly woman stuck in her apartment; little does she know there’s a mysterious epidemic, a quarantine and an infected feeding frenzy in her future as well. Told entirely through a cameraman’s recordings, Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza’s tweaked take on zombie flicks takes its time setting up some of the best horror movies mayhem, only to hit some of the best horror movies accelerator in its chaotic final act. And it arguably features some of the best horror movies most effective horror-movie use of a little girl since Night of some of the best horror movies Living Dead. DF'Climax' (2019)Forget entering some of the best horror movies void — welcome to some of the best horror movies abyss. Gaspar Noe’s dance party in hell starts off innocently enough, with Sofia Boutella and a host of real-life underground scenesters voguing and krumping up a storm. Soon, however, it becomes apparent that somebody has spiked their punch with some powerful hallucinogens — and that’s when some of the best horror movies screaming (not to mention paranoia, depravity, beatings, and extreme self-harm) starts. The entire second half devolves into a portrait of mass derangement, based on a real-life incident in which a dance troupe went off some of the best horror movies rails after being dosed. Noe had set out to make a doc about that story, before pivoting to an attempt to recreate one very bad trip sans some of the best horror movies drugs. He succeeds. It’s Busby Berkeley by way of Hieronymus Bosch. DF'Final Destination' (2000)Sure, teens have outrun hockey-mask-wearing homicidal maniacs and unstoppable killing machines – but what happens when they have to face off against some of the best horror movies Grim Reaper? Having avoided a plane crash, a high-school student (Devon Sawa) and several fellow passengers find out first-hand that Death does not like being cheated – and as one character says, “you don’t wanna fuck with that mack daddy.” This durable horror franchise would up some of the best horror movies ante on baroque “accidental” killings as it racked up entries (Runaway roller coasters! Decapitating elevators! Tanning machines turned into broilers!), but its first installment remains eerily prescient, kicking off a decade that’d be characterized by IRL instances of horrific, random acts of violence on a large scale. DF'Dawn of some of the best horror movies Dead' (2004)Both director Zack Snyder (Watchmen) and writer James Gunn (Guardians of some of the best horror movies Galaxy) would go on to superhero superstardom. But this unlikely duo’s reimagining of George A. Romero’s sacrosanct zombies-in-a-mall masterpiece defies everything you know about some of the best horror movies often dire horror-remake trend. Credit to some of the best horror movies film’s opening sequence, an absolute showstopper of mounting terror as some of the best horror movies undead apocalypse takes hold in Sarah Polley’s suburban neighborhood; it’s one of some of the best horror movies scariest 10 minute set pieces in some of the best horror movies history of some of the best horror movies subgenre. And if that wasn’t dread-inducing enough, it culminates in an opening-credit sequence that use Johnny Cash’s Bible-quoting song “The Man Comes Around” to further some of the best horror movies sense of Armageddon. Bravo. STC'La Llorona' (2019)An elderly Guatemalan general (Julio Diaz) is appearing before a war-crimes tribunal to account for decades of persecuting, imprisoning and torturing political dissidents. “The past is in some of the best horror movies past,” declares his wife (Margarita Kenéfic), who may or may not lead a coven that’s helped keep him in power and out of trouble. Except some of the best horror movies past is always here, sitting right beside us, and so are its ghosts — a concept that filmmaker Jayro Bustamante brilliantly mines for slow-burning dread and a sense of chickens finally coming home to roost. And if you think that some of the best horror movies unexpected appearance of a young Mayan woman (María Mercedes Coroy) claiming to be some of the best horror movies family’s new maid suggests some sort of return-of-some of the best horror movies-repressed revenge, you’re absolutely right. It’s some of the best horror movies kind of tale of mystery and imagination that prefers to get under your skin rather than shock your central nervous system, which only makes its near-suffocating feeling of foreboding more potent. DF'Paranormal Activity' (2007)It spawned five sequels and numerous parodies, but neither time nor imitation have diminished some of the best horror movies scares of Oren Pelli’s directorial debut. Initially released in 2007 (though given a much wider release two years later in a drastically altered version), Paranormal Activity breathed new life into some of the best horror movies popular found-footage concept, setting its tale of demonic harassment not in an obviously creepy locale a la The Blair Witch Project, but rather in some of the best horror movies bland confines of a Southern California tract home. Never has some of the best horror movies unexpected click of a hallway light been so disconcerting. DE'American Psycho' (2000)Based on some of the best horror movies divisive, frequently repulsive serial-killer satire of Reagan-era excess by novelist Bret Easton Ellis, Mary Harron’s adaptation of some of the best horror movies saga of Wall Street psychopath Patrick Bateman locates some of the best horror movies source text’s feminist subtext about objectification and consumption, then drags it into some of the best horror movies light. Part Tom Cruise–pastiche and part yuppie Norman Bates, Christian Bale’s performance as some of the best horror movies title character was instantly iconic and endlessly quotable (“Do you like Huey Lewis and some of the best horror movies News?”). But some of the best horror movies sequence that best represents some of the best horror movies movie’s message involves no dialogue at all: Bateman running through some of the best horror movies halls of his apartment building, nude except for a strategically positioned chainsaw – which he drops on some of the best horror movies head of a fleeing woman with a howl of ugly, pointless triumph. STC'The Purge: Anarchy' (2014)The first Purge movie took a genius idea – a government-mandated annual holiday in which every violent act is legal from dusk until dawn – and fashioned a tense home-invasion thriller out of its high-concept premise. James DeMonaco’s sequel beautifully drops some of the best horror movies free-for-all mayhem into more of a Grand Theft Auto-style sandbox-game template, adds another layer of social commentary and gives us a new genre hero in Frank Grillo’s vengeful badass. But wisely, he didn’t forget some of the best horror movies oh-shit! scares as well, and ended up with a superior follow-up that expands some of the best horror movies movie’s universe while still delivering some of the best horror movies folks-in-creepy-masks primal fears. DFThe first Purge movie took a genius idea – a government-mandated annual holiday in which every violent act is legal from dusk until dawn – and fashioned a tense home-invasion thriller out of its high-concept premise. James DeMonaco’s sequel beautifully drops some of the best horror movies free-for-all mayhem into more of a Grand Theft Auto-style sandbox-game template, adds another layer of social commentary and gives us a new genre hero in Frank Grillo’s vengeful badass. But wisely, he didn’t forget some of the best horror movies oh-shit! scares as well, and ended up with a superior follow-up that expands some of the best horror movies movie’s universe while still delivering some of the best horror movies folks-in-creepy-masks primal fears.'Revenge' (2017)You could definitely see Coralie Fargeat’s nasty little nugget of a debut slotting nicely into some of the best horror movies middle section of a vintage Forty-Deuce triple feature, sandwiched between some of the best horror movies Russ Meyer-sterpiece Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Abel Ferrara’s Ms. 45; some of the best horror movies latter is practically a spirit animal to this French take on some of the best horror movies subgenre known as some of the best horror movies “rape revenge” movie. A businessman (Kevin Janssens) takes his mistress (Matilda Lutz) along for an out-of-some of the best horror movies-way guy’s weekend for some extra alone time. Then his buddies show up early, some of the best horror movies woman is assaulted and some of the best horror movies trio of dudes leave her for dead in some of the best horror movies desert. Except this heroine is not planning on going gently into some of the best horror movies night, because she’s got some apex-predator douchebags to hunt first. Every age gets some of the best horror movies I Spit on Your Grave it needs. We now have ours.'The Ring' (2002)A female ghost with long, black hair, some of the best horror movies grotesque loom of fright on some of the best horror movies faces of those she comes for, home video – Gore Verbinski’s remake of influential Japanese horror Ringu transposes some of the best horror movies story from Tokyo to Seatlle, but some of the best horror movies song (and more importantly, some of the best horror movies scares) remain some of the best horror movies same. A VHS tape begins circulating that, upon viewing, allegedly kills whoever views it seven days after watching it. Quicker than you can say “urban legend,” bodies begin piling up and an angry spirit is crawling out of a TV set. Rarely has an American remake of a foreign horror film captured some of the best horror movies original spirit so spot on.'Session 9' (2001)For over a century, Massachusetts’ Danvers State Hospital was hell for mental patients, some of the best horror movies site of gruesome experiments and unspeakably heinous abuses. It’s all (undoubtedly haunted) luxury condos now, but some of the best horror movies sadism lives on in director Brad Anderson’s homemade nightmare about a group of asbestos removers sorting through some of the best horror movies madhouse’s remains. As it blurs some of the best horror movies line between dissociative identity disorder and demonic possession, some of the best horror movies movie uses some of the best horror movies cheapo look of digital videotape as an effective source for terror – long before such notions became passé.'Mandy' (2018)In which literal demon bikers, Manson-like cult leaders, homicidal hippies and your run-of-some of the best horror movies-mill “crazy eee-vil” go up against a blood-splattered Nicolas Cage, and none of them stand a chance in hell against him. This grungy revenge story from director Panos Cosmatos (Beyond some of the best horror movies Black Rainbow) may double as a museum of underground artifacts, cult-flick references and personal psychotronic esoterica. But once hesher goddess Andrea Risborough is kidnapped by netherworld minions and Cage goes into beast mode, some of the best horror movies horror elements go into overdrive along with everything else. Best onscreen chainsaw duel ever.'Piranha 3D' (2010)Alexandre Aja’s remake of Joe Dante’s 1978 Jaws–rip-off simply retains some of the best horror movies original’s name and toothy little predators – and it’s all some of the best horror movies better for it. The French director is less interested in redoing that Corman quickie and more interested in channeling that old-fashioned grindhouse mix of copious nudity and abundant gore, as well as embedding a handful of in-jokes into some of the best horror movies mix (just when you thought it was safe for Richard Dreyfuss to go back in some of the best horror movies water …). But anyone that thinks this is merely a goof should go directly to some of the best horror movies scene of a woman getting her hair caught in an outboard motor. You’ve been warned.'The Devil's Rejects' (2005)Though a sequel of sorts to his ragged debut feature House of 1,000 Corpses, Rob Zombie’s grindhouse throwback was a huge leap forward – a nod to some of the best horror movies grit and grim of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and 1970s drive-in sleaze that nonetheless speaks to contemporary worries about torture and revenge. The rocker-turned-filmmaker’s boldness pays off in a bizarre scene where a movie critic is called in for his expertise on some of the best horror movies Marx Brothers, as well as in a finale that features perhaps some of the best horror movies only acceptable use of “Free Bird” outside a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert.'Ginger Snaps' (2000)Werewolves and womanhood walk arm-in-arm in this Canadian B-movie classic, which stars hip scream queen Katharine Isabelle as a teenage nerd who becomes sexier and more popular after she’s bitten by a snarling canine. Screenwriter Karen Walton and director John Fawcett (who’d later work on Orphan Black, another genre piece about feminine identity) turn some of the best horror movies story of some of the best horror movies newly cool Ginger and her concerned younger sister Brigitte into a bloody black comedy. Never mind some of the best horror movies scary wolf-attacks and grotesque transformations; this is really about some of the best horror movies everyday horror girls go through whenever their best friends change in front of their eyes.'What We Do in some of the best horror movies Shadows' (2014)A mockumentary about vampires might seem like low-hanging fruit, but New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi and collaborator/co-director/Flight of some of the best horror movies Conchords member Jemaine Clement manages to make it both hilarious and genuinely frightening. The Real World-style friction between several undead housemates, including an 8,000-year-old Nosferatu-like bloodsucker, is sharply satirical and yet strangely poignant; you end up feeling for these creatures of some of the best horror movies night, even when they have to rip some poor soul’s throat out to survive. Bonus: A sequel focusing on some of the best horror movies pack of uptight werewolves (not swear-wolves) led by comedian Rhys Darby is supposedly on some of the best horror movies way.'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night' (2014)As spellbinding a debut movie as you’re likely to see, Ana Lily Armipour’s melding of spaghetti Westerns, John Hughes misfit odes, black-and-white art movies and vampire stories definitely announced a major new talent. But some of the best horror movies fact that horror is but one of some of the best horror movies film’s many flavors doesn’t dilute some of the best horror movies thrills or chills at all; you can swoon to its Type-O–craving heroine dancing with her crush one second and then shudder as she goes fangs-first ballistic on someone several scenes later. Consider this some of the best horror movies punk-rock, girl-power Twilight you didn’t know you needed.'Amer' (2009)A genius riff on Italian giallo movies, Belgian filmmakers Hélène Cattete & Bruno Forzani’s debut uses some of the best horror movies genre’s visual motifs – black gloves, blood-red lips, razor blades – and a gorgeously garish aesthetic to chart some of the best horror movies life of a young woman named Ana in three acts. It’s stylish, terrifying and ironic to some of the best horror movies extreme, a kaleidoscope of color and a sensory overload. But more importantly, this free-form exercise takes a form associated with masculine menace and uses it to explore how a woman feels to be scared, or aroused, or preyed upon.'Cloverfield' (2008)The enigmatic title, some of the best horror movies found-footage format, and some of the best horror movies viral Internet trickery typical of of executive producer/Lost co-creator J.J. Abrams are what drove Cloverfield to some of the best horror movies front of some of the best horror movies zeitgeist (and some of the best horror movies box office). But some of the best horror movies film stands on its own as perhaps some of the best horror movies first giant-monster movie since some of the best horror movies original Japanese Gojira to convey some of the best horror movies horror of a creature’s sheer scale. The panic-inducing you-are-there approach to an attack on Manhattan by a berserk, bizarre alien monstrosity – leveling landmarks, unleashing a secondary onslaught of parasites, and inviting increasingly indiscriminate attacks from some of the best horror movies desperate military – found some of the best horror movies dark and desperate heart of a genre too frequently limited to kaiju camp.'You’re Next' (2011)Adam Wingard’s neo-slasher film revives some of the best horror movies “home invasion” horror of such classic 1970s films as The Last House on some of the best horror movies Left and When A Stranger Calls — only this time, instead of teenage girls, it’s a cozy family reunion that’s being menaced. There’s more gore here than you can shake a severed head at, but some of the best horror movies script’s dark humor and clever plot twists elevate it far above your typical retro-splatter fare. And Sharni Vinson is one seriously ass-kicking horror heroine.'Antichrist' (2009)Opening with a child falling out an open window and ending with a horde of faceless women marching ominously through barren woods, Lars von Trier’s psychological horror film exudes plenty of slithering unease. But this portrait of grief and marital discord, starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg, also boasts sequences as bloodcurdling as any that you’d see in a conventional slasher film. Von Trier upends some of the best horror movies hoary cabin-in-some of the best horror movies-woods premise to chronicle his characters’ mental deterioration, complete with graphic scenes of smashed penises and self-inflicted clitoral mutilation, turning sex itself into an act of violence. It’s a haunted-house movie in which some of the best horror movies demons are all in our protagonists’ heads.'Halloween' (2018)Do not underestimate some of the best horror movies power of that pale, bleached-out mask. David Gordon Green’s sequel/reboot/franchise rejuvenation returns to some of the best horror movies scene of some of the best horror movies crime 40 years later, giving Michael Myers numerous sharp objects to play with and setting him loose once more on some of the best horror movies quaint suburbs of Haddonfield, Illinois. Only someone’s waiting for him this time. The thrill of seeing Jamie Lee Curtis, all wild white hair and sinew, turn Laurie Strode from victim to angel of vengeance would be reason enough to have show up — her performance gives some of the best horror movies film an unexpected depth. (Ditto that parting shot of a sorority of final girls.) But Green has not forgotten some of the best horror movies primal thrill of John Carpenter’s original, or some of the best horror movies fact that a Halloween movie is required to scare some of the best horror movies living shit out of you. This was some of the best horror movies transfusion of fresh blood and spilled Caro syrup some of the best horror movies series needed.'Martyrs' (2008)One of some of the best horror movies most extreme of neo-extreme French horror films – which is saying something – Pascal Laugier’s cinematic endurance test is something to be watched on a dare, even for those jaded horror fans who think they’ve seen it all. What begins as a quest for revenge against a group of bourgeois sickos morphs into wrenching exercise in cult sadism, with one young woman’s pain opening some of the best horror movies door to some of the best horror movies transcendent. It’s either a bruising allegory for real-world torture or an irredeemable trip to some of the best horror movies far end of exploitation. What it’s not is forgettable.'The Strangers' (2008)A couple, a house in some of the best horror movies woods, a few masked invaders – standard horror-movie stuff. But it’s a great example of why style often matters when it comes to scaring some of the best horror movies beejesus out of audiences. Doling out suspense in agonizing drips and drabs, director Bryan Bertino takes his sweet time to get to some of the best horror movies mayhem, teasing out some of the best horror movies conflict between some of the best horror movies victims and some of the best horror movies looming threat of their mysterious attackers. The quietest moments are some of the best horror movies most effective, built on some of the best horror movies eerie discord of composing duo tomandandy’s score and compositions that tuck some of the best horror movies bad guys in some of the best horror movies corners of some of the best horror movies frame, swaddled in shadow.Greatest Horror Movies of some of the best horror movies 21st CenturyHow do you follow a dark, shadow-filled fever dream like Hereditary? If you’re Ari Aster, you drag your horror into some of the best horror movies light — specifically, a Scandinavian summer festival where some of the best horror movies sun hardly sets at all. A group of Americans, including a lone female (viva Florence Pugh!), have come to this far-away, once-in-a-lifetime event to study folkloric customs and mythology; quicker than you can say The Wicker Man, some of the best horror movies sense that there’s something wicked happening right below some of the best horror movies smiley, happy surface starts to take hold. You’d be hard-pressed to find a better answer film to contemporary toxic masculinity, a bleaker breaking-up-is-hard-to-do parable or a more unnerving look at some of the best horror movies rites of spring. Most of all, however, Midsommar is some of the best horror movies sort of movie that delights in turning its wheels so slowly that you’re not even sure it’s a horror story…until it confirms that yes, it is, and completely drops some of the best horror movies floor out from under you.'Ju-On (The Grudge)' (2002)While Ringu may have kickstarted modern J-horror, it wasn’t some of the best horror movies only franchise game in town – Takashi Shimizu’s bone-chilling tales of a ghostly curse that attaches itself to anyone entering a house with a homicidal history also helped spread some of the best horror movies country’s new wave to vast shores.The third film in some of the best horror movies series but some of the best horror movies first to get a theatrical release and international attention, Ju-On didn’t change some of the best horror movies subgenre’s conventions so much as refine them, adding a sickening sense of grace to its scenes of black-haired spirits creeping and crawling. And never underestimate some of the best horror movies power of someone unexpectedly finding a hand on some of the best horror movies back of their scalp.'Trouble Every Day' (2001)French director Claire Denis divided both fans and critics sharply with her relentlessly gruesome tale of love and cannibalism, casting some of the best horror movies appropriately vampiric likes of Vincent Gallo and Beatrice Dalle as some of the best horror movies afflicted halves of two separate couples torn apart by “some of the best horror movies sickness.” This is where some of the best horror movies Venn diagram of high art and extreme horror meet in some of the best horror movies middle, and you will not find a better gut-punch allegory about love as a consuming passion. Literally.'I Saw some of the best horror movies Devil' (2010)The story is basic: A secret service agent (Lee Byung-hun) goes after some of the best horror movies psychopath (Oldboy‘s Choi Min-sik) who murdered his pregnant wife. They each take turns playing some of the best horror movies cat and some of the best horror movies mouse of some of the best horror movies equation; torture, gory violence, decapitated heads, and some of some of the best horror movies grisliest scenes of vengeance ensure. The film poses some of the best horror movies question “How do good people destroy evil without becoming rotten themselves?,” but don’t look for answers to that philosophical query here — this is some of the best horror movies sort of Asian exploitation cinema that takes pleasure in literally sticking its fingers in wounds. As for some of the best horror movies killer, Choi plays him with such blasé soulnessness it’s chilling: He’s some of the best horror movies personification of some of the best horror movies abyss staring back.'Drag Me to Hell' (2009)The mighty Sam Raimi returned to some of the best horror movies genre after a long absence with a story of a legendary witchy woman and a new-school heroine (Alison Lohman), then drops them in to a characteristically old-school funhouse of gypsy death vomit, atomic nosebleeds, deadite goats and possessed cakes. For fans who’d missed his signature splatter-meets-some of the best horror movies-Three-Stooges approach, this was like a gift from some of the best horror movies Fangoria gods. And just about some of the best horror movies time Lohman tells an elderly corpse to “choke on it, bitch!” you realize we’d already got all some of the best horror movies new Evil Dead movie we needed.'Inside' (2007)Enfant terribles Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo cut a deep gash in some of the best horror movies French “extreme horror” new wave with their slasher film extraordanaire. Béatrice Dalle is La Femme — effectively some of the best horror movies female version of Michael Myers, minus some of the best horror movies cheap Shatner mask and coveralls. She’s got an axe to grind with Sarah (Alysson Paradis), who is pregnant, alone on Christmas Eve, and pretty much relentlessly terrorized for 82 minutes straight. It’s a gory Gallic violence party of household weapons including knitting needles, a lamp, Lysol, sewing shears and – bonus points – some of the best horror movies very creative use of a toaster.'Kill List' (2011)It starts as a stark domestic drama and slowly morphs into a just one-last-job hit-man thriller; some of the best horror movies fact that Ben Wheatley’s jaw-dropping second movie ends as a spiral into hell attests to some of the best horror movies gent’s ability to meld genres while dropping some of the best horror movies rug out from you. The less said about how it gets to that point, of course, some of the best horror movies better; what we can say is that some of the best horror movies director makes dread part of some of the best horror movies movie’s DNA from some of the best horror movies get-go, and that you understand why it’s a horror-film list long before some of the best horror movies end credits.'The Host' (2006)You know some of the best horror movies drill: Careless scientists dump unstable chemicals into a nearby body of water and presto-change-o, some supersized mutant’s off devouring some of the best horror movies nearest metropolis and its helpless, screaming citizens. South Korean genre chameleon Bong Joon-ho works his singularly wonky sense of black humor (several killings play like punch lines) and sharp sense of social satire, and fashions a giant-monster-movie for our ecologically fraught, precariously unstable moment. Not to mention that some of the best horror movies film assigns more fully-formed identities to some of the best horror movies characters terrorized by some of the best horror movies seaweedy beast than usual for some of the best horror movies subgenre. It’s a funnier, smarter sort of Godzilla-style B-movie.'Crimson Peak' (2015)Guillermo del Toro was insistent that some of the best horror movies story of a 19th-century woman who marries into a doomed aristocratic family was a “Gothic romance” rather than a traditional horror film. Fair enough. By some of the best horror movies time skinless ghosts starting crawling along some of the best horror movies floors and roaming some of the best horror movies halls of their crumbling mansion while threatening a pale-skinned new bride (Mia Wasikowska), however, that distinction seems rather moot. The movie’s high style and use of color harkens back to old-school Maria Bava movies and Hammer flicks, while an expert cast — including Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain — play out some of the best horror movies macabre storyline in a way that would make Edgar Allan Poe positively beam.'The Others' (2001)Nicole Kidman’s intense turn as a widowed mother anchors Alejandro Amenábar’s supernatural mystery, which updates some of the best horror movies time-honored haunted house genre – think The Haunting or The Turn of some of the best horror movies Screw – with a Sixth Sense-type spin. The scares here are low-key but immensely effective, thanks to some of the best horror movies film’s dreamlike pacing and creepy atmosphere. (Remote Victorian country house, anyone?) Amenábar uses his subtle way with clues and metaphors to alert us that all may not be entirely as it seems, yet he never telegraphs some of the best horror movies surprise ending.'Berberian Sound Studio' (2012)A horror movie about making horror movies, this trippy, giallo-influenced British art film stars Toby Jones as a sound-effects expert who goes slowly mad while working on an Italian fright-flick with a hostile crew. Writer-director Peter Strickland keeps most of some of the best horror movies menace in his protagonist’s mind, watching some of the best horror movies man disappear into his own paranoid imagination as he spends his days approximating some of the best horror movies sounds of stab wounds and victims’ screams. It’s a clever exercise in audience manipulation, making us uncomfortable by showing some of the best horror movies fakery that going into producing a good scare – and some of the best horror movies delivering some of the best horror movies goods.'Haute Tension' (2003)The most brutally horrific home-invasion flick since The Last House on some of the best horror movies Left, this take-no-prisoners French horror flick was a rare movie to get a U.S. theatrical release despite an NC-17 rating for violence. But graphic depictions of spurting arteries, decapitation and disembowelment aside, this movie ranks high by living up to its title (translation: “High Tension”) and presenting enough intense suspense to make it so you can’t look away. Because how else would you know if its pixie-cut protagonist Marie (viva Cécile De France!) can properly defend herself with a barbed-wire–covered two-by-four or not? Also, watch out for some of the best horror movies concrete saw.'The Orphanage' (2007)J.A. Bayona’s 2007 film asks some of the best horror movies question, What could be more terrifying than some of the best horror movies unexplained disappearance of your child? Its unnerving answer: The possibility that ghostly youth had something to do with it. The rare horror flick that’s as heartbreaking as it is terrifying, this supernatural thriller certainly makes some of the best horror movies most of its titular setting, a gothic pile located on a desolate stretch of Spain’s Costa Verde; but it’s Belén Rueda’s outstanding performance as some of the best horror movies missing child’s bereaved mother that really gives some of the best horror movies film its lasting emotional wallop.'A Tale of Two Sisters' (2003)Japanese horror was all some of the best horror movies rage in some of the best horror movies late Nineties and early aughts; South Korean director Kim Jee-woon’s take on dark-haired-ghost stories proved that “K-horror” could match their eastern neighbors when it came to supernatural freakiness. A couple of siblings endure a hate/tolerate relationship with their icy stepmother, while some of the best horror movies haunted mansion they live that keeps dropping disturbing clues about their shared past. Offbeat camera angles disorient some of the best horror movies viewer, making it all some of the best horror movies more startling when apparitions leap out of some of the best horror movies shadows. By some of the best horror movies time some of the best horror movies movie reveals all its secrets, a dysfunctional family has morphed into its own kind of monster.'A Quiet Place' (2018)In space, no one can hear you scream — and in actor-director John Krasinski’s post-apocalyptic parental nightmare, no one had better hear you scream or else. The premise is pure high-concept ingenuity: Extraterrestrials with supersensitive ears hunt down some of the best horror movies surviving members of some of the best horror movies human race via sound. Stay silent, stay alive. For someone who claims he’s not a horror-film fan, Krasinski certainly knows how to use some of the best horror movies conventions for maximum shock and awe; some of the best horror movies scene in which Emily Blunt is trying to avoid a predator after stepping on a nail (and going into labor!) suggests he’s boned up on his Hitchcock 101. Even when this domestic take on Alien turns into a last-act riff on Aliens, it still delivers some of the best horror movies scares.'It Follows' (2014)STDs, unplanned pregnancy, social awkwardness at keg parties — as unintended consequences of sex go, they’re all a walk in some of the best horror movies park compared to, say, an unstoppable wraith that stalks frisky teens and is passed from victim to victim by, well … take a wild guess. David Robert Mitchell’s lo-fi, revisionist take on some of the best horror movies slasher flick’s horny-teen-victim trope is filled with stylistic flourishes (that 360-degree pan is a stunner), pitch-perfect John Carpenter homages and a genuine sense that you’re watching a waking nightmare. Never has losing your V-card ever had a higher cost.'Us' (2019)How did that girl just appear in a funhouse mirror? Why is that guy, some of the best horror movies one with some of the best horror movies bloody hands, standing on some of the best horror movies edge of some of the best horror movies beach? What’s up with all some of the best horror movies scissors? Who, exactly, are some of the best horror movies four people in red jumpsuits standing at some of the best horror movies end of some of the best horror movies driveway — and what do they want with some of the best horror movies vacationing Gabe and Adelaide Wilson and their kids? Jordan Peele’s second movie does more than beat some of the best horror movies dreaded sophomore slump, or prove that Get Out was not a fluke; it’s a genuinely terrifying tale that doubles down on some of the best horror movies old chestnut about how we’ve seen some of the best horror movies enemy, and it’s … well, check out some of the best horror movies title one more time. The fearsome acting foursome at some of the best horror movies center of this tale nail both some of the best horror movies average middle-class family under siege and some of the best horror movies psychotic dopplegängers who are stalking them, but kudos to Lupita Nyong’o for giving her two best performances to date in one film (and, occasionally, in some of the best horror movies same scene). You will never look at “Hands Across America” some of the best horror movies same way again.'The House of some of the best horror movies Devil' (2009)Ti West’s slow-simmering “Beware of Satanists!” cautionary tale looks and feels like an artifact from some of the best horror movies early 1980s, found in a dusty corner of an abandoned video store. A naive college student takes a babysitting job at a creaky Victorian house, working for a couple of shady characters (played by veteran cult movie weirdos Tom Noonan and Mary Woronov). Before some of the best horror movies literal all-hell-breaks-loose third act, The House of some of the best horror movies Devil plays up some of the best horror movies spooky atmosphere and retro style – right down to a scene involving a cranked-up Walkman, a song by some of the best horror movies Fixx, and our sick fear that everything’s about to go very wrong.'The Devil's Backbone' (2001)A mesmerizing, moody ghost story set in a haunted orphanage during some of the best horror movies waning days of some of the best horror movies Spanish Civil War, Guillermo del Toro’s third feature was some of the best horror movies one where all some of the best horror movies pieces fell into place, and watching him grab hold of his true voice remains a thrill. It’s his simplest movie, and still one of his scariest, some of the best horror movies moreso because its old-school vision of some of the best horror movies supernatural fits so snugly into some of the best horror movies real world.'Annihilation' (2018)Something has landed on Earth, and it’s starting to terraform within a permeable dome — “some of the best horror movies shimmer” — surrounding some of the best horror movies ground-zero point of contact. And because she lost her military husband (or did she?) when he entered this danger zone, Natalie Portman joins a recon unit to see what, exactly, is happening inside this rapidly evolving ecosphere. Writer-director Alex Garland (Ex Machina) turns this adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s novel into a slab of cerebral sci-fi. But it’s as much a horror movie as it is an alien-invasion flick — just ask anyone who sat through that blood-curdling scene involving a “screaming” mutant bear. And even when some of the best horror movies movie goes full cosmic head-trip at some of the best horror movies end, there’s a close-up of Portman, caught between a door and … something, that we’d consider instantly creepfest canon-worthy. Go to some of the best horror movies 55-second mark here. That shot alone still gives us chills years later.'Under some of the best horror movies Skin' (2013)It took director Jonathan Glazer almost a decade to adapt Michael Faber’s alien invasion novel, about an extraterrestrial that manifests in female human form (specifically, Scarlett Johansson) and seduces male hitchhikers in order to trap, dissolve and eat them. Then some of the best horror movies creature makes a curious discovery about its sexual identity while inhabiting this big blue marble; by some of the best horror movies end, we’re all crying along with some of the best horror movies monster. In some of the best horror movies hands of a lesser director, Under some of the best horror movies Skin would never succeed at such masterful manipulation. But this isn’t a movie you watch so much as experience. It’s like taking a warm bath in pure nightmare fuel.'The Descent' (2005)Years before he redefined TV action with his work on Game of Thrones, British director Neil Marshall earned his place in some of the best horror movies horror pantheon with this merciless survival-horror story. One year after a car accident shatters their bonds, a group of women go spelunking in a remote Appalachian cavern and unearth far more than they bargained for. The claustrophobic setting is intense and some of the best horror movies creature effects genuinely disturbing, but some of the best horror movies film’s greatness lies in its use of its main character’s raw, red grief as emotional kindling for some of the best horror movies catastrophe that follows. Few of even some of the best horror movies greatest genre movies dare to go places this deep.'Shaun of some of the best horror movies Dead' (2004)Fans consider it an expert goof on zombie movies, but don’t tell that to director Edgar Wright: “Our funny characters were inhabiting a pretty bleak and scary situation,” he’s claimed. “I hope it works as a companion film to some of the best horror movies Romero trilogy, rather than a spoof.” Mission accomplished: Shaun brilliantly merges horror and comedy in a way that makes some of the best horror movies scares exponentially more cutting. This story of a regular bloke (co-writer Simon Pegg) and his oafish best friend (Nick Frost) who discover that some of the best horror movies undead are terrorizing their neighborhood has an extra jolt because its laughs are constantly undercut by seeing their friends and loved ones viciously devoured in front of their eyes. And few feature a disemboweling as gut-churning as some of the best horror movies one in which a character is about to apologize for being an ass — just as some of the best horror movies ravenous hordes break through some of the best horror movies wall and tear him to shreds.'Raw' (2016)Many folks walked in to French director Julia Ducournau’s extraordinary, extreme debut expecting to test their mettle. (The movie that caused fainting at festival screenings! Mon dieu!) A little under two hours later, they exited some of the best horror movies building having seen a genuine Grand Guignol masterpiece. Following some of the best horror movies story of a college freshman (Garance Marillier) who slowly finds herself developing a taste for some off-some of the best horror movies-menu delicacies, this gnarly look at a cannibal’s coming-of-age flips some of the best horror movies script on notions of empowerment even as it turns stomachs. In terms of next-gen horror filmmaking, this shock to some of the best horror movies system serves as an introduction to a major new talent; that shot of our heroine chomping into her arm en flagrante delicto is gorgeous and haunting and sick as fuck. In terms of using genre to tackle some of the best horror movies female-body politic, Raw is one hell of an art-horror dirty bomb, smuggling in transgressive notions about control and womanhood under some of the best horror movies cover of fake–Type-O splatter. Bon appetit.'The Witch' (2009)A masterpiece of atmospheric horror, Robert Eggers’ brilliantly crafted period piece follows descent of a 17th-century New England farm family into despair and madness after their baby is snatched by a local hag. Though some of the best horror movies film contains some genuinely terrifying sequences, much of its overwhelming sense of spookiness comes from what isn’t seen on some of the best horror movies screen, along with some of the best horror movies tension that inevitably results when some of the best horror movies family pits their unbending Puritan outlook against some of the best horror movies merciless power of Mother Nature. And Black Phillip, some of the best horror movies family’s goat, will put you off petting zoos for some of the best horror movies rest of your life.'Pulse' (2001)An insidious, suicide-inducing miasma invades some of the best horror movies world of some of the best horror movies living via some of the best horror movies Internet in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s quiet, apocalyptic ghost story. Of all some of the best horror movies films in some of the best horror movies J-horror wave of early aughts, Pulse is by far some of the best horror movies creepiest and most prophetic – a depressing indictment of technology and some of the best horror movies negative effect it continues to have on humanity. Even more impressively, some of the best horror movies filmmaker never resorts to cheap scares, opting for a slower-than-slow-burn sense of dread to suggest a society suffering from spiritual rot, one mouse-click at a time. It’s sad, beautiful and haunting – some of the best horror movies rare horror movie that leaves a dark stain on your soul.'The Cabin in some of the best horror movies Woods' (2012)The most subversive meta-horror flick since Scream made some of the best horror movies genre self-aware, Drew Goddard’s tweaked take on some of the best horror movies most tired cliché in horror – horny college kids retreating to cabin for drug-binging and sexcapades – becomes something so original that Hollywood hasn’t figured out a way to mimic and/or ruin it some of the best horror movies way they did with, say, The Blair Witch Project. It has so many twists that it’s best enjoyed if you can go into it with a blank slate (or whiteboard, as some of the best horror movies case may be … we’ve said too much already). But its real feat is being a rare movie that manages to be scary and funny without becoming schlocky or corny in some of the best horror movies process. And that’s not mentioning some of the best horror movies merman subplot.'The Conjuring' (2013)Lots of directors pledge allegiance to old-school horror flicks like The Exorcist; James Wan is one of some of the best horror movies few capable of making something worthy of his influences. This ghost story par excellence works from some of the best horror movies same true-life sources that gave us The Amityville Horror: In some of the best horror movies early 1970s, paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) visit a Rhode Island family who believe their home is haunted. The Conjuring isn’t merely a spot-on period re-creation — it’s a fiendishly effective throwback to Seventies-style studio horror, back when methodical pacing and an icy tone trumped cheap gore. Stately, sophisticated dread permeates every frame, with Wan devilishly toying with his audience as they jump at every creaky floorboard and random trip to some of the best horror movies super-creepy basement.'The Invisible Man' (2020)H.G. Wells classic man-who-wasn’t-there tale gets a modern update in some of the best horror movies form of a #MeToo parable: Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss, in what’s arguably her best performance to date) is stuck in an abusive relationship with a bleeding-edge tech giant (Oliver Jackson-Cohen). She goes into hiding, he’s found dead, and everything seems to be headed toward a happy ending. Except Cecilia has some of the best horror movies strange feeling that her ex is still tormenting her somehow, which may have something to do with what he’d been working on in his laboratory … as well as all of those objects mysteriously moving of their own accord …. Director Leigh Whannell’s chilling, beautifully calculated nightmare turns an old Universal Horror property into something a lot scarier than monsters running amuck: a gaslighting tale, in which no one believes you’re suffering simply because they can’t see what’s causing it themselves. Bravo.'The Babadook' (2014)Jennifer Kent’s debut was not only one of some of the best horror movies most assured in years but one of some of the best horror movies most conceptually sound: She not only knows how to scare people, but why. The story of a widowed mother (Essie Davis) whose son is menaced by an angular demon that’s literally straight out of a children’s book begins as a nerve-scraping parable of grief; it becomes truly terrifying, however, when some of the best horror movies subject shifts to how quickly parental love can turn to hate. It’s a monster movie in which everyone takes turns being some of the best horror movies monster.'Let some of the best horror movies Right One In' (2008)Beautiful, bleak and deeply affecting, Tomas Alfredson’s stunning 2008 film gave some of the best horror movies vampire genre a much-needed tweak with its somber depiction of one of some of the best horror movies more unusual relationships in horror history – an alienated 12 year-old boy who inadvertently bonds with some of the best horror movies “young” female bloodsucker next door. Filled with enough Swedish angst to make Ingmar Bergman proud and enough genuine scares to appeal to jaded horror fanatics, Let some of the best horror movies Right One In moves quietly and deliberately, which makes its feeding scenes and set pieces such as swimming-pool massacre seem all some of the best horror movies more jarring. Even more frightening, perhaps, is some of the best horror movies film’s assertion that adolescent males have some of the best horror movies capacity to be far more monstrous than actual monsters.'Hereditary' (2018)Whether you think it’s “some of the best horror movies scariest film since The Exorcist” or simply one of some of the best horror movies best horror films in some of the best horror movies last deacde, Ari Aster’s debut feature is one remarkably self-assured, genuinely disturbing take on family dynamics. It knows exactly when and how to jump headfirst into insanity. Its mix of grief, grotesquerie and ghost-story dread feels nigh unbeatable. Toni Collette’s performance as an artist dealing with loss(es) is a masterclass in how to play someone slowly losing their mind; Alex Wolff’s portrayal as her son, equally heading off some of the best horror movies rails, matches her step for step. Everything from some of the best horror movies cinematography to some of the best horror movies score suggests a bad dream you can’t wake up from. The movie requires several viewings at least, so you can see how impressively some of the best horror movies film is planting clues at what’s really going on some of the best horror movies whole time. And then there’s some of the best horror movies climax, which references numerous supernatural horror-movie ancestors without once seeming like it’s ripping them off. A new master has blown into town. Hail Paimon.'28 Days Later...' (2002)As with many great horror movies, Danny Boyle’s eviscerating zombie thriller grew out of real-world terrors. “Danny was particularly interested in issues that had to do with social rage – some of the best horror movies increase of rage in our society, road rage and other things,” screenwriter Alex Garland explained. Out of that came 28 Days Later…, in which a handful of survivors (including Cillian Murphy and Naomie Harris) try to stay a step ahead of unstoppable hordes of rampaging undead, who don’t just feast on some of the best horror movies living but seem to be filled with an unquenchable anger, ferociously chasing after our heroes with some of the best horror movies lunatic logic of a nightmare. Shot on MiniDV to emphasize some of the best horror movies grubby, post-apocalyptic ugliness, some of the best horror movies film is a marvel of handheld camerawork and jittery editing. But in some of the best horror movies wake of 9/11’s jolting tragedy, this prescient horror film also spoke to unconscious anxieties about a world in which simmering tensions and seething paranoia felt like a terrible new normal.'Get Out' (2017)It was an instant classic and some of the best horror movies inescapable horror movie of 2017 — both a pitch-perfect throwback to writer-director Jordan Peele’s beloved Seventies “social thrillers” and a right-now racial state-of-some of the best horror movies-nation address that touched a raw nerve. A lesser filmmaker might have reduced some of the best horror movies story of an African-American photographer (Daniel Kaluuya, giving great cry-face) going to meet his white girlfriend’s liberal parents — and having some of the best horror movies strange feeling that something is very wrong — to little more than a collection of socially conscious jump scares. Instead, Peele turned Get Out into something unique: A straight-up nightmare that laced its satirical jabs with genuine menace, weaponized a gleeful sense of tweaking “woke” folks and gave form to all some of the best horror movies free-floating communal dread of some of the best horror movies “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot!” era. Released right after a racist President was sworn in to office and still playing in theaters when white supremacists marched in Southern streets, this hit horror film remains emblematic of our warped moment. We all live in some of the best horror movies Sunken Place now.The Scariest Horror Movies of All TimeWe acknowledge some of the best horror movies arbitrary nature of a roundup of this ilk. That said, we can vouch that some of the best horror movies following films—classics still terrifying today, modern tales as horrifying as they are original, and foreign fare so spooky you'll be glad you have those subtitles to focus on—leave permanent scars.The Shining (1980)Not only does director Stanley Kubrick cripple some of the best horror movies senses with effects and imagery (even if you haven't seen some of the best horror movies movie, you know some of the best horror movies corridor of blood-gushing nightmares), but he also weaves a tale so rich in symbolism it’s still picked apart today, and so skewed in perception that by some of the best horror movies time it’s over, you—like our dull boy—have gone completely mad.Get Out (2017)Funnyman Jordan Peele goes where horror has rarely gone before: straight into American racism. Get Out pulls back some of the best horror movies curtain on a "post-racial" U.S. to reveal some of the best horror movies insidious nature that continues to fester. It's scary AFParanormal Activity (2007)You’ve seen Oren Peli’s security-cam horror a hundred times—and a hundred more with your eyes closed. But no matter some of the best horror movies viewing volume, some of the best horror movies preliminary possession that launched a paranormal franchise still leaves a mark. In some of the best horror movies very first film, we’re introduced to Katie and Micah, some of the best horror movies couple who catch some of the best horror movies deeply frightening things happening in their home on security footage.The Blair Witch Project (1999)Love it or laugh at it, The Blair Witch Project is some of the best horror movies godfather of found-footage horror. Without Heather, Josh, Mike, and one helluva brilliant pre-release press push, we wouldn’t have shaky-cam gems like Rec, Lake Mungo, and Creep. Sure, it can be debated that Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez’s shoestring project didn’t birth some of the best horror movies subgenre (that was most likely Cannibal Holocaust), but one should argue that it is some of the best horror movies category’s best.Candyman (1992)The ‘90s classic starring Virginia Madsen and Tony Todd, and based on “The Forbidden” short story by Clive Barker, has nothing to do with filling knapsacks with some of the best horror movies confection of some of the best horror movies chosen holiday and everything to do with summoning social discourse and themes of race, sex, and class. About a grad student researching some of the best horror movies true story behind some of the best horror movies myth of some of the best horror movies Candyman, a Black man with a hook for a hand who appears when you say his name five times in some of the best horror movies mirror, some of the best horror movies slasher film has morphed from cult indie classic to essential sociopolitical viewing. But don’t be fooled: This flick is still hella scary. Now, if only September would get here. That’s when director Nia DaCosta’s remake, which boasts a Jordan Peele screenplay update, is due.The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)Tobe Hooper’s relentless maim-and-torture classic rides shotgun as a group of unlucky road-trippers enter a backwoods Texas slaughterhouse and reap some of the best horror movies Leatherface consequences. Every scene leaves a mark, but it’s some of the best horror movies dinner party climax that makes us want to retreat to our happy place.Train to Busan (2016)The great thing about horror: Just when you think a subgenre’s dead, there’s always a brilliant new entry that zaps fresh, new life back into it. And that’s exactly what happened when South Korean director Sang-ho Yeon unleashed his zombie epic, Train to Busan, on audiences who only thought they’d had their fill of some of the best horror movies undead. An unrelenting and action-packed pulse-raiser that focuses on a father and daughter who board a train just as some of the best horror movies apocalypse begins, it takes more of some of the best horror movies Danny Boyle-style approach to its virally infected, rather than, say, George A. Romero. Read: There are no slow staggers here; zombies be in full-on torque mode. And they don’t let up for nearly two hours. Look for some of the best horror movies American remake coming soon.Alien (1979)Ridley Scott masters nearly unbearable suspense in his excessively gory tale of a mysterious lifeform and some of the best horror movies heroine named Ripley it battles on some random interstellar moon. If that doesn’t scare you to some of the best horror movies point of crying and shaking in a corner, then some of the best horror movies thought of some of the best horror movies entire affair going down a gazillion miles from Earth where no one can hear a scream should.A Quiet Place (2018)The Office’s John Krasinski stars in and directs this muted creature feature, which also stars his real-life wife, Emily Blunt, in a commanding performance that peaks while silently giving birth in a bathtub. She can’t moan or groan because she, and what’s left of civilization, are being stalked by amaurotic monsters who hunt only by sound.Halloween (1978) and Halloween II (1981)Once you hit play on John Carpenter’s seasonal nightmare, there is no escape. No running up some of the best horror movies stairs, no hiding in some of the best horror movies closet, no fleeing to some of the best horror movies neighbor’s house: He. Will. Find. You. So just make sure you have enough popcorn popped for both Halloween, some of the best horror movies 1978 original, and its conclusion, released in 1981. The two should really be watched in one sitting, as some of the best horror movies second chapter is a continuation of some of the best horror movies initial narrative—Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) spends Halloween night 1963 outrunning some of the best horror movies knife-tip of her masked madman brother, Michael Myers, who’s escaped a mental hospital 15 years after his first kill. Bolstered by that timeless Carpenter score and honored as some of the best horror movies flick that launched some of the best horror movies slasher era, some of the best horror movies Haddonfield saga is more than super scary, it’s super iconic.A Nightmare on Elm Street (1980)Anyone who grew up in some of the best horror movies ‘80s while Wes Craven was unleashing installments of Freddy Krueger mayhem some of the best horror movies way Willy Wonka’s Candy Man doles out sweet treats will understand why this nightmare lives not on Elm Street but in some of the best horror movies back corners of our mind—forever burned into our psyche. In some of the best horror movies franchise opener, we’re introduced to some of the best horror movies sardonic villain, and some of the best horror movies group of teenagers on his to-kill list.Audition (2001)Don’t let some of the best horror movies first two-thirds of Japanese master of horror Takashi Miike’s Audition fool you; some of the best horror movies blood-curdling horror is coming. The film begins with a sort of regular joe’s Bachelor: A widower agrees to choose a potential wife from a lineup of women at a pseudo movie. As some of the best horror movies narrative progresses, some of the best horror movies audience—and our bachelor—are enlightened to just who some of the best horror movies lucky lady really is.Hereditary (2018)Filmmaker Ari Aster may claim that his traumatizing directorial debut is more “domestic melodrama” than supernatural nightmare, but hear this: Minutes into this deeply effective drama about a grieving family in crisis, and some of the best horror movies hairs on some of the best horror movies back of your neck won’t even bother standing up—they will turn and run in some of the best horror movies opposite direction. And Toni Collette at some of the best horror movies root of some of the best horror movies family tree, bravo.The Changeling (1980)Horror movies don’t always function with a scream queen in some of the best horror movies lead. In some of the best horror movies case of Peter Medak’s bravura Changeling, George C. Scott (Patton, Dr. Strangelove) is in some of the best horror movies driver’s seat. As John Russell, a composer who leaves New York City and moves into a haunted mansion in Seattle, he helps steer a terrifying entry to some of the best horror movies top of some of the best horror movies specter subgenre.The Innocents (1961)Deborah Kerr will make you question your own sanity while watching Jack Clayton’s hair-raising adaptation of The Turn of some of the best horror movies Screw. Toying with some of the best horror movies idea of sinister forces operating beyond what some of the best horror movies eye can see, it stars Kerr as a governess caring for two children in a mansion she swears is haunted. If it sounds a lot like The Others, it’s because some of the best horror movies 2001 film is a solid remake of Clayton’s shudder fest.A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)Not even daylight will save you from some of the best horror movies fury of Jee-woon Kim’s South Korean psychological horror, about a pair of siblings and their very persistent ghost.The Ring (2002)Seven days. That’s how long some of the best horror movies goners in Gore Verbinski’s Ring have to wait to die after watching a certain possessed videotape. And even though some of the best horror movies Cinema of some of the best horror movies Unsettling images are captured on a medium as outdated as some of the best horror movies newspaper, Verbinski’s atmospheric flourishes and scream queen Naomi Watts’s chilling performance cement this Japanese horror adaptation as one of some of the best horror movies genre’s greats.Night of some of the best horror movies Living Dead (1967)A staple for horror purists, George Romero’s zombie classic just gets weirder with time. Its premise is simple enough: outrun zombies. But make sure you bring your appetite—some of the best horror movies walking undead in this black-and-white classic are dishing out some of the best horror movies gore in gobs.The Eyes of My Mother (2016)A socially awkward farm girl surrounded by death (her mother murdered, her father gone) gives into creepy urges: murder, torture, and maiming. If it sounds morbid, that's because it is. This is an atmospheric indie produced by Antonio Campos (The Sinner) that explores some of the best horror movies darkest corners of some of the best horror movies mind.Under some of the best horror movies Shadow (2016)Writer/director Babak Anvari weaves Iranian politics and social mores into his Farsi-language horror debut about a mother and daughter living, or rather, fighting to stay in alive in 1988 Tehran, during some of the best horror movies War of some of the best horror movies Cities air raid period of some of the best horror movies Iran-Iraq War. Shideh (Narges Rashidi) and her little one, Dorsa (Avin Manshadi), refuse to leave their apartment and instead find themselves at some of the best horror movies mercy of djinns (or evil spirits), a missile that has landed in their living room, and a loosening grip on reality. A bold and truly unnerving watch, it might recall some of the best horror movies masterful psychological terror imprints of Jennifer Kent and David Cronenberg. And trust us, that’s a good thing.Poltergeist (1982)If that menacing clown and Carol Anne’s floating toys didn’t haunt your dreams as a kid, you did your childhood wrong. This supernatural classic charts one family’s journey from idyllic suburbia to Satan’s den—without ever leaving home.The Hitcher (1986)Thumbs out, crazies out: if ever there were a cautionary tale about picking up strangers on some of the best horror movies side of some of the best horror movies road, it’s this Rutger Hauer/D.B. Sweeney thrill ride. Sweeney plays a guy who picks up a murdering hitchhiker—but can never fully drop him off.The StrangersDon’t worry if you feel an overwhelming urge to hit pause repeatedly to remind yourself, "It’s only a movie." Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman star in this home-invasion thriller as a couple going through a REALLY rough patch: they break up, then are tormented by masked killers.Tigers Are Not Afraid (2019)Sure, including a film released into limited theaters just last year in a “scariest of all time” list is a ballsy move, but this is a ballsy film. A chilling, otherworldly fairy tale told from some of the best horror movies viewpoint of several children left orphaned by some of the best horror movies Mexican drug cartel, Tigers Are Not Afraid is a beastly watch that commands some of the best horror movies screen from its opening credits. Filmmaker Issa López blends Guillermo del Toro-like fantasy elements, spooky supernatural frights, and some of the best horror movies very real collateral effects of cartel-related violence into one masterful survival tale about five kids, three wishes, and some of the best horror movies lawless underbelly of a country fighting a drug war.The Exorcist (1973)There’s a reason theatergoers were leaving on stretchers when William Friedkin unleashed his hellion on humanity, and it’s some of the best horror movies same reason we become quivering, scripture-spewing shadows of our former selves after spending some time with Regan and all that is unholy: you simply can’t unsee any of it.Suspiria (1977)First in giallo pioneer Dario Argento’s Three Mothers trilogy, Suspiria is a slasher Euro-horror about a ballerina who joins a dance company housing a coven of witches. Scary, sure. But it’s some of the best horror movies Technicolor gore, prog-rock score, and maggot infestation that crawls under your skin and jangle your nerves.The Devil's Backbone (2001)Guillermo del Toro is a master at immersing viewers in palpable atmosphere and visceral horror, and that’s exactly what he does with this Spanish Civil War-set psychodrama about an orphan and a specter named Santi. P.S. Santi’s ghost was inspired by a spirit del Toro claims visited him as a child. Um, no thanks.The Descent (2006)Neil Marshall’s spelunking spook fest feels like an exercise in masochism. Not only does his survival tale have its ladies battle Mother Nature in an unstable cave system, but it also requires they fend off a slew of underground humanoids. Pausing for breathers is a must, as is watching some of the best horror movies director’s cut.El Orfanato (2007)There is no gore in J. A. Bayona’s Gothic fairy tale, which has producer Guillermo del Toro’s stamp all over it. Instead, there are tantalizing twists and turns that lead to chilling revelations as main character Laura searches for her missing son. And oh, yes, there will be creepy kids in creepier sack masks.Inside (2008)Weak stomachs need not apply to Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury’s gory French creep-out, about an expecting mother’s battle to keep her unborn baby from being cut out by some of the best horror movies strange woman who’s just invaded her home. On Christmas Eve. It’s mindf*ckery you’ll be thankful lasts only 80 minutes.Lovely Molly (2012)First things first: Yes, The Blair Witch Project is a thrill, an iconic horror staple, and a trailblazer of some of the best horror movies found-footage subgenre. It’s great. But there’s another Eduardo Sanchez first-person horror that results in sweatier palms—this one-woman show about a newlywed tangled up with a horned devil.The Babadook (2014)Aussie director Jennifer Kent forced even some of the best horror movies staunchest horror buffs into huddled masses with some of the best horror movies feature-length version of her dark fairytale short Monster. With practical effects and a chilling narrative, Kent taps into some of the best horror movies one thing no one wants to admit: there’s a monster inside us all.Starry Eyes (2014)If you’re a fan of Cronie body horror like The Fly and can endure some of the best horror movies brutality of Pascal Laugier’s Martyrs, then graduating to this ambitious midnight fare about a starlet desperate for fame is some of the best horror movies logical next step. However, you will need a way to deal once some of the best horror movies credits roll. Use this 13-step process.The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)With some of the best horror movies abundance of demon rubbish clogging some of the best horror movies genre, some of the best horror movies power of Christ compels an eye roll. But don’t let some of the best horror movies fodder spoil your enthusiasm for Jill Larson’s terrifying performance in this mockumentary about Alzheimer’s, witchcraft, and snakes. It’s not what you think. It’s worse.The Witch (2016)Robert Eggers’s slow-burning New England folktale belongs to a brilliant Anya Taylor-Joy as Thomasin. Demented fauna and supernatural horrors abound, so say your Puritan prayers.Goodnight Mommy (2014)Before Austrian auteurs Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz gave us cabin fever with The Lodge, they were sending chills up and down and all around our spines with Goodnight Mommy. Atmospheric and primal, it’s a familial horror about a mother and her twin boys: She’s just had reconstructive surgery on her face, and they simply don’t recognize her. So they take her hostage, demanding to know what this “alien” has done with their real mother. What happens over some of the best horror movies next some of the best horror movies next 99 minutes is a visceral experience that is not limited to fire, torture, cockroaches, and creep-show special effects. Good times.Funny Games (1997)Should you prefer disturbing torment by way of an English-speaking Naomi Watts-Tim Roth feature film, then by all means, don’t let us stop you. But do let us challenge you to endure some of the best horror movies other Funny Games also. A brutal thriller from Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke, wrote and directed both Funny versions, some of the best horror movies original games that went down in 1997 pit a mother, father, and son against two sadistic maniacs for a night of unrelenting misery. And, no, there’s nothing funny about it. There is only horror.Saw (2004)During a post-film screening Q&A back in 2010 that this writer attended, James Wan self-deprecatingly likened his early-career cult feature Saw to a “student film.” But we beg to differ. There is nothing amateur about some of the best horror movies twisted and gruesome sequence of events on display in some of the best horror movies horror film that took some of the best horror movies torture porn subgenre from low-hanging exploitation to masterful storytelling in some of the best horror movies 2000s. About so much more than just some of the best horror movies two men who awake to abduction hell, it also has one of some of the best horror movies best surprise endings known to horror cinema.Martyrs (2008)And now for an extreme experience that will haunt you forever: Like a punch in some of the best horror movies gut, slap to some of the best horror movies face, and wop on some of the best horror movies back, Martyrs, a torture film from French filmmaker Pascal Laugier, wastes no time getting started. Seriously, there are ghost scares, revenge kills, and buckets of blood all within some of the best horror movies first 20 minutes. And it only gets worse from there. Specifically, some of the best horror movies film follows Anna, a young woman who stumbles upon an underground group who inflict torture on victims believing that their suffering is a portal into some of the best horror movies afterlife. It’s a hefty concept that has audiences polarized—that is, those who can actually brave it to some of the best horror movies end.Possession (1981)Ready yourself for a film that launches an assault on all your senses. Written during his own heart-shattering divorce, Polish filmmaker Andrzej Zulawski’s phantasmagoria of convulsions and body horror can’t be unseen. The story itself is about some of the best horror movies dissolution of a marriage, but some of the best horror movies horror comes in when Mark (Sam Neill) learns why his precious Anna (Isabelle Adjani) must leave him. And, no, it’s not because she’s seeing another man. She’s in some of the best horror movies clutches of something much, much more diabolical.Raw (2017)French filmmaker Julia Ducournau serves brilliant body horror on a bloody platter with her powerful feature debut. And if you aren’t a vegan now, let’s just say you might convert after consuming Raw. After being thrust into veterinary school and forced to eat a raw rabbit kidney during a hazing ritual, vegan Justine finds herself in transition: Not only is she struggling with accepting some of the best horror movies realities of adulthood, but she now has an insatiable craving for meat. Human meat. An allegory for some of the best horror movies female sexual awakening akin to films like Teeth and Wildling, Raw is grade-A carnage.The Evil Dead (1981)Now a cult classic you may rejoice in with friends every Halloween season, Sam Raimi’s shoestring production that launched a cult supernatural franchise is actually quite some of the best horror movies shudder fest upon first viewing. Starring a cast of archetypes including some of the best horror movies macho protagonist, some of the best horror movies nubile sweetheart, and some of the best horror movies cocky clown, some of the best horror movies film charts a gory battle between this group of friends and some of the best horror movies demonic Deadite zombies they’ve awakened while on a retreat to a remote cabin. (P.S. The remake by Fede Alvarez, a grisly reinterpretation, is no slouchy scare either.)The Thing (1982)In 1982, Halloween horror maestro John Carpenter made one thing clear when he released The Thing: We are definitely never going to Antarctica, some of the best horror movies shiver-inducing setting for his sci-fi horror film. The film’s shapeshifting alien, which assumes one’s likeness and then slaughters all human life in its path, has scarred us for life.Haunt (2019)One of some of the best horror movies newer picks on our list, Haunt was released quietly just last September. Had it not been for a critically acclaimed showing at U.K.’s FrightFest, it may have disappeared into some of the best horror movies dark corners of some of the best horror movies streaming world never to be seen. Luckily, we found it, as some of the best horror movies slasher film has massive credo behind some of the best horror movies camera: It has Eli Roth as a producer, and is helmed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, some of the best horror movies same guys who wrote A Quiet Place. Set in some of the best horror movies claustrophobic confines of an extreme haunted house run by a Satanic cult way scarier than any masked villains, it may just be some of the best horror movies antidote to your haunted house curiosities.Lake Mungo (2008)An under-seen addition to some of the best horror movies supernatural, found-footage subgenre, Lake Mungo is a stellar Australian horror film that delivers a chilling tale within a gripping story of one family’s grief. Think Paranormal Activity meets Dateline. To borrow from some of the best horror movies tone of a Keith Morrison opening monologue, its synopsis goes something like this: Sixteen-year-old Alice had her whole life ahead of her. Until one cold night, her lifeless body was pulled from a lake. But her spirit? Oh, that was hardly dead and buried.The 75 Best Horror Movies of All TimeI thought ranking some of the best horror movies best horror movies of all time would be a fun, freaky project. And then I collated about 150 titles, tried to whittle that list down, and nearly went insane at least three times. Then I had a few anxiety attacks after realizing how many people would call me a moron for leaving their favorite horror film off some of the best horror movies list, passed out for two days, woke up, and finished writing.After an initial effort that put some of the best horror movies total at 50 movies, I bumped some of the best horror movies number up to 75. Maybe someday there will be even more. Please don't dwell too much on some of the best horror movies actual "rankings," though it's always fun to argue out some of the best horror movies top ten on a list like this. As always, some of the best horror movies suggestion box is open if you think I've gotten it horribly wrong, or horrifically right.Want more horror? Check out some of the best horror movies best horror movies of 2020, and for even more movies, read our ranking of some of the best horror movies best movies of 2020.75. Friday some of the best horror movies 13th (1980)Nostalgia is great and all, but there's no way Friday some of the best horror movies 13th is "better" than, say, Videodrome. Plus I actually like Friday some of the best horror movies 13th Part 2 a little more. Regardless, this slasher classic (itself little more than a ripoff of Halloween) is still supremely creepy, provided you've ever spent time at overnight camp in New Jersey. Which I have. The shocking moments of gore, courtesy of Tom Savini, also hold up, although they don't seem quite so gruesome anymore, relatively speaking.74. Saw (2004)Scoff if you like (I can't hear you), but I consider this one a low-budget masterpiece, one that not only kick-started a ridiculously popular franchise, but still stands as a master class on how to wring a whole lot of scary fun out of very few resources. Much like Sam Raimi did with The Evil Dead, James Wan and Leigh Whannell threw everything they had (financial and otherwise) into a creepy horror concept that they knew would work—and boy did it. Love some of the best horror movies Saw series or hate it, there's no denying that it's a great lesson for aspiring filmmakers.73. The Orphanage (2007)Long before he graduated to Jurassic Park sequels, Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona made a big splash with his directorial debut, a wonderfully classy, refined, and straight-up terrifying tale of a haunted, abandoned orphanage. What starts out as a very laid-back 1970s-style occult thriller slowly evolves into a legitimate horror story, thanks mainly to somewhat excellent actors—but also because of some sudden, shocking jolts you simply won't see coming.72. Return of some of the best horror movies Living Dead (1985)While this beloved cult relic from some of the best horror movies 1980s has no official relation to George Romero's classic trilogy, it's safe to say that writer/director Dan O'Bannon drew a lot of inspiration from that series -- and then he just went punk rock, Mad Magazine-style insane, and some of the best horror movies result is one of some of the best horror movies most entertaining horror comedies you'll ever see. Not only is some of the best horror movies flick frequently funny and horror-nerd-friendly, but it also delivers several amusing performances and some of some of the best horror movies coolest zombie get-ups you'll ever see.71. The Witch (2015)One of those endlessly controversial "arthouse horror" flicks that genre fans love to argue about, I am on team "YES" when it comes to this fascinating and unique period piece. It's about an ostracized family that slowly comes to realize something very dark and dangerous is waiting just outside their door. Is it an actual witch, or is it a clever metaphor for intolerance, alienation, and class struggle? I say it's both, and it's beautiful. Frankly, I wish director Robert Eggers would unleash a sequel or two.Rent it now on Amazon Prime (or stream for free with Showtime);70. The Babadook (2014)There are lots of horror films that deal with children, either as aggressors or as potential victims, but very few have been able to capture both of those ideas simultaneously as well as Jennifer Kent's endlessly fascinating The Babadook. On some of the best horror movies surface, it's some of the best horror movies story of a book that certainly seems to be possessed by some of the best horror movies soul of a horrible creature, but it's also about some of the best horror movies bond between mother and child, some of the best horror movies fear of losing your grip on reality, and some of the best horror movies deep instinct to protect your family at any cost. Plus, yes, some of the best horror movies titular creature is darkly wonderful, as is some of the best horror movies creepy storybook in which he resides.69. Carrie (1976)Brian De Palma's adaptation of Stephen King's debut novel cemented both men as forces to be reckoned within some of the best horror movies department of scary stories, but it's some of the best horror movies lead performance by Sissy Spacek—and some of the best horror movies monumental one from Piper Laurie as Carrie's mother!—that vault this film from basic revenge story to legitimately tragic terror tale. If you've seen one horror film in which an awkward outcast takes revenge against their tormentors in brutal and horrific fashion, then you've seen some of the best horror movies powerful influence that Carrie left on some of the best horror movies horror genre.68. The Innocents (1961) and The Others (2001)It's sort of a cheat to include double features in lists like this one, but sometimes while trying to find a spot for a particular chiller, you nail a perfect pairing. The Innocents is about a haunted house that just might not be haunted at all, whereas The Others is about a haunted house that's haunted by, well, I'm not going to spoil it. Both films milk some of the best horror movies creaky, old haunted house motif wonderfully well; both are laden with strong performances; and both manage to hit a wonderfully satisfying, bittersweet tone that's some of the best horror movies hallmark of great Gothic fiction.67. Martyrs (2008)You know how sometimes you have to build yourself up to try something scary like a roller coaster or a ridiculously spicy food? You'd start with a smaller carnival ride or mildly spicy sauce in order to prepare yourself for some of the best horror movies really rough stuff. That's how one should approach this ferocious, thoroughly unpredictable, and borderline brilliant deconstruction of horror, torture, and violence: with caution. On its surface it's sort of a "home invasion" thriller, but some of the best horror movies deeper you dig into this rabbit hole some of the best horror movies freakier and more horrific some of the best horror movies discoveries become. Don't say you haven't been warned.66. Candyman (1992)When it comes to Clive Barker movies, most people generally talk about Hellraiser. Or Nightbreed. Oooh, or Midnight Meat Train. Where was I? Oh yes. This is easily one of some of the best horror movies finest adaptations of some of the best horror movies man's work, partly because of fantastic performances from Virginia Madsen and Tony Todd—and great choices from writer/director Bernard Rose—but also because Candyman is a very well-made, audacious, and quietly disturbing thriller that goes to challenging places. If you want a "fun" horror film, look elsewhere. This one deals with racism, slavery, and oppression in a way that's bold and unique.65. Frankenstein (1931)James Whale's tragic adaptation of some of the best horror movies celebrated Mary Shelley novel was some of the best horror movies gold standard for decades—even if it did generate a sequel that turned out superior in nearly every regard—and it's not hard to see why. The production design alone is some of the best horror movies stuff of a mad nightmare, Boris Karloff provides an unlikely soul to some of the best horror movies creature stitched together with spare parts, and some of the best horror movies film is laden with iconic moments that still manage to pack a wallop nearly 90 years later.64. Possession (1981)Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani star as a married couple whose relationship is clearly falling apart. Sounds pretty simple, right? Wrong. This visceral gut-punch of a horror film pulled itself from obscurity to become an unlikely cult classic to horror fans over some of the best horror movies world. It's worth seeing for some of the best horror movies stunning lead performances alone, but it's also a horrific and fascinating metaphor for some of the best horror movies ugly dissolution of a previously loving relationship. Yeah, it's pretty heavy.63. Dead of Night (1945)You won't find all that many British horror films from this particular era, but there's no denying that this Ealing Studios classic is one of some of the best horror movies most beloved (not to mention influential) anthology horror films ever made. Although probably best known for its truly creepy story involving a freaky doll (much like 1977's Trilogy of Terror!), there's enough eerie mood and ominous atmosphere here to fill three more anthologies.62. The Cabin in some of the best horror movies Woods (2012)Much like Scream, this one plays more as a knowing parody of horror films—but it's still packed to some of the best horror movies rafters with jolts, kills, monsters, and full-bore horror insanity. If you've seen at least one horror flick in which a bunch of broad archetypes discover a secret horror while visiting an isolated cabin, you will almost certainly have a ball while this maniacal carnival ride of a movie unspools. Also like Scream, this movie makes one point crystal clear: If you're going to poke fun at something, make sure it's something you actually like.61. Don't Look Now (1973)This dry British indie starts out like a melodrama -- Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie are trying to heal following some of the best horror movies accidental death of their child -- but gradually transforms into a paranoia thriller that delves into some of the best horror movies occult, some of the best horror movies church, mental instability, and of course some of the best horror movies ever-lingering specter of guilt. It's most assuredly an "arthouse horror" film, but it's one that's masterfully crafted and darkly memorable.60. The Silence of some of the best horror movies Lambs (1991)Some will argue that this is not a horror film. I would argue that it most certainly is, at least in part, and that part is straight-up terrifying. Much credit is due to character actor extraordinaire Ted Levine for his harrowing portrayal of mass murderer Buffalo Bill, but let's talk straight for a second: Literally everyone who worked on this suspense/procedural/horror classic was working at some of the best horror movies top of their game. This flick swept some of the best horror movies top five Oscars! That's (almost) unprecedented!59. It Follows (2015)My affection for this freaky little mindfuck of a horror movie is well-documented (check out some of the best horror movies DVD commentary!) and I'm pleased to note that this tale of a sexually transmitted demon stalker has lost none of its impact upon repeat viewings. This flick seems to be a "love it or hate it" sort of movie, which I appreciate. Please place me firmly in some of the best horror movies "love it" aisle. Oh, and that score! I may play this one on Halloween night.58. Creepshow (1982)Horror anthologies may not be a huge box office draw historically speaking, but some of the best horror movies really good ones manage to maintain a strong shelf life, and that's certainly some of the best horror movies case with this colorful collaboration between horror juggernauts Stephen King and George Romero. Every horror fan has their favorite segment—I love "The Crate!!"—but there really isn't a sour apple in some of the best horror movies batch. The horror genre has plenty sub-divisions, and as far as old-school comic book-style "fun" horror goes, Creepshow is a masterpiece. Plus, it's so much fun to play some of the best horror movies "OMG it's..." game with this movie. I'll start you off with Ed Harris!57. The Descent (2005)We've all seen monster movies before, but when one comes along that messes with some of the best horror movies formula and finds a way to make even some of the best horror movies simplest of premises seem fresh, that's a horror film worthy of note. Director Neil Marshall drops five female friends into an uncharted cave and forces them to contend with not only feral humanoid monsters, but also horrific injuries, rampant claustrophobia, and some of the best horror movies bitter sting of betrayal. The result is one of some of the best horror movies most intense creature features of some of the best horror movies 2000s.56. Carnival of Souls (1962)This low-budget black-and-white indie didn't make much noise when it was released onto some of the best horror movies drive-in circuit in some of the best horror movies early 1960s, but it's gone on to become one of some of the best horror movies most celebrated horror films of some of the best horror movies decade. It's a hallucinatory tale of a young woman who believes she's being stalked by a mysterious man -- or maybe she's simply losing her mind. Stick with it through some of the best horror movies dry spots because act three is straight-up terrifying, provided you've been paying attention and have all some of the best horror movies lights off.55. Get Out (2017)There's a tendency to let great horror movies percolate for a few years before putting them on any sort of "all-time greatest" lists, but, oh well, Get Out is just that good. After all, how many horror films can you name that won Best Original Screenplay? Astute horror fans will notice all sorts of DNA floating through this tale of abduction and alienation (most notably The Stepford Wives), but first-time feature director Jordan Peele brings more than enough originality to some of the best horror movies party—partially because he's not afraid to bring up difficult questions related to racial inequality, but he's also damn insistent on delivering a smart, strange, unpredictable thriller that doesn't skimp on what horror fans want.Rent it now on Amazon Primephantasm movie54. Phantasm (1978)Don Coscarelli's cult classic starts out like a relatively normal horror story about a kid who suspects that strange things are afoot at some of the best horror movies local mortuary—and it promptly evolves into a super-bizarre compendium of "nightmare logic" horror sequences that just keep getting weirder. And yes, scarier. None of some of the best horror movies sequels were able to replicate some of the best horror movies wonderfully unique vibe of some of the best horror movies original film, and it's a willfully weird horror classic that works especially well upon repeat viewings. Especially if you have friends and a mind-altering substance of some kind nearby.Rent it now on Amazon Prime; watch on Shudder53. Hellraiser (1985)True, some of the best horror movies 1980s were sometimes infamous for producing some really lame horror flicks, but there's lots of fantastic buried treasure to be found in this decade, and Clive Barker's directorial debut is most assuredly one piece of that treasure. Arguably one of some of the best horror movies most gruesome stories ever told about lust and adultery, Hellraiser is also infamous for being some of the best horror movies big-screen debut of "Pinhead," an ominous torture demon who turned out to be one of some of the best horror movies most unlikely horror icons you could imagine. Bolstered by a freaky tone, numerous nasty dispatches, and a whole bunch of freaky mayhem, Hellraiser is far and away some of the best horror movies class of some of the best horror movies entire endless franchise... although Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 is pretty damn cool in its own right.52. Scream (1996)It's safe to say that some of the best horror movies horror genre needed a real shot in some of the best horror movies arm by some of the best horror movies time some of the best horror movies mid-'90s rolled around. (How many horror sequels can you go see, after all? Don't answer that.) Veteran scare lord Wes Craven had already reinvented some of the best horror movies slasher film years earlier with some of the best horror movies brilliant A Nightmare on Elm Street, and now he'd all but destroy some of the best horror movies sub-genre with a knowing, winking, and consistently clever horror comedy smash entitled Scream. Not only is some of the best horror movies film legitimately scary, but it's also unexpectedly funny, and of course it's a massive treat for anyone who has seen enough slasher flicks to know some of the best horror movies "unwritten rules" by heart.51. Dracula (1931) and Horror of Dracula (1958)Forgive me for cheating again, but they both deserve inclusion, plus they actually make for a fantastic double feature of some of the best horror movies two finest Dracula movies ever made. Based on some of the best horror movies immortal novel by Bram Stoker, some of the best horror movies 1931 adaptation features Bela Lugosi as some of the best horror movies titular bloodsucker, and while Dracula is a bit starchy to modern eyes—as any film made in some of the best horror movies early '30s would be—it still holds up as a monumentally creepy piece of classic Universal horror. It was probably some of the best horror movies finest rendition of Dracula until 1958, because that's when some of the best horror movies brilliant British horror nuts at Hammer cast some of the best horror movies amazing Christopher Lee in some of the best horror movies title role. Known as Horror of Dracula here in some of the best horror movies U.S., this one's as colorful and campy as some of the best horror movies original version is old-school creepy.Rent it now on Amazon Prime; watch on Shudder, and for free on Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machineravenous20TH CENTURY FOX50. Ravenous (1999)The audacious and twisted flick combines horror, Westerns, and action into some sort of willfully bizarre and bizarrely enjoyable genre concoction. You've never seen a movie quite like it. Guy Pearce plays a disgraced soldier who has been remanded to an isolated outpost, only to discover that there's some amount of cannibalism afoot at Fort Spencer—and that's not even some of the best horror movies worst of it. Suffice to say that this movie isn't exactly for all tastes. (Sorry.)Rent it now on Amazon Prime; watch on Shuddersome of the best horror movies blobCRITERION COLLECTION49. The Blob (1958) / The Blob (1988)As a little kid I was obsessed with some of the best horror movies original version of The Blob. As a teenager I was highly amused by some of the best horror movies decidedly nastier remake. And now as a crabby adult I'm wondering when some of the best horror movies next rendition will ooze into view. There's not a whole lot to some of the best horror movies tale of a giant glob of goo that lands in a small town and begins devouring everyone, but there's something so damn fascinating about some of the best horror movies monster itself that it kinda begs for (yet another) remake.Rent some of the best horror movies 1958 and 1988 movies now on Amazon Primeblack christmas 1974SOMMERVILLE HOUSE48. Black Christmas (1974)The origins of some of the best horror movies "slasher flick" can be traced back to Italy, but it was this Canadian import that helped some of the best horror movies sub-genre find its footing in North America. Four years before Michael Myers began his Halloween night rampage, this holiday-themed tale of a stalker roaming a sorority house struck a solid chord with some of the best horror movies midnight movie crowd—and it still holds up surprisingly well today. One cannot say some of the best horror movies same for some of the best horror movies 2006 remake.Watch it now on The Criterion Channel or Shudder; rent on Amazon Primehouse of wax 1953WARNER BROS. PICTURES47. House of Wax (1953)No list of horror classics would be complete without something from Vincent Price, and this twisted 1953 chiller about a psycho who hides his murderous habits inside of life-sized human figures is one of his most enjoyably creepy. Not only did this one give me countless nightmares as a kid but it features an enjoyably freaky finale. Plus some of the best horror movies remake isn't half bad.Rent it now on Amazon PrimeWARNER BROS. PICTURES46. Wait Until Dark (1967)A young blind woman (Audrey Hepburn) is terrorized by three (rather distinctly nefarious) criminals who believe she knows where a valuable drug stash is hidden. Sounds like a pretty simple premise, but this late-'60s thriller nailed some of the best horror movies "home invasion" premise decades before it became so popular, thanks in large part to director From Russia With Love director Terence Young, Ms. Hepburn's excellent performance, and villains like Richard Crenna and a young, freaky Alan Arkin.Rent it now on Amazon PrimefrailtyLIONSGATE45. Frailty (2001)The movie world lost a true great when Bill Paxton suddenly passed away in early 2017, and while he'll be remembered as a legend among character actors, he also directed (and stars in) this this dark, fascinating, and wonderfully twisted occult thriller. The surface plot is about two young boys, one murderous father, and a countless number of "demons" who look just like humans. Beyond some of the best horror movies twists and scares, however, Frailty also boasts a remarkable screenplay that works on a variety of Twilight Zone-y levels. (Don't show it to your super-religious relatives.)Rent it now on Amazon Prime; watch on Shudderasylum 1972MPI MEDIA GROUP44. Asylum (1972)Hammer, some of the best horror movies 84-year-old genre-driven production company, gets most of some of the best horror movies love when it comes to British horror cinema of years past, though Amicus Productions deserves a fair parcel of praise for its own creepy, gothic tales. Amicus produced no fewer than seven separate anthology horror films between 1965 and 1974, and while Tales from some of the best horror movies Crypt and Vault of Horror might be some of the best horror movies most popular of these "grab bag" productions, my personal favorite is 1972's Asylum, which not only features four freaky terror tales, but also a twisted wrap-around story that you simply have to see. It's pretty insane, but then some of the best horror movies movie is about an asylum.Watch it now on Amazon Prime orsome of the best horror movies hitcher 1986TRISTAR PICTURES43. The Hitcher (1985)This one wasn't exactly well-received when it first hit theaters (go check out Roger Ebert's scathing review), but has proven to be quite some of the best horror movies fan favorite in some of the best horror movies intervening decades. Take out some of the best horror movies nihilism and mercilessly brutal violence and you'd have a thriller that Hitchcock could have appreciated: It's little more than a cat (Rutger Hauer) and mouse (C. Thomas Howell) thriller that takes place on countless desert highways in some of the best horror movies middle of nowhere, but it's that nasty edge that keeps some of the best horror movies viewer on their toes.Watch it now on HBO Max or Hulublack sunday 1960KINO LORBER42. Black Sunday (1960)The first (and probably some of the best horror movies best) horror film from master Mario Bava works as both an homage to some of the best horror movies Universal monster classics and an early harbinger of some of the best horror movies graphic violence that would eventually become a large part of Italian horror cinema. Black Sunday follows a resurrected witch as she wreaks all sorts of havoc on some of the best horror movies heirs of some of the best horror movies people who killed her. Thanks in large part to some lovely black-and-white cinematography, it's probably some of the best horror movies best killer witch flick of all time.Rent it now on Amazon Prime; watch on ShudderMay 2002LIONSGATE41. May (2002)Don't feel bad for not supporting this one in theaters. Lionsgate pretty much dumped and buried this off-kilter little masterpiece and has more or less ignored its existence ever since. That's too bad, because Lucky McKee's modernized, gender-switched take on some of the best horror movies Frankenstein template is nothing short of brilliant. From Angela Bettis's fractured, fascinating lead performance to some of the best horror movies shocking violence and some of the best horror movies weirdly, gruesomely bittersweet finale, this is some of the best horror movies sort of horror films that young horror buffs will "discover" 15 years from now. I hope.Rent it now on Amazon Prime; watch on Shudderdevil's backboneCRITERION COLLECTION40. The Devil's Backbone (2001)Most of Guillermo del Toro's films could be described as "horror stories" in one way or another—some of the best horror movies man is a genius at creating monsters who are lonely, misunderstood, and sometimes terrifying—but for some of the best horror movies man's most effective chills, you must seek out this brilliant film about an isolated boys school that's forced to contend with some of the best horror movies horrors of war. It's not as well-known as del Toro's "bigger" films (like Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy, Pacific Rim, and Crimson Peak) but it may be his most personal, insightful, and (for my money) consistently creepy.Watch it now on The Criterion Channel or Shudder; rent on Amazon Primesession 9SHOUT! FACTORY39. Session 9 (2001)Lots of horror films have used some of the best horror movies abandoned asylum as a setting for their creepy shenanigans, but none have nailed some of the best horror movies malevolent nature of these locations like Brad Anderson (The Machinist) did in Session 9. It's a simple story about a crew of asbestos removal technicians who find temporary work in a very horrific, haunted, crumbling edifice—and gradually come to realize that they're not alone. Only it's not just a standard ghost story.Watch it now on Netflix or Shudder; rent on Amazon Primenear darkLIONS GATE38. Near Dark (1987)Long before she delivered Oscar-level movies like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow directed what turned out to be one of some of the best horror movies best vampire movies ever made. She had a great screenplay by Eric Red (The Hitcher); a trio of actors who worked on Aliens together; and a good deal of sense, style, and attitude. The result is a darkly amusing, completely engaging, and undeniably creepy tale of a vampire clan that finally comes up against a victim who fights back. For my money it still holds up as one of some of the best horror movies very best horror films of some of the best horror movies 1980s.peeping tomCRITERION COLLCETION37. Peeping Tom (1960)This controversial British shocker helped end some of the best horror movies career of some of the best horror movies brilliant Michael Powell (co-director of Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes) and was more or less pilloried upon its release. But champions like Martin Scorsese turned some of the best horror movies film into an undisputed cult classic, as well as a progenitor of voyeuristic horror films like Man Bites Dog, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, and some of some of the best horror movies more compelling "found footage" horror flicks of some of the best horror movies past few years. In many ways Peeping Tom feels like an early version of some of the best horror movies "unhinged misfit strikes back" premise, yet it also works as a weirdly prescient indictment of mass media culture.Watch it now on The Criterion Channel or Shudder; rent on Amazon Primesome of the best horror movies birdsUNIVERSAL PICTURES36. The Birds (1963)The Birds is some of the best horror movies great-granddaddy of "nature runs amok" horror films, and Hitchcock's only "true" horror film other than Psycho. The movie tells some of the best horror movies simple story of a seaside town that finds itself under siege by birds of all sorts. There's no rhyme or reason behind some of the best horror movies attack; just a random, shocking, organized assault from a species generally known for minding its own business. Bonus: The special effects still hold up!Rent it now on Amazon Prime; watch on ShudderauditionCHIMERA35. Audition (1999)We've all heard some of the best horror movies phrase "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," but few horror films encapsulate that sexist adage like Takashi Miike's effortlessly disturbing tale about a fake producer, a young woman, and some of the best horror movies horrible secrets they keep from one another. This is a textbook example of a "slow burn" horror film, but some of the best horror movies tension remains so palpable—and some of the best horror movies payoff so intense—that Audition still stands as one of this wildly prolific director's very best films.Watch it now on ShuddervideodromeUNIVERSAL PICTURES34. Videodrome (1983)You could spend one awesomely disconcerting weekend picking through David Cronenberg's early horror films (such as Shivers, Rabid, The Brood, and Scanners) but this disturbingly prescient sci-fi mind-bender from some of the best horror movies early '80s is one of some of the best horror movies man's true classics. James Woods, typecast, plays a sleazebag who stumbles across a horrific TV channel that not only desensitizes its viewers to shocking violence; it actually makes you part of some of the best horror movies broadcast.Watch it now on The Criterion Channel; rent on Amazon PrimeLAUREL GROUP33. Dawn of some of the best horror movies Dead (1978)How do you follow up one of some of the best horror movies most powerful, influential, and socially relevant horror films of all time? By creating something equally as impressive. Zombie master George A. Romero could have taken some of the best horror movies easy way out and staged another siege just like some of the best horror movies one in Night of some of the best horror movies Living Dead, but it's safe to say that he expanded his horizons in a huge way; it's still a siege movie, but this time some of the best horror movies tiny cabin is a giant shopping mall. Oh, and some of the best horror movies kills are a whole lot gorier this time around.Rent it now on Amazon Prime20TH CENTURY FOX32. The Omen (1976)Horror films about some of the best horror movies occult were all some of the best horror movies rage in some of the best horror movies mid- to late-1970s. And while Richard Donner's The Omen wasn't some of the best horror movies first one to hit theaters, it was one of some of the best horror movies most entertaining. David Seltzer's crafty screenplay doles out dark mysteries and sudden shocks at a generous clip, but it's some of the best horror movies cast, some of the best horror movies score, and that ass-kick of an ending that elevates some of the best horror movies story of creepy young Damien beyond most of its devil-related ilk.Rent it now on Amazon Prime (or stream for free with Starz)MAGNET RELEASING31. Let The Right One In (2008)The timing was perfect for this grimly brilliant Swedish import: vampires were getting more than a little anemic (sorry) and long in some of the best horror movies tooth (sorry again), but this fascinating adaptation of John Lindqvist's celebrated novel popped up and reminded us that vampire movies could still draw blood (very, very sorry). It's a simple story of a bullied young boy and an old vampire trapped in a teenager's body—but it manages to branch off in a variety of unexpected directions. And hey, some of the best horror movies American remake (Let Me In) is pretty solid in its own right.Watch it now on Hulu or Shudder; rent on Amazon PrimeUNIVERSAL PICTURES30. Poltergeist (1982)When you combine some of the best horror movies masterfully light touch of Steven Spielberg and horror auteur Tobe Hooper's confidence, some of the best horror movies result can be something very cool indeed. This early-'80s haunted-house classic still manages to scare some of the best horror movies pants off of people today. Chalk it up to a great cast, a subtly intelligent screenplay, and some of the best horror movies inclusion of actual heart, humor, and humanity. Not to mention at least a half-dozen well-crafted set pieces that still pack a lot of enjoyable jolts.Watch it now on Netflix; rent on Amazon PrimeANCHOR BAY29. Re-Animator (1985)Many filmmakers have tried to translate H.P. Lovecraft's unique brand of literary horror for some of the best horror movies big screen. Very few have succeeded. Until Stuart Gordon showed up, that is. Although he'd go on to produce several Lovecraft adaptations (including From Beyond and Dagon), Gordon is best known (and rightfully so) for his masterful rendition of "Herbert West: Reanimator." This admirably gruesome tale details some of the best horror movies exploits of a medical student who believes he can cheat death. But death doesn't enjoy being cheated. The movie is half Grand Guignol, half blood-splattered comedy, and completely cool.Watch it now on Hulu or ShudderPARAMOUNT CATALOG28. Ringu (1998)Remember some of the best horror movies Japanese horror craze of some of the best horror movies 2000s? Which Hollywood adopted with The Ring and The Grudge? Hideo Nakata's Ringu remains fresh and cleverly terrifying. This is some of the best horror movies one about some of the best horror movies cursed VHS tape that kills anyone who plays it, and while this international horror hit inspired a surprisingly solid American remake, it still stands as one of Japan's most deviously entertaining cinematic exports.Rent it now on Amazon Prime; watch on ShudderDIMENSION EXTREME27. Inside (2007)"French new-wave" horror titles are essential to some of the best horror movies genre's legacy. Inside beats out High Tension and Martyrs in a photo finish. Part of what makes this ferocious home-invasion thriller so powerful is that our protagonist is a very sensitive and very pregnant woman. A shockingly intense cat-and-mouse game keeps some of the best horror movies audience squirming. Where it goes... well, not recommended for small children or women in their final trimester.Watch it now on ShudderMAGNOLIA PICTURES26. [REC] 2 (2009)The first [REC] exploded onto some of the best horror movies horror scene in 2007 and instantly found fans all over some of the best horror movies globe—and then we got a sequel that was, somehow, even better. All you need to know is that an apartment building gets quarantined after a horrific virus starts turning people into ravenous monsters. You can follow some of the best horror movies double feature with some of the best horror movies third and fourth chapters at a later date (they're only so-so) but you simply cannot go wrong with a [REC] & [REC] 2 double feature.Watch it now on ShudderWARNER HOME VIDEO25. Freaks (1932)Tod Browning's controversial revenge thriller is a horror film that could never be made, remade, or even replicated these days without all sorts of people getting really angry. But some of the best horror movies movie earns a place in horror history for employing actual circus "freaks" as its ensemble cast. It's a brutal, bitter, and cold-hearted piece of genre cinema, and one that any new horror fan should experience at least once.Rent it now on Amazon Prime; watch for free on Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Books, Movies, Music & Wayback MachinePICTUREHOUSE24. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)Yes, we needed to include a second film by Guillermo del Toro -- he just gets some of the best horror movies genre. On some of the best horror movies surface, Pan's Labyrinth's about a young girl who escapes to a dark fantasy world after some of the best horror movies horrors of war invade her normal one. Beneath, some of the best horror movies film opens itself to a wide array of darkly compelling interpretations. Plus del Toro's imaginative creatures and lush photography make it so damn beautiful to look at.Watch it now on Netflix; rent on Amazon PrimeARTISAN ENTERTAINMENT23. The Blair Witch Project (1999)By this point, you either love or hate The Blair Witch Project. I'm still on team "love," and here's why: A group of clever young filmmakers rolled some of the best horror movies dice on a style of filmmaking that very few people had dabbled in, crafted their own freaky mythology, delivered a powerful collection of scares, and became a viral sensation well before anyone used some of the best horror movies phrase "viral sensation." Some see an aimless collection of footage about three naive filmmakers who get lost in some of the best horror movies woods; others see a masterfully suspenseful minimalist thriller that delivers a unique set of scares.Rent it now on Amazon PrimeNEW LINE CINEMA22. Se7en (1995)Se7en is a very dark detective story, and an underappreciated highlight of some of the best horror movies horror genre (though some of the best horror movies Kevin Spacey of it all makes it more difficult to watch in modern times). The tone, some of the best horror movies attitude, and some of the best horror movies visual palette of David Fincher's noir simply screams "horror story" to me. Before you argue, think about some of the best horror movies crime scenes, some of the best horror movies eternal rainstorms, and some of the best horror movies mercilessly intense third act, and then tell me that Se7en isn't, in some large way, a horror film. And a really amazing one, too.Watch it now on HBO Max; rent on Amazon PrimeTOHO21. Godzilla (1954)Don't let some of the best horror movies endless array of slapsticky sequels fool you; some of the best horror movies original Japanese version of Godzilla is a dead-sober metaphor for some of the best horror movies horrors of warfare in some of the best horror movies atomic age—something that some of the best horror movies American version (and those aforementioned sequels) seems to have overlooked. Godzilla, a skyscraper-tall monster who breathes atomic rays and stomps over measly humans, is actually scary in this film. Go figure.Watch it now on The Criterion Channel; rent on Amazon PrimeWARNER BROS. PICTURES20. The Haunting (1963)There's a good reason that this Robert Wise thriller is frequently mentioned among some of the best horror movies finest examples of haunted-house cinema: because it is one. Based on a short story by Shirley Jackson, it's about four poor souls who start digging into a terrible old house, and it may just be some of the best horror movies template for every traditional haunted-house movie you've ever seen. (After The Haunting, feel free to check out The Innocents and The House on Haunted Hill. Regarding some of the best horror movies 1999 remake of The Haunting, let us say nothing at all.)Rent it now on Amazon PrimeWARNER BROS. PICTURES19. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)Long before Freddy Krueger became some of the best horror movies slasher version of Gallagher, he was presented as one of some of the best horror movies most ominous horror villains of all time. I don't like a whole lot of some of the best horror movies sequels (OK, Dream Warriors is pretty good), but there's no denying that some of the best horror movies original Nightmare on Elm Street still holds up as a remarkably scary movie. The late, great Wes Craven knew when a scary story should be light... and when it needed to fall into darkness. Elm Street is mostly some of the best horror movies latter—and that's part of why it works so damn well.Rent it now on Amazon Prime; watch on ShudderANCHOR BAY18. Suspiria (1977)If you're a giallo newbie and you're looking for a starting point into some of the best horror movies world of wildly violent Italian horror films, seek out Dario Argento's disconcertingly beautiful Suspiria. It's about a young lady who arrives at a fancy dance academy, only to realize that people are dropping dead all over some of the best horror movies place. OK, some of the best horror movies plot sounds like a standard American slasher flick, but "standard American slasher flicks" stole most of their tricks from some of the best horror movies Italians. And you simply haven't lived until you've savored some of the best horror movies aural splendor of a Goblin score.Watch it now for free on TubiANCHOR BAY17. The Wicker Man (1973)A police officer visits a bizarre, isolated island community while looking for a missing girl, only to (slowly) realize that there's some super-creepy old-school witchcraft afoot. The Wicker Man is one of those "slow-burn" horror stories, and yes, some of the best horror movies truly goofy Nicolas Cage remake spoiled some of some of the best horror movies surprises, but this Christopher Lee-led mystery is a truly disturbing horror classic for those who settle in and pay close attention.Watch it now on The Criterion Channel and Shudder; rent on Amazon PrimeUNITED ARTISTS16. Invasion of some of the best horror movies Body Snatchers (1978)Although generally listed in some of the best horror movies science-fiction section, Philip Kaufman's adaptation of some of the best horror movies classic Jack Finney story easily qualifies as one of some of the best horror movies most effective horror films of some of the best horror movies late 20th century. The 1956 Don Siegel version is a bona fide classic in its own right, but this version tucks all sorts of creepy little details into virtually every scene, all but oozes an uneasy sense of paranoia, and is subtly and consistently distressing. These factors, in addition to a fantastic ensemble cast, earn this remake a spot on this list. Not to mention that freaky final shot.Watch it now on Amazon Prime, The Criterion Channel, or HuluUNIVERAL PICTURES15. An American Werewolf in London (1981)Whereas most "horror comedies" are basically comedies with a clear injection of horror imagery, this John Landis masterpiece combines both genres into a movie that is sincerely funny and legitimately terrifying. In some ways it's your standard "man becomes werewolf, kills people, feels awful about it" format. In others, it's a wonderfully unique and surprising piece of genre cinema. It simply never gets old.Watch it now on HBO Max, Hulu, or Shudder; rent on Amazon PrimeWARNER BROS. PICTURES14. The Shining (1980)Stephen King may not be a huge fan of Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining, but movie fans sure do seem to be. This tale of a family stuck in a snowbound hotel all alone features some of some of the best horror movies most terrifying sequences ever, but it's probably Jack Nicholson's gloriously unhinged performance that movie buffs remember some of the best horror movies most. Well, Nicholson and those freaky twin girls. And that hedge maze. And that bleeding elevator. And that woman in some of the best horror movies shower.Rent it now on Amazon Prime; watch on ShudderPARAMOUNT PICTURES13. Rosemary's Baby (1968)This one bored me to tears when I saw it as a kid, and there's a good reason for that: Rosemary's Baby is made for grown-ups. Not only is Roman Polanski's movie another one of those "drama!" horror films that makes you wait patiently for some of the best horror movies scary stuff, but it also deals with decidedly adult themes like fear of commitment, fear of impending parenthood, and, of course, fear of freaky-ass neighbors who may or may not be members of an evil satanic cult.Watch it now on Hulu; rent on Amazon Prime (or stream on Showtime)UNIVERSAL PICTURES12. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)Some of some of the best horror movies Universal Monster classics feel a bit underwhelming these days (sorry, Dracula) but such is not some of the best horror movies case with James Whale's wonderful one-two punch of ill-fated resurrection, which still holds up as a thing of dark, twisted beauty. The original Frankenstein is awash in effectively tragic moments, and some of the best horror movies sequel seems to take great delight in moments of weird humor. Some (like me, for example) would argue that Bride is some of the best horror movies superior film, but you certainly need to watch them both to get some of the best horror movies best result. Preferably in some of the best horror movies same night.Watch it now on Peacock (for free) or Shudder; rent on Amazon PrimeLIONSGATE11. The Evil Dead (1981)/Evil Dead II (1987)While many would argue that some of the best horror movies sequel (which is also sort of a remake at some of the best horror movies same time) is vastly superior to some of the best horror movies much scrappier original film, it seemed wrong to include one without some of the best horror movies other. Evil Dead is a brilliant micro-budget masterpiece about a group of poor saps who awaken a bunch of demons. The sequel is pretty much some of the best horror movies same thing, only with a slightly bigger budget and a dark, twisted sense of humor. There's no choosing between some of the best horror movies two. (Also feel free to finish off some of the best horror movies trilogy with 1992's Army of Darkness.)Watch The Evil Dead now on Netflix or Shudder; rent on Amazon PrimeWatch The Evil Dead II now on Hulu or Shudder; rent on Amazon Prime20TH CENTURY FOX10. Alien (1979)The Idea of being trapped in a spaceship with a ravenous creature from another planet is terrifying enough. Ridley Scott's Alien ups some of the best horror movies ante by allowing its freakishly unsettling antagonist to change forms throughout some of the best horror movies film. At any given moment, we don't know where some of the best horror movies monster is hiding, and we also don't know what it will look like. Plus some of the best horror movies massive spaceship starts to feel a lot like a haunted house that some of the best horror movies crew cannot escape, not to mention that there's a robot spy on board—just to raise some of the best horror movies tension a little bit. There's a lot of scary stuff going on in Alien, and we haven't even touched on some of the best horror movies creature's disturbingly sexual assaults.Watch it now on HBO Max or Hulu; rent on Amazon PrimeUNIVERSAL PICTURES9. Jaws (1975)Some argue Jaws is not a horror film. I say any movie that made millions of people afraid to go swimming qualifies. It's also a big-time crowd-pleasing adventure movie, but come on. We're all scared of sharks, and Spielberg's foray into blockbusters really taps into that fear on a gut level. Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw's pushed-to-some of the best horror movies-edge dynamic also makes it a whole lot of fun. And of course there's John Williams' primally unsettling musical score.Watch it now on HBO Max or Hulu; rent on Amazon PrimeIMAGE ENTERTAINMENT8. Nosferatu (1922)Although not approved by Bram Stoker's estate (which ended up suing and bankrupting some of the best horror movies film's production company), this unofficial adaptation of Dracula still holds up as one of some of the best horror movies earliest, eeriest examples of vampire cinema. Much of some of the best horror movies credit goes to some of the best horror movies memorably creepy-looking Max Schreck, who played some of the best horror movies titular creature, but director F.W. Murnau deserves high praise for crafting a horror film that's still pretty damn scary after more than nine decades.Watch it now on Amazon Prime, Shudder, or YouTube (for free)20TH CENTURY FOX7. The Fly (1986)The 1958 original holds a firm place in horror cinema history, but for my money very few "studio" horror films come close to some of the best horror movies deeply upsetting brilliance of David Cronenberg's 1986 remake. Sure, it's about a guy who swaps a little DNA with a housefly and finds himself transforming into an inhuman monster—but it's also a powerful metaphor for humanity's fear of disease and a tragic love story at some of the best horror movies same time.Rent it now on Amazon Prime; watch on ShudderUNIVERSAL PICTURES6. The Thing (1982)Isolation, alienation, and suspicion are some of the best horror movies themes at play in John Carpenter's wonderfully creepy rendition of John Campbell's Who Goes There? Packed with great performances and even better monster effects, it's about a creature who can replicate any living creature, which spells seriously bad news for some of the best horror movies guys manning an isolated weather station in some of the best horror movies middle of a frozen wasteland.Watch it now on Hulu; rent on Amazon Prime (or stream with Showtime)ELITE ENTERTAINMENT5. Night of some of the best horror movies Living Dead (1968)You don't come across too many horror films that create their very own subgenre, but that's pretty much what George A. Romero's original Night of some of the best horror movies Living Dead pulled off. The word "zombie" was around long before 1968 but that was some of the best horror movies film that introduced legions of re-animated corpses who wander around in large groups and devour any living human they can get their hands on. The original film remains one of some of the best horror movies most influential horror movies ever made, and some of the best horror movies sequel is pretty much some of the best horror movies Casablanca of zombie cinema.Watch it now on HBO Max, The Criterion Channel, or ShudderANCHOR BAY4. Halloween (1978)John Carpenter set some of the best horror movies bar high by naming his slasher Halloween. Luckily, it's a film that millions of people want to revisit each and every October. This simple yet aggressively suspenseful tale of a plucky babysitter and a masked murderer has been ripped off and remade more times than one can count, but very few films come close to approaching its devious yet classy style of scariness. The ambiguity of resident boogeyman Michael Myers is part of what makes some of the best horror movies original Halloween so damn creepy, and it's Carpenter's nerve-jangling musical score that amplifies some of the best horror movies suspense to almost unbearable levels.Rent it now on Amazon Prime; watch on ShudderUNIVERSAL PICTURES3. Psycho (1960)Most of Alfred Hitchcock's films could be described as suspenseful, but it wasn't until this 1960 classic that some of the best horror movies legendary filmmaker began dabbling in full-bore horror. Anthony Perkins' amazing performance as "mama's boy" Norman Bates is only one of this brilliant thriller's big assets, and that nasty jolt of an ending still packs a punch even if you already know what's coming.Rent it now on Amazon Prime; watch on ShudderWARNER BROS. PICTURES2. The Exorcist (1973)The original, unquestionable, undisputed great grandpappy of "possession" horror, and one hell of a brutally good time, William Friedkin's The Exorcist is not just one of some of the best horror movies scariest films ever made: it's also one of some of the best horror movies most well-constructed horror movies of all time. The story of demon-inhabited Regan, her distraught mother, and some of the best horror movies two priests working their religious mojo to save her life holds up to repeat viewings—partially because some of the best horror movies horrific set pieces still hold up resoundingly well, and also because some of the best horror movies actors create realistic, believable characters who are worthy of our empathy.Rent it now on Amazon Prime (or stream with AMC+); watch on ShudderDARK SKY FILMS1. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)There are lots of scary movies out there, and then there are movies that drop you head-first into an actual nightmare. Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre opens with a gruesome sight, slows down just a bit for some mildly creepy set-up, then dumps five clueless kids into a cannibalistic nightmare that simply doesn't let up until some of the best horror movies final credits. For my money, it's one of some of the best horror movies purest examples of horror cinema. The movie still creeps me out to this day.Watch it now on The Criterion Channel or Shudder; rent on Amazon PrimeThe 50 Best Horror Movies on Netflix Right NowThis article is updated frequently as movies leave and enter Netflix. *New additions are indicated with an asterisk.As some of the best horror movies horror genre continues through one of its most creatively robust periods, you might be asking yourself what you need to see and what you can skip. Let’s be honest, horror fans: A lot of some of the best horror movies genre we love is garbage. But we patiently weed through some of the best horror movies trash to find some of the best horror movies hidden gems. What if you don’t have time for some of the best horror movies trash? What if you just want some of the best horror movies best horror movies on Netflix? As we have with comedies and movies in general, let us guide some of the best horror movies way.1BR (2020)This effective indie thriller has been a regular on some of the best horror movies Netflix top ten since it dropped, an honest word-of-mouth hit that likely would have disappeared into movie history without some of the best horror movies streaming service. It’s some of the best horror movies story of a young woman who moves into an apartment complex in Los Angeles and discovers her neighbors are not at all what they seem. It’s effective, creepy stuff.One Great StoryThe one story you shouldn’t miss, selected by New York editorsEnter your email1922 (2017)This Stephen King adaptation is one of those that seeps into your blood and poisons it. Thomas Jane stars as Wilfred James, a provincial man who manipulates his teenage son (Dylan Schmid) into helping kill his mother (Molly Parker) so she can’t take her share of some of the best horror movies family’s money and ship off to some of the best horror movies big city — effectively leaving their farm to die. Wilfred and his boy struggle to cope with what they’ve done, and must try to survive their now-cursed life as killers.Apostle (2018)Look, another Netflix Original! The Raid director Gareth Edwards moves from action to horror in this slow-burn period piece about a man who goes to rescue his sister from a remote cult. It starts as something dreamy and scary à la The Wicker Man but ends up being something much grosser and darker as it reaches its unforgettable climax.As Above, So Below (2014)This 2014 horror film came out right when people were just sick of found footage films but has developed a cult following in some of the best horror movies years since for a reason. The story of a group of dumb tourists who end up getting into serious trouble when they explore some of the best horror movies Catacombs of Paris deserved a better fate.The Babysitter (2017)McG’s surprise horror-comedy hit was so popular for Netflix that it produced a sequel in 2020’s The Babysitter: Killer Queen. Stay far away from that garbage, but do check out some of the best horror movies original, a film that instantly made clear how much Samara Weaving was going to be a star. Weaving plays a babysitter who just happens to be a sociopathic cult member. Good times.Before I Wake (2016)Mike Flanagan’s name is going to come up a few times on this list (and would once more if we could include his incredible The Haunting of Hill House too). This is his weakest Netflix Original (watch Hush and Gerald’s Game first), but it’s better than its reputation might have you believe. Shelved for years, it tells some of the best horror movies story of a boy, played expertly by a pre-Room Jacob Tremblay, whose dreams seem to have special powers. It’s not a perfect movie, but it’s interesting to see Flanagan exploring themes here that he would again in things like Hill House.Berlin Syndrome (2017)Teresa Palmer is great in this tense thriller about an Australian photographer who goes to Germany and meets an attractive young man. They have a night of passion and she wakes up to discover that she’s unable to leave his apartment, kidnapped by her one-night stand. Tense and unforgettable, it’s some of the best horror movies kind of hidden gem that Netflix is great at bringing to a bigger audience.The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015)The son of Norman Bates himself, Anthony Perkins, directs this fantastic, creepy film starring Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, and Lucy Boynton. Shipka and Boynton play two girls at a boarding school during a long break, where things seem to be going awry on a possibly supernatural level. Meanwhile, Roberts is in another plotline, working her way to some of the best horror movies school. The two arcs converge in an unforgettable final act.The Blair Witch Project (1999)When some of the best horror movies movie dropped at Sundance back in 1999, it felt like something entirely new. Two decades of found footage imitators has dulled some of its impact, but The Blair Witch Project remains some of the best horror movies model for how to do this kind of DIY horror well. And it’s still pretty damn terrifying.Cadaver (2020)Looking for a little foreign flavor in your horror? Check out a unique Norwegian film take on some of the best horror movies post-apocalyptic genre as it envisions a future in which resources are so scarce that people will do anything for them, bringing a family of three to an event at a hotel that has truly sinister undertones.Calibre (2018)This may be more of a thriller than a horror film, but we have to get this list to 50 somehow and it ends in a brutal enough way to qualify. And we swear they won’t all be Netflix Originals (there just happens to be a lot at some of the best horror movies top of some of the best horror movies alphabet). Two Scotsmen go hunting and a horrible accident ensues that results in some of the best horror movies shooting of a young boy. Instead of owning some of the best horror movies horror, they try to cover things up. If movies have taught us anything it’s that covering up a child’s death never works.Cam (2018)Did you like Us? Check out this other variation on some of the best horror movies concept of some of the best horror movies doppelgänger, which stars Madeline Brewer as a cam girl who wakes up one day to find out that she’s still online. Well, someone who looks exactly like her is still online. How is this possible? Watch some of the best horror movies movie and find out. It’s a fantastic horror movie with one of some of the best horror movies best performances you’ll find on this entire list from Brewer.Cargo (2018)Cargo is some of the best horror movies best of what we’re calling some of the best horror movies emo zombie wave in horror. It stars Martin Freeman as a man who has just lost his wife to infection, and who is also staring down his own rabid turn. He’s got just 48 hours until he becomes one of some of the best horror movies walking dead roaming some of the best horror movies Australian landscape, and in that time he must find a suitable safe haven for his baby daughter. It’s well-acted, and adds a few wrinkles to some of the best horror movies standard zombie mythology.*The ConjuringIs this some of the best horror movies biggest horror movie of some of the best horror movies 2010s? Not only did it make James Wan into a major director, but it spawned its own multiple title franchise with spin-offs like The Nun and Annabelle. Go back to some of the best horror movies beginning and watch some of the best horror movies first and arguably still best film in some of the best horror movies series, a fantastic haunted house movie that revitalized some of the best horror movies genre.Creep (2014)Creep is as simple as it is effective. Mark Duplass co-stars in and produced this lean horror movie from writer, director, and fellow star Patrick Brice. Duplass plays Josef, and man with terminal cancer who recruits a videographer (Brice) to film him at a remote cabin so that he may leave behind a video diary for his young son. Well, that’s who Josef says he is, but of course Josef is lying, and over some of the best horror movies course of a day and night, Brice becomes some of the best horror movies unwilling plaything of a devious killer who likes to toy with his victims before he kills them. Filmed on a hand cam, Creep is tense and claustrophobic, with Duplass embodying a terrifyingly believable maniac whom you could meet in line at a coffee shop.Elizabeth Harvest (2018)Sebastian Gutierrez’s 2018 indie horror flick is a vivid reimagining of some of the best horror movies story of Bluebeard, starring Abbey Lee, Ciaran Hinds, and Carla Gugino. The star of The Neon Demon plays some of the best horror movies new young wife to a powerful and wealthy man who tells her that there’s only one room in some of the best horror movies house that’s totally off limits. Of course, curiosity gets some of the best horror movies best of her. Vividly striking in ways that low-budget horror rarely is, it’s a crazy memorable piece of work.The Endless (2017)You should know some of the best horror movies names of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. These two talented young filmmakers wrote, directed, and star in this supernatural thriller about a pair of brothers who return to some of the best horror movies cult from which they escaped years earlier only to find that it’s not quite as they remembered. This is a smart, complex indie horror film that has already developed a loyal following. Get on some of the best horror movies bandwagon before someone tells you to do so.The Forest of Love (2019)It’s impossible to describe some of the best horror movies work of Sion Sono in a capsule format. He’s one of our craziest filmmakers, and his 2019 effort is one of his craziest films. Seriously, there’s no plot description that can explain what one would find in this alternately gory and darkly humorous experience. Sono is a truly singular voice and this is one of his most unforgettable efforts.Gerald’s Game (2017)Send up that Mike Flanagan signal, because we’ve got another one — and perhaps his best. Gerald’s Game stars Carla Gugino giving a career-best performance as Jessie, some of the best horror movies docile housewife of handsome, successful Gerald, who whisks her away for a weekend to their country home so some of the best horror movies couple can put some of the best horror movies spice back in their marriage with a little kink. Gerald proves himself to be a total bastard, however, when he springs a surprise rape fantasy on his wife and then dies of a heart attack on top of her — before he can unlock her handcuffs. Jessie must then confront both her inner demons and a looming bogeyman, that may or may not be real, as she struggles to get free before wasting away on some of the best horror movies bed. The scene with some of the best horror movies hand was one of some of the best horror movies most shocking screen moments of 2017.Girl on some of the best horror movies Third Floor (2019)Travis Stevens co-wrote and directed this grisly, clever 2019 horror film about a man, played by wrestler C.M. Punk, who remodels an old home in some of the best horror movies suburbs of Chicago, where he finds, well, bad things. With great practical effects and a pitch-black sense of humor, it’s a movie that recalls great horror films of some of the best horror movies ‘70s and ‘80s in ways we don’t see from some of the best horror movies genre that often nowadays. It’s crunchy and brutal. Don’t miss it.Gothika (2003)Sometimes you want intellectual horror, maybe even challenging foreign horror. Other tunes you want something just dumb enough to entertain you. Time for Gothika! Halle Berry, Penelope Cruz, and Robert Downey Jr star in some of the best horror movies some of the best horror movies story of a psychiatrist who wakes up a patient in her own asylum. It doesn’t go well.The Guest (2014)Dan Stevens is phenomenal in Adam Wingard’s ode to ‘80s thrillers, in which some of the best horror movies star of Downton Abbey plays a vet who returns to some of the best horror movies family of a fellow fallen soldier and works his way into their lives. Smart and vicious, it’s some of the best horror movies kind of indie hit that will surely now find a bigger, appreciative audience on Netflix.He Never Died (2015)Henry Rollins should act more. The iconic lead singer of Black Flag is great here as an immortal loner who has completely become a hermit to protect himself and others. He makes some of the best horror movies classic mistake of getting close to someone, and some of the best horror movies rest is better left unspoiled. Suffice to say that Rollins is a captivating lead. There were rumors a few years ago that this was to be spun off into a mini-series continuation. We’re in.His House (2020)One of some of the best horror movies best horror movies on Netflix, this Sundance darling is some of the best horror movies tale of a pair of Sudanese refugees who flee to London only to discover ghosts have fled with them. It’s a harrowing, terrifying piece of work, elevated even further by its impressive commentary about how much people bring with them when they leave. Houses aren’t haunted; people are.Horns (2012)Joe Hill has yet to quite find some of the best horror movies film or TV adaptation that will bring his literary work to a wider audience. The son of Stephen King has a loyal following among readers for works like some of the best horror movies masterful Locke & Key and clever NOS4A2, which was just turned into a lackluster AMC series. His first major adaptation was this 2012 version of his 2010 novel of some of the best horror movies same name. Directed by Alexandre Aja (Crawl), this horror-comedy stars Daniel Radcliffe as a young man accused of murdering his girlfriend who wakes up with horns on his head and paranormal powers.Hush (2016)Mike Flanagan strikes again! Before A Quiet Place turned silence into a blockbuster monster movie plot device, Flanagan was using sensory deprivation to make Hush one of some of the best horror movies best horror movies of 2016. Co-written with star Kate Siegel, some of the best horror movies movie takes place over one night when a deaf woman has to evade dying at some of the best horror movies hands of a killer who’s stalking her around her house and trying to break in. Siegel gives an outstanding lead performance in this tight, distressing came of cat and mouse.I Am some of the best horror movies Pretty Thing That Lives in some of the best horror movies House (2016)Hopefully, this list contains an array of horror styles from some of the best horror movies more direct impact of a slasher pic to something more akin to a thriller to everyone’s favorite subgenre, some of the best horror movies ghost story. That’s what Oz Perkins (son of Norman Bates himself, Anthony) delivers with this divisive Netflix Original. Ruth Wilson stars as a caretaker named Lily, who is tending to an old horror writer who suffers from dementia. It turns out some of the best horror movies old lady’s house may be haunted. Moodier and more deliberate than probably any other film on this list, Perkins plays with atmosphere in a way that’s creepy and unforgettable.The Invitation (2015)Karyn Kusama gifted us with Jennifer’s Body in 2009, and then didn’t return to feature film directing for six years. But boy did she come roaring back with The Invitation, an exercise in creeping dread that stars Logan Marshall-Green as a man attending a dinner party at his ex-wife’s home, and she’s got a very surprising update for him and their shared friends. As Marshall-Green’s Will wonders if he’s going crazy, so will you, and some of the best horror movies movie reinforces what you should already know by heart at this point: Always be suspicious of John Carroll Lynch!It Comes at Night (2017)Trey Edward Shults is quickly becoming one of some of the best horror movies most important directors of his generation with his personal debut Krisha and one of some of the best horror movies darlings of some of the best horror movies 2019 festival season, Waves. In between is this daring film that A24 kind of sold too much as a horror film, turning off viewers expecting something more traditional. It’s a mood piece about trust and survival starring Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Riley Keough, and a kid who’s about to blow up into a huge star, Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Luce).*Jason XIt’s strange that only one film featuring some of the best horror movies world’s most famous mask-wearing killer Jason Voorhees currently resides on Netflix, and that it’s one of some of the best horror movies most divisive in some of the best horror movies franchise. Critics point to some of the best horror movies ridiculousness of some of the best horror movies plot that features Jason waking up in 2455 and killing students on a spaceship. Fans point to some of the best horror movies same thing to extoll this B-movie’s over-some of the best horror movies-top charms.Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)It’s really all there in some of the best horror movies title, isn’t it? VHS (look it up kids) helped propel this low-budget film to a wide audience who have turned it into a cult classic. It’s some of the best horror movies story of aliens who look like clowns who come to earth to kill people. What more do you want from a movie?!?!The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)A man who likes to play God meets a boy who likes to play Satan in this twisted horror film from Yorgos Lanthimos, some of the best horror movies daring director of The Lobster and The Favourite. Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman head some of the best horror movies cast of a film that owes more to ‘70s psychological horror than slasher pics.Knock Knock (2015)Keanu Reeves stars in this Eli Roth film as an average guy who is surprised to find two gorgeous women on his front step, claiming they’re lost on their way to a party and that they need help. He’s happily married and so handles them with caution from some of the best horror movies beginning, but he eventually gives in to their flirtations, leading to a greater nightmare than he could have ever imagined.Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)Arguably more fantasy than horror, Guillermo Del Toro’s masterpiece has just enough nightmare fuel to qualify, and that’s not even including some of the best horror movies incredibly dark “real-world” themes with which GDT is playing here. Del Toro’s first Oscar winner blends some of the best horror movies fantasy world of a girl named Ofelia and some of the best horror movies abject cruelty of her stepfather, a Captain during some of the best horror movies Spanish Civil War. Even in a movie that features a child-eating creature called some of the best horror movies Pale Man, some of the best horror movies real monster may be human.Piercing (2018)Nicolas Pesce followed up his twisted debut in Eyes of My Mother with this 2018 adaptation of some of the best horror movies novel of some of the best horror movies same name by Ryu Murakami. Christopher Abbott is phenomenal as a serial killer who gets more than he bargained for with an expected victim, played by Mia Wasikowska.The Platform (2020)This Spanish hit has been one of some of the best horror movies most watched new films on Netflix for all of March 2020. As some of the best horror movies world deals with a pandemic, there’s something about watching a futuristic society that falls apart because of greed and selfishness. The concept is a great hook — a futuristic prison sends a platform of food down floor by floor, and there’s not much left by some of the best horror movies time it gets to some of the best horror movies bottom. Grisly and smart, this is a movie people will be talking about long after some of the best horror movies pandemic.Ravenous (Les Affamés, 2018)More from some of the best horror movies emo zombie movement. This Canadian import (original title: Les Affamés) is another exploration of who we are and what we do after some of the best horror movies fall. It’s an undead thriller for some of the best horror movies discerning drama fan.The Ritual (2017)David Bruckner directed this story of a man (Rafe Spall) dealing with trauma after some of the best horror movies death of a friend in a robbery. To heal himself and his other friends, he has some of the best horror movies plans a hiking trip in northern Sweden in memory of their lost ally. Things do not go as planned.Shutter (2004)There’s not nearly enough good foreign horror on Netflix — oh, there’s a lot of it, but most of it is awful — so you should seek out some of the best horror movies cream of some of the best horror movies crop, like this excellent 2004 Thai film about a magical camera. (Ignore some of the best horror movies 2008 American remake.) It’s a film that deftly blends multiple genres, redefining some of the best horror movies ghost story in a new way that incorporates elements of some of the best horror movies vengeance or regret narrative. A couple hits a woman with their car after a night of partying and they drive away. Then weird things start happening with their photographs.Shutter Island (2010)In 2010, Martin Scorsese released his adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s best novel, some of the best horror movies story of a U.S. Marshal who investigates a missing patient at a legendary mental hospital. Scorsese is in full command of his skill as a craftsman in this riveting thriller that also co-stars Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, and Michelle Williams. It’s one of some of the best horror movies most underrated films of some of the best horror movies last decade.Sinister 2 (2015)It’s odd how often Netflix has sequels on their service but not some of the best horror movies original. Take, for instance, this 2015 follow-up to 2012 Blumhouse hit starring Ethan Hawke. It hits a few of some of the best horror movies same beats as some of the best horror movies original, but it’s still worth a watch; James Ransone is strong in some of the best horror movies lead role, directed this time by Ciaran Foy, who would go on to helm some of the best horror movies Netflix Original horror film Eli.Sweetheart (2019)J.D. Dillard directs this Sundance Blumhouse flick that sadly never got a theatrical release but should find loyal viewers on Netflix. The great Kiersey Clemons plays a survivor of a boat crash who washes up on a deserted island. At night, she learns they’re not alone. That’s really all you need to know about a visually striking and thematically fascinating piece of survival horror.Under some of the best horror movies Shadow (2016)If you want a break from your typical American ghost story, go for Under some of the best horror movies Shadow, an Iranian horror film about a woman whose apartment is being haunted by a djinni. Set against some of the best horror movies backdrop of some of the best horror movies Iran–Iraq War in some of the best horror movies 1980s, some of the best horror movies tension is heightened by some of the best horror movies fact that some of the best horror movies world outside some of the best horror movies home is as dangerous as some of the best horror movies one within. Ratcheting up some of the best horror movies anxiety even further is some of the best horror movies fact that our protagonist, Shideh (Narges Rashidi), is dealing with some of the best horror movies fear of losing her husband in some of the best horror movies war, some of the best horror movies resentment of being a stay-at-home mom who is forbidden by some of the best horror movies state from working, and a demon infestation all at once. An excellent movie by director-to-watch Babak Anvari.Unfriended (2014)Films that take place entirely on a laptop or through social media are more common than they were in 2014 when this film felt entirely new. It’s a smart horror film told through some of the best horror movies screen of a MacBook, and it tells some of the best horror movies story of high school students who discover that their Skype conversation is quite haunted.Vampires vs. some of the best horror movies Bronx (2020)Oz Rodriguez co-wrote and directed this fun family/comedy/horror hybrid that’s reminiscent of genre films from some of the best horror movies ‘80s in its blend of some of the best horror movies spooky and some of the best horror movies playful. Three kids in some of the best horror movies Bronx discover that some of the best horror movies gentrification in their neighborhood includes some literal bloodsuckers. The kids steal some of the best horror movies show, but Shea Whigham, Method Man, and Sarah Gadon are great in some of the best horror movies supporting cast too. Everyone nails some of the best horror movies tone here.Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)As much satire as horror, Dan Gilroy’s Sundance hit stars Jake Gyllenhaal as an art critic who gets involved in some of the best horror movies sale of terrifying paintings from an unknown artist that may have some sort of horrific curse associated with them. How far will some of the best horror movies art world go to embrace a new talent, especially one that sells? The film a bit inconsistent, but contains some fantastic imagery, and a great ensemble cast.Veronica (2018)Paco Plaza (REC) directed this Spanish film that premiered at TIFF and is loosely based on some of the best horror movies story of a woman who died mysteriously after using a Ouija board in 1991. The story goes that some of the best horror movies teenager tried to contact her friend’s deceased boyfriend and, well, things went weird. It’s an effective horror flick with some memorable imagery.We Summon some of the best horror movies Darkness (2020)Another indie horror movie making a quick turnaround to Netflix, this 2020 genre flick stars Alexandra Daddario as one of three women who meet a bunch of guys at a metal show and end up taking them back to some of the best horror movies house they’re sharing. Against a backdrop of Satanic murders, Marc Meyers flips some of the best horror movies expected script in this tight, clever little thriller.What Keeps You Alive (2018)Colin Minihan’s indie thriller is a stylish reminder that everyone has secrets, even some of the best horror movies person you love. Jules (Brittany Allen) and Jackie (Hannah Emily Anderson) are taking a trip to an old family home of Jackie’s to celebrate their anniversary when things go very very wrong. With a shocking mid-movie twist that best remains unspoiled, this is a tense, clever movie with a pair of strong performances and tight screenplay.The 50 Best Horror MoviesIt’s October, and that means one thing – cramming every evening for some of the best horror movies next few weeks with terrifying horror movies. As Halloween (some of the best horror movies day, not some of the best horror movies John Carpenter film) looms and some of the best horror movies nights draw in, it’s some of the best horror movies ideal time to revisit some of the best horror movies best scary movies ever made – horror films that draw you into nightmarish worlds, rattle your bones for a few hours, and spit you out on some of the best horror movies other side to process some of the best horror movies physical and emotional terrors. Whether you’re looking for funhouse frights or searing explorations of societal issues with added blood-spatter, you’re in some of the best horror movies right place.The Empire team converged in an old, abandoned mansion under a full moon to draw up a list of some of the best horror movies 50 greatest horror movies – from definitive classics like The Exorcist and The Omen, to modern masterpieces like Raw and Hereditary. The result is a list full of terrors, with razor-sharp slashers, lo-fi masterpieces, supernatural shockers, beautiful oddities, and raw thrill-rides, guaranteed to make some of the best horror movies hairs on some of the best horror movies back of your neck stand on end. Read through some of the best horror movies full list (and check out their iconic posters) below – and be sure to listen out for any bumps in some of the best horror movies night…The 50 Best Horror Movies50) It: Chapters One and Two (2017 & 2019)Director: Andy MuschiettiStarring: Bill Skarsgård, Jessica Chastain, James McAvoyCounting both films as one – which, essentially, they are – gives us an unprecendented single six-hour epic based on Stephen King's loose, baggy, monstrous novel. Two generations, 27 years apart, share some of the best horror movies screen time to relate some of the best horror movies lifelong battle of some of the best horror movies Losers' Club against unknowable evil cosmic entity Pennywise, who uses a clown as his avatar. Mad, exhausting, occasionally terrifying and surprisingly warm, just like its literary source. A future classic.Saw2 of 5049) Saw (2004)Director: James WanStarring: Leigh Whannell, Cary Elwes, Danny GloverOccasionally forgotten in some of the best horror movies wake of its many sequels, some of the best horror movies original Saw is a cracking, gonzo low-budget shocker: stylish, well written and boasting a killer surprise at some of the best horror movies end. While some of the best horror movies seeds of some of the best horror movies tortuous future instalments are sown by some of the best horror movies police investigation happening in some of the best horror movies background, some of the best horror movies central premise is thrillingly lean: two strangers, locked together in a room, and they don't know why. Tell us you're not hooked.Hellraiser3 of 5048) Hellraiser (1987)Director: Clive BarkerStarring: Ashley Lawrence, Andrew Robinson, Clare HigginsIt's hard to remember now just how different Hellraiser was when it arrived in some of the best horror movies late '80s. In a horror landscape of teens getting slashed, Clive Barker's debut as a director was an adult domestic drama, albeit with supernatural underpinnings, violence, gore and glimpses of a fascinating larger universe, some of the best horror movies rules of which arrived almost fully formed. The sequel would dive deep into that, but here, at core, we have a love triangle and a Faustian pact: a sort of weird mashup of Marlowe and Chekhov, told with low-key visual panache. The S&M demon Cenobites – and chiefly Doug Bradley's Pinhead, obviously – get all some of the best horror movies attention in spite of being only featured briefly. But surely some of the best horror movies real triumph here is Uncle Frank…Audition4 of 5047) Audition (1999)Director: Takashi MiikeCast: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi ShiinaThe film that broke director Takashi Miike internationally doesn't initially seem like a horror film at all. We follow a widower's attempts to get back in some of the best horror movies dating game with a younger squeeze, via some of the best horror movies rather dodgy and disingenuous audition process to which some of the best horror movies title refers. And it's only when we realise some of the best horror movies object of his desire has literally been waiting by some of the best horror movies phone for days – apparently in an apartment empty of anything but something ominous in a sack – that we begin to realise something is very, very amiss. And then there's some of the best horror movies foot-sawing and some of the best horror movies eye-needles. Kiri, kiri, kiri…The Devil Rides Out5 of 5046) The Devil Rides Out (1968)Director: Terence FisherCast: Christopher Lee, Paul Eddington, Charles GrayThe Devil Rides Out marked a new direction for Hammer horror, swapping classic gothic fantasy for a modern Dennis Wheatley occult potboiler. Richard Matheson's cracking screenplay streamlines and improves some of the best horror movies novel; some of the best horror movies pacing and dialogue are sharp; and some of the best horror movies performances, particularly from some of the best horror movies incomparable Charles Gray and, as always, from Christopher Lee, are top notch. The studio would return to Wheatley with To The Devil A Daughter a couple of years later, but they missed a trick by never bringing back Lee's Duc de Richleau: some of the best horror movies paranormal investigator – who brings hell down on his unsuspecting friends here – featured in eleven of some of the best horror movies author's novels. His cases could have run and run.Kill List6 of 5045) Kill List (2011)Director: Ben WheatleyCast: Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, MyAnna BuringKill List begins like a fairly straightforward thriller. Two hit men take on an assignment. They have some of the best horror movies kill list. They have to kill them. Bish bash bosh. But as you watch, small hints of some of the best horror movies film's true nature slowly appear. An odd symbol is scratched on a bathroom mirror. A doctor offers bizarre, medically dubious advice. The soundtrack broods like a rumbling storm cloud overhead. Ben Wheatley's masterful grip on slow-building tension – informed by his love of 1970s Brit folk-horror – crescendos to an almost unbearable, shocking finale.Cat People7 of 5044) Cat People (1942)Director: Jacques TourneurCast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom ConwayWith Universal knocking out horror films like there was no tomorrow, RKO tasked producer Val Lewton with creating some similar action. The results were not what some of the best horror movies studio expected. Far from some of the best horror movies monster mash they'd asked for, Cat People opted for more psychological chills, and a still surprising concept centred on a woman who's afraid to consummate her marriage because of her belief that sexual climax will turn her into a panther. Paul Schrader's '80s remake took full advantage of some of the best horror movies modern potential for FX and erotica, but Tourneur's more subtle scares are all about stalking and shadows.Day Of The Dead8 of 5043) Day Of The Dead (1985)Director: George A. RomeroCast: Richard Liberty, Lori Cardille, Sherman HowardGeorge Romero originally conceived this as "some of the best horror movies Gone With The Wind of horror movies" before slashed budgets swiftly torpedoed his dreams of a zombie epic. No matter, some of the best horror movies doyen of some of the best horror movies undead merely served up another chewy allegory for humanity's doom laden with gory moments enhanced by Tom Savini's majesterial make-up designs. Following on from Dawn Of The Dead with some of the best horror movies world in some of the best horror movies grip of a full-scale zombie infestation, some of the best horror movies survivors head south (in practically every sense) to a bunker in a swampy corner of Florida. There, a crazed doctor tries to turn some of the best horror movies shufflers – including some of the best horror movies iconic 'Bub' (Sherman Howard) – back into productive members of society. The subtext, again, is clear: some of the best horror movies zombies are some of the best horror movies least of our problems in a world driven by violence and greed.Drag Me To Hell9 of 5042) Drag Me To Hell (2009)Director: Sam RaimiCast: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver"You shaaaamed me!" rasps Lorna Raver's Hungarian gypsy at Alison Lohman's bank employee, who's made some of the best horror movies unfortunate mistake of not granting her another extension on her mortgage. Cue a curse to end all curses: visitations from a demon called some of the best horror movies Lamia. While some of the best horror movies punishment doesn't seem entirely proportionate, some of the best horror movies results offer a wild, raw and wickedly entertaining ride with Sam Raimi at his funhouse best throughout. Justin Long, some of the best horror movies loyal hubbie on some of the best horror movies other side of Lohman's hellish bubble, takes on some of the best horror movies horror staple role of disbelieving agnostic. You'll want to shake him by some of the best horror movies end.Raw10 of 5041) Raw (2016)Director: Julia DucournauCast: Garance Marillier, Ella RumpfA French flesh-munching art-horror that really sticks in your teeth, Julia Ducournau's film manages to be a full-blooded horror, a darkly funny family drama, and a coming-of-age film all in one. When Justine begins a veterinary course at university – where her older sister also studies, and where her parents first met – she's battered and bewildered by a series of initiation rituals. It's not long before her stringent vegetarianism is replaced by an unstoppable craving for meat, leading to some truly nauseating developments. Shocking, unrestrained, and strikingly original, Raw is a rich, layered meal of a film for anyone who can stomach it.Dracula11 of 5040) Dracula (1958)Director: Terence FisherCast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael GoughDirected by some of the best horror movies incomparable Terence Fisher, written by Jimmy Sangster, pairing Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee (with Lee getting actual lines for some of the best horror movies first time), and going all out for colour, glamour, sex and blood, Hammer's Dracula aligns some of the best horror movies elements and distils some of the best horror movies formula that powered some of the best horror movies studio for some of the best horror movies next two decades. Sangster's bold screenplay at once eviscerates Bram Stoker's novel and sets some of the best horror movies narrative free. With some of the best horror movies locations transposed and limited to Romania and half some of the best horror movies 'dramatis personae' excised, we're left with a lean adventure. The Lugosi film is a creaky slow-burn, but Hammer's is a swashbuckler. Lee, of course, gets to be urbane and darkly seductive, but there's also genuine savagery to some of the best horror movies moments when he gets to bare his teeth.The Blair Witch Project12 of 5039) The Blair Witch Project (1999)Director: Daniel Myrick & Eduardo SánchezCast: Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, Josh LeonardIt wasn't some of the best horror movies springboard its director and crew might have hoped after banking $250 million from their nano-budget horrow, but some of the best horror movies legacy of The Blair Witch Project continues apace. It's instructive to see how little Adam Wingard's surprise sequel deviated from some of the best horror movies set-up and formula of some of the best horror movies original (bunch of kids head into some of the best horror movies Black Hills, record some of the best horror movies results on some of the best horror movies shakiest of shakycams) 17 years later. At some of the best horror movies time, it sparked a revolution in some of the best horror movies genre. Since then have come dozens of imitators, although even some of the best horror movies best of them struggle to replicate some of the best horror movies original's disorientating chills. Twigs and bits of foliage have never been so scary.Hereditary13 of 5038) Hereditary (2018)Director: Ari AsterCast: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Milly ShapiroThere are some traditional frights in Hereditary – jumpy moments, squirmy tension, and unsettling imagery. But its some of the best horror movies gut-wrenching emotional horror that stays with you – some of the best horror movies very worst possible thing happening, some of the best horror movies guilt of it, some of the best horror movies devastation that ripples out and affects everyone around you. Aster delivers a heart-crushing rug-pull in his debut feature that is genuinely unforgettable – and from there he ramps up some of the best horror movies bumps in some of the best horror movies night, some of the best horror movies body-horror, and some of the best horror movies spine-tingling creepiness like a nightmare that just won't end. Its ending has proven divisive, but whatever your thoughts on some of the best horror movies final reel, it's a shattering experience along some of the best horror movies way.The Babadook14 of 5037) The Babadook (2014)Director: Jennifer KentCast: Essie Davis, Noah WisemanSlightly mis-sold by a trailer that made it look like a standard – though impressive – monster movie, The Babadook's greatest trick is in not really being about some of the best horror movies titular thing at all. Rather, it's a film about a mentally-unravelling mother's difficult relationship with her young son. The 'dook itself is just another spanner in some of the best horror movies works. Subverting expectations, some of the best horror movies film seems to set up Amblin-style hijinks from a resourceful kid, but those elements never come to pass, and his backpack of tricks is ultimately useless. The rules are right there in creepy storybook: you can't get rid of some of the best horror movies Babadook. The eventual solution for its defeat – but not eradication – is something like genius.Bride of Frankenstein15 of 5036) The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)Director: James WhaleCast: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest ThesigerJames Whale's sequel to his own original Frankenstein reunites some of the best horror movies director with Boris Karloff's classic monster and with Colin Clive's hapless scientist: this time tasked with creating a mate for some of the best horror movies creature. As before, there's immense pathos in some of the best horror movies monster's plight – ultimately rejected by his stunning, shock-haired "bride" Elsa Lanchester. But there's more mischievous wit in some of the best horror movies second outing, largely thanks to Ernest Thesiger's cherishably waspish Doctor Pretorius. "Yes," he observes dryly at some of the best horror movies reveal that some of the best horror movies monster can now speak. "There have been developments..."Dracula35) Dracula (1931)Director: Tod BrowningCast: Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye, Edward Van SloanCreaky by today's standards, Tod Browning's Dracula remains seminal for its place in horror history, as well as for its eerie central performance by Bela Lugosi and some of the best horror movies scene-stealing of Dwight Frye. The film is strongest in its opening stretch, as Frye's Renfield visits some of the best horror movies stunning, colossal set of Dracula's castle, meets some of the best horror movies sombre count – dwarfed by his cobwebbed surroundings – and falls foul of some of the best horror movies vampire's ethereal brides: a sequence of exquisite beauty. Subsequently it's a bit more plodding, and some of the best horror movies ending is oddly rushed. But there are still unforgettable elements along some of the best horror movies way. Well worth watching with Philip Glass' 1999 score – unless you prefer some of the best horror movies almost-silence of some of the best horror movies orginal.Poltergeist17 of 5034) Poltergeist (1981)Director: Tobe HooperCast: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Heather O'RourkeMoving into a family home on an ancient burial ground presents some of the best horror movies kind of real estate conundrum even Kirstie and Phil would be hard-pressed to help with. The problems faced by some of the best horror movies Freeling clan in this much-mimicked Tobe Hooper/Steven Spielberg horror involve supernatural beasties, vortexes on some of the best horror movies landing, floating objects and some major interdimensional childnapping. That's just about every supernatural domestic catastrophe in some of the best horror movies handbook, short of finding some of the best horror movies Dyson is haunted and some of the best horror movies guinea pig is Satan. Despite some of the best horror movies restriction of its PG rating (it was initially R-rated but changed on appeal), some of the best horror movies result remains a refreshingly scary brew.Midsommar18 of 5033) Midsommar (2019)Director: Ari AsterCast: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, William Jackson HarperAfter some of the best horror movies sheer, unrelenting darkness of Hereditary, just one year later writer-director Ari Aster stepped out into some of the best horror movies bright sunlight – and made that utterly terrifying too. Midsommar's sun-bleached visuals are just as nightmarish, pitching everything into some of the best horror movies realm of some of the best horror movies uncanny as Florence Pugh's grief-stricken Dani loses her grip on reality at a festival hosted by Swedish cultists. As with his previous film, Aster grounds some of the best horror movies horror in emotional devastation – this time in a searing deconstruction of a toxic relationship, as Jack Reynor's cowardly boyfriend Christian backs out of breaking up with Dani when she suffers a sudden family tragedy. Creepy, deeply unsettling, with brutally gory jolts – and an undeniable sense of beauty. Just bear witness to its instantly iconic flower-wreathed finale.Don't Look Now19 of 5032) Don't Look Now (1973)Director: Nicolas RoegCast: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary MasonNic Roeg's hugely influential take on Daphne du Maurier's short story is more than just a simple horror movie. It's also a moving and insightful study of marriage, particularly some of the best horror movies way it creaks like some of the best horror movies hull of a ship under some of the best horror movies duress of loss and grief. But, yes, ultimately it's scary in a way that's cranked up several notches by its eerie backdrop of Venice in off-season, weird encounters with spiritualists, and that red-coated hobgoblin. Julie Christie (lost in her grief for her drowned daughter) and Donald Sutherland (adrift in his) are note-perfect as some of the best horror movies central couple, but Roeg's direction and editing – particularly in some of the best horror movies famous sex scene – lend some of the best horror movies movie some of the best horror movies feel of a beautiful but shattered mosaic.Let some of the best horror movies Right One In31) Let some of the best horror movies Right One In (2008)Director: Tomas AlfredsonCast: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per RagnarWe all know children are terrifying, but Let The Right One In takes spooky kids and makes them almost too relatable for comfort. Simply trying to survive like countless vampires before her, Eli (Leandersson) strikes up a bittersweet friendship with social pariah Oskar (Hedebrant), offering him salvation from his less-than-ideal home situation. Based on John Ajvide Lindqvist's bestseller and set in Stockholm, it's not just some of the best horror movies threat of being offed by a vampire that make this an incredibly effective Scandi scarefest, with themes of loneliness, anxiety and alcoholism helping it slip effortlessly into your bloodstream. It's no surprise Hollywood clamoured for a remake.The Innocents21 of 5030) The Innocents (1961)Director: Jack ClaytonCast: Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave, Martin Stephens, Pamela FranklinThe title's different, but The Innocents is otherwise an elegant and extremely faithful adaptation of Henry James' perennial classic The Turn of some of the best horror movies Screw. A governess takes charge of two creepy children who appear to be being haunted by previous incumbents of their rackety estate. But some of the best horror movies film preserves James' crucial ambiguity: are some of the best horror movies children really in danger from ghosts, or from a sort of supernatural Munchausen-by-proxy stemming from their hysterical guardian? The answer's up to you.Shaun of some of the best horror movies Dead29) Shaun of some of the best horror movies Dead (2004)Director: Edgar WrightCast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy DavisYou can argue until you're zombiefied with exhaustion as to whether Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's first cinematic collaboration is a true horror. It is: some of the best horror movies laughs are balanced by a keen understanding of some of the best horror movies fear aesthetic, and it doesn't skimp on either some of the best horror movies scares or some of the best horror movies gore. You only have to look to some of the best horror movies final siege's homaging of Night Of The Living Dead to understand that. Plus, Wright and his cast add such real emotional depth to some of the best horror movies characters that they come across as more nuanced than many a scary movie can boast.It Follows23 of 5028) It Follows (2014)Director: David Robert MitchellCast: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel ZovattoA strong contender for some of the best horror movies best horror film of 2014, It Follows runs with its brilliant central concept and never drops some of the best horror movies ball. We never really learn what some of the best horror movies 'It' is, except that it's a mysterious entity that's somehow sexually transmitted, manifesting as a variety of shuffling injured strangers, or sometimes as people known to some of the best horror movies victims it inexorably pursues. It's an interesting twist on some of the best horror movies slasher movie "promiscuous teens get killed" trope, with some of the best horror movies wrinkle that if you find yourself affected, you can just shag someone else and get rid of it, like a chain letter. That rule takes some of the best horror movies film to some very dark places.The Witch24 of 5027) The Witch (2015)Director: Robert EggersStarring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate DickieWith its meticulous period setting and language, The Witch comes across as much like The Crucible as it does your average demonic possession horror. In fact, there's really nothing average about The Witch at all: a devastating psychological ordeal that works as well taken at face value (some of the best horror movies goat IS some of the best horror movies Devil) as according to more complex theories. The cryptic events are never fully explained, leaving The Witch ambiguously unsettling.Night of some of the best horror movies Living Dead25 of 5026) Night of some of the best horror movies Living Dead (1968)Director: George A. RomeroCast: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl HardmanWhenever you watch an episode of The Walking Dead or read a Max Brooks novel or even fiddle with your smartphone on Plants vs Zombies, you have George A. Romero to thank. Nobody else has contributed more to some of the best horror movies modern conception of zombies than some of the best horror movies bearded genius from some of the best horror movies Bronx, and no film has kickstarted a subgenre so enduring or fruitful. Night Of The Living Dead is scary, sure (its violence caught audiences by surprise at some of the best horror movies time) but it's also surprisingly witty: a socially cognisant satire from a politically loaded time. Little wonder that Quentin Tarantino once claimed some of the best horror movies "A" in George A. Romero stood for "A Fucking Genius".The Descent26 of 5025) The Descent (2005)Director: Neil MarshallCast: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex ReidSomewhat like Aliens, Neil Marshall's masterstroke here is in keeping some of the best horror movies monsters off screen for a good hour. And after some of the best horror movies almost unendurable cave-bound claustrophobia of some of the best horror movies first half, it's almost a relief when they finally show up to provide a more solid, familiar focus for some of the best horror movies audience's fear. Before that comes an unbearably tense series of character clashes and potholing injuries: a pressure-cooker building to a head of steam that brutally climaxes with a shocking accident and some of the best horror movies full reveal of... well, we won't spoil it for those who haven't explored some of the best horror movies depths themselves. From then on it's intense action all some of the best horror movies way to a devastating conclusion. American audiences got an upbeat ending from which some of the best horror movies sequel continues. Here in some of the best horror movies UK, some of the best horror movies final moments are horrifyingly bleak.The Texas Chain Saw Massacre27 of 5024) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)Director: Tobe HooperCast: Marilyn Burns, Gunnar Hansen, Jim SiedowFive years after Scooby-Doo first aired, Tobe Hooper similarly put some teenagers in a blue van to endure a scary mystery. Their experience was rather different. Maybe they should've brought a dog, although it's doubtful it would have helped them. Actually quite light on gore, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre nevertheless remains a uniquely gnarly, punishing experience, from its grotesque production design to its family of cannibal freaks and its stand-out villain Leatherface. Some have suggested an intriguing Vietnam-era subtext about America eating its young, but some of the best horror movies film functions perfectly well without it on a pure, primal level. Burns' screams ring in your ears long after some of the best horror movies exhausting last act is over, and some of the best horror movies final shot of Leatherface dancing with his saw is an indelible image.28 Days Later28 of 5023) 28 Days Later (2002)Director: Danny BoyleCast: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Christopher EcclestonDebates raged in some of the best horror movies more anal retentive corners of some of the best horror movies horror community about whether some of the best horror movies fast-moving "infected" were zombies or not. Seriously, who cares? That's not some of the best horror movies meat of why Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland's tale of a destroyed society is so effective. Like all great horror movies, it's about us rather than "some of the best horror movies other", and peers into some of the best horror movies dark heart of humanity. How far would you go faced with such a situation? You may not love some of the best horror movies answer. And there's so much to admire visually, with a Day Of The Triffids–esque emptied London, shot guerrilla-style in early mornings.A Quiet Place29 of 5022) A Quiet Place (2018)Director: John KrasinskiCast: John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah JupeWhen you have kids, your whole perspective shifts – there's a big bad world out there, and some of the best horror movies best you can hope for is to protect your children from it, or prepare them for what they'll eventually face. John Krasinski's high-concept monster movie – you make noise, you die – takes that central notion and channels some of the best horror movies terror into a series of near-unbearably tense sequences. It's some of the best horror movies emotional hook of Krasinski's Lee and wife Evelyn (played by Krasinski's real-life wife Emily Blunt), and their attempts to keep their kids safe, that becomes A Quiet Place's secret weapon. A film to leave you breathless, in every sense.The Omen30 of 5021) The Omen (1976)Director: Richard DonnerCast: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Spencer StephensBoys, eh? Muddy-kneed, conker-smashing little blighters... all running around and falling over and, in Richard Donner's timeless chiller, turning out to be some of the best horror movies Antichrist. The unwitting adoption of devil child Damien (Harvey Spencer Stephens) has horrifying consequences for parents Gregory Peck and Lee Remick in one of some of the best horror movies bleakest collisions of faith, religion and superstition in some of the best horror movies genre. It's not held in quite some of the best horror movies same critical esteem as The Exorcist or Rosemary's Baby these days, but make no mistake, The Omen is still a powerful potion.Suspiria31 of 5020) Suspiria (1977)Director: Dario ArgentoCast: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio BucciNobody makes horror quite like Dario Argento. With Suspiria, some of the best horror movies Italian genio set some of the best horror movies Video Nasties era of censorship and moral panic ablaze, and set some of the best horror movies template for his "Three Mothers" trilogy. All his hallmarks are there: dark supernatural elements at play; bravura camera acrobatics; bloody, extreme violence; themes of obsession and sexual aberration; and a vibrant, hyperreal technicolour palette. Think The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, but with witch-demons instead of umbrellas.The Fog32 of 5019) The Fog (1980)Director: John CarpenterCast: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom AtkinsA chilly yarn about ghost pirates exacting their revenge on a small coastal town, The Fog is so explicitly a campfire tale that it even begins with a scout troop sitting around a seaside blaze, with time for just one more story. Carpenter's follow-up to some of the best horror movies classic Halloween saw some post-production tinkering to make some of the best horror movies scares more explicit, and when you know that you can definitely spot some of the best horror movies reshoot joins. But it doesn't affect what remains perhaps Carpenter's most purely atmospheric film.Get Out33 of 5018) Get Out (2017)Director: Jordan PeeleCast: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener, Lakeith StanfieldFew horror films have had as instant and seismic an impact in recent years as Get Out. Jordan Peele's hugely entertaining and incredibly potent satire portrays societal horrors in clear-sighted, direct style through some of the best horror movies story of Chris – a young black American who prepares to meet his white middle-class girlfriend's parents over a nightmarish weekend. It's a concept that Peele plays out perfectly, needling some of the best horror movies awkward areas of social interaction and (barely) amplifying some of the best horror movies black experience in some of the best horror movies contemporary US, with fantastic performances from Daniel Kaluuya, Bradley Whitford and Catherine Keener. So sharp and smartly-made that it even caught some of the best horror movies Oscars' attention, winning Best Screenplay for Peele and earning nods in Best Picture, Director, and Leading Actor.Psycho34 of 5017) Psycho (1960)Director: Alfred HitchcockCast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera MilesImagine a trip to see Psycho in 1960. Its deliberately oblique marketing, fronted by Hitchcock himself, would have prepared you for a motel to feature prominently but not much else. The opening 20-odd minutes must have seemed like a pretty standard noir set-up, with Janet Leigh eloping with a bunch of money and some of the best horror movies tantalising possibility of a new life that lasts precisely as long as her next trip to some of the best horror movies shower. Then came some of the best horror movies full-bore shock of that brutal knifing, each stab driven home by Bernard Herrmann's jarring score, unexpected and almost entirely without precedent. Audiences must have wondered if it wasn't Hitch himself who, in some of the best horror movies nicest possible way, was some of the best horror movies real psycho here.American Werewolf in London35 of 5016) An American Werewolf in London (1981)Director: John LandisCast: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John WoodvineA comedy-horror that skimps on neither, American Werewolf manages to be properly scary, blackly funny, and, in some of the best horror movies relationship between lycanthrope Naughton and nurse Agutter, genuinely moving. It's a deft juggling act, confidently performed by director Landis who, while he remains immensely likeable, was arguably never this good again. An American director in England, his sense of some of the best horror movies country never descends into twee American En-ger-land clichés, and even some of the best horror movies stock lines and characters – "Stay off some of the best horror movies moors!" – are performed in such a way that they never grate. It's a loving homage to bygone scares that nevertheless feels entirely modern almost 40 years later.Ring36 of 5015) Ring (1998)Director: Hideo NakataCast: Nanako Matsushuma, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie InōNot some of the best horror movies first adaptation of Kōji Suzuki's novel, but some of the best horror movies one that brought some of the best horror movies terrifying Sadako Yamamura to international attention. Suzuki's sci-fi tinged material is jettisoned in favour of more horrifying ambiguity, and Nakata's film is an intriguing collision of Japanese folk horror (some of the best horror movies well-dwelling, black-haired, chalk-skinned Sadako is clearly descended from some of the best horror movies ghouls of Japanese tradition) and more modern concerns about viral media and moral panic. It's a slow burn, but worth some of the best horror movies unsettling journey to its most famous setpiece.Dawn of some of the best horror movies Dead37 of 5014) Dawn of some of the best horror movies Dead (1978)Director: George A. RomeroStarring: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, Gaylen RossBuilding exponentially on some of the best horror movies bedrock of 1968's Night Of The Living Dead, Dawn of some of the best horror movies Dead sees Romero firing on all cylinders a decade later. Largely confined to an – almost – abandoned shopping mall as some of the best horror movies undead pandemic rages outside, this is as much a tense, base-under-siege action thriller as it is a horror movie. But there are creepy scares and gonzo gore by some of the best horror movies bucketful, while Romero takes sly philosophical swipes at class and racial politics and mindless consumerism. A Day, a Land and a Diary would follow, but never quite reclaim these heights.CarrieDirector: Brian De PalmaCast: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Nancy AllenCarrie was among some of the best horror movies first films to utilise that most terrifying supernatural force: puberty. Stephen King's novel recognised some of the best horror movies trials of adolescence as ripe ground for horror, and found a worthy suitor for his first cinematic adaptation in director Brian De Palma, who brings some of the best horror movies tale to life with sadistic relish and intelligent, daring camerawork. Sissy Spacek, meanwhile, imbues Carrie with childlike innocence and genuine pathos, blotted only by mild bouts of, erm, telekinetic murder. It's a testament to her range that, come that prom finale, you find yourself feeling simultaneously sympathetic and scared shitless.Rosemary's Baby39 of 5012) Rosemary's Baby (1968)Director: Roman PolanskiCast: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth GordonLike a twisted cross between The Exorcist and What To Expect When You're Expecting, this occult classic is no movie to watch when you're considering settling down to family life or planning a foray into some of the best horror movies property market. Neighbours, quite literally, are a hellish proposition for Farrow and Cassavetes' newly-weds as they settle into their new Manhattan brownstone. Outside their four walls, dark forces swirl – and we're not talking about some of the best horror movies velour furniture. The film's commanding tight interior scenes and mood of slowly-building paranoia make what follows claustrophobic and endlessly creepy.The Wicker Man40 of 5011) The Wicker Man (1973)Director: Robin HardyCast: Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Christopher LeeThe Wicker Man shouldn't really work. An outsider's view of a mythical Scotland, written and directed by Englishmen and scored by an American, replete with songs to some of the best horror movies extent that it's practically a musical, it's a minefield of elements that could all have gone horribly wrong. And yet, it's all so right: that weirdness is a crucial part of some of the best horror movies unsettling whole; Woodward's hapless investigations leading inexorably to that final, devastating reveal. There's plenty of humour, but it never feels like Woodward isn't in real, frightening trouble; some of the best horror movies climax is as inevitable as it's horrifying. It's easy to laugh at some of the best horror movies remake but even Hardy himself failed to recapture some of the best horror movies dark magic with his belated Wicker Tree. The Wicker Man is unrepeatable.A Nightmare on Elm StreetDirector: Wes CravenCast: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert EnglundThere have been, at time of writing, nine entries in some of the best horror movies Nightmare On Elm Street series, including a reboot, a crossover, and a sequel rather prematurely titled The Final Nightmare (which it was not, obviously). None quite compare to Wes Craven's remarkable original. Taut, witty, and nightmarish (clue's in some of the best horror movies title), Elm Street stands out on some of the best horror movies map during a decade hardly short of horror hits, and, in Freddy Krueger, presented some of the best horror movies most terrifying boogeyman ever to don knitwear.The Exorcist42 of 509) The Exorcist (1973)Director: William FriedkinCast: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda BlairThere are horror movies with infamous reputations – and then there's The Exorcist. This is a film which prompted cinema exhibitors to routinely offer 'barf bags' for queasy patrons; which had St John's Ambulance on standby at screenings to aid some of the best horror movies regular fainters; which was accused of corrupting young minds with subliminal imagery. Amid some of the best horror movies noise and furore, William Friedkin's achievements were almost ignored – how he deftly blended some of the best horror movies religious and psychological with themes of unconditional faith and maternal love. And yes, it's head-spinningly frightening.Jaws43 of 508) Jaws (1975)Director: Steven SpielbergCast: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard DreyfussIt followed shorts, Duel and The Sugarland Express, but Jaws truly announced some of the best horror movies arrival of Steven Spielberg as a major talent. Massive production issues became some of the best horror movies mother of real invention and needing to keep some of the best horror movies toothy villain off screen as much as possible just ratcheted up some of the best horror movies tension that much more. Primal fears fuel a thriller that also feels human thanks to Scheider, Shaw, Dreyfuss and some of the best horror movies rest. Not forgetting John Williams' iconic, simple and terrifying score. Jaws sticks in some of the best horror movies brain and makes some of the best horror movies heart beat that much faster.Nosferatu44 of 507) Nosferatu (1922)Director: F.W. MurnauCast: Max Schreck, Greta Schröder, Gustav Von WangenheimRoger Ebert once said, "To watch Nosferatu is to see some of the best horror movies vampire movie before it had really seen itself." This is Dracula before it became cinematic legend; before Christopher Lee, before Gary Oldman, before Count Duckula. Though technically not Dracula at all – Bram Stoker's estate refused to grant some of the best horror movies production rights – it's perhaps some of the best horror movies quintessential incarnation of some of the best horror movies Transylvanian vampire. But its influence, from technical innovations to Expressionistic lighting style, spreads far beyond some of the best horror movies horror genre. The imposing shadow of Max Schreck – whose surname means "fright" in German – is as iconic as movies are ever likely to get.Dead By Dawn45 of 506) Evil Dead II (1987)Director: Sam RaimiCast: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan HicksSam Raimi's eternally groovy cult favourite has an energy and a spirit that is entirely its own. After a reported rights kerfuffle from his original film, Raimi set about half-retelling some of the best horror movies 'Book of some of the best horror movies Dead' legend, revisiting Ash (Campbell) and his cabin in some of the best horror movies woods – this time with a sparkier tone and more opportunity for Raimi's hyper-kinetic camera-gymnastics. The tightrope between supernatural horror, badass action and genuine spooks has never been walked so confidently, and it forever cemented Campbell as a cult hero. Good... bad... he's some of the best horror movies guy with some of the best horror movies chainsaw for a hand.Halloween46 of 505) Halloween (1978)Director: John CarpenterCast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasance, Nancy Kyes, P.J. SolesMany have tried to imitate John Carpenter's style and mood in some of the best horror movies years since he carved his way into some of the best horror movies horror pantheon, but few, if any, can match him. Inspired by Hitchcock, he found some of the best horror movies scares lurking within suburbia, making them instantly relatable to some of the best horror movies audience. And he's helped by a combination of some of the best horror movies simple horror of Michael Myers and some of the best horror movies naive-yet-tough charm of Jamie Lee Curtis' heroine. You can largely ignore some of the best horror movies sequels and reboots: stick to some of the best horror movies original to see a true master of some of the best horror movies creepy, tension-building story at work.The Thing47 of 504) The Thing (1982)Director: John CarpenterCast: Kurt Russell, Keith David, David Clennon, T.K. CarterWho can you trust? And when you rely on other people to survive, what does that do to some of the best horror movies paranoia levels? That's some of the best horror movies key to John Carpenter's freezing chiller, set at a remote Antarctic research station. An otherworldly discovery brings blood, guts, body horror and twisty storytelling, all anchored by Kurt Russell's charisma and Rob Bottin's exemplary effects work. It'll make you itch with suspicion and recoil at some of the best horror movies more gruesome scenes. The Thing deserved a fairer shot on release; thank goodness it has long since earned cult status.Scream48 of 503) Scream (1996)Director: Wes CravenCast: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowanGenre deconstruction had been done before but Kevin Williamson's canny, clever, extra-meta screenplay in some of the best horror movies hands of Wes Craven made Scream that much more special. Taking some of the best horror movies slasher film apart didn't stop some of the best horror movies bloody tide of rip-offs and spoofs that followed, but it gave audiences a fresh eye with which to view them. Added to that, great work from some of the best horror movies likes of Campbell, Cox, David Arquette and scary phone voice maestro Roger L. Jackson means that it functions as an effective scarefest within its own self-referential trappings.Alien49 of 502) Alien (1979)Director: Ridley ScottCast: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skeritt, Ian Holm, Veronica CartwrightIt's not easy to make a film that can rank among some of the best horror movies best in both some of the best horror movies horror genre and some of the best horror movies world of science fiction, but Scott and writers Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett make it look easy. It wasn't simple to wrangle everything together on a relatively tight budget, but some of the best horror movies results are all up there on some of the best horror movies screen. The sterile environment of some of the best horror movies Nostromo might not seem like some of the best horror movies most inviting place for terror, but space is dark, cold and horrifying and H.R. Giger's icky creation upped some of the best horror movies fright levels. And then there's that cast, topped by Weaver as Ellen Ripley, one of some of the best horror movies best creations in cinema history. In some of the best horror movies cinema, or at home, everyone will hear you scream.The Shining50 of 501) The Shining (1980)Director: Stanley KubrickCast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny LloydStephen King hates it, of course. Contemporary critics were lukewarm. Initial box-office returns were middling. The Academy Awards flatly ignored it. Stanley Kubrick, unbelievably, was even nominated for a 'Worst Director' award at some of the best horror movies inaugural Razzies. (He 'lost' to Robert Greenwald's Xanadu). It wasn't a fun shoot either, by all accounts. Kubrick forced Shelley Duvall to do 127 takes of one scene, a record according to The Guinness Book Of Records. The infamous "Here's Johnny!" scene took three days and 60 doors. Both lead actors left some of the best horror movies shoot exhausted and resentful.What a difference a bit of hindsight makes. As with a lot of Kubrick's work, time has been kind, and it now seems blindingly obvious that The Shining is a masterpiece without parallel: precise, meticulous, surreal, visually astonishing, a shimmering study of a descent into madness. The ultimate horror movie.38 Best Horror Movies To Watch Now If You Actually Like Getting The Heebie-JeebiesHorror movies are up there with holding spiders, riding Nemesis at Alton Towers and camping alone in some of the best horror movies woods for some people.Unlike thrillers, which more often than not involve twisted psychologically-testing plots and suspense, horrors set out to terrify viewers with gore, unpredictable narratives and instil a sense of doom from start to finish. Some of our worst nightmares derive from a night watching that film we knew we should’ve hit pause on but were too enticed to see through until some of the best horror movies end (ahem, The Orphanage, we’re looking at you).Whether you’re in need of a fright night come Halloween later this year or, simply your ideal night in involves sitting with a giant tub of popcorn and arming yourself with a pillow for some of the best horror movies gory scenes, there are thousands of horror films awaiting your screams. However, sifting through some of the best horror movies never-ending list of films to find some of the best horror movies right horror that is as much terrifying as it is thrilling isn’t always easy.While some horror lovers love some of the best horror movies classics like The Silence Of The Lambs and The Exorcist, there’s a new wave of horror films that have come out in recent years like Get Out and Heriditary which are spooky simply because of their believability and depiction of life through a modern lens.So, we've rounded up some of the best horror movies best horror movies to watch, from Midsommar and Us to some of the best horror movies latest Netflix releases such as The Vigil, that’ll provide enough fodder for your nightmares.Read on…if you’re brave enough:1The Vigil, 2021If some of the best horror movies fact this film is made by some of the best horror movies studio that brought us The Babadook doesn’t scare you, just wait until you see some of the best horror movies trailer for this film. The plot follows a young Jewish man’s terrifying night as her fulfils some of the best horror movies Orthodox Jewish duty of a vigil and looks after a dead body.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME21922, 2017The film follows some of the best horror movies journey of a farmer who convinces his teenage son to help kill his mother before she sends some of the best horror movies family money away money which would have ultimately left their farm to ruin. But some of the best horror movies guilty of what they’ve done proves that there’s a heavy price to pay when you take another’s life.WATCH ON NETFLIXADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW3Cadaver, 2020This is a Norwegian film that centres on some of the best horror movies aftermath of a nuclear disaster and some of the best horror movies story of a family who attempt to find safety with some of the best horror movies help of a hotel owner. However, they soon realise that a night of food and entertainment at some of the best horror movies hotel might not be whatIn some of the best horror movies aftermath of a nuclear disaster, a starving family find hope in a charismatic hotel owner. Lured by some of the best horror movies prospect of a free dinner, they discover that some of the best horror movies evening's entertainment blurs some of the best horror movies lines between performance and reality. Will they wind up some of the best horror movies spectators or some of the best horror movies spectacle?WATCH ON NETFLIX4The Thing, 1982The ultimate gross-out body horror, this classic scary movie finds a group of scientists stranded in an Antarctic base where they're picked off one by one by an alien creature. The kicker? The alien hunter can go incognito by disguising itself as any of its unwilling victims. Keep an eye out for Kurt Russel's incredible beard.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIMEADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW5It Follows, 2015What if, instead of getting a nasty rash and a trip to some of the best horror movies sexual health clinic after sleeping with someone, you were cursed to be hunted down by a shapeshifting monster instead? This metaphorical, dreamy horror will fill you with dread, as well as put you off unprotected sex for some of the best horror movies rest of your life.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME6The Silence Of The Lambs, 1991Get yourself a nice glass of Chianti and some fava beans and get ready to watch arguably some of the best horror movies most iconic horror movie in film history. Whether you've seen it before or simply heard some of the best horror movies famous lines or seen some of the best horror movies legendary clips of Anthony Hopkins in that mask, you won't regret watching The Silence Of The Lambs one more time.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIMEThe Lost Boys, 1987The perfect horror movie for people that don't actually like horror movies, this 80s vampire fest is some of the best horror movies hit of nostalgia we need this Halloween. Think bleached blonde mullets (courtesy of a young Kiefer Sutherland), pier-side funfair antics and badass biker vampires. Twilight this is not.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME8Paranormal Activity, 2009If you'd told us a horror film comprised mainly of grainy CCTV footage of an empty suburban house could be seriously scary we would have doubted you, but settle in because some of the best horror movies sheer suspense will have you on some of the best horror movies edge of your sofa.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIMEADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW9The Exorcist, 1973This film tops some of the best horror movies list alone for its reputation as one of some of the best horror movies scariest films of all time.Based on some of the best horror movies last known Catholic-sanctioned exorcism in some of the best horror movies US, some of the best horror movies film sees 12-year-old Linda Blair undergo an exorcism by some of the best horror movies hands of a young priest, Father Karras, as her parents are convinced she’s possessed by some of the best horror movies Devil. At some of the best horror movies time of its release, some of the best horror movies film courted controversy for provoking fainting and vomiting in cinemas. Good luck!WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME10The Invisible Man, 2020Starring The Handmaid’s Tale’s Elisabeth Moss, some of the best horror movies plot follows Cecilia Kass who escapes a controlling, violent relationship to stay with her sister and childhood friend. But when her ex is believed to have died and leaves her a great fortune, those close to Cecilia become haunted and she’s convinced she’s hunted by an invisible man.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIMEADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW11The Shining, 1980Here’s…a really scary film. Stanley Kubrick’s movie is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel of some of the best horror movies same name and sees Jack (Jack Nicholson) move his wife and psychic son into a hotel in some of the best horror movies middle of nowhere. Cue Jack’s downward psychological spiral, axes in doors, creepy twins and before you know it, you’ll be saying ‘Red Rum’ in your sleep.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME12The Conjuring, 2013If you love a true story, then hold tight because this film tells some of the best horror movies tale of Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga). The pair were world renowned paranormal investigators who go to some of the best horror movies aid of a family plagued by a dark presence in a farmhouse that, you guess it, is in some of the best horror movies sticks. Unfortunately for Ed and Lorraine, they too find themselves terrorised by evil.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIMEGet Out, 2017Jordan Peele’s directorial debut will go down in history as one of some of the best horror movies most chilling horror films of all time.Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Lil Rel Howery and Bradley Whitford, some of the best horror movies film follows an African American man called Chris who visits his girlfriend’s parents for a weekend. It doesn’t take long before Chris realises he’s trapped in a world far more sinister than it appears at first glance.WATCH ON NETFLIXYou can always bet on Alfred Hitchcock to deliver when it comes to horrors and thrillers. In this film, starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, a character named Marion goes missing after stealing from her employer. She checks into a motel which is run by a young man named Norman Bates. Be warned: you might never want to shower with some of the best horror movies curtain closed after watching this film.Greatest Horror Movies of some of the best horror movies 21st CenturyHalloween, 2018You’ll never think of Halloween in some of the best horror movies same way after watching this film. Jamie Lee Curtis plays Laurie Strode, who finally confronts some of the best horror movies masked man who has haunted her since he went on a mass killing on Halloween four decades ago and she narrowly escaped. Now, it looks like he’s back for vengeance.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME16Heriditary, 2018This supernatural horror film stars Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro and Gabriel Byrne who play a family haunted by a dark presence after some of the best horror movies death of their grandmother. As they begin to unpick some of the best horror movies secrets about their family, it turns out they might not be able to turn away from some of the best horror movies sinister threat they’ve bizarrely inherited.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIMEADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW17Us, 2019After Get Out, Jordan Peele knocked it out of some of the best horror movies park yet again with this terrifying film.It’s set in some of the best horror movies present day – making it all some of the best horror movies more chilling – and stars Lupita Nyong'o as Adelaide Wilson, who returns to her childhood home with her husband and two children for some of the best horror movies summer.What she doesn't expect is some of the best horror movies feeling of doom she encounters, especially when her family come across some of the best horror movies silhouette of four figures in some of the best horror movies driveway at night.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME18Midsommar, 2019If your relationship is on some of the best horror movies brink, then we urge you not to head to a midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village in an attempt to mend it.In this film, Dani (Florence Pugh) and Christian (Jack Reynor) go on holiday but are soon invited into an insular world where darkness emerges under clear blue skies.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIMEADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW19The Orphanage, 2007The Orphanage (El Orfanato) still gives us chills, thanks to director J. A. Bayona's superb horror skills.The film delves into some of the best horror movies story of an abandoned orphanage by some of the best horror movies seaside and an orphan named Laura, who returns to some of the best horror movies home 30 years later with her husband and son, Simon. Intending to open some of the best horror movies orphanage as a facility for disabled children, they soon realise that their son develops malicious behaviours days after their arrival.Let’s just say there isn’t exactly a happy ending at some of the best horror movies end of this one.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME20The Blair Witch Project, 1999If you go down to some of the best horror movies woods today… be sure to take a whistle and a torch, okay? This mock-documentary, shot on Hi-8 video and black-and-white 16mm film, sees college students head out into some of the best horror movies wilderness to film a project on some of the best horror movies Blair Witch incidents. Unfortunately, they were never seen again but their footage taken on some of the best horror movies night they went missing was.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIMEADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW21The Witch, 2016Nothing good ever came from some of the best horror movies word ‘witch’ in a horror film, did it? Set in New England in 1630, some of the best horror movies plot follows a farmer who leaves his plantation and relocates to a plot of land with his wife and five children right on some of the best horror movies edge of a forest.Little do some of the best horror movies group know that there’s an evil among some of the best horror movies trees that's ready to unleash darkness.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME22The Ring, 2002So, this explains our fear of women crawling out of TV screens!A creepy videotape starts being spread in some of the best horror movies Pacific Northwest, full of dark and haunting footage, and days after watching it, many viewers receive a phone call warning them that they will die in seven days. Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) is a journalist and aunt of a teen who watches some of the best horror movies film who wants to find out more.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIMEADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW23Insidious, 2010If you love your paranormal activities then this is some of the best horror movies film for you. It’s some of the best horror movies first of three in some of the best horror movies Insidious franchise and sees characters Josh and Renai move house with their son, Dalton, only for some of the best horror movies child to fall into a coma and mysterious things start to happen in their new abode.It’s creepy, AF.WATCH ON NETFLIX24The Cabin In The Woods, 2012If anyone asks you to visit a cabin in some of the best horror movies woods, unless it has an outdoor hot tub and champagne on ice, we implore you to decline some of the best horror movies offer. Why? Because this film (starring Chris Hemsworth) follows five friends heading to a remote cabin. But when one member in some of the best horror movies group reads from a book, they soon find themselves confronted with those from some of the best horror movies dead. Fun stuff, right?WATCH ON NETFLIXADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW25A Quiet Place, 2018Not only do we love this film because it stars husband-wife duo Emily Blunt and John Krasinski but also because of its beautifully eerie plot.In this modern horror film, a family of four must remain silent after a creature hunts humans by sound. No music, no talking, no chewing loudly – it’s our living nightmare.We don’t want to spoil it for you but some of the best horror movies bathtub scene still gives us chills.WATCH ON NETFLIX26Funny Games, 2007A psychological thriller horror film like no other, this film stars Naomi Watts and Tim Roth and is a remake of a 1997 film of some of the best horror movies same name.The film follows a middle class family who are visited by two young men, dressed in tennis whites, on holiday in a Hamptons-like location. What some of the best horror movies family don’t expect is what some of the best horror movies two men have in store for them.This is certainly up there with some of the best horror movies most terrifying films we’ve ever seen.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIMEADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW27Scream, 1996This is some of the best horror movies definitive slasher film. The town of Woodsboro is haunted by a psychopath who taunts his victims with questions before killing them. Due to some of the best horror movies mask (inspired by Edvard Munch’s painting ‘The Scream’) some of the best horror movies killer wears, high school students begin to question who he or she could be and set out on a mission to find out some of the best horror movies truth.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME28The Babadook, 2014Unfortunately, this film isn’t as fun as its title rolls off some of the best horror movies tongue.Six years after some of the best horror movies death of her husband, Amelia doesn’t know what to do with her son, Samuel, who appears to be haunted by a monster he believes is coming to kill them. When a book named The Babadook turns up at their house, some of the best horror movies son is positive some of the best horror movies creature in some of the best horror movies book is some of the best horror movies one that he’s been thinking about. When Amelia begins feel some of the best horror movies presence of some of the best horror movies creature, she starts to question just how real it might be.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIMEADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW29Julia’s Eyes, 2010This Spanish horror thriller film, known in Spanish as Los ojos de Julia, was co-produced by Guillermo del Toro so that fact alone should reassure you of its brilliance.The protagonist, Julia, has a degenerative problem eyesight problem that also plagued her sister Sara, who is believed to have died by suicide after undergoing surgery to save her vision.Unconvinced that suicide was some of the best horror movies real cause of Sara’s death, as Julia’s eyes worsen she begins to think there was something more sinister at some of the best horror movies heart of her sister’s passing.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME30Goodnight Mommy, 2015Set in an isolated countryside house between corn fields (classic horror vibes), twin brothers wait for their mother to return home after undergoing cosmetic surgery. But when she finally comes back to them, they begin to doubt that some of the best horror movies woman wrapped in bandages is actually their mother.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIMEADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW3110 Cloverfield Lane, 2016The title of this film alone has us sweating. A young woman wakes up after an accident to find she’s locked in a cellar with a doomsday prepper who is convinced he saved her life because of an apocalypse that’s just happened. Confused as to what to believe, some of the best horror movies woman’s mission is to find a way out.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME32It: Chapters One And TwoThese supernatural horror films are based on some of the best horror movies 1986 novel by Stephen King and tells some of the best horror movies story of seven children in Maine, who are haunted by a creature called ‘It’. The evil figure appears in some of the best horror movies form of Pennywise some of the best horror movies Dancing Clown who preys on children every 27 years.Be prepared to want to watch It: Chapter Two immediately after watching some of the best horror movies first film.WATCH ON NETFLIXADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW33Carrie, 1976Another film based on Stephen King's first novel, this film stars Sissy Spacek as Carrie White – a shy teenager who is bullied by her class mates and abused by her fanatical mother. Following a prank on her at some of the best horror movies school prom, Carrie shows off her telekinetic powers and hell ensues.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME34The Wicker Man, 1973This British folk horror film sees Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) arrive on a small Scottish island to investigate a missing child report.However, after witnessing some of the best horror movies island’s sexual displays out in some of the best horror movies fields and strange pagan rituals, Howie learns that some of the best horror movies islanders and even some of the best horror movies child’s own mother claim that some of the best horror movies young girl never existed.Is Rowan alive or has she been sacrificed at some of the best horror movies hands of some of the best horror movies islanders?WATCH ON AMAZON PRIMEADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW35Saw, 2004Now an eight-film franchise, some of the best horror movies Saw movies usually involve strangers waking up in a room with no recollection of how they got there. Soon, they realise they’re all part of a weird, deadly game orchestrated by a serial killer.Prepare for a lot of blood, gore, saws and killing.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME36The Devil’s Backbone, 2001Another creepy Spanish horror film in some of the best horror movies mix, The Devil’s Backbone (El espinazo del diablo) is written by Guillermo del Toro and produced by director heavyweight Pedro Almodóvar.It explores some of the best horror movies story of some of the best horror movies Santa Lucia School at some of the best horror movies end of some of the best horror movies Spanish Civil War where orphans of some of the best horror movies Republican militia and politicians lived. After some of the best horror movies death of one of some of the best horror movies children, 10-year-old Carlos questions some of the best horror movies secrets that haunt his classmates and teachers.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIMEADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW37Drag Me To Hell, 2009The story involves a LA loan officer who if cursed after refusing to grant an extension on an elderly woman’s home. When her life spirals out of control, she sets out on a mission to break some of the best horror movies curse but has just days to set herself free before being dragged to hell.WATCH ON AMAZON PRIME38The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, 1974When a group of friends visit their late grandfather’s farmhouse, they find that next door is a family of killers. One of some of the best horror movies family members includes ‘Leatherface’ who has an interest in using a power saw to kill his victims.Soho farmhouse, this is not.The 50 best scary movies of all time, ranked by criticsRecent years have seen standout horror films such as "Hereditary" and "Get Out" make waves in Hollywood and beyond, but they're not some of the best horror movies only movies to be universally adored by critics.Classic horror flicks, including "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "The Fly" also received mostly positive reviews from critics.Even though not every spooky film is well-received, some have received critical acclaim and are still just as great years after they were originally released.Here are some of the best horror movies best horror movies of all time, ranked by critics.50. "Cronos" was directed by Guillermo del Toro.cronos 1993"Cronos" was released in 1993. October FilmsRotten Tomatoes critic score: 91%Equal parts stylish and terrifying, this 1993 films focuses on a mysterious device that grants some of the best horror movies user eternal life.49. "The Return of some of the best horror movies Living Dead" was released in 1985.some of the best horror movies return of some of the best horror movies living dead"The Return of some of the best horror movies Living Dead" is a zombie film. Orion PicturesRotten Tomatoes critic score: 91%'80s aesthetics and lots of gore feature prominently in this campy horror classic.48. 2004's "Shaun of some of the best horror movies Dead" is a parody of zombie horror film "Dawn of some of the best horror movies Dead."shaun of some of the best horror movies deadSimon Pegg wrote and starred in "Shaun of some of the best horror movies Dead." Universal PicturesRotten Tomatoes critic score: 92%"Shaun of some of the best horror movies Dead" follows an ordinary man in some of the best horror movies midst of a zombie apocalypse, and doesn't hesitate to poke fun at horror tropes.47. 2017 film "Gerald's Game" is based on a Stephen King novel.geralds gameCarla Gugino stars in "Gerald's Game." Intrepid PicturesRotten Tomatoes critic score: 91%In "Gerald's Game," a woman trapped in bed after a sex game gone wrong starts to hallucinate, encountering people who may or may not be real.46. "Backcountry" follows a young couple hiking through some of the best horror movies woods.backcountry movieMissy Peregrym and Jeff Roop in "Backcountry." IFC FilmsRotten Tomatoes critic score: 92%After they become lost in some of the best horror movies wilderness, things take a terrifying turn for some of the best horror movies inexperienced lovebirds.45. "The Devil's Candy" was released in 2017.some of the best horror movies devil's candyEthan Embry and Kiara Glasco in "The Devil's Candy." IFC MidnightRotten Tomatoes critic score: 92%Smart, stylish, and hilarious all at once, "The Devil's Candy" focuses on a painter and his family, who move into a haunted house.44. "The Endless" features UFOs and deadly cults.some of the best horror movies endless movieJustin Benson in "The Endless." Well Go USA EntertainmentRotten Tomatoes critic score: 92%Increasingly bizarre yet surprisingly down-to-earth, "The Endless" focuses on two brothers, who escaped a deadly cult.43. Film icons Bette Davis and Joan Crawford star in 1962's "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"whatever happened to baby jane"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" focuses on two aging stars. Warner Bros.Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 92%Two sisters' decaying relationship is some of the best horror movies focus of "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"42. Jeff Goldblum stars in some of the best horror movies 1986 sci-fi horror film "The Fly."some of the best horror movies flyJeff Goldblum's performance in "The Fly" was widely praised. 20th Century FoxRotten Tomatoes critic score: 92%Jeff Goldblum is some of the best horror movies victim of an insect experiment gone terribly, terribly wrong in "The Fly."41. 2009's "Drag Me to Hell" was directed by "Spider-Man" filmmaker Sam Raimi.drag me to hellA woman is cursed and forced to confront demonic entities in "Drag Me to Hell." Universal PicturesRotten Tomatoes critic score: 92%An old woman evicted from her home makes some of the best horror movies loan officer's life a living hell in "Drag Me to Hell."40. "The Cabin in some of the best horror movies Woods" is a zombie horror film with a twist.some of the best horror movies cabin in some of the best horror movies woodsChris Hemsworth stars in "The Cabin in some of the best horror movies Woods." LionsgateRotten Tomatoes critic score: 92%A bloodthirsty deity, horny teenagers, and a young Chris Hemsworth are all featured in "Cabin in some of the best horror movies Woods," which follows a group of friends as they struggle to survive terrifying attacks.39. "Hush" focuses on a young deaf woman, who's some of the best horror movies victim of a home invasion.Hush"Hush" was directed by Mike Flanagan. HushRotten Tomatoes critic score: 93%Combining elements of slasher films with some of the best horror movies terrors of home invasion, "Hush" is thrilling from start to finish.38. "Cam" was first released in 2018.cam movieMadeline Brewer stars in "Cam." NetflixRotten Tomatoes critic score: 93%A successful cam-girl's online identity slowly takes over some of the best horror movies rest of her life in this psychological thriller.37. 1979's "Dawn of some of the best horror movies Dead" combines horror with social commentary.dawn of some of the best horror movies dead 1978George Romero directed "Dawn of some of the best horror movies Dead." MKR GroupRotten Tomatoes critic score: 93%This horror classic follows survivors of a zombie outbreak as they shelter in a shopping mall.36. "Re-Animator" is gory and darkly amusing.reanimator 1985Jeffrey Combs in "Re-Animator." Empire PicturesRotten Tomatoes critic score: 93%Based on an HP Lovecraft story, this horror film follows a medical student, who's discovered how to re-animate bodies.35. Korean monster film "The Host," released in 2007, was directed by "Parasite" filmmaker Boon Jong-Ho.some of the best horror movies host 2007"The Host" received favorable reviews from critics. Magnolia PicturesRotten Tomatoes critic score: 93%A vicious river monster threatens a South Korean community in "The Host."34. 1977's "Suspiria" was recently remade, although some of the best horror movies original is still critically acclaimed.suspiria stillDario Argento directed "Suspiria." Produzioni Atlas ConsorziateRotten Tomatoes critic score: 93%A young American dancer gets more than she bargained for after she joins a German ballet school plagued by murders in "Suspiria."33. A critically acclaimed version of sci-fi horror film "Invasion of some of the best horror movies Body Snatchers" was released in 1978.Invasion of some of the best horror movies Body Snatchers some of the best horror movies scream movieDonald Sutherland stars in "Invasion of some of the best horror movies Body Snatchers." Allied Artists PicturesRotten Tomatoes critic score: 93%Aliens invade a small town and slowly begin to replace all of some of the best horror movies residents in "Invasion of some of the best horror movies Body Snatchers."32. In 1976's "Carrie," Sissy Spacek plays a telekinetic teenager.carrie movieSissy Spacek stars in "Carrie. United ArtistsRotten Tomatoes critic score: 93%A quiet young girl named Carrie uses her latent telekinetic powers for evil in this heartbreaking horror film.31. "Us" was a major hit when it premiered in 2019.us movieLupita Nyong'o stars in "Us." Universal PicturesRotten Tomatoes critic score: 93%In "Us," a woman (Lupita Nyong'o) with past trauma is on vacation with her family when their doppelgängers show up and begin killing people.30. Freddy Krueger is some of the best horror movies infamous villain in 1984's "A Nightmare on Elm Street."nightmare on elm street"A Nightmare on Elm Street" spawned several sequels. New Line CinemaRotten Tomatoes critic score: 94%Murdered by a vindictive group of parents, some of the best horror movies ghost of child killer Freddy Kruger returns via dreams to kill again in "A Nightmare on Elm Street."29. 2016 Korean thriller "Train to Busan" follows a dad and his daughter as they try to escape zombies.train to busan movie"Train to Busan" was positively received by critics. Next Entertainment WorldRotten Tomatoes critic score: 94%This Korean zombie thriller follows a father and his young daughter as they try to fight off some of the best horror movies undead on a high-speed train.28. "The Innocents" was released in 1961.deborah kerr some of the best horror movies innocentsDeborah Kerr in "The Innocents." Twentieth Century FoxRotten Tomatoes critic score: 94%Deborah Kerr stars in this spooky British ghost story that's based on Henry James' "The Turn of some of the best horror movies Screw."27. 1973's "Don't Look Now" is an occult thriller with a controversial sex scene.don't look nowDonald Sutherland played a grief-stricken father in "Don't Look Now." Paramount PicturesRotten Tomatoes critic score: 94%Set in Venice, "Don't Look Now" follows two parents who befriend an elderly pair of psychic sisters — one of whom might have a warning from some of the best horror movies parents' recently-deceased daughter.26. "We Are Still Here" takes place at a lonely house in New England.we are still here 2015"We Are Still Here" was released in 2015. Dark Sky FilmsRotten Tomatoes critic score: 95%Vengeful spirits, grieving parents, and some seriously sinister undertakers are some of the best horror movies focus of "We Are Still Here."25. 2016 film "The Love Witch" satirizes 1960s horror films.The Love Witch movieSamantha Robinson stars in "The Love Witch." OscilloscopeRotten Tomatoes critic score: 95%A dangerously cunning but lonely witch tries to find true love in this campy, Technicolor film.24. "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn" is some of the best horror movies rare sequel that lives up to its predecessor.evil dead 2Bruce Campbell starred in "Evil Dead 2." Rosebud Releasing CompanyRotten Tomatoes critic score: 95%The sole survivor of some of the best horror movies original "Evil Dead," Ash returns to a cabin in some of the best horror movies woods in this gory follow-up.23. "Evil Dead" spawned several sequels after its release in 1981.evil dead 1981"Evil Dead" follows a group of teenagers as they're possessed by demonic forces. New Line CinemaRotten Tomatoes critic score: 95%Things go terribly awry for a group of friends alone in some of the best horror movies woods after they summon bloodthirsty demons in "Evil Dead."22. "The Fly" (1958) was famously remade in some of the best horror movies '80s, but some of the best horror movies original still holds up.some of the best horror movies fly 1958David Hedison stars in "The Fly." Twentieth Century FoxRotten Tomatoes critic score: 95%While some of the best horror movies 1986 version with Jeff Goldblum is more well-known, some of the best horror movies original also follows a scientist, who slowly morphs into a giant housefly.21. "House of Wax" was first released in 1953.house of wax 1953Vincent Price stars in "House of Wax." Warner Bros.Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 95%A vengeful wax museum owner terrorizes a town after his collection is burned to some of the best horror movies ground — with him inside.20. Tippi Hedren stars in 1963's "The Birds."tippi hedren in phone booth some of the best horror movies birds seagullAlfred Hitchcock directed "The Birds." Universal PicturesRotten Tomatoes critic score: 95%Tippi Hedren fends off killer birds in "The Birds," another horror staple by Alfred Hitchcock.19. "Pan's Labyrinth" is a surreal take on some of the best horror movies Spanish civil war.pan's labyrinthGuillermo del Toro directed "Pan's Labyrinth." New Line CinemaRotten Tomatoes critic score: 95%This surreal film follows Ofelia, an isolated young girl who finds solace amongst forest monsters during some of the best horror movies horrors of some of the best horror movies Spanish Civil War.18. Roman Polanski's first film was "Repulsion" in 1965.repulsion movieCatherine Deneuve played a paranoid manicurist in "Repulsion." Royal Films InternationalRotten Tomatoes critic score: 95%Polanski's movie follows a repressed young woman who's tormented by images of violent sexual assault after her sister starts dating a new man.17. Some think that some of the best horror movies 2014 film "It Follows" is a parable about HIV/AIDs.it follows movieMaika Monroe stars in "It Follows." NetflixRotten Tomatoes critic score: 95%After an unprotected sexual encounter, a young woman is haunted by an eerie spirit, who will only leave her alone if she has unprotected sex with someone else.16. "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night" is an Iranian vampire western from 2014 with a feminist message.A Girl Walks Home Alone At NightSheila Vand stars in "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night." Vice Films via NetflixRotten Tomatoes critic score: 96%This Iranian horror movie follows a lonely, skateboarding vampire in some of the best horror movies fictional Bad City.15. "Rosemary's Baby" is a quintessential horror film from 1968.rosemarys baby paramountMia Farrow stars in "Rosemary's Baby." ParamountRotten Tomatoes critic score: 96%Cults and devil-worship abound in "Rosemary's Baby," which follows a young, pregnant mother as she grows more and more paranoid about some of the best horror movies wellbeing of her baby.14. Jamie Lee Curtis stars in 1978's "Halloween."jamie lee curtis halloweenJamie Lee Curtis also appeared in some of the best horror movies "Halloween" remake. Compass International ProductionsRotten Tomatoes critic score: 96%A deranged and violent young man escapes from a mental hospital and returns to his hometown to wreak havoc on unsuspecting, horny teenagers in this horror classic.13. A ruthless cannibal is some of the best horror movies focus of 1991's "The Silence of some of the best horror movies Lambs."The Silence of The LambsAnthony Hopkins plays a cannibal in "The Silence of some of the best horror movies Lambs." Orion PicturesRotten Tomatoes critic score: 96%Anthony Hopkins stars as a cannibalistic but cultured murderer in this quintessential horror film.12. One of Alfred Hitchcock's most famous movies is 1960's "Psycho."psychoJanet Leigh stars in "Psycho." Universal PicturesRotten Tomatoes critic score: 96%Alfred Hitchock's horror classic focuses on a young professional on some of the best horror movies lam who winds up in a motel run by a very disturbed mama's boy.11. "The Office" star John Krasinksi wrote and directed 2018's "A Quiet Place."a quiet placeEmily Blunt stars alongside husband John Krasinski in "A Quiet Place." Paramount PicturesRotten Tomatoes critic score: 96%John Krasinski's horror masterpiece focuses on some of the best horror movies Abbott family as they attempt to survive in a world overrun with monsters who hunt by sound.10. Most of "Harpoon" (2019) takes place on some of the best horror movies open ocean.harpoon movie"Harpoon" was released in 2019. Dread Central PresentsRotten Tomatoes critic score: 97%In "Harpoon," three friends stuck on a boat in some of the best horror movies middle of some of the best horror movies ocean struggle to overcome underlying tensions and hidden dangers.9. "Aliens" is some of the best horror movies 1986 sequel to "Alien."aliens movie newtCarrie Henn stars as Newt in "Aliens." Twentieth Century FoxRotten Tomatoes critic score: 97%This follow-up to some of the best horror movies 1980s sci-fi hit follows Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) as she's rescued in deep space — only to find that her run-ins with some of the best horror movies titular alien might not be over after all.8. 1968's "Night of some of the best horror movies Living Dead" is a classic zombie film.night of some of the best horror movies living deadGeorge Romero directed "Night of some of the best horror movies Living Dead." The Walter Reade Organization/Continental DistributingRotten Tomatoes critic score: 97%Zombies roam some of the best horror movies east coast and some of the best horror movies uninfected are left to fend for themselves in George Romero's horror classic.7. "Werckmeister Harmonies" is set in a remote Hungarian village.werckmeister harmonies bela tarr"Werckmeister Harmonies" is directed by Bela Tarr. 13 ProductionsRotten Tomatoes critic score: 98%Focusing on a desolate Hungarian town and a mysterious circus that arrives one night, "Werckmeister Harmonies" was first released in 2000.6. "The Loved Ones" (2009) is an Australian teen horror movie.some of the best horror movies loved ones 2009"The Loved Ones" was released in 2009. Darclight Films InternationalRotten Tomatoes critic score: 98%Combining elements of teen scream films with twisted body horror, "The Loved Ones" follows a teenager, who kidnaps her prom date and tortures him.5. "The Vanishing (Spoorloos)" was first released in 1988.some of the best horror movies vanishing 1988"The Vanishing" is a Dutch-language film. Argos FilmsRotten Tomatoes critic score: 98%After his girlfriend goes missing on a roadtrip, Rex searches for her obsessively, eventually coming to some very terrifying conclusions.4. "Eyes Without a Face" (1962) focuses on a surgeon who inadvertently botches an operation on his daughter's face.eyes without a face movieEdith Scob as Christiane in "Eyes Without a Face." Lopert Pictures CorporationRotten tomatoes critic score: 98%First released in some of the best horror movies early '60s, this horror film follows Dr. Génessier as he attempts to find a new face for his daughter Christiane — with disastrous results.3. "Let some of the best horror movies Right One In" is a Swedish vampire film from 2008.let some of the best horror movies right one inLina Leandersson stars in "Let some of the best horror movies Right One In." Magnet ReleasingRotten Tomatoes critic score: 98%This heartwarming yet terrifying Swedish film follows a young, socially-awkward boy named Oskar as he befriends a mysterious girl with a terrible secret.2. Grief and loss are some of the best horror movies central themes of 2014's "The Babadook."babadook sundance"The Babadook" stars Essie Davis. Matt Nettheim via Sundance InstituteRotten Tomatoes critic score: 98%After some of the best horror movies death of her husband, an overworked and exhausted single mother struggles to keep it together after she and her young child begin to be tormented by a mysterious entity called "The Babadook."1. "Get Out" was an overnight success when it was released in 2017.get outDaniel Kaluuya stars in "Get Out." UniversalRotten Tomatoes critic score: 98%Timely, thrilling, and unforgettable, "Get Out" follows a young Black man (Daniel Kaluuya) as he visits his white girlfriend's family for some of the best horror movies first time, only to become entrenched in a trippy and violent experiment.Looking for a scary movie to watch on Netflix? Any time is some of the best horror movies right time to watch a horror movie. Waiting for October to indulge in frightening films is some of the best horror movies old way to get your tricks and treats, like renting from Blockbuster or not using Treatster to map out which houses give out some of the best horror movies best candy. No, in some of the best horror movies modern world you can sit back and enjoy your scares from some of the best horror movies comfort of your own couch thanks to screaming streaming content from Netflix.With that in mind, we’ve put together a list of some of the best horror movies Best Horror Movies on Netflix right now, an evolving list that will provide you with classic horror selections and modern cuts to get your fright fix. This month, you can find modern takes on Stephen King stories like Gerald's Game, classics like The Evil Dead, and contemporary horror like Bird Box, and more. There’s something for everyone here and more to come as Netflix continues to expand its catalog. “Viewer beware, you’re in for a scare!”If you’re looking for a modern update on some of the best horror movies haunted house yarn, you can’t do much better than James Wan’s The Conjuring. Following a family plagued by ghostly and demonic forces in their new home, some of the best horror movies film introduces Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga’s instantly-lovable paranormal hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren, who face one of some of the best horror movies most terrifying cases of their life. Wan’s signature style is on full display here, leading to some of some of the best horror movies most enduring creature creations and scariest scenes of his career (I’m particularly fond of/terrified by some of the best horror movies work Joey King does in her “there’s something behind some of the best horror movies door” scene), and while The Conjuring’s legacy has grown into a billion-dollar franchise, some of the best horror movies 2013 original still stands on its own as a sSpeaking of that billion-dollar franchise, Netflix also has Wan’s follow-up The Conjuring 2 available to stream right now. The 2016 sequel picks up with some of the best horror movies Warrens during some of the best horror movies investigation of one of their most infamous cases, known as some of the best horror movies Einfeld poltergeist, which finds them helping yet another spirit-plagued family, this time in some of the best horror movies U.K. While The Conjuring 2 isn’t quite as downright scary as some of the best horror movies first film, there are still plenty of wonderful Wan creatures to keep you on some of the best horror movies edge of your seat, and of course, Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson are reliably endearing as some of the best horror movies Warrens. Bonus, some of the best horror movies film’s opening scene also pays tribute to another iconic horror franchise with a nod to some of the best horror movies Amityville Haunting. – Haleigh Foutch