As long as there have been motion pictures, there have been horror films. The genre has gone through numerous evolutions since the first three-minute horror short, “Le Manoir du Diable” (“The House of the Devil”) was shot in France in 1896.
In early silent classics like “Nosferatu” (1922), fear was invoked by a hideous villain, such as a vampire or demon, who played a starring role. In the modern era, horror has grown to encompass a multitude of sub-genres, with or without a classic “monster” central to the original stories. Psychological horror, for example, utilizes mental disturbances and suspense to elicit fear, often without ever depicting an actual villain.
24/7 Tempo has compiled the 105 best horror movies ever made. The films represent every decade from the 1920s to the present day and from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 nature-gone-wild thriller “The Birds” to slasher classic “A Nightmare on Elm Street” to experimental indie cult film “Eraserhead” — with an occasional horror comedy along the way.
While there have always been scary films, 2017 saw something of a horror renaissance. Both the supernatural horror film “It,” based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, and Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning “Get Out” were released that year. “It” went on to gross over $700 million worldwide, and set a new record for playing in 4,103 theaters — more than any other R-rated movie ever. Here are the best R rated movies ever made.
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To identify the 105 best horror movies ever made, 24/7 Tempo developed an index of ratings on IMDb, an online movie database owned by Amazon, and audience and Tomatometer scores on Rotten Tomatoes, an online movie and TV review aggregator, as of mid-March 2021. All three measures were weighted equally. Only films with at least 4,500 reviews on IMDb, a “horror” genre classification on IMDb, and a runtime greater than one hour were considered. TData on domestic box office came from The Numbers, an online movie database owned by consulting firm Nash Information Services. Cast information comes from IMDb.
Now there are more horror films than ever. Streaming services have given indie and sub-genre horror a platform it never had. Most theaters don’t run small-budget horror movies, and before streaming, films that went straight to TV or DVD were considered lower quality. Now, horror fans have a plethora of first-rate fear-inducing options at their fingertips. Here are the scariest movies now available for streaming.
105. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
> Combined score: 2.42 — #3,295 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Kate Lester
> Director: Wallace Worsley
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Romance
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104. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
> Combined score: 2.42 — #3,295 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Lim Soo-jung, Jung-ah Yum, Kim Kap-su, Moon Geun-young
> Director: Jee-woon Kim
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery
103. Timecrimes (2007)
> Combined score: 2.42 — #3,295 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernández, Bárbara Goenaga, Nacho Vigalondo
> Director: Nacho Vigalondo
> Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
102. Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
> Combined score: 2.42 — #3,263 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall
> Director: Tim Burton
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Musical
101. Doctor Sleep (2019)
> Combined score: 2.42 — #3,263 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis
> Director: Mike Flanagan
> Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
100. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
> Combined score: 2.42 — #3,238 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marnò
> Director: Ana Lily Amirpour
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Romance
99. The Spiral Staircase (1946)
> Combined score: 2.42 — #3,232 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith
> Director: Robert Siodmak
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery
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98. Coherence (2013)
> Combined score: 2.43 — #3,161 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling, Nicholas Brendon, Elizabeth Gracen
> Director: James Ward Byrkit
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery
97. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
> Combined score: 2.43 — #3,161 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr., Douglas M. Griffin
> Director: Dan Trachtenberg
> Genres: Action, Drama, Horror
96. The Omen (1976)
> Combined score: 2.44 — #3,063 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Stephens, David Warner
> Director: Richard Donner
> Genres: Horror
95. Manhunter (1986)
> Combined score: 2.44 — #3,021 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox
> Director: Michael Mann
> Genres: Crime, Horror, Mystery
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94. The Skin I Live In (2011)
> Combined score: 2.44 — #3,021 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet, Marisa Paredes
> Director: Pedro Almodóvar
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
93. It (2017)
> Combined score: 2.45 — #2,900 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis
> Director: Andy Muschietti
> Genres: Horror
92. Village of the Damned (1960)
> Combined score: 2.45 — #2,867 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Michael Gwynn, Laurence Naismith
> Director: Wolf Rilla
> Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
91. Horror of Dracula (1958)
> Combined score: 2.45 — #2,867 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling
> Director: Terence Fisher
> Genres: Drama, Horror
90. The Wolf Man (1941)
> Combined score: 2.45 — #2,867 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Maria Ouspenskaya, Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy
> Director: George Waggner
> Genres: Horror
89. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
> Combined score: 2.45 — #2,867 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews
> Director: Dan O’Bannon
> Genres: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
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88. 13 Tzameti (2005)
> Combined score: 2.45 — #2,836 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: George Babluani, Aurélien Recoing, Pascal Bongard, Fred Ulysse
> Director: Géla Babluani
> Genres: Crime, Drama, Horror
87. The Haunting (1963)
> Combined score: 2.46 — #2,819 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn
> Director: Robert Wise
> Genres: Horror
86. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
> Combined score: 2.46 — #2,819 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks, Robert Armstrong
> Director: Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack
> Genres: Action, Adventure, Horror
85. House (1977)
> Combined score: 2.46 — #2,733 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo, Kumiko Ohba, Ai Matsubara
> Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
> Genres: Comedy, Horror
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84. Carrie (1976)
> Combined score: 2.46 — #2,730 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, John Travolta
> Director: Brian De Palma
> Genres: Horror
83. The Conjuring (2013)
> Combined score: 2.46 — #2,705 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor
> Director: James Wan
> Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
82. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)
> Combined score: 2.46 — #2,705 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden, Jesse Moss
> Director: Eli Craig
> Genres: Comedy, Horror
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81. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
> Combined score: 2.47 — #2,681 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi
> Director: Dario Argento
> Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
80. REC (2007)
> Combined score: 2.47 — #2,633 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano, Pablo Rosso
> Director: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
> Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
79. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
> Combined score: 2.48 — #2,605 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury
> Director: Albert Lewin
> Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
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78. Theater of Blood (1973)
> Combined score: 2.48 — #2,573 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews
> Director: Douglas Hickox
> Genres: Comedy, Drama, Horror
77. Them! (1954)
> Combined score: 2.48 — #2,573 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness
> Director: Gordon Douglas
> Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
76. Angst (1983)
> Combined score: 2.48 — #2,541 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Edwin Leder, Silvia Ryder, Edith Rosset, Rudolf Götz
> Director: Gerald Kargl
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
75. Thesis (1996)
> Combined score: 2.48 — #2,509 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega, Xabier Elorriaga
> Director: Alejandro Amenábar
> Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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74. The Wicker Man (1973)
> Combined score: 2.48 — #2,491 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland
> Director: Robin Hardy
> Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
73. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
> Combined score: 2.48 — #2,491 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain
> Director: Tobe Hooper
> Genres: Horror
72. Grindhouse (2007)
> Combined score: 2.48 — #2,491 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Kurt Russell, Rose McGowan, Danny Trejo, Zoë Bell
> Director: Robert Rodriguez, Eli Roth
> Genres: Action, Horror, Thriller
71. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
> Combined score: 2.49 — #2,456 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Halliwell Hobbes, Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart
> Director: Rouben Mamoulian
> Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
70. Re-Animator (1985)
> Combined score: 2.49 — #2,452 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale
> Director: Stuart Gordon
> Genres: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
69. Eraserhead (1977)
> Combined score: 2.49 — #2,396 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates
> Director: David Lynch
> Genres: Fantasy, Horror
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68. The Orphanage (2007)
> Combined score: 2.49 — #2,396 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Príncep, Mabel Rivera
> Director: J.A. Bayona
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery
67. Pi (1998)
> Combined score: 2.49 — #2,396 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Pamela Hart
> Director: Darren Aronofsky
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery
66. Take Shelter (2011)
> Combined score: 2.49 — #2,396 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham, Tova Stewart
> Director: Jeff Nichols
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
65. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
> Combined score: 2.50 — #2,374 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Joe Belcher, Griffin Dunne
> Director: John Landis
> Genres: Comedy, Horror
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64. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
> Combined score: 2.50 — #2,306 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi
> Director: Charles Barton, Walter Lantz
> Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
63. 28 Days Later… (2002)
> Combined score: 2.51 — #2,267 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Alex Palmer
> Director: Danny Boyle
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
62. The Uninvited (1944)
> Combined score: 2.51 — #2,233 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Cornelia Otis Skinner
> Director: Lewis Allen
> Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
61. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
> Combined score: 2.51 — #2,195 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright
> Director: Philip Kaufman
> Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
60. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
> Combined score: 2.51 — #2,195 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Paola Lara, Juan Ramón López, Ianis Guerrero, Tenoch Huerta
> Director: Issa López
> Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
59. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
> Combined score: 2.52 — #2,160 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene
> Director: Sidney Lanfield
> Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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58. The Invisible Man (2020)
> Combined score: 2.52 — #2,160 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer, Aldis Hodge
> Director: Leigh Whannell
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery
57. Santa Sangre (1989)
> Combined score: 2.52 — #2,125 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell, Thelma Tixou
> Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
56. Ringu (1998)
> Combined score: 2.52 — #2,125 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Yûko Takeuchi, Hitomi Satô
> Director: Hideo Nakata
> Genres: Horror, Mystery
55. Suspiria (1977)
> Combined score: 2.52 — #2,068 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé
> Director: Dario Argento
> Genres: Horror
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54. Dead Alive (1992)
> Combined score: 2.53 — #2,047 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Timothy Balme, Diana Peñalver, Elizabeth Moody, Ian Watkin
> Director: Peter Jackson
> Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
53. Dracula (1931)
> Combined score: 2.53 — #2,047 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Dwight Frye
> Director: Tod Browning, Karl Freund
> Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
52. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
> Combined score: 2.53 — #2,022 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul Langton
> Director: Jack Arnold
> Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
51. Cure (1997)
> Combined score: 2.53 — #1,963 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Masato Hagiwara, Kôji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa
> Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
> Genres: Crime, Horror, Mystery
50. The Fly (1986)
> Combined score: 2.54 — #1,901 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel
> Director: David Cronenberg
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
49. The Exorcist (1973)
> Combined score: 2.54 — #1,901 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Lee J. Cobb
> Director: William Friedkin
> Genres: Horror
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48. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
> Combined score: 2.56 — #1,733 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz, Roland Topor
> Director: Werner Herzog
> Genres: Drama, Horror
47. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
> Combined score: 2.56 — #1,733 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund, John Saxon
> Director: Wes Craven
> Genres: Horror
46. Mad Love (1935)
> Combined score: 2.56 — #1,655 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive, Ted Healy
> Director: Karl Freund
> Genres: Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
45. A Quiet Place (2018)
> Combined score: 2.57 — #1,602 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe
> Director: John Krasinski
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
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44. The Evil Dead (1981)
> Combined score: 2.57 — #1,602 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker
> Director: Sam Raimi
> Genres: Horror
43. Onibaba (1964)
> Combined score: 2.57 — #1,573 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satô, Jûkichi Uno
> Director: Kaneto Shindô
> Genres: Drama, Horror
42. Hour of the Wolf (1968)
> Combined score: 2.57 — #1,573 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gertrud Fridh, Georg Rydeberg
> Director: Ingmar Bergman
> Genres: Drama, Horror
41. The Devil’s Backbone (2001)
> Combined score: 2.57 — #1,527 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve
> Director: Guillermo del Toro
> Genres: Drama, Horror
40. Vampyr (1932)
> Combined score: 2.58 — #1,504 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz
> Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
> Genres: Fantasy, Horror
39. Dead of Night (1945)
> Combined score: 2.58 — #1,471 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall
> Director: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton
> Genres: Drama, Horror
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38. The Birds (1963)
> Combined score: 2.58 — #1,444 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette
> Director: Alfred Hitchcock
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery
37. The Wailing (2016)
> Combined score: 2.59 — #1,402 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Jun Kunimura, Jung-min Hwang, Do-won Kwak, Woo-hee Chun
> Director: Hong-jin Na
> Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
36. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
> Combined score: 2.59 — #1,368 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Thomy Bourdelle, Gustav Diessl
> Director: Fritz Lang
> Genres: Crime, Horror, Mystery
35. The Invisible Man (1933)
> Combined score: 2.59 — #1,347 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Henry Travers
> Director: James Whale
> Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
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34. Godzilla (1954)
> Combined score: 2.61 — #1,155 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Takashi Shimura, Akihiko Hirata, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi
> Director: Ishirô Honda
> Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
33. Deep Red (1975)
> Combined score: 2.61 — #1,155 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril
> Director: Dario Argento
> Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
32. Peeping Tom (1960)
> Combined score: 2.61 — #1,144 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, Moira Shearer, Maxine Audley
> Director: Michael Powell
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
31. Repulsion (1965)
> Combined score: 2.61 — #1,136 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux
> Director: Roman Polanski
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
30. Train to Busan (2016)
> Combined score: 2.62 — #1,068 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Gong Yoo, Yu-mi Jung, Ma Dong-seok, Su-an Kim
> Director: Sang-ho Yeon
> Genres: Action, Horror, Thriller
29. The Thing (1982)
> Combined score: 2.62 — #1,033 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur
> Director: John Carpenter
> Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
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28. What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
> Combined score: 2.62 — #1,033 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Jonny Brugh
> Director: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
> Genres: Comedy, Horror
27. The Innocents (1961)
> Combined score: 2.62 — #1,030 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave
> Director: Jack Clayton
> Genres: Horror
26. Curse of the Demon (1957)
> Combined score: 2.63 — #993 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham
> Director: Jacques Tourneur
> Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
25. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
> Combined score: 2.63 — #952 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan
> Director: Don Siegel
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
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24. Kwaidan (1964)
> Combined score: 2.64 — #894 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe, Kenjirô Ishiyama
> Director: Masaki Kobayashi
> Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
23. Get Out (2017)
> Combined score: 2.64 — #880 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener
> Director: Jordan Peele
> Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
22. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
> Combined score: 2.65 — #805 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel, Alexandre Rignault
> Director: Georges Franju
> Genres: Drama, Horror
21. Halloween (1978)
> Combined score: 2.65 — #805 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran, Nancy Kyes
> Director: John Carpenter
> Genres: Horror, Thriller
20. Evil Dead II (1987)
> Combined score: 2.65 — #789 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley DePaiva
> Director: Sam Raimi
> Genres: Comedy, Horror
19. Freaks (1932)
> Combined score: 2.66 — #775 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates
> Director: Tod Browning
> Genres: Drama, Horror
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18. The Shining (1980)
> Combined score: 2.66 — #762 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
> Director: Stanley Kubrick
> Genres: Drama, Horror
17. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
> Combined score: 2.66 — #727 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson
> Director: James Whale
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
16. Nosferatu (1922)
> Combined score: 2.67 — #707 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder
> Director: F.W. Murnau
> Genres: Fantasy, Horror
15. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
> Combined score: 2.67 — #707 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross
> Director: George A. Romero
> Genres: Horror, Thriller
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14. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
> Combined score: 2.67 — #707 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Kyra Schon, Duane Jones, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman
> Director: George A. Romero
> Genres: Horror, Thriller
13. King Kong (1933)
> Combined score: 2.67 — #707 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher
> Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
> Genres: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
12. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
> Combined score: 2.67 — #687 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer
> Director: Roman Polanski
> Genres: Drama, Horror
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11. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
> Combined score: 2.68 — #632 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis
> Director: Edgar Wright
> Genres: Comedy, Horror
10. Frankenstein (1931)
> Combined score: 2.68 — #576 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, John Boles
> Director: James Whale
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
9. Tumbbad (2018)
> Combined score: 2.69 — #551 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Sohum Shah, Jyoti Malshe, Anita Date, Ronjini Chakraborty
> Director: Rahi Anil Barve, Anand Gandhi
> Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
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8. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
> Combined score: 2.69 — #518 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy
> Director: Robert Aldrich
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
7. The Unknown (1927)
> Combined score: 2.69 — #504 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz
> Director: Tod Browning
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Romance
6. Faust (1926)
> Combined score: 2.70 — #449 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard
> Director: F.W. Murnau
> Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
5. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
> Combined score: 2.73 — #291 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
> Director: Robert Wiene
> Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
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4. The Face of Another (1966)
> Combined score: 2.75 — #215 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Mikijirô Hira, Kyôko Kishida, Miki Irie
> Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
> Genres: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
3. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
> Combined score: 2.75 — #200 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, Astrid Holm
> Director: Victor Sjöström
> Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
2. Alien (1979)
> Combined score: 2.81 — #53 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright
> Director: Ridley Scott
> Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
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1. Psycho (1960)
> Combined score: 2.81 — #50 highest out of movies in all genres
> Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin
> Director: Alfred Hitchcock
> Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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