it depends, if u wanna see • something creepy : Mother! Orphan Shutter Get out Sinister Babadook The strangers Truth or dare • if u wanna see something with jumpscares: The nun The conjuring Insidious Lights out The exorcist III The Grudge Incantation • if u wanna see some found footage horrors: As above so below Creep 1 & 2 Rec Esp The Blair witch project Paranormal activity Antrum The pyramid • if u wanna see some psychological horrors with good art: Midsommar The menu Possum The killing of a sacred deer The vvitch • if u wanna see something a bit disgusting / not so legal: Megan is missing Red room 1 & 2 The Poughkeepsie types The human centipede A serbian film Skinamarink Cannibal holocaust Martyrs Trauma I spit on your grave Salò, or the 120 days of Sodom Hostel Incident in a Ghostland Answer from Ok_Bee_6529 on reddit.com
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200 Best Horror Movies of All Time | Rotten Tomatoes
November 3, 2025 - Critics Consensus: Similar to the original in all the right ways -- but with enough changes to stand on its own -- Let Me In is the rare Hollywood remake that doesn't add insult to inspiration. Synopsis: Bullied at school, neglected at home and incredibly lonely, 12-year-old Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) spends his days plotting revenge on his [More] Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Cara Buono ... Critics Consensus: Rare Exports is an unexpectedly delightful crossbreed of deadpan comedy and Christmas horror.
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Top 50 Horror Movies
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
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The Top 10 Scariest Horror Films of All Time - According to Rotten Tomatoes
What scares us is so subjective that any attempt to make a list like this will be met by both applause and derision. That said, it's a pretty good list, although I think Sinister is overrated (except for the videos) and I think the first part of the IT miniseries was scarier than either parts of the movie version. More on reddit.com
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r/horror on Reddit: What are the greatest horror movies of all time ???
January 13, 2023 -

So there are heaps of movies that people claim are the greatest movies of time and must see movies

Movies like

Gone with the win

E.T

close encounters of the third kind

Schindlers list

And the list goes on and on

What would be make the list of the greatest and must see horror films of all time?

There is literally well over 100 years of horror movies to choose from

Fun fact the 1898 movie house if the devil was start of the genre

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List of highest-grossing horror films - Wikipedia
3 days ago - The following page lists the highest-grossing horror films, highest-grossing horror film franchises at the box office and the biggest opening weekends for many horror films. The figures have not been adjusted for inflation. † Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing ...
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The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time: Critics' Pick
October 31, 2024 - From "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" to "Get Out," Variety selects the 100 best horror movies of all time.
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28 Horror Films That "Scarred" People For Eternity, And I Didn't Know Half Of These Existed
October 5, 2025 - One by one, these fugitives from fate fall victim to the grim reaper." ... "Soon after moving into a suburban tract home, Katie (Katie Featherston) and Micah (Micah Sloat) become increasingly disturbed by what appears to be a supernatural presence.
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The 25 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century, Ranked
September 29, 2025 - Luca Guadagnino’s sumptuous horror romance, adapted from the novel by Camille DeAngelis, is a love story bathed in the pools of blood spilled during the cannibal protagonists’ feeding times. The Italian director also bathes the movie in unexpected sweetness, poetry, lush sensuality and emotional depth.
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What are some classic horror movies of all time? - Quora
Answer (1 of 13): The exorcist. The thing (1982) , Silver bullet , Children of the corn (1984) , Evil dead (Classics) & Reboot (2013) , Fright Night 1 & 2 (classic) , child’s play series (only the classic) not reboot , A nightmare on elm street ...
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42 Best Horror Movies of All Time | Hulu Guides
October 1, 2025 - The best horror movies of all time are streaming now, including ‘Saw,’ ‘Scream,’ ‘The Omen,’ and more.
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All Time Worldwide Box Office for Horror Movies
Overview of the various Worldwide Genres box office records for All Movies available at The Numbers.
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horror movies which are actually scary and not gory
very good story and the movie doesn't really look that dated and again...mr.kurt russell. love the setting in the cold and snow...pretty gory ... When an island off the coast of Ireland is invaded by bloodsucking aliens, the heroes discover that getting drunk is the only way to survive.DirectorJon WrightStarsKillian CoyleStuart GrahamMichael Hough · horror comedy and really well done...read my review
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18 Best Hollywood Horror Movies That Will Scare You To The Core | Filmfare.com
September 19, 2025 - Horror movie fan? Check out the 18 best Hollywood horror movies that will scare you to the core, you should definitely binge-watch.
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BEST HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny Lloyd
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101 Best Horror Movies of All Time
June 1, 2023 - It seems the latter sent his thick-accented buddy to a Siberian gulag after World War I and married the man’s wife; the estate’s master may also dabble in what Manners dubs “supernatural baloney” in his spare time. (“Supernatural, perhaps,” intones Lugosi. “Baloney…perhaps not!”) Revenge, black masses, a homoerotic skin-flaying sequence and some of the most Expressionistic set design this side of Doc Caligari’s office are on deck, with director Edgar G. Ulmer finding exactly the right blend of campiness and creepiness.—D.F. ... As a rule, no good ever comes from trekking out into nature in a horror movie.
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The 25 Scariest Horror Movies of All Time, Ranked
From Stanley Kubrick's The Shining to William Friedkin's The Exorcist, here are the scariest movies from horror cinema. The Grady girls, played by Lisa and Louise Burns, stand together in a hallway in The ShiningImage via Warner Bros.
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The 10 Scariest Horror Movies Ever | Rotten Tomatoes
November 4, 2024 - You may not agree that The Exorcist is the scariest movie ever, but it probably also isn’t much of a surprise to see it at the top of our list — with a whopping 19% of all the votes cast.
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r/horror on Reddit: The Top 10 Scariest Horror Films of All Time - According to Rotten Tomatoes
March 11, 2025 -
  1. The Exorcist (1973)

  2. Hereditary (2018)

  3. The Conjuring (2013)

  4. The Shining (1980)

  5. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

  6. The Ring (2002)

  7. Halloween (1978)

  8. Sinister (2012)

  9. Insidious (2010)

  10. It (2017)

This list isn’t the greatest thing I’ve ever seen but it isn’t the worst. Personally, Sinister is my pick for all time scariest but in no world can I see It breaking too 10.

What do you guys think?

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The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time
October 6, 2025 - But his deep knowledge and clearly slavish devotion to the tropes of the horror genre that are on display in Cabin in the Woods, which neatly breaks down the “five man band” of camp-style slashers while being simultaneously uproarious and gratifyingly unique. Another film that sat in development hell after completion because studios weren’t sure how to market it, the movie can probably thank the Hollywood ascendancy of Chris Hemsworth for the fact that it eventually got a release, but the powerhouse performances come from Kristen Connolly, Fran Kranz, and especially Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins, whose wry commentary as this horror story’s puppet masters is indispensable and never short of side-splitting.
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Best Horror Movies of All Time, Ranked: Scariest Movies Ever Made - Thrillist
October 30, 2020 - We count down the 75 best horror films of all time, and let zombies, psychopaths, Freddy Krueger, and others duke it out.
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Which are the best horror movies in Hollywood? - Quora
Answer (1 of 335): Horror film is a genre that aims to create a sense of fear, panic, alarm, and dread for the audience. These films are often unsettling and rely on scaring the audience through a portrayal of their worst fears and nightmares. Horror films usually center on the arrival of an evil...