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200 Best Horror Movies of All Time | Rotten Tomatoes
November 3, 2025 - Critics Consensus: A B-movie with an A-level commitment to entertain, Harpoon should hit the target with horror fans in the mood for gory, darkly humorous antics on the open water. Synopsis: Rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension emerge when three friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of [More] Starring: Munro Chambers, Emily Tyra, Christopher Gray, Brett Gelman ... Critics Consensus: One of the best political allegories of the 1950s, Invasion of the Body Snatchers is an efficient, chilling blend of sci-fi and horror.
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Fathom Entertainment
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Scariest & Best New Horror Movies of 2025
August 19, 2025 - We think one movie delivers it all, so, don’t miss our pick for Best Horror Movie of 2025, Skillhouse, the horror film from the writer of Saw X and Jigsaw, that promises to redefine your understanding of terror.
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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 More on reddit.com
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IMDb
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Top 50 Horror Movies
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town. ... 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.
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Best Horror Movies of the 2020s (So Far) | Rotten Tomatoes
November 4, 2024 - Critics Consensus: Hellbender stirs a boiling cauldron of adolescent angst, serving up a coming-of-age story with dark horror overtones. Synopsis: A teen and her mother live simply in a home in the woods, spending their time making metal music. A [More] Starring: Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams, John Adams ... Critics Consensus: A tense, terrifying, and all-around outstanding feature debut for its co-directing duo, The Boy Behind the Door should thrill discerning horror fans.
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Vulture
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The 20 Best Horror Movies on Netflix Right Now
3 days ago - Prepare to be terrified by the best horror movies streaming Netflix, including ‘Train to Busan,’ ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ and ‘What Lies Beneath.’
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Letterboxd
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‎Letterboxd's Top 250 Horror Films, a list of films by Darren Carver-Balsiger • Letterboxd
A list of 250 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Perfect Blue (1997), The Thing (1982), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Psycho (1960) and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992).
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Hollywood Reporter
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The 25 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century, Ranked
September 29, 2025 - THR's chief film critic ranks the 25 best horror movies of the 2000s, from satires to fairy tales, haunted house stories and possession yarns.
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BEST HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME
Two men awaken to find themselves on the opposite sides of a dead body, each with specific instructions to kill the other, escape or face the consequences. These two are the latest contestants in Jigsaw's games.DirectorJames WanStarsCary ElwesLeigh WhannellDanny Glover
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IndieWire
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The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time: Scream, Halloween, and Alien
October 12, 2025 - The 100 best horror movies of all time: Possession, The Thing, Don't Look Now, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Shining, and the Blair Witch Project.
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Time Out
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100 Best Horror Movies of All-Time (Updated for 2025)
October 23, 2025 - Updated for 2025: After a banner few years for the horror genre, several recent films have managed to claw their way into our latest update: 2023’s Talk To Me, which remixes genre tropes into something fresh, frightening and zeitgeisty; 2024’s ...
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Variety
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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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Paste Magazine
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The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time
October 6, 2025 - Here they are--the 100 scariest, strangest and most disturbing horror movies ever made. Watch them if you dare.
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Wikipedia
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List of highest-grossing horror films - Wikipedia
1 day 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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FANGORIA
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15 Bleak As Hell Horror Movies That Will Ruin Your Day
2 weeks ago - The experience of watching Megalomaniac is very much akin to that meme in which Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails tells his audience to strap in for a bad time. Don't say we didn't warn you. ... If the above image makes you feel some type of way, just imagine how all 85 minutes of Possum feels. They say comedians make some of the most terrifying movies, and that's certainly true for this 2018 psychological horror from Mr Garth Marenghi himself, Matthew Holness.
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Metacritic
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Best Horror Movies - Metacritic
In this 1960 French-Italian horror film, a father's love for his daughter becomes a nightmarish obsession, as he sacrifices many innocent girls in his attempt to reconstruct his once-beautiful daughter's disfigured face. ... After witnessing the murder of a famous psychic, a musician teams up with a feisty reporter to find the killer while evading attempts on their lives by the unseen assailant bent on keeping a dark secret buried. ... For the first time in nearly a quarter-century, Alien returns to the big screen with a digitally remastered special edition of director Ridley Scott's science fiction/horror classic.
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BuzzFeed
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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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Complex
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31 Best Horror Movies of All Time, Ranked (2025)
November 5, 2025 - Bela Lugosi steals every scene he is in as Count Dracula; the smooth, charming, and enchanting aura he exudes throughout the film made him what could be the most famous vampire of all time. When Dracula makes the journey to England, he falls in love with a young woman, and she quickly becomes the object of his every desire. Will her fiancé and friends be able to stop the undead Count, or will she join him for all eternity? One of, if not arguably the best, horror movies to emerge in recent times, Hereditary doesn't rely on cheap tricks and excessive gore to elicit scares from its audience; instead, it instills a deep sense of dread and foreboding throughout the film.