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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Rotten Tomatoes
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200 Best Horror Movies of All Time | Rotten Tomatoes
November 3, 2025 - Critics Consensus: The Exorcist rides its supernatural theme to magical effect, with remarkable special effects and an eerie atmosphere, resulting in one of the scariest films of all time.
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IMDb
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BEST HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME
Yet, time passes, and their friend doesn't come back to get them.DirectorNick HammStarsThora BirchDesmond HarringtonDaniel Brocklebank ... A hospice nurse working at a New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.DirectorIain SoftleyStarsKate HudsonPeter SarsgaardJoy Bryant ... A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.DirectorZack SnyderStarsSarah PolleyVing RhamesMekhi Phifer
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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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Reddit
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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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Hollywood Reporter
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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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Vulture
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The 30 Best Horror Movies on Shudder
3 days ago - A father (Brian Cox of Logan Roy fame) and his son (Emile Hirsch) are preparing the body of a Jane Doe for burial when, well, things start to get weird. Clever and creepy, this is a great horror movie just in time for spooky season. ... One of the best horror films of the 2010s has not been ...
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Reddit
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r/horror on Reddit: What's the best horror movie you've ever seen?
January 19, 2024 -

A few months ago I asked people to name worst horror movie they've ever seen and got a lot of responses. This time I'd like to know about your favorite or the best horror movie you've ever seen. The movie you never get tired of, the one that you'd recommend to any horror enthusiast.

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Netflix Tudum
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29 Best Horror Movies to Watch for a Good Scare - Netflix Tudum
All hail the King of Horror. ... From Emily in Paris to The Talented Mr. Ripley: What to Watch on Netflix · Plus Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Castle Rock, and more. ... From slow burns to instant sparks, these lovebirds had us fully invested. ... Werewolves are a girl’s best friend. ... It’s time to return to this Vampire coven for Season 2.
Published   September 5, 2025
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Rolling Stone
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101 Best Horror Movies of All Time
June 1, 2023 - In moving Jack Finney’s The Body Snatchers out of the Red Scare era and into the San Francisco of the post-Nixon years, this terrifying remake shifts the allegorical function of the emotionless alien imposters, who this time represent nothing ...
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Thrillist
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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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Wikipedia
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List of highest-grossing horror films - Wikipedia
10 hours 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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IMDb
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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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Paste Magazine
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The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time
October 6, 2025 - With its gorgeous, gothic visuals and expanded run-time, Son of Frankenstein is the secret crown jewel of the entire Universal Monster series. —Jim Vorel ... In the ’70s and ’80s, it was hard to beat Italy in terms of fucked-up horror movie content, and given that market’s fondness for the “cannibal film,” is it any surprise they also came to love the zombie genre as well? Zombi 2 is the epitome of all the Italian zombie movies, cleverly implied as essentially a direct follow-up (thematically, not plot-wise) to Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, which had been released in Italy to great success under the title Zombi.
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Letterboxd
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Film list: Variety's 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time
October 10, 2024 - A list of 100 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), The Exorcist (1973), Psycho (1960), Jaws (1975) and Rosemary's Baby (1968). About this list: Source: Variety List credit: R2DRE2
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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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GamesRadar+
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The 30 best horror movies of all time | GamesRadar+
November 14, 2025 - In a thriving genre, our pick for the best horror movie of all time is The Exorcist. Despite releasing in the '70s, the film is still anxiety-inducing and gives viewers the most visceral depiction of a possession on the big screen.
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Time Out
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100 Best Horror Movies of All-Time (Updated for 2025)
October 23, 2025 - ... 📍 Best slasher: Halloween (1978) 📍 Best ghost story: The Innocents (1961) 📍 Best zombie movie: Dawn of the Dead (1978) 📍 Best of the 21st century (so far): Hereditary (2018) 📍 Best Stephen King adaptation: The Shining (1980)
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Empire
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The 50 Best Horror Movies Guaranteed To Chill Your Blood
October 3, 2025 - Read Empire's review of Get Out. Director: Dario Argento | Runtime: 1hr 39m | Streaming on: BFI Player · Starring: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Alida Valli, Udo Kier · Nobody makes horror quite like Dario Argento.
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AFPL Journal
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The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time – AFPL Journal
October 16, 2025 - It showcases a range of films from classics like "The Exorcist" and "Psycho" to modern entries like "Talk to Me." The writer invites engagement on personal favorites and omissions ...