The 100 Best Horror Films
Here is our selection of the best one hundred films to chill the blood
and bring on the nightmares. From the mist-shrouded Gothic fantasies to
modern urban zombie and slasher flicks, there is no escaping the monstrous fiends
that the Devil himself has sent to torment and horrify us, with a little
help from the suppliers of Kensington Gore...
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1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) James Whale |
2. The Exorcist (1973) William Friedkin |
3. Dawn of the Dead (1978) George A. Romero |
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4. The Shining (1980) Stanley Kubrick |
5. Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari (1920) Robert Wiene |
6. Rosemary’s Baby (1968) Roman Polanski |
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7. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Wes Craven |
8. The Haunting (1963) Robert Wise |
9. The Thing (1982) John Carpenter |
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10. Night of the Living Dead (1968) George A. Romero |
11. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) Tobe Hooper |
12. Alien (1979) Ridley Scott |
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13. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) Rupert Julian |
14. Frankenstein (1931) James Whale |
15. Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) F.W. Murnau |
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16. Dead of Night (1945) Alberto Cavalcanti |
17. Halloween (1978) John Carpenter |
18. Vampyr (1932) Carl Theodor Dreyer |
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19. The Innocents (1961) Jack Clayton |
20. Repulsion (1965) Roman Polanski |
21. Don’t Look Now (1973) Nicolas Roeg |
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22. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Don Siegel |
23. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Jonathan Demme |
24. Witchfinder General (1968) Michael Reeves |
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25. Young Frankenstein (1974) Mel Brooks |
26. Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Roger Corman |
27. The Nanny (1965) Seth Holt |
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28. Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920) Carl Boese |
29. Dance of the Vampires (1967) Roman Polanski |
30. The Birds (1963) Alfred Hitchcock |
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31. Scream (1996) Wes Craven |
32. The Mummy (1932) Karl Freund |
33. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) Terence Fisher |
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34. Them! (1954) Gordon Douglas |
35. Quatermass 2 (1957) Val Guest |
36. The Invisible Man (1933) James Whale |
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37. The Plague of the Zombies (1966) John Gilling |
38. Les Yeux sans visage (1960) Georges Franju |
39. Village of the Damned (1960) Wolf Rilla |
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40. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) John S. Robertson |
41. The Spiral Staircase (1945) Robert Siodmak |
42. Night of the Demon (1957) Jacques Tourneur |
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43. Dracula (1958) Terence Fisher |
44. The Vampire Lovers (1970) Roy Ward Baker |
45. Son of Frankenstein (1939) Rowland V. Lee |
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46. Dracula (1931) Tod Browning |
47. An American Werewolf in London (1981) John Landis |
48. Peeping Tom (1960) Michael Powell |
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49. The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) Val Guest |
50. Cat People (1942) Jacques Tourneur |
51. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) Rouben Mamoulian |
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52. Psycho (1960) Alfred Hitchcock |
53. The Fog (1980) John Carpenter |
54. King Kong (1933) Merian C. Cooper |
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55. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Jack Arnold |
56. Friday the 13th (1980) Sean S. Cunningham |
57. Quatermass and the Pit (1967) Roy Ward Baker |
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58. House of Usher (1960) Roger Corman |
59. The Thing from Another World (1951) Christian Nyby |
60. The Stepford Wives (1975) Bryan Forbes |
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61. La Chute de la maison Usher (1928) Jean Epstein |
62. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Philip Kaufman |
63. The Reptile (1966) John Gilling |
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64. The Scarlet Claw (1944) Roy William Neill |
65. The Pearl of Death (1944) Roy William Neill |
66. The Devil Rides Out (1968) Terence Fisher |
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67. The Wicker Man (1973) Robin Hardy |
68. Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1933) Fritz Lang |
69. The Omen (1976) Richard Donner |
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70. From Beyond the Grave (1973) Kevin Connor |
71. Freaks (1932) Tod Browning |
72. The Unknown (1927) Tod Browning |
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73. Taste of Fear (1961) Seth Holt |
74. The Phantom Carriage (1921) Victor Sjöström |
75. The Masque of the Red Death (1964) Roger Corman |
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76. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) Terence Fisher |
77. Le Locataire (1976) Roman Polanski |
78. Wait Until Dark (1967) Terence Young |
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79. She (1965) Robert Day |
80. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) Terence Fisher |
81. Carry On Screaming (1966) Gerald Thomas |
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82. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) Terence Fisher |
83. The Gorgon (1964) Terence Fisher |
84. Day of the Dead (1985) George A. Romero |
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85. The War of the Worlds (1953) Byron Haskin |
86. Dracula’s Daughter (1936) Lambert Hillyer |
87. It Came from Outer Space (1953) Jack Arnold |
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88. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) Otto Preminger |
89. Jaws (1975) Steven Spielberg |
90. The Brides of Dracula (1960) Terence Fisher |
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91. The Ghoul (1933) T. Hayes Hunter |
92. The Wolf Man (1941) George Waggner |
93. The Fly (1958) Kurt Neumann |
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94. I Walked with a Zombie (1943) Jacques Tourneur |
95. Tarantula (1955) Jack Arnold |
96. Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) Peter Sasdy |
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97. The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) Roger Corman |
98. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) Sidney Lanfield |
99. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) Wallace Worsley |
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100. Blind Terror (1971) Richard Fleischer |
101. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Charles Barton |
102. House on Haunted Hill (1959) William Castle |
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103. The Evil Dead (1981) Sam Raimi |
104. House of Wax (1953) André De Toth |
105. La Main du diable (1943) Maurice Tourneur |
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106. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) William Dieterle |
107. Straight on Till Morning (1972) Peter Collinson |
108. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Jack Arnold |
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