iCM Forum's Top 250 Highest Rated Horror Movies

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Our highest rated horror films with 5+ votes from IMDb vote histories provided by 57 members. Ties are sorted by highest number of votes.

Includes movies, TV movies and video. Now including documentary.

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Thanks to themagician for creating the original versions of these lists.

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  1. 1 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  3. 3 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  4. 4 -

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 5 -

    Onibaba

    1964, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 6 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 7 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 8 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 9 -

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  10. 10 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  11. 11 +1

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  12. 12 -1

    Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage

    1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check
  13. 14 -

    J'accuse

    1919 — a.k.a. J'accuse!, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 15 +2

    Tanin no kao

    1966 — a.k.a. The Face of Another, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 18 -

    Låt den rätte komma in

    2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check
  16. 19 +1

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 20 +1

    Ghostwatch

    1992, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 21 +2

    Yella

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 22 -

    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 23 +2

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  21. 24 -

    Körkarlen

    1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check
  22. 25 +1

    Baxter

    1989, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 27 +2

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 29 -1

    Dawn of the Dead

    1978, in 15 top lists Check
  25. 30 -11

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  26. 31 +2

    Les yeux sans visage

    1960 — a.k.a. Eyes Without a Face, in 14 top lists Check
  27. 32 +4

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  28. 34 +1

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  29. 35 +3

    Yabu no naka no kuroneko

    1968 — a.k.a. Black Cat, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 36 -4

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  31. 37 -7

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  32. 38 -4

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  33. 39 -2

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  34. 40 +1

    Kaidan

    1964 — a.k.a. Kwaidan, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 41 -1

    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 43 -1

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  37. 44 -1

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  38. 45 -1

    Videodrome

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  39. 46 -1

    Spalovac mrtvol

    1969 — a.k.a. The Cremator, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 50 -4

    The Others

    2001, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 51 -3

    Angst

    1983, in 5 top lists Check
  42. 52 -2

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 53 -2

    The Innocents

    1961, in 12 top lists Check
  44. 57 -2

    Angustia

    1987 — a.k.a. Anguish, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 58 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  46. 59 -3

    28 Days Later...

    2002, in 9 top lists Check
  47. 63 -2

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
  48. 67 -4

    Pontypool

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 68 -6

    Vampyr

    1932, in 18 top lists Check
  50. 70 -4

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
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