IMDb's Horror Top 50

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Horror films are designed to frighten and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience. Horror films feature a wide range of styles, from the earliest silent Nosferatu classic, to today's CGI monsters and deranged humans. They are often combined with science fiction when the menace or monster is related to a corruption of technology, or when Earth is threatened by aliens. There are many sub-genres of horror: slasher, teen terror, serial killers, satanic, Dracula, Frankenstein, etc.

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  1. 1 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  3. 3 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  4. 4 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  5. 5 +1

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 6 +1

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 7 +1

    Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage

    1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check
  8. 8 +1

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 9 +1

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 10 +1

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  11. 11 +1

    Ai no mukidashi

    2008 — a.k.a. Love Exposure, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 12 +1

    Spalovac mrtvol

    1969 — a.k.a. The Cremator, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 13 +1

    Körkarlen

    1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check
  14. 14 +1

    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
  15. 15 +1

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  16. 16 +1

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  17. 17 +1

    Onibaba

    1964, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 18 +1

    Kaidan

    1964 — a.k.a. Kwaidan, in 13 top lists Check
  19. 20 +1

    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 21 +1

    Dawn of the Dead

    1978, in 15 top lists Check
  21. 22 +1

    Låt den rätte komma in

    2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check
  22. 23 +1

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  23. 24 +1

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  24. 25 +1

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  25. 26 +1

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  26. 27 +1

    The Innocents

    1961, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 28 +1

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  28. 29 +1

    Evil Dead II

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 30 +1

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  30. 31 +1

    The Unknown

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  31. 32 +1

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 34 +1

    Saw

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 36 +1

    The Others

    2001, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 37 +1

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 38 +1

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 40 +1

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  37. 41 +1

    Les yeux sans visage

    1960 — a.k.a. Eyes Without a Face, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 42 +1

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  39. 43 +1

    Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

    2000, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 44 +1

    The Man Who Laughs

    1928, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 45 +1

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 46 +1

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    1931, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 47 +1

    The Incredible Shrinking Man

    1957, in 10 top lists Check
  44. 48 +1

    The Crow

    1994, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 49 +1

    The Omen

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 50 new

    28 Days Later...

    2002, in 9 top lists Check
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