Top 500 Horror Movies

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The top 500 horror movies as selected by votes of users on the IMDb horror boards. Movies from virtually all decades are included in this list.

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  1. 8 -

    Black Christmas

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 11 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  3. 20 -

    Scream

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 30 -

    Village of the Damned

    1960, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 39 -

    Tenebre

    1982 — a.k.a. Tenebrae, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 40 -

    [Rec]

    2007 — a.k.a. REC, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 41 -

    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  8. 50 -

    The Omen

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 51 -

    Candyman

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  10. 58 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  11. 59 -

    Janghwa, Hongryeon

    2003 — a.k.a. A Tale of Two Sisters, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 68 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  13. 70 -

    House on Haunted Hill

    1959, in 1 top list Check
  14. 81 -

    Communion

    1976 — a.k.a. Alice Sweet Alice, in 1 top list Check
  15. 82 -

    Suspiria

    1977, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 84 -

    Jacob's Ladder

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 86 -

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 87 -

    Duel

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 89 -

    L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo

    1970 — a.k.a. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 101 -

    Ringu

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 104 -

    The Legend of Hell House

    1973, in 1 top list Check
  22. 105 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  23. 111 -

    6 donne per l'assassino

    1964 — a.k.a. Blood and Black Lace, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 114 -

    Profondo rosso

    1975 — a.k.a. Deep Red, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 116 -

    The Changeling

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 117 -

    The Others

    2001, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 119 -

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  28. 120 -

    The Spiral Staircase

    1946, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 132 -

    Misterios de ultratumba

    1959 — a.k.a. The Black Pit of Dr. M, in 0 top lists Check
  30. 133 -

    The House That Dripped Blood

    1971, in 1 top list Check
  31. 135 -

    Session 9

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 137 -

    Friday the 13th Part 2

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  33. 139 -

    Non si sevizia un paperino

    1972 — a.k.a. Don't Torture a Duckling, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 142 -

    Saw

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 143 -

    The Most Dangerous Game

    1932, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 144 -

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    1939, in 1 top list Check
  37. 148 -

    Opera

    1987, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 150 -

    Child's Play

    1988, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 152 -

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 154 -

    Operazione paura

    1966 — a.k.a. Kill Baby, Kill, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 158 -

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 160 -

    ¿Quién puede matar a un niño?

    1976 — a.k.a. Who Can Kill a Child?, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 161 -

    The Exorcist III

    1990, in 1 top list Check
  44. 165 -

    Tales of Terror

    1962, in 1 top list Check
  45. 168 -

    Cosa avete fatto a Solange?

    1972 — a.k.a. What Have You Done to Solange?, in 1 top list Check
  46. 179 -

    The Lodger

    1944, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 184 -

    Wes Craven's New Nightmare

    1994, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 185 -

    The Ring

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 194 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  50. 195 -

    Mystery of the Wax Museum

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
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