Top 100 Horror Movies List

#20 Horror Movie

The Woman in Black (2012) PG-13

A young lawyer travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.

Director:

James Watkins

Writers:

Susan Hill, Jane Goldman

Stars:

Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciarán Hinds

#19 Horror Movie

Evil Dead II (1987) X

The lone survivor of an onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits holds up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.

Director:

Sam Raimi

Writers:

Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel

Stars:

Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks

#18 Horror Movie

Friday the 13th (2005) R

A group of camp counselors is stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp which, years before, was the site of a child's drowning.

Director:

Sean S. Cunningham

Writers:

Victor Miller, Sean S. Cunningham

Stars:

Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Jeannine Taylor

#17 Horror Movie

House of 1000 Corpses (2003) R

Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of murder end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.

Director:

Rob Zombie

Writers:

Rob Zombie

Stars:

Sid Haig, Karen Black, Bill Moseley

#16 Horror Movie

Red State (2011) R

Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.

Director:

Kevin Smith

Writers:

Kevin Smith

Stars:

Michael Parks, Melissa Leo, John Goodman

#15 Horror Movie

Hostel (2005) R

Three backpackers head to a Slovak city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.

Director:

Eli Roth

Writers:

Eli Roth

Stars:

Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson

#14 Horror Movie

Saw (2004) R

Two strangers awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there or why, and soon discover they are pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious serial killer.

Director:

James Wan

Writers:

Leigh Whannell, James Wan

Stars:

Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover

#13 Horror Movie

The Witch (2015) R

A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.

Director:

Robert Eggers

Writers:

Robert Eggers

Stars:

Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie

#12 Horror Movie

The Omen (1976) R

Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?

Director:

Richard Donner

Writers:

David Seltzer

Stars:

Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Stephens

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#11 Horror Movie

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) R

A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger.

Director:

Neil Jordan

Writers:

Anne Rice

Stars:

Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas

#10 Horror Movie

The Devil's Rejects (2005) R

The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape a vengeful police force which is not afraid of being as ruthless as their target.

Director:

Rob Zombie

Writers:

Rob Zombie

Stars:

Sid Haig, Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley

#9 Horror Movie

28 Days Later... (2002) R

Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.

Director:

Danny Boyle

Writers:

Alex Garland

Stars:

Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston

#8 Horror Movie

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) R

Two siblings visit their grandfather's grave in Texas along with three of their friends and are attacked by a family of cannibalistic psychopaths.

Director:

Tobe Hooper

Writers:

Kim Henkel, Tobe Hooper

Stars:

Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger

#7 Horror Movie

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

A group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse.

Director:

George A. Romero

Writers:

John A. Russo, George A. Romero

Stars:

Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman

#6 Horror Movie

Rosemary's Baby (1968) R

A young couple move into an apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins to control her life.

Director:

Roman Polanski

Writers:

Ira Levin, Roman Polanski

Stars:

Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon

#5 Horror Movie

Hellraiser (1987) R

An unfaithful wife encounters the zombie of her dead lover; demons are pursuing him after he escaped their sadomasochistic underworld.

Director:

Clive Barker

Writers:

Clive Barker

Stars:

Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence

#4 Horror Movie

Psycho (1960) R

A Phoenix secretary steals $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers:

Joseph Stefano, Robert Bloch

Stars:

Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles

#3 Horror Movie

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) X

Several people are hunted by a cruel serial killer who kills his victims in their dreams. While the survivors are trying to find the reason for being chosen, the murderer won't lose any chance to kill them as soon as they fall asleep.

Director:

Wes Craven

Writers:

Wes Craven

Stars:

Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund

#2 Horror Movie

The Exorcist (1973) R

When a preteen girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.

Director:

William Friedkin

Writers:

William Peter Blatty

Stars:

Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair

#1 Horror Movie

The Shining (1980) R

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.

Director:

Stanley Kubrick

Writers:

Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick

Stars:

Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd

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