What are the best horror movies ever? So What Scares you the most – In a Film? A Study says that its the fear of fear that scares every alive person on the planet. And this is what many film makers use while plotting a good horror film. You may not be scared of the ghost or the paranormal killer itself in the film but the tension build around the plot and the high voltage drama depicted is what scares you most while watching a horror film. The Horror genre is one of the root genre of the film industry and you will find a wide range of horror films with various sub genres. While there are thousands of horror films released till date yet (SADLY) there are only few horror films that actually sent a shiver down the spine of audience present in the cinema hall.
The History of horror films dates back to the silent era. However Horror films gained more popularity in the 50s decade. In the 60s and 70s they were explored at different levels. Many horror films did good business at box office in these two decades. The 80s decade gave way to horror comedies (not included in list). The 90s decade used the formula of found footage. The 00s decade focused heavily on Paranormal horror films.
Every person has a different kind of fear. Some get scared of paranormal activities shown on screen while some need a real figure, a killer to get scared of. There are many who enjoys both. Irrespective of the sub genre, i bet no one will reject the offer of watching a horror movie. Watching a horror film alone at night in a dark room, it gives kind of shiver, thrill and adventure to you, of which hardly any one will reject. So which horror film is actually scary enough to scare the $#!+ out of you when you watch it alone at night?
Here is a list of 100 Scariest Horror films Ever made in the cinema. You will find a wide range of horror films ranging from Paranormal/Supernatural horror movies to Psychological Thriller horror movies to Slasher horror films to sci fi horror films. Some of the sub genres of horror films like Zombie Movies, Vampire Movies and Apocalypse movies have made genre of their own so you will also find them in the list.
Here is the list of 100 Greatest Horror films of All time:
Contents
100. The Ghost and the Darkness
Director – Stephen Hopkins
Cast – Val Kilmer, Michael Douglas
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 51%
Release Date – 1 October 1996
Box Office – $75,019,405
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
99. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Director – Robert Aldrich
Cast – Victor Buono, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 6 November 1962
Box Office – $9.5 million
Genre – Drama, Horror, Thriller
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
98. Bug
Director – William Friedkin
Cast – Michael Shannon, Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jr., Lynn Collins
IMDB Rating – 6.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 61%
Release Date – 30 June 2006
Box Office – $8.1 million
Genre – Drama, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
97. May (2002)
Director – Lucky McKee
Cast – Anna Faris, Angela Bettis, James Duval, Jeremy Sisto
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 68%
Release Date – 7 February 2003
Box Office – $634,803
Genre – Drama, Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
96. The Haunting (1963)
Director – Robert Wise
Cast – Claire Bloom, Russ Tamblyn, Julie Harris, Richard Johnson
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 25 August 1963
Box Office – $1.02 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
95. Splinter
Director – Toby Wilkins
Cast – Jill Wagner, Paulo Costanzo, Shea Whigham, Rachel Kerbs
IMDB Rating – 6.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 74%
Release Date – 31 October 2008
Box Office – $478,931
Genre – Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
94. Ginger Snaps
Director – John Fawcett
Cast – Katharine Isabelle, Mimi Rogers, Emily Perkins, Kris Lemche
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 89%
Release Date – 11 May 2001
Box Office – $572,781
Genre – Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
93. Inside
Director – Julien Maury
Cast – Alysson Paradis, Béatrice Dalle
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 13 June 2007
Box Office – $530,000
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
92. The Awakening (2011)
Director – Nick Murphy
Cast – Dominic West, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Rebecca Hall, Imelda Staunton
IMDB Rating – 6.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 61%
Release Date – 11 November 2011
Box Office – $4,490,365
Genre – Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
91. Bad Taste (1987)
Director – Peter Jackson
Cast – Pete O’Herne, Mike Minett, Terry Potter, Peter Jackson
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 68%
Release Date – 24 September 2000
Box Office – $150,000
Genre – Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
90. Shadow of the Vampire
Director – E. Elias Merhige
Cast – Willem Dafoe, John Aden Gillet, Eddie Izzard, John Malkovich, Cary Elwes
IMDB Rating – 6.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 82%
Release Date – 25 January 2001
Box Office – $11.2 million
Genre – Drama, Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
89. Carriers
Director – Àlex Pastor, David Pastor
Cast – Piper Perabo, Lou Taylor Pucci, Emily VanCamp, Chris Pine
IMDB Rating – 6
Rotten Tomatoes – 66%
Release Date – 4 September 2009
Box Office – $5,802,422
Genre – Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
88. Fright Night (1985)
Director – Tom Holland
Cast – Amanda Bearse, Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale, Stephen Geoffreys
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 2 August 1985
Box Office – $24.9 million
Genre – Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
87. The Devil’s Backbone
Director – Guillermo del Toro
Cast – Eduardo Noriega, Íñigo Garcés, Marisa Paredes, Federico Luppi, Fernando Tielve
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 20 April 2001
Box Office – $6.5 million
Genre – Drama, Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
86. Trollhunter
Director – André Øvredal
Cast – Hans Morten Hansen, Johanna Mørck, Otto Jespersen, Tomas Alf Larsen, Knut Nærum
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 82%
Release Date – 29 October 2010
Box Office – $ 24 million
Genre – Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
85. Dog Soldiers
Director – Neil Marshall
Cast – Emma Cleasby, Kevin McKidd, Liam Cunningham, Sean Pertwee
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 77%
Release Date – 10 May 2002
Box Office – $ 5 million
Genre – Action, Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
84. In the Mouth of Madness
Director – John Carpenter
Cast – Jürgen Prochnow, Sam Neill, Charlton Heston, Julie Carmen
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 59%
Release Date – 18 March 1995
Box Office – $8.9 million
Genre – Drama, Horror, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –
83. High Tension
Director – Alexandre Aja
Cast – Maïwenn, Philippe Nahon, Cécile de France
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 40%
Release Date – 18 June 2003
Box Office – $6.8 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
82. Session 9
Director – Brad Anderson
Cast – Peter Mullan, Josh Lucas, David Caruso, Paul Guilfoyle, Stephen Gevedon
IMDB Rating – 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 64%
Release Date – 10 August 2001
Box Office – $1,612,259
Genre – Horror, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –
81. Freaks (1932)
Director – Tod Browning
Cast – Olga Baclanova, Wallace Ford, Roscoe Ates, Leila Hyams
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – February 20, 1932
Box Office – $ 1 million
Genre – Drama, Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
80. The Frighteners
Director – Peter Jackson
Cast – Trini Alvarado, Dee Wallace Stone, Michael J. Fox, John Astin, Peter Dobson, Jeffrey Combs
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 63%
Release Date – 17 July 1996
Box Office – $29.3 million
Genre – Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
79. Wolf Creek
Director – Greg McLean
Cast – Nathan Phillips, Kestie Morassi, John Jarratt, Cassandra Magrath
IMDB Rating – 6.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 53%
Release Date – 24 January 2005
Box Office – $35 million
Genre – Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
78. Case 39
Director – Christian Alvart
Cast – Jodelle Ferland, Bradley Cooper, Renée Zellweger, Ian McShane
IMDB Rating – 6.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 21%
Release Date – 13 August 2009
Box Office – $28.2 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
77. Dead Silence
Director – James Wan
Cast – Amber Valletta, Michael Fairman, Ryan Kwanten, Donnie Wahlberg, Bob Gunton, Joan Heney
IMDB Rating – 6.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 20%
Release Date – 16 March 2007
Box Office – $22.2 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
76. Flatlines
Director – Joel Schumacher
Cast – William Baldwin, Kiefer Sutherland, Oliver Platt, Julia Roberts
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 48%
Release Date – 10 August 1990
Box Office – $61.3 million
Genre – Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
75. Slither
Director – James Gunn
Cast – Gregg Henry, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker, Elizabeth Banks
IMDB Rating – 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 31 March 2006
Box Office – $12.8 million
Genre – Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
74. They Live
Director – John Carpenter
Cast – Meg Foster, Roddy Piper, Keith David
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 4 November 1988
Box Office – $13 million
Genre – Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
73. Eden Lake
Director – James Watkins
Cast – Michael Fassbender, Jack O’Connell, Kelly Reilly, Finn Atkins
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – 12 September 2008
Box Office – $3,983,997
Genre – Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
72. The Fog (1980)
Director – John Carpenter
Cast – Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, John Houseman
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 76%
Release Date – 1 February 1980
Box Office – $21.3 million
Genre – Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
71. Black Death
Director – Christopher Smith
Cast – John Lynch, Kimberley Nixon, Sean Bean, Tim McInnerny, Eddie Redmayne, Andy Nyman
IMDB Rating – 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 71%
Release Date – 11 June 2010
Box Office – $272,445
Genre – Action, Drama, History
Awards – None
Plot –
70. Suspiria (1974)
Director – Dario Argento
Cast – Stefania Casini, Barbara Magnolfi, Jessica Harper, Susanna Javicoli, Flavio Bucci, Stefania Casini, Miguel Bosé
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – February 1, 1977
Box Office – ₤1.43 billion
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
69. Candyman
Director – Bernard Rose
Cast – Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons, Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 74%
Release Date – 11 September 1992
Box Office – $25.7 million
Genre – Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
68. Jacob’s Ladder
Director – Adrian Lyne
Cast – Danny Aiello, Elizabeth Peña, Tim Robbins
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 72%
Release Date – 2 November 1990
Box Office – $26.1 million
Genre – Drama, Horror, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –
67. Child’s Play
Director – Tom Holland
Cast – Chris Sarandon, Catherine Hicks
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 67%
Release Date – 9 November 1988
Box Office – $44.2 million
Genre – Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
66. Sinister
Director – Scott Derrickson
Cast – Fred Thompson, Ethan Hawke, James Ransone, Juliet Rylance
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 64%
Release Date – 5 October 2012
Box Office – $87.7 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
65. Videodrome
Director – David Cronenberg
Cast – Deborah Harry, James Woods, Les Carlson, Sonja Smits, Jack Creley, Peter Dvorsky
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 80%
Release Date – 4 February 1983
Box Office – $2.1 million
Genre – Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
64. Stigmata
Director – Rupert Wainwright
Cast – Jonathan Pryce, Rade Šerbedžija, Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Nia Long
IMDB Rating – 6.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 22%
Release Date – 10 September 1999
Box Office – $89.4 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
63. Mama
Director – Andrés Muschietti
Cast – Megan Charpentier, Jessica Chastain, Daniel Kash, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Isabelle Nélisse
IMDB Rating – 6.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 64%
Release Date – 18 January 2013
Box Office – $146.4 million
Genre – Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
62. Scanners
Director – David Cronenberg
Cast – Stephen Lack, Jennifer O’Neill, Lawrence Dane, Michael Ironside, Patrick McGoohan
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 76%
Release Date – 14 January 1981
Box Office – $14.2 million
Genre – Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
61. Don’t Look Now (1973)
Director – Nicolas Roeg
Cast – Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 16 October 1973
Box Office – $ 1 million
Genre – Drama, Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
60. Eraserhead
Director – David Lynch
Cast – Allen Joseph, Jack Nance, Jeanne Bates, Charlotte Stewart
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – 19 March 1977
Box Office – $7 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
59. Pet Sematary
Director – Mary Lambert
Cast – Denise Crosby, Fred Gwynne, Miko Hughes, Brad Greenquist, Dale Midkiff, Blaze Berdahl
IMDB Rating – 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 52%
Release Date – 21 April 1989
Box Office – $57.5 million
Genre – Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
58. Martyrs
Director – Pascal Laugier
Cast – Mylène Jampanoï, Morjana Alaoui
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 59%
Release Date – 3 September 2008
Box Office – $1.1 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
57. The Mothman Prophecies
Director – Mark Pellington
Cast – Debra Messing, Richard Gere, Lucinda Jenney, Laura Linney, Will Patton
IMDB Rating – 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 52%
Release Date – 25 January 2002
Box Office – $55.1 million
Genre – Drama, Horror, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –
56. A Tale of Two Sisters
Director – Kim Jee-woon
Cast – Yum Jung-ah, Im Soo-jung, Kim Kap-soo, Moon Geun-young
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 13 June 2003
Box Office – $1 million
Genre – Drama, Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
55. Repulsion
Director – Roman Polanski
Cast – Yvonne Furneaux, John Fraser, Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 11 June 1965
Box Office – $3.1 million
Genre – Drama, Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
54. The Host (2006)
Director – Bong Joon-ho
Cast – Park Hae-il, Byun Hee-bong, Song Kang-ho, Bae Doona
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 27 July 2006
Box Office – $89.4 million
Genre – Action, Drama, Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
53. Hostel
Director – Eli Roth
Cast – Derek Richardson, Barbara Nedeljáková, Jay Hernandez, Eyþór Guðjónsson
IMDB Rating – 5.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 61%
Release Date – 6 January 2006
Box Office – $80.6 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
52. Re-Animator
Director – Stuart Gordon
Cast – David Gale, Bruce Abbott, Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – 18 October 1985
Box Office – $2 million
Genre – Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
51. The Skin I Live In
Director – Pedro Almodóvar
Cast – Marisa Paredes, Antonio Banderas, Jan Cornet, Elena Anaya, Roberto Álamo
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 19 May 2011
Box Office – $30.8 million
Genre – Drama, Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
50. The Woman in Black
Director – James Watkins
Cast – Janet McTeer, Daniel Radcliffe, Liz White, Ciarán Hinds
IMDB Rating – 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 66%
Release Date – 24 January 2012
Box Office – $127 million
Genre – Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
49. King Kong (1933)
Director – Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Cast – Bruce Cabot, Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 2 March 1933
Box Office – $5.3 million
Genre – Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
48. The Fly
Director – David Cronenberg
Cast – John Getz, Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 15 August 1986
Box Office – $60.6 million
Genre – Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
47. Carrie (1976)
Director – Brian De Palma
Cast – Piper Laurie, Sissy Spacek, John Travolta
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – 3 November 1976
Box Office – $33.8 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
46. Audition (1999)
Director – Takashi Miike
Cast – Eihi Shiina, Ryo Ishibashi
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 3 March 2000
Box Office – $ 1 million
Genre – Drama, Horror, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –
45. The Omen (1976)
Director – Richard Donner
Cast – David Warner, Gregory Peck, Billie Whitelaw, Lee Remick
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 84%
Release Date – 6 June 1976
Box Office – $60.9 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
44. Frankenstein (1931)
Director – James Whale
Cast – Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Dwight Frye, John Boles, Mae Clarke
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 21 November 1931
Box Office – $12 million
Genre – Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
43. Tremors
Director – Ron Underwood
Cast – Finn Carter, Kevin Bacon, Michael Gross, Fred Ward
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 19 January 1990
Box Office – $16,667,084
Genre – Comedy, Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
42. Dead Alive
Director – Peter Jackson
Cast – Elizabeth Moody, Timothy Balme, Ian Watkin, Diana Peñalver
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 86%
Release Date – 13 August 1992
Box Office – $242,623
Genre – Comedy, Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
41. The Lost Boys
Director – Joel Schumacher
Cast – Edward Herrmann, Corey Haim, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric, Barnard Hughes
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 74%
Release Date – 8 August 1987
Box Office – $32.2 million
Genre – Comedy, Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
40. An American Werewolf in London
Director – John Landis
Cast – Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine, David Naughton, Griffin Dunne
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 21 August 1981
Box Office – $62 million
Genre – Comedy, Horror
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
39. The Birds
Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Cast – Jessica Tandy, Rod Taylor, Veronica Cartwright, Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette
IMDB Rating – 7.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – 28 March 1963
Box Office – $11.4 million
Genre – Drama, Horror, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –
38. The Crazies
Director – Breck Eisner
Cast – Danielle Panabaker, Timothy Olyphant, Joe Anderson, Radha Mitchell
IMDB Rating – 6.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 71%
Release Date – 23 February 2010
Box Office – $55 million
Genre – Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
37. Nosferatu (1922)
Director – F. W. Murnau
Cast – Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, Max Schreck
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 17 February 1922
Box Office – $ 1 million
Genre – Fantasy, Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
36. Stir Of Echoes
Director – David Koepp
Cast – Kathryn Erbe, Kevin Dunn, Kevin Bacon, Illeana Douglas
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 67%
Release Date – 10 September 1999
Box Office – $21.1 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
35. The Strangers
Director – Bryan Bertino
Cast – Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler
IMDB Rating – 6.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 48%
Release Date – 30 May 2008
Box Office – $82.4 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
34. The Grudge
Director – Takashi Shimizu
Cast – KaDee Strickland, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Clea DuVall, Jason Behr
IMDB Rating – 5.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 39%
Release Date – 22 October 2004
Box Office – $187.2 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
33. Mirrors
Director – Alexandre Aja
Cast – Paula Patton, Amy Smart, Kiefer Sutherland
IMDB Rating – 6.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 15%
Release Date – 15 August 2008
Box Office – $77.5 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –
32. Poltergeist
Director – Tobe Hooper
Cast – Beatrice Straight, JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 4 June 1982
Box Office – $121.7 million
Genre – Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
31. Shutter (2004)
Director – Banjong Pisanthanakun, Parkpoom Wongpoom
Cast – Natthaweeranuch, Achita Sikamana, Ananda Everingham, Thongmee
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes –58%
Release Date – 9 September 2004
Box Office – $6,989,456
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
30. Vacancy
Director – Nimród Antal
Cast – Luke Wilson, Ethan Embry, Kate Beckinsale, Frank Whaley
IMDB Rating – 6.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 55%
Release Date – 20 April 2007
Box Office – $35.3 million
Genre – Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
29. Rosemary’s Baby
Director – Roman Polanski
Cast – Sidney Blackmer, John Cassavetes, Maurice Evans, Mia Farrow, Ruth Gordon
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 99%
Release Date – 12 June 1968
Box Office – $33.4 million
Genre – Drama, Horror
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
Plot –
28. [Rec]
Director – Paco Plaza, Jaume Balagueró
Cast – Jorge-Yamam Serrano, Vicente Gil, Manuela Velasco, Pablo Rosso, Ferrán Terraza, David Vert
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 23 November 2007
Box Office – $32.5 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
27. 1408
Director – Mikael Håfström
Cast – Mary McCormack, John Cusack, Tony Shalhoub, Samuel L. Jackson
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – 12 June 2007
Box Office – $132 million
Genre – Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –
26. Psycho
Director – Alfred Hitchcock
Cast – John Gavin, Anthony Perkins, John McIntire, Vera Miles, Martin Balsam
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 16 June 1960
Box Office – $50 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
25. The Mist
Director – Frank Darabont
Cast – William Sadler, Andre Braugher, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Thomas Jane, Laurie Holden, Toby Jones, Chris Owen, Alexa Davalos
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 72%
Release Date – 21 November 2007
Box Office – $57.3 million
Genre – Horror, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
24. 28 Days Later/28 Weeks Later
Director – Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Cast – Harold Perrineau, Robert Carlyle, atherine McCormack, Jeremy Renner, Rose Byrne
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 71%
Release Date – 26 April 2007
Box Office – $64.2 million
Genre – Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
Plot –
23. Insidious
Director – James Wan
Cast – Barbara Hershey, Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 66%
Release Date – 31 March 2011
Box Office – $97 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
22. Jaws
Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Robert Shaw, Lorraine Gary, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – Richard Dreyfuss
Box Office –$470.7 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Awards – Won 3 Oscars
Plot –
21. The Cabin in the Woods
Director – Drew Goddard
Cast – Anna Hutchison, Jesse Williams, Kristen Connolly, Fran Kranz, Chris Hemsworth
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – March 9, 2012
Box Office – $66.5 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
Plot –
20. Drag me to Hell
Director – Sam Raimi
Cast – Dileep Rao, Alison Lohman, David Paymer, Justin Long, Lorna Raver
IMDB Rating – 6.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 92%
Release Date – 27 May 2009
Box Office – $90.8 million
Genre – Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
Plot –
19. The Blairwitch Project
Director – Eduardo Sánchez, Daniel Myrick
Cast – Joshua Leonard, Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams
IMDB Rating – 6.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 87%
Release Date – 16 July 1999
Box Office – $248.6 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery
Awards – None
Plot –
18. The Conjuring
Director – James Wan
Cast – Ron Livingston, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Vera Farmiga
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – July 15, 2013
Box Office – $319.5 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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17. The Descent
Director – Neil Marshall
Cast – Saskia Mulder, Natalie Mendoza, Shauna Macdonald, Alex Reid
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 4 August 2006
Box Office – $57.1 million
Genre – Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
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16. Scream Series
Director – Wes Craven
Cast – Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Rose McGowan, Neve Campbell, Matthew Lillard
IMDB Rating – 7.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – 18 December 1996
Box Office – $173 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery
Awards – None
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15. Hellraiser Series
Director – Clive Barker
Cast – Ashley Laurence, Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins
IMDB Rating – 7
Rotten Tomatoes – 69%
Release Date – 10 September 1987
Box Office – $14 million
Genre – Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
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14. Wrong Turn Series
Director – Rob Schmidt
Cast – Rob Schmidt, Desmond Harrington, Kevin Zegers, Eliza Dushku, Jeremy Sisto
IMDB Rating – 6.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 40%
Release Date – 30 May 2003
Box Office – $28.7 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
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13. The Hills Have Eyes Series (2006)
Director – Alexandre Aja
Cast – Dee Wallace, Robert Houston, John Steadman, Susan Lanier, Martin Speer, Russ Grieve, Michael Berryman,
IMDB Rating – 6.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 52%
Release Date – 10 March 2006
Box Office – $25 million
Genre – Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
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12. A Nightmare on Elm Street Series
Director – Wes Craven
Cast – Amanda Wyss, Ronee Blakley, Johnny Depp, John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, Nick Corri
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – 9 November 1984
Box Office – $25.5 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
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11. Paranormal Activity Series
Director – Oren Peli
Cast – Micah Sloat, Katie Featherston
IMDB Rating – 6.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – October 14, 2007
Box Office – $193.4 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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10. Saw Series
Director – James Wan
Cast – Monica Potter, Ken Leung, Cary Elwes, Michael Emerson, Danny Glover
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 49%
Release Date – 1 October 2004
Box Office –$103.9 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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9. Friday the 13th Series (1980)
Director – Sean S. Cunningham
Cast – Laurie Bartram, Betsy Palmer, Mark Nelson, Harry Crosby, Adrienne King
IMDB Rating – 6.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 62%
Release Date – 9 May 1980
Box Office – $59.8 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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8. Night of the Living Dead Series (1968)
Director – George A. Romero
Cast – Marilyn Eastman, Judith O’Dea, Karl Hardman, Duane Jones
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – October 1, 1968
Box Office – $30 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
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7. Alien Series
Director – Ridley Scott
Cast – Veronica Cartwright, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Harry Dean Stanton, Sigourney Weaver
IMDB Rating – 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – May 25, 1979
Box Office – $104.9–203.6 million
Genre – Horror, Sci-Fi
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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6. The Exorcist Series
Director – William Friedkin
Cast – Kitty Winn, Max von Sydow, Ellen Burstyn, Lee J. Cobb
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 26 December 1973
Box Office – $441.3 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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5. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Series (1974)
Director – Tobe Hooper
Cast – Paul A. Partain, Jim Siedow, Marilyn Burns, Gunnar Hansen, Edwin Neal
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 1 October 1974
Box Office – $30.9 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
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4. Halloween (1978)
Director – John Carpenter
Cast – Nancy Loomis, Donald Pleasence, P. J. Soles, Jamie Lee Curtis
IMDB Rating – 7.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 16 November 1978
Box Office – $60–70 million
Genre – Horror, Thriller
Awards – None
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3. The Ring (2002)
Director – Gore Verbinski
Cast – Martin Henderson, Brian Cox, Naomi Watts
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 71%
Release Date – October 18, 2002
Box Office – $249.3 million
Genre – Horror, Mystery
Awards – None
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2. The Evil Dead Series (1981)
Director – Sam Raimi
Cast – Hal Delrich, Bruce Campbell, Betsy Baker, Ellen Sandweiss
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 95%
Release Date – October 15, 1981
Box Office – $2.4 million
Genre – Horror
Awards – None
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1. The Shining
Director – Stanley Kubrick
Cast – Scatman Crothers, Jack Nicholson, Danny Lloyd, Shelley Duvall
IMDB Rating – 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 23 May 1980
Box Office – $44.4 million
Genre – Drama, Horror
Awards – None
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So How many of these horror films have you seen? Did we missed any scary, disturbing horror film in the list? Do you think we over rated any horror film in the list? Then do let us know in the comments. Please note that we have not included any horror comedy movies in the list, so do not give any suggestion about that.
