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Greatest Horror Movies!

by galileo57 • Created 13 years ago • Modified 7 years ago
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  • Max von Sydow in The Exorcist (1973)

    1. The Exorcist

    19732h 2mR83Metascore
    8.1 (478K)
    When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda Blair
  • Boris Karloff, John Boles, Mae Clarke, Colin Clive, and Dwight Frye in Frankenstein (1931)

    2. Frankenstein

    19311h 10mApproved91Metascore
    7.8 (84K)
    Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsColin CliveMae ClarkeBoris Karloff
  • Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)

    3. Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

    19221h 34mNot Rated
    7.8 (119K)
    Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
    DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsMax SchreckAlexander GranachGustav von Wangenheim
  • Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, and Heather Dawn May in Psycho (1960)

    4. Psycho

    19601h 49mR97Metascore
    8.5 (752K)
    A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera Miles
  • Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    5. Bride of Frankenstein

    19351h 15mApproved95Metascore
    7.8 (56K)
    Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin Clive
  • Susan Backlinie and Bruce in Jaws (1975)

    6. Jaws

    19752h 4mPG87Metascore
    8.1 (694K)
    When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard Dreyfuss
  • Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

    7. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    19622h 14mApproved75Metascore
    8.0 (65K)
    A former vaudeville child star torments her paraplegic sister, who eclipsed her as a movie star, in their decaying Hollywood mansion while desperately clinging to hopes of a comeback.
    DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBette DavisJoan CrawfordVictor Buono
  • Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

    8. The Silence of the Lambs

    19911h 58mR86Metascore
    8.6 (1.6M)
    A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
    DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott Glenn
  • Lon Chaney Jr. and Evelyn Ankers in The Wolf Man (1941)

    9. The Wolf Man

    19411h 10mApproved72Metascore
    7.2 (33K)
    Upon his return to his father's estate, aristocrat Larry Talbot meets a beautiful woman, attends a mystical carnival and uncovers a horrifying curse.
    DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsClaude RainsWarren WilliamRalph Bellamy
  • Halloween (1978)

    10. Halloween

    19781h 31mR90Metascore
    7.7 (323K)
    Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, to kill again.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceJamie Lee CurtisTony Moran
  • Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, and Harvey Stephens in The Omen (1976)

    11. The Omen

    19761h 51mR62Metascore
    7.5 (141K)
    Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?
    DirectorRichard DonnerStarsGregory PeckLee RemickHarvey Stephens
  • Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren in The Birds (1963)

    12. The Birds

    19631h 59mPG-1390Metascore
    7.6 (213K)
    A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRod TaylorTippi HedrenJessica Tandy
  • Marilyn Eastman, Duane Jones, and Judith Ridley in Night of the Living Dead (1968)

    13. Night of the Living Dead

    19681h 36mR89Metascore
    7.8 (145K)
    A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.
    DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl Hardman
  • David Hedison and Patricia Owens in The Fly (1958)

    14. The Fly

    19581h 34mApproved62Metascore
    7.1 (27K)
    A scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device.
    DirectorKurt NeumannStarsDavid HedisonPatricia OwensVincent Price
  • House of Wax (1953)

    15. House of Wax

    19531h 28mPG68Metascore
    7.0 (21K)
    An associate burns down a wax museum with the owner inside, but he survives only to become vengeful and murderous.
    DirectorAndré De TothStarsVincent PriceFrank LovejoyPhyllis Kirk
  • Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)

    16. Rosemary's Baby

    19682h 17mR96Metascore
    8.0 (248K)
    A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth Gordon
  • King Kong (1933)

    17. King Kong

    19331h 40mApproved92Metascore
    7.9 (94K)
    A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.
    DirectorsMerian C. CooperErnest B. SchoedsackStarsFay WrayRobert ArmstrongBruce Cabot
  • Sissy Spacek in Carrie (1976)

    18. Carrie

    19761h 38mR86Metascore
    7.4 (218K)
    Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsSissy SpacekPiper LaurieAmy Irving
  • Fright Night (1985)

    19. Fright Night

    19851h 46mR62Metascore
    7.0 (84K)
    "Fright Night" sees a teenager believing that the newcomer in his neighborhood is a vampire. He turns to an actor in a television hosted horror movie show for help to deal with the undead.
    DirectorTom HollandStarsChris SarandonWilliam RagsdaleAmanda Bearse
  • Strait-Jacket (1964)

    20. Strait-Jacket

    19641h 33mApproved
    6.8 (7.2K)
    After a 20-year asylum stay for a double ax murder, suspicion arises about Lucy Harbin's behavior as she returns to her daughter Carol, who is engaged to marry Michael Fields. Soon, heads begin to roll again. Is Lucy repeating her past?
    DirectorWilliam CastleStarsJoan CrawfordDiane BakerLeif Erickson
  • Bela Lugosi in Dracula (1931)

    21. Dracula

    19311h 15mPassed71Metascore
    7.3 (62K)
    Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.
    DirectorsTod BrowningKarl FreundStarsBela LugosiHelen ChandlerDavid Manners
  • Boris Karloff, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., J. Carrol Naish, Glenn Strange, and Elena Verdugo in House of Frankenstein (1944)

    22. House of Frankenstein

    19441h 11mApproved
    6.2 (8.3K)
    A deranged scientist escapes from prison and recruits Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and the Wolf Man to get revenge on his behalf.
    DirectorErle C. KentonStarsBoris KarloffLon Chaney Jr.J. Carrol Naish
  • Christina Ricci, Liam Neeson, and Justin Long in After.Life (2009)

    23. After.Life

    20091h 44mR36Metascore
    5.9 (42K)
    After a car accident, a young woman caught between life and death meets a funeral director who claims to have the gift of transitioning the dead into the afterlife.
    DirectorAgnieszka Wojtowicz-VoslooStarsChristina RicciLiam NeesonJustin Long
  • Nelson Eddy and Susanna Foster in Phantom of the Opera (1943)

    24. Phantom of the Opera

    19431h 32mApproved63Metascore
    6.4 (8.9K)
    An acid-scarred composer rises from the Paris sewers to boost his favorite opera understudy's career.
    DirectorArthur LubinStarsNelson EddySusanna FosterClaude Rains
  • Boris Karloff and Zita Johann in The Mummy (1932)

    25. The Mummy

    19321h 13mNot Rated
    7.0 (32K)
    A resurrected Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes to be his long-lost princess.
    DirectorKarl FreundStarsBoris KarloffZita JohannDavid Manners

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