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. 3 new

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

    1987, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 4 new

    Michael Jackson: Thriller

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 5 -4

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  4. 7 -5

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  5. 9 new

    Supernatural

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 10 -7

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  7. 11 -7

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  8. 12 new

    Riget

    1994 — a.k.a. The Kingdom, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 14 -9

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  10. 15 -9

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  11. 16 -9

    Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage

    1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 18 -10

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 19 -10

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  14. 20 -10

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  15. 21 -10

    Spalovac mrtvol

    1969 — a.k.a. The Cremator, in 13 top lists Check
  16. 22 -10

    Körkarlen

    1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check
  17. 23 -10

    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 24 -10

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  19. 25 -10

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  20. 26 -10

    Onibaba

    1964, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 27 -10

    Kaidan

    1964 — a.k.a. Kwaidan, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 29 -10

    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 30 -9

    Dawn of the Dead

    1978, in 15 top lists Check
  24. 31 -11

    Låt den rätte komma in

    2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 32 -10

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  26. 33 -9

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  27. 34 -11

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  28. 35 -10

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 36 -10

    The Innocents

    1961, in 12 top lists Check
  30. 37 new

    The Vampire Diaries

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  31. 38 -11

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  32. 39 -11

    Evil Dead II

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 40 -11

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  34. 41 -11

    The Unknown

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 42 -11

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  36. 44 -12

    Saw

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 45 -11

    The Others

    2001, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 46 -10

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  39. 48 -11

    The Birds

    1963, in 18 top lists Check
  40. 49 -11

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  41. 50 -10

    Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

    2000, in 2 top lists Check
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