Indiewire's The 100 Greatest Horror Movies of All-Time

Indiewire's The 100 Greatest Horror Movies of All-Time's icon

Created by John Milton.

Favorited 6 times, disliked 0 times, added to 6 watchlists.

From underseen Laird Cregar vehicles to a Russian chiller based on a Nikolai Gogol story, from J-Horror to the Mexican gem "Alucarda," these are the best horror movies the genre has to offer.

By Christian Blauvelt, Kate Erbland, Eric Kohn, Anne Thompson, David Ehrlich, Jamie Righetti, Michael Nordine, Chris O'Falt, Tambay Obenson, Steve Greene

originally published Oct 23, 2018

Remove ads

Pssst, want to check out the Indiewire's The 100 Greatest Horror Movies of All-Time list in our new look?

  1. 6 new

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 8 new

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  3. 11 new

    Profondo rosso

    1975 — a.k.a. Deep Red, in 9 top lists Check
  4. 15 new

    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 25 new

    Suspiria

    1977, in 17 top lists Check
  6. 27 new

    The Omen

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 28 new

    Kairo

    2001 — a.k.a. Pulse, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 30 new

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  9. 33 new

    Scream

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 40 new

    The Others

    2001, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 45 new

    The Blair Witch Project

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 49 new

    The Lodger

    1944, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 50 new

    Candyman

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  14. 51 new

    The Spiral Staircase

    1946, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 56 new

    Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 59 new

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  17. 62 new

    Jacob's Ladder

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 64 new

    Janghwa, Hongryeon

    2003 — a.k.a. A Tale of Two Sisters, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 67 new

    Black Christmas

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 68 new

    Dressed to Kill

    1980, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 70 new

    The Seventh Victim

    1943, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 76 new

    Le pacte des loups

    2001 — a.k.a. Brotherhood of the Wolf, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 77 new

    House on Haunted Hill

    1959, in 1 top list Check
  24. 78 new

    Spoorloos

    1988 — a.k.a. The Vanishing, in 15 top lists Check
  25. 83 new

    The Ghost Ship

    1943, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 94 new

    Ecologia del delitto

    1971 — a.k.a. A Bay of Blood, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 98 new

    The Changeling

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 99 new

    The Ring

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 100 new

    Village of the Damned

    1960, in 5 top lists Check
Remove ads
Show all 100 movies

Last updated on Oct 24, 2018; source