The Rough Guide to Horror Movies: 50 Horror Classics

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The Rough Guide to Horror Movies is a comprehensive guide to the world''s most terrifying films. The guide includes all the icons, from Boris Karloff to Wes Craven and Frankenstein to Freddie Kruger, including classics from Argentina, Pakistan, South Africa and the recent chillers from East Asia. The canon of fifty essential horror movies features The Cabinet of Dr Caligari and Switchblade Romance, via Psycho and The Exorcist. Everything you need to know is covered from festivals, adaptations, magazines and merchandise. The guide tells the stories behind the movies that have scared us throughout the twentieth century.

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  1. 36 new

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 45 new

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  3. 41 new

    Scream

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 12 new

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 46 new

    Suspiria

    1977, in 17 top lists Check
  6. 39 new

    Ringu

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  7. 9 new

    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  8. 49 new

    The Uninvited

    1944, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 8 new

    The Cat and the Canary

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
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Last updated on Apr 18, 2014; source