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. 12 new

    Les diaboliques

    1955 — a.k.a. Diabolique, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 17 new

    Les yeux sans visage

    1960 — a.k.a. Eyes Without a Face, in 14 top lists Check
  3. 19 new

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 24 new

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
  5. 25 new

    Near Dark

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 32 new

    Peeping Tom

    1960, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 38 new

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  8. 40 new

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 44 new

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  10. 45 new

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  11. 50 new

    Witchfinder General

    1968, in 8 top lists Check
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Last updated on Apr 18, 2014; source