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Top 10 Horror Movies of All Time


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watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 horror
movies of all time this is part of a
series of videos spanning the decades of
horror cinema from the 1920s to the
2000s yeah love this one it’s a screen
baby number 10
Friday the 13th mad enough Friday
to what kicked off the longest-running
horror franchise of all time
this cheaply made sleeper hit was
developed as a response to the success
of Halloween and other holiday themed
horror flicks oh my sweet it was such a
song s Cunningham created something
unstoppable though what started off as a
revenge thriller about a killer stocking
sex crazed teens at Camp Crystal Lake
turned into one of the most iconic
masked faces in horror and which also
spawned sequels spin-offs a TV series
books comics video games you name it
Jason has been to hell and back many
times and it seems like nothing is going
to stop him
number nine Rosemary’s Baby to make baby
having already given us the shocking and
disturbing repulsion and the horror
comedy The Fearless Vampire Killers
earlier in the 1960s Anju will be a
booth with guns no one expected Roman
Polanski to top it all off with his
greatest masterpiece in 1968 what have
you done to it what have you done to his
eyes
one of the most atmospheric and
poetically haunting horror films of all
time Rosemary’s Baby plays on a mother’s
paranoia during her pregnancy the
oscar-winning film follows Mia Farrow
with these probing questions can I trust
my neighbors is my husband out to get me
while I give birth to a demon child
questions every mother has asked herself
right what have you done to him you
maniac
taejun misses father nut guy number 8
the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Franklin can
be a fun trip the early 70s were a time
of cinematic experimentation and horror
directors were doing their best to push
the limits of what they could show on
screen professor turned rogue filmmaker
tobe Hooper had no studio telling him
what to do just a camera a couple of
friends and the hot Texas Sun surly oh
you’re so firm stop stop
what they created is one of the most
unrelenting and visceral projects whose
story of a family of cannibals who
attack an unsuspecting group of teens
was inspired by the killings of a
real-life murderer nightmare-inducing
gritty and way too realistic this one
should only be seen on an empty stomach
number seven a Nightmare on Elm Street
director Wes Craven was inspired by the
true story of a group of people who
actually died while they were dreaming
and created a man of your nightmares
this is God putting a twist on the whole
slasher craze this dark fantasy series
follows the demented and unrelenting
Freddy Krueger a demonic child killer
and king of one-liners ow – Freddy who’s
able to enter your dreams and use
creative ways to end your life
something is innocent as an app can mean
death for the kids of Elm Street right
as they might to stay awake 12 years
later he would help rejuvenate the
horror genre with the slasher classic
scream what’s your favorite scary movie
I don’t know you have to have a favorite
what comes to mind mmm
Halloween number 6 Night of the Living
Dead they’re coming for you look that
comes one of them now the little film
that could this indie masterpiece with
its do-it-yourself horror aesthetic
inspired the likes of Sam Raimi and
countless other future backyard home
movie filmmakers wave of murder which is
sweeping the eastern third of the nation
is being committed by creatures who
feast upon the flesh of their victims
and it also gave birth to a little
something we call the modern zombie
with its deep social commentary and an
original storyline that we’ve now heard
hundreds of times this sci-fi horror
film sees the reanimated dead begin to
roam the earth looking to eat the flesh
of the living
the main story revolves around a group
of poor unfortunate souls that gets
trapped in a small farmhouse and is soon
surrounded by the undead lock up tight
that a ghoul can be killed by a shot in
the head or a heavy blow to the skull
number 5 Dracula one of the most iconic
big-screen portrayal of one of the most
iconic villains of all time makes the
top 5 of our horror movies of all time
list I bid you welcome
Nosferatu was taking over the world and
Universal Studios decided to adapt the
play that already had Bela Lugosi in the
lead she’s good enough tonight
what music today while the studio also
released the equally iconic Frankenstein
film that same year
there’s no ignoring the fact that there
have been hundreds of Dracula’s that
have graced our screens in the last 100
years and people today will still do a
Bela Lugosi impression when pretending
to be the king of vampires
God will is strong and Helsing although
Christopher Lee’s reimagining starting
with 1958 horror of Dracula is a close
second
Lagasse’s eerie gaze and hypnotizing
voice will never be forgotten Indy
number 4
Halloween masked killers were big in the
70s audiences demanded more blood and
gore and they needed faceless monsters
they couldn’t empathize with what human
enter John Carpenter’s stroke of genius
Halloween
what later became the prototype for
every slasher film since and is today
considered a dark masterpiece started
out as an idea for a cheapo film about a
psychotic murderer stocking babysitters
but in the brilliant hands of carpenter
and Deborah Hill where we follow Michael
Myers returning to Haddonfield to finish
up his murder spree you get one of the
most profitable indeed films ever made
number three The Shining Wendy I’m home
master filmmaker Stanley Kubrick has
successfully turned every genre into
cinematic art comedy drama war film
sci-fi historical epic they had to
resort to cannibalism in order to stay
alive which is why people anxiously
awaited to see what he would do with
horror movie he took another master
source material and turned Stephen
King’s already classic novel into what
was hailed as a masterpiece in modern
horror didn’t let me finish my sentence
I said I’m not gonna hurt you
I’m just gonna bash your brains
unforgettable performances iconic
imagery and dialogue stunning locations
ominous camerawork Jack Nicholson’s
descent into insanity Boyle’s ever so
slowly below the surface but people can
only scare and stunt terror and pray it
never happens to them here’s Johnny
number two The Exorcist
what an excellent day for an exorcism um
your mother sucks cocks in hell yeah
flag take a brilliant director and cast
amazing source material experts in sound
editing lighting and unforgettable
special effects and what do you get the
most iconic images in horror cinema an
exercise and terror that dares you to
keep watching and a film that had
audience members throwing up and passing
out meet little Regan who shouldn’t be
playing with Ouija boards she’s just a
kid who now has a demon inside her how
long are you planning to stay in Regan
until she rots and lie stinking in the
earth you’re ready to never sleep again
the carved brain pencil that the power
of Christ compels you before we dig into
our top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
I can go slower heads come on down and
jumps on a dish it
I love you mom dad I’m so sorry
groovy clear
number one psycho this is a prime
example of an established director
taking on disturbing McCobb material and
turning it into gold how does one follow
up brilliant thrillers like vertigo and
North by Northwest give the audience the
shock of their lives a stunning vision
of unrelenting terror Hitchcock went
full-on horror for this twisted tale of
mommy issues
brutality abusive insanity and sexual
violence and yet it was all done with
such style and grace we’re all in our
private traps checking in – Norman Bates
Motel would be the most fatal mistake of
your life but it’s a must watch horror
film
and while he’d also give us the
terrifying and suspenseful the birds
three years later there’s no denying the
impact and influence of this
psychological thriller on the horror and
slasher genre today they’ll see and
they’ll know and they’ll say why she
wouldn’t even have a flag do you agree
with our list yeah sure
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