Best horror movies of all time imdb - Page 4
In the following page, you will see a ranking of the bests horror movies of all time. We have gathered the ratings of Imdb, Metacritic, Filmaffinity and crafted our own algorithm and generated the following ratings.
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61. Scream (1996)
A year after her mother's murder, Sidney Prescott faces a masked killer terrorizing Woodsboro, taunting victims by phone. As bodies mount, Sidney, reporter Gale and deputy Dewey race through red herrings, shocks and meta-horror twists. read more
Genres: Horror, Mystery
5.8
/10
66
/100
7.4
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6.6
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62. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984): burned, claw‑gloved Freddy Krueger stalks and kills teens in their dreams after their parents' role in his death. Nancy races to stay awake, uncover his Elm Street link, and stop him before they die. read more
Genre: Horror
6.6
/10
76
/100
7.4
/10
7.2
/10
63. The Lighthouse (2019)
The Lighthouse (2019) is a black‑and‑white, hallucinatory drama-horror about two keepers trapped on a stormy isle whose isolation, booze and rivalry dissolve sanity into myth and violence. read more
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
6.6
/10
83
/100
7.4
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7.4
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64. Dracula (1992)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) is an operatic romance-horror: Dracula moves from Transylvania to Victorian London, spreading seductive terror and tragedy as Harker’s circle and Van Helsing confront him amid lush, gothic visuals. read more
Genres: Fantasy, Horror
57
/100
7.4
/10
6.5
/10
65. The Evil Dead (1981)
The Evil Dead (1981) is a raw, relentless horror about friends in a remote cabin who unleash an ancient evil via the Necronomicon; possession, grisly body horror, and frantic survival leave one desperate survivor. read more
Genre: Horror
6.6
/10
71
/100
7.4
/10
7.0
/10
66. Carrie (1976)
Carrie (1976) follows shy, religiously repressed teen Carrie White whose telekinetic powers erupt after cruel humiliation and a prom prank, triggering a catastrophic, bloody revenge that blends psychological horror and tragedy. read more
Genres: Horror, Mystery
7.0
/10
86
/100
7.4
/10
7.7
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67. REC (2007)
A late‑night reporter and cameraman follow firefighters into a sealed Barcelona apartment where a violent, spreading infection turns their segment into a claustrophobic, found‑footage nightmare of mounting dread. read more
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
71
/100
7.4
/10
7.2
/10
68. Army of Darkness (1992)
Army of Darkness (1992): Bruce Campbell's Ash is trapped in 1300 A.D., sent to fetch the Necronomicon. A botched spell unleashes Deadites, prompting a gory, comic siege—campy, bloody cult fun. read more
Genres: Comedy, Horror
59
/100
7.4
/10
6.7
/10
69. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) follows five friends who stumble on Leatherface and his cannibal family at an isolated farmhouse; brutal, low-budget horror emphasizing relentless dread, gore and realism. read more
Genre: Horror
91
/100
7.4
/10
8.2
/10
70. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a campy, transgressive rock‑musical horror‑comedy: a straight‑laced couple stumble into Dr. Frank‑N‑Furter’s mansion, triggering seduction, chaos, earworm songs and cult midnight revelry. read more
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Musical
7.0
/10
65
/100
7.4
/10
7.0
/10
71. The Orphanage (2007)
El Orfanato (2007): a slow-burning horror-mystery about motherhood, memory and guilt. A woman returns to her childhood orphanage; when her adopted son vanishes, buried traumas and possibly supernatural secrets surface. read more
Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery
6.7
/10
74
/100
7.4
/10
7.2
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72. Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Jacob's Ladder (1990): Vietnam vet Jacob Singer, tormented by grief, guilt and war flashbacks, slips between reality and nightmare amid hallucinations and a shadowy conspiracy — a study of trauma. read more
Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery
6.8
/10
62
/100
7.4
/10
6.8
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73. Untitled Alien Project (2024)
Fede Álvarez’s Alien: Romulus throws young scavengers into a claustrophobic survival nightmare after they unleash a brutal alien. Atmosphere-driven dread, strong young cast and visceral practical effects — a lean, acclaimed franchise entry. read more
Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
64
/100
7.4
/10
6.9
/10
74. The Wailing (2016)
The Wailing (2016) is a slow-burning South Korean folk‑horror mystery: a stranger brings murders and illness to a mountain village; sergeant Jong‑goo fights to save his sick daughter as superstition and the supernatural blur. Atmospheric, ambiguous. read more
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
6.5
/10
81
/100
7.4
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7.3
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75. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a slow, paranoid sci‑fi horror set in San Francisco where plantlike pods replace people with emotionless duplicates, creating creeping dread, mistrust, and a tense, lingering finale. read more
Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
7.1
/10
75
/100
7.4
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7.3
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76. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Set in 1939 during the Spanish Civil War's end, The Devil’s Backbone follows orphaned Carlos at a mysterious school haunted by a ghost, an unexploded bomb, and human secrets—an atmospheric, political ghost story. read more
Genres: Drama, Horror
6.2
/10
78
/100
7.4
/10
7.1
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77. Dracula (1931)
Dracula (1931): Bela Lugosi’s hypnotic Count leaves Transylvania for England, preys on women, and is pursued by Van Helsing and allies. A theatrical, atmospheric gothic classic that defined early sound horror. read more
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
7.1
/10
71
/100
7.4
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7.2
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78. The Haunting (1963)
Dr. Markway rents Hill House to prove ghosts, bringing Luke, Theodora and fragile Nell. The mansion's unseen forces erode Nell’s sanity in a slow‑burn, atmospheric haunted‑house study of grief, repression and ambiguous terror. read more
Genre: Horror
6.3
/10
74
/100
7.4
/10
7.0
/10
79. Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Werner Herzogs Nosferatu (1979) ist eine melancholische, kunstvolle Dracula‑Nacherzählung: langsames, atmosphärisches Gothichorror‑Drama mit Kinski als tragisch‑animalischem Graf, Adjani als verletzliche Lucy. read more
Genres: Drama, Horror
7.1
/10
79
/100
7.4
/10
7.5
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80. Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007)
Bhool Bhulaiyaa: a horror-comedy where newlyweds awaken a vengeful spirit by opening a forbidden room in an ancestral mansion. Siddharth hires quirky psychiatrist Dr. Aditya to solve the eerie, funny mystery. read more
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
7.4
/10
7.4
/10
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