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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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41. The Love Witch (2016)

The Love Witch (2016) is a retro-styled horror-romance: Elaine, a glamorous witch, uses spells and seduction with fatal results. A lush, 60s-inspired visual world probing obsession, loneliness and objectification. read more

Genres: Comedy, Horror, Romance

Filmaffinity Rating 5.8 /10 Metacritic Rating 82 /100 IMDB Rating 6.2 /10 Bmoat Rating 6.7 /10

42. The Fly (1986)

David Cronenberg’s The Fly (1986): scientist Seth Brundle fuses with a housefly during teleportation, slowly becoming the grotesque 'Brundlefly.' A tragic, tense sci‑fi body‑horror about identity, loss and desperate decline. read more

Genres: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Filmaffinity Rating 7.0 /10 Metacritic Rating 81 /100 IMDB Rating 7.6 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.6 /10

43. 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

Filmaffinity Rating 6.5 /10 Metacritic Rating 81 /100 IMDB Rating 7.4 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.3 /10

44. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Little Shop of Horrors (1986): a darkly comic musical horror about shy florist Seymour and his man-eating plant Audrey II. Catchy songs, campy performances, satire, and increasingly grisly stakes as ambition consumes him. read more

Genres: Comedy, Horror, Musical

Filmaffinity Rating 6.7 /10 Metacritic Rating 81 /100 IMDB Rating 7.1 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.3 /10

45. Raw (2016)

Raw (2016) — a visceral coming-of-age body-horror: sheltered vet student Justine develops cannibalistic cravings after hazing, turning awkward family drama into shocking, grisly terror. read more

Genres: Drama, Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 6.3 /10 Metacritic Rating 81 /100 IMDB Rating 6.9 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.1 /10

46. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night: a black‑and‑white, Iranian‑tinged vampire fable. A lone female vampire enacts quiet justice; a shy man finds fragile tenderness amid bleak, moody, slow‑burning visuals. read more

Genres: Drama, Horror, Romance

Filmaffinity Rating 6.3 /10 Metacritic Rating 81 /100 IMDB Rating 6.9 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.1 /10

47. Us (2019)

Jordan Peele's Us: a family's seaside vacation turns nightmarish when violent doppelgängers invade. Tense, claustrophobic horror mixing jolting scares with symbolism about identity, trauma and social unease. read more

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 5.7 /10 Metacritic Rating 81 /100 IMDB Rating 6.8 /10 Bmoat Rating 6.9 /10

48. Goodnight Mommy (2014)

Goodnight Mommy (2014) follows twin boys who suspect the heavily bandaged woman at home after surgery isn't their mother. A slow-burning, atmospheric psychological horror about suspicion, isolation and moral ambiguity. read more

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 6.2 /10 Metacritic Rating 81 /100 IMDB Rating 6.7 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.0 /10

49. Revenge (2017)

Revenge (2017): a brutal, sun‑bleached action‑horror where mistress Jen is raped and left for dead in the desert, survives, arms herself and relentlessly hunts down her wealthy attackers. read more

Genres: Action, Horror, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 5.6 /10 Metacritic Rating 81 /100 IMDB Rating 6.4 /10 Bmoat Rating 6.7 /10

50. Freaks (1932)

Freaks (1932) — a haunting circus drama/horror about Hans, a kind little person betrayed by trapeze artist Cleopatra. Sideshow performers exact brutal revenge, exposing themes of otherness, loyalty and exploitation. read more

Genres: Drama, Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 8.2 /10 Metacritic Rating 80 /100 IMDB Rating 7.8 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.0 /10

51. The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Three film students disappear while investigating the Blair Witch; the film is their found footage, delivering slow-building, claustrophobic dread with natural performances, eerie sounds and ambiguous supernatural hints. read more

Genres: Horror, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 5.1 /10 Metacritic Rating 80 /100 IMDB Rating 6.5 /10 Bmoat Rating 6.5 /10

52. X (2022)

Set in 1979, X follows young filmmakers who go to a Texas farmhouse to shoot an adult film; their exploitative shoot becomes a slow-burn horror of creeping dread, grisly violence and survival. read more

Genre: Horror

Metacritic Rating 80 /100 IMDB Rating 6.5 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.2 /10

53. The Endless (2017)

Two brothers return to the UFO death cult they escaped, uncovering eerie phenomena, time‑bending oddities and a charismatic community. A slow-burn, character-driven, ambiguous cosmic horror. read more

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 5.6 /10 Metacritic Rating 80 /100 IMDB Rating 6.5 /10 Bmoat Rating 6.7 /10

54. Godzilla (1954)

Godzilla (1954) is a bleak, suspenseful sci‑fi horror about a 50‑m monster born from nuclear tests that devastates Japan. It examines post‑war fear, scientific ethics and a grim choice over a world‑ending weapon. read more

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi

Metacritic Rating 79 /100 IMDB Rating 7.5 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.7 /10

55. 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

Filmaffinity Rating 7.1 /10 Metacritic Rating 79 /100 IMDB Rating 7.4 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.5 /10

56. Poltergeist (1982)

Poltergeist: playful hauntings in the Freeling home escalate into terror when daughter Carol Anne vanishes into another realm. TV static, nightmarish set pieces and a psychic try to save her. read more

Genres: Horror, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 6.8 /10 Metacritic Rating 79 /100 IMDB Rating 7.3 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.3 /10

57. Suspiria (1977)

Suspiria (1977) is a hallucinatory supernatural horror in which ballerina Suzy discovers her German dance academy conceals a witches’ coven. Dario Argento’s lurid visuals, Goblin’s pounding score and sudden violence create a dreamlike, nightmarish atmosphere. read more

Genre: Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 6.6 /10 Metacritic Rating 79 /100 IMDB Rating 7.3 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.3 /10

58. Let Me In (2010)

Let Me In: melancholic coming-of-age horror where lonely 12-year-old Owen befriends mysterious Abby, a vampire with a violent protector tied to grisly murders. read more

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 6.4 /10 Metacritic Rating 79 /100 IMDB Rating 7.1 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.1 /10

59. Green Room (2015)

Green Room (2015) is a brutal, claustrophobic horror-thriller: a punk band trapped in a bar after witnessing neo‑Nazi murder, forced into a violent, desperate fight for survival. Graphic, tense, relentless. read more

Genres: Horror, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 6.1 /10 Metacritic Rating 79 /100 IMDB Rating 7.0 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.0 /10

60. The Innocents (2021)

Set in a luminous Nordic summer, The Innocents follows children who secretly discover dangerous powers. Play turns to menace as telekinesis and uncanny ties cause harm, moral confusion, and tragic consequences. read more

Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Metacritic Rating 79 /100 IMDB Rating 7.0 /10 Bmoat Rating 7.5 /10

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