#1
Number One
The Lost Boys
1987
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Top 100 Horror Movies of All Time (2025)
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#2
Thir13en Ghosts
2001
#3
Pet Sematary
1989
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#4
Saw
2004
#5
Child's Play
1988
#6
Sinister
2012
#7
Frailty
2002
#8
Children of the Corn
1984
#9
Final Destination Bloodlines
2025
#10
Zombieland
2009
#11
Weapons
2025
#12
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
2016
#13
Fire in the Sky
1993
#14
Se7en
1995
#15
Stir of Echoes
1999
#16
Child's Play 2
1990
#17
Bloody Birthday
1981
#18
The Cabin in the Woods
2012
#19
Predator
1987
#20
Candyman
1992
#21
The Sixth Sense
1999
#22
Wolf Creek
2005
#23
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
1985
#24
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005
#25
Rose Red
2002
#26
Scream
1996
#27
House on Haunted Hill
1999
#28
Wrong Turn
2021
#29
Jaws
1975
#30
It Follows
2015
#31
The Ring
2002
#32
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006
#33
Tarot
2024
#34
Insidious
2011
#35
Jaws 2
1978
#36
It
1990
#37
Underworld
2003
#38
Ghost Ship
2002
#39
Dolls
1987
#40
Krampus
2015
#41
The Good Son
1993
#42
I Know What You Did Last Summer
1997
#43
Wrong Turn
2003
#44
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
2021
#45
Maximum Overdrive
1986
#46
The Final Destination
2009
#47
House of 1000 Corpses
2003
#48
World War Z
2013
#49
Don't Breathe
2016
#50
Lady in White
1988
#51
The Descent
2005
#52
The Thing
1982
#53
Christine
1983
#54
The Grudge
2004
#55
Hostel
2006
#56
Final Destination 2
2003
#57
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
1993
#58
The Black Phone
2022
#59
Final Destination
2000
#60
Silent Hill
2006
#61
The Conjuring
2013
#62
The Amityville Horror
2005
#63
Halloween
1978
#64
Insidious: Chapter 2
2013
#65
Slugs
1988
#66
The Haunting in Connecticut
2009
#67
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996
#68
The Crazies
2010
#69
It
2017
#70
Starship Troopers
1997
#71
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
2009
#72
Poltergeist
1982
#73
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984
#74
Hellraiser
1987
#75
Freddy vs. Jason
2003
#76
The Fly
1986
#77
Interview with the Vampire
1994
#78
Oculus
2014
#79
Warm Bodies
2013
#80
Alien
1979
#81
The Lawnmower Man
1992
#82
The 'Burbs
1989
#83
Dr. Giggles
1992
#84
The People Under the Stairs
1991
#85
House of Wax
2005
#86
Predator 2
1990
#87
Insidious: The Red Door
2023
#88
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
#89
Beetlejuice
1988
#90
Cube
1998
#91
Cube 2: Hypercube
2002
#92
Halloween II
1981
#93
Jeepers Creepers
2001
#94
Insidious: Chapter 3
2015
#95
Pet Sematary
2019
#96
Sometimes They Come Back
1991
#97
From Hell
2001
#98
Friday the 13th
2009
#99
Evil Dead Rise
2023
#100
Arachnophobia
1990
#101
Scream 2
1997
#102
Sleepy Hollow
1999
#103
Evil Dead
2013
#104
Carrie
1976
#105
Prey
2022
#106
Mother's Day
1980
#107
It's a Wonderful Knife
2023
#108
Terrifier
2018
#109
Saw II
2005
#110
Halloween
2007
#111
Flatliners
1990
#112
Silent Night, Deadly Night
1984
#113
Cabin Fever
2003
#114
Hollow Man
2000
#115
Talk to Me
2023
#116
Under Paris
2024
#117
Trick 'r Treat
2007
#118
10 Cloverfield Lane
2016
#119
White Noise
2005
#120
Anaconda
1997
#121
Wind Chill
2007
#122
Saw V
2008
#123
Open Water
2004
#124
The Purge
2013
#125
Hostel: Part II
2007
#126
Castle Freak
1996
#127
The Perfection
2018
#128
Saw VI
2009
#129
Final Destination 5
2011
#130
Tremors
1990
#131
Ernest Scared Stupid
1991
#132
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
1998
#133
Blade
1998
#134
Cujo
1983
#135
Bird Box
2018
#136
Species
1995
#137
Shaun of the Dead
2004
#138
Mirrors
2008
#139
Urban Legend
1998
#140
Death Becomes Her
1992
#141
The Birds
1963
#142
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974
#143
Goodnight Mommy
2022
#144
Ladykillers
1988
#145
Terrifier 2
2022
#146
Quarantine
2008
#147
100 Feet
2008
#148
Gremlins
1984
#149
Annabelle
2014
#150
Saw IV
2007
#151
Better Watch Out
2017
#152
Haunt
2019
#153
Land of the Dead
2005
#154
Candyman: Day of the Dead
1999
#155
The Lodge
2020
#156
Red Dragon
2002
#157
The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)
2011
#158
Jack Frost
1997
#159
Saw 3D
2010
#160
Bride of Chucky
1998
#161
Together
2025
#162
Rest Stop
2006
#163
P2
2007
#164
Immaculate
2024
#165
Paranormal Activity
2007
#166
The Blair Witch Project
1999
#167
The Babysitter
2017
#168
End of Days
1999
#169
Terrifier 3
2024
#170
Paranormal Activity 2
2010
#171
The Shining
1980
#172
Queen of the Damned
2002
#173
Saw III
2006
#174
Child's Play 3
1991
#175
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
1995
#176
Jigsaw
2017
#177
Final Destination 3
2006
#178
Resident Evil
2002
#179
Cloverfield
2008
#180
Doctor Sleep
2019
#181
Longlegs
2024
#182
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023
#183
The Gallows
2015
#184
The Blackening
2023
#185
The Wicker Man
2006
#186
Paranormal Activity 4
2012