Watching a good horror movie can take your mind off the routine tensions. Check out the list of the top 50 scariest horror movies ever, given in this article.

List Of Horror Movies

Creaking doors, screams in the background, howling wind, dead eyes staring at you and darkness all over - just the perfect setting to scare someone! So, whether it is the Halloween celebrations, just a casual pyjama party at a friend’s house, an all-cousins meet or even being alone with your siblings at your house, bringing in the element of horror is an excellent way to have an unforgettable night. Add to this, a scintillating drama, weird character and some horrific events and you would have a movie of your own. It is the mysterious, fearful yet inviting characteristic of horror setting that gave rise to the emergence of horror movies and horror serials.
 
Did you know that there is a lot more to horror movies than dangerous plots and horrific looks? Actually, it is not all that dangerous and terrifying in the first place (otherwise who would have the courage of making it). It is basically the camera tricks and sound effects, coupled with some great editing that makes a horror movie bloodcurdling. While the early horror movies were mostly based on literature, the recent ones are usually based on science fiction. Keeping this in mind, we have presented the list of the top 50 scariest horror movies of all times, in the lines given below.
 
List of Top 50 Scariest Horror Movies Ever 
  • Aliens (Director - James Cameron, 1986)
  • Black Sunday (Director - Mario Bava, 1960)
  • Cape Fear (Director - J. Lee Thompson, 1962)
  • Child’s Play (Director - Tom Holland, 1988)
  • Child’s Play Part 2 (Director - John Lafia, 1990)
  • Child’s Play Part 3 (Director - Jack Bender, 1991)
  • Children of the Corn (Director - Fritz Kiersch, 1984)
  • Darkness Falls (Director - Jonathan Liebesman, 2003)
  • Demons (Director - Lamberto Bava, 1986)
  • Don't Look Now (Director - Nicolas Roeg, 1973)
  • Dracula (Director - Terence Fisher, 1958)
  • Exorcism of Emily Rose (Director - Scott Derrickson)
  • Exorcist (Director - William Friedkin, 1973)
  • Frankenstein (Director - James Whale, 1931)
  • Friday the 13th (Director - Sean S. Cunningham, 1930)
  • Ghost Ship (Director - Steve Beck, 2002)
  • Gothika (Director - Mathieu Kassovitz, 2003)
  • Halloween (Director - John Carpenter,1978)
  • Hellraiser (Director - Clive Barker, 1987)
  • House on Haunted Hill (Director - William Castle, 1959)
  • Jaws (Director - Steven Spielberg, 1975)
  • Night of the Living Dead (Director - George A. Romero, 1968)
  • Nightmare on the Elm Street (Director - Wes Craven, 1984)
  • Omen (Director - Richard Donner)
  • Omen Part 2 (Director - Don Taylor, 1978)
  • Omen Part 3 (Director - Graham Baker, 1981)
  • Pet Sematary (Director - Mary Lambert, 1989)
  • Psycho (Director - Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
  • Re-Animator (Director - Stuart Gordon, 1985)
  • Rosemary's Baby (Director - Roman Polanski, 1968)
  • Saw (Director - James Wan, 2004)
  • Saw II (Director - Darren Lynn Bousman, 2005)
  • Scream (Director - Wes Craven, 1996)
  • Signs (Director - M. Night Shyamalan, 2002)
  • Silence of the Lambs (Director - Jonathan Demme, 1991)
  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Director - Tobe Hooper, 1974)
  • The Beyond (Director - Lucio Fulci, 1981)
  • The Black Cat (Director - Edgar G. Ulmer, 1934)
  • The Blair Witch Project (Director - Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez, 1999)
  • The Grudge (Director - Takashi Shimizu, 2004)
  • The Hills Have Eyes (Director - Alexandre Aja, 2006)
  • The Howling (Director - Joe Dante, 1981)
  • The Ring (Director - Hideo Nakata, 1998)
  • The Ring Part 2 (Director - Hideo Nakata, 2005)
  • The Shining (Director - Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
  • Thirteen Ghosts (Director - William Castle, 1960)
  • Vampire in Brooklyn (Director - Wes Craven, 1995)
  • Village of the Damned (Director - Wolf Rilla, 1960)
  • Wait Until Dark (Director - Terence Young, 1967)
  • When a Stranger Calls (Director - Fred Walton, 1979)

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