List added by Hexenkult on 28 February 2009 09:47

Important & Influential Horror Films

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8.2

8.1

1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

1920 (February)
Germany
Dir: Robert Wiene

8.1

7.4

2. The Golem (1920)

1920 (October)
Germany
Dir: Paul Wegener / Carl Boese

Hexenkult's rating:

8.2

7.9

3. The Phantom Chariot (1921)

1921 (January)
Sweden
Dir: Victor Sjöström

376

8.1

4. Nosferatu (1922)

1922 (March)
Germany
Dir: F.W. Murnau

Hexenkult's rating:

7.9

7.8

5. Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922)

1922 (April)
Germany
Dir: Fritz Lang

8.2

7.8

6. Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)

1922 (September)
Sweden
Dir: Benjamin Christensen

Hexenkult's rating:

6.8

7.4

7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)

1923 (September)
USA
Dir: Wallace Worsley

8.8

7.2

8. The Hands of Orlac (1924)

1924 (September)
Germany/Austria
Dir: Robert Wiene

8.5

7.1

9. Waxworks (1924)

1924 (November)
Germany
Dir: Paul Leni / Leo Birinsky

6.3

10. The Monster (1925)

1925 (March)
USA
Dir: Roland West

7.8

11. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

1925 (September)
USA
Dir: Rupert Julian

Hexenkult's rating:

8.4

12. Faust (1926)

1926 (October 14)
Germany
Dir: F.W. Murnau

7.4

13. The Man Who Cheated Life (1926)

1926 (October 25)
Germany
Dir: Henrik Galeen

8.5

7.9

14. The Unknown (1927)

1927 (June)
USA
Dir: Tod Browning

Hexenkult's rating:

7.8

7.2

15. The Cat and the Canary (1927)

1927 (September)
USA
Dir: Paul Leni

8.5

7.3

16. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

1928 (October)
France
Dir: Jean Epstein

9.1

17. The Man Who Laughs (1928)

1928 (November)
USA
Dir: Paul Leni

166

7.2

7.7

18. Dracula (1931)

1931 (February)
USA
Dir: Tod Browning

Hexenkult's rating:

217

7.5

8.1

19. Frankenstein (1931)

1931 (November)
USA
Dir: James Whale

Hexenkult's rating:

7.7

7.8

20. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

1931 (December)
USA
Dir: Rouben Mamoulian

194

7.9

21. Freaks (1932)

1932 (February)
USA
Dir: Tod Browning

Hexenkult's rating:

7.6

22. Vampyr (1932)

1932 (May)
France/Germany
Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer

Hexenkult's rating:

6.3

6.5

23. White Zombie (1932)

1932 (August)
USA
Dir: Victor Halperin

Hexenkult's rating:

7.8

7.5

24. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

1932 (September)
USA
Dir: Ernest B. Schoedsack / Irving Pichel

Hexenkult's rating:

7.4

25. The Old Dark House (1932)

1932 (October)
USA
Dir: James Whale

6.8

7.9

26. Island of Lost Souls (1932)

1932 (December)
USA
Dir: Erle C. Kenton

7.4

27. The Mummy (1932)

1932 (December 22)
USA
Dir: Karl Freund

Hexenkult's rating:

6.5

6.9

28. Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

1933 (February)
USA
Dir: Michael Curtiz

Hexenkult's rating:

326

7.1

8.1

29. King Kong (1933)

1933 (March)
USA
Dir: Merian C. Cooper / Ernest B. Schoedsack

8.4

7.8

30. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (aka The Crimes ... (1933)

1933 (April)
Germany
Dir: Fritz Lang

7.3

31. The Crying Woman (1933)

1933 (May)
Mexico
Dir: Ramón Peón

7.4

7.8

32. The Invisible Man (1933)

1933 (November)
USA
Dir: James Whale

Hexenkult's rating:

7.1

7.3

33. The Black Cat (1934)

1934 (May)
USA
Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer

Hexenkult's rating:

159

7.7

34. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

1935 (April)
USA
Dir: James Whale

Hexenkult's rating:

35. The Raven (1935)

1935 (July 8)
USA
Dir: Lew Landers

Hexenkult's rating:

6.9

7.4

36. Mad Love (1935)

1935 (July 12)
USA
Dir: Karl Freund

Hexenkult's rating:

6.6

7.1

37. Son of Frankenstein (1939)

1939 (January)
USA
Dir: Rowland V. Lee

Hexenkult's rating:

6.8

38. Tower of London (1939)

1939 (November)
USA
Dir: Rowland V. Lee

7.2

7.4

39. The Wolf Man (1941)

1941 (December)
USA
Dir: George Waggner

Hexenkult's rating:

7.5

40. Cat People (1942)

1942 (December)
USA
Dir: Jacques Tourneur

7.5

7.4

41. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

1943 (April)
USA
Dir: Jacques Tourneur

Hexenkult's rating:

8.1

6.9

42. The 7th Victim (1943)

1943 (August)
USA
Dir: Mark Robson

7.7

43. The Uninvited (1944)

1944 (February)
USA
Dir: Lewis Allen

7.5

44. The Body Snatcher (1945)

1945
USA
Dir: Robert Wise

7.6

45. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

1945 (March)
USA
Dir: Albert Lewin

7.7

7.8

46. Dead of Night (1945)

1945 (September)
UK
Dirs:
Alberto Cavalcanti
Charles Crichton
Basil Dearden
Robert Hamer

6.7

47. The Mansion (1949)

1949
India
Dir: Kamal Amrohi

7.4

48. The Thing from Another World (1951)

1951 (April)
USA
Dir: Howard Hawks / Christian Nyby

Hexenkult's rating:

6.7

49. House of Wax (1953)

1953 (April)
USA
Dir: André De Toth

Hexenkult's rating:

6.1

6.9

50. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

1954 (March)
USA
Dir: Jack Arnold

Hexenkult's rating:

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nimimerkillinen

Posted : 8 months, 1 week ago at Mar 3 13:25

King Kong isn't horror in any sense IMO :)

marsco

Posted : 8 months ago at Mar 6 2:46

What do you think about Don´t Look Now and, more recently, The Descent?

Really good list, anyway.

Puceron

Posted : 8 months ago at Mar 7 1:55

Many horror films put a lot of gore and blood and chopped up people, but for me they still don't beat Eyes Without A Face in terms of creepiness. It's just so...realistic. Like a documentary.

midnitecruiser

Posted : 8 months ago at Mar 12 18:20

You put some great things on this list! If anyone else has actually seen God Told Me To I'd be shocked, it's incredibly weird. Also The Tingler, The Wicker Man, and Whatever Happened To Baby Jane are fantastic! I will have to check out some of the other films mentioned here.

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This is a list of horror films that are considered important and/or highly influential to future genre filmmakers.


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