KingStefou's "100 Greatest Horror Films"
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Psycho (1960)
Film Director - Alfred Hitchcock
Rotten Tomatoes - 99%
A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.
Rotten Tomatoes - 99%
A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.
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Film Director - Stanley Kubrick
Rotten Tomatoes - 88%
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.
Rotten Tomatoes - 88%
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.
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Halloween (1978)
Film Director - John Carpenter
Rotten Tomatoes - 93%
A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood escapes on a mindless rampage while his doctor chases him through the streets.
Rotten Tomatoes - 93%
A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood escapes on a mindless rampage while his doctor chases him through the streets.
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The Exorcist (1973)
Film Director - William Friedkin
Rotten Tomatoes - 85%
When a teenager is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.
Rotten Tomatoes - 85%
When a teenager is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.
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Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
Film Director - Takashi Shimizu
Rotten Tomatoes - 64%
Jealous of his wife's love for another man, a man brutally kills his wife and young son. Ju-on follows several stories and how each individual is haunted by the spirits of the murdered wife and son.
Rotten Tomatoes - 64%
Jealous of his wife's love for another man, a man brutally kills his wife and young son. Ju-on follows several stories and how each individual is haunted by the spirits of the murdered wife and son.
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Film Director - John Carpenter
Rotten Tomatoes - 78%
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills.
Rotten Tomatoes - 78%
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills.
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Film Director - Paco Plaza
Rotten Tomatoes - 96%
A TV reporter and her cameraman cover the night shift at the local fire station. Receiving a call from an old lady trapped in her house, they arrive at her building to hear horrifying screams, which begin a long nightmare and a uniquely dramatic TV report.
Rotten Tomatoes - 96%
A TV reporter and her cameraman cover the night shift at the local fire station. Receiving a call from an old lady trapped in her house, they arrive at her building to hear horrifying screams, which begin a long nightmare and a uniquely dramatic TV report.
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The Last House on the Left (1972)
Film Director - Wes Craven
Rotten Tomatoes - 63%
A pair of teenage girls are headed to a rock concert for one's birthday. While trying to score marijuana in the city, the girls are kidnapped by a gang of psychotic convicts.
Rotten Tomatoes - 63%
A pair of teenage girls are headed to a rock concert for one's birthday. While trying to score marijuana in the city, the girls are kidnapped by a gang of psychotic convicts.
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Film Director - Sam Raimi
Rotten Tomatoes - 100%
Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
Rotten Tomatoes - 100%
Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
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Grindhouse (2007)
Film Directors - Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino
Rotten Tomatoes - 83%
Two full length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez put together as a two film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.
Rotten Tomatoes - 83%
Two full length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez put together as a two film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.
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Film Director - F.W. Murnau
Rotten Tomatoes - 98%
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife. Silent classic based on the story "Dracula."
Rotten Tomatoes - 98%
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife. Silent classic based on the story "Dracula."
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Dead Alive (1992)
Film Director - Peter Jackson
Rotten Tomatoes - 85%
A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.
Rotten Tomatoes - 85%
A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.
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Funny Games (1997)
Film Director - Michael Haneke
Rotten Tomatoes - 63%
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Rotten Tomatoes - 63%
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Film Director - Tobe Hooper
Rotten Tomatoes - 90%
Five friends visiting their grandpa's old house are hunted down and terrorized by a chainsaw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
Rotten Tomatoes - 90%
Five friends visiting their grandpa's old house are hunted down and terrorized by a chainsaw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
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Hostel (2006)
Film Director - Eli Roth
Rotten Tomatoes - 59%
Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
Rotten Tomatoes - 59%
Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Film Director - Wes Craven
Rotten Tomatoes - 95%
In the dreams of his victims, a spectral child murderer stalks the children of the members of the lynch mob that killed him.
Rotten Tomatoes - 95%
In the dreams of his victims, a spectral child murderer stalks the children of the members of the lynch mob that killed him.
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Evil Dead II (1987)
Film Director - Sam Raimi
Rotten Tomatoes - 98%
The lone survivor of an onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits holds up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.
Rotten Tomatoes - 98%
The lone survivor of an onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits holds up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.
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Film Director - Jonathan Demme
Rotten Tomatoes - 96%
A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.
Rotten Tomatoes - 96%
A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.
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Frankenstein (1931)
Film Director - James Whale
Rotten Tomatoes - 100%
Horror classic in which an obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses.
Rotten Tomatoes - 100%
Horror classic in which an obsessed scientist assembles a living being from parts of exhumed corpses.
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Film Director - Don Siegel
Rotten Tomatoes - 97%
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Rotten Tomatoes - 97%
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
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Alien (1979)
Film Director - Ridley Scott
Rotten Tomatoes - 96%
A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates.
Rotten Tomatoes - 96%
A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates.
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Film Director - Sean S. Cunningham
Rotten Tomatoes - 60%
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to re-open a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
Rotten Tomatoes - 60%
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to re-open a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
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The Ring (2002)
Film Director - Gore Verbinski
Rotten Tomatoes - 71%
A young journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone in a week of viewing it.
Rotten Tomatoes - 71%
A young journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone in a week of viewing it.
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Film Director - George A. Romero
Rotten Tomatoes - 94%
Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Rotten Tomatoes - 94%
Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
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Film Director - Steven Spielberg
Rotten Tomatoes - 100%
When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it.
Rotten Tomatoes - 100%
When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it.
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Wolf Creek (2005)
Film Director - Greg McLean
Rotten Tomatoes - 53%
Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive.
Rotten Tomatoes - 53%
Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive.
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Film Director - Eduardo Sanchez
Rotten Tomatoes - 84%
In October of 1994, three student film makers disappeared in the woods near Burkittesville, Maryland. One year later, their footage was found.
Rotten Tomatoes - 84%
In October of 1994, three student film makers disappeared in the woods near Burkittesville, Maryland. One year later, their footage was found.
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Film Director - Roman Polanski
Rotten Tomatoes - 98%
A young couple move into a new apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins controlling her life.
Rotten Tomatoes - 98%
A young couple move into a new apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins controlling her life.
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Audition (1999)
Film Director - Takashi Miike
Rotten Tomatoes - 78%
Widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
Rotten Tomatoes - 78%
Widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
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Drag Me to Hell (2009)
Film Director - Sam Raimi
Rotten Tomatoes - 92%
A loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.
Rotten Tomatoes - 92%
A loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.
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Film Director - Dario Argento
Rotten Tomatoes - 94%
A newcomer to a fancy ballet academy gradually comes to realize that the staff of the school are actually a coven of witches bent on chaos and destruction.
Rotten Tomatoes - 94%
A newcomer to a fancy ballet academy gradually comes to realize that the staff of the school are actually a coven of witches bent on chaos and destruction.
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Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Film Director - George A. Romero
Rotten Tomatoes - 96%
A group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse.
Rotten Tomatoes - 96%
A group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse.
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Prometheus (2012)
Film Director - Ridley Scott
Rotten Tomatoes - 73%
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Rotten Tomatoes - 73%
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
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Cabin Fever (2003)
Film Director - Eli Roth
Rotten Tomatoes - 63%
A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.
Rotten Tomatoes - 63%
A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.
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Film Director - John Landis
Rotten Tomatoes - 88%
Two American tourists in Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
Rotten Tomatoes - 88%
Two American tourists in Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
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The Descent (2005)
Film Director - Neil Marshall
Rotten Tomatoes - 84%
A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.
Rotten Tomatoes - 84%
A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.
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Film Director - Peter Medak
Rotten Tomatoes - 79%
A man staying at a secluded historical mansion, finds his life being haunted by the presence of a spectre.
Rotten Tomatoes - 79%
A man staying at a secluded historical mansion, finds his life being haunted by the presence of a spectre.
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Film Director - Wes Craven
Rotten Tomatoes - 83%
A killer known as "ghost face" begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the "Rules" of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
Rotten Tomatoes - 83%
A killer known as "ghost face" begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the "Rules" of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
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Film Director - Matt Reeves
Rotten Tomatoes - 77%
Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.
Rotten Tomatoes - 77%
Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.
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The Devil's Rejects (2005)
Film Director - Rob Zombie
Rotten Tomatoes - 53%
In Ruggsville, Texas, the police attack the house of the sadistic serial killers "Firefly" family. After most of the family escapes, Sheriff John Quincy Wydell will stop at nothing to find them.
Rotten Tomatoes - 53%
In Ruggsville, Texas, the police attack the house of the sadistic serial killers "Firefly" family. After most of the family escapes, Sheriff John Quincy Wydell will stop at nothing to find them.
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Poltergeist (1982)
Film Director - Tobe Hooper
Rotten Tomatoes - 87%
A family's home is haunted by a host of ghosts.
Rotten Tomatoes - 87%
A family's home is haunted by a host of ghosts.
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The House of the Devil (2012)
Film Director - Ti West
Rotten Tomatoes - 86%
In the 1980s, college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret; they plan to use her in a satanic ritual.
Rotten Tomatoes - 86%
In the 1980s, college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret; they plan to use her in a satanic ritual.
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Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
Film Director - Wes Craven
Rotten Tomatoes - 79%
A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?
Rotten Tomatoes - 79%
A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?
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Film Director - Wes Craven
Rotten Tomatoes - 64%
On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
Rotten Tomatoes - 64%
On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
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28 Days Later (2002)
Film Director - Danny Boyle
Rotten Tomatoes - 88%
Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
Rotten Tomatoes - 88%
Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
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Film Director - Tomas Alfredson
Rotten Tomatoes - 98%
Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.
Rotten Tomatoes - 98%
Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.
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Halloween II (1981)
Film Director - Rick Rosenthal
Rotten Tomatoes - 29%
Laurie Strode is rushed to the hospital, while Sheriff Brackett and Dr. Loomis hunt the streets for Michael Myers, who has found Laurie at the Haddonfield Hospital.
Rotten Tomatoes - 29%
Laurie Strode is rushed to the hospital, while Sheriff Brackett and Dr. Loomis hunt the streets for Michael Myers, who has found Laurie at the Haddonfield Hospital.
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Hellraiser (1987)
Film Director - Clive Barker
Rotten Tomatoes - 63%
An unfaithful wife encounters the zombie of her dead lover, who's being chased by demons after he escaped from their sado-masochistic Hell.
Rotten Tomatoes - 63%
An unfaithful wife encounters the zombie of her dead lover, who's being chased by demons after he escaped from their sado-masochistic Hell.
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Saw (2004)
Film Director - James Wan
Rotten Tomatoes - 48%
With a dead body laying between them, two men wake up in the secure lair of a serial killer who's been nicknamed "Jigsaw". The men must follow various rules and objectives if they wish to survive and win the deadly game set for them.
Rotten Tomatoes - 48%
With a dead body laying between them, two men wake up in the secure lair of a serial killer who's been nicknamed "Jigsaw". The men must follow various rules and objectives if they wish to survive and win the deadly game set for them.
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Film Director - Brian DePalma
Rotten Tomatoes - 91%
A mousy and abused girl with telekinetic powers gets pushed too far on one special night.
Rotten Tomatoes - 91%
A mousy and abused girl with telekinetic powers gets pushed too far on one special night.
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