Best Horror Movies

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8.4 Robert Aldrich: Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte (1964) 8.2 Alfred Hitchcock: Psycho (1960) 8.2 Robert Aldrich: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962) 8.0 David Lynch: Lost Highway (1997) 8.0 Satoshi Kon: Perfect Blue (1997) 8.0 Michael Haneke: Funny Games (1997) 8.0 Roman Polanski: Repulsion (1965) 8.0 Roman Polanski: Rosemary's Baby (1967) 8.0 Ingmar Bergman: Ansiktet/ Magician (1957) 8.0 Michael Haneke: Cache`/ Hidden (2005) 7.8 Sergei Loznitsa: Schastye Moe/ My Joy (2010) 7.8 Gaspar Noe: Enter the Void (2009) 7.8 Brian DePalma: Dressed to Kill (1980) 7.8 Don Siegel: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 7.8 Fritz Lang: M (1931) 7.7 Roman Polanski: Le Locataire/ The Tenant (1976) 7.6 Ana Lily Amirpour: Dokhtari dar sab Tanha be Xane Miravad/ A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) 7.6 Joachim Trier: Thelma (2017) 7.6 Sion Sono: Jisatsu Sakuru/ Suicide Club (2001) 7.6 Michael Powell: Peeping Tom (1960) 7.6 Jaromil Jires: Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) 7.5 David Lynch: Eraserhead (1977) 7.5 Robert Wiene: Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari (1920) 7.5 Jan Svankmajer: Lekce Faust/ Lesson Faust (1994) 7.5 Sion Sono: Noriko no Shokutaku/ Noriko's Dinner Table (2005) 7.5 Quentin Dupieux: Rubber (2010) 7.4 Sang-ho Yeon: Train to Busan (2016) 7.4 Laszlo Nemes: Saul Fia/ Son of Saul (2015) 7.4 Jordan Peele: Get Out (2017) 7.4 Takashi Miike: Gozu (2003) 7.4 David Cronenberg: Videodrome (1983) 7.4 Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau: Nosferatu (1922) 7.4 Carl Theodor Dreyer: Vampyr (1931) 7.4 Robert Siodmak: Spiral Staircase (1946) 7.4 Nicolas Roeg: Don't Look Now (1973) 7.4 Ken Russell: The Devils (1971) 7.4 Jerzy Skolimowski: The Shout (1978) 7.4 Ridley Scott: Alien (1979) 7.4 John Boorman: Deliverance (1971) 7.3 Jim Sharman: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) 7.3 Brian DePalma: Phantom Of The Paradise (1974) 7.3 Tod Browning: Freaks (1932) 7.3 Jacques Tourneur: Cat People (1942) 7.3 Jacques Tourneur: Curse of the Demon (1957) 7.3 Georges Franju: Les Yeux Sans Visage/ Horror Chamber of Dr Faustus/ Eyes Without a Face (1959) 7.3 Joseph Losey: The Damned (1963) 7.3 John Frankenheimer: Seconds (1966) 7.3 Joon-Ho Bong: Gwoemul/ The Host (2006) 7.3 Quentin Dupieux: Deerskin (2019) 7.3 Hong-jin Na: Gokseong/ The Wailing (2016) 7.2 Alex de la Iglesia: Last Circus (2010) 7.2 Pedro Almodovar: The Skin I Live In (2011) 7.2 Olivier Assayas: Personal Shopper (2016) 7.2 Lukas Feigelfeld: Hagazussa - A Heathen's Curse (2017) 7.2 Jordan Peele: Us (2019) 7.2 Robert Eggers: Lighthouse (2019) 7.2 Dan Trachtenberg: 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) 7.2 Jan Svankmajer: Sileni/ Lunacy (2005) 7.2 Gyorgy Palfi: Taxidermia (2006) 7.2 Takashi Miike: Ichi the Killer (2001) 7.2 Yorgos Lanthimos: Kynodontas/ Dogtooth (2009) 7.2 Guillermo Del Toro: Pan's Labyrinth (2006) 7.2 Alejandro Amenabar: The Others (2001) 7.2 Taylor Hackford: Devil's Advocate (1997) 7.2 Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Kyua/ Cure (1997) 7.2 Jon Amiel: Copycat (1995) 7.2 David Cronenberg: Dead Ringers (1988) 7.2 John Carpenter: They Live (1988) 7.2 Wes Craven: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 7.2 Sam Fuller: Shock Corridor (1963) 7.2 George A. Romero: Night of the Living Dead (1968) 7.2 Alfred Hitchcock: The Birds (1963) 7.2 Henri Clouzot: Les Diaboliques/ The Devils (1955) 7.2 Robert Siodmak: Dark Mirror (1946) 7.2 James Whale: Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 7.2 Ernest Schoedsack: King Kong (1933) 7.2 Paul Wegener: Der Golem (1920) 7.2 William Friedkin: The Exorcist (1973) 7.2 Dario Argento: Suspiria (1977) 7.2 Steven Spielberg: Duel (1971) 7.2 Claude Chabrol: Le Boucher (1970) 7.2 Dario Argento: L'Uccello dalle Piume di Cristallo (1970) 7.2 Tobe Hooper: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 7.2 Wojciech Has: Sanatorium Pod Klepsydra/ The Hour-glass Sanatorium (1973) 7.1 John Carpenter: Halloween (1978) 7.1 Clive Barker: Hellraiser (1987) 7.1 Raul Ruiz: O Territorio/ Territory (1981) 7.1 Alan Parker: Angel Heart (1987) 7.1 Nikos Nikolaidis: Singapore Sling (1990) 7.1 Peter Jackson: Heavenly Creatures (1994) 7.1 Shane Acker: 9 (2009) 7.1 Mike Figgis: Hotel (2001) 7.1 Guy Maddin: Brand Upon the Brain (2006) 7.1 Graham Reznick: I Can See You (2008) 7.1 Bruno Dumont: Twentynine Palms (2003) 7.1 Sion Sono: Kimyo no Circus/ Strange Circus (2005) 7.1 Guillermo del Toro: The Devil's Backbone (2001) 7.1 Robert Eggers: The Witch (2015) 7.1 Malgorzata Szumowska: Body (2015) 7.1 Vaclav Marhoul: Nabarvene Ptace/ The Painted Bird (2019) 7.1 Ari Aster: Hereditary (2018) 7.1 Johnny Kevorkian: Await Further Instructions (2018) 7.1 Panos Cosmatos: Mandy (2018) 7.1 Alex Garland: Annihilation (2018) 7.1 Jonas Alexander Arnby: When Animals Dream (2014) 7.1 David Robert Mitchell: It Follows (2014) 7.1 Jennifer Kent: The Babadook (2014) 7.1 Jean-Claude Brisseau: La Fille de Nulle Part/ The Girl from Nowhere (2012) 7.1 Sion Sono: Riaru Onigokko/ Tag (2015) 7.1 Sion Sono: Koi no Tsumi/ Guilty of Romance (2011) 7.1 Jeff Nichols: Take Shelter (2011) 7.1 Lynne Ramsay: We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) 7.1 Jonathan Glazer: Under the Skin (2013) 7.1 Darren Aronofsky: Black Swan (2010) 7.0 Rahi Anil Barve: Tumbbad (2018) 7.0 Rose Glass: Saint Maud (2019) 7.0 Andre Ovredal: Trolljegeren/ Trollhunter (2010) 7.0 Im Sang-soo: The Housemaid (2010) 7.0 Gareth Edwards: Monsters (2010) 7.0 Ben Wheatley: Kill List (2011) 7.0 Xavier Gens: The Divide (2011) 7.0 Joe Cornish: Attack the Block (2011) 7.0 Peter Strickland: Berberian Sound Studio (2012) 7.0 Jen and Sylvia Soska: American Mary (2012) 7.0 Amy Seimetz: Sun Don't Shine (2012) 7.0 Jeremy Lovering: In Fear (2013) 7.0 Josh Waller: Raze (2013) 7.0 Alexandros Avranas: Miss Violence (2013) 7.0 Park Chan-wook: Stoker (2013) 7.0 Richard LaGravenese: Beautiful Creatures (2013) 7.0 Andy Muschietti: Mama (2013) 7.0 James Wan: The Conjuring (2013) 7.0 Joel Potrykus: Buzzard (2014) 7.0 Adam MacDonald: Backcountry (2014) 7.0 Agnieszka Smoczynska: The Lure (2015) 7.0 Marcin Wrona: Demon (2015) 7.0 Matteo Garrone: Il Racconto dei Racconti (2015) 7.0 Joel Edgerton: The Gift (2015) 7.0 Julia Ducournau: Raw (2016) 7.0 Night Shyamalan: Split (2016) 7.0 Anna Biller: The Love Witch (2016) 7.0 Amat Escalante: La Region Salvaje (2016) 7.0 Osgood Perkins: I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016) 7.0 Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Before We Vanish (2017) 7.0 Rainer Sarnet: November (2017) 7.0 Cate Shortland: Berlin Syndrome (2017) 7.0 Trey-Edward Shults: It Comes at Night (2017) 7.0 Carolina Hellsgard: Endzeit (2018) 7.0 Peter Strickland: In Fabric (2018) 7.0 Steven Soderbergh: Unsane (2018) 7.0 John Krasinski: A Quiet Place (2018) 7.0 Rodrigo Cortes: Down a Dark Hall (2018) 7.0 Lorcan Finnegan: Vivarium (2019) 7.0 Jayro Bustamante: La Llorona (2019) 7.0 Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia: The Platform (2019) 7.0 Bertrand Bonello: Zombi Child (2019) 7.0 Jim Jarmusch: The Dead Don't Die (2019) 7.0 Josh Lobo: I Trapped the Devil (2019) 7.0 Adam Egypt Mortimer: Daniel Isn't Real (2019) 7.0 Tyler Cornack: Butt Boy (2019) 7.0 Ben Wheatley: A Field in England (2013) 7.0 Lucile Hadzihalilovic: Evolution (2016) 7.0 Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Pulse (2001 7.0 Edgar Wright: Shaun of the Dead (2004) 7.0 Przemyslaw Reut: Paradox Lake (2002) 7.0 Milcho Manchevski: Shadows (2007) 7.0 Larry Fessenden: Wendigo (2001) 7.0 Henry Selick: Coraline (2009) 7.0 Guy Maddin: Dracula - Pages From a Virgin's Diary (2002) 7.0 Guillermo del Toro: Hellboy (2004) 7.0 George Romero: Land of the Dead (2005) 7.0 Franck Vestiel: Eden Log (2007) 7.0 Christian Alvart: Pandorum (2009) 7.0 Takashi Miike: Visitor Q (2001) 7.0 David Lynch: Inland Empire (2006) 7.0 Danny Boyle: 28 Days Later (2002) 7.0 Jee-woon Kim: A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) 7.0 Tomas Alfredson: Let the Right One In (2008) 7.0 Adrian Lyne: Jacob's Ladder (1990) 7.0 Michael Almereyda: Nadja (1994) 7.0 Philip Ridley: The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995) 7.0 Nicolas Roeg: The Witches (1990) 7.0 Henry Selick: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) 7.0 Francois Ozon: Les Amants Criminels/ Criminal Lovers (1999) 7.0 Brett Leonard: The Lawnmower Man (1992) 7.0 Michael Haneke: Benny's Video (1992) 7.0 Abel Ferrara: The Addiction (1995) 7.0 Jonathan Demme: The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 7.0 Guillermo Del Toro: Cronos (1993) 7.0 Toshiharu Ikeda: Evil Dead Trap (1988) 7.0 Tony Scott: Hunger (1983) 7.0 Tom Holland: Fright Night (1985) 7.0 Tom Holland: Child's Play (1988) 7.0 Tobe Hooper: Poltergeist (1982) 7.0 Tobe Hooper: Lifeforce (1985) 7.0 Tim Burton: Beetlejuice (1988) 7.0 Stuart Gordon: Re-Animator (1984) 7.0 Stephen Herek: Critters (1986) 7.0 Shinya Tsukamoto: Tetsuo the Iron Man (1989) 7.0 Sam Raimi: Evil Dead (1983) 7.0 Peng Ning: Kulian/ The Sun and the People aka Taiyang he Ren/ The Sun and the Man (1980) 7.0 Ken Russell: Altererd States (1980) 7.0 Joe Dante: The Howling (1981) 7.0 Joe Dante: Gremlins (1984) 7.0 Dario Argento: Inferno (1980) 7.0 Andrzej Zulawski: Possession (1981) 7.0 Alejandro Jodorowsky: Santa Sangre/ Holy Blood (1989) 7.0 Philip Noyce: Dead Calm (1989) 7.0 Frantisek Vlacil: Snake's Venom (1981) 7.0 John McTiernan: Predator (1987) 7.0 George Sluizer: The Vanishing (1988) 7.0 Michael Mann: Manhunter (1986) 7.0 Michael Herz & Lloyd Kaufman: The Toxic Avenger (1984) 7.0 Victor Sjostrom: Korkarlen/ Phantom Chariot (1921) 7.0 Tod Browning: The Unknown (1927) 7.0 Paul Leni: The Cat and the Canary (1927) 7.0 Paul Leni: Das Wachsfigurenkabinett (1924) 7.0 Luis Bunuel: Un Chien Andalou/ An Andalusian Dog (1929) 7.0 Benjamin Christensen: Haxan (1922) 7.0 Stellan Rye: Der Student von Prag (1913) 7.0 Edgar Ulmer: Black Cat (1934) 7.0 Tod Browning: Dracula (1931) 7.0 Karl Freund: The Mummy (1932) 7.0 James Whale: The Invisible Man (1933) 7.0 James Whale: Frankenstein (1931) 7.0 Ernest Schoedsack: The Most Dangerous Game (1932) 7.0 Robert Hamer: Dead of Night (1945) 7.0 Jacques Tourneur: I Walked With A Zombie (1943) 7.0 George Marshall: The Ghost Breakers (1940) 7.0 Ernest Schoedsack: Dr Cyclops (1940) 7.0 Thorold Dickinson: The Queen of Spades (1949) 7.0 Val Guest: Quatermass Experiment (1956) 7.0 Kurt Neumann: The Fly (1958) 7.0 Jack Arnold: The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) 7.0 Jack Arnold: It Came from Outer Space (1953) 7.0 Jack Arnold: Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) 7.0 Ishiro Honda: Gojira/ Godzilla (1954) 7.0 Gordon Douglas: Them (1955) 7.0 Charles Laughton: The Night of the Hunter (1955) 7.0 Charles Lamont: Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) 7.0 Bert Gordon: Beginning of the End (1957) 7.0 Christian Nyby: The Thing From Another World (1951) 7.0 Luis Bunuel: El (1953) 7.0 Yasuzo Masumura: Moju/ Blind Beast (1969) 7.0 Rolf Willa: Village of the Damned (1960) 7.0 Roger Corman: Little Shop of Horrors (1960) 7.0 Jerzy Kawalerowicz: Matka Joanna od Aniolow/ Mother Joan of the Angels (1961) 7.0 Jack Lee Thompson: Cape Fear (1962) 7.0 Ki-young Kim: Hanyeo/ The Housemaid (1960) 7.0 Robert Fuest: Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) 7.0 Nobuhiko Obayashi: House (1977) 7.0 Mel Brooks: Young Frankenstein (1974) 7.0 Massimo Dallamano: Cosa Avete Fatto a Solange?/ What Have You Done to Solange? (1972) 7.0 Li-Pao Hsueh: Tai yin zhi/ Finger of Doom (1971) 7.0 King Hu: Legend of the Mountain (1979) 7.0 Richard Fleischer: See No Evil/ Blind Terror (1971) 7.0 Brian DePalma: Sisters (1972) 7.0 Brian DePalma: Carrie (1976) 7.0 David Cronenberg: Shivers (1974) 7.0 Dario Argento: Profondo Rosso/ Deep Red (1975) 7.0 Ivan Zulueta: Arrebato (1979) 7.0 Masahiro Shinoda: Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975) 7.0 George A. Romero: Dawn Of The Dead (1978) 7.0 Paul Vecchiali: L’Etrangleur/ The Strangler (1970)