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The Chicago Film Critics Association has compiled a list of the top 100 Scariest Movies of All Time. It looks like the people who compiled the list know their stuff. I was afraid it was going to be all well-known Hollywood movies, but the list is pretty wide-ranging.
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1. “Psycho”
2. “The Exorcist”
3. “Halloween”
4. “Alien”
5. “Night of the Living Dead (1968)”
6. “Jaws”
7. “The Shining”
8. “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)”
9. “Dawn of the Dead (1978)”
10. “Rosemary’s Baby”
11. “The Silence of the Lambs”
12. “The Blair Witch Project”
13. “Nosferatu”
14. “Frankenstein (1931)”
15. “Nightmare on Elm Street”
16. “Carrie (1976)”
17. “The Thing (1982)”
18. “Bride of Frankenstein”
19. “The Haunting (1963)”
20. “Poltergeist”
21. “Suspiria”
22. “Wait Until Dark”
23. “The Birds”
24. “Don’t Look Now”
25. “Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn”
26. “The Innocents”
27. “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer”
28. “Freaks”
29. “Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)”
30. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, (1921)”
31. “The Omen (1976)”
32. “The Fly (1986)”
33. “Seven”
34. “The Re-Animator”
35. “The Sixth Sense”
36. “The Ring (2002)”
37. “The Evil Dead”
38. “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1933)”
39. “The Hitcher”
40. “Near Dark”
41. “Dracula (1931)”
42. “Vampyr (1932)”
43. “Onibaba”
44. “Scream”
45. “Aliens”
46. “Creature from the Black Lagoon”
47. “Session 9”
48. “Nosferatu the Vampyre”
49. “Black Christmas”
50. “When a Stranger Calls”
51. “Repulsion”
52. “Misery”
53. “Horror of Dracula”
54. “The Others”
55. “Jurassic Park”
56. “The Seventh Victim”
57. “Peeping Tom”
58. “28 Days Later”
59. “Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)”
60. “The Hidden”
61. “May”
62. “Shaun of the Dead”
63. “Last House on the Left”
64. “10 Rillington Place”
65. “Salo”
66. “Cat People (1942)”
67. “Frailty”
68. “The Howling”
69. “Trilogy of Terror”
70. “Blue Velvet”
71. “I Walked with a Zombie”
72. “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”
73. “Martin”
74. “Deliverance”
75. “Carnival of Souls”
76. “The Vanishing (1988)”
77. “Masque of the Red Death”
78. “The Night of the Hunter”
79. “Salem’s Lot”
80. “Fright Night”
81. “Black Sunday (1960)”
82. “Scream 2”
83. “Dressed To Kill”
84. “The Stepfather”
85. “Friday the 13th”
86. “The Exorcism of Emily Rose”
87. “Let’s Scare Jessica to Death”
88. “The Brood”
89. “Dead-Alive”
90. “Open Water”
91. “The Mummy (1932)”
92. “Requiem for a Dream”
93. “Signs”
94. “The Wolf Man”
95. “Phantasm”
96. “The Night Stalker”
97. “Brides of Dracula”
98. “M”
99. “God Told Me To”
100. “Eyes without a Face”
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1. “Psycho”
2. “The Exorcist”
3. “Halloween”
4. “Alien”
5. “Night of the Living Dead (1968)”
6. “Jaws”
7. “The Shining”
8. “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)”
9. “Dawn of the Dead (1978)”
10. “Rosemary’s Baby”
11. “The Silence of the Lambs”
12. “The Blair Witch Project”
13. “Nosferatu”
14. “Frankenstein (1931)”
15. “Nightmare on Elm Street”
16. “Carrie (1976)”
17. “The Thing (1982)”
18. “Bride of Frankenstein”
19. “The Haunting (1963)”
20. “Poltergeist”
21. “Suspiria”
22. “Wait Until Dark”
23. “The Birds”
24. “Don’t Look Now”
25. “Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn”
26. “The Innocents”
27. “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer”
28. “Freaks”
29. “Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)”
30. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, (1921)”
31. “The Omen (1976)”
32. “The Fly (1986)”
33. “Seven”
34. “The Re-Animator”
35. “The Sixth Sense”
36. “The Ring (2002)”
37. “The Evil Dead”
38. “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1933)”
39. “The Hitcher”
40. “Near Dark”
41. “Dracula (1931)”
42. “Vampyr (1932)”
43. “Onibaba”
44. “Scream”
45. “Aliens”
46. “Creature from the Black Lagoon”
47. “Session 9”
48. “Nosferatu the Vampyre”
49. “Black Christmas”
50. “When a Stranger Calls”
51. “Repulsion”
52. “Misery”
53. “Horror of Dracula”
54. “The Others”
55. “Jurassic Park”
56. “The Seventh Victim”
57. “Peeping Tom”
58. “28 Days Later”
59. “Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)”
60. “The Hidden”
61. “May”
62. “Shaun of the Dead”
63. “Last House on the Left”
64. “10 Rillington Place”
65. “Salo”
66. “Cat People (1942)”
67. “Frailty”
68. “The Howling”
69. “Trilogy of Terror”
70. “Blue Velvet”
71. “I Walked with a Zombie”
72. “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”
73. “Martin”
74. “Deliverance”
75. “Carnival of Souls”
76. “The Vanishing (1988)”
77. “Masque of the Red Death”
78. “The Night of the Hunter”
79. “Salem’s Lot”
80. “Fright Night”
81. “Black Sunday (1960)”
82. “Scream 2”
83. “Dressed To Kill”
84. “The Stepfather”
85. “Friday the 13th”
86. “The Exorcism of Emily Rose”
87. “Let’s Scare Jessica to Death”
88. “The Brood”
89. “Dead-Alive”
90. “Open Water”
91. “The Mummy (1932)”
92. “Requiem for a Dream”
93. “Signs”
94. “The Wolf Man”
95. “Phantasm”
96. “The Night Stalker”
97. “Brides of Dracula”
98. “M”
99. “God Told Me To”
100. “Eyes without a Face”
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Sun, October 29, 2006 - 9:55 AMinteresting list, but may i add that while Shaun of the Dead is one of my favorite movies....it's not very scary?
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Sun, October 29, 2006 - 11:29 PM> but may i add that while Shaun of the Dead is one of my favorite movies....it's not very scary?
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Yes, very good, but not really scary.
I usually scoff at attempts to combine horror and comedy, but they actually pulled it off.
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Sun, October 29, 2006 - 6:16 PMthe Exorcist should have been number 1, it was way better than Psycho. -
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Mon, October 30, 2006 - 3:11 AMI've seen all but eight...time to go to my Netflix queue! -
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Mon, October 30, 2006 - 7:28 AMNo kidding. I have to say the Shining was scarier than Psycho. But that's a pretty good list.
I agree about Shaun of the Dead. Not scary but still good. -
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Mon, October 30, 2006 - 10:15 AMhalf f those aren't even horror movie. like jurrasic park wtf. where is hellraiser??? -
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Tue, October 31, 2006 - 6:48 AMAw man! Hellraiser is awesome. I love some Pinhead. If you haven't read the book yet, it's good also. Check out The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker. ( Of course all his books are pretty good, but this is the one responsible for our favorite little pincushion.) -
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Tue, October 31, 2006 - 10:03 AMGood list ! There are a few missing that I think would have out ranked the ones that made the list......I'm not seeing The Amityville Horror (original) on this list ?? Is that right ? Or are me eyes foolin' me ?
Um, yeah ... I'd have to say Amityville was way scarier than Jurassic Park ??? JP is NOT even close to being a horror movie.....I'd consider it a sci-fi adventure ... I really do love the movie but I can very confidently state that I was ....not.... horrified... at... all. : )
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Wed, November 1, 2006 - 9:07 PMseen "8". that is fun. I wish I had that many movies to watch. I hate searching for shite. I am excited about Slither tonight. hoot.
Anyhoo... the below ..
8. “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)”
9. “Dawn of the Dead (1978)”
10. “Rosemary’s Baby”
11. “The Silence of the Lambs”
12. “The Blair Witch Project”
13. “Nosferatu”
14. “Frankenstein (1931)”
15. “Nightmare on Elm Street”
16. “Carrie (1976)”
17. “The Thing (1982)”
Okay.. on the above list.. just this part is a good example of the problem. I agree the list is good, but there is no evident reason they should be ranked like that. If I am not mistaken, Rosemary's baby caused a political and religious backlash more than the horror (I do love seeing Ruth "Maude" Gordon in that movie though)... and a movie like Blair Witch shouldn't be that high. It did redefine how pop movies did 1st person, but as this board notes, Cannibal Holocaust was predating that.
Dawn of the Dead is simply one of my top 3 of all time. It has zombies and piefights goddam it.
But I don't think, at the time, the movie was scarier than Nosferatu or The Thing, at the time.,, these movies cannot be judged without recognizing their place and moment in time, right? Anyhoo.. I will be watching a lot of these again. Soon. Hoot.
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Wed, December 27, 2006 - 10:51 AMit hurts my heart to see Scream and Scream 2 on this list. thats about 5 hours of my life i will never get back. -
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Wed, December 27, 2006 - 10:57 AMI actually liked Scream. Scream 2 and on all blew nutz though. -
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Wed, December 27, 2006 - 1:08 PMAgrred about Shaun of the Dead...not very scary.
Also I might add that Requiem for a Dream is hardly a horror movie by any stretch...not sure how that fits in on this list. Disturbing, but not "scary." -
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Wed, December 27, 2006 - 1:09 PMAlso agreed that the omission of Hellraiser from the list is an utter crime!
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Tue, January 2, 2007 - 6:50 PMI think that The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari should be in the Top 10. Anyone who hasn't seen this one, rent it; it's on DVD.
Also, very happy to see The Vanishing on the list because it's one of my all-time favs, and I think it's creepier than the Dutch original (even with the Hollywood ending). -
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Tue, January 2, 2007 - 7:19 PMI agree with putting The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in the top 10.
Vanishing was all right except that sometimes it was hard to believe that Sutherland's character was that desperate to do all the stupid things that he was. -
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Wed, January 3, 2007 - 10:06 AMI think one of the problems is we are judging the films as they stand now.
The Shining was NOWHERE near the level of horror that Psycho was... at the time of their releases. Ditto with Caligari.
If you are watching them in context, arguably... it would be caligari, psycho, shining... dig? -
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Wed, January 3, 2007 - 12:49 PM>>If you are watching them in context...<<
Amazing! You have the ability to choose context? I and everyone I know can only watch movies in a contemporary context. My hat is off to you, sir! -
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Wed, January 3, 2007 - 3:07 PMsnark-a-licious -
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Thu, January 4, 2007 - 11:36 AMWhat the hell does he use? A time machine?
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Thu, July 2, 2009 - 10:23 AMYeah great list. I haven't seen most of these but why is "Shaun of the Dead" there??? That is a comedy not meant to be scary just funny, its making fun of "Dawn of the Dead".
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Re: 100 Scariest Movies of All Time
Sat, December 12, 2009 - 8:32 PMwow seriously.. half of those were lame and not remotely scary in the slightest.. Come on Shaun of the Dead seriously that was funny as hell not scary..
Maybe i'm just hard core i have dreams creepier then half of those.
