My 100 Greatest Horror Films

All Hallows' Eve is upon us once again and depending on your age, you're either looking forward to some good ol' trick or treating, dressing up and getting absolutely wasted at a Halloween party, or staying in with some hot cocoa and watch a creepy ass horror film. Well as I am in my 30s I will happily be doing the latter (fingers crossed for a thunderstorm).

As I am excited about what horror film to watch this evening, I thought I'd compile my list of what I think are the best horror films. Whether you like the zombie genre, satanic horror, psychological horror, classic horror or the good old-fashioned slasher film, there's something for you here. (However, if you're looking for torture porn horror movies such as Hostel, any of the Saw sequels, The Human Centipede, Cannibal Holocaust etc, this is not a list for you).

Anyways, Happy Halloween and hope you enjoy my list (in alphabetical order).

1. 28 Days Later... (2002, Danny Boyle)
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, Wes Craven)
3. A Tale of Two Sisters (2003, Jee-woon Kim)
4. Alien (1979, Ridley Scott)
5. Altered States (1980, Ken Russell)
6. Angel Heart (1987, Alan Parker)
7. Babadook, The (2014, Jennifer Kent)
8. Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The (1970, Dario Argento)
9. Birds, The (1963, Alfred Hitchcock)
10. Black Cat, The (1934, Edgar G. Ulmer)
11. Black Christmas (1974, Bob Clark)
12. Brood, The (1979, David Cronenberg)
13. Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The (1920, Robert Wiene)
14. Carrie (1976, Brian De Palma)
15. Cat People (1942, Jacques Tourneur)
16. Child's Play (1988, Tom Holland) 
17. Communion (1976, Alfred Sole)
18. Conjuring, The (2013, James Wan)
19. Crazies, The (1973, George A. Romero)
20. Cronos (1993, Guillermo del Toro)
21. Dead Of Night (1945, Alberto Cavalcanti & Charles Crichton)
22. Dead Zone, The (1983, David Cronenberg)
23. Deep Red (1975, Dario Argento)
24. Devil Rides Out, The (1968, Terence Fisher)
25. Devil's Backbone, The (2001, Guillermo del Toro)
26. Diabolique (1955, Henri-Georges Clouzet)
27. Don't Breathe (2016, Fede Alvarez)
28. Don't Look Now (1973, Nicolas Roeg)
29. Dracula (1958, Terence Fisher)
30. Empire of Passion (1978, Nagisa Ôshima)
31. Evil Dead, The (1981, Sam Raimi)
32. Exorcist, The (1973, William Friedkin)
33. Eyes Without a Face (1960, Georges Franju)
34. Faust (1926, F.W. Murnau)
35. Fly, The (1986, David Cronenberg)
36. Fog, The (1980, John Carpenter)
37. Frailty (2001, Bill Paxton)
38. Frankenstein & Bride Of Frankenstein (1931 & 1935, James Whale)
39. Get Out (2017, Jordan Peele)
40. Halloween (1978, John Carpenter)
41. Haunting, The (1963, Robert Wise)
42. Hereditary (2018, Ari Aster)
43. House of Wax (1953, André de Toth)
44. House on Haunted Hill (1959, William Castle)
45. House of the Devil, The (2009, Ti West)
46. Howling, The (1981, Joe Dante)
47. I Saw the Devil (2010, Jee-woon Kim)
48. Innocents, The (1961, Jack Clayton)
49. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978, Philip Kaufman)
50. Invisible Man, The (1933, James Whale)
51. Island of Lost Souls (1932, Erle C. Kenton)
52. It Follows (2014, David Robert Mitchell)
53. Jaws (1975, Steven Spielberg)
54. Kwaidan (1964, Masaki Kobayashi)
55. Let the Right One In (2008, Tomas Alfredson)
56. Mask of Satan, The (1960, Mario Bava)
57. Mummy, The (1932, Karl Freund)
58. Near Dark (1987, Kathryn Bigelow)
59. Night of the Demon (1957, Jacques Tourneur)
60. Night of the Living Dead (1968, George A. Romero) | Dawn of the Dead (1978, George A. Romero)
61. Nosferatu (1922, F.W. Murnau)
62. Old Dark House, The (1932, James Whale)
63. Omen, The (1976, Richard Donner)
64. Onibaba (1964, Kaneto Shindô)
65. Orphanage, The (2007, J.A. Bayona)
66. Others, The (2001, Alejandro Amen·bar)
67. Peeping Tom (1960, Michael Powell)
68. Phantom Carriage, The (1921, Victor Sjöström)
69. Phantom of the Opera, The (1925, Rupert Julian)
70. Pit and the Pendulum, The (1961, Roger Corman)
71. Poltergeist (1982, Tobe Hooper)
72. Psychic, The (1977, Lucio Fulci)
73. Psycho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock)
74. Rabid (1977, David Cronenberg)
75. Repulsion (1965, Roman Polanski)
76. Ringu (1998, Hideo Nakata)
77. Rosemary's Baby (1968, Roman Polanski)
78. Scanners (1981, David Cronenberg)
79. Scream (1996, Wes Craven)
80. Sender, The (1982, Roger Christian)
81. Shadow Of The Vampire (2000, E. Elias Merhige)
82. Shining, The (1980, Stanley Kubrick)
83. Shivers (1975, David Cronenberg)
84. Silence of the Lambs, The (1991, Jonathan Demme)
85. Sisters (1973, Brian De Palma)
86. Splinter (2008, Toby Wilkins)
87. Suspiria (2018, Luca Guadagnino)
88. Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The (1974, Tobe Hooper) 
89. Thing, The (1982, John Carpenter)
90. Us (2019, Jordan Peele)
91. Vampyr (1932, Carl Theodor Dreyer)
92. Videodrome (1983, David Cronenberg)
93. Wailing, The (2016, Hong-jin Na)
94. Wicker Man, The (1973, Robin Hardy)
95. Witch, The: A New-England Folktale  (2015, Robert Eggers)
96. Wolf (1994, Mike Nichols)
97. Wolf Man, The (1941, George Waggner)
98. Woman in Black, The (2012, James Watkins)
99. You're Next (2011, Adam Wingard)
100. Zombie (1979, Lucio Fulci)

(this will be an ongoing edited list )

BONUS: HORROR COMEDIES

1. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948, Charles Barton)
2. An American Werewolf in London (1981, John Landis)
3. Evil Dead II (1987, Sam Raimi)
4. Fright Night (1985, Tom Holland)
5. Frighteners, The (1996, Peter Jackson)
6. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996, Robert Rodriguez)
7. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988, Stephen Chiodo)
8. Lost Boys, The (1987, Joel Schumacher)
9. Monster Squad, The (1987, Fred Dekker)
10. Night of the Comet (1984, Thom Eberhardt)
11. Night of the Creeps (1986, Fred Dekker)
12. Planet Terror (2007, Robert Rodriguez)
13. Re-Animator (1985, Stuart Gordon)
14. Return of the Living Dead, The (1985, Dan O'Bannon)
15. Shaun of the Dead (2004, Edgar Wright)
16. Slither (2006, James Gunn)
17. Theatre of Blood (1973, Douglas Hickox)
18. Tremors (1990, Ron Underwood)
19. What We Do in the Shadows (2014, Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi)
20. Zombieland (2009, Ruben Fleischer)