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The 10 Scariest Horror Movies Ever We asked, you voted. From demonic possessions and cursed TVs to haunted hotels and killer clowns, here are movies that scared RT users the most.
- The Exorcist (1973) The Exorcist isn't scary. A cat unexpectedly jumping from off-camera is scary. The Exorcist is so unsettling it will mess you up for weeks.
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) Truth is stranger than fiction…and a hell of a lot scarier, too. Based (like much of Psycho) on the horrific ritual murders committed by Ed Gein, Chain Saw looks, feels, and smells so much like a grainy, low-budget documentary that it borders on snuff.
- The Shining (1980) Forget all the conspiracy theories swirling around what The Shining's really about. Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's novel about the Torrance family's descent into madness is a hypnotically artful chiller that works on the most primal of levels.
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991) As Dr. Hannibal Lecter, Anthony Hopkins is a waking nightmare of seductive depravity — the sick, twisted serial killer America hates to love.
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- Ringu (1998) Some people prefer the U.S. remake, but Hideo Nakata’s original version of The Ring is an eerie and terrifying exercise in J-horror filmmaking that would influence copycats for years to come.
- Deliverance (1972) Few thrillers from the 1970s, or any other epoch, have left viewers as shocked as director John Boorman’s Southern canoeing trip into the depths of hell.
- Paranormal Activity (2007) Oren Peli’s micro-budgeted box office smash wasn’t the first-found footage film to try and scare the living daylights out of viewers, but it cleverly updated that conceit to the digital age.
- The Vanishing (1988) George Sluizer’s highly original kidnapping film is as disturbing for the questions it keeps asking and never answers as it is for a finale where the truth is shockingly told.
Here they are--the 100 scariest, strangest and most disturbing horror movies ever made. Watch them if you dare.
May 16, 2024 · The scariest movies of all time encompass some of the most well-crafted, brilliantly executed, and downright dreadful films to ever grace the silver screen. These terrifying films elevate cinema into something almost unrecognizable.
Oct 30, 2018 · From ‘Frankenstein’ to ‘Psycho’ to ‘Hereditary,’ this is Collider’s ranking of the best, scariest horror movies ever made.
