My List of the Top 250 Horror Films of All Time

This is something I do for fun periodically, as I’m constantly changing the list because I forgot a film or I saw a new one that was terrific. Usually, it’s a Top 200 list, but I’ve found more great films lately (not that they’re in abundance, mind you), so I increased the number. Not all of these are technically horror films; some are comedy-horror or sci-horror and some are TV episodes, but they freaked me out or entertained me in some way. Enjoy, and feel free to comment on whether you agree/disagree.

 

MY LIST OF THE TOP 250 HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME:

(First Fifty in Order)

The Innkeepers
The Shining (original version)
The Ring
Evil Dead II
The Evil Dead (original version)
The Spell
The Lost
Inside
Carrie (first version)
Ginger Snaps
Megan Is Missing
Triangle
Day of the Dead
Night of the Living Dead (first version)
The Last House On the Left (original version)
The Girl Next Door (Jack Ketchum version)
Omen III: Final Conflict
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Phantasm
The Exorcist III
The Exorcist
An American Werewolf In London
The Howling
One Dark Night
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
Pet Sematary
Let the Right One In (Swedish version, not Let Me In)
Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola’s version)
The Wicker Man (first version)
Lake Mungo
‘Salem’s Lot
Alien
The Devil’s Advocate
The Last Horror Movie
Dawn of the Dead (either version)
Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane
Diary of the Dead
Tales From the Hood
The Omen (either version)
From Dusk Till Dawn
Scanners
The Craft
I Spit On Your Grave (original version)
Without Warning
Mother’s Day (original version)
The Descent
Killer Party
Van Helsing
The Thing (John Carpenter’s version)
Alice, Sweet Alice
The Unseen
Halloween (both versions)
Halloween II
Friday the 13th (first version)
Amber Alert
The Funhouse
2,001 Maniacs
Jeepers Creepers
Jeepers Creepers II
Wrong Turn
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings
House At the End of the Street
The Amityville Horror (both versions)
Amityville II: The Possession
Scream
Evilspeak
Grave Encounters
Grave Encounters 2
It
Cujo
Firestarter
House of 1000 Corpses
The Dead Zone
Desperation
Storm of the Century
Mary Reilly
The Dark Half
The Mist
The Servants of Twilight
Phantoms
Damien: Omen II
The Descent: Part 2
Dark House
Slither
The Rapture
Sliver
Let’s Scare Jessica to Death
Rosemary’s Baby (first version)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (both versions)
Fright Night (both versions)
Dracula 2000
They Live
Re-animator
Dagon
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
Necronomicon: Book of the Dead
Hell Asylum
Stephen King’s Cat’s Eye
Carrie (first remake)
Dawn of the Dead (remake)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (first version)
Texas Chainsaw 3D
The Blob (first version)
Frailty
Orphan
Exorcism of Gail Bowers
Dead Alive
Blood Diner
Village of the Damned
Children of the Damned
Children of the Corn
Graveyard Shift
The Stand
Needful Things
The Sentinel (1977)
Independence Day
Aliens
Alien 3
Alien: Resurrection
Species
The Demonic Toys
Puppet Master
Piranha (both versions)
Hostel
Hostel: Part II
Hostel: Part III
The Devil’s Rejects
Satan’s Blood
Don’t Deliver Us from Evil
The Lair of the White Worm
Witchboard
Witchboard 2: The Devil’s Doorway
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
Final Destination
Warlock
The Woman
The Dentist
The Dentist 2
Ice Cream Man
Dog Soldiers
Underworld
Underworld: Evolution
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Blade
Blade II
Blade: Trinity
Wolf
Queen of the Damned
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (first remake)
When a Stranger Calls (original version)
Natural Born Killers
Freaks
Nosferatu
New Nightmare
Saw
Lake Placid
Anaconda
Beyond Loch Ness
Carny
Strangeland
Wishmaster
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
The Haunting of Julia
Darkness Falls
The Woman in Black
Exorcist II: The Heretic
The Wicker Tree
Ghost Ship
House on Haunted Hill (original version)
The Haunting (remake)
Thir13en Ghosts
Mausoleum
Insidious
Drag Me to Hell
The Possession
Stephen King’s Silver Bullet
CrowsNest
Poltergeist
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
Nightwing
They Crawl
Arachnophobia
Amityville 1992: It’s About Time
Teeth
Home Movie
Trilogy of Terror
The Lurking Fear
The Keep
Demon Seed
The Unborn (either version)
The Unborn II
Skin and Bones (Fear Itself)
Dreams in the Witch House (Masters of Horror)
Jennifer (Masters of Horror)
Deer Woman (Masters of Horror)
Pro-Life (Masters of Horror)
Pelts (Masters of Horror)
The Black Cat (Masters of Horror)
Valerie on the Stairs (Masters of Horror)
Apt Pupil
The Grudge
Blessed
Audition
Forever Evil
The Last Exorcism
Dream House
Evil Dead (remake)
The Lost Boys
Copycat
Primal
The Brood
Shivers
The Conjuring
Sound of My Voice
The Revenant
Carrie (second remake)
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
Mortuary (1983 version)
What Lies Beneath
Mama
Shutter
Monkey Shines
Disturbing Behavior
30 Days of Night
30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust
The Crow
The Fury
Mr. Frost
Occupant
The Haunting of Helena
Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Activity 2
Paranormal Activity 3
Paranormal Activity 4
The Sixth Sense
The Faculty
Apartment 143
Sling Blade
Secret Window
Motel Hell
The Entity
Contracted
Dead and Buried
Odd Thomas
Prey
Basket Case
Basket Case 2
Basket Case 3: the Progeny