It’s Halloween season and that means almost every big movie site has posted their TOP list of “best horror films of all time.” Now when I take a look at most of these lists, they’re pretty generic and safe. You usually see the same horror films make it on each list and most of them are critically acclaimed. However, if you’re a true horror buff, you appreciate the films that most times critics despise or don’t even bother watching.
We welcome and admire the campiness of cheesy 80’s slasher flicks, and we love the horror underappreciated or underseen from general audiences. For instance, ‘The Exorcist’ is probably one of the best horror films of all time, but it’s not one of my favorite horror films. It’s not a movie I can buy on DVD and watch on multiple viewings.
So here is a list of 50 of my all time favorite movies and I recommend all these films to watch during the Halloween season. Comment below with your favorite horror films! Enjoy!
1. Scream
2. Fright Night
3. The Lost Boys
4. Halloween
5. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street-The “Nancy” Trilogy (1,3, and New Nightmare)
7. Friday the 13th
8. The Hitcher (original)
9. CreepShow 2
10. Shocker
11. Night of the Demons
12. Vamp
13. Ils
14. The Howling
15. The Monster Squad
16. Witchboard
17. From Dusk Till Dawn
18. The Blob (remake)
19. Deep Red
20. Night of the Living Dead (original)
21. Braindead (Dead Alive)
22. Identity
23. The Gate
24. John Carpenter’s The Thing
25. The Hills Have Eyes (original and remake)
26. The Evil Dead
27. Night of the Creeps
28. Jeepers Creepers
29. Invaders From Mars
30. Child’s Play
31. Deep Rising
32. Return of the Living Dead
33. Tales From the Hood
34. Creep
35. Wrong Turn
36. Frailty
37. The Faculty
38. Innocent Blood
39. Silver Bullet
40. Saw
41. The Descent
42. Behind the Mask-The Rise of Leslie Vernon
43. Hatchet
44. Nightwatch (1998)
45. Phantasm
46. Ginger Snaps
47. My Little Eye
48. House
49. Severance
50. Def by Temptation (all time guilty pleasure)
