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100 Years of Genre Defining Horror Films - Page 3

From the 1920s to the 2010s, these 170 horror movies are among the most genre defining across the decades, tracking the genre's evolution from the silent era and landmark films of German Expressionism through Universal Classic Monsters to landmark films like Psycho and The Exorcist and into the rise of the flasher flick and beyond into the modern day.
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Eraserhead (1977)
Eraserhead (1977)
81
90%7.4
House (1977)
House (1977)
82
90%7.3
Suspiria (1977)
Suspiria (1977)
83
93%7.4
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
84
67%6.3
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
85
94%7.9
Halloween (1978)
Halloween (1978)
86
96%7.7
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
87
92%7.4
Alien (1979)
Alien (1979)
88
98%8.4
Phantasm (1979)
Phantasm (1979)
89
74%6.7
The Amityville Horror (1979)
The Amityville Horror (1979)
90
30%6.2
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
91
65%5.8
Friday the 13th (1980)
Friday the 13th (1980)
92
63%6.4
The Fog (1980)
The Fog (1980)
93
75%6.8
The Shining (1980)
The Shining (1980)
94
84%8.4
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
95
88%7.5
Possession (1981)
Possession (1981)
96
88%7.4
The Evil Dead (1981)
The Evil Dead (1981)
97
95%7.5
Poltergeist (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
98
87%7.3
The Thing (1982)
The Thing (1982)
99
82%8.1
Videodrome (1983)
Videodrome (1983)
100
78%7.2
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
101
95%7.5
Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins (1984)
102
85%7.3
Day of the Dead (1985)
Day of the Dead (1985)
103
83%7.1
Re-Animator (1985)
Re-Animator (1985)
104
94%7.2
Aliens (1986)
Aliens (1986)
105
97%8.3
The Fly (1986)
The Fly (1986)
106
93%7.6
Evil Dead II (1987)
Evil Dead II (1987)
107
95%7.7
Hellraiser (1987)
Hellraiser (1987)
108
72%7.0
Predator (1987)
Predator (1987)
109
81%7.8
Child's Play (1988)
Child's Play (1988)
110
71%6.6
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
111
73%7.5
Tremors (1990)
Tremors (1990)
112
86%7.1
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
113
96%8.6
Braindead (1992)
Braindead (1992)
114
88%7.5
Candyman (1992)
Candyman (1992)
115
77%6.7
Dracula (1992)
Dracula (1992)
116
75%7.4
Ghostwatch (1992)
Ghostwatch (1992)
117
100%7.5
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
118
64%7.3
Interview With the Vampire (1994)
Interview With the Vampire (1994)
119
64%7.5
New Nightmare (1994)
New Nightmare (1994)
120
80%6.5
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