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Horror Movies: Just the Essentials - Page 3

Horror movies, but only the movies I personally have deemed to be the absolute essentials you must see if you like the genre. I don't claim it as definitive and there are certainly some missing classics I could not judge to include, but it's what it says on the tin. Sorted oldest to newest.
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Pulse (2001)
Pulse (2001)
81
75%6.6
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
82
92%7.4
The Others (2001)
The Others (2001)
83
84%7.6
Dark Water (2002)
Dark Water (2002)
84
81%6.7
A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
85
85%7.2
Saw (2004)
Saw (2004)
86
51%7.6
The Descent (2005)
The Descent (2005)
87
86%7.2
The Host (2006)
The Host (2006)
88
93%7.1
The Mist (2007)
The Mist (2007)
89
72%7.1
The Orphanage (2007)
The Orphanage (2007)
90
87%7.4
Let the Right One in (2008)
Let the Right One in (2008)
91
98%7.9
Thirst (2009)
Thirst (2009)
92
80%7.1
Black Swan (2010)
Black Swan (2010)
93
85%8.0
You're Next (2011)
You're Next (2011)
94
79%6.6
Byzantium (2012)
Byzantium (2012)
95
65%6.5
Sinister (2012)
Sinister (2012)
96
63%6.8
The Woman in Black (2012)
The Woman in Black (2012)
97
66%6.4
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
98
86%7.3
The Conjuring (2013)
The Conjuring (2013)
99
86%7.5
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
100
96%7.0
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
101
91%7.1
Crimson Peak (2015)
Crimson Peak (2015)
102
72%6.5
It Follows (2015)
It Follows (2015)
103
96%6.8
Don't Breathe (2016)
Don't Breathe (2016)
104
88%7.1
The Wailing (2016)
The Wailing (2016)
105
99%7.5
The Witch (2016)
The Witch (2016)
106
90%6.9
Train to Busan (2016)
Train to Busan (2016)
107
94%7.6
Get Out (2017)
Get Out (2017)
108
98%7.7
It (2017)
It (2017)
109
85%7.3
Raw (2017)
Raw (2017)
110
92%7.0
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
111
80%7.0
The Ritual (2017)
The Ritual (2017)
112
74%6.3
A Quiet Place (2018)
A Quiet Place (2018)
113
96%7.5
Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation (2018)
114
88%6.8
Hereditary (2018)
Hereditary (2018)
115
89%7.3
Mandy (2018)
Mandy (2018)
116
90%6.6
Midsommar (2019)
Midsommar (2019)
117
83%7.1
The Lighthouse (2019)
The Lighthouse (2019)
118
90%7.5
Us (2019)
Us (2019)
119
93%6.8
Last Night in Soho (2021)
Last Night in Soho (2021)
120
76%7.2
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