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Matthew Sheldon's Top 125 Greatest Horror Films of All Time (2021 Edition)

What keeps you up at night? Thriller, crime, mystery, slasher, monster, psychological, splatter, sci-fi, surreal, serial killer, found footage, supernatural or torture p**n? Whatever scares or disturbs you is horror, whether it's arthouse, B-movie or exploitation trash.
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28 Days Later (2002)
28 Days Later (2002)
1
87%7.6
Alien (1979)
Alien (1979)
2
98%8.4
American Psycho (2000)
American Psycho (2000)
3
69%7.6
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
4
88%7.5
Angst (1983)
Angst (1983)
5
100%7.2
Antichrist (2009)
Antichrist (2009)
6
53%6.6
Audition (2001)
Audition (2001)
7
The Babadook (2014)
The Babadook (2014)
8
98%6.8
Begotten (1991)
Begotten (1991)
9
67%5.6
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1970)
The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1970)
10
85%7.1
The Birds (1963)
The Birds (1963)
11
95%7.7
Black Sunday (1960)
Black Sunday (1960)
12
86%7.1
Black Swan (2010)
Black Swan (2010)
13
85%8.0
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
14
86%6.5
Braindead (1992)
Braindead (1992)
15
88%7.5
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
16
98%7.8
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
17
80%7.1
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
18
96%8.0
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
19
65%5.8
Cape Fear (1962)
Cape Fear (1962)
20
96%7.7
Carnival of Souls (1962)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
21
87%7.1
Carrie (1976)
Carrie (1976)
22
93%7.4
Cat People (1942)
Cat People (1942)
23
92%7.2
The Changeling (1980)
The Changeling (1980)
24
83%7.2
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
25
94%7.9
Dead of Night (1945)
Dead of Night (1945)
26
93%7.6
Dead Ringers (1988)
Dead Ringers (1988)
27
83%7.3
The Descent (2005)
The Descent (2005)
28
86%7.2
Deep Red (1975)
Deep Red (1975)
29
93%7.6
Deliverance (1972)
Deliverance (1972)
30
89%7.7
Dogtooth (2009)
Dogtooth (2009)
31
93%7.2
Don't Look Now (1973)
Don't Look Now (1973)
32
95%7.2
Dracula (1931)
Dracula (1931)
33
94%7.5
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
34
91%7.6
Eraserhead (1977)
Eraserhead (1977)
35
90%7.4
The Evil Dead (1981)
The Evil Dead (1981)
36
95%7.5
Evil Dead II (1987)
Evil Dead II (1987)
37
95%7.7
The Exorcist (1973)
The Exorcist (1973)
38
83%8.0
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
39
98%7.7
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Fatal Attraction (1987)
40
76%6.9
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