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This page features top lists of the most striking and still-relevant horror films — from cult classics to underrated gems. We’ve selected only the most compelling titles that continue to scare, thrill, and leave a lasting impression. Each list is a chance to revisit favorites or discover something new.

But what would you put at number one? Do you agree with our top pick? Let’s discuss it in the comments!

THANKSGIVING (2023)

After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts, the birthplace of the infamous holiday.

ZOMBIELAND (2009)

A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting bruiser in search of the last Twinkie and a pair of sisters striving to get to an amusement park join forces in a trek across a zombie-filled America.

WHEN EVIL LURKS (2023)

In a remote village, two brothers find a demon-infected man just about to “give birth” to evil itself. They decide to get rid of the body, only to end up unintentionally spreading chaos.

THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE (2016)

Father and son coroners investigate the death of a beautiful Jane Doe.

RAW (2016)

A young woman, studying to be a vet, develops a craving for human flesh.

REC (2007)

A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.

THE BLACK PHONE (2021)

After being abducted and locked in a basement, a boy starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone from the killer’s previous victims.

M3GAN (2022)

When robotics engineer Gemma becomes the guardian of her orphaned niece, Cady, she thinks her new invention, a robotic AI, will be a good companion. However, M3GAN begins to behave in unexpected and shocking ways.

THE OTHERS (2001)

In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.

TUCKER & DALE VS EVIL (2010)

Affable hillbillies Tucker and Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are mistaken for murderers by a group of preppy college students.

IT (2017)

In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.

ANNIHILATION (2018)

A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition in which the laws of nature don’t apply.

TREMORS (1990)

Natives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.

THE INVISIBLE MAN (2020)

When Cecilia’s abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

BARBARIAN (2022)

A woman staying at an Airbnb discovers that the house she has rented is not what it seems.

HEREDITARY (2018)

A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.

EVIL DEAD RISE (2023)

A twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.

ODDITY (2024)

A psychic medium attempts to uncover the truth behind her sister’s murder at the site of the crime.

LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL (2023)

A live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation’s living rooms.

THE ORPHANAGE (2007)

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.

TERRIFIER 3 (2024)

Art the Clown is set to unleash chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve.

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (2011)

A group of kids go to a remote cabin in the woods where their fate is unknowingly controlled by technicians as part of a world-wide conspiracy where all horror movie clichés are revealed to be part of an elaborate sacrifice ritual.

SCREAM VI (2023)

A new killer follows survivors of the Ghostface murders to New York City.

THE EXORCIST (1973)

When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

PEARL (2022)

In 1918, a young woman on the brink of madness pursues stardom in a desperate attempt to escape the drudgery, isolation, and lovelessness of life on her parents’ farm.

MISERY (1990)

After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.

THE EVIL DEAD (1981)

Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.

SUSPIRIA (1977)

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

CARRIE (1976)

Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.

LONGLEGS (2024)

In pursuit of a serial killer, an FBI agent uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end his terrifying killing spree.

ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968)

A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.

ERASERHEAD (1977)

Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newborn mutant child.

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984)

Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.

ONE CUT OF THE DEAD (2017)

Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies.

HALLOWEEN (1978)

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, to kill again.

ALIEN (1979)

After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.

28 DAYS LATER (2002)

Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the United Kingdom, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.

THE SHINING (1980)

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.

SAW (2004)

Two men awaken to find themselves on the opposite sides of a dead body, each with specific instructions to kill the other, escape or face the consequences. These two are the latest contestants in Jigsaw’s games.

TRAIN TO BUSAN (2016)

While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.

THE FLY (1986)

A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.

THE BIRDS (1963)

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.

THE RING (1998)

When her niece is found dead along with three friends after viewing a supposedly cursed videotape, reporter Reiko sets out to investigate. She finds the tape, watches it and receives a phone call informing her that she’ll die in a week.

SCREAM (1996)

A masked killer targets a past victim’s daughter.

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974)

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)

A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.

THE CONJURING (2013)

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.

PSYCHO (1960)

A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.

JAWS (1975)

When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it’s up to the local police chief, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.

ALIENS (1986)

Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.