125 Best Horror Movies
List by allhorrorThis is the hand-picked official AllHorror list for the cream of the crop of horror movies. While being “the best” is subjective, we aggregate ratings, reviews, and long-standing reputations into our consideration, as well as a few arbitrary staff picks for cult fan favorites. This list is the closest you’re likely to see for the best horror has to offer, from the horror experts at AllHorror.com.
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The Thing (1982)
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83%
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8.1
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills....
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Evil Dead II (1987)
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98%
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7.8
Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from “The Book of the Dead.&rdquo...
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Halloween (1978)
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93%
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7.8
In John Carpenter's horror classic, a psychotic murderer, institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor...
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Alien (1979)
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97%
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8.5
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs ...
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Jaws (1975)
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97%
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8.0
An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast....
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The Fly (1986)
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91%
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7.5
When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and ...
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The Shining (1980)
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86%
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8.4
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't ...
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28 Days Later (2002)
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86%
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7.6
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the ...
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The Exorcist (1973)
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86%
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8.0
12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid...
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Rosemary's Baby (1968)
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99%
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8.0
A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building to start a family. Things become frightening as Rosemary begins to suspect her unborn baby isn't safe around their strange neighbo...
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