Scariest Horror Movies
Want to know which are the scariest horror movies ever made? Then read the article, rent the DVDs, call your friends over, and scare the heck out of yourselves.

Robert Thorn - And I'm the one that's supposed to kill him. (Revealing daggers from Bugenhagen)... These are knives. He wants me to stab him! He wants me to murder a child.
Keith Jennings - It's not a child.
Robert Thorn - How can he know that? Maybe he's wrong. It's insane. I won't have anything to do with murdering a little boy. He's not responsible. I won't do it!
Robert Thorn - (Tosses the knives away)
Keith Jennings - Well, if you won't do it... I will! ~ from the movie, The Omen
Scary movies...wow, now that's a list I would love to make. For movie lovers, scary movies have a different place. No, I don't mean the place being far, far away; there are millions of people around the world who appreciate the hard work put into the storyline, plot, and amazing work done by the actors. For decades now, Hollywood has been releasing amazing horror movies that have managed to scare us. So we just thought, why don't we make a compilation of the scariest, most chilling movies that have been made till date. These movies not only are scary beyond imagination, but they have the same effect on people it did when it was originally released. So let's take a look at the movies and see what's so scary about them.
Scariest Movies of All Time
To satisfy your quotient of scary movies, we've put together the following table of greatest horror movies. Now don't think that this list is given in a particular order, because it is not. They have been presented alphabetically and are not listed by rankings. Now we have the confusion out of the way, let's get the table.
| Movies | Year of Release | Cast | Short Synopsis |
| 28 Days Later | 2002 | Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, and Christopher Eccleston | In UK, a mysterious virus spreads and 4 weeks later, there are only few survivors left. |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street | 1984 | Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, John Saxon, and Robert Englund | A serial killer who kills people in their dreams and then they die in reality. |
| An American Werewolf in London | 1981 | David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, and Griffin Dunne | A werewolf kills two tourists in London and the story continues. |
| Carrie | 1976 | Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving | About a girl who was abused and get powers. |
| Dawn of the Dead | 1978 | David Emge, Ken Foree, and Scott H. Reiniger | A worldwide plague is in motion that is the reason for aggressive zombies wishing to eat anyone they can find. |
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| 2004 | Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, and Mekhi Phifer | And it all begins all over again.... | |
| Halloween | 1978 | Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran, P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis, and Kyle Richards | A Mental Institution escapee who is on a mission to find his sister and will kill anybody who comes in the way. |
| Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer | 1986 | Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, and Tom Towles | Story of a real serial killer named Henry Lee Lucas. |
| Ju-on (Japanese) | 2000 | Yűrei Yanagi, Yue, and Ryôta Koyama | Hollywood did a remake of this Japanese horror film, The Grudge. Need I say anymore? |
| Lost Highway | 1997 | Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, and John Roselius | A guy framed for murder of his wife and sent to prison where he takes another form of a mechanic and gets out. |
| Night of the Living Dead | 1990 | Tony Todd, Patricia Tallman, and Tom Towles | The dead return to life. |
| Paranormal Activity | 2007 | Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, and Mark Fredrichs | A couple moves into a suburban home to find out that there is a demonic presence there. |
| Poltergeist | 1982 | JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, and Craig T. Nelson | Ghosts haunting a family. Initially the ghosts seem friendly, however to everyone's shock, they terrorize everyone on the family and then kidnap the youngest daughter of the family. |
| Psycho | 1960 | Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, and Vera Miles | A female who arrives at a motel which has dark secrets which perhaps should stay hidden. A classic Alfred Hitchcock movie. |
| REC | 2007 | Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, and Jorge-Yamam Serrano | Spanish TV reporter receives a call from an old lady who claims to be trapped in her own home. When she reaches there with her cameraman, they can hear screams. |
| Rosemary's Baby | 1968 | Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, and Ruth Polanski | A pregnant woman who is surrounded by peculiar neighbors, and is also troubled by the unborn child. |
| Shutter | 2004 | Ananda Everingham, Nattaweeranuch Thongmee, and Achita Sikamana | Upon examining, a photographer and his girlfriend find out that there are some unexplained shadows in the photographs he's taking. This follows soon after a tragic accident has occurred. |
| The Amityville Horror | 2005 | Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George, and Jimmy Bennett | A family is haunted by ghosts. The ghosts, who were the victims of grave mass murder. |
| The Blair Witch Project | 1999 | Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, and Joshua Leonard | October 1944, 3 students head out to Burkittesville, Maryland. These film students were never to be seen again as a year later, only their footage was discovered. |
| The Changeling | 2006 | Clyde Baldo, Chris Brady, and Wendy Herlich | A woman wants to break her engagement to a man, whom she doesn't love, after meeting another man. When her father's servant comes in the picture, they both get into a situation they didn't anticipate. |
| The Evil Dead (Series) | 1981, 1987 and 1992 | Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, and Richard DeManincor (Part One); Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, and Dan Hicks (Part Two); Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, and Marcus Gilbert (Part Three) | Friends go for a picnic and they are possessed by demons. |
| The Exorcist | 1973 | Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, and Linda Blair | A girl possessed by demon. A must watch movie. |
| The Exorcism of Emily Rose | 2005 | Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, and Shohreh Aghdashloo | A priest who performs exorcism on a young girl who is possessed by demons. |
| The Omen | 1976 | Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, and Harvey Stepens | A child is born in the house of an American ambassador. As the child grows up, he soon finds clues that tell him that he is the literal Antichrist. |
| The Orphanage | 2007 | Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, and Roger Príncep | A woman, along with her family, opens an orphanage for handicapped kids not knowing that her own son has been communicating with a friend of his who's invisible. |
| The Ring | 2001 | Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, and Brian Cox | A tape when watched causes death in 7 days. |
| The Shining | 1980 | Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd | A father who at a hotel turns to violence and his son can see the past and the future. |
| The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | 1974 | Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, and Allen Danzinger | Friend passing through a town where they run into a deformed stalker who tries to kill them in order to feed his poor family. |
| 2003 | Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, and Andrew Bryniarski | And the chainsaw killer attacks again... | |
| The Thing | 1982 | Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, and Keith David | An alien who can take the appearance of people who it kills. |
To tell you the truth, I think The Evil Dead and The Omen are the most scariest horror movies ever made. What about yourself? Do you know a horror movie which is the most scariest movie of all time? We would love to know more about it. Do leave us a comment below. Oh and if you plan on watching any of these movies, I'd suggest you don't watch them alone. Just a suggestion.
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