Top Horror Movies of All Time

Movies, whichever genre they may belong to, always have an effect on us. A drama may cause us to weep copiously for the protagonist who suffers the trials and tribulations of life, a comedy makes us laugh our head off at the various antics of the characters created to make us laugh, a love story (in case of most women) has us dreaming about our own happily ever after, but it takes a great horror flick to scare us to death, to make us fear taking a walk alone to even the kitchen in our own house. Of course, the sound effects and scary makeup add to the fear factor of good horror movies, but the best of the lot manage to play with our fears without any adulteration and pure psychological manipulation.

There is something about horror movies that make them extremely popular. If you take a survey amongst people who enjoy horror movies, you will get answers that are as different and unique as say, fingerprints. Some of the best horror movies are a must-watch on every movie fanatic's list regardless of whether he or she watches the film from under a blanket, with their hands covering their eyes. In this article, we'll provide you a list with the scariest movies of all time, that we believe can scare the living daylights out of even the most fearless of all people.

List of Top Horror Movies
Horror movies have been a favorite genre with many directors and some of them like to restrict themselves to purely this kind of cinema. Some of the best scary movies of all time are not in English but language can hardly be a barrier in good cinema. In this list, we have listed out not only English films but also some of the best Asian horror movies and movies from the European countries too. So here are the 100 movies, that according to us are the top horror movies.

1. Arachnophobia
2. The Innocents
3. Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
4. The Wicker Man
5. The Blob
6. Rosemary's Baby
7. The Brood
8. Event Horizon
9. Dawn of the Dead
10. Psycho
11. Alien
12. The Shining
13. Diabolique
14. The Thing
15. King Kong
16. Ugetsu monogatari
17. Frankenstein
18. The Exorcist
19. Let the Right One In
20. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
21. Nosferatu
22. Bride of Frankenstein
23. Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage
24. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
25. Ghost Stories
26. Dawn of the Dead
27. Night of the Living Dead
28. The Evil Dead
29. Shaun of the Dead
30. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane
31. Onibaba
32. Blue Velvet
33. Halloween
34. Repulsion
35. The Cremator
36. The Unknown
37. The Birds
38. Eyes Without a Face
39. The Last Wave
40. The Man Who Laughs
41. Freaks
42. Evil Dead II
43. The Phantom Carriage
44. Island of Lost Souls
45. The Invisible Man
46. Dead of Night
47. Peeping Tom
48. Jacob's Ladder
49. The Haunting
50. Hour of the Wolf
51. The Witches
52. Between Two Worlds
53. The Others
54. The Tenant
55. Deep Red
56. Dracula
57. The Amityville Horror
58. Nightmare on Elm Street
59. The Fly
60. Saw
61. Janghwa, Hongryeon
62. The Silence of the Lambs
63. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
64. The Changeling
65. 28 Days Later
66. Scream
67. Carrie
68. Coraline
69. The Shining
70. Audition
71. Marathon Man
72. The Ring
73. El Orfanato
74. Orphan
75. Rec
76. The Thing
77. Poltergeist
78. Paranormal Activity
79. Blair Witch Project
80. Hostel
81. Psycho
82. Omen
83. I Know What You did Last Summer
84. Planet Terror
85. Friday the 13th
86. The Grudge
87. The Hills Have Eyes
88. The Strangers
89. American Werewolf in London
90. Suicide Club
91. The Descent
92. Feast
93. Dnevnoy Dozor
94. Videodrome
95. Suspiria
96. The Entity
97. Exorcism of Emily Rose
98. Hellraiser
99. Ju-on
100. Pet Sematary

Though old horror movies continue to rule the listings guide, there are some good movies that have been released in the recent past which deserve to be in the list. Hopefully, you agree with the list of the best horror movies of all time, that we have drawn up. Get the DVDs of these movies and experience the horror.