Chorus.fm's Top 25 Horror Films (As of 2024) Movie

Well, I proposed this a while ago, but now that we have a fun Top 25 Films thread going, and because we have such an active and passionate horror thread on the site, I figured it was probably time to fire up a Top 25 Horror Films thread. I plan on tabulating a Top 25 for the website based on lists posted in here, so let's set a deadline of Saturday, April 20th. Until then (and after), share your lists and discuss! Mine:

1. Skinamarink
2. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
3. The Blair Witch Project
4. Halloween (1978)
5. WNUF Halloween Special
6. Aliens
7. Nope
8. The Brood
9. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
10. The Loved Ones
11. Jacob's Ladder (1990)
12. Phantasm
13. Video Violence 2
14. Censor
15. Silent Night, Deadly Night
16. The Invisible Man (1933)
17. Out There Halloween Mega Tape
18. The Thing (1982)
19. American Psycho
20. The Shining
21. Get Out
22. Return of the Living Dead
23. Shaun of the Dead
24. King Kong (1933)
25. Sisters

Just outside of my Top 25 would be Psychos in Love, Tales From the Hood, Tourist Trap, Pearl, and Slither.

 

Anyone posting in here will probably be interested in this, too: Chorus.fm's Horror Flick of the Week • forum.chorus.fm

 

1. The Lost Boys
2. It Follows
3. Hereditary
4. Get Out
5. Scream
6. The Faculty
7. Barbarian
8. Talk to Me
9. The Monster Squad
10. Green Room
11. Let the Right One In
12. Midsommar
13. The Thing (1982)
14. Nope
15. Halloween (1978)
16. Aliens
17. Rosemary's Baby
18. Eraserhead
19. Beau is Afraid
20. You're Next

 

No order because I just started watching horror a few years ago:

OG Scream
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Pearl
Smile
Barbarian
Hereditary
Skinamarink
Slumber Party Massacre 2
The Thing
Alien
Aliens
My Bloody Valentine
Happy Death Day

 

Beau is Afraid would absolutely be on my list, but I consider it more of a nightmare comedy so idk

 

Here’s a quick list, possibly some debate if these are horror, but they’re all horror ish! Order is very rough.

1. The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
2. The Descent (Neil Marshall, 2005)
3. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
4. Audition (Takeshi Miike, 1999)
5. Dark Water (Hideo Nakata, 2002)
6. The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodovar, 2011)
7. Raw (Julia Ducournau, 2016)
8. Onibaba (Kaneto Shindo, 1964)
9. Rosemary’s Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968)
10. Encounters of the Spooky Kind (Sammo Hung, 1980)

11. Seeding of a Ghost (Yang Chuan, 1983)
12. Les Diaboliques (Henri George Clouzot, 1955)
13. The Fly (David Cronenberg, 1986)
14. The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963)
15. House (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977)
16. Ring (Hideo Nakata, 1998)
17. The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)
18. The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973)
19. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
20. Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon, 1997)

21. Sleepaway Camp 2 (Michael Simpson, 1988)
22. Cure (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1997)
23. A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (Ana Lily Amirpour, 2014)
24. Mr Vampire (Ricky Lau, 1985)
25. The Seventh Curse (Lam Ngai Kai, 1987)

 

Raw is a good pick. Sleepaway Camp is the first one I forgot.

 

Hell yeah

 

1. The Shining
2. Silence of the Lambs
3. The Thing
4. Nope
5. Hereditary
6. Jennifer’s Body
7. Titane
8. Get Out
9. Green Room
10. House (1977)
11. Lisa Frankenstein
12. Alien
13. Jaws
14. The Sixth Sense
15. Suspiria (1977)
16. Midsommar
17. Cabin in the Woods
18. The Exorcist
19. Barbarian
20. Raw
21. Smile
22. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
23. Watcher
24. Malignant
25. Talk to Me

 

1. Antichrist
2. Possession
3. Repulsion
4. Caché
5. Inland Empire
6. The Turin Horse
7. Liberté
8. Easer Head
9. Altered States
10. Crimes of the Future
11. Beau is Afraid
12. The Brood
13. House of 1000 Corpses
14. Let the Right One In
15. Alien
16. Midsommar
17. Bone Tomahawk
18. The Devils Rejects
19. The Lighthouse
20. Irréversible

 

I couldn't find a place for The Guest on my list because it's not truly a horror film

 

Bone Tomahawk rules

can't wait for Zahler's upcoming horror project

 

A couple caveats:
1. I hate trying to split hairs on genre, so I just picked my favorites that are listed as horror on LB.
2. I'm definitely going to overrepresent my penchant for horror-comedy.
3. Did it with a bias sorter in one pass. Not pulling my hair out.
4. I've seen a lot of movies and try to keep a good genre balance, but I don't specialize in horror like a lot of guys on here, so apologies if you think this list is junk.


1. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
2. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (Charles Barton, 1948)
3. The Fog (John Carpenter, 1980)
4. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
5. Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
6. Bones and All (Luca Guadagnino, 2022)
7. Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)
8. King Kong (Merian C. Cooper/Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933)
9. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Joe Dante, 1990)
10. The Cabin in the Woods (Drew Goddard, 2011)
11. Poltergeist (Tobe Hooper, 1982)
12. The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
13. The Haunting (Robert Wise, 1963)
14. Us (Jordan Peele, 2019)
15. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)
16. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (Eli Craig, 2010)
17. Scream (Matt Betinelli Olpin/Tyler Gillett, 2022)
18. Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931)
19. The 'burbs (Joe Dante, 1989)
20. Aliens (James Cameron, 1986)
21. Isle of the Dead (Mark Robson, 1945)
22. Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968)
23. The Spiral Staircase (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
24. Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2016)
25. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)

Just missed:
Eight Legged Freaks (Ellory Elkayem, 2002)

Honorable mention because I genuinely love it but also part of the appeal is camp:
Don't Let the Riverbeast Get You (Charles Roxburgh, 2012)

 

Omg Chris why don’t you post in the horror thread!? Love this list

 

I’ve never been like a horror junkie so I don’t watch them in huge quantities. Didn’t think I’d have much to contribute. I’ll have to poke my head in

 

You’d fit right in

 

Yes, join us Chris!

Awesome seeing movies like The Brood and Altered States (and even Beau) making multiple lists.

 

1. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
2. American Psycho
3. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
4. Halloween
5. Scream
6. House of 1000 Corpses
7. From Dusk Til Dawn
8. Sleepaway Camp 2
9. Satan’s Little Helper
10. Scary Tales
11. The Lost Boys
12. Gremlins 2
13. Friday the 13th Part IV
14. Spookies
15. The Faculty
16. Vamp
17. Idle Hands
18. Friday the 13th Part VI
19. The Shining
20. Evil Dead II

 

Shit I forgot Black Devil Doll from Hell

 

Lol, insane movie. Shocked not to see Psychos in Love on your list!

 

It was in the running

 

No particular order

The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973)
Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)
The Fly (David Cronenberg, 1986)
Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018)
Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
An American Werewolf in London (John Landis, 1981)
Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)
Scream (Wes Craven, 1996)
Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1978)
Evil Dead 2 (Sam Raimi, 1987)
Braindead (Peter Jackson, 1992)
Nope (Jordan Peele, 2022)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
Videodrome (David Cronenberg, 1983)
Hellraiser (Clive Barker, 1987)
The Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale, 1935)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (David Lynch, 1992)
Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1977)
Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)
The Witch (Robert Eggers, 2016)

 

Feel pretty good about this (for now lol)

1. Scream (Wes Craven, 1996)
2. The Fog (John Carpenter, 1980)
3. Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)
4. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
5. Midsommar (Ari Aster, 2019)
6. Creepshow (George A. Romero, 1982)
7. Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
8. The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
9. Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018)
10. The Blackcoat's Daughter (Osgood Perkins, 2015)
11. It Follows (David Robert Mitchell, 2014)
12. Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017)
13. Evil Dead (Fede Alvarez, 2013)
14. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
15. You're Next (Adam Wingard, 2011)
16. Evil Dead II (Sam Raimi, 1987)
17. Barbarian (Zach Cregger, 2022)
18. Nope (Jordan Peele, 2022)
19. Black Christmas (Bob Clark, 1974)
20. Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968)
21. Watcher (Chloe Okuno, 2022)
22. Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)
23. Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1978)
24. The Innkeepers (Ti West, 2011)
25. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (Joseph Zito,1984)

People may yell at me for putting the Evil Dead reboot that high, but I just adore the brutality of it so much haha.

 

It's one of the best in the franchise. And one of the best reboots, period.

 

Boutta see Late Night With the Devil rn