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The history of horror is vast and perhaps a list of the 200 greatest horror films is a foolhardy thing to tackle. I’ve been watching horror movies since I was a very young kid and I think it is safe to say that I’ve watched more than the average person. Yet, as hard as I try, there are still many films that I still haven’t seen. What follows is a list of my personal 150 favorite horror films of the 20th century accompanied by a few special mentions, mostly documentaries, short films and a few features that some people would qualify as horror, but really aren’t. Please let me know in the comments if there is a movie you feel I overlooked.

Start the countdown by clicking below, or if you like, see the full list of movies below that. Enjoy!

Intro | Top 150 | Top 140 | Top 120 | Top 100 | Top 80 | Top 60 | Top 40 | Top 20

Greatest Horror Movies (Full List)

Part One

Special Mention: Michael Jackson’s Thriller

150. Blood and Black Lace

149. Society

148. Vampire Circus

147. Q The Winged Serpent

146. The Fury

145. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

144. I Walked With A Zombie

143. Wild Zero

142. Dressed to Kill

141. Misery

Special Mention: Night of the Hunter

Part Two

Special Mention: Seconds

140. The Long Weekend

149. Tetsuo: The Ironman

138. Frightmare

137. Patrick

136. Zombi 2

135. Next of Kin

134. Who Can Kill A Child

133. Tenebrae

132. Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny, And Girly (aka Girly)

131. When A Stranger Calls

Special Mention: The Last Wave

130. Bloody Valentine

129. Don’t Torture a Duckling

128. Candyman

127. Just Before Dawn

126. Rabid

125. The House With Laughing Windows

124. A Lizard In A Woman’s Skin

123. Blade

122. The Devil Rides Out

121. Day of the Beast

Special Mention: Wait Until Dark

Part Three

Special Mention: Man Bites Dog

120.The Addiction

119. Deathdream

118. Maniac

117. Anguish

116. White Zombie

115. Altered States

114. Phantasm

113. Black Sunday

112. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

111. Bay of Blood

Special Mention: Manhunter

110. The Girl Who Knew Too Much

109. The Changeling

108. The Beyond

107. Terror at the Opera

106. Legend of Hell House

105. Gremlins

104. The Hour of the Wolf

103. Kuroneko

102. Sisters

101. Martin

Part Four

Special Mention: Haxan

100. Dead of Night

99. The Reflecting Skin

98. Dust Devil

97. Night of the Creeps

96. Let’s Scare Jessica to Death

95. Bram Stoker’s Dracula

94. The village of the Damned

93. Frighteners

92. Cannibal Holocaust

91. Cronos

Special Mention: The Tenant

90. Funny Games

89. They Live

88. Nosferatu the Vampyre

87. Sleepaway Camp

86. Raw Meat

85. The Omen

84. The Hills Have Eyes

83. The Howling

82. In The Mouth of Madness

81. Alucarda, La Hija De Las Tinieblas

Special Mention: Clean, Shaven

Part Five

Special Mention: Thundercrack

80. The Exorcist III

79. The Brood

78. The Last House On The Left

77. Daughters of Darkness

76. Day of the Dead

75. Santa Sangre

74. Ringu

73. Poltergeist

72. The Mask of the Red Death

71. Spider-Baby

Special Mention: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

70. Onibaba

69. The Fog

68. I Stand Alone

67. Hardware

66. Kwaiden

65. Hausu

64. Black Christmas

63. It’s Alive

62. The Haunting

61. Cemetery Man

Special Mention: The Most Dangerous Game

Part Six

Special Mention: Dead Ringers

60. Re-Animator

59. The Blair Witch Project

58. Dead Alive

57. King Kong

56. Threads

55. Carnival of Souls

54. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

53. Near Dark

52. The Sixth Sense

51. Se7en

Special Mention: Shock Corridor

50. Night of the Demon

49. Kill, Baby… Kill!

48. Repulsion

47. Possession

46. Dawn of the Dead

45. Alice Sweet Alice

44. Gojira

43. The Fly

42. Eraserhead

41. A Nightmare On Elm Street

Part Seven

Special Mention: Un Chien Andalou

40. The Devils

39. Invasion of the Body Snatchers

38. Evil Dead

37. God Told Me To

36. The Cat People

35. Suspiria

34. Deep Red

33. Nosferatu

32. Vampyr

31. The Wicker Man

Special Mention: Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

30. Eyes Without A Face

29. Les Diaboliques

28. M

27. The Innocents

26. Peeping Tom

25. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

24. Don’t Look Now

23. The Silence of the Lambs

22. Blue Velvet

21. Freaks

Part Eight

20. Jaws

19. Videodrome

18. Evil Dead 2

17. Dead By Dawn

16. Halloween

15. Aliens

14. An American Werewolf In London

13. Carrie

12. Bride of Frankenstein

11. Rosemary’s Baby

10. Frankenstein

9. Alien

8. The Thing

7. The Exorcist

6. The Vanishing

5. The Shining

4. The Birds

3. Psycho

2. Night of the Living Dead

1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre