John Milton's Horror Top 250

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The 250 greatest Horror movies in film history, as seen by John Milton.

For me horror is above all about mood, built up tension. A jump scare can be quite fun and very effective, but there's more to it than that. This list aims to reflect the broad variety of horror films that have been made the past 100 years or so, from german expressionism to the socalled New French Extremity subgenre, and everything in between.

Feel free to comment what you feel I absolutely should have put in there, or how I totally effed up the order of the list :)

Best regards, John.

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  1. 2 -

    Under the Skin

    2013, in 10 top lists Check
  2. 3 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  3. 4 -

    Get Out

    2017, in 16 top lists Check
  4. 5 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
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    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
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    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
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    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
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    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
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    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
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    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
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    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
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    Körkarlen

    1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check
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    The VVitch: A New-England Folktale

    2015 — a.k.a. The Witch, in 4 top lists Check
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    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
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    Pâfekuto burû

    1997 — a.k.a. Perfect Blue, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Babadook

    2014, in 4 top lists Check
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    Eden Lake

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  18. 27 -

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
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    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
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    Possession

    1981, in 7 top lists Check
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    Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage

    1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
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    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
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    Altered States

    1980, in 5 top lists Check
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    Miss Zombie

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
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    Suspiria

    2018, in 1 top list Check
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    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  28. 41 -

    Matka Joanna od Aniolów

    1961 — a.k.a. Mother Joan of the Angels, in 6 top lists Check
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    Angst

    1983, in 5 top lists Check
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    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
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    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
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    Only Lovers Left Alive

    2013, in 4 top lists Check
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    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
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    Janghwa, Hongryeon

    2003 — a.k.a. A Tale of Two Sisters, in 5 top lists Check
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    Spalovac mrtvol

    1969 — a.k.a. The Cremator, in 13 top lists Check
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    The Mist

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Descent

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
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    La maschera del demonio

    1960 — a.k.a. Black Sunday, in 8 top lists Check
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    Amer

    2009, in 1 top list Check
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    Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
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    Ang-ma-reul bo-at-da

    2010 — a.k.a. I Saw the Devil, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 58 -

    El espinazo del diablo

    2001 — a.k.a. The Devil's Backbone, in 5 top lists Check
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    Bad Taste

    1987, in 6 top lists Check
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    Cat Sick Blues

    2015, in 0 top lists Check
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    A Nightmare on Elm Street

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 63 -

    A Dark Song

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
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    eXistenZ

    1999, in 3 top lists Check
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    Orlacs Hände

    1924 — a.k.a. The Hands of Orlac, in 3 top lists Check
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    Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht

    1979 — a.k.a. Nosferatu the Vampyre, in 5 top lists Check
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    From Dusk Till Dawn

    1996, in 2 top lists Check
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