Watchmojo's Top 50 Influential Horror Films of All Time
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These horror movies are bonafide game-changers, and have had a lasting impact on the genre of terror as a whole!
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Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
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The Shining
1980, in 28 top lists Check -
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The Exorcist
1973, in 27 top lists Check -
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Jaws
1975, in 28 top lists Check -
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974, in 15 top lists Check -
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Halloween
1978, in 17 top lists Check -
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Rosemary's Baby
1968, in 21 top lists Check -
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984, in 8 top lists Check -
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Alien
1979, in 30 top lists Check -
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The Thing
1982, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Evil Dead
1981, in 8 top lists Check -
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Dracula
1931, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Omen
1976, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Mummy
1932, in 2 top lists Check -
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Carrie
1976, in 11 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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Suspiria
1977, in 17 top lists Check -
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Black Christmas
1974, in 3 top lists Check -
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Poltergeist
1982, in 9 top lists Check -
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Night of the Living Dead
1968, in 20 top lists Check -
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Cat People
1942, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Birds
1963, in 18 top lists Check -
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Ringu
1998, in 12 top lists Check -
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931, in 7 top lists Check -
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Friday the 13th
1980, in 3 top lists Check -
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Shaun of the Dead
2004, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Last House on the Left
1972, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Curse of Frankenstein
1957, in 1 top list Check -
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Gojira
1954 — a.k.a. Godzilla, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Blair Witch Project
1999, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Wicker Man
1973, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Haunting
1963, in 6 top lists Check -
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Hellraiser
1987, in 3 top lists Check -
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Eraserhead
1977, in 20 top lists Check -
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Scream
1996, in 8 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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Child's Play
1988, in 2 top lists Check -
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They Live
1988, in 7 top lists Check -
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[Rec]
2007 — a.k.a. REC, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Fly
1986, in 11 top lists Check -
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Saw
2004, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Conjuring
2013, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Cabin in the Woods
2011, in 4 top lists Check -
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Paranormal Activity
2007, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991, in 36 top lists Check -
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Misery
1990, in 3 top lists Check -
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28 Days Later...
2002, in 9 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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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956, in 19 top lists Check -
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Get Out
2017, in 16 top lists Check
Last updated on Sep 17, 2018; source