All* the horror movies I've seen roughly in order of how much I like them
This is not a list of favorites. This is a list of all the horror movies I've seen so far, so only the top few dozen or so on the list are ones I'd consider favorites. I've just recently gotten into watching & reading more horror.
...That was ~September 2020 when I started this list. I've watched a lot of movies since then.
*Really it's _almost_ all the horror movies I've seen because I split horror-comedy into a separate list: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls505577476/ If it's more horror than comedy (or a pretty even mix), then it's on both lists. If it's more comedy than horror, then I removed it from this list.
Also, any "creepy" or "scary" kids movies I've seen are not on this list. I have a separate list for them here: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls082990934/
I'm including the "The Haunting of..." shows because a mini-series is close enough to movie for me, as long as the story is no more than one season long. Also, I wanted to show that I liked them better than most actual horror movies I've seen.
Two honorable mentions that were listed as horror, but didn't make this list because they aren't really horror are Enter Nowhere (sci-fi/mystery) and Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil (dark fantasy/folktale). Both would probably be tier 4 if they were on this list.
I separated the list into tiers because just having a list doesn't show where the gaps and almost-ties are. So:
Tier 1 Top favorite horror movies I've seen: #1-6
Tier 2 More favorites: #7-25
Tier 3 Greats: #26-50
Tier 4-5 I liked it t1, t2...
(I didn't feel like keeping all these tiers updated... The line between "I liked it" and "It was okay" can depend on my mood, but it's probably somewhere between #126 and #151.)
Tier 7-8 It was okay t1, t2...
Tier 9 "It was okay" is being generous: #200-232
Tier 10 not good, but I've seen worse: #233-251
Tier 11 It sucked: #252-258
Tier 13 The absolute worst I've seen: #259-261
This list order may not match up with the number of stars I give a movie. This list is strictly for how much I like a movie personally. But when I choose how many stars I give a movie, I try to be (slightly) more objective. (If I were being more subjective with stars, the bottom three movies on this list would all get only 1 star and that only because I can't give a zero-star rating.)
...That was ~September 2020 when I started this list. I've watched a lot of movies since then.
*Really it's _almost_ all the horror movies I've seen because I split horror-comedy into a separate list: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls505577476/ If it's more horror than comedy (or a pretty even mix), then it's on both lists. If it's more comedy than horror, then I removed it from this list.
Also, any "creepy" or "scary" kids movies I've seen are not on this list. I have a separate list for them here: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls082990934/
I'm including the "The Haunting of..." shows because a mini-series is close enough to movie for me, as long as the story is no more than one season long. Also, I wanted to show that I liked them better than most actual horror movies I've seen.
Two honorable mentions that were listed as horror, but didn't make this list because they aren't really horror are Enter Nowhere (sci-fi/mystery) and Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil (dark fantasy/folktale). Both would probably be tier 4 if they were on this list.
I separated the list into tiers because just having a list doesn't show where the gaps and almost-ties are. So:
Tier 1 Top favorite horror movies I've seen: #1-6
Tier 2 More favorites: #7-25
Tier 3 Greats: #26-50
Tier 4-5 I liked it t1, t2...
(I didn't feel like keeping all these tiers updated... The line between "I liked it" and "It was okay" can depend on my mood, but it's probably somewhere between #126 and #151.)
Tier 7-8 It was okay t1, t2...
Tier 9 "It was okay" is being generous: #200-232
Tier 10 not good, but I've seen worse: #233-251
Tier 11 It sucked: #252-258
Tier 13 The absolute worst I've seen: #259-261
This list order may not match up with the number of stars I give a movie. This list is strictly for how much I like a movie personally. But when I choose how many stars I give a movie, I try to be (slightly) more objective. (If I were being more subjective with stars, the bottom three movies on this list would all get only 1 star and that only because I can't give a zero-star rating.)
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- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi LópezIn 1944 Spain, a girl is sent to live with her ruthless stepfather. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks.Honestly, this barely qualifies as horror, but it does. I guess I really wanted to put this movie at the top of one of my lists. Some parts are hard to watch, but I love it.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppChristina RicciMiranda RichardsonIchabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.
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- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsNicole KidmanChristopher EcclestonFionnula FlanaganIn 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
- CreatorMike FlanaganStarsMichiel HuismanCarla GuginoHenry ThomasFlashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
- DirectorAndré ØvredalStarsZoe CollettiMichael GarzaGabriel RushPennsylvania, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith DavidA research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.This and Gremlins were the first two horror movies I watched before I realized I could watch the scariest ones and not get nightmares or have trouble sleeping.
- DirectorJames WanStarsVera FarmigaPatrick WilsonMadison WolfeEd and Lorraine Warren travel to North London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by a supernatural spirit.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellSarah BerryDan HicksAsh Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.Now I know why this is considered the classic horror comedy. It totally deserves the title.
- DirectorMike FlanaganStarsEwan McGregorRebecca FergusonKyliegh CurranYears following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.
- DirectorBrad AndersonStarsKate BeckinsaleJim SturgessDavid ThewlisAn Oxford graduate takes up a job in a mental asylum, only to discover that the "revolutionary" new treatments are inhumane, and that there is more going on than meets the eye.
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsAnthony LaPagliaSamara LeeMiranda OttoTwelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, Annabelle.
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsJames BrolinMargot KidderRod SteigerNewlyweds and their children battle a demonic presence in their home.Very well done, especially considering how old it is.
- DirectorAndy MuschiettiStarsJessica ChastainNikolaj Coster-WaldauMegan CharpentierTwo little girls disappear into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are found 5 years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to tuck them in at night.
- DirectorSteve MinerStarsWilliam KattKay LenzGeorge WendtA troubled writer moves into a haunted house after inheriting it from his aunt.this is hilarious
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie HarrisClaire BloomRichard JohnsonHill House has stood for about 90 years and appears haunted: its inhabitants have always met strange, tragic ends. Now Dr. John Markway has assembled a team of people who he thinks will prove whether or not the house is haunted.
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsThomasin McKenzieAnya Taylor-JoyMatt SmithAspiring fashion designer Eloise is mysteriously able to return to 1960s London, where she encounters dazzling wannabe singer Sandie. But the glamour is not as it seems, and the dreams of the past crack and splinter into something darker.Scary, but in a very different way than most horror movies. Well done, and the 60s music ties in nicely (and I'm not generally a fan of 60s music).
- DirectorCurtis HarringtonStarsShelley WintersMark LesterChloe FranksA demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist.
- DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsNaomi WattsMartin HendersonBrian CoxA journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.I didn't like what Rachel did at the end (obviously, it is meant to be disturbing with that). The movie is creepy, interesting, and well done. If it had a better ending, it easily could've made my top ten, probably even top five favorite horror movies. Still, it places pretty well in this list.
- DirectorRemi WeekesStarsSope DirisuWunmi MosakuMalaika Wakoli-AbigabaA refugee couple makes a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but then they struggle to adjust to their new life in an English town that has an evil lurking beneath the surface.I like haunted house movies (as anyone can tell by looking at this list), and this is a unique and well done take on the haunted house story.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsSam NeillJürgen ProchnowJulie CarmenAn insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.
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