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My absolute best-unforgettable Horror / Thriller / Scary movies

by Fanzinho • Created 4 years ago • Modified 4 years ago
A great thriller / horror movie must have a great director, cast, effects and of course, a wonderful plot. All these movies have this in common.
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  • Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)

    1. Rosemary's Baby

    19682h 17mR96Metascore
    8.0 (250K)
    A young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth Gordon
  • Max von Sydow in The Exorcist (1973)

    2. The Exorcist

    19732h 2mR83Metascore
    8.1 (482K)
    When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda Blair
  • Black Christmas (1974)

    3. Black Christmas

    19741h 38mR65Metascore
    7.1 (53K)
    During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
    DirectorBob ClarkStarsOlivia HusseyKeir DulleaMargot Kidder
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

    4. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    19741h 23mR91Metascore
    7.4 (201K)
    Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
    DirectorTobe HooperStarsMarilyn BurnsEdwin NealAllen Danziger
  • Susan Backlinie and Bruce in Jaws (1975)

    5. Jaws

    19752h 4mPG87Metascore
    8.1 (706K)
    When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to the local police chief, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard Dreyfuss
  • Sissy Spacek in Carrie (1976)

    6. Carrie

    19761h 38mR86Metascore
    7.4 (220K)
    Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsSissy SpacekPiper LaurieAmy Irving
  • The Sentinel (1977)

    7. The Sentinel

    19771h 32mR19Metascore
    6.3 (13K)
    A New York fashion model's old brownstone houses a sinister evil.
    DirectorMichael WinnerStarsCristina RainesAva GardnerChris Sarandon
  • Halloween (1978)

    8. Halloween

    19781h 31mR90Metascore
    7.7 (326K)
    Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois, to kill again.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceJamie Lee CurtisTony Moran
  • Alien (1979)

    9. Alien

    19791h 57mR89Metascore
    8.5 (1M)
    After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn Hurt
  • When a Stranger Calls (1979)

    10. When a Stranger Calls

    19791h 37mR58Metascore
    6.4 (15K)
    A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.
    DirectorFred WaltonStarsCarol KaneCharles DurningRutanya Alda
  • The Shining (1980)

    11. The Shining

    19802h 26mR68Metascore
    8.4 (1.2M)
    A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny Lloyd
  • Kevin Bacon, Adrienne King, Ari Lehman, Robbi Morgan, Betsy Palmer, and Jeannine Taylor in Friday the 13th (1980)

    12. Friday the 13th

    19801h 35mR22Metascore
    6.4 (168K)
    A group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer.
    DirectorSean S. CunninghamStarsBetsy PalmerAdrienne KingJeannine Taylor
  • The Entity (1982)

    13. The Entity

    19822h 5mR35Metascore
    6.7 (20K)
    A woman is tormented by an invisible being.
    DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsBarbara HersheyRon SilverDavid Labiosa
  • Heather O'Rourke in Poltergeist (1982)

    14. Poltergeist

    19821h 54mPG79Metascore
    7.3 (189K)
    A family's home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a doorway to the "other side." With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.
    DirectorTobe HooperStarsJoBeth WilliamsHeather O'RourkeCraig T. Nelson
  • The Thing (1982)

    15. The Thing

    19821h 49mR57Metascore
    8.2 (504K)
    A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith David
  • Shannon Tweed and Peter Weller in Of Unknown Origin (1983)

    16. Of Unknown Origin

    19831h 28mR51Metascore
    6.1 (4.1K)
    A man becomes destructively obsessed with killing a dangerous rat, which has taken residence in his recently renovated house.
    DirectorGeorge P. CosmatosStarsPeter WellerJennifer DaleLawrence Dane
  • Sleepaway Camp (1983)

    17. Sleepaway Camp

    19831h 24mR58Metascore
    6.2 (42K)
    Bunks and showers are a mad stabber's beat at a summer camp strictly for teens.
    DirectorRobert HiltzikStarsFelissa RoseJonathan TierstenKaren Fields
  • Cujo (1983)

    18. Cujo

    19831h 33mR57Metascore
    6.1 (54K)
    Cujo, a friendly St. Bernard, contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
    DirectorLewis TeagueStarsDee WallaceDaniel Hugh KellyDanny Pintauro
  • Heather Langenkamp in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

    19. A Nightmare on Elm Street

    19841h 31mR76Metascore
    7.4 (280K)
    Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.
    DirectorWes CravenStarsHeather LangenkampJohnny DeppRobert Englund
  • Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn in Aliens (1986)

    20. Aliens

    19862h 17mR84Metascore
    8.4 (814K)
    Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
    DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie Henn
  • Doug Bradley in Hellraiser (1987)

    21. Hellraiser

    19871h 34mR56Metascore
    6.9 (149K)
    A woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld.
    DirectorClive BarkerStarsAndrew RobinsonClare HigginsAshley Laurence
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator (1987)

    22. Predator

    19871h 47mR47Metascore
    7.8 (482K)
    A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
    DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerCarl WeathersKevin Peter Hall
  • Amelia Kinkade in Night of the Demons (1988)

    23. Night of the Demons

    19881h 30mR
    6.1 (21K)
    Ten teenagers party at an abandoned funeral parlor on Halloween night. When an evil force awakens, demonic spirits keep them from leaving and turn their gathering into a living Hell.
    DirectorKevin TenneyStarsCathy PodewellAlvin AlexisHal Havins
  • Michael Douglas and Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction (1987)

    24. Fatal Attraction

    19871h 59mR67Metascore
    6.9 (107K)
    A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
    DirectorAdrian LyneStarsMichael DouglasGlenn CloseAnne Archer
  • Brad Dourif and Dinah Manoff in Child's Play (1988)

    25. Child's Play

    19881h 27mR58Metascore
    6.7 (126K)
    A dying serial killer transfers his consciousness into a popular kids doll using voodoo. A struggling single mother gifts her six-year-old son the much sought-after doll for his birthday, and the doll slowly begins to show its true colors.
    DirectorTom HollandStarsCatherine HicksChris SarandonAlex Vincent

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