30 Scariest Horror Movies of All-Time, Ranked
Looking for a horror movie to watch this Halloween? There are a group of classics that will always stand the test of time. Here are 30 of the scariest movies ever.
Michael Myers (aka The Shape) in 'Halloween Ends,' directed by David Gordon Green.
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30. 'Event Horizon' (1997)
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship 'Event Horizon' which disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage. With its return, the crew of the 'Lewis and Clark' discovers the real truth behind the disappearance of the 'Event Horizon' – and something even more terrifying.
29. 'Insidious' (2011)
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son (Ty Simpkins) inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
28. 'Terrifier 3' (2024)
Five years after surviving Art the Clown's (Elliott Fullam) are still struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and leave the horrors of the past behind. But just when they think they're safe, Art returns, determined to turn their holiday cheer into a new nightmare. The festive season quickly unravels as Art unleashes his twisted brand of terror, proving that no holiday is safe.
27. 'Let the Right One In' (2008)
Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar (Lina Leandersson), who only appears at night in the snow-covered playground outside their building.
Let the Right One In
26. '28 Days Later' (2002)
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.
25. 'Saw' (2004)
Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back, or die trying...
Saw
24. 'The Ring' (2002)
Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring so she can save herself and her son.
23. 'The Blair Witch Project' (1999)
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
The Blair Witch Project
22. 'Scream' (1996)
A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl (Neve Campbell) and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they try to survive a real-life one.
Scream
21. 'Midsommar' (2019)
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
20. 'It Follows' (2015)
When carefree teenager Jay (Maika Monroe) sleeps with her older boyfriend for the first time, she learns that she is the latest recipient of a fatal curse that is ed from victim to victim via sexual intercourse. Death, Jay learns, will creep inexorably toward her as either a friend or a stranger. Jay's friends don't believe her seemingly paranoid ravings, until they too begin to see the phantom assassins and band together to help her defend herself.
It Follows
19. 'The Descent' (2005)
After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, they find themselves in a desperate struggle to survive the creatures and each other.
18. 'M3GAN' (2023)
A brilliant toy company roboticist (Violet McGraw). But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her new friend with terrifying results.
17. 'The Strangers' (2008)
After returning from a wedding reception, a couple (Scott Speedman) staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple find themselves in a violent struggle, in which they go beyond what either of them thought capable in order to survive.
16. 'The Conjuring' (2013)
Paranormal investigators Ed (Vera Farmiga) work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
The Conjuring
15. 'Poltergeist' (1982)
Steve Freeling (Heather O'Rourke), in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and furniture moving around by itself. However, when he realizes that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve calls in a team of parapsychologists led by Dr. Lesh to help before it's too late.
14. 'Hereditary'
When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, es away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.
13. 'Friday the 13th' (1980)
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
Friday the 13th
12. 'The Omen' (1976)
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn (Lee Remick). Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
11. 'Psycho' (1960)
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane (Anthony Perkins) cares for his housebound mother.
Psycho
10. 'Rosemary's Baby' (1968)
A young couple, Rosemary (John Cassavetes), moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
9. 'Longlegs' (2024)
In pursuit of a serial killer, an FBI agent (Maika Monroe) uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end his terrifying killing spree.
8. 'Alien' (1979)
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
7. 'The Thing' (1982)
of an American scientific research outpost in Antarctica find themselves battling a parasitic alien organism capable of perfectly imitating its victims. They soon discover that this task will be harder than they thought, as they don't know which of the team have already been assimilated and their paranoia threatens to tear them apart.
6. 'Silence of the Lambs' (1991)
Clarice Starling (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
The Silence of the Lambs
5. 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' (1984)
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson (Johnny Depp), must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
A Nightmare on Elm Street
4. 'The Shining' (1980)
Jack Torrance (Danny Lloyd), must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
3. 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' (1974)
When Sally (Gunnar Hansen), who wears a mask of human skin, the survivors must do everything they can to escape.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
2. 'The Exorcist' (1973)
12-year-old Regan MacNeil (Jason Miller), a troubled priest who is struggling with his own faith.
The Exorcist
1. 'Halloween' (1978)
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.
