The Seven Best Horror Movies ever
Some grading of movies is apprenticed to be subjective and provoke discrepancy, but not this one. Here it’s, ladies and gentlemen: the 7 absolute, veritable, objectively unassailable 7 best horror movies ever.
At number 7 we have a classical film, James Whale’s 1935 “Bride of Frankenstein’s monster.” This isn’t only among the best horror movies ever made, it is one of the best movies of all time made. It combinings horror with pity in a most disturbing way, arriving at us wonder – is the monster we fear really… us?
Number six in the ranking of the best horror movies ever is 1982’s “Poltergeist,” directed by Tobe Hooper. “Poltergeist” is often overlooked as a genuine innovator in the horror genre, but it should be acknowledged for taking dull, whitewashed suburbia and transforming it into a place of utter and intense horror.
The fifth best horror film is Alfred Hitcock’s “Psycho,” released in 1960. It may not be terrifying by today’s standards, but this film will always be a standout among the best horror movies for several reasons. For one, it contains the infamous shower scene, and for another, it ends with one of the most horrifying and memorable twists in cinema history.
Our fourth top horror film is 1956’s “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” This makes the list of best horror movies because it, ahem, embodies the dreadful theme of corporeal invasion as no other film ever has.
Next, comes “Night of the Living Dead,” directed by George Romero and released in 1968. This film gets ranked number three on our list of best horror movies of all time, because it is the template for pretty much every zombie movie ever made, and because it is still damn creepy to watch to this day.
At number two, the second best horror movie ever is “Alien,” from 1980. “Alien” actually melds two genres, horror and science fiction. But it also combines the body invasion horror of “Body Snatchers,” the alone-in-the-dark scariness of “Psycho,” and the grotesque monster terror of, well, every monster movie ever made. It all adds up to one of the scariest, most suspenseful and spine-chilling, and flat-out best horror movies ever.
At last, we have the number 1, categorical, supreme, best horror film of all time made. I am sure some amateur horror film partisans will disagree, but this isn’t flossy opinion; it is cold, hard fact. “The Exorcist” is the scariest movie ever. Of all the best horror films, it’s the most frightening, the most alarming, and yet the nearest to home. It works our fear of the most invasive and inconceivable to battle force in the creation: pure, unadulterated evil. That makes “the exorciser” the infrangible best out of all the best horror films of all time made.
