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Far Out Magazine’s ultimate guide to the best horror films of all time (2017)

by d-25906 • Created 7 years ago • Modified 7 years ago
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From the article written by Monica Reid.
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  • 34 titles
  • Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Georgine Darcy, Judith Evelyn, and Harry Landers in Rear Window (1954)

    1. Rear Window

    19541h 52mPG100Metascore
    8.5 (548K)
    A bored photographer recovering from a broken leg passes the time by watching his neighbors and begins to suspect one of them of murder.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell Corey
  • Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren in The Birds (1963)

    2. The Birds

    19631h 59mPG-1390Metascore
    7.6 (213K)
    A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRod TaylorTippi HedrenJessica Tandy
  • Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, and Heather Dawn May in Psycho (1960)

    3. Psycho

    19601h 49mR97Metascore
    8.5 (754K)
    A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera Miles
  • The Shining (1980)

    4. 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
  • Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense (1999)

    5. The Sixth Sense

    19991h 47mPG-1364Metascore
    8.2 (1.1M)
    After being shot by a resentful former patient whom he failed to help, a Philadelphia child psychologist seeks redemption by treating a young boy with a disturbing secret.
    DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisHaley Joel OsmentToni Collette
  • Jeff Goldblum in The Fly (1986)

    6. The Fly

    19861h 36mR81Metascore
    7.6 (215K)
    A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJeff GoldblumGeena DavisJohn Getz
  • Bela Lugosi in Dracula (1931)

    7. Dracula

    19311h 15mPassed71Metascore
    7.3 (62K)
    Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.
    DirectorsTod BrowningKarl FreundStarsBela LugosiHelen ChandlerDavid Manners
  • Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)

    8. Rosemary's Baby

    19682h 17mR96Metascore
    8.0 (249K)
    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
  • Henry Jones, Nancy Kelly, and Patty McCormack in The Bad Seed (1956)

    9. The Bad Seed

    19562h 9mApproved51Metascore
    7.4 (17K)
    Rhoda Penmark seems like your average, sweet eight-year-old girl. After her rival at school dies in mysterious circumstances at the school picnic, her mother starts to suspect that Rhoda was responsible.
    DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsNancy KellyPatty McCormackGage Clarke
  • Ishirô Honda and Takashi Shimura in Godzilla (1954)

    10. Godzilla

    19541h 36mNot Rated79Metascore
    7.6 (43K)
    After a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.
    DirectorIshirô HondaStarsTakashi ShimuraAkihiko HirataAkira Takarada
  • Gammera the Invincible (1966)

    11. Gammera the Invincible

    19661h 26mUnrated
    5.0 (1.4K)
    An atomic explosion awakens Gammera--a giant, fire-breathing turtle monster--from his millions of years of hibernation. Enraged at being roused from such a sound sleep, he takes it out on Tokyo.
    DirectorsSandy HowardNoriaki YuasaStarsAlbert DekkerBrian DonlevyDiane J. Findlay
  • Gamera vs. Jiger (1970)

    12. Gamera vs. Jiger

    19701h 23mNot Rated
    5.3 (1.7K)
    When an ancient statue is moved for display in Expo '70, a giant, vaguely Triceratops-like monster is released. The monster goes to Japan in pursuit of the statue and ends up battling Gamera, the giant flying turtle.
    DirectorsNoriaki YuasaShigeo TanakaStarsTsutomu TakakuwaKelly VarisKatherine Murphy
  • Susan Backlinie and Bruce in Jaws (1975)

    13. Jaws

    19752h 4mPG87Metascore
    8.1 (696K)
    When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard Dreyfuss
  • The Blob (1958)

    14. The Blob

    19581h 26mApproved58Metascore
    6.3 (31K)
    An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.
    DirectorsIrvin S. Yeaworth Jr.Russell S. Doughten Jr.StarsSteve McQueenAneta CorsautEarl Rowe
  • Them! (1954)

    15. Them!

    19541h 34mApproved74Metascore
    7.2 (26K)
    The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.
    DirectorGordon DouglasStarsJames WhitmoreEdmund GwennJoan Weldon
  • Alien (1979)

    16. 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
  • 30 Days of Night (2007)

    17. 30 Days of Night

    20071h 53mR53Metascore
    6.6 (196K)
    After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.
    DirectorDavid SladeStarsJosh HartnettMelissa GeorgeDanny Huston
  • Cloverfield (2008)

    18. Cloverfield

    20081h 25mPG-1364Metascore
    7.0 (434K)
    A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.
    DirectorMatt ReevesStarsMike VogelJessica LucasLizzy Caplan
  • 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

    19. 10 Cloverfield Lane

    20161h 43mPG-1376Metascore
    7.2 (372K)
    A young woman is held in an underground bunker by a man who insists that a hostile event has left the surface of the Earth uninhabitable.
    DirectorDan TrachtenbergStarsJohn GoodmanMary Elizabeth WinsteadJohn Gallagher Jr.
  • Alicia Vikander in Ex Machina (2014)

    20. Ex Machina

    20141h 48mR78Metascore
    7.7 (619K)
    A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.
    DirectorAlex GarlandStarsAlicia VikanderDomhnall GleesonOscar Isaac
  • Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

    21. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    19622h 14mApproved75Metascore
    8.0 (65K)
    A former vaudeville child star torments her paraplegic sister, who eclipsed her as a movie star, in their decaying Hollywood mansion while desperately clinging to hopes of a comeback.
    DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBette DavisJoan CrawfordVictor Buono
  • Heather Donahue in The Blair Witch Project (1999)

    22. The Blair Witch Project

    19991h 21mR80Metascore
    6.5 (303K)
    Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.
    DirectorsDaniel MyrickEduardo SánchezStarsHeather DonahueMichael C. WilliamsJoshua Leonard
  • James Woods and Debbie Harry in Videodrome (1983)

    23. Videodrome

    19831h 27mR58Metascore
    7.2 (109K)
    A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames WoodsDebbie HarrySonja Smits
  • Julian Richings in Cube (1997)

    24. Cube

    19971h 30mR61Metascore
    7.1 (256K)
    A group of strangers awaken to find themselves placed in a giant cube. Each one of them is gifted with a special skill and they must work together to escape an endless maze of deadly traps.
    DirectorVincenzo NataliStarsNicole de BoerMaurice Dean WintDavid Hewlett
  • Robert De Niro and Mickey Rourke in Angel Heart (1987)

    25. Angel Heart

    19871h 53mR61Metascore
    7.2 (100K)
    In 1955 New Orleans, small-time private investigator Harry Angel is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cypher to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite, but the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.
    DirectorAlan ParkerStarsMickey RourkeRobert De NiroLisa Bonet

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