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Best Horror Movies

It's hard to understand why we would consciously want to be scared. As moviegoers, when we see a horror movie, we watch it. The best horror movies of all time are outstanding works of this genre and are impressive.

Tuesday, December 5, 2023
| by Mehmet Demir
Best Horror Movies

Even when the best horror movies are mentioned, you get a chill inside. Few movie genres are a specialty, and horror movies are one of them. There are names that are among the best directors in world history with the horror movies they have shot, and they definitely deserve it. When you're trying to decide which are the best horror movies, you suddenly come to a conclusion based on who the directors are rather than which movies they are.

Supernatural forces, demonic beings, mentally unstable people focused on harming the lives of others, and characters thirsty for brutality are some of the subjects on which the best horror movies are based. Some of the best horror movies use blood and gore to create fear, while others use darkness, unpredictability, and suspense as key elements. This is the part that reveals the identity of the director.

It is not easy to be among the best horror movies of all time. Among the best horror movies, there are productions that have reached their peak with the performances of Oscar-winning actors, and finely crafted works created by legendary directors. However, one thing is certain: no matter which of the best horror movies you are watching, it will manage to impress you and will not give you the opportunity to even blink your eyes from the first scene to the last moment.

We are afraid, we shudder, we know it will come into our dreams at night, but we still watch horror movies. This is what makes horror movies exceptional. The success they achieved in this way enabled some of them to become film franchises. And even the fame of the characters in some of them went far beyond that of those who performed them. Each of the best horror movies has its own success story.

Choosing the best horror movies of all time has been one of the most difficult tasks I've ever undertaken. Because every time I looked at the movies and remembered them, I got chills. I went back more than a hundred years and came back to the present day by collecting the best horror movies one by one. And the result is a magnificent, frightening, and exciting collection. If you're wondering what the best horror movies of all time are, here they are.

Best Horror Movies
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Release Year
1960
Stars
Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Release Year
1980
Stars
Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
Director
William Friedkin
Release Year
1973
Stars
Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Lee J. Cobb
Director
John Carpenter
Release Year
1982
Stars
Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Masur
Director
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Release Year
1955
Stars
Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel
Director
Roman Polanski
Release Year
1968
Stars
Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Sidney Blackmer
Director
Robert Aldrich
Release Year
1962
Stars
Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy
Director
John Carpenter
Release Year
1978
Stars
Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran, Nancy Kyes
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Release Year
1963
Stars
Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette
Director
James Wan
Release Year
2013
Stars
Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor