In the spirit of Halloween, I posted an interesting best-of list on Oct. 8 that a friend e-mailed me called “Fangoria’s 101 Best Horror Movies That You’ve Never Seen.”
That list featured a number of outstanding horror movies, but more than a few of them were obscure and unfamiliar to those who responded to the post.
A few days later, another friend sent me a similar best-of list called “Fangoria’s 300 Best Horror Films,” which was originally published in January 2010 in Fangoria’s 300th issue. For those of you unfamiliar with Fangoria, it’s an internationally distributed U.S. film fan magazine that has specialized in covering the horror genre since 1979.
The list was compiled by Fangoria’s staff and “other horror icons.” Movie fans, especially horror fans, will be familiar with many of the titles that made this list. Without further ado, here they are:
1. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
2. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
3. Alice, Sweet Alice (1977)
4. Alien (1979)
5. Aliens (1986)
6. Alligator (1980)
7. Altered States (1980)
8. Amer (2009)
9. American Psycho (2000)
10. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
11. Angel Heart (1987)
12. Antichrist (2009)
13. Audition (1999)
14. Bad Taste (1988)
15. The Bad Seed (1956)
16. Basket Case (1982)
17. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
18. The Beyond (1981)
19. The Birds (1963)
20. The Black Cat (1934)
21. Black Christmas (1974)
22. Black Sabbath (1963)
23. Black Sunday (1961)
24. Black Swan (2010)
25. Blacula (1972)
26. Blade II (2002)
27. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
28. The Blob (1958)
29. The Blob (1988)
30. Blood and Black Lace (1964)
31. Blood Feast (1963)
32. Bloody Pit of Horror (1965)
33. Blue Velvet (1986)
34. Brain Damage (1988)
35. The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1959)
36. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
37. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
38. Brides of Dracula (1961)
39. The Brood (1979)
40. Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
41. Bubba Ho-Tep (2003)
42. A Bucket of Blood (1959)
43. The Burrowers (2009)
44. CHUD (1985)
45. Cabin Fever (2003)
46. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
47. Candyman (1992)
48. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
49. Carnival of Souls (1962)
50. Carrie (1976)
51. Cat People (1942)
52. Cat People (1982)
53. Cemetery Man (1994)
54. The Changeling (1980)
55. Child's Play (1988)
56. The Children (2009)
57. Children of the Corn (1984)
58. A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
59. City of the Living Dead (1980)
60. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
61. Cloverfield (2008)
62. The Company of Wolves (1985)
63. Count Dracula's Great Love (1972)
64. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
65. Creepshow (1982)
66. Cronos (1992)
67. Cube (1997)
68. Cujo (1983)
69. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
70. Curse of the Demon (1957)
71. The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
72. Dagon (2002)
73. Daughters of Darkness (1971)
74. Dawn of the Dead (1979)
75. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
76. The Day of the Beast (1995)
77. Day of the Dead (1985)
78. The Day of the Triffids (1963)
79. Dead Alive (1992)
80. Dead Calm (1989)
81. Dead Ringers (1988)
82. The Dead Zone (1983)
83. Deathdream (1974)
84. Deep Red (1975)
85. Demon Knight (1995)
86. Demon Seed (1977)
87. Demons (1985)
88. The Descent (2005)
89. The Devils (1971)
90. The Devil Rides Out (1968)
91. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
92. The Devil's Rejects (2005)
93. Diabolique (1955)
94. Don't Deliver Us From Evil (1971)
95. Don't Look Now (1973)
96. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
97. Dracula (1931)
98. Drag Me to Hell (2009)
99. Dressed to Kill (1980)
100. Dust Devil (1992)
101. Eraserhead (1978)
102. The Evil Dead (1983)
103. Evil Dead II (1987)
104. The Exorcist (1973)
105. Eyes Without a Face (1960)
106. The Fall of the House of Usher (1960)
107. The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
108. Fiend Without a Face (1958)
109. The Fly (1958)
110. The Fly (1986)
111. The Fog (1980)
112. Frankenstein (1931)
113. Freaks (1932)
114. Frenzy (1972)
115. Friday the 13th (1980)
116. Fright Night (1985)
117. The Frighteners (1996)
118. Frightmare (1972)
119. From Beyond (1986)
120. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
121. Funny Games (1997)
122. Ginger Snaps (2001)
123. Godzilla (1954)
124. Gremlins (1984)
125. Grindhouse (2007)
126. Halloween (1978)
127. Hatchet (2006)
128. The Haunting (1963)
129. Haxan (1922)
130. Hellraiser (1987)
131. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990)
132. High Tension (2003)
133. The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
134. The Hitcher (1986)
135. Horror Express (1972)
136. Horror Hotel (1960)
137. Horror of Dracula (1958)
138. Horror Rises from the Tomb (1973)
139. The Host (2006)
140. Hostel: Part II (2007)
141. House (1977)
142. House of Dark Shadows (1970)
143. The House of the Devil (2008)
144. House of Wax (1955)
145. The Howling (1081)
146. The Human Centipede: First Sequence (2010)
147. I Drink Your Blood (1970)
148. I Sell the Dead (2009)
149. I Spit on Your Grave (1978)
150. I Stand Alone (1999)
151. I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
152. In a Glass Cage
153. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
154. The Innocents (1961)
155. Inside (2007)
156. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
157. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
158. The Invisible Man (1933)
159. Island of Lost Souls (1933)
160. It's Alive (1974)
161. Jacob's Ladder (1990)
162. Jaws (1975)
163. Kill, Baby...Kill (1966)
164. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
165. King Kong (1933)
166. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
167. Kwaidan (1964)
168. The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
169. Land of the Dead (2005)
170. The Last House on the Left (1972)
171. The Last Man on Earth (1964)
172. The Last Wave (1977)
173. Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973)
174. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)
175. Let the Right One In (2008)
176. Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
177. Lifeforce (1985)
178. The Living and the Dead (2006)
179. The Living Dead Girl (1982)
180. The Lost Boys (1987)
181. Lost Highway (1997)
182. The Man Who Laughs (1928)
183. Maniac (1981)
184. Martin (1977)
185. Martyrs (2008)
186. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
187. May (2002)
188. The Mist (2007)
189. Ms. 45 (1981)
190. The Nameless (1999)
191. The Nanny (1965)
192. Near Dark (1987)
193. Nekromantik (1987)
194. Night of the Creeps (1986)
195. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
196. The Night Walker (1964)
197. Nightbreed (1990)
198. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
199. Nosferatu (1922)
200. Nosferatu the Vampire (1979)
201. The Omen (1976)
202. Onibaba (1964)
203. Open Water (2004)
204. Opera (1987)
205. Orphan (2009)
206. The Orphanage (2007)
207. The Others (2001)
208. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
209. Parents (1986)
210. Peeping Tom (1960)
211. Pet Sematary (1989)
212. Phantasm (1979)
213. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
214. Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
215. Phenomena (1985)
216. Piranha (1978)
217. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
218. Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
219. Poltergeist (1982)
220. The Prophecy (1995)
221. Psycho (1960)
222. Psychomania (1973)
223. Pulse (2001)
224. Pumpkinhead (1988)
225. Q (1982)
226. Race With the Devil (1975)
227. Raw Meat (1972)
228. Re-Animator (1985)
229. [REC] (2007)
230. Red White & Blue (2010)
231. Repulsion (1965)
232. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
233. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
234. The Ring (2002)
235. Ringu (1998)
236. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
237. Salem's Lot (1979)
238. Santa Sangre (1989)
239. Saw (2004)
240. Scream (1996)
241. The Sentinel (1977)
242. Session 9 (2001)
243. Se7en (1995)
244. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
245. The Shining (1980)
246. Shivers (1975)
247. The Shout (1978)
248. The Signal (2007)
249. The Silence of the Lambs (1981)
250. Silent Hill (2005)
251. Silent Scream (1980)
252. Sisters (1973)
253. The Sixth Sense (1999)
254. Slither (2006)
255. Spider Baby (1964)
256. Squirm (1976)
257. Stagefright (1987)
258. The Stepfather (1987)
259. The Strangers (2008)
260. Street Trash (1987)
261. Suspiria (1977)
262. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
263. Tales from the Crypt (1972)
264. Tales from the Hood (1995)
265. Targets (1968)
266. The Tenant (1976)
267. Tetsuo (1989)
268. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
269. Theater of Blood (1973)
270. Them! (1954)
271. Them (2006)
272. They Came Back (2004)
273. The Thing (1982)
274. The Thing From Another World (1951)
275. The Tingler (1959)
276. Tombs of the Blind Dead (1971)
277. Tremors (1990)
278. Triangle (2009)
279. Trick 'r Treat (2008)
280. 28 Days Later (2002)
281. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
282. Twitch of the Death Nerve (1971)
283. Un Chien Andelou (1929)
284. Uzumaki (2000)
285. Valhalla Rising (2010)
286. The Vampire Lovers (1970)
287. Vampyres (1974)
288. The Vanishing (1988)
289. Videodrome (1983)
290. Village of the Damned (1960)
291. Wendigo (2002)
292. Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
293. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
294. Who Could Kill a Child? (1976)
295. The Wicker Man (1973)
296. Willard (1971)
297. Witchfinder General (1968)
298. Wolf Creek (2005)
299. The Wolf Man (1943)
300. Zombie (1979)
In the end, how many of these movies have you watched? Which did you like or dislike and why? Which would you recommend and why? Let us know in the comments section below.
I recently watched The Devil's Backbone (2001) and really enjoyed it. I also like the Japanese horror movie House. My favorite horror movie has to be An American Werewolf in London (1981) though.
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ReplyDeleteSorry for the long list in advance but I can distinctly remember these. My favorite was Pulse, but I think it's because I watched it with my aunt a lot as a young child so it brings back memories of summertime at my aunts, which oddly enough is now my dad's house.
187. May (2002)
188. The Mist (2007)
193. Nekromantik (1987)
194. Night of the Creeps (1986)
195. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
196. The Night Walker (1964)
197. Nightbreed (1990)
198. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
207. The Others (2001)
208. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
203. Open Water (2004)
201. The Omen (1976)
218. Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
219. Poltergeist (1982)
220. The Prophecy (1995)
215. Phenomena (1985)
216. Piranha (1978)
211. Pet Sematary (1989)
212. Phantasm (1979)
228. Re-Animator (1985)
223. Pulse (2001) (Glad to see them include this one.....)
224. Pumpkinhead (1988)
221. Psycho (1960)
239. Saw (2004)
240. Scream (1996)
232. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
233. The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
234. The Ring (2002)
235. Ringu (1998)
236. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
237. Salem's Lot (1979)
248. The Signal (2007)
249. The Silence of the Lambs (1981)
250. Silent Hill (2005)
242. Session 9 (2001)
243. Se7en (1995)
244. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
245. The Shining (1980)
258. The Stepfather (1987)
253. The Sixth Sense (1999)
254. Slither (2006)
268. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
262. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
263. Tales from the Crypt (1972)
264. Tales from the Hood (1995)
280. 28 Days Later (2002)
281. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
277. Tremors (1990)
271. Them (2006)
272. They Came Back (2004)
273. The Thing (1982)
289. Videodrome (1983)
298. Wolf Creek (2005)
291. Wendigo (2002)
292. Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)