101 Horror Movies

**101 Horror Movies You Must See Before You Die** was published in 2009 and has films ranging from 1919 to 2007. Sixty-one of the 101 cross over with the 1001 Movies list, while 40 are unique.

Vampires, monsters, sadistic psychopaths, serial killers, vengeful ghosts, and Satan himself have been frightening and entertaining filmgoers for generations. This comprehensive, chronological film guide summarizes the 101 most important horror movies ever produced, from the 1922 silent classic *Nosferatu* to the low-budget, 1999 Sundance Film Festival hit, *The Blair Witch Project.*

## The List

1 - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)
2 - The Golem (1920)
3 - Nosferatu (1922)
4 - Häxan (1922)
5 - Phantom of the Opera (1925)
6 - Dracula (1931)
7 - M (1931)
8 - Frankenstein (1931)
9 - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
10 - Freaks (1932)
11 - Vampyr (1932)
12 - White Zombie (1932)
13 - The Old Dark House (1932)
14 - Island of Lost Souls (1932)
15 - King Kong (1933)
16 - The Black Cat (1934)
17 - The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
18 - The Wolf Man (1941)
19 - Cat People (1942)
20 - I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
21 - Diabolique (1955)
22 - The Bad Seed (1956)
23 - The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
24 - The Horror of Dracula (1958)
25 - The Tingler (1959)
26 - Eyes Without a Face (1959)
27 - Peeping Tom (1960)
28 - Psycho (1960)
29 - Black Sunday (1960)
30 - The Innocents (1961)
31 - Carnival of Souls (1962)
32 - Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
33 - The Birds (1963)
34 - The Haunting (1963)
35 - Onibaba (1964)
36 - The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
37 - Repulsion (1965)
38 - Viy (1967)
39 - Hour of the Wolf (1968)
40 - Rosemary's Baby (1968)
41 - The Devil Rides Out (1968)
42 - Night of the Living Dead (1968)
43 - Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
44 - The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
45 - Daughters of Darkness (1971)
46 - Blacula (1972)
47 - The Last House on the Left (1972)
48 - Don't Look Now (1973)
49 - The Exorcist (1973)
50 - The Wicker Man (1973)
51 - Deathdream (1974)
52 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
53 - Deep Red (1975)
54 - Jaws (1975)
55 - The Omen (1976)
56 - Carrie (1976)
57 - Suspiria (1977)
58 - Eraserhead (1977)
59 - The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
60 - Dawn of the Dead (1978)
61 - Halloween (1978)
62 - Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
63 - Phantasm (1979)
64 - Brood (1979)
65 - Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
66 - Friday the 13th (1980)
67 - The Shining (1980)
68 - Dressed to Kill (1980)
69 - The Howling (1981)
70 - The Beyond (1981)
71 - An American Werewolf in London (1981)
72 - Poltergeist (1982)
73 - The Hunger (1983)
74 - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
75 - Re-Animator (1985)
76 - The Fly (1986)
77 - Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)
78 - Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
79 - A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
80 - Hellraiser (1987)
81 - The Vanishing (1988)
82 - Jacob's Ladder (1990)
83 - The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
84 - Man Bites Dog (1992)
85 - Candyman (1992)
86 - Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
87 - Cemetery Man (1994)
88 - Scream (1996)
89 - Ringu (1998)
90 - The Blair Witch Project (1999)
91 - The Sixth Sense (1999)
92 - Audition (1999)
93 - The Devil's Backbone (2001)
94 - The Others (2001)
95 - 28 Days Later (2002)
96 - A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
97 - High Tension (2003)
98 - Ju-on (2003)
99 - Saw (2004)
100 - The Descent (2005)
101 - The Orphanage (2007)

## 2016 Edition Additions

1 - Let the Right One In (2008)
2 - It Follows (2014)