Best Horror (37 titles)
63.4% from 6 members
Les Diaboliques
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Les Diaboliques
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Jean Brochard
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
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In this heralded French terror classic by director-screenwriter Henri-Georges Clouzot, the wife (Vera Clouzot) of a boys-school headmaster (Paul Merisse) tires of his violent treatment of her, along with his philandering, and teams up with his mistress (Simone Signoret) to drown him and make it ..read more »
70%
from 5,127 members
Psycho
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Psycho
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Credited with inventing the genre of the modern horror film, PSYCHO has had its share of sequels and imitators, none of which diminishes the achievement of this shocking and complex horror thriller. Alfred Hitchcock's choreography of elements in PSYCHO is considered so perfect it inspired a shot-by-..read more »
73%
from 22,238 members
Night Of The Living Dead
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Night Of The Living Dead
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Judith O'Dea, Duane Jones, Karl Hardman
Director: George A Romero
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In director George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, seven people secluded in a Pennsylvania farmhouse face relentless attacks by reanimated corpses seeking to eat their flesh. The group, which includes a married couple and their daughter, a pair of young lovers, and an African American man, try ..read more »
70%
from 6,063 members
Mark Of The Devil
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Mark Of The Devil
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Herbert Lom, Reggie Nalder, Gaby Fuchs
Director: Michael Armstrong
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In 17th-century England, sadistic witch hunter Count Cumberland (Herbert Lom) rapes, tortures, and murders young women in the name of the Church. The corrupt nobleman uses these witch hunts as a means to acquire money, land, and power and to terrorize the local populace, who despise him. After ..read more »
48%
from 233 members
The Wicker Man
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The Wicker Man
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento
Director: Robin Hardy
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This controversial British cult classic, considered by its producer upon completion to be one of the worst films ever made, has been little seen since its brief theatrical release even though it is now regarded as a classic of British cinema. Edward Woodward stars as Sergeant Howie, a police ..read more »
67%
from 18,544 members
The Exorcist
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The Exorcist
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller
Director: William Friedkin
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With THE EXORCIST, William Friedkin (THE FRENCH CONNECTION, THE BOYS IN THE BAND) rivals Hitchcock for heart-stopping terror in this deeply horrifyingmasterpiece that led to religious boycotts, fainting and nauseous audiences, and a commercial success that forever changed Hollywood. Linda Blair ..read more »
67%
from 22,242 members
Jaws
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Jaws
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
Director: Steven Spielberg
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From the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg directed this thrill ride of terror. During the height of beach season, the Massachusetts resort town of Amity Island is terrorized one summer by surprise attacks from a great white shark. Three unlikely partners team up to hunt down ..read more »
73%
from 39,889 members
The Omen
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The Omen
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner
Director: Richard Donner
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A staid American ambassador (Gregory Peck) and his wife (Lee Remick) are heartbroken when their child is stillborn, but their heartbreak is only beginning when they adopt an orphan. As the boy grows, disaster surrounds him, beginning with the suicide of his nanny, and as the bodies pile up, his ..read more »
70%
from 13,893 members
Carrie
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Carrie
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Sissy Spacek, John Travolta, Piper Laurie
Director: Brian De Palma
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Brian De Palma's commercial breakout, based on a novel by Stephen King, helped launch a whole slew of teen-based horror films, and Carrie the blood-spattered prom queen has taken her throne in the pantheon of modern American myth. High school girls played by Amy Irving (in her film debut), P.J. ..read more »
67%
from 12,561 members
Halloween
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Halloween
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis, Donald Pleasence
Director: John Carpenter
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Perhaps the most influential and successful independent film ever made, HALLOWEEN is the movie that put director John Carpenter on the map as a viable filmmaker. An exercise in simple, pure horror, HALLOWEEN takes us into the world of a mad killer, Michael Myers, who at a very young age stabbed his ..read more »
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from 11,619 members
Average rating for this collection:
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