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They Shoot Zombies, Don't They? (2015 Edition)

by DaveHedgehog • Created 9 years ago • Modified 9 years ago
This is a project I've undertaken in order to create the most definitive, canonical horror list possible. This is the first edition of the list.

I have collected 1,231 lists from books, critics, websites, polls, forums, famous names in horror and horror fans. Using a few formulas and such, this list is the current compiled result. These 1,000 films have been narrowed down from a starting list of over 5,000 films.

The website can be found here: [link]http://theyshootzombies.com/[/link]
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  • The Shining (1980)

    1. The Shining

    19802h 26mR
    8.4 (1.1M)
    68Metascore
    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
  • Max von Sydow in The Exorcist (1973)

    2. The Exorcist

    19732h 2mR
    8.1 (463K)
    83Metascore
    When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsEllen BurstynMax von SydowLinda Blair
  • Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, and Heather Dawn May in Psycho (1960)

    3. Psycho

    19601h 49mR
    8.5 (730K)
    97Metascore
    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
  • Halloween (1978)

    4. Halloween

    19781h 31mR
    7.7 (312K)
    90Metascore
    Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceJamie Lee CurtisTony Moran
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

    5. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    19741h 23mR
    7.4 (188K)
    91Metascore
    Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
    DirectorTobe HooperStarsMarilyn BurnsEdwin NealAllen Danziger
  • The Thing (1982)

    6. The Thing

    19821h 49mR
    8.2 (477K)
    57Metascore
    A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith David
  • Alien (1979)

    7. Alien

    19791h 57mR
    8.5 (979K)
    89Metascore
    After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn Hurt
  • Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)

    8. Rosemary's Baby

    19682h 17mR
    8.0 (240K)
    96Metascore
    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
  • Marilyn Eastman, Duane Jones, and Judith Ridley in Night of the Living Dead (1968)

    9. Night of the Living Dead

    19681h 36mR
    7.8 (141K)
    89Metascore
    A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.
    DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl Hardman
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

    10. A Nightmare on Elm Street

    19841h 31mR
    7.4 (267K)
    76Metascore
    Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.
    DirectorWes CravenStarsHeather LangenkampJohnny DeppRobert Englund
  • John Paul in Dawn of the Dead (1978)

    11. Dawn of the Dead

    19782h 7mUnrated
    7.8 (130K)
    71Metascore
    During an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
    DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDavid EmgeKen ForeeScott H. Reiniger
  • Suspiria (1977)

    12. Suspiria

    19771h 32mR
    7.3 (108K)
    79Metascore
    An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
    DirectorDario ArgentoStarsJessica HarperStefania CasiniFlavio Bucci
  • Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)

    13. Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

    19221h 34mNot Rated
    7.9 (107K)
    Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
    DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsMax SchreckAlexander GranachGustav von Wangenheim
  • Susan Backlinie and Bruce in Jaws (1975)

    14. Jaws

    19752h 4mPG
    8.1 (674K)
    87Metascore
    When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard Dreyfuss
  • Heather Donahue in The Blair Witch Project (1999)

    15. The Blair Witch Project

    19991h 21mR
    6.5 (292K)
    80Metascore
    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.
    DirectorDaniel MyrickEduardo SánchezStarsHeather DonahueMichael C. WilliamsJoshua Leonard
  • Sissy Spacek in Carrie (1976)

    16. Carrie

    19761h 38mR
    7.4 (211K)
    86Metascore
    Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsSissy SpacekPiper LaurieAmy Irving
  • Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later (2002)

    17. 28 Days Later

    20021h 53mR
    7.5 (454K)
    73Metascore
    Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the United Kingdom, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
    DirectorDanny BoyleStarsCillian MurphyNaomie HarrisChristopher Eccleston
  • Let the Right One In (2008)

    18. Let the Right One In

    20081h 54mR
    7.8 (229K)
    82Metascore
    Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
    DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer Ragnar
  • Bridget Hoffman in The Evil Dead (1981)

    19. The Evil Dead

    19811h 25mNC-17
    7.4 (236K)
    71Metascore
    Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
    DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEllen SandweissRichard DeManincor
  • Griffin Dunne and David Naughton in An American Werewolf in London (1981)

    20. An American Werewolf in London

    19811h 37mR
    7.5 (123K)
    55Metascore
    American college students David Kessler and Jack Goodman on a walking tour of Britain are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists. Jack dies. David recovers in a hospital, where he has nightmares.
    DirectorJohn LandisStarsDavid NaughtonJenny AgutterJoe Belcher
  • Heather O'Rourke in Poltergeist (1982)

    21. Poltergeist

    19821h 54mPG
    7.3 (182K)
    79Metascore
    A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.
    DirectorTobe HooperStarsJoBeth WilliamsHeather O'RourkeCraig T. Nelson
  • Natalie Mendoza, Shauna Macdonald, Saskia Mulder, Alex Reid, Nora-Jane Noone, and MyAnna Buring in The Descent (2005)

    22. The Descent

    20051h 39mR
    7.2 (252K)
    71Metascore
    A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.
    DirectorNeil MarshallStarsShauna MacdonaldNatalie MendozaAlex Reid
  • Julie Harris in The Haunting (1963)

    23. The Haunting

    19631h 52mG
    7.4 (43K)
    74Metascore
    Hill House has stood for about 90 years and appears haunted: its inhabitants have always met strange, tragic ends. Now Dr. John Markway has assembled a team of people who he thinks will prove whether or not the house is haunted.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsJulie HarrisClaire BloomRichard Johnson
  • Eihi Shiina in Audition (1999)

    24. Audition

    19991h 55mR
    7.1 (91K)
    70Metascore
    A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
    DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRyo IshibashiEihi ShiinaTetsu Sawaki
  • Evil Dead II (1987)

    25. Evil Dead II

    19871h 24mR
    7.7 (185K)
    72Metascore
    Ash Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.
    DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellSarah BerryDan Hicks

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