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The 100 best horror movies [from publication of 1994]

by The_Bowlen • Created 5 years ago • Modified 5 years ago
It's not a list set up by myself. This one's according to the German book "Die 100 besten Horror-Filme" [translation: see the list's title] by Hans Schifferle. Year of publication: 1994, HEYNE FILMBIBLIOTHEK.

Note: The list is in alphabetical order like in the book.
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  • The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes (1971)

    1. The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    197132mNot RatedShort
    6.9 (1.7K)
    At a morgue, forensic pathologists conduct autopsies of the corpses assigned.
    DirectorStan Brakhage
  • Udo Kier in Blood for Dracula (1974)

    2. Blood for Dracula

    19741h 46mR
    6.1 (7.1K)
    An ailing vampire count travels to Italy with his servant to find a bride.
    DirectorPaul MorrisseyStarsJoe DallesandroUdo KierVittorio De Sica
  • Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, and Moira Shearer in Peeping Tom (1960)

    3. Peeping Tom

    19601h 41mNot Rated
    7.6 (42K)
    A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.
    DirectorMichael PowellStarsKarlheinz BöhmAnna MasseyMoira Shearer
  • Julie Harris in The Haunting (1963)

    4. The Haunting

    19631h 52mG74Metascore
    7.4 (44K)
    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
  • Daughters of Darkness (1971)

    5. Daughters of Darkness

    19711h 27mR74Metascore
    6.5 (7.5K)
    While passing through a vacation resort, a newlywed couple encounters a mysterious, strikingly beautiful countess and her aide.
    DirectorHarry KümelStarsDelphine SeyrigJohn KarlenDanielle Ouimet
  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

    6. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    19741h 23mR91Metascore
    7.4 (199K)
    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
  • Jane Adams, Rondo Hatton, Donald MacBride, and Tom Neal in The Brute Man (1946)

    7. The Brute Man

    194658mApproved
    4.4 (1.6K)
    A facially-deformed and mentally-unhinged man wreaks his revenge, with a series of brutal murders, on those who deformed him.
    DirectorJean YarbroughStarsRondo HattonTom NealJan Wiley
  • Nightbreed (1990)

    8. Nightbreed

    19901h 42mR40Metascore
    6.5 (28K)
    A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
    DirectorClive BarkerStarsCraig ShefferDavid CronenbergAnne Bobby
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

    9. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

    19201h 7mNot Rated
    8.0 (74K)
    Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
    DirectorRobert WieneStarsWerner KraussConrad VeidtFriedrich Feher
  • Herk Harvey and Candace Hilligoss in Carnival of Souls (1962)

    10. Carnival of Souls

    19621h 18mPG
    7.0 (30K)
    After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival.
    DirectorHerk HarveyStarsCandace HilligossFrances FeistSidney Berger
  • Dementia (1955)

    11. Dementia

    19551h 1mNot Rated
    6.7 (2.8K)
    This film, with no dialogue at all, follows a psychotic young woman's nightmarish experiences through one skid-row night.
    DirectorsJohn ParkerBruno VeSotaStarsAdrienne BarrettBruno VeSotaBen Roseman
  • The Dead Zone (1983)

    12. The Dead Zone

    19831h 43mR69Metascore
    7.2 (81K)
    A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsChristopher WalkenBrooke AdamsTom Skerritt
  • Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971)

    13. Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde

    19711h 34mPG
    6.6 (4.2K)
    A Victorian scientist tests a serum that transforms him into a lascivious murderess.
    DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsRalph BatesMartine BeswickGerald Sim
  • Lionel Atwill, Lee Tracy, and Fay Wray in Doctor X (1932)

    14. Doctor X

    19321h 16mUnrated
    6.4 (4.6K)
    A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsLionel AtwillFay WrayLee Tracy
  • Bela Lugosi in Dracula (1931)

    15. Dracula

    19311h 15mPassed71Metascore
    7.3 (62K)
    Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.
    DirectorsTod BrowningKarl FreundStarsBela LugosiHelen ChandlerDavid Manners
  • John Hurt in The Elephant Man (1980)

    16. The Elephant Man

    19802h 4mPG78Metascore
    8.2 (273K)
    A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
    DirectorDavid LynchStarsAnthony HopkinsJohn HurtAnne Bancroft
  • Rick Hearst in Brain Damage (1988)

    17. Brain Damage

    19881h 24mR61Metascore
    6.5 (14K)
    One morning, a young man wakes to find that a small, disgusting creature has attached itself to the base of his brain stem. The creature gives him a euphoric state of happiness but demands human victims in return.
    DirectorFrank HenenlotterStarsRick HearstGordon MacDonaldJennifer Lowry
  • Max von Sydow in The Exorcist (1973)

    18. The Exorcist

    19732h 2mR83Metascore
    8.1 (479K)
    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
  • Dana Andrews and Peggy Cummins in Curse of the Demon (1957)

    19. Curse of the Demon

    19571h 36mApproved
    7.4 (16K)
    American professor John Holden arrives in London for a parapsychology conference, only to find himself investigating the mysterious actions of Devil-worshipper Julian Karswell.
    DirectorJacques TourneurStarsDana AndrewsPeggy CumminsNiall MacGinnis
  • Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    20. Bride of Frankenstein

    19351h 15mApproved95Metascore
    7.8 (56K)
    Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin Clive
  • Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

    21. Frankenstein Created Woman

    19671h 32mApproved63Metascore
    6.5 (5.8K)
    After being reanimated, Baron Frankenstein transfers the soul of an executed young man into the body of his lover, prompting her to kill the men who wronged them.
    DirectorTerence FisherStarsPeter CushingSusan DenbergThorley Walters
  • Olga Baclanova, Harry Earles, and Henry Victor in Freaks (1932)

    22. Freaks

    19321h 4mNot Rated80Metascore
    7.8 (53K)
    A circus' beautiful trapeze artist Cleopatra agrees to marry Hans the leader of side-show performers, but Hans' deformed friends discover that she is only marrying him for his inheritance. So they seek revenge.
    DirectorTod BrowningStarsWallace FordLeila HyamsOlga Baclanova
  • Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes, and George E. Stone in The Face Behind the Mask (1941)

    23. The Face Behind the Mask

    19411h 9mApproved
    7.1 (2.3K)
    A disfigured watch-maker with a grudge against society embarks on a life of crime.
    DirectorRobert FloreyStarsPeter LorreEvelyn KeyesDon Beddoe
  • Maureen O'Hara and Charles Laughton in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

    24. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    19391h 56mApproved
    7.8 (13K)
    In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
    DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsCharles LaughtonMaureen O'HaraCedric Hardwicke
  • Vincent Price, Derek Francis, Oliver Johnston, Elizabeth Shepherd, Frank Thornton, Richard Vernon, and John Westbrook in The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)

    25. The Tomb of Ligeia

    19641h 22mApproved
    6.4 (7.2K)
    A man's obsession with his dead wife drives a wedge between him and his new bride.
    DirectorRoger CormanStarsVincent PriceElizabeth ShepherdJohn Westbrook

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