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Category: Top 25 Horror Films

I Walked With a Zombie (1943), Jacques Tourneur

I Walked With a Zombie (1943), Jacques Tourneur

Posted onJanuary 8, 2022January 8, 2022AuthorSheikh Javed Mansuri

One of several well-regarded collaborations between director Jacques Tourneur and producer Val Lewton, I Walked With a Zombie follows a nurse as she moves to the Caribbean to care for a plantation owner’s strangely afflicted wife. Tourneur uses shadows and detached narration to create an indelible mood, Read More …

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The Thing (1982), John Carpenter

The Thing (1982), John Carpenter

Posted onJanuary 8, 2022January 8, 2022AuthorSheikh Javed Mansuri

John Carpenter’s gruesome adaptation of John W. Campbell’s novella Who Goes There? concerns an Antarctic research station invaded by an alien organism, which could possibly replicate all life on earth in three years. Before attempting to destroy the creature, the ten-man research team must first confront their Read More …

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The Shining (1980), Stanley Kubrick

The Shining (1980), Stanley Kubrick

Posted onJanuary 8, 2022January 8, 2022AuthorSheikh Javed Mansuri

In The Shining, a father, a mother, and a son spend the winter as caretakers of a remote, isolated hotel, only to find themselves lost in a nightmare of psychic horror. Stanley Kubrick’s film makes the most of atmosphere; the fictional Overlook Hotel makes as much Read More …

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Peeping Tom (1960), Michael Powell

Peeping Tom (1960), Michael Powell

Posted onJanuary 8, 2022January 8, 2022AuthorSheikh Javed Mansuri

Voyeurism lies at the heart of Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom, a taut horror thriller about a disturbed young cameraman who murders women and films them as they die. Powell brings a craftsman’s eye to the film, which he sets in mostly tight, claustrophobic spaces. Terrifying, thought-provoking, Read More …

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Frankenstein (1931), James Whale

Frankenstein (1931), James Whale

Posted onJanuary 8, 2022January 8, 2022AuthorSheikh Javed Mansuri

A masterpiece that transcends the boundaries of time, Frankenstein was described by author Mary Shelley as “a moral lesson of the punishment that befell a mortal man who dared to emulate God.” The horror of a scientist’s creation, or rather re-creation, raises all sorts of ethical questions Read More …

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The Fly (1986), David Cronenberg

The Fly (1986), David Cronenberg

Posted onJanuary 8, 2022January 8, 2022AuthorSheikh Javed Mansuri

David Cronenberg’s remake is a terrifying tragedy in the best possible way. A young, brilliant scientist makes a life-altering miscalculation and is unable to undo the damage. As his body deteriorates, he considers increasingly horrifying choices in attempts to save himself. Despite the repulsive transformation, his Read More …

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Night of the Living Dead (1968), George A. Romero

Night of the Living Dead (1968), George A. Romero

Posted onJanuary 8, 2022January 8, 2022AuthorSheikh Javed Mansuri

Seven people board themselves up in a deserted farmhouse, and struggle as much with each other as they do with the horde of deceased that have risen and begun feeding on the flesh of the living. George A. Romero’s chilling film broke new ground in Read More …

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Psycho (1960), Alfred Hitchcock

Psycho (1960), Alfred Hitchcock

Posted onJanuary 8, 2022January 8, 2022AuthorSheikh Javed Mansuri

Near the opening of Hitchcock’s masterpiece, Marion Crane steals money from her employer and goes on the run. At a small motel off the beaten path, her guilt catches up with her, as does something considerably more threatening. Psycho deals with histories of wrongdoing and failure to Read More …

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Let Me In (2010), Matt Reeves/Let the Right One In (2008), Tomas Alfredson

Let Me In (2010), Matt Reeves/Let the Right One In (2008), Tomas Alfredson

Posted onJanuary 8, 2022January 8, 2022AuthorSheikh Javed Mansuri

It didn’t take long for Swedish director Tomas Alfredson’s film Let the Right One In to earn a reputation as one of the greatest vampire movies ever crafted. Matt Reeves remade it almost immediately as Let Me In, which recreates the look and feel of the original, includes Read More …

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), Rouben Mamoulian

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), Rouben Mamoulian

Posted onJanuary 8, 2022January 8, 2022AuthorSheikh Javed Mansuri

G.K. Chesterton wrote that Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of Jekyll and Hyde was for us “a gargoyle of the greatest spiritual edification.” An exploration of a man using science to control his own fallen nature by giving it a conscience-free outlet, this film also illustrates Read More …

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