A "scary movie" is a film that gives you goosebumps. It not only has you sitting on the edge of your seat, but jumping out of it. A "scary movie" makes you spill your popcorn. It makes you scream.
"Scary movies" affect you even after you leave the theater. It has you turning off the lights, running up the stairs, and leaping into your bed at night. It leaves you laying there, unable to sleep, trying everything to forget. A "scary movie" gives you nightmares.
But "Scary" isn't a genre. "Horror," "Suspense" and "Thriller" are. These sixty-six "scary movies" encompass all three of those genres -- and then some. These are the scariest movies of all time:
- The Exorcist
- Silence of the Lambs
- Paranormal Activity
- House of 1000 Corpses
- Friday the 13th (1980)
- The Shining
- The Ring
- Mothman Prophecies
- Saw
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
- The Descent
- Scream
- The Conjuring
- The Hitcher
- Halloween (1978)
- Se7en
- 28 Days Later
- Jaws
- The Nightmare on Elm Street
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose
- Final Destination
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare
- Sixth Sense
- The Others
- Oculus
- Friday the 13th: Part III
- Prisoners
- The Hills Have Eyes
- Strangers
- The Haunting
- The Exorcism of Emily Rose
- Hostel
- The Grudge
- Jeepers Creepers
- The Crazies
- Blair Witch Project
- The Last House on the Left
- The Skeleton Key
- Disturbia
- VHS
- Audition
- Poltergeist
- Night of the Living Dead
- Blackout
- Mama
- The Orphanage
- The Cabin in the Woods
- Scream 2
- Rosemary's Baby
- What Lies Beaneath
- The Last Exorcism
- Halloween (2007)
- The Devil's Rejects
- Friday the 13th (2009)
- The Haunting of Molly Hartley
- Identity
- The Bay
- Pyscho
- World War Z
- Friday the 13th: Part II
- Audition
- Shutter Island
- The Omen
- The Purge
- Birds
- High Tension
Last updated: October 2014
