Ahead of spooky season, I have made a list of my top 50 horror films — as always, favourite not best. We will see if this changes after October viewings.
The Lost Footage of Leah Sullivan (2018), Directed by Burt Grinstead Alison’s Birthday (1981), Directed by Ian Coughlan The Owl Service (1969), Directed by Peter Plummer Baby Blood (1990), Directed by Alain Robak The Witches (1966), Directed by Cyril Frankel Host (2020) Directed by Rob Savage A Dark Song (2016), Directed by Liam Gavin Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Directed by Werner Herzog The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) Directed by Adam Robitel The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009), Directed by Tom Six
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), Directed by Terence Fisher Corruption (1968), Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis Ghostwatch (1992), Directed by Lesley Manning The Golem: How He Came Into the World (1920), Directed by Carl Boese, Paul Wegener Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021), Directed by William Eubank The Haunting (1963), Directed by Robert Wise Eyes Without a Face (1960), Directed by Georges Franju Rosemary’s Baby (1968), Directed by Roman Polanski Symptoms (1974), Directed by José Ramón Larraz Isle of the Dead (1945), Directed by Mark Robson
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), Directed by John McNaughton Blood for Dracula (1974), Directed by Paul Morrissey As Above, So Below (2014), Directed by John Erick Dowdle Hour of the Wolf (1968), Directed by Ingmar Bergman The Fall of the House of Usher (1928), Directed by Jean Epstein Martyrs (2008), Directed by Pascal Laugier Imprint (2006), Directed by Takashi Miike The Appointment (1982), Directed by Lindsey C. Vickers Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971), Directed by John. Hancock Hell House LLC (2015), Directed by Stephen Cognetti
The Black Cat (1934), Directed by Edgar G. Ulme The Black Room (1935), Directed by Roy William Neill Threads (1984), Directed by Mick Jackson Peeping Tom (1960), Directed by Michael Powell Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972), Directed by Curtis Harrington The Vampire Lovers (1970), Directed by Roy Ward Baker Saw (2004), Directed by James Wan Whistle and I’ll Come to You (1968), Directed by Jonathan Miller Mark of the Vampire (1935), Directed by Tod Browning Grave Encounters (2011), Directed by Stuart Ortiz, Colin Minihan
The Blair Witch Project (1999), Directed by Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez A Warning to the Curious (1972), Directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark To the Devil a Daughter (1976), Directed by Peter Sykes The Devil-Doll (1936), Directed by Tod Browning Horrors of Malformed Men (1969), Directed by Teruo Ishii Horror Express (1972), Directed by Eugenio MartÃn Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), Directed by Robert Florey Frightmare (1974), Directed by Pete Walker The Wicker Man (1973), Directed by Robin Hardy Strait-Jacket (1964), Directed by William Castle
