The Official BadMovies.org poll of the Greatest Horror Movies of all Time

[claws]

For entertainment purposes only. All movies ranked from highest to lowest IMDb rating:

1. The Silence of the Lambs 1991
2. Se7en 1995
3. Alien 1979
4. Psycho 1960
5. The Shining 1980
6. The Thing 1982
7. Jurassic Park 1993
8. Pan's Labyrinth 2006
9. The Exorcist 1973
10. Jaws 1975

11. Rosemary's Baby 1968
12. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920
13. King Kong 1933
14. Get Out 2017
15. Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror 1922
16. Night of the Living Dead 1968
17. Let the Right One In 2008
18. Dawn of the Dead 1978
19. Frankenstein 1931
20. Bride of Frankenstein 1935
21. Freaks 1932
22. Halloween 1978
23. Evil Dead II 1987
24. Saw 2004
25. The Birds 1963

26. Häxan 1922
27. Eyes Without a Face 1960
28. Godzilla 1954
29. Beetlejuice 1988
30. The Conjuring 2013
31. The Wicker Man 1973
32. The Omen 1976
33. Scream 1996
34. A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984
35. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974
36. Carrie 1976
37. The Evil Dead 1981
38. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978
39. Dracula 1931
40. The Haunting 1963
41. And Then There Were None 1945
42. Vampyr 1932
43. Hereditary 2018
44. Possession 1981
45. The Return of the Living Dead 1985
46. Gremlins 1984
47. Suspiria 1977
48. House 1977
49. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1992
50. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 1948

51. The Body Snatcher 1945
52. The Descent 2005
53. Dawn of the Dead 2004
54. Videodrome 1983
55. Ringu 1998
56. Horror of Dracula 1958
57. Re-Animator 1985
58. Them! 1954
59. The Wolf Man 1941
60. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken 1966
61. Viy 1967
62. Cat People 1942
63. The Ring 2002
64. The Mist 2007
65. Audition 1999
66. Don't Look Now 1973
67. In the Mouth of Madness 1994
68. Son of Frankenstein 1939
69. Colossus: The Forbin Project 1970
70. The Witch 2015
71. The Killing of a Sacred Deer 2017
72. Cloverfield 2008
73. The Fearless Vampire Killers 1967
74. The Mummy 1932
75. Carnival of Souls 1962

76. Tenebrae 1982
77. Hellraiser 1987
78. Triangle 2009
79. Creature from the Black Lagoon 1954
80. The Black Cat 1934
81. Kill, Baby... Kill! 1966
82. The Lost World 1925
83. It Follows 2014
84. The Fog 1980
85. The Babadook 2014
86. The Autopsy of Jane Doe 2016
87. Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told 1967
88. The Raven 1935
89. The Sinners of Hell 1960
90. Night of the Creeps 1986
91. Event Horizon 1997
92. Phantasm 1979
93. The Company of Wolves 1984
94. The Blair Witch Project 1999
95. The Howling 1981
96. Asylum 1972
97. The Vault of Horror 1973
98. Long Weekend 1978
99. The Blob 1958
100. The New York Ripper 1982

101. Alucarda 1977
102. Godzilla: King of the Monsters! 1956
103. Parents 1989
104. Pieces 1982
105. Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead 2006
106. The Poughkeepsie Tapes 2007
107. The Void 2016
108. I Drink Your Blood 1971
109. The Hole 2009
110. In a Violent Nature 2024
111. Friday the 13th: Part 3 1982
112. Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror 1981
113. The Beast Must Die 1974
114. Shock Waves 1977

Bad movie territory

115. My Bloody Valentine 2009
116. Nightmare Beach 1989
117. Friday the 13th: The New Blood 1988
118. The Mutilator 1984
119. Zombie Holocaust 1980
120. Terror 1978
121. Bloody Moon 1981
122. The Legend of Boggy Creek 1972
123. X-Ray 1981
124. Don't Look in the Basement 1973
125. Graduation Day 1981
126. Tormented 1960
127. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan 1989
128. The Brain That Wouldn't Die 1962
129. Scanners III: The Takeover 1991
130. Bride of the Monster 1955
131. Blood Freak 1972
132. Dracula vs. Frankenstein 1971
133. Howling: New Moon Rising 1995

[RCMerchant]

Well, I listed 7 of the top 10 from our poll.

[M.10rda]

The top 10 is pretty good. Thanks everyone! I think I'll try to compile another list like this with "bad movies" on it.

I've seen worse lists, for sure! The top 2 are hard to argue w/ in any case. 

RC, was your list ranked by points? When I saw you had RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD @ #3 I though it would be a lock for the final list...

THE MUTILATOR was a surprise for me. Never seen it. Guess I should check it out!

[RCMerchant]

^ Was it ranked by points? I- I guess so. I ranked it lower than some...I dunno...
 (As far as the MUTILATOR- I don't know who voted for that piece of s**t, but one man's poison, I guess...)

[Trevor]

^ Was it ranked by points? I- I guess so. I ranked it lower than some...I dunno...
 (As far as the MUTILATOR- I don't know who voted for that piece of s**t, but one man's poison, I guess...)

😳😂🤣😅😅🐢

[Rev. Powell]

The complete spreadsheet I used is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1e4IRWXUA8dNhIqGz0yZdigAgB5rTbXrx0BvWESbxElg/edit?gid=0#gid=0

You can see things like how many people voted for a particular movie. (My excuse for not voting for THE THING: I've never seen it. But enough other people gave it a lot of points that it still ended up #1, which is why getting lots of votes is important!)

[RCMerchant]

^ You've never seen the THING? 
You really need to. It's so much better than the average remake. As far as remakes go- it's right up their with INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978).

[M.10rda]

Ehh, I'm sure Rev will get around to it one day. There are so many canonical films I've never seen that........ it makes me want to not participate in "Greatest" movie lists! But I held my nose and still participated in this one, and I'm glad I did.

Anyway, THE THING is one of those rare classics, like THE GODFATHER, that deserves all its hype. I think ALIEN pretty much fills that bill, too.

BODY SNATCHERS '78... perennially underrated! I'm glad it got a spot on this list.

[chainsaw midget]

Sorry I missed out on contributing to this one.  I've been a touch distracted lately.