The 50 Best Horror Movies Ever

Is this the definitive ranking of the 50 best ever? In 2017, as a team, we offered this list as being just that.
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Individual lists:

Neil Miller

1. Alien, 2. The Exorcist, 3. Psycho (1960), 4. Let the Right One In, 5. 28 Days Later, 6. Poltergeist (1982), 7. Rosemary’s Baby, 8. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), 9. Night of the Living Dead (1968), 10. The Witch

Meg Shields

1. Re-Animator, 2. House of 1000 Corpses, 3. The Thing (1982), 4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), 5. [REC], 6. Psycho (1960), 7. The Orphanage, 8. The Descent, 9. The Fly, 10. An American Werewolf in London

Sinead McCausland

1. The Silence of the Lambs, 2. The Wicker Man (1973), 3. Les Diaboliques, 4. The Devil’s Backbone, 5. The Babadook, 6. Freaks, 7. Peeping Tom, 8. It Follows, 9. Wild Tales, 10. Dracula (1958)

Emily Kubincanek

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), 2. It Follows, 3. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, 4. Let the Right One In, 5. The Innocents, 6. Scream, 7. The Vanishing (1988), 8. I Am Not a Serial Killer, 9. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), 10. Evil Dead (2013)

Christopher Campbell

1. Poltergeist (1982), 2. Shaun of the Dead, 3. Jaws, 4. Alien, 5. The Night of the Hunter, 6. Dawn of the Dead (1978), 7. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), 8. Psycho (1960), 9. The Shining (1980), 10. Frankenstein (1931)

Natalie Mokry

Psycho (1960), Interview with the Vampire, Seven, The Babadook, The Sixth Sense

Valerie Ettenhofer

1. Psycho (1960), 2. The Shining (1980), 3. The Witch, 4. Rosemary’s Baby, 5. Funny Games (1997), 6. Suspiria, 7. Cabin in the Woods, 8. Scream, 9. The Host (2006), 10. The Others

Max Covill

1. Halloween (1978), 2. Jaws, 3. Bride of Frankenstein, 4. Alien, 5. The Thing (1982), 6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), 7. The Babadook, 8. Suspiria, 9. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), 10. The Innocents

Billy Dass

1. The Thing (1982), 2. Scream, 3. Shaun of the Dead, 4. Only Lovers Left Alive, 5. Spring, 6. The Invitation, 7. Night of the Living Dead (1968), 8. Attack the Block, 9. The Evil Dead (1981), 10. The Babadook

Kieran Fisher

1. Kill List, 2. Carnival of Souls (1962), 3. Shaun of the Dead, 4. The Wicker Man (1973), 5. Hellbound: Hellraiser II, 6. Rosemary’s Baby, 7. Alucarda, 8. Q: The Winged Serpent, 9. Curse of the Demon, 10. Ravenous

Brad Gullickson

1. Jaws, 2. An American Werewolf in London, 3. The Thing (1982), 4. Alien, 5. In The Mouth of Madness, 6. The Devil’s Backbone, 7. Hellraiser, 8. Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer, 9. The Shining (1980), 10. Masque of the Red Death

Liz Baessler

1. What We Do in the Shadows, 2. Mulholland Dr., 3. Housebound, 4. The Shining (1980), 5. Rosemary’s Baby

Sheryl Oh

1. The Cabin in the Woods, 2. What We Do In The Shadows, 3. The Thing (1982), 4. Scream, 5. The Devil’s Backbone, 6. Thirst (2009), 7. Let the Right One In, 8. The Ring (2002), 9. 28 Days Later, 10. A Tale of Two Sisters

Chris Coffel

1. Halloween, 2. Jaws, 3. Pieces, 4. Evil Dead II, 5. Demons, 6. Dellamorte Dellamorte, 7. The Car, 8. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 9. Planet of the Vampires, 10. A Bucket of Blood

Sarah Foulkes

Funny Games, Halloween (1978), Cronos, The Conjuring, Ringu, Rosemary’s Baby, Repulsion, The Neon Demon, Night of the Hunter

Cooper Peltz

Shaun of the Dead, Candyman, The Shining, Night of the Hunter, Psycho

Rob Hunter

1. The Thing, 2. Jaws, 3. The Cabin In the Woods, 4. Pulse, 5. Martyrs, 6. Phenomena, 7. An American Werewolf in London, 8. Thirst, 9. The Den, 10. Noiri: The Curse

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