Top 20 horror movies

The Exorcist (1973) - directed by William Friedkin, this classic horror movie follows the story of a young girl who becomes possessed by a demon.

The Shining (1980) - directed by Stanley Kubrick, this psychological horror movie tells the story of a writer who takes his family to a remote hotel, where supernatural forces begin to affect his sanity.

Psycho (1960) - directed by Alfred Hitchcock, this movie is a classic horror-thriller about a young woman who stays at a remote motel and is murdered by the owner.

Get Out (2017) - directed by Jordan Peele, this modern horror movie tackles themes of racism and social injustice in a story about a young Black man who visits his white girlfriend's family.

A Quiet Place (2018) - directed by John Krasinski, this horror movie takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where a family must remain silent to avoid being hunted by monsters that are attracted to sound.

Hereditary (2018) - directed by Ari Aster, this movie follows a family that is haunted by a series of tragedies that may be the result of an inherited supernatural curse.

The Witch (2015) - directed by Robert Eggers, this movie is set in colonial New England and follows a family that is terrorized by a witch living in the nearby woods.

The Babadook (2014) - directed by Jennifer Kent, this movie tells the story of a single mother and her son who are haunted by a mysterious creature from a children's book.

It Follows (2014) - directed by David Robert Mitchell, this horror movie follows a young woman who is pursued by a supernatural entity after having sex.

Rosemary's Baby (1968) - directed by Roman Polanski, this classic horror movie is about a woman who becomes pregnant and begins to suspect that her husband and neighbors are part of a Satanic cult.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - directed by Jonathan Demme, this psychological horror movie follows FBI agent Clarice Starling as she attempts to track down a serial killer with the help of cannibalistic former psychiatrist, Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

Alien (1979) - directed by Ridley Scott, this sci-fi horror movie follows the crew of a spaceship as they are stalked and killed by a terrifying extraterrestrial creature.

The Thing (1982) - directed by John Carpenter, this horror movie is about a team of researchers in Antarctica who discover a shape-shifting alien that can imitate any lifeform it encounters.

Jaws (1975) - directed by Steven Spielberg, this classic horror movie about a giant man-eating shark terrorizing a New England beach community set the standard for the "summer blockbuster" genre.

The Conjuring (2013) - directed by James Wan, this movie is based on the real-life paranormal investigations of Ed and Lorraine Warren, who help a family being tormented by a malevolent entity in their home.

Halloween (1978) - directed by John Carpenter, this slasher movie is about a masked killer named Michael Myers who escapes from a mental institution and returns to his hometown to wreak havoc on Halloween night.

Scream (1996) - directed by Wes Craven, this self-aware horror-comedy revitalized the slasher genre in the 1990s and follows a group of high school students being targeted by a killer who knows all the horror movie tropes.

The Ring (2002) - directed by Gore Verbinski, this supernatural horror movie follows a journalist investigating a mysterious videotape that causes anyone who watches it to die within seven days.

Suspiria (1977) - directed by Dario Argento, this Italian horror movie is about a young American dancer who enrolls in a prestigious ballet academy in Germany and discovers that the school is run by a coven of witches

Midsommar (2019) - directed by Ari Aster, this folk horror movie follows a group of friends who travel to a remote Swedish village for a pagan festival that becomes increasingly sinister and dangerous.