Best Horror Films

Pulse of Cinema's horror catalogue holds 1231 films, ranked by the Pulse Score blended from IMDb, Letterboxd and TMDB. The highest Pulse-rated are Psycho, Alien, The Shining, a good place to start.

Films

90

Psycho

1960

89

Alien

1979

88

The Shining

1980

87

The Thing

1982

86

Manichitrathazhu

1993

83

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars

2009

83

Rosemary's Baby

1968

82

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1962

82

Faust

1926

82

The Exorcist

1973

82

Jaws

1975

81

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1920

81

The Cremator

1969

81

Black Swan

2010

81

Cure

1997

80

Obsession

2026

80

The Phantom Carriage

1921

80

Kwaidan

1965

80

The Innocents

1961

79

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

2011

79

Get Out

2017

78

Freaks

1932

78

I Saw the Devil

2010

78

Onibaba

1964

78

Demons

1971

78

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

2001

78

Tumbbad

2018

78

King Kong

1933

78

Night of the Living Dead

1968

78

Let the Right One In

2008

78

Bride of Frankenstein

1935

78

Dawn of the Dead

1978

78

Shaun of the Dead

2004

78

Hour of the Wolf

1968

78

The Devils

1971

77

Ninja Scroll

1993

77

Train to Busan

2016

77

Nosferatu

1922

77

One Cut of the Dead

2017

77

Godzilla Minus One

2023

77

Godzilla

1954

77

The Skin I Live In

2011

77

Peeping Tom

1960

77

Evil Dead II

1987

77

Sinners

2025

77

What We Do in the Shadows

2014

77

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992

77

Kuroneko

1968