the Canon: 50 Horror Classics

Submitted by sandbox on Wed, 10/17/2007 - 01:30
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  • An American Werewolf in London, 1981, UK
  • Black Sunday (La maschera del demonio), 1960, It
  • Braindead, 1992, NZ
  • The Bride of Frankenstein, 1935, US
  • The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (Das Kabinett des Dr Caligari), 1919, Ger
  • Cannibal Holocaust, 1979, It/Col
  • Carrie, 1976, US
  • The Cat and the Canary, 1927, US
  • Cat People, 1942, US
  • The Curse of Frankenstein, 1957, UK
  • Dawn of the Dead, 1978, US
  • Diabolique (Les Diaboliques), 1954, Fr
  • Dracula, 1931, US
  • Dracula, 1958, UK
  • The Evil Dead, 1982, US
  • The Exorcist, 1973, US
  • Eyes Without A Face (Les yeux sans visage), 1959, Fr
  • Frankenstein, 1931, US
  • Freaks, 1932, US
  • Halloween, 1978, US
  • The Haunting, 1963, UK
  • The Innocents, 1961, UK
  • I Walked With A Zombie, 1943, US
  • Jaws, 1975, US
  • Near Dark, 1987, US
  • A Nightmare On Elm Street, 1984, US
  • Night of the Demon (aka Curse of the Demon), 1957, UK
  • Night of the Living Dead, 1968, US
  • Nosferatu - einie Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu - A Symphony of Terror), 1922, Ger
  • The Old Dark House, 1932, US
  • Onibaba (The Hole), 1964, Jap
  • Peeping Tom, 1960, UK
  • The Phantom of the Opera, 1925, US
  • The Pit and the Pendulum, 1961, US
  • The Plague of the Zombies, 1966, UK
  • Psycho, 1960, US
  • Re-Animator, 1985, US
  • Repulsion, 1965, UK
  • Ringu (The Ring), 1998, Jap
  • Rosemary's Baby, 1968, US
  • Scream, 1996, US
  • The Shining, 1980, UK
  • Shivers (aka The Parasite Murders/They Came From Within), 1974, Can
  • The Silence of the Lambs, 1990, US
  • The Sixth Sense, 1999, US
  • Suspiria, 1976, It
  • Switchblade Romance (Haute tension), 2003, Fr
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 1974, US
  • The Uninvited, 1944, US
  • Witchfinder General (aka The Conqueror Worm), 1968, UK
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This is a list from the book The Rough Guide to Horror Movies.