1955 | France
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Screenwriter: Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
QS: 95 | LS: 72 | AS: 55 | FINAL SCORE: 74
1981 | USA
Director: John Landis
Screenwriter: John Landis
American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing disturbing changes to his body and mind.
QS: 88 | LS: 70 | AS: 65 | FINAL SCORE: 74.3
1965 | UK
Director: Roman Polanski
Screenwriter: Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
QS: 94.5 | LS: 74 | AS: 56 | FINAL SCORE: 74.8
1931 | USA
Director: James Whale
Screenwriter: Garrett Fort, Francis E. Faragoh
Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.
QS: 94 | LS: 78 | AS: 55.5 | FINAL SCORE: 75.8
1920 | Germany
Director: Robert Wiene
Screenwriter: Hans Janowitz, Carl Mayer
Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.
QS: 98 | LS: 82 | AS: 48 | FINAL SCORE: 76
1935 | USA
Director: James Whale
Screenwriter: William Hurlbut
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.
QS: 96 | LS: 79 | AS: 54 | FINAL SCORE: 76.3
1974 | USA
Director: Tobe Hooper
Screenwriter: Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
QS: 85.5 | LS: 94 | AS: 50 | FINAL SCORE: 76.5
1982 | USA
Director: John Carpenter
Screenwriter: Bill Lancaster
In the winter of 1982, a team of twelve researchers stationed in remote Antarctica uncovers a buried alien organism capable of perfectly imitating any living being. As paranoia spreads and trust collapses, the team must confront the terrifying reality that the creature may be hiding among them.
QS: 84.5 | LS: 91 | AS: 58 | FINAL SCORE: 77.8
1978 | USA
Director: John Carpenter
Screenwriter: John Carpenter, Debra Hill
On the night of Halloween in 1963, Michael Myers murdered his sister in the town of Haddonfield, Illinois. Fifteen years later he returns to the same time, intent upon killing again. He stalks a high school girl named Laurie Strode and zones in on his prey on the night of Halloween, 1978.
QS: 90.8 | LS: 95.5 | AS: 52 | FINAL SCORE: 79.4
1922 | Germany
Director: F. W. Murnau
Screenwriter: Henrik Galeen
The mysterious Count Orlok summons a happily married real estate agent to his castle, located up in the Transylvanian mountains, to finalise a terrifying deal.
QS: 95 | LS: 85 | AS: 60.1 | FINAL SCORE: 80
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