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1. The Shining (1980)
A Masterpiece of horror movies by Stanley Kubrick. No doubt it will bring you to the edge of your seat without showing you that much of cinematography effects or ... It will give you a feeling you will never forget experiencing it! A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.
2. Psycho (1960)
This is perhaps way too famous not to be seen by anyone as the best movie of Alfred Hitchcock. A Phoenix secretary steals $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.
3. The Thing (1982)
What you fear most... is among you.Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people that it kills.
4. The Exorcist (1973)
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A great movie and memorable one by William Friedkin. When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.
5. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
A former child star torments her crippled sister in a decaying Hollywood mansion.
6. Alien (1979)
This is one of the greatest movie of all time by director Ridley Scott. The commercial vessel Nostromo receives a distress call from an unexplored planet. After searching for survivors, the crew heads home only to realize that a deadly bioform has joined them.
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7. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
One of the early works of Roman Polanski. A young couple move into a new apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins controlling her life.
8. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
9. Let the Right One In (2008)
A Scene from "Let the right one in" |
This movie is in this list mainly because aside from the elements of a classic horro movie it has many additional emotional moments of touch which is a new experience all in all. Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.
10. Kandisha (2008)
Shattered by the loss of her child, Nyla Jayde, a brilliant criminal defense attorney, takes on a case involving a 14th century Moroccan legend, a vengeful spirit named "Kandisha".