New year, new boo! We’ve re-vamped, fangs and all, our guide to the 200 best horror movies of all time, 💶 with critics and audiences now coming together in hellacious harmony to pick the freakiest, frightiest, and Freshest from horror movie 💶 history!

To assist in scheduling your film fright night, we guide you through German expressionism (Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) 💶 and Universal monsters (Dracula, The Wolf Man). Creature features (King Kong, The Fly) nestle with Best Picture nominees (The Exorcist, 💶 Get Out). Slashers (Scream), zombies (Dawn of the Dead), vampires (Let the Right One In) abound with terror of the 💶 more psychological persuasion (Don’t Look Now, The Innocents). Plus, we honor the recent stabs and strides made by female horror 💶 directors (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, The Babadook, The Invitation) and directors abroad (Under the Shadow, The Wailing).

To 💶 sort the list, we’re using our recommendation formula, which calculates a movie’s Tomatometer rating AND its Audience Score, along with 💶 the film’s number of reviews and year of release. And how did we pick what to initially throw into our 💶 bubbling recommendation cauldrong? We hand-picked only Certified Fresh movies with a positive Audience Score, with recent movies needing at least 💶 100 critics reviews. What’s recent? Anything after 2024, which is when we expanded our critics pool and criteria.

Ready to settle 💶 in for dark nights of Fresh fear? Then flip the switch on the 200 best horror movies of all time. 💶 It’s alive! It’s alive!!

#1 Alien (1979) 93% #1 Adjusted Score: 114045% Critics Consensus: A modern classic, Alien blends science fiction, 💶 horror and bleak poetry into a seamless whole. Synopsis: In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is 💶 awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey... In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is 💶 awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey... [More] Starring: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright Directed 💶 By: Ridley Scott