All around the world, scary movies have been scaring us for decades, leaving us wondering what really does lurk in the shadows in our bedrooms, or the darkness on the streets. Eventually, these horror films gain great popularity, and it’s only a matter of time before the best of the best are rallied up onto a list of the scariest horror films to date.
#1 THE OMEN:
The movie follows a famous ambassador and his family. After a time, they give birth to a son, but as he grows, it appears that things are not as they seem. Strange things start to happen around the family and these occurrences go from strange to deadly in a heartbeat and it's suddenly realized that the child is actually the anti-Christ, the devil's son, come to wreak havoc upon the Earth and start an Earth shattering revelation.
#2 REC: REC is a Spanish film. REC follows a reporter and a camera guy as they make their way into a very scary and dimly light apartment building.
#3 THE EVIL DEAD:
Five friends make their way through the woods and find a cabin which they decided to spend the night in. Evil forces start to possess and terrorize the five friends causing them to do unthinkable things to themselves and even others.
#4 HELLRAISER:
The movie follows a man who accidentally opens a portal to hell. Once done, scary and terrifying beings start to rip his body apart.
#5 INSIDIOUS:
In the movie a young boy has fallen into a comatose state due to an evil spirit that is threatening to take over his body.
#6 THE RING:
In the film, a mother and her son witness a strange film on a VHS tape, and soon learn that they only have a week left to live. After the week was up the girl in the tape would come for them.
#7 ANNABELLE:
The movie follows a couple who own a doll that has a spirit attached to it. When the evil spirit finally shows itself, they find it necessary to hire a priest and so, they talk to him in hopes of ridding the place of the spirit.
#8 JAWS: Jaws is a 1975 film about a large great white shark who terrorizes a small town known as Amity.
#9 HALLOWEEN:
A six year old Michael Meyers murders his sister. He is quickly sent away to a mental hospital but after fifteen years, he returns, ready to kill once again.
#10 THE EXORCIST:
The Exorcist follows a young girl who has been playing with a Ouija board in her basement, talking to a presence who calls himself Mr. Howdy. However, soon, things take a turn for the worst as the daughter becomes possessed by a terrible spirit. Two priests are called in to perform an exorcism and hopefully help the young girl.
#11 SINISTER:
The husband finds a box of tapes from the attic, he realizes the house was previously owned by a family who was murdered there. As he goes through the videos, he realizes that all the tapes are filmed murders of various families, each killed in a specific way.
#12 TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE:
When a brother and sister, along with three friends decide to visit their grandfather's grave in Texas, they think it's going to be a simple trip out to Texas and back. But when they stumble upon a giant house with a crazy cannibalistic family, things go downhill as they become victims of terrible and torturous murders.
#13 THE CONJURING:
The Perron family is being tortured by a very malevolent spirit who is forcing the family to live in fear in their home. When the craziness of the spirit becomes too much, the family decides to ask the help of Ed and Lorraine. They examine the home and declare it is haunted by a terrible spirit.
#14 THE SHINING:
An evil presence within the hotel influences the father of the family in strange ways and causes him to commit violent acts around the property and to his family.
#15 A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET:
A Nightmare on Elm Street was released in 1984, and follows a young girl and her friends as strange things are happening in their dreams. Soon, they realize that, as crazy as it sounds, a serial killer is stalking them and preparing to take their lives.
