Are you looking for the best horror movies to watch this weekend? Horror is a genre of fiction that is intended to frighten, scare, or disgust and is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror, which is in the realm of speculative fiction. Further, horror films are designed to elicit certain emotions such as tension, fear, stress, and shock. Horror movies are addictive because they are exciting.
Best Horror Movies Of All Time
1. Halloween (1978)
Director: John Carpenter
Genres: Horror/Thriller
Star Cast: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P. J. Soles, Nancy Kyes
Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with producer Debra Hill, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence, with P. J. Soles and Nancy Kyes assisting.
The plot revolves around Michael Myers, a mentally ill patient who was committed to a sanitarium after murdering his babysitting adolescent sister on Halloween night when he was six years old. He escapes and returns to his hometown fifteen years later, where he chases a female babysitter and her friends while being pursued by his psychiatrist.
2. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Director: Tobe Hooper
Genres: Horror/Thriller
Star Cast: Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger
Tobe Hooper produced and directed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in 1974, based on a scenario and screenplay written by Hooper and Kim Henkel. It stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, and Gunnar Hansen as Sally Hardesty, Franklin Hardesty, the hitchhiker, the proprietor, and Leatherface, respectively.
The plot revolves around a group of friends who are on their way to see an old farmstead when they are attacked by a family of cannibals. To draw a wider audience and to operate as a subtle commentary on the era’s political climate, the picture was advertised as being based on historical events; however, while the persona of Leatherface and some plot details were inspired by the acts of killer Ed Gein, the plot is entirely fictional.
3. The Evil Dead (1981)
Director: Sam Raimi
Genres: Horror/Fantasy
Star Cast: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor
The Evil Dead is a 1981 American supernatural horror film directed and written by Sam Raimi, produced by Robert Tapert, and executive produced by Raimi, Tapert, and Bruce Campbell, who also co-starred with Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManicor, Betsy Baker, and Theresa Tilly.
The story revolves around five college students who are on holiday in an isolated cabin in a secluded wooded area. After discovering an audio tape that, when played, summons an army of demons and spirits, four members of the gang become possessed, requiring the fifth, Ash Williams, to survive an onslaught of progressively horrific mayhem.
4. The Ring (2002)
Director: Gore Verbinski
Genres: Horror/Thriller
Star Cast: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox
The Ring is a 2002 American supernatural horror film directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, David Dorfman, Brian Cox, and Daveigh Chase.
It is a remake of Hideo Nakata’s 1998 Japanese horror film Ring, which is based on Koji Suzuki’s 1991 novel of the same name. Watts plays a journalist who examines a cursed videotape that appears to kill the viewer seven days after viewing it.
5. Scream (1996)
Director: Wes Craven
Genres: Horror/Mystery
Star Cast: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette
Wes Craven directed and Kevin Williamson wrote the 1996 American slasher film Scream. Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, Jamie Kennedy, and Drew Barrymore star in the picture.
It follows high school student Sidney Prescott and her pals in the fictional town of Woodsboro, California, as they become the targets of a mysterious killer dressed as Ghostface for Halloween.
Scream was considered unique at the time of its premiere since it included characters that were familiar with real-life horror films and freely addressed the clichés that the film tried to spoof.
6. The Sixth Sense (1999)
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Genres: Thriller/Horror
Star Cast: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette
M. Night Shyamalan’s 1999 supernatural horror thriller The Sixth Sense was written and directed by him. It stars Bruce Willis as a child psychologist whose patient claims to be able to see and communicate with the dead.
Buena Vista Pictures released it on August 6, 1999, and reviews appreciated its performances, atmosphere, and storyline twist. It received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay for Shyamalan, as well as Best Supporting Actor for Osment and Best Supporting Actress for Collette.
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7. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Director: George A. Romero
Genres: Horror/Zombie
Star Cast: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger
George A. Romero wrote, directed, and edited the 1978 zombie horror film Dawn of the Dead, which was produced by Richard P. Rubinstein. It is the second film in Romero’s zombie film series, and while it contains no characters or locales from the earlier film Night of the Living Dead (1968), it depicts the societal ramifications of a zombie apocalypse on a bigger scale.
In the movie, an unidentified event causes the reanimation of the dead, who prey on human flesh. David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger, and Gaylen Ross star as outbreak survivors who hide themselves inside a suburban shopping mall amid widespread panic.
8. Escape Room (2019)
Director: Adam Robitel
Genres: Horror/Thriller
Star Cast: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Jay Ellis
Escape Room is a psychological horror film directed by Adam Robitel and written by Bragi F. Schut and Maria Melnik that was released in 2019. Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Tyler Labine, Nik Dodani, Jay Ellis, and Yorick van Wageningen star in the thriller, which follows a group of people sent to negotiate a series of dangerous escape rooms.
9. A Quiet Place II (2021)
Director: John Krasinski
Genres: Horror/Thriller
Star Cast: Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Cillian Murphy
A Quiet Place Part II is a 2021 American post-apocalyptic horror film that follows the family from the previous film as they continue to navigate and survive in a post-apocalyptic world populated by blind aliens with keen hearing.
John Krasinski wrote, produced, and directed the picture for Paramount Pictures. Cillian Murphy, Djimon Hounsou, and Okieriete Onaodowan join the cast, while Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, and Noah Jupe reprise their roles from the first film. Krasinski appears in a new flashback sequence from the previous film.
10. Army of the Dead (2021)
Director: Zack Snyder
Genres: Horror/Action
Star Cast: Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera
Army of the Dead is a 2021 American zombie heist film directed by Zack Snyder based on a script co-written with Shay Hatten and Joby Harold and based on a premise he also conceived.
The cast includes Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, and Hiroyuki Sanada. It depicts a group of mercenaries who plan a casino heist in Las Vegas during a zombie apocalypse.
Amelia Wilson is an independent film critic who has been writing about films for the past 8 years. She is also a writer, pet lover and a motivational speaker. She was previously writing about movies on her personal blog, now she is full-time reviewer and writer on LoudFact.
