Top of the most terrifying movies !

You will find below the resutl of a survey done by Mauvais Genres about the most terryfing movies of Movie History ! The survey was done on Facebook on 31st of october 2011 (Halloween), ang got about 500 votes. We included the trailers so you can (re)discover each movie's atmosphere.

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Number 28

Zombi 2, Lucio Fulci (1980 - Italie)

Number 27

Don't Look Now, Nicholas Roeg  (1973 - UK)

Number 26

The Omen, Richard Donner (1976 - USA)

Number 25

The Blair Witch Project, Daniel Myrick et Eduardo Sánchez (1999 - USA)

Number 24

The Exorcist III, William Peter Blatty (1990 - USA)

Number 23

Next of Kin, Tony Williams (1982 - Australie)

Number 22

Maniac, William Lustig  (1999 - USA)

Number 21

Dark Water, Hideo Nakata (2002 - Japon)

Number 20

Alien, Ridley Scott (1979 - USA)

Number 19

Haute Tension, Alexandre Aja (2003 - France)

Number 18

Ôdishon, takeshi Miike (2000 - Japan)

Number 17

Evil Dead, Sam Raimi (1983 - USA)

Number 16

The Sentinel, Michael Winner (1977 - USA)

Number 15

The Thing, John Carpenter (1982 - USA)

Number 14

Les Yeux sans visage, Georges Franju (1958 - France)

Number 13

Martyrs, Pascal Laugier (2008 - France)

Number 12

The Descent, Neil Marshall (2005 - UK)

Number 11

Halloween, John Carpenter (1976 - USA)

Number 10

Simetierre, Mary Lambert (1989 - USA)

Number 9

Carrie, Brian de Palma (1976 - USA)

Number 8

The Mist, Franck Darabont (2007 - USA)

Number 7

Cannibal Holocaust, Ruggero Deodato (1981 - Italie)

Number 6

The Haunting, Robert Wise (1963 - USA)

Number 5

The Ring (Ringu), Hideo Nakata (1998 - USA)

Number 4

Suspiria, Dario Argento ( 1977 - Italie)

Number 3

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper (USA - 1974)

Number 2

The Shining, Stanley Kubrick (1980 - USA)

Number 1

The Exorcist, William Friedkin (USA - 1973)

Results of the survey about best horror movies

Synthesis of the horror movies survey

TOP by Country :

1 - USA

2 ex-aequo - JAPAN, ITALY and FRANCE (!)

Directors : 

John Carpenter and Hideo Nakata are the only directors that appear twice in this Top. 

Date  :

The 70s are the most successfull years, closely followed by 80s. Note that 3 movies of 1980 are in this Top.

Absences :

Note the surprising absence of Wes Craven (The Last House on the Left, A Nightmare on Elm Street, …), of Georges A Romero (Zombies triolgy) and of David Cronenberg.

Top "Scary movies" by Mauvais Genres