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1. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
directed by Jim Sharman
featuring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Jonathan AdamsThis low-budget freak show/cult classic/cultural institution concerns the misadventures of Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan ... More
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2. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
directed by David Silverman, Lee Unkrich, Pete Docter
featuring John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James CoburnAfter exploring the worlds of toys and bugs in the two Toy Story films and A Bug's Life, the award-winning computer animation company Pixar delves ... More
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3. The Changeling (1980)
directed by Peter Medak
featuring George C. Scott, Trish VanDevere, Melvyn Douglas, John Colicos, Jean MarshPeter Medak's The Changeling is among a handful of films, including The Haunting (1963), Ghost Story (1981), and Lady in White (1988), that have ... More
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4. Underworld: Awakening (2012)
directed by Bjorn Stein, Mans Marlind
featuring Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, Theo James, India EisleyKate Beckinsale returns to the Underworld film series for the fourth installment, which finds fierce vampire Selene (Beckinsale) escaping captivity ... More
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5. It (1990)
directed by Tommy Lee Wallace
featuring John Ritter, Richard Thomas, Annette O'Toole, Tim Curry, Harry AndersonOriginally titled Stephen King's It, this two-part TV movie first aired on November 18 and 20, 1990. The story starts in Maine, where a small child ... More
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6. The Monster Squad (1987)
directed by Fred Dekker
featuring Andre Gower, Robby Kiger, Stephen Macht, Duncan Regehr, Tom NoonanA group of adolescent monster movie enthusiasts form a club that meets in a treehouse in this pre-teen horror feature. When Dracula, The Mummy, ... More
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7. Insidious (2011)
directed by James Wan
featuring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Angus Sampson, Barbara HersheySaw franchise veterans James Wan and Leigh Whannell team with Paranormal Activity writer/director Oren Peli to give the familiar haunted house story ... More
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8. Priest (2011)
directed by Scott Stewart
featuring Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Lily CollinsIn a world ravaged by wars between humans and vampires, a renegade priest fights to rescue his niece from the legions of bloodsuckers who seek to ... More
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9. Tower of Terror (1997)
directed by D.J. MacHale
featuring Steve Guttenberg, Kirsten Dunst, Nia PeeplesSteve Guttenberg stars in this thriller as a once-respected reporter who has fallen on hard times and is now working for a sleazy tabloid. He happens ... More
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10. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)
directed by Patrick Tatopoulos
featuring Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Rhona Mitra, Steven Mackintosh, Kevin GreviouxThe Underworld series gets the prequel treatment with this third outing that fleshes out the story of the ancient war between the vampiric Death ... More
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11. Scream 4 (2011)
directed by Wes Craven
featuring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory CulkinList of all editionsSidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) comes face to face with her greatest fear after returning home to Woodsboro and getting caught in the center of ... More
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12. Let Me In (2010)
directed by Matt Reeves
featuring Chloë Grace Moretz, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Richard Jenkins, Elias Koteas, Cara Buono, Sasha BarreseList of all editionsJohn Ajvide Lindqvist's celebrated vampire novel makes the leap to the big screen once again with the second feature adaptation in so many years ... More
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13. Gremlins (1984)
directed by Joe Dante
featuring Zach Galligan, Hoyt Axton, Frances Lee McCain, Phoebe Cates, Polly HollidayList of all editions"Don't expose him to bright light. Don't ever get him wet. And don't ever, ever feed him after midnight." This sage advice is ignored midway through ... More
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14. The Naked Jungle (1954)
directed by Byron Haskin
featuring Eleanor Parker, Charlton Heston, Abraham Sofaer, William Conrad, Romo VincentList of all editionsIt doesn't take long for old-time-radio fans to figure out that The Naked Jungle is a film version of the classic Carl Stephenson nailbiter ... More
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15. Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
featuring Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Sergio Peris-MenchetaList of all editionsExperience a new dimension in action horror as director Paul W.S. Anderson uses the 3D technology pioneered by James Cameron and Vincent Pace to take ... More
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16. Psycho (1960)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin BalsamList of all editionsIn 1960, Alfred Hitchcock was already famous as the screen's master of suspense (and perhaps the best-known film director in the world) when he ... More
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17. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
directed by Guillermo del Toro
featuring Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Luke Goss, John AlexanderList of all editionsRon Perlman returns to the role of the big red BPRD agent in this sequel to 2004's Hellboy, directed once again by Guillermo del Toro and scripted as ... More
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18. The Canterville Ghost (1944)
directed by Jules Dassin
featuring Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien, Peter Lawford, William Gargan, Reginald Owen, Una O'ConnorList of all editionsThe whimsical Oscar Wilde fantasy yarn The Canterville Ghost is updated to WW2 in this economical but attractively produced MGM filmization. Charles ... More
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19. The Shining (1980)
directed by Stanley Kubrick
featuring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry NelsonList of all editions"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" -- or, rather, a homicidal boy in Stanley Kubrick's eerie 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel ... More
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20. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
directed by Frank Oz
featuring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, Levi StubbsList of all editionsIt started as a 1960 Roger Corman horror comedy, filmed in two days; it then inspired a lavish 1982 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Alan ... More
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21. The Evil Dead (1983)
directed by Sam Raimi
featuring Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker, Hal Delrich, Sarah YorkList of all editionsThis auspicious feature debut from Sam Raimi -- shot on 16mm in the woods of Tennesse for around $350,000 -- secured the young director's cult status ... More
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22. The Langoliers (1995)
directed by Tom Holland
featuring Patricia Wettig, Bronson Pinchot, Dean Stockwell, Mark Lindsay ChapmanList of all editionsTen passengers on a red-eye flight from L.A. to Boston discover that they are not the only people on the plane, but after making an emergency landing ... More
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23. Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
directed by Conrad Vernon, Rob Letterman
featuring Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Stephen ColbertList of all editionsWhen human-hating aliens disrupt earthbound cable-television signals, it's up to a monster-hunting superhero to take out the pesky extraterrestrials ... More
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24. Frankenstein (1931)
directed by James Whale
featuring Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Dwight Frye, Edward Van SloanList of all editionsStill regarded as the definitive film version of Mary Shelley's classic tale of tragedy and horror, Frankenstein made unknown character actor Boris ... More
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25. Poltergeist (1982)
directed by Tobe Hooper
featuring Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight, Dominique Dunne, Oliver RobinsList of all editionsWith Poltergeist, directed by Tobe Hopper, Steven Spielberg had his first great success as a producer. Released around the same time as Spielberg's E ... More







