What are the scariest movies?

In 2006, the American "Entertainment Weekly" rated the scariest Western film to date:

1 The Exorcist

The Exorcist 1973

Director: William Friedkin

A cat swooping out from behind a camera lens is scary enough, but The Exorcist will scare you for months There is no peace. Controversial for its blasphemy, The Exorcist firmly ranks as the most gut-wrenching film of all time, not just because it dares to question the existence of God, but because it actually places Satan inside a 12-year-old girl. Audiences literally swooned when Linda Blair vomited green bean soup on the vicar. After a series of disasters, Friedkin had a priest perform an exorcism. "Many people said this movie was too weird." said the heroine Linda Blair, "but I was too young at the time and they didn't allow me to watch it.

2 The Texas Chain Saw Killer< /p>

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974

Director: Tobe Huber

True stories are often stranger than fiction, it is a hell full of horror. Based on Ed Gein's gruesome ritual murders, the film feels like a rough, low-budget documentary that will leave you breathless, beginning with a cold voice describing a nightmare. A series of crazy murderous acts, followed by momentary bloody scenes with the sound of flashing lights, and finally "Leatherface" - a deranged and murderous madman, wearing a butcher's apron and a human skin mask. Huber said when he decided on the film's title: "I lost a lot of friends. But I think they hated the title so fiercely that it must be famous. "As a result, a copy of "Chainsaw" was included in the Museum of Modern Art.

3 Alien

Alien 1979

4 The Silence of the Lambs

The Silense of The Lambs 1991

5 Halloween

Halloween 1978

Director: John Carpenter

Forget Never mind the string of half-baked and boring sequels, uninspired and annoying knock-offs like Friday the 13th, Halloween was, is, and probably will always be the best ghost movie ever made. One of the most profitable independent films - taking in $55 million at the box office on $300,000 - the influence of "Psycho" can be seen everywhere, from the smallest details to the presence of Jamie Lee Curtis. Screaming babysitter in danger “We’re all fans of Psycho. " Carpenter admitted.

6 Jaws

Jaws 1975

7 Psycho

Psycho 1960

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

The mother of all horror films (don't judge it by the Gus Vincent remake), many of its famous elements are now apparent. Uncovered: the amazing cuts (more than 50 in the shower scene alone), Anthony Perkins's neurotic son, Bernard Herrmann's screeching violin score, but the most hidden technique. It's more subtle, such as Hitchcock's decision to use several different daggers in the scene where Janet Ray is killed. Ray, who spent seven days in the shower, said, "As they were watching, they thought it might be someone pretending to be Tony, or it might be a woman, but they didn't think it was Tony." "This trick still works.

8 Seven Deadly Sins

Seven 1995

Director: David Fincher

From the video From its scratchy, shaky beginnings, "Seven" oozes more apocalyptic foreboding and frantic inventiveness than any Brad Pitt film before it. Sloth, jealousy, anger, arrogance and indulgence are all words that only appear in Sunday school. As the movie progresses, these seven deadly sins become the terrifying motivations of the serial killer. So insane that you'd peel the skin off your fingertips to avoid leaving fingerprints. From its bleak, brooding scenes to its utterly brutal ending, "Seven" is so nihilistic and haunting that it's hard to understand how it gets by. Review.

9 The Shining

The Shining 1980

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Adapted by Kubrick Stephen King's novel about the Torrance family's headlong descent into madness during a snowy Colorado winter.

The film is known more for its words written on typewriter paper ("All work and no play will make you a fool," "Joooooonieeeee!") than because it is a beautiful film. And enjoyable horror movie. Eerie music, wonderful, almost endless fixed shots accompany Jack Nicholson into a murderous madness. This is the most artistic horror film in history. Of course not everyone thinks so. Stephen King famously disdained it, saying, "I think he was trying to hurt people with this movie." (He made his own six-hour TV version in 1997.)

10 Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby 1968

11 A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984

Director: Wei S. Craven

The film introduces children's most feared ghost, Freddy, who stalks them while they sleep. Craven plays with the most cliché aspects of teenage nightmares, whether it's turning an innocent children's bedroom into a murder scene or having the devil's tongue sticking out of a phone. Freddy later turned into his own shadow as a joke. Of course Freddy is no laughing matter in his debut film. There's also a surprise: a young Johnny Depp is eaten alive by a bed in the film.

12 The Thing

The Thing 1982

13 Night of the Living Dead

Night of The Living Dead 1968

< p> Director: George Romeo

The weird behavior of the zombies in this movie inspired many comers. This is a black-and-white film with a cost of US$100,000, and it is said that part of its funding was provided by starring Russell Streiner. Although the film, about radioactive corpses hunting live human bodies, was made cheaply (the poor recording consisted mostly of crickets chirping), some estimate it grossed around $50 million at the box office. Due to legal issues with the distributor, the producers saw only a fraction of the box office revenue and remade the film in 1990. As for the original film, it's like the "Blair Witch" of its era.

14 The Omen

The Omen 1976

15 The Omen

Carrie 1976

16 Henry the Serial Killer< /p>

HenryPortrait of a Serial Killer 1990

17 Phantom

Phantasm 1979

Director: Don Coscarelli

< p> The film's narration is as detailed as a "Sesame Street" story, and the quail-tail hairstyle is distractingly weird. But the two parts of this morgue thriller - the bizarre presidential gravekeeper named "Big Man" and the flying iron ball that turns into a blood-splattered skull drill - are still relevant 20 years later. Creepy, despite the backward technology of the time. “We tried everything we could to make the ball fly, including piano strings and fishing line,” director Coscarelli said. “We ended up having an outfielder from the prep school baseball team lift it from behind the camera. Throw it out."

18 Suspiria

Suspiria 1977

Director: Dario Argento

Just get through it. In ten minutes you will be as safe and sound as at home. This very stylized film is the pioneering work of Italian horror master Cocinto. It follows a ballet student (Jessica Harper of "The Unexpected") who suspects her dance school is a coven of witches. The close-up of the knife piercing the beating heart of the victim in the film is unanimously considered the most vicious murder scene. Harper's experience was much better. "Those things crawling in my hair were actually grains of rice," she recalled. "They were stunt doubles for maggots."

19 The Hitcher

The Hitcher 1986

Director: Robert Hammen

"Mom said never do this," says the young driver (Thomas Howell) as he opens the door for the handsome hitchhiker. The old adage of not listening to the old man will be at your peril once again: this charming hitchhiker spent the next 90 minutes constantly frightening the boy and his companion, the beautiful blond Jennifer Jason Leigh. "People say it's a violent movie, and I don't know what they think," Howell said. He forgets his line in the film when he says this: "I wonder what it would be like to have your eyeballs poked out." "The Hitchhiker" will make you reconsider your plans for a cross-country vacation.

20 Dead Ringers

Dead Ringers 1988

21 Near Dark 1987

Director: Katherine Pietro

It's hard to find a zombie movie that's scary without being silly, but director Pietro fills the gap nicely. Starring Bill Paxton as a villainous zombie who roams the middle of America with his band of bloodthirsty, carnage-causing zombies. The script was co-written by Bigelow and "Hitchhiker" screenwriter Eric Reed. "It fell off. Your face fell off." This is no longer the vampire from his father's generation.

22 The Stepfather

The Stepfather 1987

23 The Lost Highway 1997

Director: David Lynch

I wonder if we will hear exclamations at the third anniversary of "Into the Wild" next February. Even watching it from the living room didn't lessen the fear. A Los Angeles hippie couple discovered someone was filming them while they slept. One of the film's most frightening scenes involves Robert Blake's sinister eyebrowless man at a party, who tells the hero that he is standing miles away in his home. You'll have to laugh twice to keep from losing your mind when our unbelieving hero uses his cell phone to confirm that the man wasn't joking.

24 Freaks

Freaks 1932

25 The Vanishing 1988 There is also a "Dark Attack" that is also very Horrible, but didn’t choose. The ending of "Dark Assault" is particularly impressive. So far this year, many excellent horror films have been released, but the above ones can all be considered classics.