Top 10 Scariest Horror Movies of All Time
There is a lot to horror movies than just the thrill it gives some people. Sometimes, the movies are exactly what you need to get your heart racing, well, save for those who might die of fright. At least through these movies, you learn that when you see a sprinting knife man, a zombie, a child possessed by demons, or one talking to invisible things on the wall, it is time to move out of the house and never set foot in it again!
There are classic old-school horror movies that scare you every time you watch, but nowadays, it is hard to find good ones that give you a scare of a lifetime. Nevertheless, here is a rundown of some of the top 10 scariest horror movies of all time.
They are the kind of movies you will watch with full lights on, a seat in the middle of the room, and the door bolted and stacked with tables and everything strong enough to hold it.
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
This is by far one of the scariest movies you will ever watch. It slashes, it scares, and it will make you want to leave earth. Watching this movie 42 years later still gets your heart racing even before the movie starts.
Empire to called it “the most purely horrifying horror movie ever made” which isn’t surprising for when the killer makes his first appearance with a face hidden in sun-leathered skin tatters, it will immediately make you cringe with fear and say “No way in hell I’m watching this.”
It is about a family of cannibals, a van of kids, and surprisingly, power tools that accompany the most horrifying torture. Very scary!
Scariest moment: When the killer; Leatherface appears out of nowhere in a doorway, clubbing Kirk to the ground amidst the sound of squealing pigs.
- The Exorcist (1973)
The Exorcist features the story of one Father Damien Karras’ (Jason Miller) who tries to drive a demon out of the body of a young girl; Regan MacNeil (Linda Blair). Bad idea. As the exorcism continues, Regan degenerates from a sweet young girl to a full-fledged disturbing demon. Far from the foul-mouthed, goop-puking thing, she becomes, her spinning head and the torture she subjects herself to is simply the most frightening thing you will ever see. The movie was effectively banned in the UK for more than a decade!
Scariest moment: When Regan holds a crucifix and stabs herself in the groin with a crucifix while her head spins around.
- The Shining (1980)
This horror movie was based on Stephen King’s novel, and it as it were, the author has some horrifying stories up his sleeve. It features a man (Jack Nicholson) accepts a job as a caretaker of a hotel in Colorado. He relocates his family (Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd) to the massive hotel just as the cold sets in among the mountains. But evil lurks in the massive structure. Everything begins going wrong; a rotting woman in the bath, the bleeding elevator, creepy corridor twins, not to forget the ‘REDRUM’ scrawl on the bedroom door. Everything that happens will leave you no choice but to be afraid.
Scariest moment: when Jack puts his face through the door and menacingly utters the now famous lines “Here’s Johnny!”
- Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Let’s admit, the worst and the most terrifying kind of scare is the one that a baby – a freaky mean baby – can give you. In Rosemary’s Baby, a horro