Last year, off the back of The Sight & Sound 2022 top 100 film list, we created the #FilmTwitter top 100 film list. This list was created as I knew many people, like me, wanted their voices heard.
After the success of last year’s list and the fun compiling it brought, I decided to reach out to #FilmTwitter again. This year, I wanted to take it further and focus on a specific genre. What better genre to pick than my favourite genre, Horror.
So, I asked #FilmTwitter to give me their Top 10 Horror films, and we received 148 submissions. From these submissions, 276 films were in with a chance of making the Top 100. I created this list on a points-based system. The higher the film’s ranking, the more points it achieved. #1 got 10 points and #10 got 1 point.
100. Freaks – Directed by Tod Browning (1932)
99. Gremlins – Directed by Joe Dante (1984)
98. Perfect Blue – Directed by Satoshi Kon (1997)
97. The Vanishing – Directed by George Sluizer (1988)
96. Videodrome – Directed by David Cronenberg (1983)
95. Black Swan – Directed by Darren Aronofsky (2010)
94. Day of The Dead – Directed by George A. Romero (1985)
93. The Babadook – Directed by Jennifer Kent (2014)
92. The Exorcist III – Directed by William Peter Blatty (1990)
91. American Psycho – Directed by Mary Harron (2000)
90. Talk To Me – Directed by Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou (2022)
89. Trick R’ Treat – Directed by Michael Dougherty (2007)
88. Demons – Directed by Lamberto Bava (1985)
87. Invasion of the Body Snatchers – Directed by Don Siegel (1978)
86. Pan’s Labyrinth – Directed by Guillermo del Toro (2006)
85. Saint Maud – Directed by Rose Glass (2019)
84. A Quiet Place – Directed by John Krasinski (2018)
83. Carnival of Souls – Directed by Herk Harvey (1962)
82. Climax – Directed by Gaspar Noé (2018)
81. Deep Red – Directed by Dario Argento (1975)
80. The Mist – Directed by Frank Darabont (2007)
79. Annihilation – Directed by Alex Garland (2018)
78. Cannibal Holocaust – Directed by Ruggero Deodato (1980)
77. Ready or Not – Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (2019)
76. The Conjuring – Directed by James Wan (2013)
75. The Sixth Sense – Directed by M. Night Shyamalan (1999)
74. Doctor Sleep – Directed by Mike Flanagan (2019)
73. Happy Death Day – Directed by Christopher Landon (2017)
72. Near Dark – Directed by Kathryn Bigelow (1987)
71. The Ring – Directed by Gore Verbinski (2002)
70. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors – Directed by Chuck Russell (1987)
69. Frankenstein – Directed by James Whale (1931)
68. Lake Mungo – Directed by Joel Anderson (2008)
67. Suspiria – Directed by Luca Guadagnino (2018)
66. I Saw The Devil – Directed by Kim Jee-woon (2010)
65. Malignant – Directed by James Wan (2021)
64. Scream 2 – Directed by Wes Craven (1997)
63. Under The Skin – Directed by Jonathan Glazer (2013)
62. The Others – Directed by Alejandro Amenábar (2001)
61. Us – Directed by Jordan Peele (2019)
60. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me – Directed by David Lynch (1992)
59. Evil Dead – Directed by Fede Álvarez (2013)
58. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari – Directed by Robert Wiene (1920)
57. Poltergeist – Directed by Tobe Hooper (1982)
56. Titane – Directed by Julia Ducournau (2021)
55. Nope – Directed by Jordan Peele (2022)
54. Shaun of the Dead – Directed by Edgar Wright (2004)
53. Audition – Directed by Takashi Miike (1999)
52. House – Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi (1977)
51. Aliens – Directed by James Cameron (1986)
50. The Cabin In The Woods – Directed by Drew Goddard (2011)
49. Cure – Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1997)
48. Saw – Directed by James Wan (2004)
47. The Bride of Frankenstein – Directed by James Whale (1935)
46. Martyrs – Directed by Pascal Laugier (2008)
45. The Lost Boys – Directed by Joel Schumacher (1987)
44. The Wailing – Directed by Na Hong-jin (2016)
43. Let the Right One In – Directed by Tomas Alfredson (2008)
42. The Lighthouse – Directed by Robert Eggers (2019)
41. Train to Busan – Directed by Yeon Sang-ho (2016)
40. Dawn Of The Dead – Directed by George A. Romero (1978)
39. Eyes Without A Face – Directed by Georges Franju (1960)
38. Black Christmas – Directed by Bob Clark (1974)
37. Nosferatu – Directed by F. W. Murnau (1922)
36. 28 Days Later – Directed by Danny Boyle (2002)
35. The Fly – Directed by David Cronenberg (1986)
34. The Innocents – Directed by Jack Clayton (1961)
33. Rosemary’s Baby – Directed by Roman Polanski (1968)
32. REC – Directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza (2007)
31. Ringu – Directed by Hideo Nakata (1998)
30. Hellraiser – Directed by Clive Barker (1987)
29. Don’t Look Now – Directed by Nicolas Roeg (1973)
28. The Witch – Directed by Robert Eggers (2015)
27. The Evil Dead – Directed by Sam Raimi (1981)
26. Carrie – Directed by Brian De Palma (1976)
25. The Descent – Directed by Neil Marshall (2005)
24. Raw – Directed by Julia Ducournau (2016)
23. Candyman – Directed by Bernard Rose (1992)
22. Midsommar – Directed by Ari Aster (2019)
21. Suspiria – Directed by Dario Argento (1977)
20. Night of the Living Dead – Directed by George A. Romero (1968)
19. An American Werewolf in London – Directed by John Landis (1981)
18. It Follows – Directed by David Robert Mitchell (2014)
17. A Nightmare On Elm Street – Directed by Wes Craven (1984)
16. The Blair Witch Project – Directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez (1999)
15. Possession – Directed by Andrzej Żuławski (1981)
14. Hereditary – Directed by Ari Aster (2018)
13. The Wicker Man – Directed by Robin Hardy (1973)
12. Evil Dead II – Directed by Sam Raimi (1987)
11. Get Out – Directed by Jordan Peele (2017)
10. The Silence of the Lambs – Directed by Jonathan Demme (1991)
9. Jaws – Directed by Steven Spielberg (1975)
8. Scream – Directed by Wes Craven (1996)
7. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre – Directed by Tobe Hooper (1974)
6. Psycho – Directed by Alfred Hitchcock (1960)
5. Halloween – Directed by John Carpenter (1978)
4. The Exorcist – Directed by William Friedkin (1973)
3. The Shining – Directed by Stanley Kubrick (1980)
2. Alien – Directed by Ridley Scott (1979)
1. The Thing – Directed by John Carpenter (1982)
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