# Top 3 favorite horror movies of all time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302 "2019-10-26T03:28:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Colossus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.colossus/32/9423_2.png) [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/1 "2019-10-26T03:28:44Z")
I’m in that Halloween mood. I love horror movies but you know, not that many of them are actually good. I think the best one is: 1982’s The Thing. I really liked The VVitch… And as far as re-watchability, I’d have to say Shaun of the Dead. This year I’m willing to go far schlockier, having watched The Twilight Zone movie, Creepshow (and CreepShow 2), Return of the Living Dead, and Tales from the Crypt (1972). What are your top 3 favorite horror films for any period? Bonus points for anthologies. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/2 "2019-10-26T03:38:30Z")
The Mummy (the original, not any of the remakes) Sinister (the first one, only…the sequel is f’n terrible) Ju-On (the original series as a whole counts as a single story, I’d say) And special runner up… House (AKA Hausu)…not to be confused with the American movie of the same name…which is also good, but lacks the sheer WTFness of the Japanese flick. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/3 "2019-10-26T03:41:07Z")
The Thing The Night Stalker (1973) The Legend of HellHouse ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/4 "2019-10-26T03:49:53Z")
The Exorcist Rosemary’s Baby The Shining ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/5 "2019-10-26T03:57:31Z")
The Thing (1982) Alien The Changeling ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/6 "2019-10-26T04:06:01Z")
The Exorcist The Haunting The Shining Anyone with a Halloween program Jones maybe check out the Travel Channel. They only seen to do ghost stuff these days. I love the narrative shows more than they ghost hunting fake shows. Tomorrow starting at 6am IFC is showing all the Friday the 13th films. They show commercials but their films are never edited unlike say Sundance. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Colossus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.colossus/32/9423_2.png) [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/7 "2019-10-26T04:17:05Z")
so at the least we all agree on the The Thing 1982… ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/8 "2019-10-26T04:52:18Z")
In terms of rewatchability, Army of Darkness. Dawn of the Dead. Wolf (Nickolson/Pfeiffer) ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/9 "2019-10-26T08:32:04Z")
_The Exorcist The Shining Hellraiser_ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/10 "2019-10-26T12:04:20Z")
I generally don’t watch horror, but there are a few I’m enjoy: _The Tenant_ (Roman Polanski’s non-sequel to \* Rosemary’s Baby\*) _The Bride of Frankenstein_ _Them!_ For anthologies, there’s _Dead of Night_ ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/11 "2019-10-26T12:15:36Z")
The Thing (1982) Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Fright Night (1985) ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/12 "2019-10-26T12:21:17Z")
I’m having second thoughts. Let’s make it : _The Exorcist The Evil Dead Hellraiser_ A Top 3 is too damn short :mad:. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/13 "2019-10-26T12:45:47Z")
Asylum (1972) - Only because it’s the first “non-family” movie I saw at a theater. Frankenstein (1931) The Shining ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/14 "2019-10-26T13:32:50Z")
There are so many… Alien My cousin and I shared an apartment in '79. Decided to go see a movie. “Alien sounds cool, lets see what all the hype is about”. Other than that we knew nothing about the movie. Afterwards, we couldn’t go home. We needed a bright well lit place. Hung out in a McD’s for an hour or two before going back to the apartment (built in 1914 complete with creepy basement). The Thing Wilfred Brimley: “Hey man, I’m all better now. I want to come back inside. I hear things out here” The Ring Aidan: “You weren’t supposed to help her.” ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/15 "2019-10-26T14:42:06Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > There are so many… > Alien > My cousin and I shared an apartment in '79. Decided to go see a movie. “Alien sounds cool, lets see what all the hype is about”. Other than that we knew nothing about the movie. > Afterwards, we couldn’t go home. We needed a bright well lit place. Hung out in a McD’s for an hour or two before going back to the apartment (built in 1914 complete with creepy basement). > > The Thing > Wilfred Brimley: “Hey man, I’m all better now. I want to come back inside. I hear things out here” “I’d rather not spend the winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!!!” ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/16 "2019-10-26T15:58:17Z")
_The Prophecy._ Christopher Walken as Gabriel, Viggo Mortensen as Lucifer. “I’m an angel. I kill firstborns while their mamas watch. I turn cities into salt. I even, when I feel like it, rip the souls from little girls, and from now till kingdom come, the only thing you can count on in your existence is never understanding why.” _Dracula’s Daughter._ Interesting variation on the vampire-vs-crucifix meme. _The Howling._ “You can’t tame what’s meant to be wild!” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/17 "2019-10-26T17:42:35Z")
Student Bodies Buffy the Vampire Slayer Zombieland You can probably see a pattern emerging here… ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/18 "2019-10-26T17:43:59Z")
The Thing Prince of Darkness An American Werewolf in London ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/19 "2019-10-26T17:49:03Z")
In terms of How Many Times Watched, they’d have to be The Golem (1920) Island of Lost Souls (1932) The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302/20 "2019-10-26T17:56:30Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > _The Prophecy._ > Christopher Walken as Gabriel, Viggo Mortensen as Lucifer. > “I’m an angel. I kill firstborns while their mamas watch. I turn cities into salt. I even, when I feel like it, rip the souls from little girls, and from now till kingdom come, the only thing you can count on in your existence is never understanding why.” My first impression after seeing that film was. “That really looks like something they just made up on the fly…” Then I find out that was partially true. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302.md?page=2)