# Top 5 : Horror Movies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-horror-movies/210103>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 28, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-horror-movies/210103 "2003-10-28T21:01:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Kyann22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@Kyann22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyann22)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-horror-movies/210103/21 "2003-10-29T18:52:50Z")

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The Shining

The Exorcist

Halloween

Night of the Living Dead

The Ring

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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-horror-movies/210103/22 "2003-10-29T19:47:54Z")

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> \*Originally posted by PalJuicy \*  
> **lissener, you saw ‘Salo’? I’ve heard about it and will never see it. I mean, there’s sick and then there’s _sick_ !!  
> ‘Men Behind The Sun’ is also waaay off my must see list. . . .**

Salo is definitely disturbing. I saw it in a theatre, and about 2/3 of the audience cleared out at one point or another.

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**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-horror-movies/210103/23 "2003-10-29T20:01:37Z")

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In no particular order:

The Shining  
Creepshow 2  
Pumpkinhead  
Re-Animator  
Event Horizon

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-horror-movies/210103/24 "2003-10-29T20:07:13Z")

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Poltergeist (it’s terrible, but I was 9 when I saw it)  
The Exorcist  
Alien  
Halloween  
Swept Away (the horror, the horror!)

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**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-horror-movies/210103/25 "2003-10-29T21:46:20Z")

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The Exorcist  
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)  
The Ring  
The Shining  
Session 9

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**Author:** ![Silvio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Silvio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvio)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-5-horror-movies/210103/26 "2003-10-29T22:49:33Z")

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No suprises here…

The Exorcist  
Night of the Living Dead  
The Ring  
Carnival of Souls  
At the Mouth of Madness

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