Here is the list of best classic horror movies
These classic horror movies have been a source of countless screams over the years because of noteworthy scary scenes.
In the movie industry around the globe, horror films are one of the famous genres. Sometimes, scary movies are accompanied by comedy, history, adventure, and action. However, there are also those films that are hard-core scary.
The Exorcist
This film was released in 1973 and its creepy core is the actual exorcism. Based on the article from Reader’s Digest, the scarier part happened behind-the-scenes.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The 1984 film is known as a classic slasher film which features Freddy Krueger who kills his victims in their dreams.
Rosemary’s Baby
Though this 1968 film does not feature hard-core scary scenes that will make you jump but the paranoia of Rosemary as the movie continues will scare you.
Psycho
This is one of the popular scary movies in 1960. According to the article, this movie has changed the genre but until now this never fails to bring out scared screams.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Movie critic Dave Kehr from the Chicago Reader has this comment for the 1974 film, “[A] sneaky equation of middle-class values with cannibalism and wholesale slaughter.”
House
This delirious Japanese flick which was released in 1977 presents the weirdest, most entertaining example in memory. Steve Dollar, a movie critic from Paste said that movies like this are rare.
Poltergeist
This movie features a classic ghost story but it will give a chill to anyone.
The Amityville Horror
Those who do not want a hard-core scream from a horror movie, this 1979 film will provide laughable moments.
The Changeling
Released in 1980, this is one of the classic horror movies that are still popular until now. This talks about the vengeful ghost, a haunted house, and the approval of Martin Scorsese.
Sleepy Hollow
“Gorgeous filmmaking that brims over with fun-house thrills and ravishing romance… Heads roll, bodies pile up, and the horseman—played in flashback by a megaweird Christopher Walken—rises from the dead,” film critic Peter Travers from the Rolling Stone said.
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