The 10 best horror films

10

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Dir George A Romero (David Emge, Ken Foree) 

9

Suspiria (1976)

Dir Dario Argento (Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini)

8

Halloween (1978)

Dir John Carpenter (Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis)

7

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Dir Roman Polanski (Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon)

6

The Thing (1982)

Dir John Carpenter (Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley)

5

Alien (1979)

Dir Ridley Scott (Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver)

4

Psycho (1960) Dir Alfred Hitchcock (Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins)

3

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Dir Tobe Hooper (Gunnar Hansen, Marilyn Burns)

2

The Shining (1980)

Dir Stanley Kubrick (Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall)

1

The Exorcist (1973)

Dir William Friedkin (Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow)