MUBI : 115 Essential Horror Films

This list features 115 essential horror films ranked by MUBI........................................ .

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#1

28 Days Later (2002)

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#2

The Birds (1963)

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#3

Black Christmas (1974)

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#4

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

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#5

Carrie (1976)

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#6

Cat People (1942)

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#7

Creepshow (1982)

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#8

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

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#9

Deep Red (1975)

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#10

Deliverance (1972)

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#11

The Descent (2005)

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#12

Dracula (1931)

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#13

The Evil Dead (1981)

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#14

Evil Dead II (1987)

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#15

The Exorcist (1973)

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#16

The Fly (1958)

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#17

Freaks (1932)

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#18

Godzilla (1954)

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#19

The Host (2006)

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#20

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

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#21

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

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#22

Halloween (1978)

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#23

The Innocents (1961)

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#24

The Invisible Man (1933)

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#25

Jaws (1975)

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#26

King Kong (1933)

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#27

The Mummy (1932)

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#28

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

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#29

Nosferatu (1922)

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#30

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

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#31

Poltergeist (1982)

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#32

Predator (1987)

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#33

Psycho (1960)

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#34

Pumpkinhead (1988)

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#35

Re-Animator (1985)

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#36

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

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#37

The Ring (2002)

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#38

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

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#39

Saw (2004)

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#40

Scream (1996)

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#41

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

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#42

Alien (1979)

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#43

Aliens (1986)

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#44

American Psycho (2000)

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#45

The Blob (1958)

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#46

The Blob (1988)

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#47

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

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#48

Carnival of Souls (1962)

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#49

Dead of Night (1945)

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#50

Dead Ringers (1988)

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#51

The Dead Zone (1983)

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#52

Don't Look Now (1973)

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#53

The Fly (1986)

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#54

The Fog (1980)

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#55

Frankenstein (1931)

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#56

Fright Night (1985)

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#57

Hellraiser (1987)

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#58

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

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#59

The Hitcher (1986)

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#60

The Howling (1981)

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#61

The Last House on the Left (1972)

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#62

Martin (1978)

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#63

Night of the Creeps (1986)

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#64

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

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#65

The Omen (1976)

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#66

The Orphanage (2007)

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#67

Peeping Tom (1960)

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#68

Phantasm (1979)

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#69

[REC] (2007)

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#70

Repulsion (1965)

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#71

The Shining (1980)

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#72

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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#73

Suspiria (1977)

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#74

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

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#75

The Thing (1982)

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#76

Tremors (1990)

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#77

Vampyr (1932)

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#78

Videodrome (1983)

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#79

The Wicker Man (1973)

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#80

The Wolf Man (1941)

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#81

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

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#82

Audition (1999)

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#83

Basket Case (1982)

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#84

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

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#85

The Brood (1979)

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#86

Cemetery Man (1994)

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#87

Cloverfield (2008)

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#88

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

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#89

The Devil's Backbone (2001)

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#90

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

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#91

Event Horizon (1997)

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#92

Frailty (2001)

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#93

Friday the 13th (1980)

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#94

From Beyond (1986)

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#95

The Haunting (1963)

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#96

The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

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#97

House of Dracula (1945)

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#98

The Last House on the Left (2009)

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#99

Let the Right One in (2008)

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#100

The Mist (2007)

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#101

The Mummy (1959)

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#102

Near Dark (1987)

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#103

Pet Sematary (1989)

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#104

Zombie (1979)

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#105

The Amityville Horror (1979)

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#106

Asylum (1972)

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#107

Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

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#108

Death Line (1972)

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#109

Hostel (2005)

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#110

Inside (2007)

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#111

Kwaidan (1964)

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#112

Martyrs (2008)

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#113

May (2002)

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#114

Paranormal Activity (2007)

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#115

Session 9 (2001)

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