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The 20 Best Horror Films Made by Non-Horror Directors

Below is a list to this effect, a short exploration of twenty films which approximate horror but which are made to instill fright by directors whose primary works are far outside of the fear-inducing. Many are films well-known to the general public, some are more obscure, but all are sterling examples of fine film-making, something both pressingly genre-specific and pointedly genre-bridging.
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The Shining (1980)
The Shining (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
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Vampyr (1932)
Vampyr (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
3
Alien (1979)
Alien (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
4
Ugetsu (1953)
Ugetsu (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
5
The Innocents (1961)
The Innocents (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
6
Jaws (1975)
Jaws (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
7
The Host (2006)
The Host (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
8
The Haunting (1963)
The Haunting (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
9
Carrie (1976)
Carrie (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
10
Don't Look Now (1973)
Don't Look Now (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
11
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
12
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
13
Hour of the Wolf (1968)
Hour of the Wolf (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
14
28 Days Later (2002)
28 Days Later (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
15
Wake in Fright (1971)
Wake in Fright (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
16
Peeping Tom (1960)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
17
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
18
Near Dark (1987)
Near Dark (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
19
Toby Dammit (2008)
Toby Dammit (2008)
20
Ravenous (1999)
Ravenous (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   49%
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