- The House of Ghosts (1908) (Dir: Segundo de Chomon)
(Short Cinema) - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) (Dir: Robert Wiene)
- The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920) (Dir: Paul Wegener and Carl Boese)
- Haxan (1922) (Dir: Benjamin Christensen)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1925) (Dir: Rupert Julian)
- Island of Lost Souls (1932) (Dir: Eric C. Kenton)
- Dracula (1931) (Dir: George Melford)
- King Kong (1933) (Dir: Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack)
- The Ghost Breakers (1940) (Dir: George Marshall)
- The Wolf Man (1941) (Dir: George Waggner)
- The Uninvited (1944) (Dir: Lewis Allen)
- Dead of Night (1945) (Dir: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer)
(Anthology Film) - The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) (Dir: Albert Lewin)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) (Dir: Charles Barton)
- The Queen of Spades (1949) (Dir: Thorold Dickinson)
- The Thing from Another World (1951) (Dir: Christian Nyby)
- Them! (1954) (Dir: Gordon Douglas)
- Eyes Without a Face (1960) (Dir: Georges Franju)
- The Housemaid (1960) (Dir: Kim Ki-young)
- Jigoku (1960) (Dir: Nobuo Nakagawa)
- Village of the Damned (1960) (Dir: Wolf Rilla)
- Carnival of Souls (1962) (Dir: Herk Harvey)
- The Masque of the Red Death (1964) (Dir: Roger Corman)
- Viy (1967) (Dir: Konstantin Yershov and Georgi Kropachyov)
- The Living Skeleton (1968) (Dir: Hiroshi Matsuno)
- Spider Baby (1968) (Dir: Jack Hill)
- Toby Dammit (1968) (Dir: Federico Fellini)
(Segment of “Spirts of the Dead”)
(Anthology Film) - Witchfinder General (1968) (Dir: Michael Reeves)
- Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) (Dir: Jaromil Jires)
- The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) (Dir: Piers Haggard)
- Daughters of Darkness (1971) (Dir: Harry Kumel)
- What’s the Matter with Helen? (1971) (Dir: Curtis Harrington)
- Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971) (Dir: Curtis Harrington)
- The Last House on the Left (1972) (Dir: Wes Craven)
- The Baby (1973) (Dir: Ted Post)
- Ganja & Hess (1973) (Dir: Bill Gunn)
- Messiah of Evil (1973) (Dir: Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck)
- Theatre of Blood (1973) (Dir: Douglas Hickox)
- The Wicker Man (1973) (Dir: Robin Hardy)
- Black Christmas (1974) (Dir: Bob Clark)
- Young Frankenstein (1974) (Dir: Mel Brooks)
- Amelia (1975) (Dir: Dan Curtis)
(Short Cinema)
(Segment of “Trilogy of Terror”)
(TV Anthology Film) - Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) (Dir: Alfred Sole)
- House (1977) (Dir: Nobuhiko Obayashi)
- Phantasm (1979) (Dir: Don Coscarelli)
- The Changeling (1980) (Dir: Peter Medak)
- The Ninth Configuration (1980) (Dir: William Peter Blatty)
- An American Werewolf in London (1981) (Dir: John Landis)
- Basket Case (1982) (Dir: Frank Henenlotter)
- The Entity (1982) (Dir: Sidney J. Furie)
- Next of Kin (1982) (Dir: Tony Williams)
- Vincent (1982) (Dir: Tim Burton)
(Short Cinema)
(Animation) - Michael Jackson’s Thriller (1983) (Dir: John Landis)
(Short Cinema)
(Music Video) - Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (1983) (Dir: George Miller)
(Segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie)
(Anthology Film)
(Short Cinema) - Frankenweenie (1984) (Dir: Tim Burton)
(Short Cinema) - A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) (Dir: Wes Craven)
- Re-Animator (1985) (Dir: Stuart Gordon)
- The Return of the Living Dead (1985) (Dir: Dan O’Bannon)
- From Beyond (1986) (Dir: Stuart Gordon)
- Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) (Dir: John McNaughton)
- Angel Heart (1987) (Dir: Alan Parker)
- Hellraiser (1987) (Dir: Clive Barker)
- Society (1989) (Dir: Brian Yuzna)
- The Woman in Black (1989) (Dir: Herbert Wise)
(TV Film) - Jacob’s Ladder (1990) (Dir: Adrian Lyne)
- Two Evil Eyes (1990) (Dir: George A. Romero and Dario Argento)
(Anthology Film) - Candyman (1992) (Dir: Bernard Rose)
- Body Bags (1993) (Dir: John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper)
(Anthology Cable Film) - Cemetery Man (1993) (Dir: Michele Soavi)
- Ringu (1998) (Dir: Hideo Nakata)
- Ravenous (1999) (Dir: Antonia Bird)
- Ginger Snaps (2000) (Dir: John Fawcett)
- Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) (Dir: Don Coscarelli)
- May (2002) (Dir: Lucky McKee)
- Three… Extremes (2004) (Dir: Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook and Takashi Miike) (Anthology Film)
- Cigarette Burns (2005) (Dir: John Carpenter)
(Episode of Masters of Horror)
(Cable/Television) - The Descent (2005) (Dir: Neil Marshall)
- Incident On and Off a Mountain Road (2005) (Dir: Don Coscarelli) (Episode of Masters of Horror)
(Cable/Television) - Imprint (2006) (Dir: Takashi Miike)
(Episode of Masters of Horror)
(Cable/Television) - Pick Me Up (2006) (Dir: Larry Cohen)
(Episode of Masters of Horror)
(Cable/Television) - American Zombie (2007) (Dir: Grace Lee)
(Mockumentary) - Inside (2007) (Dir: Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo)
- Rec (2007) (Dir: Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza)
- Trick ‘r Treat (2007) (Dir: Michael Dougherty)
(Anthology Film) - Let the Right One In (2008) (Dir: Tomas Alfredson)
- Jennifer’s Body (2009) (Dir: Karyn Kusama)
- The Loved Ones (2009) (Dir: Sean Byrne)
- Splice (2009) (Dir: Vincenzo Natali)
- Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010) (Dir: Eli Craig)
- The Cabin in the Woods (2011) (Dir: Drew Goddard)
- Berberian Sound Studio (2012) (Dir: Peter Strickland)
- The Babadook (2014) (Dir: Jennifer Kent)
- A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) (Dir: Ana Lily Amirpour)
- It Follows (2014) (Dir: David Robert Mitchell)
- What We Do in the Shadows (2014) (Dir: Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi) (Mockumentary)
- The Devil’s Candy (2015) (Dir: Sean Byrne)
- The Invitation (2015) (Dir: Karyn Kusama)
- Southbound (2015) (Dir: Chad, Matt & Rob, Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner and Patrick Horvath)
(Anthology Film) - We Are Still Here (2015) (Dir: Ted Geoghegan)
- The Witch (2015) (Dir: Robert Eggers)
- The Love Witch (2016) (Dir: Anna Biller)
- Raw (2016) (Dir: Julia Ducournau)
- Under the Shadow (2016) (Dir: Babak Anvari)
- Gerald’s Game (2017) (Dir: Mike Flanagan)
- Get Out (2017) (Dir: Jordan Peele)
- Little Evil (2017) (Dir: Eli Craig)
- Mother! (2017) (Dir: Darren Aronofsky)
- XX (2017) (Dir: Jovanka Vuckovic, Annie Clark, Roxanne Benjamin and Karyn Kusama)
(Anthology Film) - Annihilation (2018) (Dir: Alex Garland)
- Hereditary (2018) (Dir: Ari Aster)
- Mandy (2018) (Dir: Panos Cosmatos)
- A Quiet Place (2018) (Dir: John Krasinski)
- Midsommar (2019) (Dir: Ari Aster)
- Ready or Not (2019) (Dir: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett)
- Us (2019) (Dir: Jordan Peele)
John Charet’s Favorite Horror Films Part 2 of 3
12 Tuesday Nov 2019
Great list John, I’ve actually seen a few of these such as American Werewolf in London, Frankenweenie and Carnival of Souls. King Kong was actually shown on the BBC over here a couple of weeks ago. What a treat!
Why thank you for the kind words Paul 🙂 Nice to hear that King Kong was on the BBC a few weeks ago too 🙂 Anyway, thanks for dropping by 🙂
I love the movie Them! I’m happy to see it on your list. Eyes Without a Face is another favorite of mine. Here are three of my favorite horror movie guilty pleasures:
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Attack of the Giant Leeches
Motel Hell
I don’t recall seeing them on your list. Are you familiar?
Glad to hear that you love both Them! and Eyes Without a Face. I am also familiar with those three titles you list, but I do not consider them to be great ones. Anyway, thanks for dropping by 🙂
An impressive list, John..
I love The Wicker Man as a cult film, but never found it remotely horrifying.
Thanks for including Ginger Snaps and Berberian Sound Studio, which are usually underrated. I might add ‘It Follows’ as a modern horror film which really impressed me.
Best wishes, Pete.
I actually did include It Follows, it is on number 97. And yes, I love all of those titles you mentioned, but then again, you knew that. Anyway, thanks for dropping by 🙂
Sorry, John. I must have missed that. My eyes are not so good these days! 🙂
It musta took you forever to compile that list.
“Impressive”. As Darth said.
Why thank you for the kind words 🙂 It did take a little while, but I had a fun time compiling it 🙂 Impressive indeed 🙂 Anyway, thanks for dropping by 🙂
Another great list. Eyes Without a Face is a favorite!
It sure is 🙂 Anyway, thanks for dropping by 🙂
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this list is even better than the first, although i dodnt care much for 21st century horror. there are exception, though, and i rate midsommer as one of the best pictures of the year. havent seen the original swedish version though.
Well unlike you, I love 21st century cinematic horror 🙂 Then again, you probably knew that reading it 🙂 I agree with you on Midsommar, it is fantastic. Anyway, thanks for dropping by 🙂