Shudder horror titles. Updated regularly.
Last update: 3/20/2024
A FEAST OF FRIGHTFUL FLICKS WAITING TO BE REDISCOVERED
As the leading name in the world of horror, Fangoria magazine has been the source of information for fans of fright flicks for more than twenty years—covering feature films, video games, comic books, collectibles, and all aspects of horror entertainment. Working closely with Fangoria’s experts, including Editor in Chief Anthony Timpone, Adam Lukeman has compiled a must-have guide for casual horror fans and hardcore horror junkies with Fangoria’s 101 Best Horror Films You’ve Never Seen.
Not for those with heart conditions. You might get dirty looks if you mention these films. Welcome aboard fellow traveller. Remember it's only a movie...
Horror featured on the Kanopy app. Updated regularly.
Last update: 3/28/2024
Trashy cult cinema from the fringes of good taste.
Italian horror. Updated weekly.
Mario Bava was an Italian director, screenwriter, special effects artist, and cinematographer from the "golden age" of Italian horror films. His work kick-started the giallo film genre and the modern "slasher film". His son Lamberto Bava later went on to become a noted horror film director in his own right.
A collection of proto slasher movies that premiered before the 1980s starting with Psycho, which is the starting point for the evolving genre until it found its textbook definition with Halloween in 1978.
Definition: "A slasher movie is characterized by a villain who is skilled at killing and uses weapons other than firearms to stalk and target a group of young individuals, resulting in a significant number of victims. This villain may be either human or formerly human."
This list specifically focuses on the evolution of the Slasher genre and thus excludes pre-1960 films, generic serial killer flics, exploitation movies, giallos, krimis, and psychological horror films. While a few films from these categories have been included as they were influential in introducing certain tropes, such as the final girl, to the Slasher genre.
If I missed any movie you think that should be on this list or if you find some obvious mistakes please let me know and I'll make the appropriate adjustments.
Missing on Trakt:
- Aur Kaun? (1979)
Horror is one of the most readily dismissed genres from critics and film buffs, yet is, arguably, the genre with the most avid and steadfast niche following and remains popular with the general public. With horror films aiming to terrify, spook, shock, disturb, repulse, amuse, entertain and more, it's no wonder the genre is so varied, divisive and controversial.
With so many people ignoring or simply not understanding horror, many great films slip under the radar and are relatively unknown to an audience outside of hardcore horror fans. In order to counteract this and bring awareness to the greatness of the genre, this list was created.
Compiled using 2,614 lists taken from various critics/polls/magazines/books/websites/forums/horror fans, They Shoot Zombies, Don't They? is intended to be the ultimate canonical top 1000 horror list. Spanning several decades, countries and sub-genres, and using lists from a wide range of people and publications, the resulting list is quite a diverse spread and representation of the best of horror.
Source: http://theyshootzombies.com/
From the British Film Institute book edited by Steven Jay Schneider.
Full list updated up to June 16th 2024.
All featured Kill Counts, including movies and TV series. Excluding re-counts, games, and some miscellaneous titles not found here (listed below).
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https://the-dead-meat.fandom.com/wiki/All_Kill_Counts_Sorted_By_Release_Date
#399: Emesis Blue (2023 video game fan film) [27 October 2023]
#397: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (2010 video game) [20 October 2023]
#396: Mortal Kombat X (2015 video game) [15 October 2023]
#395: Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash (2007 comic book) [13 October 2023: ranked after The Blair Witch Project]
#392: Ice Nine Kills - The Silver Scream (2018 music video) [29 September 2023: ranked between Cronos and The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals]
#390: Mortal Kombat (2011 video game) [15 September 2023: ranked between Don't Hug Me I'm Scared and Cronos]
#369: Universal Monsters - KILL COUNT SPEED RUN [23 movies featured on this kill count are represented separately on this trakttv list: ranked between 28 Days Later and Frogs]
#366: Scream 4 (2011) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [25 February 2023]
#364: Scream 3 (2000) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [17 February 2023]
#363: Scream 2 (1997) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [10 February 2023]
#362: Scream (1996) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [3 February 2023]
#349: Cult of Chucky (2017) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [30 September 2022]
#348: Curse of Chucky (2013) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [ 25 September 2022]
#347: Seed of Chucky (2004) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [23 September 2022]
#345: Bride of Chucky (1998) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [11 September 2022]
#343: Child's Play 3 (1991) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [4 September 2022]
#341: Child's Play 2 (1990) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [26 August 2022]
#340: Child's Play (1988) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [21 August 2022]
#307: Friday the 13th (2009 Reboot) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [29 October 2021]
#305: Freddy vs. Jason (2003) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [22 October 2021]
#303: Jason X (2001) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [15 October 2021]
#301: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [08 October 2021]
#300: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [01 October 2021]
#298: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [24 September 2021]
#297: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [17 September 2021]
#296: Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [10 September 2021]
#294: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [03 September 2021]
#292: Friday the 13th Part III (1982) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [27 August 2021]
#290: Friday the 13th Part II (1981) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [20 August 2021]
#289: Friday the 13th (1980) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [13 August 2021]
#282: Social Mediasochist II (2019 music video) [30 May 2021: ranked between Day of the Dead and Train to Busan]
#277: Night of the Living Dead (1968) KILL COUNT: RECOUNT [14 May 2021]
#170: Social Mediasochist (Common Shiner Music Video) (2014) KILL COUNT [11 September 2019: ranked between Re-Animator and Bride of Re-Animator]
All the movies from Shudder's - The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time
The U.S. film industry term "grindhouse" refers to (now mostly defunct) movie theaters specializing in B-movies, often exploitation films, shown in a multiple-feature format.
Horror with creative kills. Updated weekly.
Cinema Suicide was a popular, long-running website celebrating cheap thrills and the grimy, dusty titles tucked away on video store shelves.
From the Ken & Robin Talk About Stuff podcast. Their list of essential horror movies tracing the development of the genre.
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