The Haunting 1963

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die is a film reference book edited by Steven Jay Schneider with original essays on each film contributed by over 70 film critics.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Movies_You_Must_See_Before_You_Die

Pretty complete list with over 2,000 entries. All are in alphabetical order, order of release or to be watch in a sequence as part of the so called "universe", like for instance the Conjuring-universe, or part of an anthology or serie. Anything missing or to add, please let me know.
*Last update 06/03/2024

Based on the book by Jennifer Eiss

This is a list of every movie that has made an appearance on the Top 250 list since the beginning of the site in 1996 through 2024. I will maintain a changelog below for when new movies are added to list.

List made using data from IMDB Top 250 History - https://250.took.nl/

Changelog - https://bit.ly/2E0i6w4

Odd Entries Explained - https://bit.ly/38dS0Ul

Includes all the films of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Book, including films culled to make way for newer releases, up to the 2021 edition.

Well over a century has passed since the Lumière brothers frightened the life out of Parisians with The Arrival of a Train at a Station, and well over a million titles have since been recorded - if the Internet Movie Database is anything to go by.

Out of these million-plus movies, our team of experts has picked what we believe is the essential 1,000 - those that best sum up the dazzling achievement and variety of the movies.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/series/1000-films-to-see-before-you-die

LGBTQIA+ horror. Updated weekly.

Since the 2015 TSPDT has released a companion to their greatest 1000 films, consisting of the films ranked 1001-2000. This list contains the most recent version of this list, with all the previous lists in the history.

Source: http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_films1001-2000.htm

Paranormal Movies Comedy/Horror/Thriller

From the book by Jennifer Eiss. The list is arranged by chapter. Each chapter starts with a top 10 (in alphabetical order), followed by the "best of the rest" (in alphabetical order).

#1-83: Dramatic Situatons
#84-133: Gripping Tales
#134-165: Lights, Camera…!
#166-228: Visionary Universes
#229-280: Criminal Underworlds
#281-360: Tales of Terror
#361-432: Cult Humor
#433-453: The Wild Wild West
#454-502: Film Lab

Source: https://www.amazon.com/500-Essential-Cult-Movies-Ultimate/dp/1402774869

This is a list of all movies that have been in the IMDB Top 250 since 1996.

Recent Changes:
- 2024/03/01 - Dune: Part Two (2024)
- 2024/01/14 - Poor Things (2023)
- 2024/01/02 - 12th Fail (2023)
- 2023/12/25 - Godzilla Minus One (2023)
- 2023/07/21 - Oppenheimer (2023)
- 2023/06/03 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
- 2023/05/05 - Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 (2023)
- 2023/03/25 - John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

Source: http://250.took.nl/titles

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-horror-movies-of-all-time/

UPDATED: 11/7/23

From Universal monsters to modern serial killers, creature features to slasher flicks — these are the films that keep us forever screaming in the dark.

Of course you do! Freaking out with your fellow audience member when something shocking happens, or jolting together as one during a primo jump scare, is one of the great pleasures of going to the movies. And over the past 100-plus years, the art form has figured out almost every possible way to frighten us, unnerve us, make our hair stand on us, chill us, thrill us and touch upon our most primal of fears. Then, just when you think it’s safe to go back to the theater, something else comes along that reminds us that there are always new ways to come us screaming in the dark. If you can count on the movies for anything, it’s that there seems to be an exhaustible supply of scares.

Naturally, everyone who helped cobble together the 101 best horror films of all time like scary movies. A lot. So we’ve gathered all of the old-school monster movies and modern serial-killer thrillers, the creature features and the slasher flicks, the canon-worthy creepfests from Universal and Hammer and A24, and come up this definitive list (or our definitive list, at least) of the greatest the genre has to offer. Just remember, as you read this list: It’s only a movie. Say that 101 times in a row, and you may just it make through this list…alive!

Source: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/best-horror-movies-of-all-time-1234597766/

Movies/shows based around Halloween

In a 2013 interview with the Daily Beast, Martin Scorsese detailed his opinion of the 11 scariest movies of all time. Here they are in his order.

Based on TMC limited series: FOLLOW THE THREAD June/July 2022
Inspired by The Met Exhibition (2022) — IN AMERICA: AN ANTHOLOGY OF FASHION

— June 4, 2022 - The Stars and Their Designers (mini documentary)
* 01. Love in the Afternoon / fet: Hubert de Givenchy
* 02. Belle de Jour / fet: Yves Saint Laurent
* 03. …And God Created Woman / fet: Pierre Balmain
* 04. Stage Fright / fet: Christian Dior
* 05. Bonnie and Clyde / fet: Theadora Van Runkle
* 06. Sabrina (1954) / fet: Hubert de Givenchy
* 07. Funny Face / fet: Hubert de Givenchy
* 08. Breakfast at Tiffany's / fet: Hubert de Givenchy
* 09. Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon / fet: Halston
* 10. Cabaret / fet: Halston
* 11. The Hunger / fet: Yves Saint Laurent
* 12. Bay of Angels fet: Pierre Cardin
* 13. Tonight or Never / fet: Coco Chanel

— June 11, 2022 - Turning Points: Character Transformation Through Clothing (mini documentary)
* 14. Pygmalion (1938)
* 15. Now Voyager / featuring: Orry-Kelly
* 16. My Fair Lady
* 17. Crazy Rich Asians
* 18. Tootsie
* 19. The Joker
* 20. The Wizard of Oz
* 21. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
* 22 Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

— June 18, 2022 - Fashion Rule-Breakers (mini documentary)
* 23. Morocco
* 24. When Harry Met Sally
* 25. Victor/Victoria
* 26. Grand Hotel (1932)
* 27. The Aviator (2004)
* 28. Annie Hall
* 29. Sex and the City 2 (2010)
* 30. Jackie Brown
* 31. Woman of the Year
* 32. The Single Standard
* 33. A Woman of Affairs
* 34. Queen Christina
* 35. Christopher Strong
* 36. Sylvia Scarlett
* 37. The Philadelphia Story
* 38. Paris is Burning
* 39. Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami

— June 25, 2022 - 70's Styles
* 40. Mahogany
* 41. Taxi Driver

— July 2, 2022 - When Costume and Fashion Collide (mini documentary)
* 42. Sex and the City (2008)
* 43. Klute
* 22 Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
* 44 The Women (1939)
* 13 Tonight or Never / fet: Coco Chanel
* 02. Belle de Jour / fet: Yves Saint Laurent
* 23. Morocco
* 08. Breakfast at Tiffany's / fet: Hubert de Givenchy
* 04. Stage Fright / fet: Christian Dior
* 45. Mildred Pierce (1945)
* 46. Yankee Doodle Dandy
* 47. The Ambassador’s Daughter
* 48. Indiscretion of an American Wife
* 49. Roman Holiday
* 06. Sabrina (1954) / fet: Hubert de Givenchy
* 07. Funny Face / fet: Hubert de Givenchy
* 50. Paris When it Sizzles
* 51. American Gigolo / fet: Giorgio Armani
* 52. The Great Gatsby (2013)
* 53. Babette’s Feast / fet: Karl Lagerfeld
* 54. The Haunting / fet: Mary Quant

— July 9, 2022 - Dressed to Kill: Film, Crime and Fashion (mini documentary)
* 55. Double Indemnity (1944)
* 56. The Lady Eve
* 05. Bonnie and Clyde / fet: Theadora Van Runkle
* 57. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
* 58. The Arrangement
* 59. The Godfather Part II
* 60. Peggy Sue Got Married
* 61. Blow-Up
* 62. Morgan!
* 63. Mademoiselle
* 64. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
* 19. The Joker
* 65. Pulp Fiction
* 66. GoodFellas
* 67. The Public Enemy
* 68. A Clockwork Orange
* 30. Jackie Brown
* 69. Chinatown
* 70. Kill Bill
* 71. The Untouchables
* 72. Fatal Attraction
* 73. American Psycho
* 74. North by Northwest
* 45. Mildred Pierce
* 75. The Maltese Falcon
* 76. The Big Sleep
* 77. The Letter
* 78. Badlands
* 79. Ocean's Eleven (2001)
* 80. Nightmare Alley
* 43. Klute
* 81. Out of the Past
* 82. Dressed to Kill

— July 16, 2022 - Fashion and Interior Design
* 83. The Fountainhead
* 84. Dangerous Liaisons

— July 23, 2022 - Films that Changed Everything (mini documentary)
* 85. Rebel Without a Cause
* 86. The Wild One
* 87. Breathless (1960)
* 88. Bonjour Tristesse
* 89. The Harder They Fall (1956)
* 90. Grey Gardens
* 05. Bonnie and Clyde / fet: Theadora Van Runkle
* 68. A Clockwork Orange
* 91. Risky Business
* 61. Blow-Up
* 92. Flash Dance
* 93. Blade Runner (1982)
* 94. Out of Arica
* 44 The Women (1939)
* 45. Mildred Pierce
* 37. The Philadelphia Story
* 77. The Letter
* 04. Stage Fright / fet: Christian Dior
* 95. Dinner At Eight (1933)
* 96. Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
* 78. Badlands
* 97. Singing In The Rain
* 98. Thriller
* 99. Gone With The Wind
* 100. The Red Shoes (1948)
* 19. The Joker
* 101. Urban Cowboy
* 102. La La Land
* 52. The Great Gatsby (2013)
* 103. Broadcast News
* 104. Black Magic
* 105. Marie Antoinette (1938)
* 106. Marie Antoinette (2006)

— July 30, 2022 - Obsessions Of An Artist
* 107. Phantom Thread
* 108. Falbalas

— July 31, 2022 - Bonus Evening | The Truth About Fashion
* 109. Bill Cunningham New York
* 38. Paris is Burning

Slow burn horror. Updated weekly.

Horror featuring cursed haunted houses. Updated weekly.

Horror with haunted houses. Updated weekly.