Named the 30 best horror movies in the history of cinema

TV channel "Real scary TV" has published a rating of the Absolute best horror games of all time. It is based on the choice of the editors and audience of the most influential Russian and world themed resources covering more than half a billion users, and editorial opinion a "Real scary" (master of the horror channel according to the Institute of modern media (MOMRI).

The team of the TV channel nst as the basis for the rating was chosen following sources: Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, Metacritic, Thrillist, EmpireOnline, Indiewire, the Movie About, IMDb. Was formed the long-list from which the final mass vote, chose the best.

The scoring took into account the penetration of the film into the top of each of the resources, the position of the movies in the ratings, as well as the position of the editors of nst, which for 13 years responsible for generating the mesh the main of the horror channel in the country . The result is the Absolute top, which, according to the Deputy General Director of the company "Digital TV" Ivan Kudryavtsev, it is possible to call the gold and platinum rating of the best horror movies of all time:

On the right is headed by the Absolute rating of the nst horror film by the legendary Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho." This painting received the "Golden globe" award and Edgar Allan PoE, became a hallmark of the Director and gave him the title "king of suspense". Top tops another cult movie "the Birds", which is considered the most expensive project of his career. The budget for this film was $ 3.3 million, while in "Psycho" was spent in 4 times less – 807 thousand dollars.

In the list of the best of the best were just two of horror film Director Roman Polanski – "Repulsion" and "rosemary's Baby", filmed on the eponymous bestseller Ira Levin. These two films from the so-called "apartment trilogy" Polanski, in which, in addition to those mentioned, included the Thriller "the Tenant".

The absolute top of horror films it is impossible to imagine without the film adaptations of the master of the genre Stephen king. In "Thirty nst" they are just two: "Carrie", which became the first of dozens of screen adaptations of king's "the Shining" who is in the Guinness Book of records as the most frightening psychological Thriller.

Chilling stories about psychopaths and serial killers occupy a special place in the genre and its position in our ranking. Michael Myers from "Halloween" and Freddy Krueger from the "Nightmare on elm street" were the most frightening characters, and has earned positions in the top. Stories about zombies are represented by paintings by George A. Romero "night of the living dead" and "Dawn of the living dead". The Director has made a revolution in cinema, creating a separate sub-genre of "zombie horror".

"The old guard" pioneers of the genre are presented as Absolute rating of the nst horror classics of world cinema: "the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" is considered the first full-length horror in history, "Nosferatu. Symphony of terror", marked the beginning of the vampire movies, tapes about Frankenstein and, of course,"king Kong", conceived as real horror, not adventure film as seen by modern filmmakers.

From hits of recent years in the ranking was the films "Away" Jordan and Saw "the Babadook" Jennifer Kent – the only movie of the list, which was filmed by a female Director.

1. Psycho. Director Alfred Hitchcock (1960)

Headed by top-top horror film by Alfred Hitchcock, which became his "calling card" and gave the Director the title of "king of suspense". This painting is called the first psychological horror film in cinema history. Hitchcock used shooting the first person, allowing the viewer to see events through the eyes of a killer, creating an incredibly powerful emotional effect. In "Psycho," the escalation of terror is not based on the actions of the hero, and the suspense – suspense of the denouement.

2. Alien. Director Ridley Scott (1979)

The film is directed by Ridley Scott about the alien creatures that prey on humans, did actress Sigourney weaver's most recognizable woman astronaut in the movie and received a number of prestigious awards, including the award "Oscar" for best visual effects. "Alien" gave the world a new evil monster — alien — and spawned one of the longest-running horror franchises.

3. Rosemary's Baby. Director Roman Polanski (1968)

The film is Roman Polanski's "rosemary's Baby", filmed on the eponymous bestseller Ira Levin, traditionally occupies the top lines in the lists of the best horror movies in film history. Terrible story about the girl caught in the middle of a satanic conspiracy, opened a whole line of movies about the occult, inspired filmmakers to create a "domain", "the Exorcist", "Exorcist" and other mystical paintings.

4 Something. Director John Carpenter (1982)

"Something" – one of the darkest films in movie history. A picture of an alien creature discovered in the ice of Antarctica, called the standard of the "precomputer era". Director John carpenter set a new benchmark in the quality of the special effects. Working on the film, he used the new for those times, technology and techniques — hydraulics, Pneumatics, RC models, reverse-shooting. In one scene, for naturalism creators had to use these organs of animals.

5. Radiance. Director Stanley Kubrick (1980)

The film Stanley Kubrick's "the Shining", based on the novel by Stephen king, was in the Guinness Book of records as the most frightening psychological Thriller. And in 2003, the character Jack TORRANCE, played by Jack Nicholson, took the 25-th place in the list "100 years... 100 heroes and villains", published by the American film Institute (AFI). The results of the resource Play.com in 2013 survey, the most terrible moment in the history of cinema was recognized by the scene when the main character breaks the door with an ax in the bathroom.

6. Nosferatu. Symphony of horror. The Director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (1922)

Appeared in 20-ies of the last century, vampires don't leave the screens for almost a hundred years. In sixth place in the list of the best horror games of all time – a silent movie of the German film Director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, who is considered the progenitor of the vampire movies. In "Symphony of terror" it conveyed the atmosphere of nightmare and despair. Murnau in Germany, first used the "moving the camera". First all "natural" scenes were shot in nature, and is not simulated in the pavilion.

7. The exorcist. Director William Friedkin (1973)

Film masters of the horror genre, William Friedkin obsessed about the girl possessed by the devil, is considered one of the worst paintings in the history of cinema. "The exorcist" was honored with ten nominations for "Oscar", including the first ever horror — the nomination "the Best film of the year".

8. Night of the living dead. Director George A. Romero (1968)

In 1968, the year the American Director George A. Romero made his first tape about the walking dead and became the founder of the genre. This picture first appeared the image of the zombie has become a classic: it's the living dead eating human flesh. The audience was a new kind of horror. The Director has proved that quality is to scare the audience without a huge budget. At a cost of 114 thousand dollars the movie earned $ 30 million.

9. Halloween. Director John Carpenter (1978)

"Halloween" Director John carpenter has become one of the top grossing us horror movies: with a budget of only 325 thousand dollars, at the box office it earned more than $ 60 million. The picture of the psychopath Michael Myers, who keeps at Bay the whole city, has had a huge impact on the entire genre of horror: has been a surge of movies about serial killers and semi-mystical monsters chasing teenagers. Carpenter basically invented the slasher is one of the most popular areas of the horror genre.

10. Jaw. Director Steven Spielberg (1975)

Tape a great white shark terrorizes vacationers and inhabitants in the small resort town, brought Steven Spielberg to international fame and recognition. The movie "Jaws" was a tremendous success – it is the first painting in the history of rolling, which was subjected to the mark of 100 million dollars, and total global fees amounted to 471 million, it is Considered that time as "Jaws" and marked the beginning of the "era of blockbusters": it was after this cash sensation the Studio began to invest huge budgets in the production and marketing of movies, events, planning the release of the summer — a long weekend of independence Day (July 4).

11. Frankenstein. Director James Whale (1931)

This is the first painting where there was an iconic character of horror movies – Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The classic novel by Mary Shelley, which was filmed by one of the founders of the horror genre in a sound film, James whale, long considered the unconquered peak of horror. The image of the monster, embodied by the actor Boris by items Karloff, became canonical.

12. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Director Robert Wiene (1920)

The first in the history of cinema, feature-length horror movie. The picture is about Dr. Caligari, using hypnotic powers to lead people into a trance and commit their hands of the brutal murder caused a stir and marked the beginning of German genexpression. Robert wiene made a real breakthrough in film language: it's made so that the on-screen action imparted to the inner world of the characters, reflecting their altered mental state.

13. Away. Directed By Jordan Peele (2017)

The directorial debut of American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer Jordan Saw entered the history of cinema, having created a mini-sensation in the international box office. A film with a budget of 4.5 million dollars were collected in cinemas around 214 million in addition, the picture of the photographer who is going to meet the parents of the girl and into the wild batch, has not only received many rave reviews from critics and audiences, but also "Oscar" for best original screenplay.

14. The Texas chainsaw massacre. Director Tobe Hooper (1974)

The film is considered a masterpiece of cinema. It is kept in new York Museum of modern art. "Texas chainsaw massacre" was one of the first tapes, in which the maniac hides his face under the mask. And the plot of the film lay not myth or legend, a story of a maniac ed Gein – one of the most notorious murderers in U.S. history. The picture marked the beginning of a horror franchise.

15. Disgust. Director Roman Polanski (1965)

The first film Roman Polanski and the first part of his "apartment trilogy", consisting of films "Repulsion", "rosemary's Baby" and "Lodger". The picture is about a girl who suffers from a mental disorder, won two awards at the Berlin international film festival and the FIPRESCI Prize. Critics called the film innovative, noting that the Director masterfully conveys the madness: a nightmare of the main character materialists on the screen.

16. Evil dead 2. Director Sam Raimi (1987)

The second part of the trilogy – "evil dead 2", became a classic of the genre and the cult of a generation. The film's protagonist ash Williams, opposing the demons, and to this day remains one of the most famous characters of horror on a par with Pinchada from "Hellraiser", Freddy Krueger and Jason Verizom from "Friday the 13th".

17. An American werewolf in London. Director John Landis (1981)

The horror of renowned Comedy Director John Landis was a success at the box office and deservedly joined the ranks of cult classic horror — largely thanks to the excellent makeup and special effects. The transformation of man into werewolf creepy even by today's standards looks very realistic, and in the 80s — and even frightened the audience to squeal. "An American werewolf in London" became the first in the history of the film, which received the award "Oscar" for best makeup.

18. The Bride Of Frankenstein. Director: James Whale (1935)

Classic horror film with elements of Comedy – a direct continuation of the movie "Frankenstein". In this horror Boris Karloff fully proved himself as an actor, as in the first part he didn't have a single replica. In addition, the "Bride" was brought to the horror movie romantic and even melodramatic element.

19. Eyes without a face. Director George Franju (1959)

French Director Georges Franju one of the first in the history of the horror genre have focused on bloody special effects. The film is about a doctor who is lured to his clinic for young girls, caused fainting spectators were shocked by graphic scenes of surgical operations. Nothing like before, not removed.

20. King Kong. Director Merian C. Cooper (1933)

"King Kong" almost immediately gained cult status, and many years later entered into the National registry of films of cultural and historical value. A movie about a giant gorilla was the most technically complex project of its time. Cooper has pioneered new visual techniques. For example, "technique wandering mask" allowed by the method of applying effects to remove in one shot and live actors, and puppets depicting monsters. For the first time in the movie, the melody was superimposed on the dialogues, changing the emotional colouring in accordance with the plot.

21. Dawn of the dead. Director George Romero (1978)

Zombie nightmare, which started in the movie "night of the living dead" and continued in "dawn of the dead". The success of the second film was stunning: with a budget of 650 thousand dollars, fees have reached $ 60 million. Thanks to George Romero – Director, who taught world cinema to treat the living dead, a zombie firmly fixed on the big screens, which ultimately allowed the franchise "Resident evil" to gather under a billion dollars in world hire, and "the War of the worlds Z" — more than half a billion.

22. The wicker man. Director Robin Hardy (1973)

"The wicker man" is the best British horror and has a huge number of fans. For its time this picture was revolutionary, it had raised questions of religious and moral character. The heroes of the film are the most ordinary people who turned out to be terrible any bloodthirsty monsters. Creepy scenes from "the Wicker man" hit in 2003 in the List of 100 most scary moments in film history according to British television Channel 4. Around the movie has grown up a veritable cult in Scotland, in places where the shooting took place, held music festival "the Wicker man".

23. Invasion of the body Snatchers. Directed by don Siegel (1956)

The film, shot on the novel by Jack Finney about the secret invasion mimics space invaders, acquired cult status and in 1994 was placed on the national registry of the Library of Congress as one of the grim monuments of the epoch of McCarthyism: published seven years before the peak of the cold war — Cuban missile crisis — the film beat the basic psychosis of American society since the "witch hunt": the fear of a hidden threat from the "enemies" of American society and lifestyle. Director don Siegel demonstrated how through fiction and horror genre, you can talk about the most acute problems of society.

24. Blood-red. Director Dario Argento (1975)

One of the most famous works of Dario Argento, the bright representative of a purely Italian genre, "Giallo" (from ital. giallo "yellow") — criminal-erotic Thriller-a detective with a mystical atmosphere. In the film, the investigation of crimes of a maniac accompanied by frightening dreams. "Blood-red" successfully exploits the motif of childhood trauma that are a heavy burden on the human mind.

25. Let me in. Director Tomas Alfredson (2008)

"Let me in" is one of the most famous stories about the friendship between human and vampire. The film was a huge success at film festivals and grossed worldwide more than 10 million dollars for the Swedish movie a great success. Director Thomas Alfredson able to bring to the classic story new paint – show vampirism as one of the everyday domestic crimes.

26. A nightmare on elm street. Director Wes Craven (1984)

The first "Nightmare on elm street" became the standard "slasher". The film is instantly named a hit at all times: it was the basis for one of the most popular kinetical. The picture became a debut for johnny Depp, but the main finding was himself Freddy Krueger in Robert Englund – one of the worst of kinomaniak in history. According to the research TV channel of nst in the fall of 2019, Kruger is the most recognizable cineslider among Russians aged 18 to 24 years, and know him 95% of the respondents.

27. Carrie. Director Brian De Palma (1976)

Carrie – the first film adaptation of Stephen king. The film directed by Brian de Palma about a girl-the teenager, who has powers of telekinesis, entered the Golden Fund of horror, becoming one of the most successful canadaplace in a breathtaking literary career of the "king of horror" king.

28. The babadook. Director Jennifer Kent (2014)

Grim Australian horror with elements of social-psychological drama from Director and screenwriter Jennifer Kent (pupil and former assistant of Lars von Trier), won the audience at the festival "Sundance" and, according to critics, was the best horror movie of 2014. And the author of the film "the exorcist," William Friedkin after watching "the Babadook" he wrote on his page in the social network that is the most terrible horror that he had ever seen. Fear lives here in every frame.

29. Fly. Director David Cronenberg (1986)

The screen adaptation of the story of the French writer Georges Langelan about an inventor who makes a fatal mistake during an experiment in teleportation was a phenomenal success. Horror got the award "Oscar" for best makeup and cash charges "Flies" exceeded $ 40 million. Featured prominently in the film made of the famous actor Jeff Goldblum, who then became the star of "Jurassic Park" and "independence Day."

30. Birds. Director Alfred Hitchcock (1963)

Closes the "Thirty nst" the most expensive film in the career of Alfred Hitchcock's "the Birds" (budget $ 3.3 million in 1962 prices, adjusted for inflation, would be equal to 28 million dollars today). In the film about the mad birds, which attack people, "master of horrors" brought the suspense to perfection: the whole film is delicately playing on the nerves of the viewer. One of the features of the picture was the complete lack of musical accompaniment. Hitchcock uses actual voices and the flapping of the wings of birds that only enhances the chilling effect.