ImpelFeed - The 15 Best Horror Movies of All Time

Horror movies are getting popular every year. Nowadays we get more horror movies in a year than we ever did before. But sadly, only a few of them are actually worth watching.

Since choosing 'the best' is always subjective, selecting the top 15 was really tricky. Nevertheless, here're our pick for top 15 horror movies of all time.

It Follows (2015)

Running time: 107 minutes

IMDb: 6.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 97%

Synopsis:

After carefree teenager Jay (Maika Monroe) sleeps with her new boyfriend, Hugh (Jake Weary), for the first time, she learns that she is the latest recipient of a fatal curse that is passed from victim to victim via sexual intercourse.

Insidious (2011)

Running time: 103 minutes

IMDb: 6.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 65%

Synopsis:

Josh and Renai Lambert, along with their three children, move into a new house. While Josh is exploring the attic one night he falls down and slips into a coma.

The Conjuring (2013)

Running time: 112 minutes

IMDb: 7.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 86%

Synopsis:

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.

The Ring (2002)

Running time: 145 minutes

IMDb: 7.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 71%

Synopsis:

A journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone in a week of viewing it.

Psycho (1960)

Running time: 109 minutes

IMDb: 8.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 97%

Synopsis:

A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.

The Shining (1980)

Running time: 160 minutes

IMDb: 8.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 86%

Synopsis:

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.

Alien (1979)

Running time: 117 minutes

IMDb: 8.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 97%

Synopsis:

After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as a distress call, its landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious lifeform, and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Running time: 138 minutes

IMDb: 8.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%

Synopsis:

Clarice Starling, an FBI agent, seeks help from Hannibal Lecter, a psychopathic serial killer, and former psychiatrist, in order to apprehend another serial killer who has been claiming female victims.

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Running time: 137 minutes

IMDb: 8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 99%

Synopsis:

A young couple moves into an apartment only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins to control her life.

Halloween (1978)

Running time: 101 minutes

IMDb: 7.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 93%

Synopsis:

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield to kill again.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Running time: 90 minutes

IMDb: 7.5/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Synopsis:

Sally, Franklin and their three friends run out of gas while driving to their grandfather's house. One by one they are tormented and killed by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his psychopathic family.

Jaws (1975)

Running time: 130 minutes

IMDb: 8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 97%

Synopsis:

A local sheriff, a marine biologist and an old seafarer team up to hunt down a great white shark wrecking havoc in a beach resort.

The Exorcist (1973)

Running time: 133 minutes

IMDb: 8/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 86%

Synopsis:

An actress notices dangerous changes in the behavior and physical make-up of her 12-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, a young priest begins to doubt his faith while dealing with his mother's sickness.