Here we go costume fans, to start getting you in the ‘spirit’ of Halloween, here is a list of the 10 best horror movies… If you were a teenager from the 70’s or 80’s, you will remember them all!!

1. The Exorcist

This 1973 horror film is about the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother’s desperate plea to get her daughter back through the ancient rite of exorcism to rid the devil, which is performed by two priests.

The most profitable horror film of all time, with 10 Academy Award nominations, it was part of a cycle of demonic children’s movies produced in the ’60s and ’70s. The best part? The 12-year-old girl displays very strange and unnatural powers, including levitation, great strength along with a strange male demonic voice that spits out obscenities. I loved the part where her head spins around and she projectively vomits green vile slime…

2. Evil Dead

A horror movie many of you may remember from the 1980s, made famous by the story of five college students who vacation in an isolated cabin in a remote wooded area and find an audiotape that releases evil spirits. Evil Dead made headlines due to its extremely controversial and graphic terror, violence and gore!

For its time, it was quite radical. Stephen King called it “the most fiercely original horror movie of the year”! Better Bits? Well… it’s just a continuous beating of the audience with one unbelievably horrible shock effect after another.

3. A Nightmare on Elm Street

Nancy is having horrible nightmares. She discovers that her high school classmates are, too, but are being killed in their sleep by the same hideous character from her shared dreams. Nancy, ignored by the Police, has to face the killer in her dark lair…

This movie was made by the master of the horror genre, the legend, Wes Craven. Johnny Depp appears in his first leading role, and Nightmare on Elm Street gives birth to one of the most notorious and infamous undead villains in movie history; freddy kruger

The scariest part… the kids singing… “One, two, Freddy’s coming for you. Three, four, better lock the door. Five, six, memorable grab your crucifix. Seven, eight, better stay awake. Nine , ten, never sleep again…”

4. Shout

Another of Wes Craven’s blockbusters, the movie Scream was hugely popular in the ’90s for its resurrection of the teen slasher movie genre. The plot was apparently inspired by the 1990 Gainseville Ripper murders and Halloween film series.

The plot of ‘Scream’ is pretty simple: a knife-wielding Halloween costumed psychopathic serial killer is busy stalking high school students and brutally killing them one by one. The killer is excessively obsessed with one of the girls, Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), who becomes involved in the quest to unmask the insane killer. Funny Bit? The telephone conversation was very good between the murderer and three boys.

5. carrie

The 1976 supernatural horror film shocked millions of viewers during the 1970s, based on Stephen King’s novel ‘Carrie’. Carrie is the story of a socially marginalized teenager who discovers that she possesses psionic powers that come to life when she gets angry. After humiliation by her peers, teachers and her abusive mother, Carrie turns her supernatural powers on them in a devastating tragedy.

Best Bits: The moment when the bucket of pig’s blood is spilled on Carrie, who is on stage, who has just been named prom queen… but this is overshadowed by the final moment when the sole survivor of the prom he dreams of visiting the land where Carrie’s house once stood. As he places flowers on the ground, a bloody hand reaches out, grabbing Sue’s wrist… *tremor*

6. An American werewolf in London

The 1981 horror comedy film about two young Americans on a backpacking holiday to England, where they finally find themselves deep in the moors one night and are attacked by a werewolf. Jack dies and David ends up in a London hospital and is visited in his dreams by the ghostly apparition of his friend who reappears to tell him that he is now a werewolf and that he will transform into the next moon. Sure enough, he does and he goes on a murderous killing spree and wakes up to find himself back to normal, but caged in the London Zoo.

Best parts: The ever-decaying, zombie-like corpse of Jack coming back and telling David to kill himself.

7. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

This 1974 horror film featured the chilling character of Leatherface and was originally pitched as a true story about a group of friends being ambushed and murdered by cannibals on a road trip through rural Texas.

The movie, however, is completely fictional, but it’s no less creepy. This terrifying film has earned a reputation as one of the most influential horror films in cinematic history, with its portrayal of the killer as a large, hulking, faceless figure whose weapon of choice is a powerful tool for unleashing unexplained horror. about their victims. brrrrr watch this during the day with friends…

8. The Shining

Made in 1980, The Shining, based on Stephen King’s novel and directed by Stanley Kubrick, is a psychological horror that has become a classic of the horror genre and has been listed as one of the best horror movies of all time. time. It is intensely emotional and powerfully threatening. A writer, his wife and his young son go to take care of an isolated hotel in their off-season. The son who is psychic can see ghosts and predict things of the future or the past. After a fierce winter storm, the family entrenches themselves in the hotel and the father is influenced by the supernatural presence in the haunted hotel, falls into madness and ends up trying to kill his wife and son.

Memorable bits; Jack Nicholson’s descent into madness and when he turns on his family… ‘Wendy? Dear? Light of my life, I’m not going to hurt you. You didn’t let me finish my sentence. I said, I’m not going to hurt you. I’m just going to break your brains

9. The Amityville Horror

This 1979 horror film gained massive popularity with its claim to be based on a true story of the Lutz family and the paranormal disturbances they experienced at 112 Ocean Avenue, a large Dutch colonial home in Amityville. 13 months before the family moved in, Ronald DeFeo, Jr shot and killed 6 of his family members. After just 28 days, the Lutzes flee the house, terrified by a supernatural presence.

Some of her experiences included; -George wakes up at 3:15 every morning to inspect the shed (the time Defeo murdered her family) -Kathy has vivid nightmares about the murders and the feeling of being lovingly embraced by an invisible person . – The red room, a room painted with blood that did appear on the plans of the houses. – The image of a demon in the chimney, having its head half blown off – Strange smells of excrement and perfume in random rooms of the house. – Missy’s imaginary friend, a demonic pig-like creature with glowing red eyes. – George heard slamming doors and German music bands. -Kathy levitating out of bed and receiving red welts on her chest. – Green slime oozing from the walls and infestations of flies – George received bite marks from a four foot tall ornate porcelain lion.

A lousy horror movie and the book is even better… don’t freak out if you start waking up at 3:15 am…

10. Night of the Living Dead

This 1968 black and white film is the first and original zombie film that sets the standard for all other zombie laden gore fests. Follow the story of 7 people who are trapped on a rural farm in Pennsylvania. It’s a long night of survival as the house is under attack by mysterious demons, the undead, also known as zombies who swarm the house in search of living meat.

The story focuses on the weaknesses of the characters, their cowardice, their greed and stupidity and makes the drama inside the house as acceptable as the danger outside. Undead zombies are lumbering beasts, seeming unstoppable and relentless in their quest to feast on the living. The most horrible bit? A zombie girl wielding a knife… zombie children? That will keep you up all night.

So there you have it, costume fans, the 10 best horror movies of the 20th century. It’s enough to inspire you to throw a horror movie marathon sleepover this Halloween. BYO pillows to scream! Have a great Halloween!