This is a list of my 100 favorite horror films of all time. This is an ever changing list, but this is the list as of October 2025.

This list was first made in the fall of 2021. For this revision of the list, a total of 16 films dropped out from the original. The highest ranking film to drop was Halloween II from 27. Of the films that joined in, the highest ranking one is Shadow of the Vampire (8). All 16 films to join the list were first time watches since October 2024.

The newest film on this list is HIM (100). The oldest film on this list is After Death (46).

7 films have kept its placement with the highest being Halloween (1) and the lowest being Dawn of the Dead (88). The film that moved down the most spots was Psycho (98) which moved down 51 spots. The film that moved up the most spots was Suspiria (48) which moved up 18 spots.

Every decade starting from the 1910's is represented on this list:
1910s: 1
1920s: 4
1930s: 6
1940s: 1
1950s: 2
1960s: 7
1970s: 12
1980s: 10
1990s: 8
2000s: 15
2010s: 16
2020s: 18
Along with this, 2024 is the most represented year with 6 films.

17 countries are represented on this list:
United States: 67
United Kingdom: 13
Canada: 7
Japan: 6
Spain: 5
France: 5
Italy: 4
South Korea: 3
Mexico: 3
Guatemala: 2
Germany: 2
Sweden: 1
Cuba: 1
Switzerland: 1
Russia: 1
Luxembourg: 1
South Africa: 1

95 directors are represented on this list. The following are directors with multiple films on the list:
John Carpenter: 4 (Halloween, In the Mouth of Madness, The Thing, Prince of Darkness)
Jayro Bustamante: 2 (La Llorona, Rita)
James Whale: 2 (The Bridge of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man)
Ari Aster: 2 (Beau is Afraid, Hereditary)
Brian de Palma: 2 (Phantom of the Paradise, Sisters)
Wes Craven: 2 (Wes Craven's New Nightmare, A Nightmare on Elm Street)
Tobe Hooper: 2 (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergeist)
Dario Argento: 2 (Suspiria, Deep Red)
Mike Flanagan: 2 (Before I Wake, Oculus)
Jane Schoebrun: 2 (I Saw the TV Glow, We're All Going to the World's Fair)

These films earned a total of 42 Oscar nominations and won 13 of them. These nominations include 3 for Best Picture, none of which won.

The average length of the list is 105.1 minutes with the longest film being Beau is Afraid (57) at 179 minutes and the shortest being After Death (46) at 46 minutes.

The average letterbox score of the list is 3.58 with the highest rated film being Perfect Blue (49) with a 4.4 and the lowest rated film being Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 (94) with a 2.2. I personally gave the top 4 of these films 5 stars and the rest 4.5.