Best horror films

A Listmania! list by Gary O'Connell "goconnell99" (Surrey, UK)
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Alien [DVD] [1979]
1.  Alien [DVD] [1979] DVD ~ Sigourney Weaver
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  "Monster movie meets slasher flick in a haunted house in space. Sounds lame on paper yet remains one of the finest horror films ever made."
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The Thing [DVD] [1982]
2.  The Thing [DVD] [1982] DVD ~ Kurt Russell
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  "Some of the finest special effects work ever put on film in a paranoid masterpiece. The Thing never fails to impress and will astonish on first viewing."
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The Haunting [DVD] [1963]
3.  The Haunting [DVD] [1963] DVD ~ Julie Harris
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  "The 2000 remake is a big, dumb ride but this original is the masterpiece. It writes the book on using suspense, atmosphere and characters to scare rather than lazy shock tactics."
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Hellraiser [1987] [DVD]
4.  Hellraiser [1987] [DVD] 
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  "Back when Clive Barker was the brightest light in horror this was his first effort on film. Weird, unpleasant and nightmarish."
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Jaws [DVD] [1976]
5.  Jaws [DVD] [1976] DVD ~ Roy Scheider
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  "It's a horror movie only in the sense that it has a giant shark eating people. It's truly a masterclass in character, pacing and editing with two of the finest jump-shocks on celluloid."
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The Fog (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [1979]
6.  The Fog (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [1979] DVD ~ Adrienne Barbeau
The list author says:
  "Good, creepy, tense ghost story delivered with panache by John Carpenter."
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The Fly [1986] [DVD]
7.  The Fly [1986] [DVD] DVD ~ Jeff Goldblum
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  "Horror movies don't get any better than this. Truly horrifying, viscerally and mentally based around solid performances under the guidance of one of horror's true visionaries, David Cronenberg."
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