101 Horror Movies: You Must See Before You Die

The film reviews appear in chronological order, highlighting the development of the genre and the impact that early artists had on later directors, actors, and technicians. The introduction, written by a well-known expert in the field, defines the genre and explores major thematic and historical developments within it. Each in-depth review is illustrated with a poster advertising the film and an evocative movie still. 28 Days Later... The Abominable Dr. Phibes An American Werewolf in London Audition The Bad Seed The Beyond The Birds The Black Cat Blacula The Blair Witch Project Bram Stoker's Dracula Bride of Frankenstein The Brood The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Candyman Cannibal Holocaust Carnival of Souls Carrie Cat People A Chinese Ghost Story The Curse of Frankenstein Daughters of Darkness Dawn of the Dead Deathdream Deep Red The Descent The Devil Rides Out The Devil's Backbone Dellamorte Dellamorte Les Diaboliques Don't Look Now Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dracula Dressed to Kill Eraserhead Evil Dead II Eyes Without a Face The Exorcist Frankenstein Freaks Friday the 13th The Golem Halloween The Haunting Haxan Hellraiser Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer High Tension The Hills Have Eyes The Horror of Dracula The Howling Hour of the Wolf The Hunger Gojira The Innocents Island of Lost Souls I Walked With a Zombie Jacob's Ladder Jaws Ju-on King Kong The Last House on the Left M Man Bites Dog Mask of the Demon The Masque of the Red Death Night of the Living Dead A Nightmare on Elm Street Nosferatu (1922) Nosferatu (1979) The Old Dark House The Omen Onibaba The Orphanage The Others Peeping Tom Phantasm The Phantom of the Opera Poltergeist Psycho Re-Animator Repulsion Ringu Rosemary's Baby Saw Scream The Shining The Sixth Sense The Silence of the Lambs Suspiria A Tale of Two Sisters The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Tingler Valerie and Her Week of Wonders Vampyr The Vanishing Vij What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? White Zombie The Wicker Man The Wolf Man

Steven Jay Schneider is a film critic, scholar and producer with MA degrees in Philosophy and Cinema Studies from Harvard University and the New York University.