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Best Horror Movies of 2025: Mike’s List

Horror is back! The studios are cranked up. Writers are writing. Genre was the word on the tips of Hollyweird's collective tongues. People really love horror and it shows. While horror didn't crack the top ten highest grossing films of 2025 (unless you count the Japanese animated film Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle), it did amazingly well.
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UPDATED! All the Silent Night Deadly Night Films Ranked!

Merry Christmas from the Scariest Things Podcast!!! In honor of 2025's Silent Night Deadly Night reboot we’re giving you the gift that no one asked for, ever expected, and certainly one that no one ever put on their Christmas wishlist. It’s free and it’s here waiting for you. Totally unwrapped and ready to go… We give you all seven of the Silent Night Deadly Night films ranked! And…you’re welcome.
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The Best 25 Horror Movies of the 21st Century : Episode 200

We have reached a milestone recording episode, and also a good milestone date for horror movies. The first 25 years of the century, nay, the millennium, have passed. It is an opportune time to look back at the first quarter century and show our favorite movies of the past 25 years. We like our lists and rankings here at The Scariest Things!
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A Horror Romance Movie Chill Menu: A Dead List in Love

Valentine's Day is here, and for some weird reason, some people want to Netflix and chill with a... horror movie! It makes sense, as a horror movie gets the emotions stirring. And sometimes, you can get just the right alchemy of love and terror. Kissing turns to killing, and then maybe kissing again. It's all about the passion, right? No matter what, a Valentine's Day horror movie will need to deliver the love.
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The Best Horror Movies of 2024: Episode 192

Well, that was fun! 2024, though it started slow, managed to pack in quite a few worthy films. The six critics of The Scariest Things debated who deserved a spot in the top 10, and there was a wide spread of picks. There were a few standouts most of us agreed to, but to find out, you'll have to listen to the podcast!
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The BEST Horror Movies of 2024: Eric’s List

With the New Year on us, it is time to rate the best horror movies of 2024. What initially appeared to be a tough year for the genre turned itself around late. This year won't be as impactful as last year, but it had some terrific films at the front of the pack that fans will remember and cherish.
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The BEST Horror Movies of 2024: Mike’s List

If "meh" was a year...it'd be 2024. Post pandemic, political strife, the lingering effects of the writer and director's strikes, the rise of AI, and the violation of the most sacrosanct American icon -- Mickey Mouse. While there was a lot of great genre content being churned out in 2024, the highs weren't really high and the lows weren't terrible low. This year sat right in the middle of a rather tepid bell curve.
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Caught in a Bear Trap: A Know Your Tropes Dead List

Ohhhhh SNAP! Is there a more wince inducing threat than a bear trap? As soon as you see this diabolical device, you know that it will be there, lying in wait, to spring and wreck the unfortunate victim who triggers it. Here is a running dead list of several notable uses of the bear trap in horror movies.
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The Worst Horror Movies of 2023: Episode 178

The Worst Horror Movies of 2023. It's an unfortunate but needed exposure of what was awful in 2023. What is more unfortunate is that we had to watch these movies last year. You may consider this a warning. A red flag. But admit it, many of you like to kick a bad movie when it's down. Our advice? Kick away! You love this. We know you do.
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The Best Horror Shorts of 2023

For the Best Horror Shorts of 2023, we cherry-picked our favorite short films from the festivals we attended this year. We also selected a few films from the game-changing streaming short film distributor Alter. We've got many of these full short films linked to this post. Give them a watch!
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Movie Posters We Love: BEST Horror Movie Posters of 2023

One of our favorite annual happenings! Picking the BEST horror movie posters of the year. It’s fair to say that graphic design in 2023 came in like a little sheep, but left as a full-blown lion. From the outrageous and grotesque to the sublime and beautiful, designers really offered some interesting stuff in 2023. 
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The BEST Horror Movies of 2023: Mike’s List

It was the best of years and the worst of years. Really, 2023 contained some of the best horror films of ALL time, but it also contained a lot of duds. Not just crappy little indy films that couldn’t scratch to nickels together, but the big boys laid down garbage all over the cinema interstate.  We may see some incredible holdover fare early in the year, followed by a dusty lull. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll see some great horror films back on the scene in late 2024. Until then, here are…the Best Horror Films of 2023
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Dead List: All The Omen Films Ranked

With all signs pointing to the end of times, where does one started with all this demonic madness? Most importantly, which of the Damien dalliances are the creepiest and which of the films in the Omen franchise is among the very best? Don’t worry horror fans, the Scariest Things Podcast has you covered! Without further ado, here’s the entire Omen franchise ranked, from the worst to the best!
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The Best Horror Movies of 2023: Eric Li’s List

Another year in horror is in the books. 2023 produced a few films that will be remembered for generations to come. The big studios found a groove just in time to tripped up by a writer and actor strike. There was consistently good content provided this year, with thankfully few stinkers. Here is managing editor Eric Li's thoughts on 2023.
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Horror Movie Studios: A Dead List Ranking

Who is the greatest horror movie studio of them all? What production company delivers the best horror movies? The Scariest Things ranks them all, and includes all the studio horror movies for your reference.
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Trapped in the Bathroom: A Dead List

Bathrooms are the most private of places. These are places where we clean ourselves, relieve ourselves, medicate ourselves, and we usually like to do these things in private. With the exception of being with our young children and lovers/mates, we do our business in the bathroom ALONE. There are large percentages of our time in the bathroom naked or with our pants down. We are vulnerable in there. That's why we have privacy locks on these doors. Horror Movies turn the tables on our perceived privacy and security in bathrooms, and Trapped in a Bathroom is one of the most evergreen tropes in the genre. Here are 30 films that showcase the trope really well.
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Dead List: All the Boston Strangler Films Ranked!

Do you know everything there is to know about the Boston Strangler? Really?!?! The Boston Strangler is an incredibly complicated tapestry of lies, mistruths, deception, greed, murder, and avarice. Using beautiful early 1960s Boston as its backdrop, this story is the pure embodiment of truth always being weirder than fiction.  To celebrate this year’s most recent take on the Boston Strangler, aptly titled the Boston Strangler, the Scariest Things went back and looked at each and every film adaptation of the Boston Strangler story and ranked ‘em all!
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Dead List: Weird and Wonderful Horror Movies 1990-2022

The temptation of producers to rinse and repeat and cash in has a long and dubious history with horror. But, horror also provides the opportunity for filmmakers to take BIG chances. Smaller budgets not only provide better profits, but also the opportunity for allowing bigger chances and bolder ideas. If you are a creative mind starting out in Hollywood and are looking for a conduit for wild ideas, go for the weird. Go for horror. Check out this Dead List for the Weird and Wonderful Horror from 1990 to 2023!
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Dead List: Weird and Wonderful Horror Movies 1920-1989

Lets' go crazy! Forget your sequels, your prequels, your reboots. Give me something unique, and the weirder the better. Call me obsessed, as this dead list supplants one that I did three years ago, as I expand from ten movies to FIFTY. A list so big, I had to divide it into two posts! Enjoy....
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All the Exorcist Films Ranked!

In 2020, at the height of the global pandemic, the braintrust over at Morgan Creek Entertainment, announced — with very minimal fanfare, that they’d be taking a crack at one of the most vaunted franchises of all time — The Exorcist.  To get the Scariest Things Podcast ready for 2023, and potentially the most polemic film in years, we sat down and poured through the entire EXORCIST universe. Some brilliant, some soup-soaked, some awfully-awful, and some filled with the most horrifying images ever put to film. 
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The Scariest Things Podcast Episode 159: The Top 10 Horror Films of 2022

Horror Movies have once again hit full stride, and 2022 oozed with originality and purpose. There were so many films to pick from, most of our crew, when assigned to pick a top 10 went with 11! (Cheaters!) That's how good it was this year. So listen in to our extended super sized Episode 159 and get wise to what was great in 2022!
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Eric’s Top 10 Horror Films of 2022

What a great year for the genre. It feels like both the studios and the indies have hit full stride again, and there were a bunch of really original and entertaining horror movies to watch this year. Eric picks his top 10 and had room for probably 10 more that could have made it.
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Mike’s Top 10 Horror Films of 2022

SO. MANY. GREAT. HORROR. FILMS. THIS. YEAR! Really. Our cups runneth over with gallons of blood, guts, and scares. Interestingly, 2022 also had some really awful films. Truly awful. But we're not here to talk about crappy films you don't want to see. Au contraire. We're here to tell YOU about the films that you'll be gabbing about well in to 2024 -- and beyond.
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