For the first time in its 117-year history, the venerable Variety, probably the most prestigious journal covering Hollywood has released its Critic’s ratings for THEIR Top 100 Films of all Time. And believe it or not, a HORROR movie is rated #1!

For the first time in its 117-year history, the venerable Variety, probably the most prestigious journal covering Hollywood has released its Critic’s ratings for THEIR Top 100 Films of all Time. And believe it or not, a HORROR movie is rated #1!
Behold, THE BIG LIST. In 2018, we summoned a jury of our fans and horror insider contacts, to develop a weighted list of our favorite horror movies of all time. This doesn’t necessarily mean these are the BEST movies, in a technical sense, but these are the films we love the most.
It’s hard to believe, but we made it! The Scariest Things turned 100 episodes old, and we had some of our Patreon pals and horror media associates to celebrate with us by picking through our Horror Movie Championship Tournament, where we picked the best Horror Movie of all Time!
Where did our favorite Horror Films come from? How did we generate the points? What genres did we like? What does the timeline look like? Well, have a peek at some cool graphics we put together and find out!
That’s right, Bub! Mike and Eric have gone through and broken down our top 100 Horror movie list. The close calls and could have beens and the maybe shouldn’t have beens. Listen in!
A veritable hall of fame of horror lines up for our top 10! But, in what order? You know these titans of terror, so let’s count them down!
We’re at the top 20! Can you believe it? Now with 33% more X chromosomes!
This batch of films is proof positive that you can still do a good remake or a good sequel that surpasses its predecessor. The top 100 marches on! You can’t stop it!
Dramatic psychological horror builds a home in this grouping. And, probably the biggest surprise of the whole survey shows up here! You won’t believe what’s at #36! (How’s that for click bait?)
We have now crossed over the #50 threshold! Listen to Mike and Eric eat some serious crow on air, as the jury has spoken. (And Mike and Eric are apparently wrong.)
You want gross movies? Here we go! This section of our top 100 features blood and guts to spare!
Who wants bonus horror? Well, we’ve got it for you… a little extra has been put into our Top 100 list between 70-61. It stretches the entirety of the genre, from the very beginning to the very recent. Black and white, goofy, and somber. Drink in the next batch of our Top 100 list!
The breadth of the genre really shows up in this episode! Gateway kid horror shows up, for the first time (and not the last), plus the movie that launched “torture-porn”, a couple of stellar Korean films, and a feathered gift from the Master of Suspense.
We move on with our favorite Horror Movies of all Time. Here come the Horror Comedies! And, J-Horror has landed, along with a couple of very recent favorites.
Your official Scariest Things guide to our favorite horror movies!
Every good horror website needs a master list, so The Scariest Things has finally come up with our TOP 100 HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME! And, tonight, we start at the bottom and work our way to the top.
Horror festival fan favorite short-film director Chris McInroy mixes in the humor with the scares (no surprise if you’ve seen his fantastic short films!). Owwwoooooo! Werewolves of London! His top 25:
Iä! Iä! Andrew Migliore, the man who created the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival comes in with an unutterable and squamous top 25 horror movie list. AIIIEEE!!!
Kian Doughty is a talented young actor who just performed in and co-wrote the Justin Zimmerman short film Made You Look which premiered at the Portland Horror Film Festival, and features some fantastic creature effects from Oscar winner Chris Walas. Kian brings his youthful take on a top 25!
Notable horror book cover artist Deena Warner brings a new #1 title to the table, with an old friend in a red and black sweater. And a beat-up old hat. And some knives on his fingers. With chunks of teenager meat on them.
Independent film producer and lifelong College buddy of Msoup and LightninLi, Mr. Christopher Ralph puts on his horror hat… and guess what? Telecommunication and Film grads like the same things that genre fans like! His top 25:
Horror film musical composer and famed rock drummer, Rocky Gray, loves him some demonic possession films, and he has peppered them throughout his top 25 list!
Jay Kay, of Horror Happens Radio, goes to a deserted London for his #1 film. (Hey where is everybody?)
Horror movie critic Luca Pincelli, author of Horror World & Reviews, was the first peer to recognize The Scariest Things, and we are very pleased that he has graced us with his Top 25 Horror Films. (Go visit his site, it’s awesome!)
One of our siblings in horror Podcasting picks up the machete in their Top 25 Horror movies! After you’re finished listening to the trends and tropes overview of horror topics from The Scariest Things, head over to Tremble’s Podcast to hear them go in-depth on your genre favorites!
Scariest Things superfan, Marne Oyen brings the gateway horror. Horror comedy! A horror MUSICAL! Kids horror! Her Top 25 Horror Films have the fun injected into the fare.
Robert (Zed) and Eric’s (Lightnin Li) childhood pal, and OG Scariest Things influence Mike Fryer recalls his favorite spooky films. Damn you Mike! This is all your fault!
Artist and friend of the Scariest Things, Matt Howl goes full-on grindhouse for his #1 selection in his top 25 […]
A good friend of the Scariest Things, Co-Organizer of the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and the Portland Horror Film Festival, Gwen Callahan gives us her Top 25 Horror films with some Asian Horror flair!
Mad Monster Party convention host, Famous Monsters of Filmland editor and genre FX sculptor Joe Moe brings his considerable horror bona fides to bear with his top 25 list!