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in no particular order, my top 25 (had to "limit" myself, I'm a bit of a horror nut if you can't guess)

1. Hereditary

2. The Exorcist

3. Rosemary's Baby

4: Poltergeist (the original) (the clown scene, man lol)

5: In The Mouth of Madness

6: Event Horizon (the uncut if you can ever find it)

7: Aliens 1 & 2

8: The Ring

9: The Shining (yes the book is better but Kubrick's version as a stand-alone is still very effective)

10: Suspiria

11: Psycho

12: Halloween (the original)

13: House of 1000 Corpses

14: Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original)

15: The Conjuring

16: Sinister (the first one, second one OK)

17: American Psycho

18: The Strangers

19: Jacob's Ladder

20: The Omen

21: Oculus

22: The Invitation (2015)

23: Creep

24: Black Swan

25: It Follows

Honorable mention to the Paranormal Activity series: my main complaint is the "plot" narrative is given so little at the end of each movie. I really want to know more about the "cult" and "Toby" - we need an "origin" movie. "The Fly" should also go on there as I saw it when i was kid (good ole' HBO box haha, and the transformation scene grossed me out for years). And of course to "Silence of the Lambs" but I don't consider that "horror" so much as a crime/psychological thriller.

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