Top 5 Scariest Movies Of All Time (2023)

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What is the #1 scary movie ever? ›

1 The Exorcist (1973)

The tales are as legendary as The Exorcist itself, making them close to folklore. With its simple premise of a young girl possessed by demons, and the priests called in to exorcise them, no other horror movie has since impacted audiences the way this one did.

11 The Exorcist (1973)

The film was banned upon release in different cities in the United States as well as the United Kingdom and remains one of the scariest horror movies of all time and an influential classic.

The film undeniably had certain aspects that didn't appease many in the audience. The Exorcist prompted controversies in several parts of the West for hurting religious sentiments. The film even received flak for portraying explicitly disturbing visual images.

The Korean War film was banned in Memphis due to its "inimical" content. Banned in Memphis, Nashville, and Atlanta due to the film plot's culture, which a member of the Memphis Board determines the film as "immoral." It was the first picture to be banned after the death of censor chief Lloyd Binford.

The Gore and Disturbing film is a genre of horror film, easily recognized by its use of extreme violence and disturbing and viceral imagery, even for a horror film. In fact, in this genre recreating blood and gore with special effects are seen as an artform itself.

Just a few years after the first filmmakers emerged in the mid-1890s, Mellies created “Le Manoir du Diable,” sometimes known in English as “The Haunted Castle” or “ The House of the Devil,” in 1896, and it is widely believed to be the first horror movie.

What movie has the most kills? ›

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King shows that the series was saving the best for last, when it came to on-screen deaths at least. The most well-reviewed and praised of the three at the Oscars, The Return of the King also has by far the most characters getting killed on screen, at 836!

Flashing lights and loud noises create a startle response and they are a mainstay of the horror film. Fear of the unusual. We know that young children are often afraid of things that are different or unusual (such as a disfigured face), and highly unusual-looking things are often sources of fear.

A rare example of a horror film (or film from any genre) to receive a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes is the Netflix original horror movie, His House.

High Brow Horror

Code 3261672: Midnight Mass, The Haunting of Bly Manor and more spooky stories with impeccable vibes.

Parents need to know that this movie is graphically violent, gory, grisly, and frightening, though it's so over-the-top and dated that the gore is almost campy. Humans and dogs are the victims of monstrous alien beings attempting to destroy them. They are hideously ugly creatures with slimy tentacles, pulsing muscles,…

This means there are three Ghostface killers in Scary Movie, with Doofy committing the opening murder, while Bobby and Ray kill the bulk of the other victims. Doofy then dons the costume again in the finale to kill Bobby and Ray and tries to kill Cindy because he had a crush on her too.

Parents need to know that The Conjuring is a truly scary horror movie that's based on a true story about a haunted house, a demon possession, and an exorcism. It's more frightening than gory; no characters die (except a dog), and not much blood is shown, except during an intense demon-possession scene at the…

Dimension Films released Scary Movie in the United States on July 7, 2000. The film grossed $278 million worldwide on a $19 million budget. The film is the first installment in the Scary Movie film series, as well as being the highest grossing film in the series.