DEFINING HORROR

By: Douglas Reese

Currently in progress.

• 01
  Antichrist
  Lars von Trier
• 02
  Black Swan
  Darren Aronofsky
• 03
  Deadgirl
  Marcel Sarmiento
• 04
  Eden Lake
  James Watkins
• 05
  Frozen
  Adam Green
• 06
  Halloween II
  Rob Zombie
• 07
  The House of the Devil
  Ti West
• 08
  I Saw the Devil
  Kim Ji-woon
• 09
  Jennifer's Body
  Karyn Kusama
• 10
  The Last House on the Left
  Dennis Iliadis
• 11
  Let Me In
  Matt Reeves
• 12
  Let the Right One In
  Tomas Alfredson
• 13
  The Loved Ones
  Sean Byrne
• 14
  Martyrs
  Pascal Laugier
• 15
  Snowtown
  Justin Kurzel
• 16
  Thirst
  Park Chan-wook
• 17
  The Woman
  Lucky McKee
• 18
  Descent
  Talia Lugacy
• 19
  Inside
  Alexandre Bustillo
• 20
  Joshua
  George Ratliff
• 21
  Death Proof
  Quentin Tarantino
• 22
  Funny Games U.S.
  Michael Haneke
• 23
  Trigger Man
  Ti West
• 24
  Paranormal Activity
  Oren Peli
• 25
  I Know Who Killed Me
  Chris Sivertson
• 26
  Requiem
  Hans-Christian Schmid
• 27
  Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
  Scott Glosserman
• 28
  All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
  Jonathan Levine
• 29
  Inland Empire
  David Lynch
• 30
  The Lost
  Chris Sivertson
• 31
  The Host
  Bong Joon-ho
• 32
  Bug
  William Friedkin
• 33
  Imprint
  Takashi Miike
• 34
  Hostel
  Eli Roth
• 35
  Jenifer
  Dario Argento
• 36
  Cigarette Burns
  John Carpenter
• 37
  The Devil's Rejects
  Rob Zombie
• 38
  War of the Worlds
  Steven Spielberg
• 39
  Antibodies
  Christian Alvart
• 40
  Calvaire
  Fabrice Du Welz
• 41
  Dumplings
  Fruit Chan
• 42
  Shaun of the Dead
  Edgar Wright
• 43
  High Tension
  Alexandre Aja
• 44
  King of the Ants
  Stuart Gordon
• 45
  Spider
  David Cronenberg
• 46
  Irreversible
  Gaspar Noé
• 47
  May
  Lucky McKee
• 48
  Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
  Guy Maddin
• 49
  Hell House
  George Ratliff
• 50
  The Devil's Backbone
  Guillermo del Toro
• 51
  Trouble Every Day
  Claire Denis
• 52
  Hannibal
  Ridley Scott
• 53
  The Others
  Alejandro Amenábar
• 54
  Pulse
  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• 55
  Donnie Darko
  Richard Kelly
• 56
  Frailty
  Bill Paxton
• 57
  Jeepers Creepers
  Victor Salva
• 58
  The Cell
  Tarsem Singh
• 59
  Psycho Beach Party
  Robert Lee King
• 60
  American Psycho
  Mary Harron
• 61
  Scary Movie
  Keenen Ivory Wayans
• 62
  Scrapbook
  Eric Stanze
• 63
  Sleepy Hollow
  Tim Burton
• 64
  The Blair Witch Project
  Daniel Myrick
• 65
  The Sixth Sense
  M. Night Shyamalan
• 66
  I Stand Alone
  Gaspar Noé
• 67
  Perfect Blue
  Satoshi Kon
• 68
  The Faculty
  Robert Rodriguez
• 69
  Cube
  Vincenzo Natali
• 70
  Funny Games
  Michael Haneke
• 71
  Lost Highway
  David Lynch
• 72
  See the Sea
  François Ozon
• 73
  Habit
  Larry Fessenden
• 74
  Scream
  Mark Romanek
• 75
  The Stendhal Syndrome
  Dario Argento
• 76
  The Craft
  Andrew Fleming
• 77
  Lord of Illusions
  Clive Barker
• 78
  The Addiction
  Abel Ferrara
• 79
  Felidae
  Michael Schaack
• 80
  In the Mouth of Madness
  John Carpenter
• 81
  Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
  Neil Jordan
• 82
  Mute Witness
  Anthony Waller
• 83
  Nightwatch
  Ole Bornedal
• 84
  Serial Mom
  John Waters
• 85
  The Crow
  Alex Proyas
• 86
  The Dead Mother
  Juanma Bajo Ulloa
• 87
  The Nightmare Before Christmas
  Henry Selick
• 88
  Benny's Video
  Michael Haneke
• 89
  Bram Stoker's Dracula
  Francis Ford Coppola
• 90
  Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
  David Lynch
• 91
  Candyman
  Bernard Rose
• 92
  Cape Fear
  Martin Scorsese
• 93
  Naked Lunch
  David Cronenberg
• 94
  The Silence of the Lambs
  Jonathan Demme
• 95
  Begotten
  E. Elias Merhige
• 96
  Jacob's Ladder
  Adrian Lyne
• 97
  The Reflecting Skin
  Philip Ridley
• 98
  The Witches
  Nicolas Roeg
• 99
  Clownhouse
  Victor Salva
• 100
  Dead Calm
  Phillip Noyce
• 101
  Parents
  Bob Balaban
• 102
  Santa sangre
  Alejandro Jodorowsky
• 103
  Baxter
  Jérôme Boivin
• 104
  Night of the Demons
  Kevin Tenney
• 105
  The Vanishing
  George Sluizer
• 106
  Vampire's Kiss
  Robert Bierman
• 107
  Angel Heart
  Alan Parker
• 108
  Evil Dead II
  Sam Raimi
• 109
  Hellraiser
  Clive Barker
• 110
  Near Dark
  Kathryn Bigelow
• 111
  Opera
  Dario Argento
• 112
  In a Glass Cage
  Agustí Villaronga
• 113
  Gothic
  Ken Russell
• 114
  Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
  John McNaughton
• 115
  Manhunter
  Michael Mann
• 116
  The Hitcher
  Robert Harmon
• 117
  Day of the Dead
  George A. Romero
• 118
  Demons
  Lamberto Bava
• 119
  Fright Night
  Tom Holland
• 120
  Phenomena
  Dario Argento
• 121
  Return to Oz
  Walter Murch
• 122
  Body Double
  Brian De Palma
• 123
  Crimes of Passion
  Ken Russell
• 124
  The Dead Zone
  David Cronenberg
• 125
  The Entity
  Sidney J. Furie
• 126
  The Hunger
  Tony Scott
• 127
  Videodrome
  David Cronenberg
• 128
  Cat People
  Paul Schrader
• 129
  Tenebrae
  Dario Argento
• 130
  The Thing
  John Carpenter
• 131
  The Evil Dead
  Sam Raimi
• 132
  Possession
  Andrzej Żuławski
• 133
  Altered States
  Ken Russell
• 134
  The Changeling
  Peter Medak
• 135
  Dressed to Kill
  Brian De Palma
• 136
  Inferno
  Dario Argento
• 137
  The Shining
  Stanley Kubrick
• 138
  City of the Living Dead
  Lucio Fulci
• 139
  Alien
  Ridley Scott
• 140
  The Brood
  David Cronenberg
• 141
  Fascination
  Jean Rollin
• 142
  Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night
  Werner Herzog
• 143
  Phantasm
  Don Coscarelli
• 144
  Dawn of the Dead
  Zack Snyder
• 145
  The Demon
  Yoshitaro Nomura
• 146
  Halloween
  John Carpenter
• 147
  Coma
  Michael Crichton
• 148
  House
  Nobuhiko Obayashi
• 149
  Looking for Mr. Goodbar
  Richard Brooks
• 150
  A Man Called Blade
  Sergio Martino
• 151
  Martin
  George A. Romero
• 152
  Rabid
  David Cronenberg
• 153
  Suspiria
  Dario Argento
• 154
  The Last House on Dead End Street
  Roger Watkins
• 155
  Alice, Sweet Alice
  Alfred Sole
• 156
  The Tenant
  Roman Polanski
• 157
  Through the Looking Glass
  Jonas Middleton
• 158
  Carrie
  Brian De Palma
• 159
  Eraserhead
  David Lynch
• 160
  Face to Face
  Ingmar Bergman
• 161
  The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
  Nicolas Gessner
• 162
  Deep Red
  Dario Argento
• 163
  The Image
  Radley Metzger
• 164
  Picnic at Hanging Rock
  Peter Weir
• 165
  The Rocky Horror Picture Show
  Jim Sharman
• 166
  La bête
  Walerian Borowczyk
• 167
  Black Christmas
  Bob Clark
• 168
  Blood for Dracula
  Paul Morrissey
• 169
  It's Alive
  Larry Cohen
• 170
  Lisa and the Devil
  Mario Bava
• 171
  Phantom of the Paradise
  Brian De Palma
• 172
  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
  Tobe Hooper
• 173
  Vampyres
  José Ramón Larraz
• 174
  Young Frankenstein
  Mel Brooks
• 175
  Don't Look Now
  Nicolas Roeg
• 176
  The Exorcist
  William Friedkin
• 177
  The Holy Mountain
  Alejandro Jodorowsky
• 178
  The Legend of Hell House
  John Hough
• 179
  Sisters
  Brian De Palma
• 180
  Torso
  Sergio Martino
• 181
  The Wicker Man
  Robin Hardy
• 182
  The Crazies
  George A. Romero
• 183
  A Bay of Blood
  Mario Bava
• 184
  The Beguiled
  Don Siegel
• 185
  The Brotherhood of Satan
  Bernard McEveety
• 186
  The Devils
  Ken Russell
• 187
  Let's Scare Jessica to Death
  John D. Hancock
• 188
  Play Misty for Me
  Clint Eastwood
• 189
  Requiem for a Vampire
  Jean Rollin
• 190
  Straw Dogs
  Sam Peckinpah
• 191
  The Return of Count Yorga
  Bob Kelljan
• 192
  The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
  Dario Argento
• 193
  And Soon the Darkness
  Robert Fuest
• 194
  Nightmares Come at Night
  Jesús Franco
• 195
  Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
  Jaromil Jireš
• 196
  Awakening of the Beast
  José Mojica Marins