Here's my decade lists, they are NOT in order, they're just the 5 best horror movies of each decade in whatever order but ones in
BOLD are ones I consider top tier
1920s:
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,
Nosferatu.....Can't think of more from this decade tbh, might add some later.
1930s:
Frankenstein,
Bride of Frankenstein,
King Kong,
Freaks, The Invisible Man
1940s: Looking back this was a weak time for the genre imo, more so than I thought and I hadn't seen a lot from this decade. I'll include The Wolf Man for now, but I don't even rate that one super high compared to a lot of others, might need to rewatch it though bc I've only seen it once.
1950s: Invasion of the Body Snatchers,
Diabolique, Godzilla....once again I've seen much less than I thought from this decade wow I'm disappointing myself. But honorable mention to Plan 9 From Outer Space
1960s:
Psycho,
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane,
Night of the Living Dead,
Rosemary's Baby, Wait Until Dark
1970s:
Alien,
The Exorcist,
Dawn of the Dead, Halloween, Deep Red
1980s:
The Thing,
The Shining, The Fly, The Evil Dead, A Nightmare on Elm Street. Honorable Mentions: An American Werewolf in London and
Evil Dead II because they're comedy horror which I wasn't really looking to include in this list, but they're fucking great as well.
1990s: Interview with the Vampire, Dracula (1992), Jacob's Ladder, Funny Games,
Perfect Blue. Honorable comedy horror mentions: Army of Darkness, Dead Alive, and also an honorable mention to The Sixth Sense bc it's on the bubble for me of being horror.
2000s:
Let the Right One In, Saw, 28 Days Later, The Others, REC. Honorable comedy mentions:
Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland....also Grindhouse bc it's kinda horror but I'm not sure if I consider it to be personally but it rules either way.
2010s: Get Out, A Quiet Place, Train to Busan, The Conjuring, The Skin I Live In. Honorable mentions: TUCKER AND DALE VS EVIL
and also What We Do in the Shadows
As you can see from the ones I bolded, I tend to enjoy psychological horror movies more than supernatural or slasher ones (not saying I don't love those either). Best decades look to be 30s, 60s and 70s just from me making this, which is kinda what I expected. Thought about including more comedy horrors in here since I absolutely love that genre but I did honorable mentions instead, still had to bold Shaun of the Dead though bc I mean it's Shaun of the Dead and definitely Evil Dead II...that one I thought about not even giving an honorable mention and just adding to the top 5 bc I def think it's better than the original. I think I bolded 20 different ones so I guess that's my top 20 but I'm always saying how bad I am at making lists so don't take this too seriously, y'all could easily have me remember some I completely forgot about.
its borderline for me tbh, more of a drama but either way a great fuckin movie
