An eclectic list of two dozen seminal horror films from Richard Corliss of Time magazine. His comments on the films are well worth reading.
This list is not ranked and is shown by release year.
| Title | Year | Rating |
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| Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat aka Arrivée d'un train àla Ciotat, L' | 1895 |
 
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| Nosferatu aka Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens | 1922 |
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| Phantom of the Opera, The | 1925 | |
| Frankenstein | 1931 |
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| Freaks | 1932 |
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| Bambi | 1942 |
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| Diaboliques, Les aka Diabolique | 1955 | |
| Invasion of the Body Snatchers | 1956 |
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| Black Sunday aka Maschera del demonio, La | 1960 | |
| Peeping Tom | 1960 |
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| Psycho | 1960 |
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| Blood Feast | 1963 | |
| Night of the Living Dead | 1968 | |
| Exorcist, The | 1973 | |
| Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The | 1974 | |
| Jaws | 1975 |
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| Carrie | 1976 |
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| Halloween | 1978 | |
| Alien | 1979 |
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| Fly, The | 1986 | |
| Men Behind the Sun aka Hei tai yang 731 | 1988 | |
| Braindead | 1992 | |
| Audition, The | 1999 | |
| Red Dragon | 2002 | |
| Shaun of the Dead | 2004 |
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