31 Days of Horror

Well, in case you weren't aware, I have a pretty profound fascination with horror movies. Call me a masochist, but I adore watching them, and am infatuated with that sense of doom, that feeling of unbridled terror, that these films breed. So, with it being October and all, I figured a list of terrific horror flicks would be particularly apropos. Okay -  without further deliberation, here are (in my opinion) 31 of the best. For all you film buffs out there, this list will feel pretty cliche. For you newcomers, though - this is a great introduction to the genre. (I tried to steer clear of any movies that weren't "true horror," so I attempted to rid this list of all "thrillers," although I'm sure a couple managed to sneak on!) Enjoy!

- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

- Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)

- The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

- Frankenstein (1931)

- King Kong (1933)

- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

- Peeping Tom (1960)

- Psycho (1960)

- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

- Night of the Living Dead (1968)

- Rosemary's Baby (1968)

- Deliverance (1972)

- Don't Look Now (1973)

- The Exorcist (1973)

- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

- Jaws (1975)

- Halloween (1978)

- Alien (1979)

- The Shining (1980)

- An American Werewolf in London (1981)

- Poltergeist (1982)

- The Thing (1982)

- The Fly (1986)

- Evil Dead II (1987)

- Cape Fear (1991)

- The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

- Audition (1999)

- The Blair Witch Project (1999)

- The Sixth Sense (1999)

- The Mist (2007)

- Shutter Island (2010)