From Nosferatu to Get Out: 10 essential films all horror fans should see
As horror finally gains more and more awards-circuit credibility in Hollywood, here are 10 of the genre's must-see entries to add to your watchlist.
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- Calum Baker
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Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror
1922
Horror
Fantasy
PG
Classic silent horror based on Bram Stoker's Dracula, starring Max Schreck. Hutter, a German estate agent, travels to Transylvania to visit a client, Count Orlock. But the journey is full of strange portents, and Hutter soon discovers that the Count's real motives have little to do with the purchase of a property.
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1968
Horror
Thriller
X
Classic horror directed by George A Romero and starring Judith O'Dea and Duane Jones. A young woman takes refuge in a farmhouse after she and her brother are attacked in a graveyard by a zombie-like creature. To her horror, she learns that the dead have been resurrected and are preying on human flesh.
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1973
Horror
Documentary
X
Classic horror starring Ellen Burstyn and Max von Sydow. Successful actress Chris MacNeil and her 12-year-old daughter Regan (Linda Blair) live comfortably in Georgetown, Washington. When Regan suddenly begins to exhibit unusual symptoms for which medical science can offer no explanation, her distraught mother is forced to consider that the girl may be possessed by the Devil.
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1974
Horror
18
Tobe Hooper's notorious horror classic, starring Marilyn Burns. Sally, her brother and three teenage friends visit rural Texas to pay their respects to her grandfather's grave. After an encounter with a crazed hitch-hiker, they stop off to explore the old family home and come into contact with the next-door neighbours from hell.
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1978
Horror
Thriller
X
Director John Carpenter's ground-breaking horror, starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis. Fifteen years after murdering his sister, Michael Myers escapes from a mental institution and returns to the small town of Haddonfield. Dr Sam Loomis, a psychiatrist who has been treating Michael, races to track him down before he kills again.
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1979
Horror
Sci-fi
X
Sci-fi horror thriller starring Sigourney Weaver. On its way back to Earth at the end of a routine voyage, the spacecraft Nostromo picks up signals from a nearby planet. When three of the crew go to investigate, one of them is attacked by a mysterious creature that emerges from a repository of eggs.
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1980
Horror
Drama
X
Stanley Kubrick's chilling horror, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. Aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic Jack Torrance takes on the job of winter caretaker at the remote Overlook Hotel, despite a warning about the psychological strain the long months of isolation can cause. Jack's wife Wendy only hopes that Jack will finally find the time to write, but his psychically gifted son Danny has visions of a terrifying ordeal for the family.
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1987
Comedy
Horror
18
Horror comedy starring Bruce Campbell as Ash, whose romantic break in a remote cabin goes terrifyingly wrong when he accidentally unleashes an evil force that possesses his girlfriend.
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1996
Horror
Mystery
18
Black comedy horror starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich and Drew Barrymore. A group of teenagers targeted by an obsessive horror fanatic pays the ultimate price for failing to answer his film-trivia questions.
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2017
Horror
Thriller
15
Oscar-winning horror mystery starring Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams. Chris, a young African-American photographer, is understandably anxious when he's invited to stay with his wealthy white girlfriend's parents at their family estate. Admitting she hasn't told them he's black only adds to Chris's apprehension, but mum and dad are warm and welcoming. However, as the weekend unfolds, Chris begins to suspect all is not as it seems.
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