Rough Guide: 50 Horror Classics

Submitted by AmyD on Fri, 01/11/2008 - 07:02
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  1. An American Werewolf In London (1981)
  2. Black Sunday (1960)
  3. Braindead/Dead Alive (1992)
  4. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
  5. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari/Das Kabinett des Dr Caligari (1919)
  6. Cannibal Holocaust (1979)
  7. Carrie (1976)
  8. The Cat and the Canary (1927)
  9. Cat People (1942)
  10. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
  11. Diabolique/Les diaboliques (1955)
  12. Dracula (1931)
  13. Dracula/Horror of Dracula (1958)
  14. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
  15. The Evil Dead (1982)
  16. The Exorcist (1973)
  17. Eyes Without a Face/Les Yeux San Visage (1960)
  18. Frankenstein (1931)
  19. Freaks (1932)
  20. Halloween (1978)
  21. The Haunting (1963)
  22. The Innocents (1961)
  23. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
  24. Jaws (1975)
  25. Near Dark (1987)
  26. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
  27. Night of the Demon (1957)
  28. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
  29. Nosferatu/Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie des Grauens (1929)
  30. The Old Dark House (1932)
  31. Onibaba/The Hole (1965)
  32. Peeping Tom (1960)
  33. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
  34. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
  35. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
  36. Psycho (1960)
  37. Re-Animator (1985)
  38. Repulsion (1965)
  39. Ringu (1998)
  40. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
  41. Scream (1996)
  42. The Shining (1980)
  43. Shivers (1975)
  44. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  45. The Sixth Sense (1999)
  46. Suspiria (1977)
  47. Switchblade Romance/Haute Tension (2005)
  48. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
  49. The Uninvited (1944)
  50. Witchfinder General/The Conqueror Worm (1968)
Author Comments: 

From Alan Jones' "The Rough Guide to Horror Movies", 2005

JohnnyW03/01/2008

I just ordered this book off Amazon--it looks great. What are your thoughts on it?

Johnny Waco

AmyD03/02/2008

It really is a fun little book. I've agreed totally with all but one of the classics I've seen so far (not a fan of "The Innocents," but that's just me). I also enjoyed the fact that it was more than just a list of the 50 classics; there are also interesting sections on horror literature, icons (actors, directors, and monsters), and foreign horror.