Top 10 Horror Movies Of All Time

So, it's officially the Halloween season! So what better reason for me to write about horror movies, which is my favorite movie genre at given day! I was thinking to write about horror movies from a long time now. In fact, I was supposed to write this for a friend's website but somehow couldn't manage time. The list was also prepared more than a year back!


According to me, you either can love or hate horror movies. There is no mid-way. 


So, here comes my list of top 10 horror movies of all time:


10. Paranormal Activity


Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American found footage supernatural horror film. It is the first movie of the Paranormal Activity franchise. The film is about a young couple, Katie and Micah, who are haunted by a supernatural presence in their home. It is presented in the "found footage" style. Throughout the film, cameras are set up by them in an attempt to document what is haunting them.

 This film happens to be  the most profitable film ever made, based on return on investment

9. Grave Encounters

Grave Encounters is a 2011 Canadian supernatural horror film which is again shot in "found footage" style. The footage follows the crew of a paranormal reality television program who lock themselves in a haunted psychiatric hospital for evidence of paranormal activity inside the hospital, which now lay in ruins.No one gets out alive, except one.

Even after receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film has a cult following.

8. The Conjuring

The Conjuring is a 2013 American supernatural horror film.Ed and Lorraine Warren are paranormal investigators and authors who are associated with prominent cases of haunting. The Warren couple come to the assist the Perron family who are experiencing disturbing events in their farmhouse which is located Rhode Island in the year, 1971.

The Conjuring  happens to be one of the highest-grossing horror films of all time. 

7. Insidious

Insidious is a 2011 American supernatural horror film which happens to be the first installment of the Insidious film franchise. The story revolves around a couple whose son enters a comatose state and becomes a vessel for ghosts in order to live once again. 

Due to the film's success it became the basis for a maze for 2013's annual Halloween Horror Nights. 

6. The Exorcism of Emily Rose

The Exorcism of Emily Rose is a 2005 American courtroom drama horror film.The film is loosely based on the real life story of Anneliese Michel. The film is about a self-proclaimed agnostic who acts as defense counsel representing a parish priest who is accused by the state of negligent homicide after he performed an exorcism. 

The film largely takes place in a courtroom, shows the events leading up to and including the exorcism through flashbacks, which is again one of a kind.

5. Mirrors

Mirrors is a 2008 supernatural horror film. The film was originally scripted to be a remake of the 2003 South Korean horror film Into the Mirror but the director decided to retain the original film's basic idea involving mirrors and incorporated a few of its scenes. Otherwise the film has a new story line.

The story is about a suspended police detective who begins his first day as a night security guard at a luxury department store that was gutted by a fire, five years ago.

4. The Unborn

The Unborn is a 2009 American horror film which is about a young woman tormented by a dybbuk and seeks help from a rabbi. The dybbuk seeks to use her death as a gateway to physical existence. 

Although this film received a lot of negative reviews, however the film's concept was very new and still remains a personal favorite.

3.Shutter

Shutter is a 2008 American supernatural horror film which is a remake of the 2004, Thai horror film of the same name. The film is about a newly married couple who stays in Japan and the supernatural events that follow them.

Shutter is unique because it's the first western remake of an Asian horror film which is not Japanese, instead a remake of a Thai horror film. 

2. The Ring

The Ring is a 2002 American supernatural psychological horror film.  It is a remake of the 1998 Japanese horror film Ring, The Ring is known to be the first American remake of a Japanese horror movie. This movie paved the way for many J-Horror remakes.

The films is about a cursed videotape that kills the viewer 7 days after watching it. 

1.The Grudge

The Grudge is a 2004 American Supernatural horror film which is again a remake of the Japanese film Ju-On: The Grudge. The plot reveals itself is in a non-linear sequence of events and includes several subplots.The film is about a curse that is born when someone dies in the grip of a powerful rage or extreme sorrow. Those who encounter this evil supernatural force die and the curse is reborn.passed from victim to victim in an endless chain of horror.

The film spawned two sequels: The Grudge 2 and The Grudge 3

Have a scary Halloween!

(P.S. All the images have been googled. The copyrights are that of the individual owners.The blurbs have also been sourced from the internet.)