These are the scariest horror movies ever, according to critics
nme.comRotten Tomatoes has collated the world’s critical consensus and amassed a list of the most acclaimed films in the genre’s century-plus history, in a list that has also factored in the audience-driven ‘Popcornmeter’ into its equation.In a list bulging with 24-carat classics, the prestigious top spot is taken by Steven Spielberg’s 1975 monster hit Jaws.
Based on the Peter Benchley novel, it terrified a generation of film-goers enough that people were scared to go swimming at the beach for years after its release.Roy Scheider’s police chief Martin Brody enlists the help of Robert Shaw’s shark hunter to hunt down a man-eating Great White that has been picking off holiday makers on the beach of Amity Island.
It became the prototypical summer blockbuster movie, and became the highest grossing film of all time, only to be surpassed by Star Wars two years later.At second place is the Swedish vampire film Let The Right One In, with its 98 per cent critics score and 90 per cent audience score.
Tomas Alfredson, who went on to helm Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, oversaw the film about a bullied 12-year-old boy who develops a close friendship with a mysterious girl in Stockholm in the early 1980s.NME declared the film to be the “best vampire movie of all time” at the time of its 2009 UK release.Rounding out the top three is Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror franchise-spawner Alien, with a hefty 93 per cent critics and 94 per cent audience score.
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