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Time Out's 100 Best Horror Films Time Out’s 100 Best Horror Films Rank Title Year EIDR ID 1 The Exorcist 1973 10.5240/2268-C7E9-E304-C67D-7F06-Z 2 The Shining 1980 10.5240/3D61-EB75-9F5F-C5A7-5D26-E 3 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974 10.5240/5D0F-8CAC-581E-A744-86E0-I 4 Alien 1979 10.5240/55AD-7242-833C-F4AA-9776-7 5 Psycho 1960 10.5240/E172-9592-4D15-6E9A-A63A-Y 6 The Thing 1982 10.5240/F71D-B8B7-B0DC-976A-5397-P 7 Rosemary's Baby 1968 10.5240/7C58-3BF4-62BD-BE12-5FB1-F 8 Halloween 1978 10.5240/F55B-E276-0102-C4C1-93B5-Y 9 Dawn of the Dead 1978 10.5240/2A83-1326-9730-0514-2432-F 10 Jaws 1975 10.5240/36E3-649C-57F2-A251-72B1-E 11 Suspiria 1976 10.5240/3F75-F397-1C2F-49A1-D20C-A 12 Night of the Living Dead 1968 10.5240/C326-4F83-CED1-F0EC-29DB-5 13 Don't Look Now 1973 10.5240/03B1-E89B-C646-12AC-66B1-E 14 The Innocents 1961 10.5240/C76B-3EE7-DCCF-BB67-DBF6-7 15 Carrie 1976 10.5240/2A14-47AB-BC21-D34C-3FB9-W 16 An American Werewolf in London 1981 10.5240/74B9-E9B5-8219-663F-6F3D-9 17 Evil Dead II 1987 10.5240/78A9-FAAC-1C10-BDE7-84D2-U 18 The Fly 1986 10.5240/C43A-3556-CB27-C99F-EEA8-R 19 Let the Right One In 2008 10.5240/405F-4BA4-C056-22EF-E039-E 20 A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 10.5240/B884-6DA7-BFD6-28F4-C749-Z 21 Audition 1999 10.5240/3F48-D3F4-2B2E-C9DB-1A84-I 22 The Haunting 1963 10.5240/D182-6060-7A17-F48E-E6E0-5 23 Nosferatu - eine Symphonie des Grauens 1922 10.5240/4DA4-0765-DD7B-69F7-925E-W 24 Freaks 1932 10.5240/404F-32CD-FF47-2745-BAA0-O 25 The Omen 1976 10.5240/A7A7-E995-6893-C76B-8C97-I 26 Poltergeist 1982 10.5240/085B-61ED-61F1-58E0-6C25-4 27 The Blair Witch Project 1999 10.5240/F4CB-CB59-EA32-084B-CA1A-A 28 The Evil Dead 1981 10.5240/D1D7-E826-A860-7BCB-3BB4-C 29 The Birds 1963 10.5240/2BB1-D8C5-942E-271C-BDEA-6 30 The Changeling 1979 10.5240/22D3-F9EE-95AA-B488-3CF6-8 31 Videodrome 1982 10.5240/1F91-F3D7-43AC-A874-06B1-4 32 Cat People 1942 10.5240/6C57-F611-FF52-24DA-2F4F-J 33 Martyrs 2008 10.5240/A520-B73C-62CD-AA8E-B9D4-N 34 Bride of Frankenstein 1935 10.5240/AD91-77F6-7587-BDFC-274C-J 35 Carnival of Souls 1962 10.5240/E75F-F9C7-EFD6-D079-71D0-P 36 The Wicker Man 1973 10.5240/A0B7-940B-6DA2-D726-7420-E 37 Frankenstein 1931 10.5240/0D1B-689D-5865-AD1B-0F89-L 38 Eyes Without a Face 1959 10.5240/2F66-B68A-F669-8A1B-9104-M 39 Cannibal Holocaust 1979 10.5240/01BC-D230-7500-834A-B324-7 40 Jacob's Ladder 1990 10.5240/45C1-1B56-8EC9-817B-7FE0-P 41 Possession 1981 10.5240/55EB-8DA6-6FB1-35B1-9019-N Rank Title Year EIDR ID 42 The Devil's Backbone 2001 10.5240/F9E7-A17C-5EB5-3DE5-D9C6-W 43 Hour of the Wolf 1967 10.5240/9B11-22EC-2886-5071-C16B-G 44 The Tenant 1976 10.5240/8DA6-D870-1D27-44A5-8403-7 45 The Others 2001 10.5240/6AF4-A70E-723E-2C03-B12B-9 46 The Silence of the Lambs 1990 10.5240/9A23-263F-7817-8874-7D54-V 47 Dead of Night 1945 10.5240/FD70-B20C-14BB-28F3-269C-P 48 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 10.5240/978D-EF0D-0439-27F3-FCC1-B 49 The Ring 1998 10.5240/FCFD-589B-82D7-2FC7-F9B9-A 50 Peeping Tom 1960 10.5240/E883-622C-BEA0-06F6-02D5-G 51 The Descent 2005 10.5240/6C14-8437-AFAF-7DDF-29F1-U 52 The Devils 1971 10.5240/674A-55C9-620E-B9BA-0467-Y 53 Deep Red 1975 10.5240/F7B9-A597-E3F8-E143-86B5-G 54 Eraserhead 1977 10.5240/3FC7-59D2-B863-8380-9BAB-W 55 Repulsion 1965 10.5240/E21A-3593-D6E8-FEAA-7F51-9 56 The Sixth Sense 1999 10.5240/A1CD-EB1F-21BC-2CD9-B16D-Q 57 The Vanishing 1988 10.5240/F531-CBA2-29D1-CAE8-A92F-P 58 Kwaidan 1964 10.5240/17F7-552A-4459-804B-BC7C-K 59 Vampyr 1932 10.5240/620D-7464-F030-12C1-75FD-U 60 [Rec] 2007 10.5240/ACED-BF41-9C80-F92D-B7B8-V 61 Les Diaboliques 1955 10.5240/114E-47D4-823F-2D0D-B5D2-T 62 The Night of the Hunter 1955 10.5240/A392-FE00-1B91-B840-CA81-7 63 Lake Mungo 2008 10.5240/8784-7AF1-92AC-8369-D824-4 64 ...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà 1981 10.5240/FB67-7900-AFC6-5DD4-A9AE-T 65 Pulse 2001 10.5240/661C-89A1-FF49-5294-7A89-V 66 Haute tension 2003 10.5240/5000-97B9-8F3D-0ADF-CA35-5 67 Night of the Demon 1957 10.5240/21AA-8A3C-DF9C-3EF4-75F5-C 68 28 Days Later... 2002 10.5240/922A-7227-D3C8-DB15-04D0-R 69 The Cabinet of Dr Caligari 1920 10.5240/E795-2B0D-965A-5552-A424-2 70 Kill Baby... Kill! 1966 10.5240/DA81-1BD2-5335-D0CA-66A8-1 71 The Old Dark House 1932 10.5240/6B99-6BB2-CF52-14A0-5EB1-E 72 Aliens 1986 10.5240/52D5-69C2-9DCD-AF72-E8CD-S 73 Black Christmas 1974 10.5240/4B77-07A8-04B6-B6DF-F58C-M 74 Black Sunday 1960 10.5240/3D21-47C0-854A-C2E2-8C01-V 75 Hellraiser 1987 10.5240/915F-51C1-B101-7EE3-4FC6-0 76 Come and See 1985 10.5240/244A-E364-9F6F-0E2C-947A-3 77 The Fog 1979 10.5240/5BD9-D488-E6E9-2645-F391-V 78 Ginger Snaps 2000 10.5240/7D3F-2B91-4068-DB2E-56B5-2 79 Angel Heart 1987 10.5240/947A-EC10-792D-4D19-F6D2-M 80 Wolf Creek 2005 10.5240/7925-0BF7-3254-A846-D6B8-O 81 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978 10.5240/3A00-93A1-FFC1-9538-E4BF-F 82 Black Sabbath 1963 10.5240/6D72-DE5F-ACE6-2F99-4DA7-N 83 Dracula 1958 10.5240/733F-3478-FC8A-007A-DC91-3 84 The Orphanage 2007 10.5240/7AEB-AC46-C279-5412-EBEA-2 85 Phantasm 1978 10.5240/213D-659D-1DC7-A5ED-E952-8 86 Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma 1975 10.5240/67BC-D9E0-3628-3BFE-7E35-O Rank Title Year EIDR ID 87 Session 9 2001 10.5240/0069-8D12-9D56-6E0B-5708-X 88 The Unknown 1927 10.5240/11DB-D4EF-3C10-0D6B-A702-L 89 Day of the Dead 1985 10.5240/ECA9-6936-5DF2-E1DB-AF8E-5 90 Dead Ringers 1988 10.5240/1C4C-D288-6950-3EE2-21BE-T 91 Braindead 1992 10.5240/5B83-B2F3-D3AA-700C-4E26-I 92 Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1986 10.5240/7D62-E249-6139-7138-909F-X 93 Re-Animator 1985 10.5240/B61A-0C97-0F0F-D48C-5102-1 94 Scream 1996 10.5240/0603-33D4-8D5F-DB08-16EA-T 95 Society 1989 10.5240/C026-E01A-1C80-CB3D-DCAE-B 96 It Follows 2015 10.5240/C302-8810-DFB7-3A48-761E-M 97 God Told Me To 1976 10.5240/0D15-0DA1-FD36-5215-4AE3-3 98 Martin 1976 10.5240/44DB-FE8F-F843-1745-97AB-D 99 The Mist 2007 10.5240/C7B1-DC5A-E7A1-F9CD-9963-F 100 The Babadook 2014 10.5240/17B3-4D4F-9492-FE49-AC78-T .
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