The Scariest Movie Ever

created by Revan

Similar to the list of the best horror movies ever made, this list highlights the movies that made you jump the highest and cursed you with the worst nightmares. Don't agree with the list? Place your vote or if you are a logged in, add a new item for others to vote on.

Vote for The Exorcist 1) The Exorcist

“Its the closest thing in movies to seeing real possession in real life (about as scary as you can get), its based on a true story, and the upside down catwalk down the stairs just pushes it up to #1 for me!”

BenGessel

“it the best movie i ever sean
”

ramil10

“Classical horror films have most scary films bcoz of picture quality like old style, musics and story plotting.”

JonathanMartini123

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Vote for Alien 2) Alien

“Best of the best”

Alexandr

“this fabulous movie was way ahead of its time...”

“Yes, it was fabulous and way ahead of its time”

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Vote for The Grudge 3) The Grudge

“This moves really, realy scares me.”

Vote for Stephen King's It 4) Stephen King's It

“scary clown man!
”

zibblewits

“holy crap, this is scary”

whatsitsname

“scary movie... evil clown”

ToPh

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Vote for The Ring 5) The Ring

“I Was Gonna Vote For "IT" But It Didnt Give Me Nightmares Just Gave Me a Clown Phobia

But This Film Gave Me Nightmares For Weeks, Cleverly Made Too.”

LaurenLovesMJ

“I was never ever scared watching a horror flick... until I watched this movie...”

underhill

“this movie legit scared me for 3 months.”

coteam68

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Vote for The Shining 6) The Shining

“This movie has freaky music, directed by one of the biggest horror masters, in a creepy place, with a weird actor. Its just insane! This should be number 1, Alien was perfect, but it was NOT scary. And the exorcist made me laugh of all the things the girl said.”

nacholibre4497

“Alien was scary. But I have to admit it, this was scarier. It should be number 1. It was the scariest movie ever made.”

vmacmil-1

“how the hell isn’t this number one? alien is barely scary!”

zip983

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Vote for A Nightmare on Elm Street 7) A Nightmare on Elm Street

“I watched this as a kid and I can honestly say this frightened all the fright out of me. No movie has scared me ever since, none! Not a single other one on this list. Honest truth, really some might be gross, some make you jump but A Nightmare on Elm Street is the be-all and end-all”

Dania0671

“The birth of being afraid to fall asleep. A Nightmare on Elm Street attacks you from all directions. What ever you do... don’t fall asleep.”

Vote for Stay Alive 8) Stay Alive

“A video game that kills people? Thats pretty creepy”

Revan

Vote for Copycat Copycat 9) Copycat

“This is the scariest thriller ever!”

Vote for The Omen 10) The Omen

“What is scarier then the devil’s child?”

Revan

“its cool and creepy because it could happen”

“true classic horror”

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Vote for Amityville Horror 11) Amityville Horror

“it’s real, so it’s even scarier.”

JESSIEMEN

“Was based on a true story”

Revan

“I can’t believe it’s based on a true story.”

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Vote for Halloween 12) Halloween

“I had nightmares about Micheal Myers after I watched this movie”

990055njsmith

“when u think of scary u think of the michael myers them song and this movie”

jaxballer9

“nothing is scary than a white mask and red hair.!”

alexx3

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Vote for Saw III 13) Saw III

“this is definetley the scariest out of the 5, but the first is the best! can’t wait for Saw V to hit cinemas, and Saw VI next year!”

nick_is_horror

“all gore, really freaky”

Vote for The Descent 14) The Descent

“Scariset movie ever”

LightningRider

“Lord knows I did!”

heather

Vote for Straightheads 15) Straightheads

“. . . because it’s real. Could happen to every one.
It’s scarier than every fantasy monster could ever be.”

Vote for The Hills Have Eyes 16) The Hills Have Eyes

“Yes, atlast a pretty decent list! lol..

i was choosing between this and Amitvyle, well this movie scared me more.. phew!”

mesh13

“The most awesome, mutant hillbillies kickin’ butt movie ever!!! I only wish that Lizard would have lived and the hillbillies would have won, they just rocked so much!”

Bec

“most disturbing movie i have ever seen”

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Vote for The Thing 17) The Thing

“A monster, that turns dogs inside out and you don’t even know its their till its about to kill you, is really freakin creepy(and awesome at the same time :)”

Razor79

“a shape shifting alien against an antartica crew. named scariest movie of all time by afi.”

Vote for The Exorcism of Emily Rose 18) The Exorcism of Emily Rose

“Although it was freaky, it teaches us to have faith in GOD. GO GOD!”

aeromaxx777

“the 6 devils!”

hatcher234

“cain! nero! judas! legion! belial! and... lucifer!”

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Vote for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 19) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

“the best chainsaw movie ever made.
”

Vote for The Blair Witch Project 20) The Blair Witch Project

“the eventual and thrilling subtleties in this movie really got to me. I have never really been afraid of movies, none of them really scared me, but this did it for me. thank you!”

QuarantineGames

“Movies just don’t scare me. But I’ll vote this one because it was brilliant.”

Iron_Rose

Vote for 30 Days of Night 21) 30 Days of Night

“Best vampire movie EVER!!!!!!”

Vote for High Tension 22) High Tension

“Much scarier than The Exorcist.
Just watch it!”

Vote for Dead Silence 23) Dead Silence

“oh come on!! this has to be one of the scariest movies ive ever seen!!!”

“i will make sure there is always noise around me,if u cant scream for help then wat?”

“this movie creeps me out”

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Vote for Scream 24) Scream

“My favourite scary movie EVER!!!”

Vote for House of Wax 25) House of Wax

“Wax people? hmm..”

Revan

Vote for The Sixth Sense 26) The Sixth Sense

“this movie had the longest after effect on me.”

junelm

Vote for Night of the Living Dead 27) Night of the Living Dead

“I could really get creeped out walking in the dark after I watched that film.”

Vote for Candyman 28) Candyman

“jesus crist this movie scraed the hell out of me!”

“terrified me when i was a kid!”

Vote for Jaws 29) Jaws

“C’mon people. Of course, some movies right now are pretty thrilling, but Jaws was the movie that got millions of people out of the water. With that reaction, how can it not be in the top ten”

Vote for Wrong Turn 30) Wrong Turn

Vote for The Strangers 31) The Strangers

Vote for The Silence of the Lambs 32) The Silence of the Lambs

“this movie was so dmented how could it not be in the top 10”

Okami

“This is scary because there are actually people like Hannibal and Buffalo Bill out there. There aren’t actually supernatural things like Pennywise or Freddy or Jason.”

aman28

Vote for Friday the 13th 33) Friday the 13th

“Soooo Scary!My PArents won`t let me see it again”

Vote for Black Christmas (2006) 34) Black Christmas (2006)

Vote for Child’s Play 35) Child’s Play

Vote for Thirteen Ghosts 36) Thirteen Ghosts

“one of the best friggin movies I have ever seen ever man”

“the best one out their”

Vote for Shocker 37) Shocker

Vote for The Langoliers 38) The Langoliers

“things come back from the past and eat ya!!”

Revan

Vote for Predator 39) Predator

“the movie scared the hell out of me
”

“It is one of my all time favorite movies and you’ve got to agree that a bunch of soldiers trapped in the jungle with a big 8-foot tall alien trying to kill them one by one with all these gadgets. [you can tell that Arnold was afraid too]”

Vote for Misery 40) Misery

“wowowee!!!”

Vote for Poltergeist 41) Poltergeist

Vote for Don't Look Under the Bed 42) Don't Look Under the Bed

Vote for The Messengers 43) The Messengers

“you this was sick”

“scary stufff mann”

Vote for I Still Know What You Did Last Summer 44) I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

“creeeeeeeeeeeeeeepy :(
i didnt sleep 4 2 days ...”

Vote for Hellraiser 45) Hellraiser

“its frikken awesome yet disgusting at da same time”

Vote for Final Destination 2 46) Final Destination 2