Best Classic Horror Movies
Classic Horror Movies You Should't Miss
Before Jigsaw and Pennywise, there was Dracula and the Wolf Man. The horror genre dates back to a time before talkies, when directors relied on set design, story, and really efficient fog machines to get the goosebumps rising. Here are Harper's Bazaar's top picks for the best horror movies in cinema history.
The Amityville Horror (1979)
Reportedly based on the real-life Lutz family’s abbreviated stint living at 112 Ocean Avenue, the site of a grisly mass murder in Long Island, New York, the horror film doesn’t have to be entirely accurate to scare the pants off its viewers with bleeding walls, the glow of a feral animal’s stare, and, of course, a previously doting-now possessed husband on a mission to murder his wife and children.
Psycho (1960)
Maestro Hitchcock perfected the power of suggestion with his infamous shower scene starring Janet Leigh. Though graphic in nature, we never actually see blade penetrating flesh, and yet it’s impossible to shower without worrying a rube with mommy issues is on the other side of the curtain.
The Shining (1980)
Stanley Kubrick’s all-time critics’ favorite is the ultimate horror film. So what if it butchers a narrative from the brilliant mind of Steven King? And so what if it’s set in a resort hotel of impossible proportions? Jack Torrance, his family, and his descent into madness is a seminal work that has given oxygen to some of the most enduring conspiracy theories of our time. People are still trying to figure it out.
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