1. Classic Hollywood horror movies
The Exorcist (1973)
Director William Friedkin’s film about a demon-possessed girl and the priests’ efforts to exorcise her has become a cinematic icon.
The Shining (1980)
Film master Stanley Kubrick created a once-in-a-lifetime horror movie with the help of actor Jack Nicholson.
Psycho (1960)
A movie that anyone who has ever sought out a classic horror movie must see.
2. Recent American horror movies
Sinister (2012)
One of the most familiar motifs in horror movies is a family moving into a house where they will have to witness many ghostly phenomena that cannot be easily removed.
Cabin in the woods (2012)
The film parodies the boring motif of horror movies: A group of young people going out suddenly wander into an abandoned house and are attacked.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Another memorable work from unique director Tim Burton.
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