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After Dark Horror/Thrillers
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I work for They Shoot Zombies, which scientifically ranks the popularity and critical acclaim of every noteworthy Horror/Thriller. I use an improved version of their formula, updated monthly.
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The UPDATED Top 100 Horror/Thrillers has the film from 1932 that still shocks and divides audiences today.

#62 Freaks

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October 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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#411 Dead Calm

Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane. Three expressive, physical actors pressed together on dangerous waters.

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October 8, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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The most extreme film in the UPDATED Top 100 Horror/Thrillers. Walk in the footsteps of a killer who cannot control his impulses and lives disconnected from reality.

#61 Angst

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October 7, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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The UPDATED Top 100 Horror/Thrillers has the debut of Alejandro Amenábar, who would make The Others. A story of movies that contain real violence, the people who would make them and people who would want to watch.

#60 Thesis

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October 7, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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#410 Deathdream

1970s elevated Horror about how war changes everyone and even if you come home, things will never go back to the way they were.

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October 7, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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The UPDATED Top 100 Horror/Thrillers arrives at a brutal, confrontational, extremely well-made S. Korean thriller that goes to the rotten core of revenge.

#59 I Saw the Devil

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October 6, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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The UPDATED Top 100 Horror/Thrillers reaches back to 1935 for a classic Universal title.

#58 The Bride of Frankenstein

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October 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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#409 Under the Skin

Slow, moody, disturbingly cold. As much an audio Horror experience as a visual one.

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October 6, 2026 at 3:18 AM
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The UPDATED Top 100 Horror/Thrillers. John Carpenter's alien invasion movie satire about class warfare.

#57 They Live

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October 5, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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#408 Maniac (1980)

If you're curious about Grindhouse cinema, this checks all the boxes.

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October 5, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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The UPDATED Top 100 Horror/Thrillers. Japanese Haunted House movie that's visually unlike anything else ever experienced.

#56 Hausu

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October 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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#407 Dracula's Daughter

Part of the Universal Monster series, but completely unlike the formula you expect.

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October 4, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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The UPDATED Top 100 Horror/Thrillers. 1960s Thriller about a blind woman harassed by thieves that gets as nail-bitingly tense as any modern Horror by the end.

#55 Wait Until Dark

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October 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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#406 Black Sabbath

A trilogy of Italian Horror presented by Boris Karloff and served up my master chef Mario Bava.

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October 3, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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The UPDATED Top 100. Contains my scariest scene involving a clown.

#54 Poltergeist

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October 2, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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The UPDATED Top 100. As technology makes us more isolated, ghosts come into our world looking to connect.

#53 Pulse

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October 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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#405 Funny Games (U.S.)

Michael Haneke remakes his own film for English-speaking audiences.

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October 2, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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The UPDATED Top 100. Gets my vote for the most stylish Horror film ever made. The Cell would be 2nd, Suspiria 3rd.

#52 Bram Stoker's Dracula

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October 1, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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The UPDATED Top 100. This perfectly captures the look of 1930s Universal Horror films and takes everything seriously except for the jokes.

#51 Young Frankenstein

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October 1, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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Last year I called my shot with Curry Barker when I recommended 10 recent Hidden Gems. So, here are five more underrated gems to seek out in October.

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September 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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The UPDATED Top 100. Some stuff in this one I didn't think you were allowed to attempt, let alone get away with.

#50 Re-Animator

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September 30, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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#404 The Day the Earth Stood Still

A great 1950s sci-fi film, but up for debate how much it counts as a Horror or a Thriller.

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September 30, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Last year I called my shot with Curry Barker when I recommended 10 recent Hidden Gems. So, here are five more underrated gems to seek out in October.

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September 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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The UPDATED Top 100 Horror/Thrillers has the fast-paced supernatural mystery of the 1950s.

#49 Night of the Demon

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September 29, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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#403 Cheap Thrills

One from the Torture Porn era... but this one's a Comedy?!?

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September 28, 2026 at 11:55 PM