This document lists 159 notable horror films released between 1968 and 2018. Some of the most influential and iconic films included are Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), Halloween (1978), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Scream (1996), Saw (2004), Paranormal Activity (2007), and It (2017). The list spans over 50 years of horror cinema and includes many films that helped define and evolve popular genres like slasher films, supernatural thrillers, and torture porn.

186. 1. Night of the Living Dead - 1968
2. Frankenstein Must
Be Destroyed - 1969
3. The House of Dark Shadows - 1970
4. The Abominable Dr. Phibes - 1971
5. The Last House on the Left - 1972
6. Tales from the Crypt - 1972
7. The Exorcist - 1973
8. The Legend of Hell House - 1973
9. The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre - 1974
10.Jaws - 1975
11.Trilogy of Terror - 1975
12.Carrie - 1976
13.The Hills Have Eyes - 1977
14.Halloween - 1978
15.Invasion of the
Body Snatchers - 1978
16.Piranha - 1978
17.The Amityville Horror - 1979
18.Phantasm - 1979
19.Cannibal Holocaust - 1980
20.The Fog - 1980
21.Friday the 13th - 1980
22.Prom Night - 1980
23.The Shining - 1980
24.The Evil Dead - 1981
25.Friday the 13th Part 2 - 1981
26.Halloween II - 1981
27.Scanners - 1981
28.Basket Case - 1982
29.Creepshow - 1982
30.Friday the 13th Part III - 1982
31.Halloween III:
Season of the Witch - 1982
32.Poltergeist - 1982
33.The Thing - 1982
34.Cujo - 1983
35.Sleepaway Camp - 1983
36.Twilight Zone: The Movie - 1983
37.Children of the Corn - 1984
38.C.H.U.D. - 1984
39.Friday the 13th:
The Final Chapter - 1984
40.A Nightmare on Elm Street - 1984
41.Friday the 13th:
A New Beginning - 1985
42.Fright Night - 1985
43.Lifeforce - 1985
44.A Nightmare on Elm Street 2:
Freddy’s Revenge - 1985
45.Re-Animator - 1985
46.The Fly - 1986
47.House - 1986
48.Jason Lives:
Friday the 13th Part VI - 1986
49.Night of the Creeps - 1986
50.Poltergeist II: The Other Side - 1986
51.The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre 2 - 1986
52.Creepshow 2 - 1987
53.Evil Dead II - 1987
54.Hellraiser - 1987
55.The Lost Boys - 1987
56.A Nightmare on Elm Street 3:
Dream Warriors - 1987
57.Beetlejuice - 1988
58.Child’s Play - 1988
59.Friday the 13th part VII:
The New Blood - 1988
60.Halloween 4: The Return
of Michael Myers - 1988
61.Hellbound: Hellraiser II - 1988
62.Killer Klowns from
Outer Space - 1988
63.A Nightmare on Elm Street 4:
The Dream Master - 1988
64.Pumpkinhead - 1988
65.Friday the 13th Part VIII –
Jason Takes Manhattan - 1989
66.Halloween 5: The Revenge
of Michael Myers - 1989
67.A Nightmare on Elm Street 5:
The Dream Child - 1989
68.Pet Sematary - 1989
69.Brain Dead - 1990
70.Child’s Play 2 - 1990
71.It - 1990
72.Jacob’s Ladder - 1990
73.Misery - 1990
74.Child’s Play 3 - 1991

187. 75.Freddy’s Dead:
The Final Nightmare - 1991
76.Candyman - 1992
77.Dead Alive - 1992
78.Dr. Giggles - 1992
79.Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth - 1992
80.Jason Goes to Hell:
The Final Friday - 1993
81.Leprechaun - 1993
82.In the Mouth of Madness - 1994
83.Wes Craven’s New Nightmare - 1994
84.Candyman:
Farewell to the Flesh - 1995
85.Halloween:
The Curse of Michael Myers - 1995
86.Lord of Illusions - 1995
87.Hellraiser: Bloodline - 1996
88.Scream - 1996
89.Event Horizon - 1997
90.Wishmaster - 1997
91.Bride of Chucky - 1998
92.Halloween H20:
20 Years Later - 1998
93.Audition - 1999
94.The Blair Witch Project - 1999
95.American Psycho - 2000
96.The Cell - 2000
97.Hellraiser: Inferno - 2000
98.Jason X - 2001
99.Jeepers Creepers - 2001
100.The Others - 2001
101.Session 9 - 2001
102.Cabin Fever - 2002
103.Halloween: Resurrection - 2002
104.Hellraiser: Hellseeker - 2002
105.Freddy vs. Jason - 2003
106.High Tension - 2003
107.House of 1,000 Corpses - 2003
108.The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre - 2003
109.Saw - 2004
110.Seed of Chucky - 2004
111.The Amityville Horror - 2005
112.The Descent - 2005
113.Hellraiser: Deader – 2005
114.Hellraiser: Hellworld - 2005
115.Hostel - 2005
116.Saw II - 2005
117.Wolf Creek - 2005
118.Final Destination 3 - 2006
119.Saw III - 2006
120.Slither - 2006
121.30 Days of Night - 2007
122.Halloween - 2007
123.Paranormal Activity - 2007
124.Saw IV - 2007
125.Trick ‘r Treat - 2007
126.Saw V - 2008
127.The Strangers - 2008
128.Dead Snow - 2009
129.Friday the 13th - 2009
130.The Human Centipede
(First Sequence) - 2009
131.Halloween II - 2009
132.Saw VI - 2009
133.Insidious - 2010
134.I Spit on Your Grave - 2010
135.A Nightmare on Elm Street – 2010
136.Piranha 3D - 2010
137.Saw 3D - 2010
138.Final Destination 5 - 2011
139.Hellraiser: Revelations - 2011
140.You’re Next - 2011
141.The Cabin in the Woods - 2012
142.The Collection - 2012
143.The Conjuring - 2013
144.Curse of Chucky - 2013
145.Evil Dead - 2013
146.Insidious: Chapter 2 - 2013
147.Texas Chainsaw 3D - 2013
148.Annabelle - 2014
149.The Babadook - 2014
150.It Follows - 2014
151.Tusk - 2014
152.Green Room - 2015
153.Krampus - 2015
154.Lights Out - 2016
155.Cult of Chucky - 2017
156.It - 2017
157.Jigsaw - 2017
158.Halloween - 2018
159.Hellraiser: Judgment - 2018