My Favorite Horror Movies

Halloween is around the corner and a lot of flesh will be skinned or slashed when it comes to the horror movies talked about on this post. Jk. You know what? A lot of people like to have fun either spooking people or just dressing up in whatever costumes they want to fit in and embody. The horror genre is not my favorite because there are too many horror movies nowadays that somehow are cliched and you can also see the jump scares coming. Now, for 2016, even though it has been a bad year for movies, it has been a banner year for horror movies.

Now, for many directors who have the task to direct these horror films, it is hard to execute a great idea to entertain an audience. You can either surprise, entertain or bore them and most of them I tend to get a bit bored but there are some out there that will get me excited that I went on a full ride with the concept or story. There are some classics or solidly entertaining scary films out there and here are my personal favorites.

The Exorcist (my personal favorite)

Rosemary's Baby

Halloween (1978)

The Shining

Psycho (1960)

Scream

The Cabin in the Woods

The Conjuring

The Fly (1986)

Dawn of the Dead

A Nightmare on Elm Street

It Follows

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