List of horror films voted the best
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This is a list of horror films that have been voted the best in polls.
List
[edit]- The Exorcist (1973) was voted the best horror film of all time with 53 votes in a 2012 poll of 150 experts conducted by Time Out London.[1] It was also voted the best horror film with 67 votes in a 2015 poll of 104 horror professionals conducted by HitFix,[2][3] and topped a readers' poll by Rolling Stone magazine in 2014.[4]
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) was ranked number 1 on British film magazine Total Film's 2005 list of the greatest horror films.[5] In 2010 it was voted into first place in an additional Total Film poll of leading directors and stars of horror films.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ * "The 100 best horror films: the full list". Time Out London. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013.
- "The 100 best horror films: contributors". Time Out London. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013.
- ^ "The 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time, Voted on by Over 100 Experts". UPROXX. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "Post-Mortem: Breaking down our Ultimate Horror Movie Poll". UPROXX. 23 October 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "The 10 Best Horror Movies of All Time". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "Texas Massacre tops horror poll". BBC News. 9 October 2005. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
- ^ "Texas Chain Saw Massacre voted greatest ever horror film". The Telegraph. 30 September 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.