If cinema is like dreaming with our eyes open, then horror movies could rightly be viewed as waking nightmares: an opportunity to confront our unconscious fears directly — most often as entertainment,

The sci-fi thriller «Alien» was in 11th place. The detective thriller «The Silence of the Lambs» took the 13th position. The top twenty includes «Halloween», «The Shining» and «The Trap». The full list also includes «The Fly», «Funny Games», «Scream», «A Nightmare on Elm Street», the sequel to «Human Centipede» and «Suspiria».

You don't have to wait for Halloween to watch great horror movies. Here are 2023's best, including "When Evil Lurks" and "Talk to Me".

These are horror movies, spanning decades, and, thus, don't always, or often, offer up the healthiest representations of human sexuality. Whether it's vampire eroticism or horny teen campers, sex in movies is complicated,

The best body horror films explore gore and human transformation on levels utterly alien to other types of films, resulting in unforgettable stories.