The Best Horror Movies Ever

I just love a good horror movie so I have had fun going back over all the movies that I have watch in the last 20 years or so during which I have been a fan. There have been quite a few, and although many of them were either mediocre or just plain rubbish there have also been a large number of good ones, so it wasn't easy to whittle my little list here down to just ten titles and no more. What that means is that there are a whole bunch of great titles which could quite easily have made it onto the list which I had to leave out, which is a shame but couldn't be avoided. So please don't get angry and start shouting at your computer monitor if I've missed out one of your favourites! Having said that, I hope you enjoy reading my selection of the best ever. I should also say that these ten are not listed in any particular order.

1. Donny Darko - Surreal strangeness and high-wierd at their very best. Any movie which has a man dressed up in a furry bunny costume as the bad guy, and still manages to be dark and twisted rather than camp and amusing has to be doing something pretty amazing. A true cult classic this one.
2. The Blair Witch Project - This one had a massive impact on the genre, adding a new kind of realism as it presented itself as geniune camcorder footage from a bunch of students in an isolated forest. Not long after watching this I had to walk home down a dark path through a small woods, and I don't mind telling you that I came within millimeters of moistening my underwear.
3. The Exorcist - Pretty much the only movie from as far back as the 1970's which I can still watch and enjoy. Very controversial at he time, it follows a young girl who is possessed, and the priest trying to save her life and her soul.
4. Shaun of the Dead - The funniest horror movie ever made, this zombie flick takes itself about as seriously as a high priest of unserious.
5. The Silence of the Lambs - The original and still the best cannibal - Hanibal Lecter does his thing. Great acting really makes it work brilliantly
6. Scream - Manages to balance perfectly on the fine line between being a spoof and a serious scary movie. A modern classic.
7. 28 Days Later - Without a doubt the best modern reworking oft he zombie theme
8. Brain Dead - Pure low budget gorefest Brain Dead is funny and disgusting in equal measure.
9. Final Destination - Again I liked the first ojne the best, simply because of the way it made you jump out of your seat.
10. Nightmare on Elm Street - I grew up with Freddy Krueger the back from the dead child killer scraping his metal claws along walls and railings. OK, so I was only 10 at the time, but nothing has ever scared me the way that Freddy Krueger scared me.