List of Scary Movies "Do you have to open graves to find girls to fall in love with?" - The Mummy (1932) "When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth." - Dawn of the Dead (1978) "...and remember, the next scream you hear may be your own!" - The Birds (1963) The genre of horror is like none other. It can challenge your definition of fear on parameters you never thought existed. Vampires, werewolves, ghosts, zombies, serial killers, aliens and cannibals; they've scared all of us. The characters in these movies have sometimes portrayed evil so perfectly that even after years, we get goose bumps just thinking of them. Here is our list of the top 10 scary movies ever, followed by a decade-wise list of the best movies in this genre. Index Disclaimer: Even though Zombieland and Shaun of the Dead aren't meant to scare the audience, they still make it to the top 10 list because, both come under the genre of scary movies. Top 10 Horror Movies of All Time Sometimes solely, and sometimes along with other genres such as supernatural and thriller, these movies have horrified people with their extremely well-written characters, plots and usage of the macabre. The movies are listed in no particular order. Alien 1979 Ridley Scott The Shining 1980 Stanley Kubrick Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock