These Are The Movies You Need To SeeEvery decade has its share of great horror movies, and the very best have become true cinematic classics that are every bit as important as more `prestigious` films. From Bride of Frankenstein, Psycho, and Night of the Living Dead to Halloween, The Exorcist, and The Shining, these are movies which even the most casual horror fan knows, and they continue to influence the genre today.Whether it be out-of-nowhere jump scares or a terrifying atmospheric tone throughout the movie, truly classic films in the horror genre provide scares to its audience on multiple levels. However, because the genre is so vast, there are a plethora of these movies released every year, and because of this, many fly under the radar.But what are these films that true horror fans need to see? Everyone has their favorites, but we`ve gathered 22 movies that all lovers of zombies, ghosts, killers, and demons need to check out. Whether you`re into supernatural haunts, mad scientists reanimating the undead, or monstrous atrocities creating havoc on screen, there`s something on this list just for you. Some of these movies are available on streaming services, which are notes. How many have you seen? Black Sunday (1960)Mario Bava is the godfather of Italian horror, and one of the most influential filmmakers ever to work in the genre. Black Sunday is perhaps his finest film; a striking, dreamlike slice of gothic madness that feels very different to the movies that were being served up by better known horror flick production houses such as Hammer at that time. Black Sunday is best known for the opening scene in which Barbara Steele has a metal mask hammered onto her face, but the whole movie is a macabre must-see.Streaming on: Shudder Society (1990)There`s no other horror movie quite like Society. A satire of 1980s class and privilege, it plays out like a weird, gloopy soap opera, as ex-Baywatch star Billy Warlock discovers that his privileged, status-obse ...
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