The 100 best horror movies and how to watch them streaming

A few days ago Variety, one of the most respected media in the world of Hollywood cinema, published its list of the best 100 horror films in history. The list was prepared by a group of critics and film specialists who have managed to unify the best of the seventh art dedicated to fear and terror. Their list is what we take as a reference for this guide. Keep in mind that not all the movies in the top 100 are available in Spain in streaming, at least at this time. And, to start, we are going to give you the top 10, so as not to make you wait and get to the point. Then we include the complete list with the 100 films.

Top 10

The first position is occupied by The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a classic from 1974 that must be recognized as holding up just as well as in its time and that has perfectly stood the test of time. It portrays an evil, violent, ruthless character, who only wants to kill and who, furthermore, does it with special harshness and cruelty. The way in which he hunts down the film’s characters has transcended time and has ensured that the film continues to be among mandatory viewings for lovers of the genre. At the same time, the essence of the film remains terrifying.

In second position is The Exorcist, the original, the film that many people refused to see because of the religious connotations it had. It became a milestone, both for the scene of the possessed girl and for the dialogues, the soundtrack or that flash that the film has and that manages to terrify those who see it for the first time. Everything in this movie instills a fear that never goes out of style.

The third film on the top is Psycho, the story of Norman Bates that, taking advantage of the virtues of Alfred Hitchcock, transmits an increasing terror. What begins as a slow plot in which you don’t expect to end up living a nightmare, gradually becomes more complicated and scares the viewer. A masterpiece.

We reach fourth position with Jaws, which does not need any type of introduction and is also essential at all levels. For its part, the fifth film in the top 100 is The Devil’s Seed, in its original version from 1968, which with a duration of over two hours made history. To finish the top 10, the next films on the list are Night of the Living Dead, Audition, Doctor Frankenstein, Saló or the 120 Days of Sodom and Carrie.

The list of 100 movies

We have already shared the first 10 films in the top, but now we move on to the complete list of the 100 in order. Next to each title we put the platforms on which it can be seen. If there is no platform indicated, it is because it is not available in Spain right now. You would have the option of looking for them on television or checking if they are available on DVD or digital rental, for example.

1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) – Prime Video, Filmin, Acontra+
2. The Exorcist – Max, Netflix, Movistar Plus+
3. Psychosis – Filmin, Movistar Plus+
4. Jaws – Netflix, Filmin
5. The devil’s seed
6. Night of the Living Dead – Prime Video, Filmin, FlixOlé, Run:Time, Movistar Plus+, Plex
7. Audition – Movistar Plus+
8. Dr. Frankenstein
9. Saló or the 120 days of Sodom – Filmin
10. Carrie – Prime Video, Filmin, Tivify
11. Alien, the eighth passenger – Disney+
12. King Kong (1933) – Prime Video, FlixOlé, Acontra+
13. The Silence of the Lambs – Prime Video, Filmin
14. Nosferatu – Filmin, Plex
15. Threat in the shadows – Movistar Plus+
16. Halloween night – FlixOlé
17. The diabolical ones – Plex, Acontra+
18. The Shining – Max
19. The Mummy (1932)
20. Let me out – Movistar Plus+, Netflix
21. The mask of the devil – Filmin
22. The carnival of souls – Filmin, Prime Video, Plex
23. Zombie: Return of the Living Dead
24. The Blair Witch Project
25. Scream (Watch Who’s Calling) – SkyShowtime
26. Suspense! – Filmin
27. Dracula (1931) –
28. The wicker man
29. The Phantom of the Opera – Filmin, Run:time, Acontra+
30. Eyes without a face – Filmin, Acontra+
31. The Ring, the circle – Acontra+
32. The Night of the Hunter – Filmin
33. M, the Vampire of Düsseldorf – Prime Video, Plex
34. Terrifyingly dead – Movistar Plus+
35. The Invasion of the Body Snatchers – Filmin
36. Hereditary – Prime Video, FlixOlé, Movistar Plus+, Netflix
37. Dark red – FlixOlé, Plex
38. The stop of the monsters – Filmin
39. The beyond
40. Bride of Frankenstein
41. The demons – Filmin
42. 28 days later
43. Vampire
44. Hunter
45. The invisible man
46. The thing – Filmin
47. Godzilla, Japan under the terror of the monster – Filmin
48. The birds – Filmin, Movistar Plus+
49. The Witch – Netflix
50. Onibaba
51. Irreversible
52. Six women for the murderer – Filmin
53. eraser head
54. Let me in – Prime Video, Filmin, Movistar Plus+, Acontra+
55. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari – Filmin
56. The Fly – Disney+, Filmin
57. The panic photographer – Acontra+
58. Raw
59. What happened to Baby Jane?
60. Funny Games – Fun games – Movistar Plus+, Acontra+
61. Candyman, the domain of the mind – SkyShowtime
62. Gremlins – Max
63. The man and the monster
64. Planet Terror – Movistar Plus+
65. The Incredible Shrinking Man – Filmin, Pluto TV
66. Babadook – Netflix
67. Possession – Filmin
68. The sixth sense – Disney+
69. The night travelers – Filmin
70. The Stranger – Filmin
71. Hostel 2
72. The woman and the monster – Filmin
73. Andy Warhol’s Dracula (Blood for Dracula) – Filmin
74. Nightmare on Elm Street – Max
75. The descent – ​​Acontra+
76. I walked with a zombie – Filmin
77. The devouring mass – Filmin
78. The anguish of fear
79. The prophecy – Disney+, Movistar Plus+
80. The crimes of the wax museum – Movistar Plus+
81. The werewolf
82. What the truth hides – Disney+
83. Little Shop of Horrors – Run:time, Filmin, Plex, Filmzie
84. Inseparable – Prime Video, Filmin, FlixOlé
85. Re-Animator – Filmin, Acontra+
86. The Town of the Damned – Filmin, Movistar+
87. Missing – Filmin
88. Bloodfest
89. Dracula (1958) – Filmin
90. A Page of Madness
91. As the night dies – Movistar+, Filmin
92. The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) – Amc+
93. The Panther Woman – Filmin, FlixOlé, Acontra+
94. final horizon
95. Braindead: your mother ate my dog
96. The invasion of the ultrabodies – Prime Video, Filmin
97. The Haunted Mansion – Filmin
98. The Devil’s Backbone – Filmin
99. Suspiria – Filmin, FlixOlé, Acontra+
100. Repulsion – Prime Video, Plex, Acontra+

Do you miss a lot of movies? We would say quite a few! It is noticeable that at Variety they have gone for the most classic cinema and have left some that are essential. For example, we would put REC as mandatory and also more than one of the recent horror films that have set trends. Anyway, everything is debatable. The good news is that, although they are classics, as you can see, they have good availability in our country.