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Letterboxd's Top 250 Horror Films

An accompaniment to the Letterboxd Top 250, which sadly contains very few horror films. These are the horror films on Letterboxd with the highest average rating.

Extracted from here.

No shorts, no TV series, no TV movies, no YouTube videos, no filmed stage productions, no reissues, no re-edits of existing footage, no trailer compilations, no student films, no lost movies, no music videos / visual albums, nothing marked as a documentary, nor anything else that isn't really a full film. All entries must be at least 40 minutes in length. Direct-to-video releases are eligible, provided they are over 60 minutes in length.

To ensure this list isn't filled with films with very few ratings, this only includes films rated by…

There are 33 comedy films in this list.

  • The Cremator

    5

  • What We Do in the Shadows

    24

  • Phantom of the Paradise

    27

  • One Cut of the Dead

    34

  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    39

  • Evil Dead II

    45

  • House

    48

  • Shaun of the Dead

    58

  • Braindead

    63

  • The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales

    73

  • Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

    77

  • Little Shop of Horrors

    85

  • An American Werewolf in London

    99

  • The Happiness of the Katakuris

    109

  • The Return of the Living Dead

    117

  • Dead Talents Society

    122

  • Re-Animator

    140

  • Little Otik

    144

  • Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

    161

  • Death Becomes Her

    165

  • Cemetery Man

    167

  • Army of Darkness

    171

  • The Ugly Stepsister

    182

  • The Day of the Beast

    193

  • Encounters of the Spooky Kind

    194

  • Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

    200

  • The Lost Boys

    204

  • Singapore Sling

    209

  • Mr. Vampire

    210

  • The Abominable Dr. Phibes

    213

  • Ravenous

    216

  • Gremlins

    231

  • Theatre of Blood

    237