20 Scariest Movies of All Time

Entertainment Weekly's picks for the movies "with the most fright per frame."

	The Shining Unforgettable images of terror envelope a family isolated and snowbound in a huge resort hotel with a macabre history of violence. The caretaker's son's psychic ability (his " shining ") gives him visions of evil to come. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.  Starring Jack Nicholson & Shelley Duvall. Based on the book The Shining by Stephen King. R
	The Exorcist A young girl becomes possessed by the devil and causes several violent deaths before she can be cured. Directed by William Friedkin. Starring Ellen Burstyn, Max Von Sydow, & Linda Blair. Based on the book The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty. R
	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre A group of teenagers pick up a hitchhiker and wind up in a backwoods horror chamber where they're held captive, tortured, chopped up, and impaled on meat hooks by a demented cannibalistic family, including the maniacal Leatherface who wields a chainsaw. Directed by Tobe Hooper. Starring Sally Hardesty, Allen Danziger, & Jim Siedow. R
	The Silence of the Lambs FBI agent Clarice Starling is sent to interview imprisoned killer Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter. She hopes he might reveal information about another crazed killer known only as "Buffalo Bill," who is abducting young women, starving them, and then killing them. Lecter's brilliant mind is intrigued by the beautiful Starling, and he begins giving her mystifying clues which could be helpful or merely a game. The terror builds as "Buffalo Bill" grabs another victim and the countdown to death begins again. Finding the madman means Starling must get inside Lecter's mind. To stop the killer, she must enter a terrifying race against death. Directed by Jonathan Demme. Starring Jodie Foster & Anthony Hopkins. Based on the book Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris. R
	Jaws A police chief, a scientist, and a grizzled sailor set out to kill a shark that is menacing the seaside community of Amity Island. Directed by Stephen Spielberg. Starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, & Richard Dreyfuss. Based on the book Jaws by Peter Benchley. PG
	Halloween On a black and unholy Halloween night years ago, little Michael Meyers brutally slaughtered his sister in cold blood. But for the last fifteen years, town residents have rested easy, knowing that he was safely locked away in a mental hospital ... until tonight. Tonight, Michael returns to the same quiet neighborhood to relive his grisly murder again ... and again ... and again. For this is a night of evil. Tonight is Halloween! Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Donald Pleasence & Jamie Lee Curtis. R
	Psycho When Marion Crane steals money from her employer and escapes out of town, her getaway takes her to the Bates Motel, run by a young man with his own terrible secrets. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Anthony Perkins & Janet Leigh. Based on the book Psycho by Robert Bloch. R
	Se7en Psychological thriller about two detectives on the trail of a serial killer who chooses his victims according to the seven deadly sins. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Brad Pitt,  Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, & Kevin Spacey. R
	Rosemary's Baby Rosemary and her new husband Guy move into a new apartment in New York, befriending an elderly couple who live nearby. But when another girl on the block commits suicide, Rosemary starts getting more attention than she desires, from all the wrong people. And now with her (late) friend's warnings about witches in mind, she has a new problem - the protection of her forthcoming child. But it may not be the child that needs protection. Directed by Roman Polanski. Starring Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, & Ruth Gordon.  Based on the book Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin. R
	Poltergeist Life is very pleasant for a California family until a host of other-worldly forces invade their peaceful suburban home. Their house is turned into a supernatural sideshow, and if the family doesn't clear out, they will be swept off into nightmarish chaos. Directed by Tobe Hooper & Stephen Spielberg. Starring Craig T. Nelson & JoBeth Williams. PG
	A Nightmare on Elm Street Nancy is having grisly nightmares. Meanwhile, her high school friends, who are having the very same dreams, are being slaughtered in their sleep by the hideous fiend of their shared nightmares. When the police ignore her explanation, she herself must confront the killer in his shadowy realm. Directed by Wes Craven. Starring Robert Englund. R
	The Thing New version of the 1951 horror film set at an Antarctica research station in Winter of 1982, where a scientific team of twelve men discover an alien being which has been buried in the ice for 100,000 years. As it defrosts, the " Thing " replicates dogs and men and becomes one of the research team. Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Kurt Russell & Wilford Brimley. Based on the book Who goes there? by John W. Campbell, Jr. R
	Evil Dead The evil dead lie in wait for the one ancient incantation that will give them license to attack the living. Five vacationing college students unwittingly resurrect these demons. One by one, the students are transformed into monsters whose own thirst for revenge becomes insatiable. Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Bruce Campbell. NR
	Carrie Carrie is a tortured high school misfit with no confidence, no friends - and no idea about the extent of her secret powers of telekinesis. But when her psychotic mother and sadistic classmates finally go too far, the once-shy teen becomes an unrestrained, vengeance-seeking powerhouse who, with the help of her "special gift," causes all hell to break loose in a famed cinematic frenzy of blood, fire and brimstone. Directed by Brian De Palma.  Starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, & Amy Irving. Based on the book Carrie by Stephen King. R
	Night of the Living Dead The radiation from a fallen satellite causes the recently deceased to rise from the grave and seek the living to use as food. Several people barricade themselves inside a rural farmhouse in an attempt to survive the night. Directed by George Romero. R
	The Omen A chilling suspense mystery, this riveting tale of the supernatural explores the Biblical prophecy of the warning which will foretell the coming of Armageddon. The final confrontation between the forces of good and evil will begin with the birth of the son of Satan -- in human form. Directed by Richard Donner. Starring Gregory Peck & Lee Remick. R
	An American Werewolf in London It's a rainy night on the Welsh moors. Two American students on a walking tour of Europe trudge on to the next town, when suddenly the air is pierced by an unearthly howl ... Three weeks later, one is dead and the other is in the hospital. Directed by John Landis. Starring David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, & Griffin Dunne. R
	Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
	The Hitcher It's a dark, rainy night as young Jim Halsey drives along an endless stretch of desert highway. Up ahead looms a figure on the road - a hitcher . The journey into terror has just begun for Jim Halsey. An unending nightmare filled with one horror scene after another, as the deranged hitcher continues on his slaughterous rampage. Directed by Robert Harmon. Starring C. Thomas Howell & Rutger Hauer. R
	Lost Highway