A comprehensive list of the 70 scariest horror movies from 1960 till today—the scariest film of each year plus honorable mentions.
—1990—
Misery
The Exorcist III
1990 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Flatliners
Brain Dead
Nightbreed
Jacob’s Ladder
The Exorcist III
Night of the Living Dead 1990
—1991—
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
The People Under the Stairs
Dead Again
—1992—
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Candyman
1992 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Alien 3
Army of Darkness
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
—1993—
1993 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Kalifornia
Needful Things
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
—1994—
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
1994 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Demons 2
In the Mouth of Madness
Interview with a Vampire
—1995—
Demon Knight
1995 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Prophecy
Outbreak
Seven
—1996—
Scream
1996 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Ghost and the Darkness
From Dusk Till Dawn
The Craft
—1997—
Event Horizon
1997 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Lost Highway
Scream 2
Cube
—1998—
Halloween H20
1998 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Apt Pupil
The Faculty
Ring (Japan)
—1999—
The Blair Witch Project
1999 HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Stigmata
Stir of Echoes
The Sixth Sense
Horror Revival 