

Why you should watch it: Be prepared for a slower pace, but Hitchcock's movie is disturbingly good. A huge assault starts on the town by attacking birds. One day birds start attacking children at Mitch's sister's party. She brings with her the gift of two love birds and they strike up a romance. Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) meets Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet store and decides to follow him home. Why you should watch it: There's a number of movies about the monster, as well as the actual Dr Frankenstein, but the original is as eerie today as it was when released. Frankenstein searches for the elusive being, and eventually must confront his tormented creation. Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant, Fritz (Dwight Frye), Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster (Boris Karloff), but, confused and traumatized, it escapes into the countryside and begins to wreak havoc. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) as he attempts to create life by assembling a creature from body parts of the deceased. This iconic horror film follows the obsessed scientist Dr. Why you should watch it: This silent masterpiece is a staple of old school horror, sex and death abound. Meanwhile Orlok's servant, Knock (Alexander Granach), prepares for his master to arrive at his new home. After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger.

The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen (Greta Schroeder). In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. Why you should watch it: Dracula stories may come and go, but the original Hammer Horror is always worth a watch. With the help of her brother, Arthur (Michael Gough), Van Helsing struggles to protect Lucy and put an end to Count Dracula's parasitic reign of terror. Upon arriving, Van Helsing finds an undead Harker in Dracula's crypt and discovers that the count's next target is Harker's ailing fiancée, Lucy Holmwood (Carol Marsh). Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) is led to Count Dracula's (Christopher Lee) castle. On a search for his missing friend Jonathan Harker (John Van Eyssen), vampire hunter Dr. I am the Pretty Little Thing That Lives in the House (2016).Scariest movies on Netflix - your quick list Here are our top choices - if we've missed your favourite horror leave us a note in the comments with your reason and we'll take it to our panel (.a few horror geeks) and consider adding it. We've put together our ultimate list of the best horror movies for you to make your way through whether it's Halloween or not. Whether it's the blood and gore of Saw or the uneasy tension of The Shining every good horror manages to do the same thing - to get in our heads, lodge themselves there, and freak us out. It may feel that life is scarier than fiction at the moment, but there are a few movies out there proving things could be much, much worse.įrom ghostly fog to horrific creatures, psychological thrillers to outright horror gore, there's something for everyone.
