Scary Movies By Chase Iwanejko
Scary movies have been around since the 1800s. The 1930s-40 is when they started becoming popular. This is a list of the most popular scary movies starting from the 1930s to the 2020s.
1930s Scary Movies
Dracula (1931 NR)
Frankenstein (1931 NR)
The Mummy (1932 NR)
The Invisible Man (1933 NR)
King Kong (1933 NR)
1940s scary movies
The Ape (1940 NR)
The Invisible Man Returns (1940 NR)
The Wolf Man (1941 NR)
The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942 NR)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942 NR)
Son of Dracula (1943 NR)
1950s scary movies
The Thing from Another World (1951)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956 NR)
The Werewolf (1956 PG)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957 NR)
Horror of Dracula (1958 NR)
1960s scary movies
Psycho (1960 R)
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Black Sabbath (1963)
The Birds (1963)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
1970s scary movies
The Exorcist (1973 R)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974 R)
Jaws (1975 PG)
Carrie (1976 R)
Jaws 2 (1978 PG)
Dawn of the Dead (1978 R)
Halloween (1978 R)
Alien (1979 R)
1980s scary movies
The Shining (1980 R)
Friday the 13th (1980 R)
The Evil Dead (1981 R)
Halloween II (1981 R)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982 R)
Creepshow (1982 R)
1990s scary movies
IT (1990 R)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991 R)
Candyman (1992 R)
Halloween: The Curse of Micheal Myers (1995 R)
Scream (1996 R)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997 R)
Scream 2 (1997 R)
Blair Witch Project (1999 R)
2000s scary movies
Final Destination (2000 R)
The Ring (2002 R)
Final Destination 2 (2003 R)
Saw (2004 R)
Dawn of the Dead (2004 R)
Rob Zombie’s Halloween (2007 R)
Paranormal Activity (2007 R)
Friday the 13th (2009 R)
Final Destination (2009 R)
2010s scary movies
The Conjuring (2013 R)
The Conjuring 2 (2016 R)
Terifier (2016 R)
IT (2017 R)
A Quiet Place (2018 R)
John Carpenter’s Halloween (2018 R)
The Nun (2018 R)
2020s scary movies
A Quiet Place Part 2 (2020 R)
The Invisible Man (2020 R)
Black Phone (2021 R)
Terifer 2 (2022 R)
Scream VI (2023 R)
Five Nights At Freddy’s (2023 R)
Terifer 3 (2024 R)
The Monkey (2025 R)
Final Destination Bloodlines (2025 R)
Rating Key:
PG-Parental Guidance
NR-Not Rated
R-Restricted 16+
E-Everyone
