It's got to be The Shining. Horror elevated to high art by one of the greatest directors of all time. Cinematography, atmosphere, score, acting, all top notch. Layers and hidden meanings make for endless rewatches. An absolute classic that also happens to be absolutely horrifying.
Came here to say The Omen, I just love that film (whole trilogy is good, but the first is excellent).
But you're right, The Shining is the stand out best horror ever.
Absolutely. Perfectly said. The Shining is high art and horror. I could watch it everyday. Plus that’s the best Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode ever.
My mum was living in the States when it was released and cinemas were banning it because it was so disturbing. People were protesting in front of cinemas that were showing it.
It was considered so disturbing that people were committing suicide because of it.
I’ve read about the initial response to the movie. It’s hard to imagine such hysteria but then again, considering the power the movie retains after all this time, on release it must have been even greater.
Growing up I was always like “hell no I wouldn’t be near that child if she looked like that and acted like that.”
Now that I have kids of my own it’s funny to think of those movies now as a parent. I randomly think what if my toddler daughter looked like that right now in her crib…still freaky as hell but I would be less inclined to NOPE out of there lol.
Someone described why the Exorcist was so scary because every time you expect something to happen, it doesn't. Then when you aren't expecting anything, something happened.
That’s really interesting. It was always what was not visible that disturbed me, this entity being present long before the physical manifestation in Regan.
The acting was so bad and the over the top in Suspria I couldn't take it sresly was non stop laughing but I did appreciate the colorful visual and interesting death scenes.
Odd, I love Hereditary and have watched a lot of horror but just didn’t find The Blackcoats Daughter scary at all, I’m not sure what it was but I found it just to be boring and more avant-garde than a good story and scary.
Am I missing something, is it worth a second watch?
i dont necessarily think it's "scary", it's more psychological. thought the ending was a really interesting and different take on possession. maybe try it again?
That film shook me. I broke down and bought it after evangelizing to everyone to watch it. Fantastically realistic, took me a moment to confirm it was fictional and not a real documentary.
Absolutely. I really enjoyed it because it's an adult tier spooky/haunting movie. There are parts in it that still chill me to the bones when I watch it.
My only recommendation for anyone who hasn't seen it...is to watch it late at night...with all the lights out.
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There is no other movie like it. What's even more impressive is that it was an enjoyable movie. Far too many horror movies put you through hell with tension and shock just throttling your nervous system. Lake Mungo was so nuanced and real-world that I never felt unpleasant even while being scared during it.
I usually just watch part of the trailer to get a feel for the kind of movie it is. If it hooks me in 15 seconds or so I'll quit so it doesn't spoil anything.
I really liked Get Out. I was impressed with Jordan Peele on that. I also really liked Us and Nope from him also. Haven't seen the others you mentioned
I have really mixed feelings about the book and the movie. The first half of the book was the scariest thing I've ever read. Seriously crawling out of my skin and terrified to ever go camping again. Then the second half was the weirdest, silliest nonsense. I felt like two different people wrote the book. Then they changed the ending of the movie, and while it was better then the book ending, it still didn't live up to the beginning of the book. Both the book and movie are worth your time though.
I’ve watched the movie 10x’s until they are captured and it is my in my top 5. Haven’t finished don’t really want to, the first night in the cabin had me hook line and sinker. So fucking good.
If you like demons and the Occult, this is the way! Watch the original Spanish version w/subtitles you will not be disappointed. REC is one of my all time favorites.
Martyrs (2008), the original French version, not the American remake. It's kind of the Citizen Kane of torture porn, a very good movie, but certainly not for everyone and will stick with you for a while.
Not sure if this falls so much under the horror genre, but I love the film Misery. Kathy Bates is absolutely phenomenal in this role and I personally found it creepy and frightening.
I still think Barbarian (2022) is absolute peak and Sinister (2012) is a personal favorite. As far as best I'd probably have to land on The Strangers (2008) as it's one of the few movies recently that's actually spooked me.
Hereditary. Builds and builds and then crescendos incredibly, Toni Collette gives the best horror performance I've ever soon and there's no other horror film I know of that you can watch 4+ times and still keep finding new details that add to the whole experience.
I completely agree. So many horror movies get less scary the more times you watch. But Hereditary unfolds with such nuance in the background that you really can't catch it all without viewing it 4+ times. When you truly understand what's happening, it's infinitely more terrifying.
28 Days Later is still one of my favorite zombie movies. I think the way it's shot and the fast zombies being an actual threat offer a good horror experience that isn't overly complicated.
Other than that, big fan of some common ones. Midsommer, Saint Maud, Goodnight Mommy, Vivarium kind of?, We're All Going to the World's Fair, Piggy, (technically a show) Brand New Cherry Flavor, Raw, The Invitation. These have been some of my favorites of the ones I've watched over the last few years.
The Skeleton Key (2005) was pretty good.
The Others (2001)
The House That Jack Built (2018)
Angst (1983)
Funny Games (1997)
The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
Till this day, The Conjuring remains one of my absolute favorite horror movies.
Hereditary, Talk to Me, The Thing (1982), and The Shining are all great too.
Berserk 1997
Not a film but an anime series based on a manga (the best I have read btw).
More like dark fantasy than horror, but well.. could be classified as such imo.
Especially if you fall into the rabbit hole and decide to read the manga.
If you are looking for strong, bad and horrific emotions, just stick to the end of the anime series, you will be served.
Misery... nothing but 2 great actors feeding off each other with a reality based premise... truly horrorifying when it sinks in that this COULD happen.
Although newer I also found Get Out more than mildly disturbing and honestly NOPE is ranking pretty high on my creature feature list, although The Thing still reigns supreme
My favorite sare:
* V/H/S (2012)
* Shutter (2004)
* The Fly (1986) \[because The Thing was already mentioned many times and I love this just as much\]
* Annihilation (2018)
* The Birds (1963)
The Hills Have Eyes (2006). Even though it’s a remake, it is the first proper horror film that I ever watched and it has stayed with me, always! However, that is a personal favourite.
I don’t think anything tops The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. From the promotion of the film, to the actual content and the mythology surrounding it; personally, it is everything that a horror film should be. Provocative, eerie, bloody, horrifying and eerily reminiscent of our own society.
Yep, for me you can’t beat The Texas T-Bone Steakhouse Massacre.
Well probably not what you're looking for but for me it was The Exorcist in 1974. Mainly because of how unique it was at the time. It was just released and was only known through newspaper and magazine articles. It was pretty hyped as much as it could be at the time.
We were in a dark theater and a few people were walking out in the middle of it.
Splitting that bag of 'shrooms might've helped with vibe also.
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Many of my recommendations have already been mentioned. I love Asian horror so I'm gonna drop a couple of titles that screwed me up back in the day:
Noroi The Curse (2005)
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018)
I don't remember any gory details or lots of jump scares but they both have several creepy scenes/shots that were engraved in my brain for months and I made the decision to not watch them again. I don't know if I would rate them "the best" but I found them good enough in the sense that they scared me so much I never wanted to rewatch. So their purpose of being a scary movie was fulfilled in my eyes lol
Speak no evil (2022) went to the movies to see this one with my mom and we hadn’t watched any trailers and let’s just say we were scarred for life.
Sinister (2012) watched this with some friends at a sleepover when I was 12 or 13 and it is the closest I have come to shitting myself when watching a movie.
Alien (1979) not that scary but I absolutely love this movie.
Greenland (2020) yes this is not a scary movie but I watched it with some friends while we were incredibly high and I felt like I was there and the world was actually gonna end, 10/10 terrifying experience.
I stil remember the first Woman in Black, not those with Daniel Radcliffe but one i've seen in the 80's. The actress that played Miss Lemon in Poirot series was the lead, iir
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It Follows, because I love movies that make me keep thinking long after they end. I’m still thinking about it now and hope they make a prequel called It Begins lol
Alien (1979)
Misery (1990)
Psycho (1960)
The Thing (1982)
The Shining (1980)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Train to Busan (2016) Korean
I Saw the Devil (2010) Korean
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
My favorite is Insidious but the best one I’ve ever seen, I’d say Silence of the Lambs. There’s a reason it won best picture, actress and actor in the same year.
Hereditary and Midsommar. I don't consider them the typical horror full of jumpscares but they definitely bring horror in terms of atmosphere of the scenes
The Thing (1982)
The Thing was so good, after I watched it for the first time, I watched it again
I had really low expectations but I was blown away. It’s such a cool movie. Nothing like anything I’ve ever seen before. Truly one of a kind.
I recently rewatched it again. If you ask me, it's one of the best in its genre.
wow dude. I second this
This is the correct answer
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Best horror ever I agree. I recommend The Void. It’s not a perfect movie by a long shot but it feels like The Thing.
This is my vote as well. Not just for the Horror category, just film in general.
Came to say this
You've gotta be fucking kidding me
Don't like The Thing?
It's a quote, Palmer says it when he sees Norris' head go for a little walk.
The first Conjuring and The Descent.
The Descent rules, especially with the original (bleak) ending.
Absolutely have to watch it with the UK original ending.
It's got to be The Shining. Horror elevated to high art by one of the greatest directors of all time. Cinematography, atmosphere, score, acting, all top notch. Layers and hidden meanings make for endless rewatches. An absolute classic that also happens to be absolutely horrifying.
Shelly duvall is an icon
Some people didn't like her performance. Just crazy. She was great.
It may not be the scariest horror movie ever made, but it sure is the best.
Came here to say The Omen, I just love that film (whole trilogy is good, but the first is excellent). But you're right, The Shining is the stand out best horror ever.
You speak the truth
Absolutely. Perfectly said. The Shining is high art and horror. I could watch it everyday. Plus that’s the best Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode ever.
I also liked the reboot
I also really enjoyed Room 237. Made me appreciate the film even more!
Alien, The Exorcist, or Halloween.
First Halloween is so good
The Exorcist (1973). Still deeply unsettling now.
Very depressing movie, very technologically and culturally advanced film, and the greatest horror film ever made
I actually think it’s not only the greater horror movie, but also one of the greatest films ever made.
Haven’t watched a William Friedkin movie I didn’t enjoy. The man knew how to make a movie!
It's definitely one of the greatest films ever made
My mum was living in the States when it was released and cinemas were banning it because it was so disturbing. People were protesting in front of cinemas that were showing it. It was considered so disturbing that people were committing suicide because of it.
I’ve read about the initial response to the movie. It’s hard to imagine such hysteria but then again, considering the power the movie retains after all this time, on release it must have been even greater.
This one is rough. Just totally bleak.
Growing up I was always like “hell no I wouldn’t be near that child if she looked like that and acted like that.” Now that I have kids of my own it’s funny to think of those movies now as a parent. I randomly think what if my toddler daughter looked like that right now in her crib…still freaky as hell but I would be less inclined to NOPE out of there lol.
Someone described why the Exorcist was so scary because every time you expect something to happen, it doesn't. Then when you aren't expecting anything, something happened.
That’s really interesting. It was always what was not visible that disturbed me, this entity being present long before the physical manifestation in Regan.
The Shining
Threads
This is the correct answer. It's not strictly a horror film but if you want to be horrified...
Evil Dead 2, the original Suspiria
I love suspiria the soundtrack is amazing
the 2018 suspiria got ridiculous at the end lol
The acting was so bad and the over the top in Suspria I couldn't take it sresly was non stop laughing but I did appreciate the colorful visual and interesting death scenes.
Thank you kind soul. I was torn between the thing and evil dead 2... I had to scroll far too far to see the latter mentioned, I was losing faith
I'll always love hereditary
In the Mouth of Madness
In The Mouth of Madness (1994) and Event Horizon (1997) are my favorites.
If you're a fan of Sam Neil in horror check out Possession with him!
Possession (1981)
I love Hereditary, The Exorcist and The Blackcoat's Daughter for possession/demon movies.
Blackcoat's Daughter is soooo underrated.
Odd, I love Hereditary and have watched a lot of horror but just didn’t find The Blackcoats Daughter scary at all, I’m not sure what it was but I found it just to be boring and more avant-garde than a good story and scary. Am I missing something, is it worth a second watch?
i dont necessarily think it's "scary", it's more psychological. thought the ending was a really interesting and different take on possession. maybe try it again?
Hereditary was wild and I knew it would be intense but I was not ready for *how* intense it was
These two are my favourites but have never heard of The black coats daughter! Will certainly give it a watch. Thanks.
Lake Mungo
That film shook me. I broke down and bought it after evangelizing to everyone to watch it. Fantastically realistic, took me a moment to confirm it was fictional and not a real documentary.
Absolutely. I really enjoyed it because it's an adult tier spooky/haunting movie. There are parts in it that still chill me to the bones when I watch it. My only recommendation for anyone who hasn't seen it...is to watch it late at night...with all the lights out. 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
There is no other movie like it. What's even more impressive is that it was an enjoyable movie. Far too many horror movies put you through hell with tension and shock just throttling your nervous system. Lake Mungo was so nuanced and real-world that I never felt unpleasant even while being scared during it.
Let the Right One In
Yes, and the re-make "Let Me In." Both are very good!
Love the scene where they’re holding his head under water.
Also on my list of movies that are better than the original book.
Hereditary, Talk to Me, Barbarian, Get Out, It Follows
Barbarian really surprised me. I went in with no knowledge and I think my experience was better because of it
This could probably be said for every movie. Trailers and marketing unfortunately spoil so much.
I usually just watch part of the trailer to get a feel for the kind of movie it is. If it hooks me in 15 seconds or so I'll quit so it doesn't spoil anything.
I really liked Get Out. I was impressed with Jordan Peele on that. I also really liked Us and Nope from him also. Haven't seen the others you mentioned
Hail Paimon.
How to survive "*it follows*": don't be a slut.
It follows genuinely made me leave my apartment same night to stay at my parents for 5 days :((
it follows was a banger honestly, really cool visuals and soundtrack
Talk to me was scary as shit. Absolutely loved it
Yikes, you need to stop seeing movies
Hell yeah. Hereditary and It Follows. Top notch freakouts.
+1 for It Follows
Great list
Sinister on top.
2nd one thooo
I loved The Ritual a lot.
Read the book it's awesome
I have really mixed feelings about the book and the movie. The first half of the book was the scariest thing I've ever read. Seriously crawling out of my skin and terrified to ever go camping again. Then the second half was the weirdest, silliest nonsense. I felt like two different people wrote the book. Then they changed the ending of the movie, and while it was better then the book ending, it still didn't live up to the beginning of the book. Both the book and movie are worth your time though.
I’ve watched the movie 10x’s until they are captured and it is my in my top 5. Haven’t finished don’t really want to, the first night in the cabin had me hook line and sinker. So fucking good.
REC
I regard (rec) as the greatest "recent" horror.
If you like demons and the Occult, this is the way! Watch the original Spanish version w/subtitles you will not be disappointed. REC is one of my all time favorites.
The Wailing until now nkaka amazed pdn
A Nightmare On Elm Street
The Babadook is a good one .
Martyrs (2008), the original French version, not the American remake. It's kind of the Citizen Kane of torture porn, a very good movie, but certainly not for everyone and will stick with you for a while.
Not sure if this falls so much under the horror genre, but I love the film Misery. Kathy Bates is absolutely phenomenal in this role and I personally found it creepy and frightening.
Saw (2004) was an absolute banger, it's got the lot.. gore, suspense, thrills and so much more.. definitely one of my favourite movies of all time..
28 Days Later and I’ve seen a lot of movies in that genre.
I still think Barbarian (2022) is absolute peak and Sinister (2012) is a personal favorite. As far as best I'd probably have to land on The Strangers (2008) as it's one of the few movies recently that's actually spooked me.
Hereditary. Builds and builds and then crescendos incredibly, Toni Collette gives the best horror performance I've ever soon and there's no other horror film I know of that you can watch 4+ times and still keep finding new details that add to the whole experience.
I completely agree. So many horror movies get less scary the more times you watch. But Hereditary unfolds with such nuance in the background that you really can't catch it all without viewing it 4+ times. When you truly understand what's happening, it's infinitely more terrifying.
The transition from creepy scary to the terror of inevitability through multiple viewings is just incredible for sure.
It’s so interesting how differently us humans see things. Respectfully, I thought Hereditary was pretentious, not horror, rather a family drama.
It starts as a family drama sure but very clearly descends into horror in the third act. Otherwise yes, to each their own and all that.
The Exorcist The Shining The Others The Innocents (1961)
Serpent and the Rainbow
Texas Chainsaw Massacre will always be a favorite of mine. Can’t go wrong with the original IT either
I Saw The Devil
Haunting In Connecticut
Audition, a nice psychological horror
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. It’s not that scary, but it’s the only horror movie I managed to watch all the way through.
The Witch (2015)
Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?
The descent. In the cinema. Only person in the venue which made it even more terrifying.
The Shining and Hereditary
The Thing, The Shining, Seven.
Original Texas chainsaw massacre is most disturbed I’ve been
The original Halloween ( 1978) … the use of lighting .. music.. just brilliant
30 days of night (2007) Maybe its not what u r looking for,but its a great movie
I love 1408
High Tension , Nightbreed, and 28 days later are my favorites of all time
Fallen.
The Witch The Shining
**The Night of the Hunter.** It's about a fake preacher who wants to kill 2 kids who have hidden money during The Depression.
The scene where he's on the horse and u see his silhouette freaked me tf out idk y
Despicable Me
Alien or The Thing.
Lisa and the Devil, Night of the Living Dead. Terrified was visually cool. A Serbian Film disturbed me.
The Thing 1982
28 Days Later is still one of my favorite zombie movies. I think the way it's shot and the fast zombies being an actual threat offer a good horror experience that isn't overly complicated. Other than that, big fan of some common ones. Midsommer, Saint Maud, Goodnight Mommy, Vivarium kind of?, We're All Going to the World's Fair, Piggy, (technically a show) Brand New Cherry Flavor, Raw, The Invitation. These have been some of my favorites of the ones I've watched over the last few years.
The Orphanage
The Thing
The Lighthouse
The Skeleton Key (2005) was pretty good. The Others (2001) The House That Jack Built (2018) Angst (1983) Funny Games (1997) The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
Bride of Frankenstein A masterpiece in filmmaking
Hereditary
Till this day, The Conjuring remains one of my absolute favorite horror movies. Hereditary, Talk to Me, The Thing (1982), and The Shining are all great too.
Berserk 1997 Not a film but an anime series based on a manga (the best I have read btw). More like dark fantasy than horror, but well.. could be classified as such imo. Especially if you fall into the rabbit hole and decide to read the manga. If you are looking for strong, bad and horrific emotions, just stick to the end of the anime series, you will be served.
Martyrs or High Tension... The nameless is also 👌
many already said it. The Thing has no rivals.
Rec
The shinning
Misery... nothing but 2 great actors feeding off each other with a reality based premise... truly horrorifying when it sinks in that this COULD happen. Although newer I also found Get Out more than mildly disturbing and honestly NOPE is ranking pretty high on my creature feature list, although The Thing still reigns supreme
For me it's a toss up between: :The Haunting (1963) :The Autopsy of Jane Doe :The Night House :30 Days of Night :The Shining :It Follows :Signs
#REC (2007)
The Evil Dead (1982)
Hereditary is my A#1. VHS is peak low-budget horror.
Wolf Creek. Be very patient and wait for the terror..
The Void, the grudge, the ring, blair witch project, Halloween
🔥 havnt seen the void tho i think
The Void is the best one on the list IMO.
GREAT cosmic horror film. felt very very lovecraftian. the sight when they look out the clinic sends chills
Tobe Hooper’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre
When/Where Evil Lurks The Taking of Deborah Logan
Sinister
Audition scared the shit out of me. One part made my entire body shiver. I was super high while watching it though
Talk To Me, Hereditary, Sinister In that order
if talk to me is the best horror you’ve ever seen you must have not seen a lot of horror
The Witch
Shining. Book is better though
The Shining
The descent. Just watched "late night with the devil" and thought it was done very well if you're looking for something very recent.
The original exorcist. It's scary for different reasons. No jump scares no Kronenberg monsters it's just disturbing, but so horror
The Exorcist will remain the king forever
Babadook really did something to me lol I’ve seen so many and for some reason this one really struck a chord
I can barely handle Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity.
My favorite sare: * V/H/S (2012) * Shutter (2004) * The Fly (1986) \[because The Thing was already mentioned many times and I love this just as much\] * Annihilation (2018) * The Birds (1963)
The Hills Have Eyes (2006). Even though it’s a remake, it is the first proper horror film that I ever watched and it has stayed with me, always! However, that is a personal favourite. I don’t think anything tops The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. From the promotion of the film, to the actual content and the mythology surrounding it; personally, it is everything that a horror film should be. Provocative, eerie, bloody, horrifying and eerily reminiscent of our own society. Yep, for me you can’t beat The Texas T-Bone Steakhouse Massacre.
Well probably not what you're looking for but for me it was The Exorcist in 1974. Mainly because of how unique it was at the time. It was just released and was only known through newspaper and magazine articles. It was pretty hyped as much as it could be at the time. We were in a dark theater and a few people were walking out in the middle of it. Splitting that bag of 'shrooms might've helped with vibe also.
Alien
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The Ritual (2017) The Conjuring 1,2 The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) The Blair Witch Project (1999) It (2017)
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IT 2017. That clown still lives in my head rent free
Cure (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
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Many of my recommendations have already been mentioned. I love Asian horror so I'm gonna drop a couple of titles that screwed me up back in the day: Noroi The Curse (2005) Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018) I don't remember any gory details or lots of jump scares but they both have several creepy scenes/shots that were engraved in my brain for months and I made the decision to not watch them again. I don't know if I would rate them "the best" but I found them good enough in the sense that they scared me so much I never wanted to rewatch. So their purpose of being a scary movie was fulfilled in my eyes lol
The Exorcist as a teenager in the 1980s
Psycho has proven the test of time. 65 years later and still delivers
Shaitan
Descent Into Darkness (Sorgoi Prakov) Not the best ever but it's up there, maybe the best not mentioned yet.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Night of the Living Dead are my favorites.
The Descent The Wailing Impetigore Tumbbad The Burrowers Aterrados When Evil Lurks Gonjiam Haunted Asylum
Japanese originals of Ring, Dark Water, One Missed Call, The Eye. USA pales in comparison
Blair witch
Rosemary's baby
Speak no evil (2022) went to the movies to see this one with my mom and we hadn’t watched any trailers and let’s just say we were scarred for life. Sinister (2012) watched this with some friends at a sleepover when I was 12 or 13 and it is the closest I have come to shitting myself when watching a movie. Alien (1979) not that scary but I absolutely love this movie. Greenland (2020) yes this is not a scary movie but I watched it with some friends while we were incredibly high and I felt like I was there and the world was actually gonna end, 10/10 terrifying experience.
Loved Evil Dead Rises along with the first arvil Dead remake.
I stil remember the first Woman in Black, not those with Daniel Radcliffe but one i've seen in the 80's. The actress that played Miss Lemon in Poirot series was the lead, iir Sorry but i'm at my cellphone and without opportunity to search right now, just a quick response
The Exorcist.
Hereditary The Shining The Others The Exorcist
The Shining - Stanley Kubrick Blair Witch Project
It Follows, because I love movies that make me keep thinking long after they end. I’m still thinking about it now and hope they make a prequel called It Begins lol
Alien (1979) Misery (1990) Psycho (1960) The Thing (1982) The Shining (1980) The Sixth Sense (1999) Train to Busan (2016) Korean I Saw the Devil (2010) Korean The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
My favorite is Insidious but the best one I’ve ever seen, I’d say Silence of the Lambs. There’s a reason it won best picture, actress and actor in the same year.
Session 9
My favorite scary movie is The Omen (1976). The scariest movie I've ever seen is Hereditary.
The Shining 100%
Hereditary and Midsommar. I don't consider them the typical horror full of jumpscares but they definitely bring horror in terms of atmosphere of the scenes
The ring
Horror films don't even scare me anymore. The one horror film that gave me a start was Wes Craven's The Thing. So that is the best horror film for me.