Horror Icons' Top 10 Horror Films

The industry's biggest names reveal their favourites

By Total FilmSep 30th 2010
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James Watkins (Eden Lake)

"Easy now to forget Ridley Scott's sheer bravura ambition to reinvent the shonky man-in-a-rubber-suit space monster movie. Working title: Star Beast. It could have all gone so wrong."

2. Peeping Tom (1960)
3. Psycho (1960)
4. Jaws (1975)
5. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
6. Dracula (1931)
7. The Thing (1982)
8. Dead Ringers (1988)
9. The Vanishing (1988)
10. Don't Look Now (1973)

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    • jkoopa

      Sep 30th 2010, 22:20

      wish The Birds got a np.1 slot, it is the only film that scares me every time I watch it

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    • Hadouken76

      Oct 1st 2010, 14:37

      I've heard of blowing your own trumpet, but referring to SIX of your staff members as icons would put Miles Davis to shame!

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    • metalgatesolid

      Oct 3rd 2010, 20:15

      Good to see The Thing (1987) in so many lists. Its my ultimate horror film. In case you wondered my top 5, it would be: The Thing [REC} Braindead (Peter Jackson) Alien Dawn Of The Dead

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