18 of the Best Classic Horror Movies All True Horror Fans Need to Watch
These top-notch films from the 1920s to the 1960s may be old, but they're still terrifying.
Most people have seen the horror movies their parents watched back in the 1970s and 1980s, such as Halloween, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street, but what about the movies that came before that era? Each generation of horror movies ultimately helped push the boundaries for the new scary movies we see today, such as Barbarian, Scream VI, and The Blackening.
So, when we say "classic" horror movies here, we're taking things *Hilary Duff voice* "back, back to the beginning," examining all the best and most terrifying films (of the time) from the 1920s to the 1960s. Honestly, without these movies, we wouldn't have the modern-day horror sagas we love today. Plus, nearly all of these movies have been remade at least once since they originally premiered, so you may be familiar with many of these storylines.
From Universal Monster movies like Dracula and Frankenstein to Vincent Price-starring films such as House of Wax or House on Haunted Hill to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, there's something for every type of horror fan on this list.
Stacey Grant is a senior editor at Seventeen who runs the brand's Snapchat Discover channel. She also covers entertainment topics specializing in nostalgia, such as classic '90s and '00s Disney Channel and Nickelodeon content.
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