2004 list - 2005 list

The Horror Board's Top 106 Scariest Films (2005)

39 people voted for 279 different films

1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre-1974 (489-27)
2. The Exorcist-1973 (385-24)
3. Halloween-1978 (366-21)
4. The Shining-1980 (314-18)
5. A Nightmare on Elm Street-1984 (298-21)
6. Night of the Living Dead-1968 (295-19)
7. The Evil Dead-1981 (292-19)
8. Jaws-1975 (284-17)
9. The Blair Witch Project-1999 (240-15)
10. Alien-1979 (196-13)
11. The Thing-1982 (188-13)
12. Psycho-1960 (181-13)
13. Candyman-1992 (172-13)
14. A Tale of Two Sisters-2003 (172-10)
15. Suspiria-1977 (142-10)
16. The House With Laughing Windows-1976 (141-8)
17. Hellraiser-1987 (138-11)
18. The Haunting-1963 (137-12)
19. The Changeling-1980 (128-8)
20. Rosemary's Baby-1968 (127-9)
21. Pet Sematary-1989 (120-9)
22. The Fog-1980 (119-11)
23. The Entity-1981 (107-8)
24. Day of the Dead-1985 (104-5)
25. Dawn of the Dead-1978 (100-7)

26. Poltergeist-1982 (93-6)
27. The Silence of the Lambs-1991 (92-7)
28. Carrie-1976 (91-9)
29. Halloween II-1981 (89-7)
30. The Omen-1976 (88-7)
31. The Wicker Man-1973 (88-7)
32. Deep Red-1975 (86-5)
33. Evil Dead II-1987 (84-5)
34. Friday the 13th-1980 (82-10)
35. The Innocents-1961 (82-5)
36. Ringu-1998 (79-6)
37. The Grudge-2004 (77-6)
38. The Ring-2002 (77-6)
39. The Exorcist III-1990 (77-5)
40. Black Christmas-1974 (74-8)
41. Black Sabbath-1963 (72-6)
42. Cannibal Holocaust-1980 (72-5)
43. Ju-on: The Grudge-2003 (71-5)
44. High Tension-2003 (68-5)
45. Salem's Lot-1979 (68-4)
46. Jacob's Ladder-1990 (67-5)
47. The Howling-1981 (66-5)
48. Nosferatu-1922 (65-7)
49. Dawn of the Dead-2004 (65-6)
50. Eraserhead-1977 (65-5)

51. The Eye-2002 (61-7)
52. Village of the Damned-1960 (60-4)
53. Angel Heart-1987 (58-4)
54. Misery-1990 (57-5)
55. 28 Days Later-2002 (57-5)
56. The Tenant-1976 (55-4)
57. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre-2003 (54-4)
58. Repulsion-1965 (53-4)
59. The Mothman Prophecies-2002 (52-5)
60. The Legend of Hell House-1973 (51-4)
61. Castle of Blood-1964 (51-3)
62. Invasion of the Body Snatchers-1978 (51-3)
63. Saw-2004 (49-7)
64. Freaks-1932 (47-5)
65. In the Mouth of Madness-1995 (46-4)
66. Don't Look Now-1973 (46-3)
67. Stephen King's It-1990 (45-6)
68. Scream-1996 (45-4)
69. The Fly-1986 (45-2)
70. The Others-2001 (44-4)
71. Onibaba-1964 (43-4)
72. The Body Snatcher-1945 (43-3)
73. Session 9-2001 (40-5)
74. Carnival of Souls-1962 (40-3)
75. Dead of Night-1945 (40-3)

76. The Exorcism of Emily Rose-2005 (40-2)
77. The Sixth Sense-1999 (38-4)
78. Trilogy of Terror-1975 (37-2)
79. Night of the Demon-1957 (36-3)
80. The Hitcher-1986 (35-5)
81. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors-1987 (35-3)
82. White Zombie-1932 (35-2)
83. The Birds-1963 (34-4)
84. House on Haunted Hill-1959 (33-3)
85. An American Werewolf in London-1981 (33-2)
86. Black Sunday-1960 (33-2)
87. My Little Eye-2002 (33-2)
88. Friday the 13th: Part 2-1981 (32-4)
89. Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers-1988 (32-2)
90. When A Stranger Calls-1979 (31-5)
91. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer-1986 (31-3)
92. Signs-2002 (31-3)
93. The Vanishing-1988 (31-3)
94. Se7en-1995 (31-2)
95. House of 1000 Corpses-2003 (30-2)
96. Audition-1999 (28-4)
97. The Beyond-1981 (28-2)
98. Eyes Without a Face-1959 (28-2)
99. Zombi 2-1979 (27-4)
100. Children of the Corn-1984 (27-2)
101. Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers-1995 (27-2)
102. Prince of Darkness-1987 (27-2)
103. The Amityville Horror-1979 (26-3)
104. The Hills Have Eyes-1977 (26-3)
105. The Last Man on Earth-1964 (26-3)
106. Picnic At Hanging Rock-1975 (26-2)