Horror movies are always popular, but never more so than during the Halloween season.

And while there are a handful of modern classics like Get Out and It, many of the greatest horror flicks are older films.

To celebrate the scary season, Watch With Us has assembled the best horror movies of all time, as ranked by IMDb.

Note that films like The Silence of the Lambs and Seven are actually thrillers. and not horror flicks. That’s why you won’t find them below, unlike some other horror movie lists.

5 Best Horror Movies to Watch in October 2025, Ranked by IMDb Score

7. ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ (1984)

IMDb rank: 7.4

The 1980s horror movies belonged to the slashers, and none of those big-screen killers could match the impact of Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) in A Nightmare on Elm Stre

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