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jimdelrio's "201 Essential Horror Films"

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  1. 1.
    The Abominable Dr. Phibes
    by Robert Fuest
  2. 2.
    Aftermath/Genesis
    by Nacho Cerdà
  3. 3.
    Alien (The Director's Cut)
    by Ridley Scott
  4. 4.
  5. 5.
    An American Werewolf in London (Full Moon Edition)
    by John Landis
  6. 6.
    The Amityville Horror
    by Stuart Rosenberg
  7. 7.
    Anthropophagus: The Grim Reaper
    by Joe D'Amato
  8. 8.
    April Fool's Day
    by Fred Walton (II)
  9. 9.
  10. 10.
    Audition (Uncut Special Edition)
    by Takashi Miike
  11. 11.
    Bad Taste

  12. 12.
    Basket Case (20th Anniversary Special Edition)
    by Frank Henenlotter
  13. 13.
    The Beyond
    by Lucio Fulci
  14. 14.
  15. 15.
    The Birds (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock
  16. 16.
    Black Christmas (Special Edition)
    by Bob Clark
  17. 17.
    Black Sabbath
    by Mario Bava
  18. 18.
    Black Sunday
    by Mario Bava
  19. 19.
    The Blair Witch Project
    by Daniel Myrick
  20. 20.
    The Blob (The Criterion Collection)
    by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
  21. 21.
    The Blob

  22. 22.
    Blood and Black Lace (2 Disc Special Edition)
    by Mario Bava
  23. 23.
    Brain Damage: Special Edition
    by Frank Henenlotter
  25. 25.
    The Brood
    by David Cronenberg
  26. 26.
    Bubba Ho-Tep (Limited Collector's Edition)
    by Don Coscarelli
  27. 27.
    The Burning
    by Tony Maylam
  28. 28.
    Cabin Fever
    by Eli Roth
  29. 29.
    The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Robert Wiene
  30. 30.
    Candyman (Special Edition)
    by Bernard Rose
  31. 31.
    Cannibal Ferox
    by Umberto Lenzi
  32. 32.
    Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

  34. 34.
    Carrie (Special Edition)
    by Brian De Palma
  35. 35.
    Cat People / The Curse of the Cat People
    by Gunther von Fritsch
  36. 36.
    Cemetery Man
    by Michele Soavi
  37. 37.
    The Changeling

  38. 38.
    Child's Play (Chucky's 20th Birthday Edition)
    by Tom Holland
  39. 39.
    Children of the Corn
    by Fritz Kiersch
  40. 40.
    Christine (Special Edition)
    by John Carpenter
  41. 41.
    Christmas Evil (Special Edition)
    by Lewis Jackson
  42. 42.
    C.H.U.D.

  43. 43.
    The Church
    by Michele Soavi
  44. 44.
    City of the Living Dead

  45. 45.
    Coffin Joe - At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
    by Jose Mojica Marins
  46. 46.
    Coffin Joe - This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse
    by Jos Mojica Marins
  47. 47.
    The Crazies
    by George A. Romero
  49. 49.
    Creepshow (Snap Case Packaging)
    by George A. Romero
  50. 50.
    Cujo (25th Anniversary Edition)
    by Lewis Teague
  51. 51.
    Curse of the Demon / Night of the Demon
    by Jacques Tourneur
  52. 52.
    Dawn of the Dead (Ultimate Edition)
    by George A. Romero
  53. 53.
    Day of the Dead (Divimax Special Edition)
    by George A. Romero
  54. 54.
    Dead Alive
    by Peter Jackson
  55. 55.
    Dead & Buried (Limited Edition)
    by Gary Sherman
  56. 56.
    The Dead Zone
    by David Cronenberg
  57. 57.
    Deep Red
    by Dario Argento
  58. 58.
    Demons (Special Edition)
    by Lamberto Bava
  59. 59.
    The Descent (Original Unrated Widescreen Edition)
    by Neil Marshall
  60. 60.
    The Devil's Rejects (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
    by Rob Zombie
  61. 61.
    Dog Soldiers
    by Neil Marshall
  62. 62.
    Don't Look Now
    by Nicolas Roeg
  63. 63.
    Don't Torture a Duckling
    by Lucio Fulci
  65. 65.
    Dust Devil - The Final Cut (Limited Collector's Edition)
    by Richard Stanley
  66. 66.
    Eaten Alive

  67. 67.
    Equinox (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jack Woods
  68. 68.
    Evil Dead II
    by Sam Raimi
  69. 69.
    The Evil Dead (Ultimate Edition)
    by Sam Raimi
  70. 70.
    The Exorcist (The Version You've Never Seen)
    by William Friedkin
  71. 71.
    Eyes Without a Face (The Criterion Collection)
    by Georges Franju
  72. 72.
    The Fall of the House of Usher (Midnite Movies)
    by Roger Corman
  75. 75.
  76. 76.
    The Fog (Special Edition)
    by John Carpenter
  77. 77.
    Frailty
    by Bill Paxton
  79. 79.
    Freaks

  80. 80.
    Friday the 13th Uncut (Deluxe Edition)
    by Sean S. Cunningham
  82. 82.
    Fright Night
    by Tom Holland
  83. 83.
    From Beyond (Unrated Director's Cut)
    by Stuart Gordon
  84. 84.
    Ginger Snaps

  85. 85.
    Grapes Of Death - Special Edition

  86. 86.
    Gremlins (Special Edition)
    by Joe Dante
  87. 87.
    Grindhouse (theatrical release)
    by Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino
  88. 88.
    Halloween
    by John Carpenter
  89. 89.
    Happy Birthday to Me

  90. 90.
    The Haunting
    by Robert Wise
  91. 91.
    Haxan (The Criterion Collection)
    by Benjamin Christensen
  92. 92.
    Hellraiser
    by Clive Barker
  94. 94.
    High Tension (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
    by Alexandre Aja
  95. 95.
    The Hills Have Eyes
    by Wes Craven
  96. 96.
    The Hitcher
    by Robert Harmon
  97. 97.
    Horror of Dracula
    by Terence Fisher
  98. 98.
    Hostel (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
    by Eli Roth
  99. 99.
    House
    by Steve Miner
  100. 100.
    The House on the Edge of the Park
    by Ruggero Deodato
  101. 101.
    The House of the Devil
    by Ti West
  102. 102.
    The House on Sorority Row
    by Mark Rosman
  103. 103.
    The Howling (Special Edition)
    by Joe Dante
  104. 104.
    The Hunger
    by Tony Scott
  105. 105.
    The Innocents
    by Jack Clayton
  106. 106.
    I Spit On Your Grave
    by Meir Zarchi
  107. 107.
    I Walked with a Zombie / The Body Snatcher
    by Jacques Tourneur
  108. 108.
    In the Mouth of Madness
    by John Carpenter
  109. 109.
    Inferno

  110. 110.
    Inside (Unrated)
    by Julien Maury
  111. 111.
    Intruder (Unrated Director's Cut)

  112. 112.
    Jacob's Ladder
    by Adrian Lyne
  113. 113.
    Just Before Dawn
    by Jeff Lieberman
  114. 114.
    The Last House on the Left
    by Wes Craven
  115. 115.
    Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
    by Jorge Grau
  116. 116.
    Let The Right One In
    by Tomas Alfredson
  117. 117.
    Lizard in a Woman's Skin

  118. 118.
    The Lost Boys
    by Joel Schumacher
  119. 119.
    Madman
    by Joe Giannone
  120. 120.
    Maniac
    by William Lustig
  121. 121.
    Maniac Cop (Special Edition)
    by William Lustig
  122. 122.
    Martin
    by George A. Romero
  123. 123.
    Martyrs
    by Pascal Laugier
  124. 124.
    Misery

  125. 125.
    The Mist

  127. 127.
    Mountain Of The Cannibal God
    by Sergio Martino
  128. 128.
    The Mummy
    by Karl Freund
  129. 129.
    My Bloody Valentine (Special Edition)
    by George Mihalka
  130. 130.
    Near Dark
    by Kathryn Bigelow
  131. 131.
    The New York Ripper (Special Edition)
    by Lucio Fulci
  132. 132.
    Night of the Comet
    by Thom Eberhardt
  133. 133.
    Night of the Creeps (Director's Cut)
    by Fred Dekker
  134. 134.
    Night of the Demons
    by Kevin Tenney
  135. 135.
    Night of the Living Dead (1968)
    by George A. Romero
  136. 136.
    Night of the Living Dead
    by Tom Savini
  137. 137.
    Nightmare City
    by Umberto Lenzi
  138. 138.
    A Nightmare on Elm Street (Infinifilm Edition)
    by Wes Craven
  139. 139.
    Nosferatu
    by F.W. Murnau
  140. 140.
    The Omen (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
    by Richard Donner
  141. 141.
    Opera
    by Dario Argento
  142. 142.
    Paranormal Activity
    by Oren Peli
  143. 143.
    Phantasm
    by Don Coscarelli
  145. 145.
    Piranha
    by Joe Dante
  146. 146.
    Pieces
    by Juan Piquer Simon
  147. 147.
    The Pit and the Pendulum (Midnite Movies)
    by Roger Corman
  148. 148.
    Poltergeist (25th Anniversary Edition)
    by Tobe Hooper
  149. 149.
    Prom Night (Widescreen)
    by Paul Lynch
  150. 150.
    The Prowler
    by Joseph Zito
  152. 152.
    Pumpkinhead

  153. 153.
    Puppet Master 1
    by David Schmoeller
  154. 154.
    Rabid
    by David Cronenberg
  155. 155.
    Re-Animator (2 Disc Set + Highlighter)
    by Stuart Gordon
  156. 156.
    [Rec]
    by Jaume Balagueró
  158. 158.
    Ringu
    by Hideo Nakata
  159. 159.
    Rosemary's Baby
    by Roman Polanski
  160. 160.
    Salem's Lot
    by Tobe Hooper
  161. 161.
    Santa Sangre [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ]
    by Aljandro Jodorowski
  162. 162.
    Scream (Dimension Collector's Series)
    by Wes Craven
  163. 163.
    Session 9
    by Brad Anderson
  164. 164.
    Shaun of the Dead
    by Edgar Wright
  165. 165.
    The Shining (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Stanley Kubrick
  166. 166.
    Shivers

  167. 167.
    Silent Night, Deadly Night
    by Charles E. Sellier Jr
  168. 168.
    Singapore Sling
    by Nikos Nikolaidis
  169. 169.
    Sleepaway Camp
    by Robert Hiltzik
  170. 170.
    Slime City
    by Gregory Lamberson
  171. 171.
    Slither (Widescreen Edition)
    by James Gunn
  172. 172.
    Spider Baby (Director's cut)
    by Jack Hill
  173. 173.
    The Stepfather
    by Joseph Ruben
  174. 174.
    Student Bodies
    by Mickey Rose
  175. 175.
    The Stuff

  176. 176.
    Suspiria (Three Disc Limited Edition)
    by Dario Argento
  177. 177.
    A Tale of Two Sisters (Two-Disc Edition)
    by Jee-soon Kim
  179. 179.
    Tenebre (Special Edition)
    by Dario Argento
  180. 180.
    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Two-Disc Ultimate Edition)
    by Tobe Hooper
  181. 181.
    Theater of Blood
    by Douglas Hickox
  182. 182.
    The Thing (Collector's Edition)
    by John Carpenter
  183. 183.
    Tombs of the Blind Dead
    by Amando de Ossorio
  184. 184.
    The Toolbox Murders
    by Dennis Donnelly
  185. 185.
    Torso
    by Sergio Martino
  186. 186.
    The Toxic Avenger

  187. 187.
    Tremors (Collector's Edition)
    by Ron Underwood
  188. 188.
    Trick 'r Treat
    by Michael Dougherty
  189. 189.
    28 Days Later (Widescreen Special Edition)
    by Danny Boyle
  190. 190.
    Twitch Of The Death Nerve (a.k.a. Bay Of Blood)
    by Mario Bava
  191. 191.
    Vampyr (The Criterion Collection)
    by Carl Theodor Dreyer
  192. 192.
    When a Stranger Calls
    by Fred Walton
  193. 193.
    What Have You Done to Solange?
    by Massimo Dallamano
  194. 194.
    Whip and the Body
    by Mario Bava
  195. 195.
    White Zombie
    by Victor Halperin
  196. 196.
    Who Can Kill a Child?
    by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador
  197. 197.
    The Wicker Man (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Robin Hardy
  198. 198.
    Witchfinder General
    by Michael Reeves
  199. 199.
    The Wizard of Gore (Special Edition)
    by Herschell Gordon Lewis
  200. 200.
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    The Wolf Man (Special Edition)
    by George Waggner
  201. 201.
    Zombi 2 (25th Anniversary Special Edition 2-Disc Set)
    by Lucio Fulci
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