The great thing about creating any list of favorites is that it is subjective and every person would have a different list. This is so true of the scariest movies list. This is my opinion and yours is probably different. That is okay. My list is based on just how terrifying the movie was the first, second, and third time I watched it. If I didn’t watch the movie three times, or if I wasn’t scared the third time, then it didn’t qualify. Here it is:

20. Wrong Turn

19. Misery

18. It Waits

17. The Shining

16. Friday the 13th (The First One)

15. Jacob’s Ladder

14. Candyman

13. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

12. The Hitcher

11. The Ring

10. “Rosemary’s Baby”

9. “Psycho” (the original)

8. “Scream” (the first one)

7. “I know What You Did Last Summer”

6. “The Blair Witch Project”

5. “The Amityville Horror” (the original)

4. “The Exoricist” ( yes, the original)

3. “Black Christmas”

2. “Nightmare on Elm Street” (the first)

1. “When a Stranger Calls” (if you have ever been a babysitter or have small children, you know what I mean by this being the scariest. Especially if they sleep upstairs.)