For me Psycho and The House of Wax rated highly, but I saw both when I was quite young. I might also add Clockwork Orange. Saw it when it came out, and for some reason I thought it was a movie about Mozart, so you can imagine my horror! Don't ask. The Birds was pretty scary to me, too, when it first came out, and it is still hard to see a flock of black birds in Bodega Bay without running for cover. As if! In the movie, the birds shattered the windows, came down the chimneys. Scary times!
So here's Wes Craven's list of his Top 10 Favorite Scary Movies
Don't Look Now (1973)
Blow-Up (1966)
Psycho (1960)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Repulsion (1965)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
War of the Worlds (1953)
Frankenstein (1931)
Nosferatu (1922)
The Bad Seed (1956)
Read the Entire article with Wes Craven's commentary and clips, HERE.
And, here's one of my favorite clips. Never shower alone!
