5. "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956 )
The paranoia runs high in this sci-fi/horror classic guided by Don Siegel (" Dirty Harry") and starring Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter and Carolyn Jones (" The Addams Family").
The first of several big-screen adjustments of the novel "The Body Snatchers," the 1956 movie is the most effective of the great deal, per the crucial agreement.
" Extremely chilling, this Don Siegel film still supplies a powerful strike," the Chicago Tribune's David McDonnell created of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."
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Metacritic rating: 92.
4. "The Bride of Frankenstein"
This is the 3rd and also highest-ranked Universal Classic Monsters movie in this countdown-- all routed by James Whale.
A 1935 sequel to Whale's "Monster," "New bride of Monster" celebrities Elsa Lanchester as the made-to-order mate of Boris Karloff's beast. Lanchester additionally plays writer Mary Shelley in the film's stage-setting beginning.
"' New bride' is a wild ride, also today," Phelim O'Neill applauded in the Guardian. "It sweeps in between the timeless and the gutter, the camp as well as the significant in a way that's tough to pin down.".
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Metacritic rating: 95.
3. "Rosemary's Baby"
In this 1968 Roman Polanski movie, Mia Farrow stars as a female who's impregnated with Satan's spawn after she as well as her actor hubby (played by John Cassavetes) move into an enforcing Manhattan apartment building. Ruth Gordon won an Oscar for her function as a next-door neighbor that's a whole lot more than simply snoopy.
" The stress produced is almost unbearable," the New York Daily News' Kathleen Carroll composed of "Rosemary's Child.".
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Metacritic rating: 96 (15 evaluations).
2. "Don't Look Now"
" Don't Look Now" is a 1973 film starring Donald Sutherland and also Julie Christie as a couple that travel to Venice, Italy, for the hubby's work-- as well as for a modification of views following their young daughter's fatality. Yet the two discover they can't escape their despair-- or their fates.
" A haunting, attractive maze that gets inside your bones as well as stays there," Edward Guthmann composed for the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Metacritic rating: 96 (25 testimonials).
1. "Psycho" (1960 ).
The best scary motion picture of all time? According to critics, the solution is "Psycho.".
"' Psycho' ought to be seen a minimum of 3 times by any type of discerning film-goer," the Town Voice's Andrew Sarris wrote, "the first time for the large terror of the experience ...".
The 1960 Alfred Hitchcock flick stars Anthony Perkins as a motel proprietor by the name of Norman Bates-- a man who can not be depended behave when the shower is running.
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Metacritic rating: 97.
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