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The Most Rewatchable Horror Movies

Updated August 3, 2020 24.7k votes 1.3k voters 13.9k views64 items

List RulesHorror movies that you've watched multiple times and continue to enjoy

Is there such a thing as comfort movies when it comes to horror? This is a list of horror movies we keep watching, even when there are newer, scarier, or overall better horror films to watch. Because it doesn't have to be good to be a rewatchable horror movie, you just have to love it.

These are the movies we own multiple copies of, so if they're not available on streaming, we can still get our fix. Some of the greatest horror movies, like Halloween and The Thing, have obvious rewatch value. Or, you love Tony Todd so you end up watching Final Destination as often as Candyman. But then there are movies like C.H.U.D. that are just really good B-movies.

It doesn't matter why you like rewatching horror movies, only that you love to watch them again and again. What horror movies do you think are the best to rewatch?

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Halloween
Jamie Lee Curtis, Kyle Richards
Released: 1978
Directed by: John Carpenter
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
Johnny Depp, Robert Englund
Released: 1984
Directed by: Wes Craven
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Jaws
Steven Spielberg, Richard Dreyfuss
Released: 1975
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
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The Shining
Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall
Released: 1980
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
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The Conjuring
Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson
Released: 2013
Directed by: James Wan
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The Exorcist
Max von Sydow, Ellen Burstyn
Released: 1973
Directed by: William Friedkin
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The Thing
Kurt Russell, Keith David
Released: 1982
Directed by: John Carpenter
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The Silence of the Lambs
Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins
Released: 1991
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
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The Lost Boys
Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman
Released: 1987
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
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Alien
Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt
Released: 1979
Directed by: Ridley Scott
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Shaun of the Dead
Martin Freeman, Simon Pegg
Released: 2004
Directed by: Edgar Wright
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Scream
Drew Barrymore, Rose McGowan
Released: 1996
Directed by: Wes Craven
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Gunnar Hansen, Marilyn Burns
Released: 1974
Directed by: Tobe Hooper
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The Cabin in the Woods
Chris Hemsworth, Sigourney Weaver
Released: 2012
Directed by: Drew Goddard
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Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock, Janet Leigh
Released: 1960
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
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Friday the 13th
Kevin Bacon, Tom Savini
Released: 1980
Directed by: Sean S. Cunningham
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Predator
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jesse Ventura
Released: 1987
Directed by: John McTiernan
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28 Days Later
Cillian Murphy, Christopher Eccleston
Released: 2002
Directed by: Danny Boyle
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Poltergeist
Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams
Released: 1982
Directed by: Tobe Hooper
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An American Werewolf in London
Jenny Agutter, Frank Oz
Released: 1981
Directed by: John Landis
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Hellraiser
Doug Bradley, Andrew Robinson
Released: 1987
Directed by: Clive Barker
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Evil Dead II
Bruce Campbell, Kassie DePaiva
Released: 1987
Directed by: Sam Raimi
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Saw
Danny Glover, Monica Potter
Released: 2004
Directed by: James Wan
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Candyman
Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd
Released: 1992
Directed by: Bernard Rose
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Jeepers Creepers
Justin Long, Eileen Brennan
Released: 2001
Directed by: Victor Salva
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