Personally, out of all the movie genres, I am specially fond of watching the scary ones. These flicks never get old, because the scare that they give to your nerves blur your memory. Even if you watch these movies more than once, and know what's gonna happen next, you still feel your heart skipping a beat when you watch that one scene which made you jump out of your skin. Zombies, creepy creatures, blood-drooling monsters, vampire-toothed women do not scare me enough. But what gives me the shudders is the element of surprise, added with some creepy music; something like the whoosh of the wind or the creaking sound of a window. Something like you are on your way to your home. Street lights are out, and the sky is putting up a good lightning show, making things bright for a second and blind, the next. So, while you are walking and humming some happy tune to yourself, suddenly you sense something moving behind you. It feels cold... Now that might make your heart skip a beat. So with much effort you turn to see what is it, and suddenly the lighting cracks, and you see a half-burnt women, smiling at you with her forked-tongue outside! Won't that scare the hell out of you? Well, it did to me when I watched a similar scene in a movie. Alright, if I have scared you enough, then let us now check out the list of the scariest movies ever. Top 10 Scary Movies In no particular order, the list follows...

• Grudge (2004)
• The Exorcist (1973)
• The Shining (1982)
• The Omen (1976)
• The Ring (1998)
• Legend of Hell House (1973)
• The Sixth Sense (1999)
• The Silence of The Lambs (1991)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• Jacob's Ladder (1990)

Scary Movies of the Decade and More

• 1408 (2007)
• 28 Days Later (2002)
• A Light in the Darkness (2002)
• Alien (1979)
• An American Haunting (2006)
• Arachnophobia (1990)
• Audrey Rose (1977)
• Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
• Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)
• Dawn of the Dead (1978)
• Dead of Night (1945)
• Dead Ringers (1988)
• Don't Look Now (1973)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
• Dracula (1931)
• Drag Me to Hell (2009)
• Evil Dead II (1987)
• Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
• Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage (1926)
• Feast III: The Happy Finish (2009)
• Final Destination 4 (3-D) (2009)
• Frankenstein (1931)
• Freaks (1932)
• Friday the 13th (Remake) (2009)
• Giallo (2009)
• Gothic (1986)
• Grindhouse (2007)
• Halloween (1978)
• Halloween: Resurrection (2002
• Hills have Eyes (1977)
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
• Island of Lost Souls (1932)
• Jaws(1975)
• Jennifer's Body (2009)
• My Bloody Valentine 3-D (2009)
• Night of the Living Dead (1968)
• Onibaba (1964)
• Peeping Tom (1960)
• Piñata: Survival Island (2002)
• Primeval (2007)
• Profondo Rosso (1975)
• Psycho (1960)
• Rats (2002)
• Repulsion (1965)
• Rose Red (2002)
• Rosemary's Baby (1968)
• Saw (2004)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004)
• Shutter (2008)
• Spalovac Mrtvol (1969)
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
• The Amityville Horror(1977)
• The Birds (1963)
• The Entity (1981)
• The Haunting (1963)
• The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
• The Innocents (1961)
• The Invisible Man (1933)
• The Man Who Laughs (1928)
• The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
• The Thing (1982)
• The Unborn (2009)
• The Uninvited (2009)
• The Unknown (1927)
• The Wicker Man (1973)
• Them (Ils) (2007)
• What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
• Zombieland (2009)

To conclude, a scary movie may be able to give you the scare of your life, while your friend may not have a similar opinion about it. So everything boils down to the perception of the viewer, and what he expects out of the movie.