Okay, so we were more scared than not when working on this list. Sue us! Using overall movie quality, impact 💴 on the genre, legacy potential, fright/creepy factor and that mysterious quality known as Editor's Choice, we assembled a list of 💴 movies that guarantee you'll want to sleep with the lights on.

Some of the movies here are more traditional horror fare, 💴 while others are just twisted and creepy in a "permanently scarred for life" sorta way (e.g. The Silence of the 💴 Lambs). But all of them will scare the living heck out of you. So enjoy, and fire off your own 💴 suggestions and faves in the comments!

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25. Scream (1996)

Director : Wes Craven