10 Horror Movies You Muse-See

The Shining

Release Date 1980

Rating : 8.4 Production Companies: Hawk Films, The Producer Circle Co. Director: Stanley Kubrick, Brian W. Cook, Terry Needham Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd

Summary: Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

The Witch

Release Date 2016

Rating : 7 Production Companies: Parts & Labor, RT Features Director: Grant Boyle, Lori Roussell, Beau Ferris Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie

Summary: In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.

Night of the Living Dead

Release Date 1968

Rating : 7.8 Production Companies: Laurel Group, Off Color Films Director: Betty Ellen Haughey, Jacqueline Streiner, George A. Romero Stars: Judith O'Dea, Duane Jones, Marilyn Eastman

Summary: A group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse find themselves fending off a horde of recently dead, flesh-eating ghouls.

The Exorcist

Release Date 1973

Rating : 8.1 Production Companies: Warner Bros., Hoya Productions Director: William Friedkin, Terence A. Donnelly, Nicholas Sgarro Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller

Summary: When a charming 12-year-old girl takes on the characteristics and voices of others, doctors say there is nothing they can do. As people begin to die, the girl's mother realizes her daughter has been possessed by the devil--and that her daughter's only possible hope lies with two priests and the ancient rite of demonic exorcism.

The Silence of the Lambs

Release Date 1991

Rating : 8.6 Production Companies: Orion Pictures, Strong Heart Director: Ronald M. Bozman, Jonathan Demme, Mary A. Kelly Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn

Summary: Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

Se7en

Release Date 1995

Rating : 8.6 Production Companies: New Line Cinema, Juno Pix Director: David Fincher, Cori Glazer, Nilo Otero Stars: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow

Summary: Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

It

Release Date 2017

Rating : 7.3 Production Companies: New Line Cinema, Vertigo Entertainment Director: Andy Muschietti, Adam Richard Benish, Adam Bocknek Stars: Jaeden Martell, Sophia Lillis, Jack Dylan Grazer

Summary: In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

Halloween

Release Date 2018

Rating : 6.5 Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions Director: David Gordon Green, Max Sturgeon, Atilla Salih Yücer Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak

Summary: Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

Psycho

Release Date 1960

Rating : 8.5 Production Companies: Shamley Productions, Paramount Pictures Director: Alfred Hitchcock, Lester Wm. Berke, Hilton A. Green Stars: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles

Summary: When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

Hereditary

Release Date 2018

Rating : 7.3 Production Companies: Windy Hill Pictures, PalmStar Media Director: Ari Aster, Briana Wall, Lex Hogan Stars: Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne

Summary: Following the death of Ellen Leigh, the matriarch of their family, her daughter Annie and the rest of the family start to uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.