The horror genre is so prevalent within cinema that the term “horror movie” hardly needs a definition.

They’re movies that are scary.

They aim to unnerve viewers.

Best Gothic Horror Movies, Ranked

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Its also an impressive film considering its age.

It follows Dr. Jekyll’s risky experiments on himself, involving separating his good side from his bad side.

Professor Von Franz (Willem Dafoe) has great knowledge of the occult in Nosferatu (2024).

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Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, moving faster and scaring more than you might expectfrom a movie of its age.

‘Nosferatu’ (1922)

Directed by F.W.

It was the first version ofNosferatu, though of course was itself an unofficial adaptation/reinterpretation ofDracula.

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It came out the same year asDraculaandDr.

Much of the horror comes from the tension between supernatural/gothic horror and psychological horror.

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The Haunting of Julia - 1977

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Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston hugging in Only Lovers Left Alive.

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Still from ‘Crimson Peak’: Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) holding a lit candelabra while walking down a dark hallway.

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Gloria Stuart and Boris Karloff in The Old Dark House

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Tom Cruise as Lestat with Brad Pitt as Louis in Interview with the Vampire

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The headless horseman in Sleepy Hollow (1999)

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The Picture of Dorian Gray - 1945

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Dracula, played by actor Christopher Lee, snarls while holding a candlestick in Dracula.

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Robert De Niro as Louis Cyphre in Angel Heart (1987)

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Nicole Kidman with a little girl covered in white in ‘The Others’

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Fredric March starring as Dr. Jekyll in the 1931 adaptation of ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.'

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Simone Simon in Cat People

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Gary Oldman as Dracula

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame - 1939

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Bela Lugosi in Dracula (1931)

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Nosferatu the Vampyre Isabelle Adjani Klaus Kinski

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Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd and Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd.

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Max von Sydow as Johan holding a match in Hour of the Wolf

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Luke Sannerson (Russ Tamblyn), Eleanor Lance (Julie Harris), Dr. John Markway (Richard Johnson) and Theodora (Claire Bloom) looking up at a statue in The Haunting (1963)

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Max Schreck as Nosferatu (1922)

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Frankenstein’s monster (Boris Karloff) peeking over some bushes in Frankenstein

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Christiane (Edith Scob) looking offscene in Eyes Without A Face

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A woman and a man who is separated by a jail bar

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Frankenstein’s Monster looks at his bride, and she looks off camera with a confused look on her face in The Bride of Frankenstein.

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A man walking atop a building in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - 1920

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