Classic Horror Movies
In this black and white film, filmmakers used chocolate sauce to mimic the look of blood in the infamous shower scene.
Psycho (1960)
This series, originally released in 1959 and rebooted in 2019 by Jordan Peele, uses science fiction as way to discuss various current events and social issues.
The Twilight Zone (1959)
After hating the Stanley Kubrick film adaptation of this novel because of the changes to the storyline, Stephen King chose to buy back the film rights and remake this novel into a mini-series that honored the original novel.
The Shining (1977)
The first movie to feature this type of monster was DW Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation in 1915. However, there have been hundreds of movies, tv series, books, and more created around these monsters, including popular titles such as Signs, The Thing, and ET.
Aliens
This 5-film parody franchise was wildly popular in the early aughts for their spoofs of popular horror films, including, Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Exorcist, The Ring, and many more.
Scary Movie (2000-2013)
Based on a short story written in 1952, this classic film focuses on a series of sudden and unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California.
Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963)
This post-apocalyptic horror series is the longest running show on AMC.
The Walking Dead (2010)
This shapeshifting entity that can take on the shape and appearance of a person’s fears, first appeared on screen in the made-for-tv miniseries released in 1990, and later remade in 2017 and 2019. JK Rowling later says this entity was part of her inspiration for the magical creature, a boggart.
It, Pennywise, Robert “Bob” Gray
George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, is considered to have created the template for movies and shows featuring what type of monster?
Zombies
A family moves into a new home and shortly after the father falls, hits his head, and goes into a coma. Months go by with no improvement, but terrifying paranormal events start happening around the house and their young son claims to have seen his father walking around at night.
Insidious (2010)
This classic horror film follows a newlywed who becomes pregnant, but soon begins to suspect that her neighbors are members of a Satanic cult who are grooming her in order to use her baby for their rituals.
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Set in the 1980s, this Netflix flagship series follows a group of nerdy kids as they try to find their friend who has gone missing in their small town.
Stranger Things (2016)
A family moves into a new neighborhood shortly before their beloved family pet dies. Thankfully, their new neighborhood has a small patch of land dedicated to the neighborhood pets of the past. This 1983 novel by King has been made into two feature films.
Pet Sematary (1989 & 2019)
The earliest surviving example written about this monster is found in The Epic of Gilgamesh from around 2,100 BC. However, the monster as we now know it first appeared in ancient Greece and Rome, and referred to as an ability or affliction called “lycanthropy” in early texts.
Werewolves
A Black man travels with to his white girlfriend’s childhood home to meet her parents, who on the outside appear to be progressive, open-minded people, but they’re actually hiding a very dark secret.
Get Out (2017)
Based on the 1886 novel by Robert Stevenson, this film features a man who takes a potion that turns him from a mild-mannered man of science into a homicidal maniac.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
This timeline-jumping miniseries by Mike Flanagan follows a family during the Summer of 1992, as well as the same family in present day, as they deal with the trauma they experienced during the few months they lived in a haunted house.
The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
This 1975 horror novel was King’s second published novel and was claimed by King in the 80s to be his favorite of all of his novels. It has been made into two different miniseries (1979 & 2004) and most recently a movie released on HBO Max on October 3, 2024.
Salem's Lot (1989-2024)
The famous vampire from this monster franchise based on the book by Bram Stoker has been featured in more than 270 films.
Dracula
American student, Dani, joins her boyfriend and his friends as they attend a 9-day festival that only happens once every 90 years at a friend’s ancestral commune in a rural area of Sweden. The day after their arrival, the newcomers witness a horrific ceremony that they would never forget.
Midsommar (2019)
The creators of this film did not tell the actors that a monster would burst from the chest of the mannequin they were huddled around, causing them to react genuinely, and therefore making one of the most iconic scenes in cinematic history.
Alien (1979)
Each of the 12 seasons of this series tells a different scary story, but often with the same returning cast. Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, James Cromwell, and Lady Gaga have all won awards for their roles on this show.
American Horror Story (2011)
In Stephen King's Misery, Paul Sheldon has what occupation?
Romance Author/Novelist
A dead human or an animal whose soft tissues and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions.
Mummies
This comedy-horror franchise consists of 5 feature films and a tv series that revolves around an ancient magical book “Book of the Dead” that ends up in a cabin in Tennessee, where demons and other dark entities terrorize the inhabitants of the cabin.
The Evil Dead Franchise (1981-2023)