Hollywood Great Horror Movies Ever
We are here again with some of the best Hollywood Action movies which are supposed to be the best all the time. Here are some of them:
1. The Exorcist : The Exorcist is an American horror film which is inspired by the novel of the same name. This is a great Hollywood horror film which won ten academy award including Best Sound Mixing and Best Adapted Screenplay awards. It is supposed to be the highest grossing film for all the time.
Director : William Friedkin, William Peter Blatty
Producer : William Peter Blatty
Star-cast : Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, Jason Miller, Linda Blair
Country : United States
Language : English, Latin, Greek, French, German, Arabic
Budget : $10,497,444
Earning : $441,071,011
2. Halloween: Halloween is an American horror film. This is the all time best Hollywood horror movie. The story of this film revolves around a six years old child namely Michael Myerss who murders his older sister stabbing her. After fifteen years he comes back again and some unexpected incidents happen.
Director : John Carpenter
Producer : Debra Hill , Irwin Yablans, Moustapha Akkad
Star-cast : Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P. J. Soles, Nancy Loomis
Release date : October 25, 1978
Country : United States
Budget : $325,000
Earning : $70,000,000
3. Psycho: Its an American suspense horror film which is based on the novel of Robert Bloch written in 1959 of the same name. It is one of the greatest films of all the time. The story of this film is about a murderer and grave robber.
Director : Alfred Hitchcock
Producer : Alfred Hitchcock
Star-cast : Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire
Release date : June 16, 1960
Country : United States
Budget : $806,947
Earning : $60,000,000
4. Alien: It is a science-fiction. This film’s title signifies an aggressive creature who kills the crew of the spaceship. This is one of the great and successful horror film ever.
Director : Ridley Scott
Producer : Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill
Starcast : Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm
Release date : May 25, 1979
Country : United States, United Kingdom
Budget : $11 million
Earning : $104,931,801
5. The Shining: Its a British-American psychological horror film. This film is based on a novel which has been written by Stephen King by the same name. But few changes are made in the film. The story of the film is about a writer and his son. His son having some psychic ability and able to see past and future.
Director : Stanley Kubrick
Producer : Stanley Kubrick
Star-cast : Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
Release date : May 23, 1980
Country : United Kingdom, United States
Budget : $19 million
Earning : $44,017,374
6. The Evil Dead: The Evil Dead is an American horror film. The story of this film is about five college students who go on an isolated place for a vacation. There they undergo some dangerous happenings which makes this film an all time watched movie.
Director : Sam Raimi
Producer : Robert Tapert
Star-cast : Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Hal Delrich, Betsy Baker, Sarah York
Release date : October 15, 1981
Country : United States
Budget : $350,000–400,000
Earning : $2,400,000
7. Wrong Turn 5: Wrong Turn 5 is an American horror film which is fifth film of Wrong Turn series. This is one of the best horror film for all the time.
Director : Declan O’Brien
Producer : Jose Garcia
Star-cast : Doug Bradley, Camilla Arfwedson, Simon Ginty, Roxanne McKee, Paul Luebke, Oliver Hoare
Release date : October 23, 2012
Country : United States, Bulgaria
8. Carrie: Based on the novel written by Stephen King of the same name, Carrie is an American supernatural horror film. This film won two Academy Award nominations.
Director : Brian De Palma
Producer : Brian De Palma, Paul Monash
Star-cast : Sissy Spacek, John Travolta, Piper Laurie
Release date : November 3, 1976
Country : United States
Budget : $1.8 million
Earning : $33.8 million
9. Poltergeist: Poltergeist is an American supernatural horror film. This is the first film of Poltergeist series and the most successful. Poltergeist ranked number 80 on Bravo’s 100 Scariest Movie Moments and the Chicago Film Critics Association. It was also nominated for three Academy Awards.
Director : Tobe Hooper
Producer : Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall
Star-cast : Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight
Country : United States
Budget : $10.7 million
Earning : $121,706,019
10. Saw (2004): Saw is an American horror film which tells the story of Adam and Lawrence who are guided by some micro-cassette instructions about how to escape as they are chained in a dilapidated subterranean bathroom.
Director : James Wan
Producer : Gregg Hoffman, Mark Burg, Oren Koules
Star-cast : Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Michael Emerson, Ken Leung, Tobin Bell
Country : United States
Budget : $1.2 million
Earning : $103,096,345