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Critics vs crowd: horror films of all time

When

Genre

Min votes

Films with both scores

956

10K+ votes each

Within 5 points

29%

of the 400 most voted

Metascore against IMDb ratingIMDb x 10 higherMetascore higher

Metascore well above the IMDb rating

Critics loved it, the crowd didn't

Critics vs crowd: horror films of all time: Critics loved it, the crowd didn't
#
1	I Saw the TV Glow	2024	86	58	28
2	Don't Look Now	1973	95	71	24
3	High Life	2018	78	57	21
4	Under the Skin	2013	82	63	19
5	The Love Witch	2016	82	63	19
6	Skinamarink	2022	66	47	19
7	Vampires vs. the Bronx	2020	76	57	19
8	The Babadook	2014	86	68	18
9	Mandy	2018	83	65	18
10	Berberian Sound Studio	2012	80	62	18
11	Girl on the Third Floor	2019	65	47	18
12	Drag Me to Hell	2009	83	66	17
13	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre	1974	91	74	17
14	It Comes at Night	2017	78	61	17
15	Revenge	2017	81	64	17
16	Bride of Frankenstein	1935	95	78	17
17	Saint Maud	2019	83	66	17
18	Ash	2025	63	46	17
19	Rosemary's Baby	1968	96	80	16
20	Repulsion	1965	91	75	16
21	Presence	2024	77	61	16
22	Shadow in the Cloud	2020	66	50	16
23	Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation	1994	50	34	16
24	The Blair Witch Project	1999	80	65	15
25	It Follows	2014	83	68	15

IMDb rating well above the Metascore

Critics vs crowd: horror films of all time: The crowd loved it, critics didn't
#
1	Saturn 3	1980	9	51	42
2	Friday the 13th	1980	22	63	41
3	Pandorum	2009	28	67	39
4	Friday the 13th: The New Blood	1988	13	52	39
5	Darkness	2002	15	54	39
6	Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters	2013	23	61	38
7	Saw V	2008	20	58	38
8	Silver Bullet	1985	26	64	38
9	I Spit on Your Grave	1978	19	57	38
10	Case 39	2009	25	62	37
11	Would You Rather	2012	20	57	37
12	Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers	1995	10	47	37
13	Tideland	2005	26	63	37
14	The Mangler	1995	8	45	37
15	The Babysitter: Killer Queen	2020	22	58	36
16	Happy Birthday to Me	1981	24	60	36
17	Hollow Man	2000	24	59	35
18	I Spit on Your Grave	2010	27	62	35
19	Friday the 13th: Part 2	1981	26	61	35
20	Cannibal Holocaust	1980	22	57	35
21	The Girl Next Door	2007	29	64	35
22	Silent Hill	2006	31	65	34
23	The Collector	2009	29	63	34
24	Stigmata	1999	28	62	34
25	The Amityville Horror	1979	28	62	34