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Horror ratings by decade

Across 59 films with a goreledger editorial score, the highest-scoring decade with at least 3 rated films is the 1970s, averaging 9.0 out of 10 over 12 films.

Average editorial score per decade

Average goreledger editorial score by decadeBar chart of the average editorial score out of 10 and the number of rated films, for decades with at least 3 rated films. 1960s: 8.6 average, 7 films; 1970s: 9.0 average, 12 films; 1980s: 7.8 average, 13 films; 1990s: 7.6 average, 5 films; 2000s: 7.5 average, 10 films; 2010s: 7.4 average, 5 films.8.61960sn=79.01970sn=127.81980sn=137.61990sn=57.52000sn=107.42010sn=5

Decades with fewer than 3 rated films are left off the chart, since one film would swing the average. They appear in the table.

Every decade

Average editorial score and rated film count by decade
DecadeRated filmsAverage score
1920s19.0 / 10
1930s27.5 / 10
1940s17.0 / 10
1950s27.0 / 10
1960s78.6 / 10
1970s129.0 / 10
1980s137.8 / 10
1990s57.6 / 10
2000s107.5 / 10
2010s57.4 / 10
2020s17.0 / 10

Highest-rated films

  1. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), 10/10
  2. Alien (1979), 10/10
  3. The Thing (1982), 10/10
  4. Nosferatu (1922), 9/10
  5. Bride of Frankenstein (1935), 9/10
  6. Peeping Tom (1960), 9/10
  7. Eyes Without a Face (1960), 9/10
  8. The Haunting (1963), 9/10
  9. Night of the Living Dead (1968), 9/10
  10. Rosemary's Baby (1968), 9/10
  11. The Wicker Man (1973), 9/10
  12. Don't Look Now (1973), 9/10
  13. The Exorcist (1973), 9/10
  14. Black Christmas (1974), 9/10
  15. Deep Red (1975), 9/10
  16. Suspiria (1977), 9/10
  17. Dawn of the Dead (1978), 9/10
  18. Halloween (1978), 9/10
  19. An American Werewolf in London (1981), 9/10
  20. Videodrome (1983), 9/10
  21. The Fly (1986), 9/10
  22. Evil Dead II (1987), 9/10
  23. Let the Right One In (2008), 9/10
  24. Lake Mungo (2008), 9/10
  25. Les Diaboliques (1955), 8/10
  26. The Birds (1963), 8/10
  27. Deliverance (1972), 8/10
  28. Long Weekend (1978), 8/10
  29. Poltergeist (1982), 8/10
  30. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), 8/10
  31. Re-Animator (1985), 8/10
  32. Braindead (1992), 8/10
  33. Ringu (1998), 8/10
  34. Audition (1999), 8/10
  35. The Descent (2005), 8/10
  36. REC (2007), 8/10
  37. The Witch (2015), 8/10
  38. Raw (2016), 8/10
  39. Hereditary (2018), 8/10
  40. Midsommar (2019), 8/10

These are editorial opinions on a curated shelf, not a survey of every horror film ever made, so read them as a guide to this site's taste. How we rate. Browse all films.