There’s no shortage of horror movies that garnered the wrath of aRoger Ebertreview.

The worst horror movies lacked substance and justifiable violence.

“When I go to the movies, one of my strongest desires is to be shown something new.

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I want to go to new places, meet new people, have new experiences.

Jodorowsky is not boring.”

Ebert awarded theoriginal release the full four stars, while the 2000director’s cut dropped to three-and-a-half stars.

A woman in a red vestment before a building with people playing musical instruments in Santa Sangre.

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The Exorcistendures with its narrative investment in character development and shocking scenesthat seemingly don’t age.

Ebert was surprised the movie didn’t earn an X-rating.

Things get complicated when the young woman below discovers his secret, and she gets caught.

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“Stanley Kubricks cold and frightening ‘The Shining’ challenges us to decide: Who is the reliable observer?

Whose idea of events can we trust?”

From his, offering an unspeakable gift."

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3’Nosferatu' (1922)

Directed by F.W.

This is the foundational raw vampiric tale before the genre became saturated with cliches, humor, and romances.

Bram Stoker’s original narrative strictly plunges into the Victorian-era values in which it was written.

A man standing on a shadowy street at night in The Exorcist.

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“Its easy to create violence on the screen, but its hard to do it well.

“Seeing the shower scene today, several things stand out.

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A horde of zombies coming at the camera in Dawn of the Dead

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Carl Boehm as Mark Lewis peering through a window in Peeping Tom (1960)

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Jaws Shark emerging from the sea to attack a man on a boat

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Wendy Torrance, played by Shelley Duvall, holds a baseball bat in terror on a staircase in The Shining

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Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula peering out behind a wall in Dracula

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A shadow of Count Orlok creeps up the stairs

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Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, crying with Nick Castle as Michael Myers looming behind her in Halloween

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Norman Bates in Psycho looking sinister while smirking.

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