Each movie on this list has left an enduring legacy.
The crew is awakened from their stasis by a transmission from a nearby planet.
After returning to the ship, the crew tries to remove the alien but fail to remove it.
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Additionally,Alienhas a strong female protagonist, Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver).
The couple quickly befriends their neighbors, the Castevets.
Eventually, Rosemary becomes pregnant, but her pregnancy is filled with unexplained symptoms and immense pain.
Strangely, her husband’s acting career starts flourishing out of the blue, and he becomes more distant.
Rosemary’s Baby explored themes of motherhood and bodily autonomy.
It is impossible to watchmodern horror movies discussing social issueswithout seeing its influence on the genre.
TheSawfranchise originally had yearly releases, a model that inspired all franchises, including theMarvel Cinematic Universe.
The trio explore the forest to investigate and research the legend.
However, the deeper they go into the forest, the stranger things around them become.
Filmmakers adopted the found-footage technique to create more realism and for its low budgets.
However, Marion’s stay takes a dark turn when she is brutally murdered.
Theuse of music and scoreinPsychoto create tension is something that has been followed in every single horror movie since.
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Henry succeeds in creating life by using electricity on the created body.
However, he doesn’t know that the brain he used is a damaged one.
The siblings are suddenly attacked by a pale man and Johnny is killed.
Barbara flees to a nearby farmhouse for safety.
Myers is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, where he stops talking.
In Haddonfield, he begins stalking Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her friends.
Eventually, Myers starts a killing spree targeting Laurie and her friends.
Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasence), Myers' psychiatrist, and Laurie to stop the killing.
This killer archetype is replicated in various slasher movies, includingFriday the 13thandA Nightmare on Elm Street.
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Hutter is disturbed by Orlok’s appearance and behavior.
After Orlok arrives in Hutter’s hometown, an unexplainable death spreads in the town.
Nosferatushaped vampires as themonsters audiences love and fear.
For example, the notion that sunlight killed vampires appeared for the first time inNosferatu.
Murnauexperienced using light and shadow to create the movie’s eerie atmosphere and convey emotions.
Murnau’s light and shadow experimental use would later influence other creature features, includingFrankenstein.
More than 100 years after its release,Nosferaturemains terrifyingandthe most influential vampire movie.
Furthermore, the movie popularized thedemonic possession and exorcismsubgenre, making it a stable subgenre of horror.
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