Horror's Greatest Years, Ranked

When was the golden age of Horror? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best Horror titles — a year rises when it delivered many strongly-rated entries, not just a lone classic. Data from 3eyedraven's catalog.

  1. #1 2025 25 great titles Best: I Am Frankelda
  2. #2 2018 25 great titles Best: The Legend of the Black Charro
  3. #3 2023 25 great titles Best: La Leyenda de los Chaneques
  4. #4 2021 25 great titles Best: Las leyendas: El origen
  5. #5 2024 25 great titles Best: Succubus
  6. #6 2022 25 great titles Best: The Black Phone
  7. #7 2026 25 great titles Best: Obsession
  8. #8 2017 25 great titles Best: Get Out
  9. #9 2016 25 great titles Best: Train to Busan
  10. #10 2019 25 great titles Best: Midsommar
  11. #11 2007 25 great titles Best: The Legend of the Nahuala
  12. #12 2014 25 great titles Best: The Legend of the Guanajuato Mummies
  13. #13 2011 25 great titles Best: The Legend of La Llorona
  14. #14 2020 25 great titles Best: Run
  15. #15 1987 25 great titles Best: Evil Dead II
  16. #16 2010 25 great titles Best: I Saw the Devil
  17. #17 2015 25 great titles Best: Tokyo Ghoul: Jack
  18. #18 2004 25 great titles Best: Shaun of the Dead
  19. #19 2012 25 great titles Best: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King
  20. #20 2009 25 great titles Best: Zombieland
  21. #21 2001 25 great titles Best: Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
  22. #22 2013 25 great titles Best: The Conjuring
  23. #23 1990 25 great titles Best: Jacob's Ladder
  24. #24 2002 25 great titles Best: 28 Days Later
  25. #25 2008 25 great titles Best: Let the Right One In
  26. #26 2006 25 great titles Best: The Jail: The Women's Hell
  27. #27 1988 25 great titles Best: Dead Ringers
  28. #28 1986 25 great titles Best: Poison for the Fairies
  29. #29 2005 25 great titles Best: Constantine
  30. #30 1981 25 great titles Best: An American Werewolf in London
  31. #31 1989 25 great titles Best: Godzilla vs. Biollante
  32. #32 1996 25 great titles Best: Thesis
  33. #33 1992 25 great titles Best: Bram Stoker's Dracula
  34. #34 2003 25 great titles Best: A Tale of Two Sisters
  35. #35 1978 25 great titles Best: Halloween
  36. #36 1985 25 great titles Best: The Return of the Living Dead
  37. #37 1980 25 great titles Best: The Shining
  38. #38 2000 25 great titles Best: Audition
  39. #39 1995 25 great titles Best: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
  40. #40 1977 25 great titles Best: Suspiria