For those of us who spend Halloween drinking too many cocktails and watching movies (I only have crackheads on my block, no little kiddies), you might need some recommendations for what to watch tonight. If you’re looking to be so scared you barf up your appletinis, you might check out a few from the below list.

According to an online poll, the 1973 classic “The Exorcist” is the greatest horror film ever made. Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” came in a close second.

Personally, I think number forty-four, “Audition,” is probably the scariest movie I have ever seen. Dudes in sacks are not for me. Seriously, I’ll barf.

Also not for me: Australian dudes. Number thirty-three, “Wolf Creek,” turned me off to the entire country of Australia.

1 The Exorcist - William Friedkin (1973)/8.8% (1)
2 The Shining - Stanley Kubrick (1980)/7.6% (2)
3 Alien - Ridley Scott (1979)/5.8% (11)
4 The Silence of the Lambs - Jonathan Demme (1991)/5.7% (12)
5 Saw - James Wan (2004)/5.4% (15)
6 Halloween - John Carpenter (1978)/4.0% (3)
7 A Nightmare on Elm Street - Wes Craven (1984)/3.9% (4)
8 Ring (Ringu) - Hideo Nakata (1998)/3.3% (5)
9 The Wicker Man - Robin Hardy (1973)/3.1% (17)
10 The Omen - Richard Donner (1976)/3.0% (7)
11 The Birds - Alfred Hitchcock (1963)
12 The Thing - John Carpenter (1982)
13 Lost Boys - Joel Schumacher (1987)
14 Dawn of the Dead - George A. Romero (1978)
15 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Tobe Hooper (1974)
16 Jaws - Steven Spielberg (1975)
17 The Blair Witch Project - Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez (1999)
18 An American Werewolf in London - John Landis (1981)
19 Se7en - David Fincher (1995)
20 Poltergeist - Tobe Hooper (1982)
21 The Amityville Horror. Stuart Rosenberg (1979)
22 Candyman - Bernard Rose (1992)
23 Scream - Wes Craven (1996)
24 Carrie - Brian De Palma (1976)
25 Friday the 13th - Sean S Cunningham (1980)
26 Final Destination - James Wong (2000)
27 The Evil Dead - Sam Raimi (1981)
28 Hellraiser - Clive Barker (1987)
29 Hostel - Eli Roth (2005)
30 Salem ’s Lot - Mikael Salomon (2004)
31 The Descent - Neil Marshall (2005)
32 The Hills Have Eyes - Wes Craven (1977)
33 Wolf Creek - Greg McLean (2005)
34 Misery - Rob Reiner (1991)
35 Rosemary’s Baby - Roman Polanski (1968)
36 Child’s Play - Tom Holland (1989)
37 The Orphanage - Juan Antonio Bayona (2008)
38 The Entity - Sidney J Furie (1981)
39 Nosferatu - FW Murnau (1922)
40 Night of the Living Dead - George A. Romero (1968)
41 House on Haunted Hill, William Malone (2000)
42 The Haunting, Robert Wise (1963)
43 It - Tommy Lee Wallace (1990)
44 Audition - Takashi Miike (1999)
45 The Changeling - Peter Medak (1980)
46 The Mist - Frank Darabont (2008)
47 Suspiria - Dario Argento (1977)
48 The Vanishing - George Sluizer (1993)
49 Shutter - Masayuki Ochiai (2008)
50 Planet Terror - Robert Rodriguez (2007)

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