We watch movies in order to experience a roller-coaster ride of emotional responses . Horror movies aim to evoke fear , whose family of tertiary emotions consist of shock , alarm , mortification , panic , hysteria , horror , terror and fright . Whether or not a horror movie is good or bad is subjective . This short article explores those movies which are commonly regarded as the top horror movies ; the movies that - for one reason or another - most potently engaged our fears . Lets remember those double features that we looked forward each week with our friends and remembered late at night . The following are just a few of the best horror movies but not inclusive .
1 ) House On Haunt ed Hil l ( 1959 )
Eccentric multimillionaire and his wife invite five unrelated strangers to a huge , isolated mansion . They offer 10,000 dollars to each guest if they make it through the night ( 12 hours ). All five arrive by hearse and in the morning all five will be leaving by hearse , one-way or the other .
Starring : Vincent Price , Carol Ohmart , Richard Long .