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The 50 best horror films of all time – ranked

• Perhaps more than any other genre, horror inspires extraordinary passion among cinema-goers. It was the first to bounce back commercially after the Covid closures, with releases like M3GAN, Smile and the fifth Scream film all pulling crowds in the UK and elsewhere. Yet it’s also seen by many cinephiles as a leprous adjunct to cinema proper: even some professional reviewers can’t or won’t cover it, so much do they detest its effect on their bodies and brains.