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The award for the best horror the decades had to give:

30's
Dracula
Frankenstein
Freaks
The Raven

As you can see, plenty to talk about, from the presence of Dracula, the now iconic Frankenstein make-up, to the often controversial images of Freaks, but not let us forget the raven
Each has something to offer but one, perhaps due to the subject and the director did stand out

The winner, of the best horror of the 1930’s is

FREAKS

40's
Cat People
Isle of the Dead
The Body Snatchers
The Wolf Man

Again more classics, each a perfect example of its kind, however because of perhaps its story. Make-up effects and that uncontrollable image of pure animal instinct, there was one that does stand out from the rest:

The winner of the best horror for the 40’s is

THE WOLF MAN

50's
Curse of Frankenstein
Dracula (Hammer)
Eyes without a Face
House on Haunted Hill
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Night of the Hunter
The Blob
The Thing

Need I say again classics in their own right – but simply for the feeling of not being in cotrol, becoming paranoid at your neighbour one does stand out

The winner for the 50’s is

THE INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

60's
Eyes without a Face (?)
Night of the living Dead
Psycho
Rosemary's Baby

Sorry for repeating the words classic, but here we do indeed have one, infact it was so important that it may have changed the way the film industry was heading for:

The winner for the best horror of the 60’s is

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

70's
Alien
Dawn of the Dead
Halloween
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Exorcist

As the years progressed, so did the ideas And as you can see the jump was massive – there was thrills and chills, and again though this was 30 years ago, each one is still lauded over with each having their own magic to the screen
Each is worthy of the award, but there is one, that especially this time of year, October is fondly remembered; Heralding a new icon of terror we have:

The best horror of the 70’s

HALLOWEEN



80's
Day of the Dead
Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2
Friday the 13th
Nightmare on Elm Street
The Shining
The Thing

Maybe the audience were getting jaded by now, by the constant slasher movie and wanted more, not just to be scared, but amused, this came into fruition with the appearance of the 2 Evil Deads.

For bringing gore with laughter

The best horror of the 80’s is:

EVIL DEAD 2


90's
Army of Darkness - Evil Dead 3
Audition
Blaade
Dead Alive aka Brain Dead
Jacob's Ladder
Seven
Silence of the Lambs

Just as in the earlier decade, the audiences opinion changed, this time from straight forward frights and fun to perhaps something a little bit more darker and psychological, the 90’s gave this in abundance – to cannibal psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter to the “everyman” John Doe, bleak grunge horror was here.

The best horror for the 90’s is

SE7EN.


2000's
28 Weeks Later
American Psycho
Bug
Dawn of the Dead
Devil's Rejects
Hannibal
Session 9

Now we are upto date on our journey of the past, the thrills and chills that the silver screen has allowed us to peek, often with one eye open, scared but still not wanting to miss anything, cringing with the blood, only to give a sigh of relief at the finish, even laughing not only at the killers victims, but with the killers themselves, here we have our hero and a warning from the modern age of competition, be best at everything, including the kill, everything is me first, or Im better than you, simply because I wear better clothes, have a better job

The winner of the 00’s is:

AMERICAN PSYCHO