What is the most influential "Horror" movie...

[Dante'sInferno]

For me it was.....

Nightmare On Elm Street

Evil Dead

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Omen

IT

Dracula and


Halloween

[The STE]

Originally posted by Doc Faustus
I guess you're right about Metropolis. I thought Caligari was before the 20's, which is why I hadn't thought of it. I think we can pretty much say Germany in the 20s was changing every genre out there. I can see where the book is coming from on Sixth Sense. It revived PG-13 horror, and that has been something of a force to be reckoned with at the box office in recent years. I don't know if I'd stand behind Scream, though. It states the obvious a lot.

It was 1918 IIRC, but I don't see the point in narrowing it down to 1960's and on if we're talking most influential

[RavageRitual]

60's- Night of the Living dead
70's- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
80's- Nightmare on Elm Street
90's- Silence of the lambs
00's- Dont know yet, but i really like the whole Saw thing.

[Yellow Jacket]

60's- Night of the Living Dead
70's- The Exorcist
80's- Friday the 13th
90's- Dead Alive (if it even came out in the 90's). If not, then Hellraiser.
00's- Saw

[she_died]

60's - NOTLD
70's - TCM/Halloween
80's - Evil Dead
90's - Blair Witch Project (Scream may have spawned more imitators, but it was backwards referential, whereas Blair Witch was a forward step into the digital era)