Best horror movie of all time and why it is?
 

Interested in results, more interested in the why portions.

Night of the living dead.................. relentless suspense.

Halloween (first one) - every time u thought the mofo was dead he kept getting up again........... i was shouting at the TV lol- run you stupid bitch!

Halloween was one of the all time greats...

Exorcist comes to mind also.....

the 6th sense

Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things.
True meaning of horror film.....it was a horrible b-flick, lol.

But seriously, Salem's Lot.

Exorcist (Directors Cut) without a doubt! :helpme

Fuck that spider-walk-shit!!!! :waaaaahh

EDIT: Forgot to say why....because it scared the piss out of me! LOL

The Exorcist.

The Exorcist

same here

"ALIEN" (the first pix)

In this film, R. Scott used the basic fear of everyone: fear of the dark. You didn't get to see the alien until the end of the flick. Prior to that, everyone disappeared "into the darkness." How many of you said "FUCK the Cat!!" when she went back for it? Man has always had a fear of the unknown and the dark. Ridley Scott just mixed the two.

the exorcist

Psycho.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/

Halloween - The opening scene driving up to the insane asylum was scary, then the movie slowed down and built up towards the last 20-30 minutes. Slow-walking Michael, the creepy soundtrack, it pushed all the righ buttons.

Jaws - The "scariness" hit you after you left the cinema and went for a dip in the ocean, neighbour's pool or even bathtub. Very good storytelling and a great film period.