The Cryptoscatology Top 20 Horror Film List (in Reverse Chronological Order...)

Two specific rules dictated the choices on the following cryptoscatological list: 1) There had to be at least one film from each decade, and 2) If you watched all twenty films in a row, the resultant collective film would essentially tell an epic story about The Secret History of the Twentieth Century & Beyond; therefore, I picked movies that shared a consistent theme. If not for those rules, more obvious choices would have been included (e.g., James Whale's THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN or Georges Franju’s EYES WITHOUT A FACE). The list below is submitted for your Halloween viewing pleasure...

20. MAD GOD (Phil Tippett, 2021)

 

19. POSSESSOR (Brandon Cronenberg, 2020)

 

18. BLOOD TEA & RED STRING (Christiane Cegavske, 2006)

17. TWIN  PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (David Lynch, 1992)

 

16. JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)

 

15. SANTA SANGRE (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1989)

 

14. SOCIETY (Brian Yuzna, 1989)

 

13. THEY LIVE (John Carpenter, 1988)

 

 

12. HOUSE (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977)

 

11. SUSPIRIA (Dario Argento, 1977) 

 

10. THE WICKER MAN (Robin Hardy, 1973)

 

9. WITCHFINDER GENERAL (Michael Reeves, 1968)

 

8. SPIDER BABY (Jack Hill, 1968)

 

 

7. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (John Frankenheimer, 1962) 

 

 

6. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Don Siegel, 1956)

 

 

5. CAT PEOPLE (Jacques Tourneur, 1942)

 

4. THE BLACK CAT (Edgar Ulmer, 1934)

 

3. FREAKS (Tod Browning, 1932)

 

2. VAMPYR (Carl Dreyer, 1932)

 

 

1. HÄXAN (Benjamin Christensen, 1922)