In celebration of Halloween, we thought it would be the perfect time to ask YOU to help us decide the best horror movie of all time! There is nothing quite like turning off the lights, getting your favorite snacks, gathering your friends and loved ones, and screaming together in horror while hopefully laughing after that you made it. No matter if you are more of a slasher fan or love a good ghost story, there are so many great horror options out there just waiting to be discovered and celebrated.
Is The Shining your favorite? How about The Exorcist? Are you remembering how good the original Halloween was now that Halloween Kills is out? We've selected 106 of the greatest horror films to "Face-Off" against each other two at a time and now we need you. Will you choose Alien over Night of the Living Dead? Or Us over Midsommar? The choice is yours…
Click here to start voting in the Horror Movie Face-Off!
What Is a Face-Off?
Like the name suggests, a Face-Off pits two things against one another and you decide which one is the superior of the two. In this case, you are voting to determine what the best horror movie of all time is. It's possible to see certain movies multiple times so you can keep voting for your favorites to ensure they get ranked higher than the rest. IGN's resident team of horror experts pre-selected 106 wonderfully terrifying films for you to choose from. These get randomly paired up and each time you pick a winner, it's tracked.
How Do You Determine a Winner?
When voting ends on October 28, we tally up the total number of "wins" and "losses" each horror movie has, and create a ranked list based on your choices that will go live on October 29. The film that won the most matchups will be crowned the "winner," and in the event of a tied number of "wins," the movie with the least "losses" will take the top spot. If you continue to keep voting for your favorite film, it will have a better chance of ranking high on the list. You can vote as many times as you want until the Face-Off closes.
How Do I Know When I’ve Clicked Through Everything?
It's difficult to know when you've seen every horror movie included because they are matched randomly and there are so many possible match-ups. Playing until you vote for all your favorite movies or ensuring that certain films don't get in the winner's circle are different options you can take with a Face-Off. By deciding the winner throughout all these matchups, you're ensuring that your picks for the best horror movie will have a fighting chance to reach the top of the list.
Which Horror Movies Have You Included?
This list of the best horror movies has been decided by IGN staff, with the films coming from both our list of the Top 100 Best Horror Movies and some new movies that have scared us in the best ways. We've tried to include only traditional horror films, and shy away from those that are more straight thriller or action or otherwise.
Click here to start voting in the Horror Movie Face-Off!
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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.