The ScalesFind out where each of the films we discuss sit on our table of watchability Watchability ScaleScale Rank 10Scale Rank 9.5”Halloween” (1978)Scale Rank 9“Psycho” (1960)“The Exorcist” (1973)“Jaws” (1975)“Alien” (1979)“Re-Animator” (1985)Scale Rank 8.5“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (1974)Scale Rank 8“The Amityville Horror” (1979)“The Shining” (1980)“An American Werewolf in London” (1981)“The Thing” (1982)Scale Rank 7.5“A Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984)“Evil Dead II” (1987)Scale Rank 7“Tales From the Crypt” (1972)“The Evil Dead” (1981)“Poltergeist” (1982)“Videodrome” (1983)“The Fly” (1986)Scale Rank 6.5“Don’t Look Now” (1973)“Altered States” (1980)“The Changeling” (1980)“The Blob” (1988)“They Live” (1988) Scale Rank 6“Vertigo” (1958)“The Bird With the Crystal Plumage” (1970)“Lizard in a Woman’s Skin” (1971)“Deep Red” (1975)“Carrie” (1976)“Squirm” (1976)“The Dead Zone” (1983)Scale Rank 5“The Omen” (1976)“Visiting Hours” (1982)“The Entity” (1982)Scale Rank 4“The Corpse Grinders” (1971)“Dracula A.D. 1972” (1972)“Scream Blacula Scream” (1973)“Let Sleeping Corpses Lie” (1974)“Friday the 13th Part 3” (1982)Scale Rank 3.5“Martin” (1977)Scale Rank 3“Madhouse” (1974)“Witchboard” (1986)Scale Rank 2.5“Final Exam” (1981)“Ghoulies” (1984)“Maximum Overdrive” (1986)Scale Rank 2“And Soon the Darkness” (1970)“Salem’s Lot” (1979)“New Year’s Evil” (1980)“Jaws 3D” (1983)“Silent Night, Deadly Night” (1984) Scale Rank 1.5”Tentacles” (1977)“Possession” (1981)“Mutant” (1984)“Lifeforce” (1985)“Watchers” (1988)Scale Rank 1“Silent Night, Bloody Night” (1972)“The Amusement Park” (1973)“The Devil’s Rain” (1975)“The Swarm” (1978)“Dark Age” (1987)“Return to Horror High” (1987) Rotten Tomatometer 91% - 100%100%: Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (1971)100%: Dark Age (1987)97%: Psycho (1960)97%: Jaws (1975)96%: The Amusement Park (1973)96%: Halloween (1978)95%: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)94%: Re-Animator (1985)93%: Don’t Look Now (1973)93%: Deep Red (1975)93%: Carrie (1976)93%: Alien (1979)93%: The Thing (1982)93%: The Fly (1986)92%: Vertigo (1958)81% - 90%90%: Tales from the Crypt (1972)90%: Martin (1977)89%: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)89%: Salem’s Lot (1979)89%: An American Werewolf in London (1981)89% The Dead Zone (1983)88%: Poltergeist (1982)88% Evil Dead II (1987)87% They Live (1988)86%: Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)86%: Altered States (1980)86%: The Evil Dead (1981)85%: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)85%: The Changeling (1980)84%: The Omen (1976)83%: The Shining (1980)83%: Possession (1981)83%: Videodrome (1983)71% - 80%78%: The Exorcist (1973)61% - 70%68%: The Blob (1988)62%: The Entity (1982)51% - 60%56%: Lifeforce (1985)41% - 50%50%: Witchboard (1986)50%: Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) 31% - 40%40%: Madhouse (1974)31%: “The Amityville Horror” (1979)21% - 30%29%: And Soon the Darkness (1970)29%: Scream Blacula Scream (1973)27%: Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)27%: Squirm (1976)25% New Year’s Evil (1980)11% - 20%20%: The Corpse Grinders (1971)20%: Mutant (1984)17%: The Devil’s Rain (1975)14%: Visiting Hours (1982)14%: Ghoulies (1984)14%: Maximum Overdrive (1986)13%: Final Exam (1981)11%: Jaws 3D (1983)1% - 10%9%: The Swarm (1978)7%: Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982)0%Silent Night Bloody Night (1972)Tentacles (1977)Return to Horror High (1987)Watchers (1988)