The Five Scariest Movies of All Time, According to Experts

Actor Tony Moran, as masked kiler Michael Myers, wields a knife in a still from the horror film, ‘Halloween,’ directed by John Carpenter, 1978. (Photo by Fotos International/Courtesy of Getty Images)

If you’re looking for something really scary to watch this Halloween, a website called StudyFinds claims to have found the five scariest movies. They visited “10 of the leading expert websites” to see which movies are rated the most fright-inducing.

Here are the results:

1. “The Exorcist”, 1973

2. “Halloween”, 1978

3. “Paranormal Activity”, 2007

4. “The Shining”, 1980

5. “It Follows”, 2014