My Favorite 50 Horror Crossover Films

This is simply a list of my favorite horror “crossover” films (the top 50), much like my previous Favorite-Film lists (for fantasy and sci-fi).  The films included are all films I consider horror films that “crossover” into either fantasy (including the supernatural) or sci-fi.  While there were many other horror films I considered (Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon, Jaws, etc.), if they didn’t have a strong fantasy/sci-fi component, they didn’t make this list.  I also tried to stay away from spoofy/humorous/superhero films unless they were innovative or very entertaining.  Films marked with a star (*) are also on my top 50 fantasy or sci-fi lists  If something is missing it’s probably because I haven’t seen it, I didn’t like it, or I didn’t remember it.  If you want to know more about these films, I suggest you check out the Internet Movie Database.  The order may not be exact, it’s hard to choose amongst one’s favorites, but here it is:

My Favorites

1. Alien [1979] *
2. I Am Legend [2007] *
3. The Brothers Grimm [2005] *
4. Sleepy Hollow [1999]*
5. Pandorum [2009] *
6. Pan’s Labyrinth [2006]*
7. Army of Darkness [1992]*
8. Signs [2002] *
9. Aliens [1986]* (less horror and more thriller than Alien)
10. Priest [2011]
11. Event Horizon [1997]*
12. War of the Worlds [2005KH]*
13. The Thing [1982] *
14. The Thing [2011]*
15. Pitch Black [2000] *
16. The Box [2009]
17. Needful Things [1993]
18. Season of the Witch [2011]*
19. Shadow of the Vampire [2000]
20. The Forgottetn [2004]
21. The Haunting [1999] (love the sets!)
22. The Stand [1994] (TV mini-series)
23. Interview with a Vampire? [1994]
24. The Mummy [2001] (the sequels lacked for the most part)
25. 1408 [2007]
26. Blade? [1998]
27. Sleepwalkers [1992]
28. War of the Worlds [1953]*
29. Firestarter [1984]
30. 13 Ghosts [2001]
31. Pet Cemetary [1989]
32. Frankenstein: the True Story [1973] (highly recommend this TV movie!)
33. Frankenstein [1994]
34. Bram Stoker’s Dracula [1992] (Gary Oldman)
35. Dracula [1979] (Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence – very romanticized)
36. Life Force [1985]
37. Something Wicked this way comes [1983]
38. An American Werewolf in London [1981]
39. Dark City [1998]
40. The Wolfman [2010]
41. Skyline [2010]
42. The Howling [1981] (mostly for the effects)
43. It [1990] (TV mini-series)
44. The Fly [1986]
45. House on Haunted Hill? [1999] (some good “gotchas”)
46. House [1986, 1987]
47. Split Second [1992]
48. Rose Red [2002] (TV min-series)
49. The Fly [1958]
50. Nosferatu [1922]

Honorable Mention

1. Wolf[1994]
2. The Frighteners [1996]
3. The Ninth Gate [1999]
4. Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature? [2001KH]* (Made for TV movie – great performance by Rufus Sewell)
5. Storm of the Century [1999] (TV mini-series)
6. Carrie [1988]
7. Supernatural (TV) [2005 – 2012] (wrong on just about everything – still entertaining)
8. Dracula [1931] (Bela Lugosi)
9. Five Million Years to Earth [1967]
10. Thinner [1996]
11. Buffy the Vampire Slayer [1992]
12. Gargoyle [1972]
13. Relic [1997]
14. Westworld [1973]
15. Christine [1983]
16. Dark Water [2002]
17. Prince of Darkness [1987]
18. Hellraiser [1987]
19. Dreamcatcher [2003]
20. Species [1995]
21. Tomyknockers [1993]
22. Creature from the Black Lagoon [1954]
23. Virus [1999]
24. Evil Dead II [1987]
25. Maximum Overdrive [1986]
26. Pumpkinhead [1988]
27. The Island of Doctor Moreau [1977]
28. The Island of Doctor Moreau [1996]
29. Darkness Falls [2003]
30. Invasion of the Body Snatchers [1978]