Although Godzilla takes the crown worldwide, this 1953 classic is perhaps the best American film from the cycle of atomic monster movies that sprung out of the decade's intense Cold War paranoia. Here, the big fella — identified by one of the film's lab coat-clad scientists as a "Rhedosaurus" — is freed from its Arctic prison by a nuclear blast.

EW takes a stab at picking the most essential slasher films, from the subgenre's origins with Norman Bates in 'Psycho' to classics like 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' and 'Halloween.'

But when it came time to determine the best ’80s horror movies, only one of the slasher movies made the cut. That’s because there was an embarrassment of riches to choose from. Some of these films are over 40 years old,

Tis the season to curl up in front of a gory horror flick, and for that, Varietyhas you covered. The magazine's critics compiled an ambitious list of the top 100 horror movies of all time, and one thing is evident in their choices: Classic horror reigns supreme.