- Shaun of the Dead
- Red Dragon - Kudos to Corliss for giving props to one of the decade's most unfairly ignored thrillers.
- Audition
- Dead Alive - Nice to see a mainstream critic recognizing this cult gem.
- Men Behind the Sun - Here I find major fault. If you ask me, including a docudrama based on actual Japanese war atrocities on this list borders on disgusting.
- The Fly (1986)
- Alien
- Halloween (1978)
- Carrie
- Jaws - I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Jaws is not a horror movie.
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
- The Exorcist
- Night of the Living Dead - I would've chosen Dawn of the Dead, but Corliss insisted on including only one film per director.
- Blood Feast
- Black Sunday
- Psycho
- Peeping Tom
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
- Diabolique (1955)
- Bambi - Why do these critics always have to get cute? So Bambi's mom dying freaked you out as a kid. Get over it. It's Disney.
- Freaks
- Frankenstein
- The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
- Nosferatu
- Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat - Another ridiculous one. This is the infamous short that allegedly scared early moviegoers because they thought the train was going to burst through the screen. Horror movie? Gimme a break.
Surprised to see Hammer go unrepresented. American bias showing through, I guess. So what do you folks make of Time's choices? Feel free to chime in. Anyone interested in my own top picks need look no further than the right hand column...