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Sunday Special: The 10 Best Horror Movie Franchises

Sunday Special: The 10 Best Horror Movie Franchises

The Daily vor 11 Monaten

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The only thing Gilbert Cruz loves more than celebrating Halloween
is watching scary movies. And between the classic horror
franchises that span decades and the prestige original films of
the current moment, he has seen hundreds of them.

On today’s episode, Gilbert puts his knowledge to use in
conversation with his fellow horror aficionados Jason Zinoman and
Erik Piepenburg. They comb through a century of spooks, frights
and screams to crown the Top 10 franchises in cinema history.

Horror franchises discussed on this episode:

“A Nightmare on Elm Street”

“A Quiet Place”

“Alien”

“The Amityville Horror”

“Candyman”

“Child’s Play”

“The Conjuring”

“The Exorcist”

“The Evil Dead”

“Final Destination”

“Friday the 13th”

“Halloween”

The Hannibal Lecter films

“Hellraiser”

“The Hills Have Eyes”

“Insidious”

“Jaws”

“Night of the Living Dead”

“The Omen”

“Paranormal Activity”

“Phantasm”

“Poltergeist”

“Psycho”

“The Purge”

“The Ring”

“Saw”

“Scream”

“Terrifier”

“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”

The Universal monster films

“V/H/S”

On Today’s Episode:

Jason Zinoman is a critic at large for The Times and the author
of “Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us
Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror.”

Erik Piepenburg covers culture for The Times, and writes a
monthly column about horror movies.

Additional Reading:

25 Jump Scares That Still Make Us Jump

Five Horror Movies to Stream Now

‘Good Boy’ Review: Sit. Stay. Scream.

Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

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