When it comes to horror movies, opinions are like ax holes: Nearly everybody's got one.
So Wired.com went straight to the experts for this frightful film roundup. Since 1979, horror magazine Fangoria has waltzed on the bleeding edge of the genre, dedicating itself to coverage and criticism of gore, splatter and exploitation films and the people that make them.
Just in time for Halloween, we asked four of Fangoria's savants of slash — Editor-in-Chief Chris Alexander, Managing Editor Michael Gingold, Director of Marketing Bekah McKendry and Contributing Editor Sam Zimmerman — to spill their guts on the top 25 horror films of all time.
(NSFW alert: Some photos in this gallery are not safe for work.)
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Freaks (1932)
Chris Alexander: Disturbing one-of-a-kind creeper that also effectively killed director Tod Browning's career.
Michael Gingold: Let's see someone try to remake this one today.
Bekah McKendry: One of the first cinematic examples of the antihero, and a concept that was way ahead of its time. Plus, the dinner scene reminds me of most Fango staff meetings!
Sam Zimmerman: Aside from the generally disturbing qualities this film has throughout, the sheer out-of-controlness of the end reveal makes my life better.