A definitive list of the best retro horror movies that will still scare the pants off you now. – Mamamia

Years later the Lutz family move in and are now the target of the homes evil forces.

Voices seemingly coming from the house, furniture and parts of the house moving and hurting family members, a malevolent imaginary friend, the walls oozing blood... The Amityville Horror makes you feel unsafe in your own home, and will make you research a little deeper before buying that dream house.

You can watch The Amityville Horror on Stan.

Horror fantasy Hellraiserstarred one of the most deranged looking villains in history, Pinhead. And really need we say more?

The antagonist literally has pins poking out of his head like a human pin-cushion or acupuncture gone very, very wrong. (That's him top right in the feature image.)

Hellraiser focuses on a puzzle box that opens a gateway to the very hell-like realm of Cenobites, where a group of formerly human monsters harvest human souls to torture in sadistic experiments.

And while arguably creative, they are super gory and you will never forget them, no matter how much you try.

Wes Cravens classic flick follows Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) who becomes the target of a mysterious, ghost-face-costume wearing, knife-wielding killer, who slashes, stabs, hangs, crushes and mutilates her friends and acquaintances along the way. Its gory, graphic and pretty realistic (for the '90s).

Other than the above, the scariest part of Scream was definitely the sound of the phone ringing, which has forever associated this noise with a sense of doom (at least until you hear that the husky, deep voice of Ghostface isnt at the other end.)

Oh, and the fact that the killer was actually smart and would appear in places that the audience often deemed safe, like the high school bathroom during broad daylight, and used ordinary household items like a dog door and electric garage door to kill in a very graphic manner.

So, thanks to Scream, nowhere was safe, nothing was safe, and no one was safe ever again.

You can watch Scream on Stan.

Shona Hendley, Mother of cats, goats and humans is a freelance writer from Victoria. An ex secondary school teacher, Shona has a strong interest in education. She is an animal lover and advocate, with a morbid fascination for true crime and horror movies. You can follow her on Instagram.

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A definitive list of the best retro horror movies that will still scare the pants off you now. - Mamamia

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