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1) The Shining (1980)

Perfectionist auteur Stanley Kubrick seemed an unlikely choice to adapt Stephen King’s pulp novel, yet the result was this towering horror masterpiece. Though King wasn’t satisfied with the result, Kubrick skilfully turned the story of a hotel caretaker slowly cracking up into an opulent study of isolation, madness and paranoia. It’s full of iconic moments, including the spooky twin girls in the hotel corridor and Danny’s mutterings about ‘Red Rum’, and Jack Nicholson gives one of his finest performances as the struggling author who lurches from caring family man into axe-wielding psycho.

2) Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

Rosemary’s Baby opens with a young couple moving into a new apartment and gradually, and quite brilliantly, builds up a palpable sense of paranoia and unease as Rosemary comes to suspect that her neighbours are Satanists. The dream-like sequence in which Rosemary is raped by the Devil is truly horrifying, as is the final image of the rocking cradle, and the disquiet is increased both by the realistic tone and occasional moments of black humour.

3) The Wicker Man (1973)

Unlike more lurid films that pit their heroes against silly Satanists or kooky occultists, the genius of The Wicker Man lies in the sympathetic depiction of the Pagans who live on Summerisle – the remote Scottish island where the devoutly Christian PC Howie (Edward Woodward) is dispatched to look for a missing girl. True, their customs are outlandish (there’s a lot of naked dancing), but alongside Howie’s own blinkered zealotry, they seem positively harmless. Only in the closing scenes is the true cost of unthinking belief (by both sides) revealed, and captured in a chillingly neutral documentary style.

4) Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Arguably the most famous of all Universal monster movies, James Whale’s sequel outshone his terrific original. The film sees Dr Frankenstein set about constructing a mate for his monster, which leads to tragedy, horror, humour and some of the most memorable scenes in cinema history (the monster taking refuge at the home of a blind hermit; an encounter with a little girl at a pond). Gorgeous sets, quotable dialogue (”I love dead. Hate living…”) and terrific performances - this is cinema at its most joyous.

5) Psycho (1960)

Despite influencing virtually every horror and suspense movie to arrive in its wake, it’s amazing how fresh and innovative Psycho seems today. The complex characters and psychological depth mean that Psycho is more than just the gimmicky flick it could have been (and that a few critics dismissed it as at the time). And in his career-defining role, Anthony Perkins’s Norman Bates is one of the greatest and most fascinating screen killers; sexually repressed, disturbed, yet also very personable – even when we know what he’s capable of.

6) Alien (1979)

Pitched as “Jaws in space”, Alien was set apart by several then-revolutionary factors: H.R. Giger’s stunning creature design; its gritty and utilitarian worldview; and casting Sigourney Weaver as its eventual heroine Ripley, a part written for a man but transformed by the change in gender into something iconic. Then there’s the body horror of the alien’s first appearance – a visceral inversion of birth that retains its shock value.

7) Night of the Living Dead (1968)

“They’re coming to get you Barbara…” George A. Romero gave birth to the modern zombie flick with his 1968 black & white cheapie, and its success inspired numerous sequels, remakes and imitations. But the original has lost none of its power. This is partly down to Romero’s skill as a filmmaker, and partly because of the unusual, unsettling structure – the zombie onslaught begins in a sudden, almost casual manner, the central protagonist switches partway through and the ending is as bleak as hell. A zombie flick with brains.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

There have been gorier films than Tobe Hooper’s former video nasty, but The Texas Chain Saw Massacre remains one of the most shocking. The visuals are raw and realistic, and the simple story is powered by a visceral energy and jet-black humour (especially the gloriously twisted family dinner scene). The 2003 remake was far too slick, while the 2006 prequel missed the point entirely: Leatherface is so scary precisely because his background is ambiguous.

9) Halloween (1978)

From writer/director John Carpenter’s classic synth score to Dean Cundey’s moody cinematography, Halloween is the perfect example of a straightforward idea done well. Despite a run of sequels and remakes that have tried their best to ruin the simplicity, this is a prime example of low-budget horror at its finest.

10) Jaws (1977)

With the model shark famously ‘not working’, Spielberg and his lead actors used imaginative scripting and directorial sleight of hand to generate a primal fear that has surrounded the shark population ever since. It also left millions of people terrified of the ocean beyond all rationality – and still does. Sit on a boat in any stretch of open water and start humming the theme tune and you’ll know what we mean!

11) Nosferatu (1922)
FW Murnau couldn’t obtain the rights to Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and so Count Dracula became the equally creepy Count Orlock. The subsequent expressionist masterpiece contains some of the genre’s most unforgettable imagery – who could forget the Count’s shadow falling against the wall? Star Max Shreck was so creepy that the 2000 movie Shadow of the Vampire hinged on the idea that the actor actually was a vampire.

100. “I love my dead gay son. —Heathers

99. “Where was ya, Wang? We was worried.” — Murder by Death

98. “Shut that cunt’s mouth or I’ll come over there and fuckstart her head!” —The Way of the Gun

97. “How am I not myself?” — I Heart Huckabees

96. “Welcome to Debbie Country.” — Singles

95. “I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!”- - Zoolander

94. “Well, this piece is called ‘Lick My Love Pump.’” — Spinal Tap

93. “This is the guy behind the guy behind the guy.” — Swingers

92. “I hate you, and I hate your ass face!” — Waiting for Guffman

91. “Back and to the left.” — JFK

90. “No, I said ‘allo,’ but that’s close enough.” — Labyrinth

89. “That’s bee-YOU-tee-ful, what is that, velvet?” — Coming to America

88. “It’s a moral imperative.” —Real Genius

87. “Go do that voodoo that you do so well!” — Blazing Saddles

86. “No dice, soldier.” —Brick

85. “To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.” — Conan the Barbarian

84. “Take this quarter, go downtown, and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face! Good day to you, madam.” — Uncle Buck

83. “Do you concur?” “Damnit! Why didn’t I concur?!” — Catch Me If You Can

82. “The place where a U.S. soldier goes to defecate, relieve himself, open his bowel, shit, fart, dump, crap, and unload, is called the latrine. The la-trine, from the French.” — Biloxi Blues

81. “Big bottoms, big bottoms, talk about mudflaps, my girls got ‘em.” — Spinal Tap

80. “My life is as good as an Abba song. It’s as good as Dancing Queen.” — Muriel’s Wedding

79. “Guns are for show. Knives are for pros.” — Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

78. “I shall call him Squishy. And he shall be mine. And he shall be MY Squishy.” — Finding Nemo

77. “I’ll sleep with you for a meatball.” —Victor/Victoria

76. “Follow me, or perish, sweater monkeys.” — Bring it On

75. “What’s a nubian?” — Chasing Amy

74. “Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster by your side, kid.” — Star Wars

73. “You’ve got red on you.” — Shaun of the Dead

72. “I touched the earth, and he loved me back.” — Secretary

71. “Not you, fat Jesus.” — The Hangover

70. “This pile of shit has a thousand eyes.” — Stand By Me

69. “Not the beeeees!.” — Wicker Man

68. “She’s been fucked more times than she’s had a hot meal.” — Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

67. “I can’t believe I just gave my panties to a geek.” — Sixteen Candles

66. “It’s a veg-e-ta-ble.” —My Blue Heaven

65. “Goddammit, I’d piss on a spark plug if I thought it’d do any good! ” — War Games

64. “I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork. How have you been?” — Grosse Pointe Blank

63. “Now, you’ve got a corpse in a car, minus a head, in a garage. Take me to it.” — Pulp Fiction

62. “Ever since I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster.” — Goodfellas

61. “Wolfman has nards!” — Monster Squad

60. “He’s an angel. He’s an angel straight from heaven!” — Raising Arizona

59. “Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup.” — High Anxiety

58. “Somebody’s got to go back and get a shitload of dimes.” — Blazing Saddles

57. “You idiots! These are not them! You’ve captured their stunt doubles!” — Spaceballs

56. “Bratwurst? Aren’t we the optimist?” —10 Things I Hate About You

55. “Sabrina, don’t just stare at it, eat it.” — American Psycho

54. “I take your fucking bullets!” - -Scarface

53. “I’m kind of a big deal.” — Anchorman

52. “Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and sometimes it rains.” — Bull Durham

51. “We deal in lead, friend.” — The Magnificent Seven

50. “I don’t know, I mostly just hurt people.” —Alien Resurrection

49. “Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.” — Better Off Dead

48. “All every woman really wants, be it mother, senator, nun, is some serious deep-dickin’.” — Chasing Amy

47. “Let’s shag ass.” —The Royal Tenenbaums

46. “That’s atomized colloidal silver. It’s being pumped through the building’s air conditioning system, you cock-juggling thundercunt!” — Blade: Trinity

45. “I don’t understand. All my life I’ve been waiting for someone and when I find her, she’s … she’s a fish.” — Splash

44. “Demented and sad, but social.” — The Breakfast Club

43. “This is so bad it’s gone past good and back to bad again.” — Ghost World

42. “GOONIES NEVER SAY DIE!” — The Goonies

41. “Beautiful, naked, big-titted women just don’t fall out of the sky, you know.” — Dogma

40. “They’ve done studies, you know. Sixty percent of the time, it works every time.” — Anchorman

39. “Richie, would you do me a favor and eat my pussy for me… please?” — From Dusk til Dawn

38. “I’m hungry. Let’s get a taco.” — Reservoir Dogs

37. “They’re coming to get you, Barbara!” — Night of the Living Dead

36. “Maybe you’re the plucky comic relief.” — Galaxy Quest

35. “We were frightened of being left alone for the rest of our lives. Only people of a certain disposition are frightened of being alone for the rest of their lives at the age of 26…we were of that disposition.” — High Fidelity

34. “I used to fuck guys like you in prison” — Roadhouse

33. “Are you crazy? The fall will probably kill you.” — Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

32. “Strikeouts are boring. Besides that, they’re fascist.” — Bull Durham

31. “Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room! — Dr. Strangelove

30. “Shut the fuck up, Donny.” — The Big Lebowski

29. “If God did not want them shorn, he would not have made them sheep.” — The Magnificent Seven

28. “He was always a rather stupidly optimistic man. I mean, I’m afraid it came as a great shock to him when he died.” — Clue

27. “Nobody fucks with the Jesus.” — The Big Lebowski

26. “Meet me in Montauk.” — Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

25. “Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?” — Heathers

24. “That’s just the way it crumbles … cookie wise.” - The Apartment

23. “Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.” — The Rock

22. “Why didn’t somebody tell me my ass was so big? — Spaceballs

21. “I aim to misbehave.” — Serenity

20. “People are so stupid I can’t bear to be around them anymore.” —Imaginary Heroes

19. “Fuck my cock!” — Wet Hot American Summer

18. “I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.” — The Big Lebowski

17. “The swan ate my baby!” — Drop Dead Gorgeous

16. “I’m gonna punch you in the ovary, that’s what I’m gonna do. A straight shot, right to the babymaker.” — Anchorman

15. “My grammy never gave gifts. She was too busy getting raped by Cossacks.” — Annie Hall

14. “The Hammer is my penis.” — Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

13. “The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool.” — Almost Famous

12. “SQUIRREL!” — Up

11. “Excuse me stewardess, I speak jive.” — Airplane

10. “Inconceivable!” — The Princess Bride

9. “I’ve been listening to my gut since I was 14 years old, and frankly speaking, I’ve come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains.” — High Fidelity

8. “My God. I haven’t been fucked like that since grade school.” — Fight Club

7. “You’re killin’ me Smalls!” — The Sandlot

6. “I was born a poor black child.” — The Jerk

5. “Ray, next time someone asks you if you’re a god, you say YES!” — Ghostbusters

4. “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” — The Shawshank Redemption

3. “I want my two dollars!” — Better Off Dead

2. “Son, you got a panty on your head.” — Raising Arizona

1. “It ain’t white boy day is it?” — True Romance

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Lesnar used his 265 pounds to take position on top of Mir early, and Lesnar stayed on top throughout a dull first round, throwing punches that mostly did little. Mir made a bit of headway in the second, but was trapped against the octagon by Lesnar, who kept throwing right hands until Mir’s defense wilted.

Lesnar then pointed and taunted when Mir stood up, his face still caked in blood. After acknowledging the fans’ boos with two middle fingers, Lesnar took the microphone and looked pointedly at the Bud Light logo on the cage floor while announcing he would be drinking Coors Light to celebrate, “because Bud Light won’t pay me.”