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Best 1 Akira
Akira

Japan, 1988. An explosion caused by a young boy with psychic powers tears through the city of Tokyo and ignites the fuse that leads to World War III. In order to prevent any further destruction, he is...

9.90 Brilliant
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2 Resident Evil Village
Resident Evil Village

Resident Evil Village delivers a terrifying and visually stunning experience on the Steam Deck. Playing as Ethan Winters, you navigate a mysterious European village filled with grotesque creatures and...

9.87 Brilliant
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3 Metroid Dread
Metroid Dread

Metroid Dread represents a triumphant return for Samus Aran, delivering a thrilling and modernized Metroidvania experience. The game seamlessly blends classic Metroid gameplay with contemporary desig...

9.87 Brilliant
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4 Perfect Blue
Perfect Blue

J-pop idol group CHAM! has spent the last two years entertaining its fans. Sadly, all good things must come to an end, and CHAM! must see one of its members, Mima Kirigoe, leave the group to pursue he...

9.86 Brilliant
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5 Doom Eternal
Doom Eternal

Doom Eternal builds upon the foundation of its predecessor, delivering a relentlessly fast-paced and brutal first-person shooter experience. The game emphasizes aggressive combat, requiring players to...

9.86 Brilliant
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6 Resident Evil 2 Remake
Resident Evil 2 Remake

A definitive remake of the original 1998 classic. It captures the claustrophobic dread of the Raccoon City or police station perfectly. With modern graphics and a revamped survival system, it offers a...

9.82 Brilliant
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7 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Robert Wiene's 1920 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari' is a cornerstone of German Expressionism, renowned for its unsettling atmosphere, distorted sets, and dreamlike narrative. The film tells the story of...

9.82 Brilliant
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8 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

A dark and disturbing roguelite where you play as Isaac, a young boy cursed by his mother. *The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth* is renowned for its incredibly deep item system, challenging gameplay, and un...

9.82 Brilliant
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9 Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki are regular middle school girls with regular lives, but all that changes when they encounter Kyuubey, a cat-like magical familiar, and Homura Akemi, the new transfer stud...

9.79 Brilliant
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10 REC
REC

Álex Pastor and Pau Fernández Colomé's *REC* (2007) remains the gold standard for found footage horror. Following a television news crew investigating a mysterious outbreak in a Barcelona apartment bu...

9.79 Brilliant
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11 The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show remains the undisputed king of cult classics. Its interactive screenings, complete with audience participation, props, and costumes, have created a unique and enduring co...

9.79 Brilliant
12 Bakemonogatari
Bakemonogatari

Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student, manages to survive a vampire attack with the help of Meme Oshino, a strange man residing in an abandoned building. Though being saved from vampirism a...

9.79 Brilliant
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13 Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2

Often cited as the pinnacle of psychological horror, Silent Hill 2 explores themes of guilt, punishment, and repressed desire. The game uses a surrealist landscape to manifest the protagonist's intern...

9.77 Brilliant
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14 Stranger Things
Stranger Things

Stranger Things continues to captivate audiences with its blend of sci-fi, horror, and 80s nostalgia. The series follows a group of young friends as they confront supernatural forces and unravel myste...

9.77 Brilliant
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15 Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

This title offers a visceral exploration of psychosis and trauma. Players inhabit Senua, a Celtic warrior who journeys into a hellish realm while battling her own fractured mind. The game's use of bin...

9.72 Brilliant
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16 Between Two Fires (Christopher Buehlman)
Between Two Fires (Christopher Buehlman)

Christopher Buehlmans Between Two Fires masterfully blends historical fiction with dark fantasy horror. Set in 14th-century France during the Black Death, the novel follows a disgraced knight tasked w...

9.66 Brilliant
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17 Halloween (1978)
Halloween (1978)

John Carpenter's 'Halloween' is the quintessential slasher film, establishing many of the genre's core tropes. Its minimalist approach, unsettling score, and the iconic masked killer, Michael Myers, c...

9.50 Brilliant
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18 The Thing (1982)
The Thing (1982)

John Carpenter's 'The Thing' remains the gold standard for practical gore. Rob Bottin's groundbreaking effects, involving intricate prosthetics, animatronics, and stop-motion animation, depict a paras...

9.50 Brilliant
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19 The Break Room
The Break Room

The Break Room plunges viewers into the unsettling reality of Lumon's disciplinary procedures. This episode establishes a chilling atmosphere and introduces key themes of control, manipulation, and th...

9.50 Brilliant
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20 Another
Another

In class 3-3 of Yomiyama North Junior High, transfer student Kouichi Sakakibara makes his return after taking a sick leave for the first month of school. Among his new classmates, he is inexplicably d...

9.49 Excellent
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21 Inscryption
Inscryption

A psychological horror deckbuilder that begins as a roguelike card game in a creepy cabin, but constantly subverts expectations with meta-narrative twists and escape room-style puzzles. The core card...

9.42 Excellent
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22 Senuas Saga: Hellblade II
Senuas Saga: Hellblade II

Square Enixs *Senuas Saga: Hellblade II* is a visually stunning and emotionally resonant action-adventure game. Players experience the world through the fractured mind of Senua, a warrior battling dem...

9.40 Excellent
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23 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

Resident Evil 7 marked a significant shift for the franchise by moving to first-person and focusing on rural, claustrophobic horror. Set in a decaying plantation house, it uses body horror and psychol...

9.40 Excellent
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24 SOMA
SOMA

While often categorized as sci-fi, SOMA is a profound psychological horror experience that explores existential dread and the nature of consciousness. Set in an underwater research facility, it forces...

9.30 Excellent
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25 Sweet Home
Sweet Home

Sweet Home stands out for its unique blend of horror, thriller, and action, set against the backdrop of an apocalyptic event where humans transform into monsters. The story follows Cha Hyun-soo, a rec...

9.20 Excellent
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26 Smile (2022)
Smile (2022)

Smile (2022) delivers a relentlessly unsettling experience centered around a contagious, supernatural curse. The films strength lies in its innovative visual language and the palpable sense of dread i...

9.20 Excellent
27 Phasmophobia
Phasmophobia

Phasmophobia is a groundbreaking cooperative horror game where players investigate haunted locations to identify the type of ghost present. The game's reliance on voice recognition and realistic ghos...

9.20 Excellent
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28 The Thing
The Thing

John Carpenter's *The Thing* is a masterclass in paranoia and practical effects. Set in a remote Antarctic research station, the film follows a group of scientists who encounter a shape-shifting alien...

9.20 Excellent
29 Relic (2020)
Relic (2020)

Relic (2020) is a uniquely unsettling horror film that blends supernatural elements with the devastating reality of dementia. The film explores the disintegration of a family as they confront their ma...

9.20 Excellent
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30 Evil Dead 2 (1987)
Evil Dead 2 (1987)

Sam Raimi's 'Evil Dead 2' redefined gore with its over-the-top, comedic, and incredibly inventive practical effects. The film embraces the absurdity of its premise, utilizing buckets of fake blood, st...

9.20 Excellent
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