Halloween, The Exorcist, and Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho are among the best, scariest R-rated horror movies ever made.
While horror movies don't have to stray into R-rated territory to be scary, there is something oftentimes exciting about those that do. Horror, after all, is one genre that can find itself benefiting considerably from having as few restrictions as possible.
The movie revolves around a scientist gradually transforming into a fly after an experiment gone wrong, and though it sounds silly on paper, the execution here makes it genuinely hard to watch and even quite tragic. It's not for the faint of heart, but it's unequivocally effective as an R-rated horror movie, for those who feel up for watching it.
21 'Suspiria' Compared to other Dario Argento movies, Suspiria isn't too extreme, which makes it a good entry point for viewers new to the Italian filmmaker's body of work. Other films of his do contain more graphic violence and adult content, but Suspiria is still firmly placed within the pantheon of R-rated horror, due to its murder scenes still packing a bloody, gory punch.
19 'The Evil Dead' Some might find its goriest scenes a little cheap-looking by modern-day standards, but it's easy to imagine The Evil Dead being a good deal more shocking for audiences to witness back in the early 1980s. It's one of the most iconic low-budget horror movies of all time, and though it would classify as R-rated now, and has been released unrated on physical media, it was originally X-rated back when it first came out.
It was probably too much for some people back in 1982, leading to The Thing being well-known for not resonating with audiences upon release, but eventually becoming a cult classic. For its convincing special effects and constant, nail-biting tension, it's certainly up there among the greatest R-rated horror movies of all time.
14 'Hereditary' Hereditary is one movie that's as twisted as it is twist-filled, being up there with the most shocking horror movies of the past decade. It centers on a group of family members who discover dark secrets about their ancestry while in the midst of dealing with an unspeakably grim tragedy that threatens to be their collective undoing.
The film's titular character moves into an apartment complex with her partner, and gradually becomes fearful of the neighbors, particularly because of the unusual interest they show in her unborn child. It's slow-burn horror at its best, expertly building to a devastating finale that ensures Rosemary's Baby holds up as a brilliantly disturbing film.
9 'Psycho' It's saying something about the disturbing nature of Psycho that it's as old as it is, yet still earns an R-rating. For the standards of the early '60s, Psycho was about as violent as American movies could get, with some infamously grisly murders, nightmarish and unpredictable sequences, and an in-depth look at a psychologically disturbed criminal on a notably frightening rampage.
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