Initial Horror/Thriller film research.

The top 20 rated Horror/Thriller according to imdb.com;

1.)Psycho
2.) Alien
3.)The Shining
4.)Les Diaboliques
5.) The Thing
6.)Nosferatu
7.)Faust
8.)The Exorcist
9.)Rosemarys Baby
10.)The Cabinet of Dr.Caligan
11.)King Kong
12.)Frankenstein
13.)What ever happened to baby Jane?
14.)Dawn of the dead
15.)Bride of Frankenstein
16.)Kwaidan
17.)Night of the Living Dead
18.)Shaun of the Dead
19.)Onibaba
20.)Invasion of the body snatchers


Top 10 highest grossing horror films of 2010;
1.)The Twilight Saga; Eclipse; $300,531,751
2.)Shutter Island; $128,012,934
3.)Paranormal Activity 2; $84,612,342
4.)A Nightmare on Elm Street; $63,075,011
5.)The Wolfman; $61,979,680
6.)Resident Evil Afterlife; $60,128,566
7.)Predators; $52,000,688
8.)Saw 3D; $45,710,178
9.)The Lovely Bones; $43,645,137
10.)The last Exorcism; $41,034,350

Top 10 grossing horror films of all time.

	Title	Studio	Gross Domestic Box Office
1	Jaws (1975)	UNIVERSAL	$795,369,426
2	The Exorcist (1973)	WARNER BROS	$686,631,452
3	The Sixth Sense (1999)	BUENA VISTA	$357,566,366
4	The Mummy Returns (2001)	UNIVERSAL	$221,650,716
5	Jaws 2 (1978)	UNIVERSAL	$215,603,340
6	The Amityville Horror (1979)	AMERICAN INT.	$213,841,738
7	Alien (1979)	FOX	$200,233,659
8	The Mummy (1999)	UNIVERSAL	$189,949,583
9	What Lies Beneath (2000)	DREAMWORKS	$179,115,699
10	The Omen (1976)	FOX	$177,620,519