13 scariest movies ever

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Director: Wes Craven
Forget about the three hundred-or-so sequels – this ground-breaking slasher is still Wes Craven’s finest, grisliest hour. Robert Englund spawned one of the most enduring movie villains of all time in gnarly-faced mega-zombie and stripey-jumper fanatic Freddie Krueger, while the repeated demise of happy-go-lucky teens brought the horror genre to a dark new level.
Scariest moment: Freddie’s first appearance, in which he stalks heroine Tina through her front garden and cracks that trademark evil grin. Although the choice of midriff-revealing attire worn by an extremely fresh-faced Johnny Depp prior to being minced comes a close second.