This is from a one-hour special on AMC last night (hosted by Bruce Campbell). I think the list is pretty solid ... how about you folks?
The list (in no particular order):
1. The Evil Dead
2. Jaws
3. Carrie
4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
5. Night of the Living Dead (original)
6. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
7. Se7en
8. The Shining
9. Rosemary's Baby
10. The Hitcher
11. The Thing
12. Poltergeist
13. Silence of the Lambs
14. The Omen
15. A Nightmare on Elm Street
16. Lost Highway
17. An American Werewolf in London
18. Halloween
19. The Exoricist
20. Psycho (original)
You can read the list in-depth at this site:
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/comment...7_1_0_,00.html