Best Animal Horror Movies – Methodology
I searched far and wide for lists of best animal horror movies of all time.
I was able to find 31 lists. I took the 31 lists and added all their content into a spreadsheet, noting the rank of every film. The total number was over 600 including all the repeats. I experimented with different formulas, trying to balance the value of being ranked high on any list and being included on the most lists. I ended up averaging the rankings each movie got (there were 94 that were on at least 2 lists) and dividing that average by the number of lists that movie was on. The lowest score meant a high ranking average on many lists.
The movies that were on the most lists (out of 31) were:
- Jaws (1975) – 25 lists
- The Birds (1963) – 22 lists
- Cujo (1983) – 21 lists
- Arachnophobia (1990) – 17 lists
- Anaconda (1997) – 17 lists
Here are links to the lists I used along with dates the lists were created:
- Reddit/KnewsMedia – 13 Sep 2022
- MovieWeb – 30 Aug 2022
- Kneel Before Zod – 15 Aug 2022
- Best Similar – 11 Aug 2022
- Buzzfeed – 15 Jun 2022
- Ranker.com – 10 Jun 2022
- Opera News – 31 May 2022
- The Lineup – 12 Apr 2022
- WhatNerd – 26 Feb 2022
- TechMediatainment – 3 Jan 2021
- ScariestThings.com – 2 Aug 2020
- GameSpot – 10 Apr 2020
- Goliath – 16 Jan 2020
- ScreenRant – 18 Jul 2019
- Back to the Movies – 1 Jul 2019
- Horror Bound – 20 May 2019
- Den of Geek – 24 Oct 2018
- SlashFilm – 9 Aug 2018
- LiveAbout.com – 28 Mar 2018
- Rotten Tomatoes – 3 Aug 2017
- iHorrorDb – 1 Oct 2016
- Top10 Films UK – 15 Jul 2016
- Teen Vogue – 19 Jun 2016
- Mental Floss – 8 Jun 2015
- Games Radar – 17 Jul 2013
- Mr. Movie – 9 Sep 2011
- Attack from Planet B – 19 Aug 2010
- Film Jabber – date unknown
- MoviesList.best – date unknown
- Watch Mojo – date unknown
Attached is the Excel spreadsheet with the raw data and the full list with scores and weighting.