Scariest Horror Flicks Set in High Schools
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Scariest Horror Flicks Set in High Schools

High school is scary but these fright flicks make it downright petrifying. Which one terrifies you most?

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1 Carrie
This Stephen King adaptation also serves as a graphic reminder not to spend too much on your prom outfits. 443 719
2 Scream
The principal is killed by a psycho... don't pretend you never wished that would happen! 335 613
3 Halloween: H20
Going to an expensive prep school doesn't mean you can stop worrying about the bogey man... trust us. 148 548
4 Prom Night
What should be the best night of her life, just ends up all bloody for Jamie Lee Curtis in the 1980s original. 134 554
5 The Craft
For these girls, "Light as a feather, stiff as a board" become "invoking the guardians of the watchtower of the east." 109 563
6 The Faculty
Six high-school misfits stand between Earth and the alien invasion being planned by their teachers. 103 559
7 Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Teen slayer Kristy Swanson goes up against veteran vampire Rutger Hauer: Sweet! -21 485
8 Resident Evil: Apocalypse
A zombie apocalypse traps teens in their high school: Can one devoted dad rescue his daughter? -41 453
9 Heathers
Ambitious plans for mass destruction and a great Christian Slater compensate for the low body count. -43 431
10 Trick or Treat
A headbanger is called back from the afterlife so a teen fan can lay waste to his tormentors. -48 428
11 Ginger Snaps
Every full moon, this goth hottie becomes a werewolf in this smart indie picture. -68 416
12 Village of the Damned
Christopher Reeve faces off against white-haired alien school children with eeeeerie mind-control powers. -85 441
13 Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
Thirty years after her prom-night death, the ghost of a rebellious high-school girl returns to raise hell. -112 376
14 The Rage: Carrie 2
A smart girl with telekinesis picked on by the cool kid... I think we all know how this will end. -121 453
15 Return to Horror High
A movie crew returns to an abandoned school to shoot a film about the crimes that took place there. -149 381
16 Student Bodies
Not only are the murders inventive, this spoof opened the door for comedies like Zombieland. -162 342
17 Cherry Falls
A murderer targets high school virgins in this very black comedy of the Scream-school of spoofs. -165 395
18 Dance of the Dead
This flick went straight to DVD, but c'mon: Zombies crash the senior prom. That's a hard combo to beat. -168 340
19 National Lampoon's Class Reunion
A slasher parody written by John Hughes, the high priest of high-school angst... 'nuff said. -170 338
20 Class of Nuke 'Em High
Toxic waste from a nearby nuclear facility plus teenage hormones equals high school hell. -175 327
21 Tamara
Too bad for the bullies that killed her, this nerd is also a witch who can resurrect herself. -177 383
22 Massacre at Central High
Creepily prescient, this movie features a transfer student lashing out when bullies push him too far. -188 320
23 Class of 1999
It's high-school gangbangers vs. android robo-teachers in this futuristic blast from 1990. -201 323