10 Best Horror Movies For Virgins

1. The Exorcist

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Some see The Exorcist as the absolute pinnacle of horror. Some see the The Exorcist as the absolute pinnacle of cinema, period. Either way, even if this isn't your own particular viewpoint, it's impossible to argue that The Exorcist is anything but a truly extraordinary film.

Religion, demons, possession, death, and head-spinning, soup-spewing pure evil are at the core of this legendary 1973 Billy Friedkin picture - itself adapted from William Peter Blatty's 1971 novel of the same name.

It doesn't get much more 'horror royalty' than The Exorcist. And for those coming in fresh to the horror genre, it's not something that you should be diving into straight away. This is a film that really is a special movie that is in a rare spot amongst the genre.

The scares and outright mindf**kery of The Exorcist means it's one that horror virgins should work their way up to. Hence why it's at #1 on our list here, for you should ease yourself into the genre before hitting this one up. But hitting it up is exactly what you need to do if you want to cement yourself as an all-out horror hound.

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