The Most influential Horror movie of its time?

Idk if The Ring (Ringu) was the first one to do it, but how many horror characters have we seen are women / girls, long black hair, and face covered since the Ring came out.

I'm not sure about those. The 70s had The Exorcist and The Omen. The 80s had Friday the 13th and a lot of Stephen King.

Scream is the 90's --No, Ring, Ringu, Seven, Silence Of The Lambs.
Nightmare is the 80's--No, The Shining, The Thing, Poltergeist, American Werewolf In London, Near Dark.
Halloween might be "influential" because it ushered in a bunch of copy cat stuff but not the best by any stretch and Exorcist, Don't Look Now, and Alien were really more "influential" especially Alien.

Psycho is #1
Halloween is #2

A case can be made for Frankenstein/Bride of Frankenstein as well.

I would argue with Nosferatu.

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Psycho is the grandfather of all slasher films

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Probably right. But that's a sub-genre of horror.

There was M, etc...but that isn't modern horror.

Obviously Halloween and Friday are the most copied.

While I think Nightmare on Elm Street defined the 80's - and how horror can go beyond "real time slasher" - it was the precursor to Japan horror to a degree. Slasher ghosts.

There's no doubt that Psycho, Halloween, Friday...are up there.

But I guess, what I am asking is what the doc seemed to imply...that the Ring redefined horror for its time.

I think Nightmare redefined horror from Pyscho, Halloween, Friday and that Scream redefined it again.

I know people sort of hate Blair Witch to a degree...but wasn't that more influential than The Ring?

Edit: actually my answer is Nosferatu

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Edit: actually my answer is Nosferatu

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But isn't that fantasy horror?

Which really didn't come back huge until Freddy.

Pyscho, Halloween, Friday has its genesis in Fritz Lang's M. A real life killer.

I guess it asks the question, what is horror?

Just bothered me that The Ring was the definition of the last 15 years.

I guess its a question of Japan horror vs. found footage? I am no fan of found footage but I think it had a bigger impact.

Night of the Living Dead 1968

Look what the living dead cannibal corpse market has grown to today.

Psycho and Silence of the Lambs seem like good answers for how broadly watched and admired they were for their eras.

My perception is that Night of the Living Dead opened up the cult midnight horror movie market. Very important, but a smaller and more devoted sub genre.

How many others saw the recent "Why Horror?" documentary?