Horror movie trailers. Some of them put in all the scariest moments from the movie (which can then be disappointing once you’re watching the movie and realize you already know all the jumps). There’s an art to making a great trailer, and an even more specific art to making a great horror trailer. It's Alive (1974)READ MORE: The 10 Best Trailers of the Last 10 YearsSometimes half a minute is all it takes to scare the pants off of us, and no movie trailer demonstrates this as effectively as the one for the 1974 Larry Cohen sci-fi horror movie It’s Alive. The Shining (1980)The theatrical teaser for The Shining is one of the most iconic scary trailers ever made, even though it barely shows anything actually scary.