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100 All-time 2010s Horror Movies
The horror genre: What a decade information technology'due south been, right? The rumblings of a quality horror comeback felt during the 2000s morphed into a total-blown renaissance during the 2010s. Genre films not only burst through multiplex and arthouse walls, but constitute new delivery methods of cruelty-on-demand with the meteoric rising of streaming services, giving new meaning to habitation invasions.
The 2010s started with a bumper ingather of unlikely remake success stories: Piranha 3-D, Fear Night, and Permit Me In were all Certified Fresh by some malevolent miracle. Meanwhile, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil and Cabin in the Woods were hilariously tearing apart the foundations of horror tropes, creaky later decades of abuse, allowing for something else to be built upon the remains.
While 2013's The Conjuring turned relentless onetime-school scares into blockbuster business, 2014 marks when the beginning of this new nightmare really took shape, with unexpected headline grabbers similar Nether the Skin, A Daughter Walks Home Alone At Night, and The Babadook. This was going to be horror in the 2010s: An unseen strength spreading into bewildering frontiers of intimate grief and personal storytelling, frequently on dorsum-to-nuts budgets.
And then past 2017, horror was all only inescapable: In the record books (Information technology became the highest-grossing horror movie ever), at the Oscars (Go Out), on streaming (Gerald's Game, 1922), and, of grade, at your local theater, where Happy Decease Mean solar day became a surprise hit. Though because information technology was made by return-on-investment masters Blumhouse, that should've been expected.
Then came Hereditary! A Serenity Place! A Halloween sequel that doesn't suck! And we took all these movies and more, and ranked them by Adjusted Tomatometer, which factors in release yr and number of reviews to aid compare movies of different sizes and times. Speaking of: Considering the competition is so cutthroat, we put in a 40-review minimum, ensuring the virtually critically-buzzed were the ones to fill out the drove. (And so if you're asking where's Creep, ask the thousands of critics who never wrote about it to get the picture show upward to 40 reviews.)
We think we've delayed the inevitable long enough: Whether you lot're here to observe new horror movies and recommendations, or to let the concluding ten years of diabolical memories come rushing back, run into the blood, sweat, tears, and more blood that made this decade one to comport to the grave in our guide to the 100 Best 2010s Horror Movies!
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#100
Adjusted Score: 75845%
Critics Consensus: Though the genre is well worn at this point, director Jim Mickle focuses on strong characterization and eerie temper to arts and crafts an effective apocalyptic vampire chiller that also manages to pack a mean punch.
Synopsis: Later on a plague turns America into a realm of vampires, a hunter (Nick Damici) of the depraved creatures travels cross-country... [More than]
#99
Adapted Score: 79120%
Critics Consensus: The Limehouse Golem offers old-school Hammer-style horror anchored past rich period particular and strong piece of work from a solid cast.
Synopsis: Victorian London is gripped with fear as a serial killer is on the loose and leaving cryptic messages written in... [More]
#98
Adjusted Score: 77392%
Critics Consensus: The Voices gives Ryan Reynolds an opportunity to evangelize a highlight-reel performance -- and offers an off-kilter treat for fans of black comedies.
Synopsis: A mentally unhinged factory worker (Ryan Reynolds) must make up one's mind whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer,... [More]
#97
Adapted Score: 78518%
Critics Consensus: Playing exactly to expectations for a movie about killer fish run amok, Piranha 3-D dishes out gore, guffaws and gratuitous nudity with equal glee.
Synopsis: Spring break turns gory when an hole-and-corner tremor releases hundreds of prehistoric, cannibal fish into Lake Victoria, a popular waterside... [More than]
#96
Adjusted Score: 80320%
Critics Consensus: With an emphasis on dread over gore and an ending that leaves the door broad open for sequels, Oculus could be only the first spine-tingling chapter in a new franchise for discerning horror fans.
Synopsis: Haunted by the violent demise of their parents ten years earlier, adult siblings Kaylie (Karen Gillan) and Tim (Brenton Thwaites)... [More]
#95
Adjusted Score: 82860%
Critics Consensus: Mom and Dad'due south gonzo premise serves as an effective springboard for a wickedly dark, bloody comedy - and an appropriately over-the-top performance from Nicolas Muzzle.
Synopsis: A teenage daughter and her little brother endeavor to survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of... [More]
#94
Adapted Score: 76597%
Critics Consensus: Smart, stylish, and nail-bitingly tense, Honeymoon packs more than tedious-building horror than many bigger-budget productions.
Synopsis: A honeymooning bride (Rose Leslie) goes sleepwalking into the woods surrounding a secluded motel. When she returns she looks the... [More]
#93
Adjusted Score: 78809%
Critics Consensus: Barry Levinson's eco-horror moving picture cleverly utilizes familiar plant-footage methods in service of a gruesome yet atmospheric chiller.
Synopsis: The residents of a seaside Maryland community become the unfortunate hosts of mutant, waterborne parasites that take control of their... [More]
#92
Adjusted Score: 81061%
Critics Consensus: Berlin Syndrome offers thriller fans an uncommonly well-written descent into unsafe obsession, enlivened past taut direction and a committed performance from Teresa Palmer.
Synopsis: A disturbed teacher holds a young photographer convict in his Berlin flat after bringing her home for a dark of... [More than]
#91
Adjusted Score: 85968%
Critics Consensus: Lights Out makes skillful utilize of sturdy genre tropes -- and some terrific performances -- for an unsettling, fright-filled experience that delivers superior chills without skimping on story.
Synopsis: When Rebecca (Teresa Palmer) left abode, she thought that her childhood fears were behind her. Equally a immature girl growing... [More]
#90
Adjusted Score: 78887%
Critics Consensus: Admirably eclectic yet more than consistent than almost horror anthologies, Nightmare Cinema should entertain viewers in the mood for a expert former-fashioned creepshow.
Synopsis: V strangers scout their deepest and darkest fears play out earlier them in an abandoned theater as the Projectionist preys... [More]
#89
Adjusted Score: 81885%
Critics Consensus: The Void offers a nostalgic rush for fans of low-budget 1980s horror -- and legitimate thrills for hardcore genre enthusiasts of all ages.
Synopsis: Cloaked, cult-like figures trap a police officeholder (Aaron Poole), patients and staffers inside a hospital that is a gateway to... [More]
#88
Adjusted Score: 83905%
Critics Consensus: Anna and the Apocalypse finds fresh brains and a lot of heart in the crowded zombie genre - not to mention a fun genre mashup populated by rootable characters.
Synopsis: A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy boondocks of Trivial Haven - at Christmas - forcing Anna and her friends to... [More]
#87
Adjusted Score: 80472%
Critics Consensus: Kill List is an expertly executed slow-burn crime thriller that thrives on tension before morphing into visceral horror.
Synopsis: Events take a darker turn as a contract killer (Neil Maskell) and his business partner (Michael Smiley) carry out a... [More]
#86
Adjusted Score: 85002%
Critics Consensus: The Optics of My Mother uses a shocking trauma to fuel a hauntingly hypnotic odyssey whose nightmarish arctic lingers long after the endmost credits.
Synopsis: Francisca (Kika Magalhaes) has been unfazed past death from an early age because her female parent, formerly a surgeon in Portugal,... [More]
#85
Adapted Score: 91561%
Critics Consensus: Lean and solidly crafted, The Shallows transcends tired shark-attack tropes with nasty thrills and a powerful performance from Blake Lively.
Synopsis: Nonetheless reeling from the loss of her mother, medical educatee Nancy Adams (Blake Lively) travels to a secluded embankment for... [More]
#84
Adjusted Score: 91286%
Critics Consensus: Like the bestselling series of books that inspired it, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark opens a creepy gateway into horror for younger genre enthusiasts.
Synopsis: The shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large in the minor town of Manufacturing plant Valley for generations. Information technology's in... [More than]
#83
Adapted Score: 79525%
Critics Consensus: Tales of Halloween boasts a number of fun scares and is overall more than consequent than many horror anthology films, even if it isn't quite as dark or nasty as the classics of the genre.
Synopsis: X short stories circumduct around ghosts, ghouls, monsters, the devil, aliens, and ax murderers who terrorize a suburb on Halloween... [More]
#82
Adjusted Score: 81564%
Critics Consensus: Campaigner resists like shooting fish in a barrel scares in favor of a steady, slow-edifice descent into dread led past a commanding central performance from Dan Stevens.
Synopsis: London, 1905. Prodigal son Thomas Richardson has returned abode, simply to learn that his sister is existence held for bribe... [More]
#81
Adjusted Score: 83704%
Critics Consensus: It doesn't intermission any rules of the genre, but The Innkeepers serves as additional proof that Ti West is a young director that discriminating horror fans tin trust.
Synopsis: The concluding two employees (Sara Paxton, Pat Healy) of a century-old haunted hotel go on the chase for ghosts.... [More]
#eighty
Adjusted Score: 84209%
Critics Consensus: Yous're Next's energetic and effective mix of brutal gore and pitch black sense of humor will please horror buffs and beyond.
Synopsis: The Davisons, an upper-class family unit, are extremely wealthy -- but also estranged. In an attempt to mend their cleaved family... [More]
#79
Adjusted Score: 101743%
Critics Consensus: Halloween largely wipes the slate clean later decades of disappointing sequels, ignoring increasingly elaborate mythology in favor of basic - withal still effective - ingredients.
Synopsis: It'south been forty years since Laurie Strode survived a brutal attack from crazed killer Michael Myers on Halloween night. Locked... [More]
#78
Adapted Score: 82061%
Critics Consensus: Baskin complements its gory thrills with heavy atmosphere and deliberate pacing, adding up to a horror outing that plays with the mind as enthusiastically every bit it ruins the ambition.
Synopsis: Policemen (Gorkem Kasal, Ergun Kuyucu) confront a night of horror in a subterranean labyrinth after answering a distress call.... [More]
#77
Adjusted Score: 82923%
Critics Consensus: The Monster uses its effectively uncomplicated setup and a powerful lead performance from Zoe Kazan to evangelize a traditional yet subtly subversive -- and thoroughly entertaining -- horror story.
Synopsis: A divorced mother and her headstrong daughter must make an emergency late-dark road trip to see the girl'southward father. Every bit... [More than]
#76
Adapted Score: 81469%
Critics Consensus: Smart, stylish, and well-acted, What Keeps Yous Live proves it'due south still possible to spin an engrossing horror yarn without fundamentally altering established formula.
Synopsis: Jackie and Jules are a couple celebrating their first anniversary at a secluded cabin in the woods belonging to Jackie's... [More]
#75
Adapted Score: 80788%
Critics Consensus: Writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait'southward kickoff foray into horror doesn't interruption any new ground, but it does wring fresh terror from a well-worn genre formula -- and offers a few nasty laughs in the bargain.
Synopsis: A man (Bryce Johnson) and his girlfriend (Alexie Gilmore) camp in the woods to capture firsthand testify of Bigfoot.... [More]
#74
Adapted Score: 94355%
Critics Consensus: Unsane unleashes Steven Soderbergh'due south inner B-flick maestro, wading into timeless psychological thriller territory and giving information technology a loftier-tech filmmaking spin.
Synopsis: Sawyer Valentini relocates from Boston to Pennsylvania to escape from the human who's been stalking her for the last two... [More than]
#73
Adapted Score: 94903%
Critics Consensus: The Conjuring 2 tin't help merely lose a flake of its predecessor's dank sting through familiarity, but what remains is still a superior ghost story told with spine-tingling skill.
Synopsis: In 1977, paranormal investigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren come out of a cocky-imposed sabbatical to travel to Enfield,... [More]
#72
Adapted Score: 83527%
Critics Consensus: Southbound doesn't entirely avoid the jarring shifts common to album films, just cheers to some thrilling twists and turns, this horror road movie is a surprisingly shine ride.
Synopsis: Interlocking tales of highway terror revolve around malevolent spirits at a truck end, a mysterious traveler, a automobile blow and... [More]
#71
Adjusted Score: 82721%
Critics Consensus: Compact and constructive, In Fear offers discerning horror fans a smart and agonizing plunge into the depths of cinematic anxiety.
Synopsis: A immature couple gets lost in a maze of country roads and becomes the target of a mysterious tormentor.... [More]
#70
Adapted Score: 84592%
Critics Consensus: Imperfect yet intriguing, The Air current offers horror fans an admirably ambitious story further distinguished by its fresh perspective and effective scares.
Synopsis: Lizzy is a tough, resourceful frontierswoman settling a remote stretch of state on the 19th-century American frontier. Isolated from civilization... [More]
#69
Adapted Score: 83899%
Critics Consensus: Never flinching during its descent into depravity, I Saw the Devil is a pulverizing thriller that will give bloody satisfaction to audiences who similar their revenge served with fiery rage.
Synopsis: On a dark route, taxi commuter Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik) comes across a scared female motorist stranded in a jerry-built vehicle.... [More than]
#68
Adapted Score: 94589%
Critics Consensus: Part revisionist state of war drama, role zombie thriller, and part all-out genre gorefest, Overlord offers A-level fun for B-movie fans of multiple persuasions.
Synopsis: On the eve of D-Day, American paratroopers drop behind enemy lines to penetrate the walls of a fortified church and... [More]
#67
Adjusted Score: 84699%
Critics Consensus: Trollhunter is a mockumentary with an appropriate level of creeping dread, but one that too benefits from generous helpings of dry out wit.
Synopsis: While investigating reports of illegal poaching, 3 student filmmakers encounter a man (Otto Jespersen) who slays trolls for the Norwegian... [More]
#66
Adapted Score: 89318%
Critics Consensus: Ouija: Origin of Evil swerves its franchise'due south planchette unexpectedly to Aye with a surprisingly scary and dramatically satisfying follow-up to its lackluster predecessor.
Synopsis: In 1967 Los Angeles, widowed female parent Alice Zander (Elizabeth Reaser) unwittingly invites accurate evil into her home by adding a... [More]
#65
Adjusted Score: 86021%
Critics Consensus: Creepy, provocative, and aesthetically arresting, Evolution marks a satisfying stride forward for director/co-writer Lucile Hadzihalilovic.
#64
Adapted Score: 86628%
Critics Consensus: Tragedy Girls injects familiar teen tropes with simply enough upward-to-the-minute commentary -- and pitch-black humor -- to work equally an irreverently entertaining diversion.
Synopsis: Teenage crime reporters Sadie and McKayla are hot on the trail of a crazed serial killer. After capturing the maniac... [More]
#63
Adjusted Score: 86773%
Critics Consensus: The Hole in the Ground artfully exploits parental fears with a well-fabricated horror outing that makes upwardly in sheer effectiveness what it lacks in originality.
Synopsis: One dark, Sarah'southward young son disappears into the woods backside their rural domicile. When he returns, he looks the aforementioned,... [More than]
#62
Adjusted Score: 108111%
Critics Consensus: Aggressive, impressively crafted, and above all unsettling, Midsommar further proves writer-director Ari Aster is a horror auteur to be reckoned with.
Synopsis: A immature American couple, their relationship foundering, travel to a fabled Swedish midsummer festival where a seemingly pastoral paradise transforms... [More]
#61
Adjusted Score: 86740%
Critics Consensus: A thrillingly effective update on a classic story, Depraved jolts a familiar monster back to life with a strong blend of timely themes and old-school chills.
Synopsis: A disillusioned field surgeon who is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder makes a man out of body parts and brings... [More than]
#60
Adapted Score: 86786%
Critics Consensus: Mayhem delivers stylish violence by the bloody bucketful -- and grounds all the titular chaos in sharp humor and surprisingly effective real-world economical malaise.
Synopsis: Derek Cho is having a really bad day. Afterward being unjustly fired from his job, he discovers that the law... [More]
#59
Adapted Score: 95449%
Critics Consensus: An activity-packed creature characteristic that'south fast, terrifying, and benefits greatly from a completely game Kaya Scodelario, Clamber is a fun throw-back with just plenty cocky-awareness to work.
Synopsis: When a massive hurricane hits her Florida town, immature Haley ignores the evacuation orders to search for her missing father,... [More]
#58
Adjusted Score: 95053%
Critics Consensus: Its bulletin may prove elusive for some, but with arresting imagery and a mesmerizing performance from Scarlett Johansson, Nether the Peel is a haunting viewing experience.
Synopsis: Disguising herself equally a human female, an extraterrestrial (Scarlett Johansson) drives around Scotland and tries to lure unsuspecting men into... [More]
#57
Adjusted Score: 86689%
Critics Consensus: Rich in atmosphere and intelligence, Spring is a singular horror motion picture with a sneaky, lingering impact.
Synopsis: An aimless young man (Lou Taylor Pucci) takes an impromptu trip to Italian republic and becomes involved with an attracting genetics... [More]
#56
Adjusted Score: 89336%
Critics Consensus: The Transfiguration tells a quieter, more than deliberately paced tale than genre fans might expect, but for those with the patience to let it sink in, it offers its own rewards.
Synopsis: Troubled teen Milo (Eric Ruffin) hides behind his fascination with vampire lore. When he meets the every bit alienated Sophie (Chloe... [More]
#55
Adjusted Score: 87388%
Critics Consensus: Its accomplish may exceed its grasp, but with Berberian Sound Studio, director Peter Strickland assembles a suitably twisted, creepy tribute to the Italian Giallo horror movies of the '70s that benefits from a strong key performance by Toby Jones.
Synopsis: A audio engineer tortures people to get the sounds he needs for his work in an Italian horror studio.... [More]
#54
Adjusted Score: 88982%
Critics Consensus: Director Ben Wheatley and author-stars Alice Lowe and Steve Oram deliver a wicked road trip pic that successfully walks the line between nighttime comedy and horror.
Synopsis: A couple's (Alice Lowe, Steve Oram) cantankerous-country route trip takes a deadly turn when they decide to start killing everyone... [More]
#53
Adjusted Score: 89026%
Critics Consensus: Like the all-time horror/comedies, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil mines its central crazy joke for some incredible scares, laughs, and -- believe it or non -- heart.
Synopsis: Two scruffy pals' (Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk) weald vacation takes a bloody turn when ignorant higher students mistake them for... [More than]
#52
Adjusted Score: 94043%
Critics Consensus: The Girl with All the Gifts grapples with thought-provoking questions without skimping on the scares -- and finds a few fresh wrinkles in the well-worn zombie horror genre along the way.
Synopsis: In the future, a strange fungus has changed virtually everyone into a thoughtless, flesh-eating monster. When a scientist and a... [More]
#51
Adapted Score: 91411%
Critics Consensus: Ghost Stories offers a well-crafted, skillfully told horror anthology that cleverly toys with genre tropes while adding a few devilishly frightful twists.
Synopsis: Professor Phillip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to... [More]
#50
Adjusted Score: 90633%
Critics Consensus: Dark, violent, and drenched in dread, Goodnight Mommy is perfect for extreme horror enthusiasts -- or filmgoers who prefer to watch between splayed fingers.
Synopsis: Twin boys who do everything together, from collecting beetles to feeding stray cats, welcome their mother home after her reconstructive... [More than]
#49
Adjusted Score: 88427%
Critics Consensus: Recklessly assembled and occasionally compelling in spite of itself, A Field in England showcases a singularly brilliant vocalism in British cinema.
Synopsis: 2 men capture a minor grouping of deserters during England's ceremonious state of war. Afterward the captives ingest some wild mushrooms, they... [More than]
#48
Adjusted Score: 88270%
Critics Consensus: A compelling story cleverly told, Nosotros Are What We Are quenches horror buffs' thirst for gore while serving up serious-minded filmmaking and solid interim.
Synopsis: The Parkers, reclusive people who cling to ancient customs, observe their secret lives threatened when a torrential downpour and the... [More than]
#47
Adjusted Score: 93988%
Critics Consensus: Well-crafted and gleefully creepy, The Conjuring ratchets up dread through a series of effective old-school scares.
Synopsis: In 1970, paranormal investigators and demonologists Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) and Ed (Patrick Wilson) Warren are summoned to the dwelling house of... [More]
#46
Adapted Score: 115364%
Critics Consensus: Well-acted and fiendishly frightening with an emotionally affecting story at its core, It amplifies the horror in Stephen King'south classic story without losing touch with its centre.
Synopsis: Vii young outcasts in Derry, Maine, are about to face their worst nightmare -- an ancient, shape-shifting evil that emerges... [More]
#45
Adjusted Score: 89002%
Critics Consensus: Luz takes a refreshingly unique approach to horror possession tropes, elevated by a chilly mood and minimalist scares.
Synopsis: Luz is a young cab driver fleeing from the grasp of a possessed woman, whose confession could endanger the lives... [More]
#44
Adjusted Score: 94474%
Critics Consensus: The Autopsy of Jane Doe subverts the gruesome expectations triggered by its championship to evangelize a smart, suggestively creepy thriller that bolsters director André Ovredal's growing reputation.
Synopsis: When begetter and son coroners investigate the decease of a beautiful "Jane Doe," they find increasingly baroque clues.... [More]
#43
Adjusted Score: 106164%
Critics Consensus: It Comes at Night makes lethally constructive use of its blank-bones trappings while proving once again that what's left unseen can be just every bit horrifying equally anything on the screen.
Synopsis: After a mysterious apocalypse leaves the globe with few survivors, two families are forced to share a home in an... [More]
#42
Adapted Score: 94846%
Critics Consensus: Smartly constructed and powerfully acted, Hounds of Love satisfies as a psychological thriller with a few nasty surprises -- and marks writer-director Ben Young as a promising talent.
Synopsis: In 1987, murderous couple John and Evelyn roam the streets of Perth, Commonwealth of australia, searching for their latest victim. Fate leads... [More than]
#41
Adjusted Score: 91690%
Critics Consensus: Gleefully nasty and darkly hilarious, Cheap Thrills lives down to its title in the best possible mode.
Synopsis: A series of escalating bets pits recently reunited friends against each other.... [More]
#40
Adapted Score: 97025%
Critics Consensus: Like to the original in all the right ways -- simply with enough changes to stand on its ain -- Let Me In is the rare Hollywood remake that doesn't add insult to inspiration.
Synopsis: Bullied at schoolhouse, neglected at domicile and incredibly lonely, 12-year-old Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) spends his days plotting revenge on his... [More than]
#39
Adjusted Score: 103103%
Critics Consensus: Don't Exhale smartly twists its sturdy premise to offering a satisfyingly tense, spooky addition to the dwelling house invasion genre that's all the more than constructive for its simplicity.
Synopsis: Rocky (Jane Levy), Alex and Money are three Detroit thieves who go their kicks past breaking into the houses of... [More]
#38
Adjusted Score: 107529%
Critics Consensus: Smart, subversive, and darkly funny, Set or Not is a crowd-pleasing horror motion-picture show with giddily entertaining bite.
Synopsis: Grace couldn't exist happier later she marries the man of her dreams at his family'due south luxurious estate. There's but i... [More]
#37
Adjusted Score: 93100%
Critics Consensus: Carried by its charismatic young cast, Improve Lookout man Out is an adorably sinister holiday horror flick.
Synopsis: Ashley travels to the suburban domicile of the Lerners to baby-sit their 12-year-former son Luke at Christmastime. She must soon... [More than]
#36
Adjusted Score: 94280%
Critics Consensus: The Invitation makes brilliant use of its tension-rich premise to evangelize a uniquely constructive -- and surprisingly clever -- tiresome-edifice thriller.
Synopsis: While attending a dinner political party at his sometime business firm, a human being (Logan Marshall-Green) starts to believe that his ex-married woman (Tammy... [More]
#35
Adjusted Score: 112554%
Critics Consensus: Hereditary uses its classic setup as the framework for a harrowing, uncommonly unsettling horror picture show whose cold bear on lingers long beyond the closing credits.
Synopsis: When the matriarch of the Graham family unit passes away, her daughter and grandchildren brainstorm to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying... [More]
#34
Adjusted Score: 91111%
Critics Consensus: Smart, suspenseful, and visually distinctive, Julia'south Optics marks another modernistic Spanish thriller that quickens the pulse while engaging the listen.
Synopsis: The closer she gets to solving her sister's death, a woman (Belén Rueda) with a degenerative eye illness becomes increasingly... [More]
#33
Adjusted Score: 93094%
Critics Consensus: Creepy lives upwardly to its title with a suspenseful and thoroughly unsettling - non to mention well-acted - blend of criminal offence procedural and domestic drama.
Synopsis: A retired detective is asked to investigate an erstwhile missing family case.... [More than]
#32
Adapted Score: 92567%
Critics Consensus: Rare Exports is an unexpectedly delightful crossbreed of deadpan one-act and Christmas horror.
Synopsis: A young boy named Pietari (Onni Tommila) and his friend Juuso (Ilmari Järvenpää) recall a undercover mountain drilling project nearly... [More than]
#31
Adjusted Score: 105411%
Critics Consensus: Greenish Room delivers unapologetic genre thrills with uncommon intelligence and powerfully acted élan.
Synopsis: Members (Anton Yelchin, Alia Shawkat) of a punk-stone ring and a tough young woman (Imogen Poots) battle murderous white supremacists... [More]
#30
Adjusted Score: 105005%
Critics Consensus: Mandy's gonzo violence is fueled by a gripping performance by Nicolas Cage -- and anchored with palpable emotion conveyed between his volcanic outbursts.
Synopsis: In the Pacific Northwest in 1983, outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their... [More]
#29
Adapted Score: 111028%
Critics Consensus: As thought-provoking as it is visually compelling, The Witch delivers a deeply unsettling exercise in slow-building horror that suggests great things for debuting author-director Robert Eggers.
Synopsis: In 1630 New England, panic and despair envelops a farmer, his wife and their children when youngest son Samuel suddenly... [More]
#28
Adjusted Score: 92452%
Critics Consensus: Thanks to managing director Zak Hilditch's patient storytelling and strong work from lead Thomas Jane, 1922 ranks among the more satisfying Stephen King adaptations.
Synopsis: A rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial proceeds and convinces his teenage son to participate.... [More]
#27
Adjusted Score: 91904%
Critics Consensus: Riveting and bone-chillingly creepy, Cropsey manages to exist ane of the best documentaries and one of the all-time horror movies of the year.
Synopsis: Two filmmakers investigate the disappearance of 5 children and the existent boogeyman linked to them.... [More]
#26
Adapted Score: 96277%
Critics Consensus: Carla Gugino carries Gerald's Game's pocket-size-scale suspense with a career-defining performance.
Synopsis: A woman accidentally kills her husband during a kinky game. Handcuffed to her bed with no hope of rescue, she... [More]
#25
Adapted Score: 95825%
Critics Consensus: As ambitious as it is daringly transgressive, Prevenge should thrill fans of pitch-blackness horror-comedy -- and open untold opportunities for writer/managing director/star Alice Lowe.
Synopsis: A pregnant woman kills an assortment of people.... [More than]
#24
Adjusted Score: 93391%
Critics Consensus: Bone Tomahawk's peculiar genre alloy won't be for everyone, but its gripping performances and a slow-burning story should satisfy those in search of something different.
Synopsis: In the Old West, a sheriff (Kurt Russell), his deputy (Richard Jenkins), a gunslinger (Matthew Fox),and a cowboy (Patrick Wilson)... [More]
#23
Adjusted Score: 95172%
Critics Consensus: The Devil'southward Processed playfully subverts horror tropes while serving upward more than plenty fashionable thrills to satisfy genre enthusiasts.
Synopsis: A struggling painter is possessed past satanic forces later he and his family unit motion into their dream dwelling.... [More]
#22
Adjusted Score: 94890%
Critics Consensus: Ambitious and beautifully shot, Demon delivers a gripping -- and sadly final -- testament to the singular talent possessed by director/co-author Marcin Wrona.
Synopsis: Peter (Itay Tiran) receives a piece of land every bit a gift for his upcoming wedding. While preparing the property to... [More than]
#21
Adjusted Score: 98417%
Critics Consensus: The Endless benefits from its grounded approach to an increasingly bizarre story, elevated by conceivable performances by filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.
Synopsis: 2 brothers receive a cryptic video bulletin inspiring them to revisit the UFO death cult they escaped a decade earlier.... [More]
#xx
Adjusted Score: 102768%
Critics Consensus: Thelma plays with genre tropes in unexpected means, delivering a thoughtfully twisty supernatural thriller with a lingering impact.
Synopsis: A college student starts to experience extreme seizures while studying at a university in Oslo, Kingdom of norway. She shortly learns that... [More]
#xix
Adjusted Score: 106614%
Critics Consensus: Raw's lurid violence and sexuality live up to its title, merely they're anchored with an immersive atmosphere and deep symbolism that linger long after the provocative visuals fade.
Synopsis: Stringent vegetarian Justine (Garance Marillier) encounters a decadent, merciless and dangerously seductive world during her first week at veterinary school.... [More]
#18
Adjusted Score: 103600%
Critics Consensus: The Cabin in the Wood is an astonishing meta-feat, capable of being funny, strange, and scary -- frequently all at the same time.
Synopsis: When five college friends (Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams) get in at a remote forest cabin... [More than]
#17
Adapted Score: 98489%
Critics Consensus: Smart and suspenseful, CAM is a techno-thriller that'due south far more than the sum of its salacious parts -- and an outstanding showcase for Madeline Brewer in the leading function.
Synopsis: A camgirl has her principles, until a mysterious woman who looks merely like her takes over her channel.... [More]
#16
Adjusted Score: 100677%
Critics Consensus: Revenge slices and dices genre tropes, working within an exploitation framework while adding a timely -- yet never less than viscerally thrilling -- feminist spin.
Synopsis: Jen is enjoying a romantic getaway with her wealthy beau -- until his 2 sleazy friends arrive for an unannounced... [More]
#15
Adapted Score: 127281%
Critics Consensus: With Jordan Peele's second inventive, ambitious horror film, we have seen how to beat the sophomore jinx, and information technology is Us.
Synopsis: Accompanied by her husband, son and daughter, Adelaide Wilson returns to the beachfront home where she grew up as a... [More]
#14
Adapted Score: 95690%
Critics Consensus: Nigh Beautiful Island plunges audiences into a piffling-seen sector of society, with writer-director Ana Asensio's fearless performance leading the way.
Synopsis: An illegal immigrant struggling to brainstorm a new life in New York City is offered a great opportunity, but as... [More than]
#xiii
Adjusted Score: 100985%
Critics Consensus: Train to Busan delivers a thrillingly unique -- and purely entertaining -- take on the zombie genre, with fully realized characters and plenty of social commentary to underscore the bursts of skillfully staged action.
Synopsis: A man (Gong Yoo), his estranged girl and other passengers get trapped on a speeding railroad train during a zombie outbreak... [More than]
#12
Adjusted Score: 96112%
Critics Consensus: Alternately hilarious, gross, and only diverting, Housebound is the rare horror-comedy that delivers on both fronts.
Synopsis: A would-be thief (Morgana O'Reilly) is remanded to the custody of her estranged female parent (Rima Te Wiata), who turns out... [More than]
#xi
Adjusted Score: 95972%
Critics Consensus: Smart, powerfully acted, and devilishly clever, We Are Still Here offers some novel twists on familiar territory -- and heralds the arrival of a major talent in writer-director Ted Geoghegan.
Synopsis: Every xxx years, a lonely former firm in the fields of New England wakes upwardly and demands a sacrifice.... [More]
#10
Adjusted Score: 100518%
Critics Consensus: The Love Witch offers an arresting visual homage to a bygone era, bundled subtly in service of a idea-provoking meditation on the boxing of the sexes.
Synopsis: Elaine (Samantha Robinson), a beautiful young witch, is adamant to notice a man to beloved her. In her gothic Victorian... [More than]
#9
Adjusted Score: 105966%
Critics Consensus: Smart, original, and above all terrifying, It Follows is the rare mod horror movie that works on multiple levels -- and leaves a lingering sting.
Synopsis: After carefree teenager Jay (Maika Monroe) sleeps with her new boyfriend, Hugh (Jake Weary), for the first fourth dimension, she learns... [More]
#8
Adapted Score: 101048%
Critics Consensus: A Daughter Walks Domicile Alone at Dark blends conventional elements into something brilliantly original -- and serves equally a striking calling menu for author-managing director Ana Lily Amirpour.
Synopsis: Residents of a worn-downward Iranian city meet a skateboarding vampire (Sheila Vand) who preys on men who disrespect women.... [More]
#7
Adjusted Score: 118871%
Critics Consensus: A Quiet Place artfully plays on elemental fears with a ruthlessly intelligent creature feature that's as original as it is scary -- and establishes director John Krasinski as a rising talent.
Synopsis: If they hear you, they chase you. A family must alive in silence to avoid mysterious creatures that chase by... [More]
#6
Adjusted Score: 103541%
Critics Consensus: Tigers Are Not Afraid draws on childhood trauma for a story that deftly blends magical fantasy and hard-hitting realism - and leaves a lingering affect.
Synopsis: When a girl'southward female parent disappears leaving her on her ain, she goings a gang of street children, leading to a... [More]
#v
Adjusted Score: 99683%
Critics Consensus: Successfully mixing the conventions of the teen and horror genres with a twist, Australian director Sean Byrne makes a hitting directorial debut with The Loved Ones.
Synopsis: Afterwards a classmate (Xavier Samuel) declines her invitation to the schoolhouse trip the light fantastic, a teenager (Robin McLeavy) kidnaps him and makes... [More]
#4
Adapted Score: 106845%
Critics Consensus: The Babadook relies on real horror rather than cheap jump scares -- and boasts a heartfelt, genuinely moving story to kicking.
Synopsis: A troubled widow (Essie Davis) discovers that her son is telling the truth about a monster that entered their home... [More than]
#three
Adapted Score: 128227%
Critics Consensus: Funny, scary, and thought-provoking, Become Out seamlessly weaves its trenchant social critiques into a brilliantly constructive and entertaining horror/comedy thrill ride.
Synopsis: Now that Chris and his girlfriend, Rose, have reached the see-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend... [More]
#2
Adjusted Score: 102590%
Critics Consensus: The Wailing delivers an atmospheric, cleverly constructed mystery whose supernatural thrills more than than justify its imposing length.
Synopsis: Suspicion leads to hysteria when rural villagers link a series of brutal murders to the arrival of a mysterious stranger... [More]
#1
Adjusted Score: 104297%
Critics Consensus: Nether the Shadow deftly blends seemingly disparate genres to evangelize an constructive chiller with timely themes and thought-provoking social subtext.
Synopsis: After Shideh's building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor suggests that the missile was... [More]
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