In the franchise that's become way too timely for comfort, the first film is tops, with Ethan Hawke trying to keep his family safe from masked maniacs during an all-night legal crime spree. More bonkers French drama than true fright fest, but Agathe Rousselle having "sex" with a car, being impregnated and then having oil ooze out of her definitely counts as some seriously out-there body horror. This one definitely goes to 11: Two teenage rocker dudes – who yearn to add some excitement to their lives – delve into black magic and accidentally conjure a demonic entity known as The Blind One. In this mix of home-invasion terror and slasher picture, Kate Siegel puts a different spin on the usual horror heroine as an author unable to hear or speak but who has plenty of gumption when she's stalked in her home by a masked killer. Nicolas Cage goes crazy – not a stretch for him – as a man living an ordinary existence with his wife and two kids when a meteorite lands in his front yard and their minds and bodies are taken over by an alien presence. Just have "Ted Lasso" on hand for a pick-me-up afterward. They take in a family needing help and that uneasy alliance devolves. The pitch-black psychological thriller centers on survivalists hunkered down in the woods to avoid a deadly virus. Come for the unraveling of manly sanities, stay for Dafoe's farts and a scene-stealing seagull. Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson play a pair of 19th-century New England lighthouse keepers stranded on a remote island due to a storm.
(And if you don't see your favorite here, just assume it's No. And especially recently, there's been an artful bent to horror that allows newer filmmakers such as Jordan Peele ( "Get Out") and Ari Aster ( "Hereditary") to make vital and important films that may also leave you in a fetal position.īest horror movies: 10 thrilling, chilling films to watch for Halloween 2021īecause Halloween is upon us and you might be in the need of a good freakout, here are the 75 best horror films of this century, definitively ranked. The internet gives us opportunity to be exposed to noteworthy terrors from other countries more than ever, depending on the Wi-Fi connection. Sure, the last millennium was rather awesome, too, with the Universal monsters (Dracula, Frankenstein and friends) villains like Jason Voorhees and Leatherface Alfred Hitchcock's seminal "Psycho" shower scene and every dread-filled minute of "The Exorcist." All helped create and elevate an entire genre of neato scary movies.īut horror flicks since 2001 have been revolutionary in their own way, using technology and modern issues to examine the darker sides of humanity. This isn't recency bias talking: The 21st century has given us some pretty great horror films.
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