01 A remake that earns its place next to the original by moving much faster.
12 Best 2000s Horror Movies
By Vlad Zakh · March 24, 2025
Saw launched an entire torture-horror subgenre on a shoestring budget, while The Ring proved American remakes of J-horror could work when handled with real restraint.
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02 Sam Raimi having gleeful, cartoonish fun with a curse premise.
03 A premise so committed to its twist that it's worth going in blind.
04 A quiet, old-fashioned ghost story that earns its final twist.
05 Proof that horror-comedy could have real heart underneath the gags.
06 A vampire story that's really about loneliness and childhood cruelty.
07 Found-footage horror on almost no budget, and it still unsettles.
08 Blunt, mean, and unmistakably a product of its torture-horror moment.
09 Claustrophobic cave horror that earns every bit of its dread.
10 Reinvented the zombie genre with fast, rage-driven infected instead.
11 A shoestring premise that launched an entire subgenre almost single-handedly.
12 The American remake that actually respects what made the Japanese original work.
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