01 James McAvoy carrying an entire film through sheer performance range.
15 Best 2010s Horror Movies
By Vlad Zakh · May 5, 2025
Get Out proved horror could win screenplay Oscars and still terrify a mass audience, while Hereditary and The Witch built an entire “elevated horror” movement the decade is now remembered for.
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02 The rare horror prequel that improves on its predecessor.
03 A home-invasion thriller that flips who the audience should fear.
04 Daylight horror that's somehow more unsettling than anything set at night.
05 A monster movie that's really about grief and single motherhood.
06 A killer-clown adaptation that leans as much on childhood nostalgia as scares.
07 A home-invasion premise that becomes something much bigger by the end.
08 A haunted-house film that goes somewhere much stranger by its second half.
09 Old-fashioned haunted-house craft executed almost perfectly.
10 A found-footage-within-a-film premise that earns its reputation.
11 Tension built almost entirely on the fear of making a sound.
12 A simple curse premise that's scarier the more you think about it.
13 Slow-burn, historically grounded dread rather than jump scares.
14 One of the few modern horror films that genuinely rattles you after the credits.
15 Horror with real satire underneath, and it still holds up on a rewatch.
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