The Best Horror Movies of 2002

The Top Ten

#10

The Mothman Prophecies

A reporter is drawn to a small West Virginia town to investigate a series of strange events, including psychic visions and the appearance of bizarre entities.

#9

Cabin Fever

Five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.

#8

Red Dragon

A retired FBI agent with psychological gifts is assigned to help track down the Tooth Fairy, a mysterious serial killer. Aiding him is imprisoned forensic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter.

#7

May

A socially awkward veterinary assistant with a lazy eye and an obsession with perfection descends into depravity after developing a crush on a boy with perfect hands.

#6

The Ring

A journalist investigates a mysterious videotape that seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.

#5

Dog Soldiers

A routine military exercise turns into a nightmare in the Scotland wilderness.

#4

Dark Water

A mother and her 6-year-old daughter move into a creepy apartment where every surface is permeated by water.

#3

Signs

A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

#2

Frailty

A mysterious man arrives at the office of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to destroy people who were actually "demons."

#1

28 Days Later

Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.

A Guilty Pleasure 

Eight-Legged Freaks

Venomous spiders get exposed to a noxious chemical that causes them to grow to monumental proportions.