The Best Horror Movies of 2009

The Top Ten

#10

Laid to Rest

A young girl wakes up in a casket with a head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by a serial killer and she must fight to survive.

#9

The Human Centipede

[First Sequence]

A mad scientist kidnaps and mutilates a trio of tourists in order to reassemble them into a human centipede, created by stitching their mouths to each others' rectums.

#8

My Bloody Valentine

Tom returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine's night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame is the only one that believes he's innocent.

#7

[REC]²

In order to ascertain the current situation inside, a supposed medical officer and a GEO team step into the quarantined and ill-fated apartment building.

#6

Dead Snow 

A ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.

#5

Triangle

Yacht passengers encounter mysterious weather conditions that force them to jump onto another ship, only to have the odd havoc increase.

#4

Thirst

Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.

#3

The House of the Devil

In 1983, financially struggling college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.

#2

Drag Me to Hell

A loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.

#1

The Loved Ones

When Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.

A Guilty Pleasure

Jennifer's Body

A newly possessed high school cheerleader turns into a succubus who specializes in killing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?

The Best Horror Movies of 2008

The Top Ten

#10

The Strangers

A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants.

#9

Left Bank

When Marie moves into her boyfriend's apartment, she uncovers a disturbing mystery.

#8

Martyrs

A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.

#7

Splinter

Trapped in an isolated gas station by a voracious parasite that transforms its still-living victims into deadly hosts, a young couple and an escaped convict must find a way to work together to survive.

#6

Acolytes

Three teenagers blackmail a serial killer.

#5

Lake Mungo

Strange things start happening after a girl is found drowned in a lake.

#4

Eden Lake

Refusing to let anything spoil their romantic weekend break, a young couple confront a gang of loutish youths with terrifyingly brutal consequences.

#3

Cloverfield

A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York City on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.

#2

Pontypool

A radio host interprets the possible outbreak of a deadly virus which infects the small Ontario town he is stationed in.

#1

Let the Right One In

Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.

A Guilty Pleasure 

The Ruins

A leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when a group of friends and a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.

The Best Horror Movies of 2007

The Top Ten

#10

28 Weeks Later

Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes according to plan.

#9

The Mist

A freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.

#8

Planet Terror

After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.

#7

Black Water

A terrifying tale of survival in the mangrove swamps of Northern Australia

#6

Trick 'r Treat

Five interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband; and a mean old man meets his match with a demonic, supernatural trick-or-treater.

#5

[REC]

A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.

#4

Rogue

An American journalist on assignment in the Australian outback encounters a man-eating crocodile while trapped on a rapidly flooding mud island.

#3

Murder Party

A random invitation to a Halloween party leads a man into the hands of a rogue collective intent on murdering him for the sake of their art, sparking a bloodbath of mishap, mayhem and hilarity.

#2

1408

A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

#1

Inside

Four months after the death of her husband, a woman on the brink of motherhood is tormented in her home by a strange woman who wants her unborn baby.

A Guilty Pleasure 

Frontier(s)

A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an inn run by neo-Nazis.

The Best Horror Movies of 2006

The Top Ten

#10

13: Game of Death

After losing his job, his car, and his money, Phuchit races against time to complete 13 tasks ordered by an anonymous caller who promised 100,000,000 Thai Baht upon completion.

#9

Saw III

Jigsaw abducts a doctor in order to keep himself alive while he watches his new apprentice put an unlucky citizen named Jeff through a brutal test.

#8

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane

A group of high-schoolers invite Mandy Lane, an innocent, desirable girl, to a weekend party on a secluded ranch. While the festivities rage on, the number of revelers begins to mysteriously drop.

#7

The Hills Have Eyes

A family falls victim to a group of mutated cannibals in a desert far away from civilization.

#6

Them

A group of hooded assailants terrorize a couple in their isolated country house.

#5

Black Sheep

An experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into bloodthirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm.

#4

Mulberry Street

A deadly infection breaks out in Manhattan, causing humans to develop into bloodthirsty rat creatures.

#3

Slither

A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.

#2

The Host

A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.

#1

Pan's Labyrinth

In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.

A Guilty Pleasure 

The Breed

A group of five college kids are forced to match wits with unwelcoming residents when they fly to a "deserted" island for a party weekend.

The Best Horror Movies of 2005

The Top Ten

#10

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

A lawyer takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest who performed an exorcism on a young girl.

#9

Wolf Creek

Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.

#8

The Devil's Rejects

The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his targets.

#7

Feast

Patrons locked inside a bar are forced to fight monsters.

#6

Hostel

Three backpackers head to a Slovak city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.

#5

Antibodies

Wanted for a long time, serial killer Gabriel Engel gets arrested in a spectacular police raid. Small town cop Michael Martens travels to the big city to interrogate him and finds out more than he is looking for.

#4

Hard Candy

Hayley's a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff's a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff's place. Jeff thinks it's his lucky night. He's in for a surprise.

#3

Land of the Dead

The living dead have taken over the world, and the last humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they come to grips with the situation.

#2

Red Eye

A woman is kidnapped by a stranger on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father, she is pulled into a plot to assist her captor in a political assassination.

#1

The Descent

A caving expedition goes horribly wrong as the explorers become trapped and pursued by a strange breed of predators.

A Guilty Pleasure 

Saw II

A detective and his team must rescue 8 people trapped in a factory by the twisted serial killer known as Jigsaw.