only a few years in and this decade is
already shaping up to be a classic
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
horror movies from the first half of the
2010s for this list we’re looking at
recent entries into the horror canon
that are standing up gorgeously next to
their classic counterparts and quickly
redefining the genre Nancy
once again we’re omitting comedies or
action adventures with some horror
elements in them like World War Z this
is part of a series of videos spanning
the decades of horror cinema from the
1920s to the 2000s number 10 oculus a
major critical and financial success
oculus was something new and fresh for
horror fans catechol that
for mom and dad as torture porn was
dying away fans were looking for more
haunted house dread and atmosphere as
well as less gory set pieces we made up
a scary story so he wouldn’t have to
accept the fact that our father was a
murderer he was he was a sick man who
tortured and killed art the flick
follows the original story of two
siblings convinced that a mirror is
responsible for many deaths including
those of their parents as they attempt a
series of experiments to prove it
jumping back and forth in timelines
gives the audience the same dizzying
sickening feeling the victims of the
oculus go through and sucks us in for
good 9 the crazies
at a time when no classic horror movie
was immune to the ridiculous remake
machine fans groaned at the news that
George a Romero’s b-movie the crazies
would not be one of them
so boy was everyone surprised in 2010
this critical and box-office success
about a town slowly getting infected
with a virus that turns you violent
towards your loved ones surpassed the
original in more ways than one
leaving behind b-movie happiness and
upping the ante on apocalyptic all too
realistic dread and drama this little
gem gave the decade a well-deserved
confidence boost number eight
let me in new girl huh you scared what
was going to be yet another victim of
the remake machine turned into another
surprise hit the original Swedish
production of Let The Right One In was
such a rich and intimate take on a
horrific subject that its American
counterpart was rushed into production
but in the expert hands of artists who
respect the medium and the source
material it became something new
following the same arc of a bully boy
who befriends his young neighbors slash
vampire friends let me in deserve to be
shared with a wider audience number
seven the woman in black with the woman
in black Hammer films announced its
triumphant return to horror cinema I saw
a woman that having redefined what
horror could be in the 1960s here they
go back to their gothic ghost story
roots old mansions creepy children boggy
landscapes he’s talked about till now
house why based on a brilliant novel by
Susan Hill and with a surprising
starring role by Daniel Radcliffe fresh
off Harry Potter Fame this story of a
young lawyer snooping around all the
states and finding the vengeful spirit
of the woman in black may seem
old-school but scared the living
daylights out of audiences she saw you
she’s coming number 6
sinister look at all these new paintings
you really get encoded the recent
resurgence of more dark serious
thrillers and less campy horror fests in
the new century has been attracting a
list actors like Colin Farrell Patrick
Wilson and Liv Tyler to the genre so it
was no surprise that Ethan Hawke agreed
to flex his dramatic acting chops as a
tortured crime writer who stupidly moves
his family into the murder house he’s
investigating in this slasher horror the
Millers along with their younger son
were found stabbed inside their home
after stumbling upon some eight
millimeter film in the Attic he uncovers
way more than he would have wanted
the effective mix of the all-too-real
with the paranormal and a brooding
disquieting atmosphere with jump scares
is what turned sinister into this
critical success number 5 VHS – after
the underground success of the first
film it seems like VHS may become a
franchise of paranormal activity
proportions the sequel has the rare
distinction of being immensely more
creative than its low-budget and
original predecessor especially with
regards to the over abused found footage
style I want to copy that footage
following the frame narrative where our
group of victims stumbles upon and
watches a stack of very disturbing home
movies it nevertheless brought back the
horror anthology film along with other
franchises like the ABCs of death and
gave up-and-coming directors more
freedom to express themselves
number four insidious the
writer/director team of the Saw
franchise needed a new direction and new
blood for the horror industry this
decade oh my god
what they created was a massively
successful new franchise a new trend of
big-budget supernatural thrillers and
the death of gritty torture porn the
touching but disturbing story of a
family coping with their son’s coma
only to realize malevolent spirits were
using his body as a conduit was
apparently just what the genre needed
audiences were wising up and or and
torture were trumped by atmosphere and a
talented cast and crew with insidious
number three evil dead I don’t know what
is wrong with you people
but there’s something dead and it reeks
while some announcements of remakes
scream blasphemy this one received the
original creators blessing and with good
reason
leaving behind any of the campy fun this
retelling similarities stop at the set
up kids ends up in a cabin reads a
demonic passage they shouldn’t have and
unleashes unspeakable evil
although the knots to the original Sam
Raimi classic are sprinkled throughout
this nightmare is demented originality
through and through
with the poster boldly stating the most
terrifying film you will ever experience
audiences have arguably not experienced
something this unrelenting since the
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
number two the cabin in the woods leave
it to Joss Whedon to breathe new life
into a dying genre I had some bees – yes
you did yes you had zombies but this is
zombie redneck torture family see
they’re entirely separate species the
slasher film had lacked originality
recently but not since scream had we
seen the genre so deconstructed and
scrutinized with a setup that is all too
familiar as a group of diverse teens
ends up in a creepy cabin surrounded by
fog not only is nothing what it seems in
this Drew Goddard directed flick it’s
also unlike anything you’ve ever
experienced they just choose how we die
though the cabin in the woods does have
comedic elements it has enough
originality to fill 30 other horror
flicks and inside jokes to make any fan
drool
before we unearth our top pick here are
a few honorable mentions no sabes lo que
estén el miedo
number one the conjuring we are beyond
terrified we don’t know what’s going on
or what to do can you help us the five
words that can make any horror movie
even more terrifying than before based
on a true story well we’ve been called
demonologists it’s one name for us Ghost
Hunters paranormal researchers folks
wackos edy and Lorraine Warren had been
demonologists and paranormal
investigators for decades with famous
cases like Annabelle the doll and the
Amityville house under their belts and
it took way too long before they got
their own good movie let’s finish this
together another successful start to
what may become a massive franchise from
James 1 along with a top-notch cast we
follow the Warren’s as they investigate
the Perrin family in 1970s Rhode Island
and the disturbing events that made
millions of movie Watchers skin crawl
do you agree with our list just so you
know I can’t be a friend which
masterpiece from the first half of the
2010s is your favorite for more
thrilling top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
already shaping up to be a classic
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
horror movies from the first half of the
2010s for this list we’re looking at
recent entries into the horror canon
that are standing up gorgeously next to
their classic counterparts and quickly
redefining the genre Nancy
once again we’re omitting comedies or
action adventures with some horror
elements in them like World War Z this
is part of a series of videos spanning
the decades of horror cinema from the
1920s to the 2000s number 10 oculus a
major critical and financial success
oculus was something new and fresh for
horror fans catechol that
for mom and dad as torture porn was
dying away fans were looking for more
haunted house dread and atmosphere as
well as less gory set pieces we made up
a scary story so he wouldn’t have to
accept the fact that our father was a
murderer he was he was a sick man who
tortured and killed art the flick
follows the original story of two
siblings convinced that a mirror is
responsible for many deaths including
those of their parents as they attempt a
series of experiments to prove it
jumping back and forth in timelines
gives the audience the same dizzying
sickening feeling the victims of the
oculus go through and sucks us in for
good 9 the crazies
at a time when no classic horror movie
was immune to the ridiculous remake
machine fans groaned at the news that
George a Romero’s b-movie the crazies
would not be one of them
so boy was everyone surprised in 2010
this critical and box-office success
about a town slowly getting infected
with a virus that turns you violent
towards your loved ones surpassed the
original in more ways than one
leaving behind b-movie happiness and
upping the ante on apocalyptic all too
realistic dread and drama this little
gem gave the decade a well-deserved
confidence boost number eight
let me in new girl huh you scared what
was going to be yet another victim of
the remake machine turned into another
surprise hit the original Swedish
production of Let The Right One In was
such a rich and intimate take on a
horrific subject that its American
counterpart was rushed into production
but in the expert hands of artists who
respect the medium and the source
material it became something new
following the same arc of a bully boy
who befriends his young neighbors slash
vampire friends let me in deserve to be
shared with a wider audience number
seven the woman in black with the woman
in black Hammer films announced its
triumphant return to horror cinema I saw
a woman that having redefined what
horror could be in the 1960s here they
go back to their gothic ghost story
roots old mansions creepy children boggy
landscapes he’s talked about till now
house why based on a brilliant novel by
Susan Hill and with a surprising
starring role by Daniel Radcliffe fresh
off Harry Potter Fame this story of a
young lawyer snooping around all the
states and finding the vengeful spirit
of the woman in black may seem
old-school but scared the living
daylights out of audiences she saw you
she’s coming number 6
sinister look at all these new paintings
you really get encoded the recent
resurgence of more dark serious
thrillers and less campy horror fests in
the new century has been attracting a
list actors like Colin Farrell Patrick
Wilson and Liv Tyler to the genre so it
was no surprise that Ethan Hawke agreed
to flex his dramatic acting chops as a
tortured crime writer who stupidly moves
his family into the murder house he’s
investigating in this slasher horror the
Millers along with their younger son
were found stabbed inside their home
after stumbling upon some eight
millimeter film in the Attic he uncovers
way more than he would have wanted
the effective mix of the all-too-real
with the paranormal and a brooding
disquieting atmosphere with jump scares
is what turned sinister into this
critical success number 5 VHS – after
the underground success of the first
film it seems like VHS may become a
franchise of paranormal activity
proportions the sequel has the rare
distinction of being immensely more
creative than its low-budget and
original predecessor especially with
regards to the over abused found footage
style I want to copy that footage
following the frame narrative where our
group of victims stumbles upon and
watches a stack of very disturbing home
movies it nevertheless brought back the
horror anthology film along with other
franchises like the ABCs of death and
gave up-and-coming directors more
freedom to express themselves
number four insidious the
writer/director team of the Saw
franchise needed a new direction and new
blood for the horror industry this
decade oh my god
what they created was a massively
successful new franchise a new trend of
big-budget supernatural thrillers and
the death of gritty torture porn the
touching but disturbing story of a
family coping with their son’s coma
only to realize malevolent spirits were
using his body as a conduit was
apparently just what the genre needed
audiences were wising up and or and
torture were trumped by atmosphere and a
talented cast and crew with insidious
number three evil dead I don’t know what
is wrong with you people
but there’s something dead and it reeks
while some announcements of remakes
scream blasphemy this one received the
original creators blessing and with good
reason
leaving behind any of the campy fun this
retelling similarities stop at the set
up kids ends up in a cabin reads a
demonic passage they shouldn’t have and
unleashes unspeakable evil
although the knots to the original Sam
Raimi classic are sprinkled throughout
this nightmare is demented originality
through and through
with the poster boldly stating the most
terrifying film you will ever experience
audiences have arguably not experienced
something this unrelenting since the
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
number two the cabin in the woods leave
it to Joss Whedon to breathe new life
into a dying genre I had some bees – yes
you did yes you had zombies but this is
zombie redneck torture family see
they’re entirely separate species the
slasher film had lacked originality
recently but not since scream had we
seen the genre so deconstructed and
scrutinized with a setup that is all too
familiar as a group of diverse teens
ends up in a creepy cabin surrounded by
fog not only is nothing what it seems in
this Drew Goddard directed flick it’s
also unlike anything you’ve ever
experienced they just choose how we die
though the cabin in the woods does have
comedic elements it has enough
originality to fill 30 other horror
flicks and inside jokes to make any fan
drool
before we unearth our top pick here are
a few honorable mentions no sabes lo que
estén el miedo
number one the conjuring we are beyond
terrified we don’t know what’s going on
or what to do can you help us the five
words that can make any horror movie
even more terrifying than before based
on a true story well we’ve been called
demonologists it’s one name for us Ghost
Hunters paranormal researchers folks
wackos edy and Lorraine Warren had been
demonologists and paranormal
investigators for decades with famous
cases like Annabelle the doll and the
Amityville house under their belts and
it took way too long before they got
their own good movie let’s finish this
together another successful start to
what may become a massive franchise from
James 1 along with a top-notch cast we
follow the Warren’s as they investigate
the Perrin family in 1970s Rhode Island
and the disturbing events that made
millions of movie Watchers skin crawl
do you agree with our list just so you
know I can’t be a friend which
masterpiece from the first half of the
2010s is your favorite for more
thrilling top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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