Popular Horror 2000s, a list by Craig Midwinter

7.0

/402959/

74

/18807/

71

/7771/

3.4

/394743/

46

/227/

72

/18481/

50

/41/

1.5

age 17+

John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.

52

6.1

/144092/

64

/4322/

63

/2901/

2.8

/148116/

40

/84/

54

/5340/

32

/17/

Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.

75

7.6

/422219/

76

/12109/

76

/6953/

3.8

/512444/

84

/174/

77

/13100/

74

/29/

2.5

age 14+

Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

62

6.7

/329271/

68

/14068/

66

/6454/

3.2

/873380/

50

/163/

68

/14067/

39

/28/

3.0

age 16+

After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.

68

7.1

/369492/

71

/11880/

69

/5641/

3.4

/421899/

74

/152/

65

/23167/

58

/29/

age 16+

After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.

70

7.2

/866966/

74

/29950/

72

/16472/

3.4

/758384/

68

/213/

68

/92159/

65

/37/

3.0

age 14+

Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.

58

6.6

/143975/

67

/3341/

64

/1960/

3.1

/89321/

49

/130/

58

/6116/

51

/35/

2.0

age 16+

When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the while, her husband tries to reassure her by telling her it's all in her head. But as Claire investigates, she discovers that the man she loves might know more than he's letting on.

61

7.6

/503726/

74

/17789/

74

/9792/

3.7

/1023190/

39

/124/

59

/1228475/

46

/32/

2.0

age 17+

Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, Jigsaw informs them that they must partake in a gruesome game in order to secure their freedom.

69

7.0

/440774/

69

/14650/

67

/7557/

3.4

/412552/

78

/214/

68

/59399/

64

/37/

3.0

age 14+

Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

54

6.1

/304170/

65

/11278/

63

/6382/

2.8

/239640/

24

/224/

57

/20646/

35

/38/

3.0

age 14+

Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.

71

7.2

/286196/

73

/8366/

71

/4320/

3.4

/228072/

77

/192/

77

/17510/

59

/37/

3.0

age 17+

A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.

56

5.6

/167969/

61

/7268/

59

/4110/

3.5

/1281104/

47

/214/

36

/8305/

47

/29/

3.0

age 18+

Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader takes evil to a whole new level after she's possessed by a sinister demon. Now it's up to her best friend to stop Jennifer's reign of terror before it's too late.

66

6.7

/250277/

69

/11139/

65

/5061/

3.3

/194889/

57

/149/

68

/10427/

52

/28/

3.5

age 18+

Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.

45

5.7

/230390/

62

/9542/

59

/4793/

2.6

/218042/

21

/146/

39

/16709/

29

/21/

age 17+

When scientists discover something near Antarctica that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the Predator race.

53

6.1

/155863/

63

/4688/

61

/2595/

2.9

/301157/

50

/167/

48

/13941/

47

/28/

1.5

age 18+

After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.

67

6.8

/311456/

69

/9822/

66

/4727/

3.2

/240783/

80

/176/

61

/60577/

64

/27/

age 16+

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.

60

6.6

/199453/

67

/5876/

64

/2966/

3.1

/127695/

50

/157/

56

/30977/

53

/29/

2.5

age 17+

This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.

45

5.9

/145156/

61

/3962/

59

/2671/

2.8

/80342/

25

/118/

28

/6284/

24

/35/

2.0

age 18+

Cocky researcher Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pushes his team to move to the next phase — using himself as the subject. The test is a success, but when the process can't be reversed and Caine seems doomed to future without flesh, he starts to turn increasingly dangerous.

75

6.8

/68003/

69

/1517/

69

/1209/

3.9

/163344/

72

/117/

75

/4265/

73

/25/

4.0

age 17+

When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural forces.

43

4.8

/36896/

55

/1403/

54

/1060/

2.3

/32456/

26

/120/

27

/3022/

40

/28/

2.0

age 14+

A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant extended life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of snakes and each other.

56

6.5

/107329/

65

/2957/

64

/1879/

2.9

/68579/

42

/165/

52

/8664/

42

/27/

2.5

age 18+

When athletic teen Mari Collingwood opts to hang out with her friend Paige in town rather than spend an evening in with her parents vacationing at the family's remote lake house, it marks the beginning of a night no one is going to forget.

71

6.6

/228811/

65

/6608/

64

/3943/

3.2

/243194/

92

/268/

62

/18527/

83

/32/

3.0

age 14+

After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell.

54

6.2

/214491/

65

/10045/

63

/4668/

2.9

/525484/

52

/114/

58

/11309/

38

/25/

1.5

age 16+

When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.

51

6.7

/166499/

68

/5575/

65

/2548/

3.0

/55641/

26

/87/

49

/5096/

28

/13/

age 18+

Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.

56

6.4

/194112/

64

/4381/

64

/3244/

3.0

/153275/

51

/137/

58

/17095/

52

/28/

1.5

age 18+

Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.

63

7.0

/262283/

73

/9895/

68

/4673/

3.3

/97797/

58

/108/

77

/9450/

49

/29/

2.0

age 17+

When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.

56

5.9

/30385/

61

/1346/

65

/718/

2.6

/120568/

50

/6/

50

/394/

When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen.

59

6.5

/109459/

66

/3110/

65

/2189/

3.6

/165371/

53

/145/

54

/5887/

44

/33/

age 18+

When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.

58

6.5

/130517/

67

/3578/

66

/2209/

3.1

/68788/

38

/157/

58

/6252/

47

/32/

2.5

age 14+

A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

58

6.5

/31660/

66

/1248/

66

/756/

2.8

/20584/

67

/15/

61

/1108/

29

/5/

In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that involve her young sons, the neighborhood children, and one 12-year-old boy whose life will be changed forever.

47

5.8

/199609/

63

/9878/

58

/4184/

2.3

/123649/

24

/163/

58

/14497/

38

/30/

1.5

age 18+

For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed—The Nightstalkers. Together with Abigail and Hannibal, two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade follows a trail of blood to the ancient creature that is also hunting him—the original vampire, Dracula.

49

5.5

/143731/

59

/4536/

60

/3233/

3.0

/292041/

27

/161/

44

/15858/

41

/36/

2.0

age 18+

A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.

64

6.7

/170905/

68

/3855/

66

/2944/

3.1

/67431/

56

/151/

66

/6248/

54

/32/

3.0

age 18+

Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.

56

6.2

/155636/

65

/5061/

65

/3185/

3.1

/238695/

47

/116/

49

/9925/

49

/24/

age 16+

On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe.

42

5.1

/138883/

57

/7673/

56

/3786/

2.1

/378198/

28

/98/

35

/11823/

30

/14/

age 16+

A horrifying premonition saves a young man and his friends from death during a racetrack accident but terrible fates await them nonetheless.

71

7.0

/231758/

69

/6023/

66

/3706/

3.4

/151776/

77

/30/

77

/13712/

age 17+

Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry Darling, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and her ex-boyfriend El Wray lead a team of accidental warriors into the night.

64

6.7

/80136/

68

/2225/

65

/1327/

3.2

/47190/

57

/123/

55

/1603/

62

/29/

3.0

age 17+

Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.

67

6.3

/270001/

63

/8501/

60

/5296/

2.9

/411674/

82

/209/

57

/23879/

68

/24/

3.5

age 16+

After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic but is certainly the most active in the middle of the night.

62

6.4

/115020/

65

/3629/

63

/1644/

3.3

/77602/

46

/168/

57

/5190/

40

/32/

4.0

age 17+

A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.

61

6.7

/148146/

67

/4521/

66

/2963/

3.1

/132476/

46

/156/

60

/12416/

46

/32/

3.0

age 15+

When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.

65

6.4

/35273/

65

/1016/

63

/578/

3.1

/30925/

80

/10/

59

/629/

Christmas Eve. On his way to his in-laws with his family, Frank Harrington decides to try a shortcut, for the first time in 20 years. It turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life.

50

32

5.9

/1152/

48

/24/

53

/17/

53

/15/

56

/50/

33

/9/

A famous psychiatrist (Ty Adams) takes on the job of trying to cure patients at the Sedah State Hospital, run by it's folksy doctor (Sam Delazo). All this takes a strange turn when a mysterious patient (Satan, he calls himself) enters the Hospital seeking help. Or is it just help that he wants?

47

24

5.3

/650/

48

/19/

49

/17/

50

/6/

38

/33/

Three girls take a pre-college trip to a cabin in the woods. Their night is interrupted by a visitor who, they begin to believe, may have killed a babysitter some years before. An original twist on the teens-in-peril film.

37

22

2.3

/759/

33

/3/

26

/8/

80

/5/

24

/28/

A rock band gathers at an abandoned schoolhouse to record their latest album, but there is something sinister waiting for them.

45

?

4.6

/645/

45

/12/

21

/9/

100

/6/

16

/3/

Remington, a murderous grifter cons his way into a mother's heart, putting on a fatherly facade to her cherished son, Nicholas. But the second she leaves for work, a torrent of abuse rains upon the gentle boy...

52

32

4.5

/896/

49

/16/

41

/19/

2.8

/879/

82

/11/

44

/47/

Inspired by true events...The story of three hunters who mysteriously became the hunted.

66

26

6.5

/582/

64

/19/

45

/7/

3.3

/424/

83

/12/

74

/16/

"Documentary Filmmaker looking for suicidal individual to follow from first preparation to final act." Cut from 142 video tapes, this project sheds light on the tragedy following the infamous Internet ad.

50

31

4.5

/1899/

35

/17/

43

/21/

3.0

/229/

33

/12/

89

/32/