Popular Horror 2010s, a list by Craig Midwinter

74

/34351/

72

/19983/

3.5

/2491726/

85

/391/

84

/6100/

69

/49/

3.0

age 15+

In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

64

6.5

/346962/

68

/18790/

68

/9384/

2.9

/1271375/

62

/380/

78

/5428/

58

/52/

2.5

age 15+

27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.

82

7.8

/798471/

78

/48266/

76

/18424/

4.1

/3944850/

98

/403/

86

/6257/

85

/48/

3.0

age 15+

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

80

7.3

/445281/

73

/20562/

73

/8288/

3.9

/2417192/

90

/386/

72

/4647/

87

/49/

4.0

age 17+

Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.

76

7.1

/473434/

71

/18641/

72

/7804/

3.8

/3404790/

83

/413/

63

/1147/

72

/54/

4.0

age 17+

Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.

73

7.3

/612662/

74

/35646/

73

/18042/

3.5

/1668237/

79

/312/

79

/3272/

63

/48/

3.0

age 14+

Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

74

6.8

/389190/

68

/24597/

64

/9137/

3.6

/881757/

88

/333/

67

/3047/

79

/51/

3.5

A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

81

8.0

/879514/

77

/22140/

76

/15236/

4.2

/2746046/

85

/320/

84

/19890/

79

/42/

3.5

age 17+

A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".

73

7.3

/241612/

74

/12164/

71

/4728/

3.4

/475631/

78

/341/

89

/1478/

59

/47/

3.0

age 16+

Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous teen who desperately needs his help -- and who possesses a powerful extrasensory ability called the "shine".

70

7.5

/613521/

76

/23218/

75

/12425/

3.6

/1640322/

86

/227/

83

/8915/

68

/35/

1.0

age 16+

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.

80

7.5

/648368/

76

/34267/

73

/14984/

3.6

/1820301/

96

/387/

83

/5928/

82

/55/

3.5

age 14+

A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.

76

6.8

/384466/

70

/18758/

70

/7858/

3.6

/2122416/

93

/553/

61

/5322/

81

/56/

4.0

age 16+

Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

64

6.3

/170996/

64

/8767/

63

/5032/

3.1

/426178/

68

/228/

52

/2622/

55

/34/

3.5

age 13+

A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a week, where they discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing.

77

7.4

/296358/

72

/11371/

75

/5357/

4.0

/1416425/

90

/397/

72

/413/

83

/51/

3.0

age 16+

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

69

6.6

/265497/

67

/12524/

70

/6946/

3.5

/806276/

68

/377/

52

/3756/

76

/51/

3.5

age 17+

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

67

65

6.4

/28680/

66

/2355/

68

/1111/

3.1

/15253/

83

/6/

62

/31/

age 15+

A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.

65

6.8

/311857/

69

/10139/

68

/5872/

3.4

/656586/

64

/155/

62

/5428/

53

/30/

3.0

age 17+

True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.

73

7.0

/485139/

72

/19292/

66

/8319/

3.4

/822629/

92

/291/

74

/13124/

72

/40/

3.0

age 17+

Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that something far more unsettling is at work and that nothing about their getaway is what it seems.

65

7.0

/773921/

71

/34057/

68

/16152/

3.2

/918013/

67

/277/

72

/12236/

63

/46/

2.0

age 15+

Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.

64

6.5

/58894/

63

/3241/

63

/1535/

3.5

/258937/

58

/159/

58

/233/

60

/31/

3.0

age 17+

Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.

75

7.2

/380230/

72

/27325/

69

/8414/

3.6

/611115/

91

/319/

79

/4124/

76

/43/

3.0

age 14+

After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.

74

7.1

/137442/

70

/6713/

68

/2440/

3.6

/185412/

91

/102/

74

/1028/

72

/17/

3.0

age 18+

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.

74

7.1

/326722/

72

/19277/

70

/7798/

3.3

/491703/

88

/244/

79

/2318/

71

/39/

3.0

age 17+

A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.

74

6.8

/295267/

67

/13367/

65

/6750/

3.4

/790140/

95

/271/

66

/4380/

83

/37/

3.5

age 17+

A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.

62

6.6

/416855/

69

/21837/

68

/10362/

2.9

/1122232/

64

/170/

58

/2159/

51

/26/

2.5

age 16+

Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

73

7.0

/151791/

69

/7741/

67

/2858/

3.6

/344283/

90

/249/

75

/1034/

79

/42/

2.5

age 18+

A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.

67

6.4

/340828/

67

/27907/

61

/9183/

3.1

/490730/

65

/408/

55

/4259/

65

/52/

4.0

age 15+

The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.

62

6.8

/362661/

70

/12635/

69

/7152/

3.2

/673655/

66

/175/

62

/8974/

52

/30/

2.0

age 15+

A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.

71

6.6

/127717/

66

/6167/

64

/2782/

3.3

/240584/

90

/116/

69

/833/

74

/21/

3.0

age 17+

Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.

56

5.5

/92531/

58

/5539/

63

/2860/

2.4

/630013/

63

/27/

52

/789/

age 17+

A maniacal clown named Art terrorizes three young women on Halloween night and everyone else who stands in his way.

60

6.6

/274248/

69

/23753/

64

/7739/

3.1

/300335/

67

/261/

55

/1992/

54

/44/

2.0

age 16+

The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

69

6.7

/103749/

68

/4435/

69

/2699/

3.7

/514323/

65

/336/

72

/465/

64

/56/

3.0

age 17+

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.

54

6.1

/118971/

65

/9815/

61

/3355/

2.6

/203260/

57

/206/

67

/935/

44

/31/

1.0

age 16+

What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?

65

6.7

/222079/

69

/16344/

69

/6070/

3.0

/471422/

68

/259/

88

/1938/

55

/38/

2.0

age 17+

Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.

60

6.2

/94101/

63

/6551/

62

/2345/

2.9

/218124/

67

/131/

52

/1625/

49

/21/

3.0

age 14+

When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers.

71

6.5

/140496/

66

/7043/

64

/3841/

3.1

/290724/

91

/81/

70

/475/

77

/12/

3.0

age 17+

When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.

69

6.3

/81479/

66

/3589/

63

/1564/

3.3

/496438/

91

/35/

66

/746/

74

/6/

age 15+

Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.

68

6.7

/119467/

68

/3783/

66

/2349/

3.6

/162621/

70

/201/

60

/1587/

58

/42/

3.5

age 17+

After India's father dies in an auto accident, her uncle Charlie, whom she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her emotionally unstable mother Evelyn. Soon after his arrival, she comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives, but instead of feeling outrage or horror, this friendless girl becomes increasingly infatuated with him.

75

7.1

/132491/

70

/4054/

67

/2152/

3.3

/77745/

89

/235/

76

/6293/

79

/35/

3.5

age 18+

A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.

59

6.5

/210467/

68

/8277/

65

/4886/

3.4

/390516/

64

/203/

64

/6345/

57

/38/

1.0

age 18+

Mia, a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David, his girlfriend, Natalie and their friends Olivia and Eric to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, awakening an ancient demon. All hell breaks loose when the malevolent entity possesses Mia.

70

6.6

/167540/

69

/8074/

67

/4744/

3.2

/457259/

92

/48/

73

/985/

67

/7/

2.5

age 17+

A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.

67

6.6

/114323/

68

/8474/

67

/3029/

3.2

/144270/

82

/226/

67

/975/

60

/28/

2.5

age 18+

France, June 1944. On the eve of D-Day, some American paratroopers fall behind enemy lines after their aircraft crashes while on a mission to destroy a radio tower in a small village near the beaches of Normandy. After reaching their target, the surviving paratroopers realise that, in addition to fighting the Nazi troops that patrol the village, they also must fight against something else.

63

6.6

/182947/

69

/13341/

66

/6439/

3.0

/579187/

71

/157/

67

/1202/

58

/26/

2.0

age 13+

Caught in a bizarre and terrifying time warp, college student Tree finds herself repeatedly reliving the day of her murder, ultimately realizing that she must identify the killer and the reason for her death before her chances of survival run out.

61

6.3

/150907/

67

/10073/

63

/4037/

2.8

/243786/

74

/180/

61

/1553/

58

/34/

2.0

age 14+

Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.

81

7.3

/114721/

72

/3691/

70

/1905/

3.8

/103271/

92

/167/

81

/2286/

85

/34/

4.0

age 14+

Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

59

6.2

/186248/

65

/6912/

64

/4010/

3.4

/546423/

61

/190/

57

/7155/

52

/32/

2.0

age 17+

Ten years after the original Woodsboro murders, one of the survivors returns home to promote their new book about surviving trauma, only for a new Ghostface killer to emerge, targeting a new group of teens.

66

6.4

/34627/

66

/2006/

64

/589/

3.1

/167325/

73

/11/