Ok, WolfNC17 you asked for it. This decade's horror films that got good reviews even from...eeek...CRITICS!!:
Year
98% 8.2/10
Let the Right One In (R)
Plot: A 12-year-old boy befriends a mysterious young girl whose appearance in town suspiciously coincides...
Stars: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson Directed by: Tomas Alfredson Format: DVD
2008
95% 8.5/10
Pan's Labyrinth (R)
Plot: Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro returns to the phantasmagorical cinema that defined such early...
Stars: Ariadna Gil, Ivana Baquero Directed by: Guillermo del Toro Format: DVD
2006
92% 7.7/10
The Host (Gwoemul) (R)
Plot: When a young girl is snatched away from her father by a horrifying giant monster that emerges from...
Stars: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong Directed by: Joon-ho Bong Format: DVD
2006
92% 7.6/10
Drag Me to Hell (PG-13)
Plot: Evil Dead director Sam Raimi takes the helm for this "spook-a-blast" shocker about an ambitious L.A....
Stars: Alison Lohman, Justin Long Directed by: Sam Raimi Format: DVD
2009
91% 8/10
Donnie Darko: Production Diary (R)
Plot: In a funny, moving and distinctly mind-bending journey through suburban America, one extraordinary...
Stars: Daveigh Chase, Drew Barrymore Directed by: Richard Kelly Format: DVD
2004
91% 7.7/10
Shaun of the Dead (R)
Plot: It's often said that the true character of a man is only revealed in times of dire crisis, and for...
Stars: Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield Directed by: Edgar Wright Format: DVD
2004
90% 7.4/10
Zombieland (R)
Plot: A cowardly shut-in named Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is forced to join up with a seasoned zombie...
Stars: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg Directed by: Ruben Fleischer Format: DVD
2009
88% 7.4/10
Requiem (Unrated)
Plot: Director Hans-Christian Schmid helms this award winning account of a first-year university student...
Stars: Sandra Hueller, Burghart Klau??ner Directed by: Hans-Christian Schmid Format: DVD
2006
88% 7.8/10
Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen (R)
Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair Directed by: William Friedkin Format: DVD
2000
88% 7.8/10
Russian Ark (Unrated)
Plot: Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov broke boundaries with his dreamlike vision of the Hermitage in...
Stars: Sergei Dreiden, Maria Kuznetsova Directed by: Aleksandr Sokurov Format: DVD
2002 Year
88% 7.3/10
28 Days Later (R)
Plot: Animal rights activists free a group of infected chimpanzees to horrifying results in this...
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris Directed by: Danny Boyle Format: DVD
2003
87% 7.3/10
Save The Green Planet (Unrated)
Plot: The genre-bending black comedy sci-fi thriller Save the Green Planet! marks the feature debut of...
Stars: Ha-kyun Shin, Baek Yun-shik Directed by: Jun-hwan Jeong Format: DVD
2003
87% 7.3/10
Ginger Snaps (R)
Plot: In the generic Canadian suburb of Bailey Downs live Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) and Brigitte (Emily...
Stars: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle Directed by: John Fawcett Format: DVD
2000
87% 7.4/10
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary (Unrated)
Plot: Idiosyncratic Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin resurrects the style and visual grammar of the silent...
Stars: Zhang Wei-Qiang, Tara Birtwhistle Directed by: Guy Maddin Format: DVD
2002
86% 7.1/10
Janghwa, Hongryeon (A Tale of Two Sisters) (R)
Plot: This supernatural horror film from Kim Jee-woon is inspired by the ancient Korean folktale "Jangha...
Stars: Lim Su-jung, Jeong-Ah Yeom Directed by: Ji-woon Kim Format: DVD
2003
86% 7.1/10
The House of the Devil (R)
Plot: A coed struggling to pay her rent ends up taking the wrong part-time job in writer-director Ti...
Stars: Jocelin Donahue, Greta Gerwig Directed by: Ti West Format: DVD
2009
85% 6.9/10
Slither (R)
Plot: A mysterious meteor infected with a deadly alien plague brings chaos to a small hunting town in the...
Stars: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks Directed by: James Gunn Format: DVD
2006
85% 7.3/10
El Orfanato (The Orphanage) (R)
Plot: Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro produces director Juan Antonio Bayona's gothic...
Stars: Geraldine Chaplin, Belén Rueda Directed by: Juan Antonio Bayona Format: DVD
2007
84% 6.8/10
Three...Extremes (Saam gaang yi) (R)
Plot: Three Asian directors, from Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan, join forces to create an omnibus horror...
Stars: Ling Bai, Miriam Yeung Chin Wah Directed by: Chan Wook Park, Fruit Chan Format: DVD
2004
84% 7.2/10
The Others (PG-13)
Plot: Spanish filmmaker Alejandro Amenabar's first English-language production is a creepy period ghost...
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar Format: DVD
2001
The Descent (R)
Plot: A group of close female friends on a yearly adventure vacation find themselves trapped and hunted in...
Stars: Shauna MacDonald, Natalie Jackson Mendoza Directed by: Neil Marshall Format: DVD
2005
83% 6.6/10
Pontypool (PG)
Plot: Bruce McDonald, critically acclaimed director of The Tracey Fragments, teams with author Tony...
Stars: Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle Directed by: Bruce McDonald Format: DVD
2008
83% 7.2/10
Paprika (R)
Plot: Groundbreaking animator Satoshi Kon (whose credits include Tokyo Godfathers, Millennium Actress, and...
Stars: Megumi Hayashibara, Toru Emori Directed by: Satoshi Kon Format: DVD
2006
83% 7.4/10
Grindhouse (Grind House) (R)
Plot: Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino and Sin City director Robert Rodriguez join forces to offer a...
Stars: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez Directed by: Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino Format: DVD
2007
82% 6.6/10
Triangle (R)
Plot: Director Christopher Smith (Creep, Severance), returns to rattle viewers with this dark thriller...
Stars: Melissa George, Michael Dorman Directed by: Christopher Smith Format: DVD
2009
82% 6.9/10
Bakjwi (Thirst) (R)
Plot: Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, and Kim Ok-bin star in Oldboy director Park Chan-wook's frightener...
Stars: Ha-kyun Shin, Hae-suk Kim Directed by: Chan Wook Park Format: DVD
2009
82% 7/10
Paranormal Activity (R)
Plot: A haunted house makes no secret of the fact it's not pleased with its new tenants in this...
Stars: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat Directed by: Oren Peli Format: DVD
2007
81% 6.6/10
Teeth (R)
Plot: High school student Dawn works hard at suppressing her budding sexuality by being the local chastity...
Stars: Jess Weixler, John Hensley Directed by: Mitchell Lichtenstein Format: DVD
2007
81% 7/10
Shadow of the Vampire (R)
Plot: The torturous production of the classic 1922 vampire film Nosferatu is recreated in this stylized...
Stars: John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe Directed by: E. Elias Merhige Format: DVD
2000
81% 6.8/10
Hellboy (PG-13)
Plot: Mike Mignola's acclaimed comic book series about a creature from Hades who joins the battle against...
Stars: Ron Perlman, John Hurt Directed by: Guillermo del Toro Format: DVD
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