Rolling Stone's 60 Greatest Horror Movies of the 21st Century

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"Back in the late Sixties and early Seventies, Vietnam and civil unrest helped kickstart a new golden age of American horror movies; shortly after the beginning of our new century, we had one massive public atrocity and several new wars to fuel a whole new wave of movies dealing with communal anxieties via scary monsters and super-freaky maniacs. Yes, it’s always been a durable genre regardless of what’s going on in the culture, but considering what’s happened globally over the last 20 or so years, it makes sense that horror films would resonate with folks the way they have. That, and the fact that such free-floating dread would help give birth to a number of films from both the U.S. and abroad that deserve a place in the pantheon."

"So we’ve assembled our take on the 60 best horror films of the 21st century – the zombie-apocalypse tales, things-that-go-bump-in-the-psyche ghost stories, retro-slasher flicks, neo-giallo nuggets, J-horror, K-horror, French extreme and Hollywood franchise films that have spooked us, shook us and scared us shitless since 2000. As in any committee-led process, our highly opinionated writers and experts argued over what constituted being included/categorized here (Mulholland Drive belongs on every list of the Greatest Films of the Millennium; whether it’s genuinely a “horror” film, however, is still up for debate). But the ranked list of films here are guaranteed to have you repeating to yourself, “It’s only a movie … it’s only a movie… it’s only a movie …”."

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    Get Out

    2017, in 16 top lists Check
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    28 Days Later...

    2002, in 9 top lists Check
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    Hereditary

    2018, in 4 top lists
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    Låt den rätte komma in

    2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Babadook

    2014, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Conjuring

    2013, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Cabin in the Woods

    2011, in 4 top lists Check
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    Kairo

    2001 — a.k.a. Pulse, in 5 top lists Check
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    The VVitch: A New-England Folktale

    2015 — a.k.a. The Witch, in 4 top lists Check
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    Grave

    2016 — a.k.a. Raw, in 4 top lists Check
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    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
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    The Descent

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
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    Under the Skin

    2013, in 10 top lists Check
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    Annihilation

    2018, in 3 top lists Check
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    El espinazo del diablo

    2001 — a.k.a. The Devil's Backbone, in 5 top lists Check
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    The House of the Devil

    2009, in 2 top lists Check
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    Us

    2019, in 7 top lists
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    It Follows

    2014, in 5 top lists Check
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    A Quiet Place

    2018, in 5 top lists
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    Janghwa, Hongryeon

    2003 — a.k.a. A Tale of Two Sisters, in 5 top lists Check
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    El orfanato

    2007 — a.k.a. The Orphanage, in 3 top lists Check
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    Haute tension

    2003 — a.k.a. High Tension, in 2 top lists Check
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    Berberian Sound Studio

    2012, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Others

    2001, in 9 top lists Check
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    Crimson Peak

    2015, in 1 top list Check
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    Gwoemul

    2006 — a.k.a. The Host, in 11 top lists Check
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    Kill List

    2011, in 4 top lists Check
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    À l'intérieur

    2007 — a.k.a. Inside, in 3 top lists Check
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    Drag Me to Hell

    2009, in 2 top lists Check
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    Ang-ma-reul bo-at-da

    2010 — a.k.a. I Saw the Devil, in 3 top lists Check
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    Trouble Every Day

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
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    Ju-on

    2002 — a.k.a. Ju-on: The Grudge, in 3 top lists Check
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    Midsommar

    2019, in 4 top lists
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    The Strangers

    2008, in 1 top list Check
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    Martyrs

    2008, in 7 top lists Check
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    Halloween

    2018, in 2 top lists Check
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    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
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    You're Next

    2011, in 1 top list Check
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    Cloverfield

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
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    Amer

    2009, in 1 top list Check
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    A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
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    What We Do in the Shadows

    2014, in 7 top lists Check
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    Ginger Snaps

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Devil's Rejects

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
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    Piranha 3D

    2010, in 1 top list Check
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    Mandy

    2018, in 4 top lists
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    Session 9

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Ring

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
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    Revenge

    2017, in 1 top list
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    The Purge: Anarchy

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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