20 Best Horror Movies of the 2010s

 (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND NO COMMENT)

 

TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in January 22, 2010

Directed by Eli Craig

Written by Eli Craig and Morgan Jurgenson

Music by Michael Shields and Andrew Kaiser

Starring: Alan Tudyk, Tyler Labine, Katrina Bowden, Jesse Moss

 

 

INSIDIOUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in September 14, 2010

Directed by James Wan

Written by Leigh Whannell

Music by Joseph Bishara

Starring: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Barbara Hershey

 

 

 

 

 

DEVIL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in September 17, 2010

Directed by John Erick Dowdle

Written by Brian Nelson and M. Night Shyamalan

Music by Fernando Velázquez

Starring: Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Jenny O'Hara

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE WOMAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in January 23, 2011

Directed by Lucky McKee

Written by Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee, based on their book

Music by Sean Spillane

Starring: Pollyanna McIntosh, Sean Bridgers, Angela Bettis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in April 13, 2012

Directed by Drew Goddard

Written by Joss Whedon

Music by David Julyan

Starring: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Fran Kranz

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE PURGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in May 2, 2013

Written and directed by James DeMonaco

Music by Nathan Whitehead

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Rhys Wakefield

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORLD WAR Z

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in June 2, 2013

Directed by Marc Forster

Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard

Based on book by Max Brooks

Music by Marco Beltrami

Starring: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CREEP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in March 8, 2014

Directed by Patrick Brice

Written by Mark Duplass

Music by Kyle Field and Eric Andrew Kuhn

Starring: Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IT FOLLOWS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in May 17, 2014

Written and directed by David Robert Mitchell

Music by Richard Vreeland

Starring: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi, Jake Weary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE WITCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in January 27, 2015

Written and directed by Robert Eggers

Music by Mark Korven

Starring: Anna Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE INVITATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in March 13, 2015

Directed by Karyn Kusama

Written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi

Music by Theodore Shapiro

Starring: Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Michiel Huisman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GREEN ROOM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in May 17, 2015

Written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier

Music by Brooke Blair and Will Blair

Starring: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE VISIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in August 30, 2015

Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan

Starring: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 CLOVERFIELD LANE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in March 8, 2016

Directed by Dan Trachtenberg

Written by Josh Campbell, Matt Stuecken and Damien Chazelle

Music by Bear McCreary

Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

GET OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in January 23, 2017

Written and directed by Jordan Peele

Music by Michael Abels

Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LES AFFAMÉS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in September 8, 2017

Written and directed by Robin Aubert

Music by Pierre-Philippe Côté

Starring: Marc-André Grondin, Monia Chokri, Brigitte Poupart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEREDITARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in January 21, 2018

Written and directed by Ari Aster

Music by Colin Stetson

Starring: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd

 

 

 

 

 

 

APOSTLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in September 21, 2018

Written and directed by Gareth Evans

Music by Fajar Yusekemal and Aria Prayogi

Starring: Dan Stevens, Michael Sheen, Lucy Boynton, Sharon Morgan

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIRD BOX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in November 12, 2018

Directed by Susanne Bier

Written by Eric Heisserer

Based on book by Josh Malerman

Music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Starring: Sandra Bullock, John Malkovich, Sarah Paulson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIDSOMMAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released in June 18, 2019

Written and directed by Ari Aster

Music by Bobby Krlic

Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, Will Poulter

 

 

 

 

 

 

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