
Decade
2000s Horror
The horror that defined the 2000s — ranked by Crypt Score, from era-defining classics to the deep cuts worth resurrecting.
1160 titles

Vampires: Out for Blood
›2004 · Action, Fantasy, Horror · 95m · Kevin Dillon, Vanessa Angel, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
In the dark, throbbing world of underground raves, people are vanishing without a trace and Detective Hank Holten is the only one who knows the terrible truth. Vampires.

Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke
›R2007 · TV Movie, Horror, Mystery · 95m · Adrian Paul, Frida Farrell, Rhett Giles
English colonists arriving on Roanoke Island in 1587 find the fort built years before deserted. Soon after, members of the colony begin to die in horrible ways. Before returning to England for provisions, leader John White puts his son-in-law Ananais Dare in charge, and Dare realizes the island is haunted by Norse spirits. Enlisting the aid of a friendly Native American, Dare attempts to free the spirits from their earthly captivity before the entire colony is lost.

Black Swarm
›2007 · Horror, Action · 89m · Sebastien Roberts, Sarah Allen, Jayne Heitmeyer
A widow, Deputy Sheriff Jane Kozik, moves from Manhattan to Black Stone, New York, with her daughter Kelsey. There she expects to find a safe place to live. The day after moving, a homeless man is found dead in the tool shed of Jane's blind friend Beverly; an entomologist, Katherine is summoned to help with the investigation, along with Devin, Jane's brother-in-law and former boyfriend. Meanwhile, Kelsey befriends Eli, a scientist who has developed genetically modified wasps to the army as a weapon, and who is now trying to revert the process. When the wasps attack Black Stone, Jane, Devin and Eli team-up to attempt to destroy the swarm.

The Dead Hate the Living!
›R2000 · Horror, Comedy · 90m · Eric Clawson, Jamie Donahue, Brett Beardslee
When a renegade band of young filmmakers break into an abandoned hospital to make their horror epic, they stumble upon a real dead body and decide to use it in their movie. They accidentally bring it back to life, open a portal to a dead world that releases dozens of other zombies, then struggle for their lives in a desperate attempt to flee from the creatures who apparently have them hopelessly trapped in the hospital.

Rise of the Gargoyles
›PG-132009 · Horror, Action, Adventure · 94m · Eric Balfour, Caroline Néron, Justin Salinger
Workers involuntarily release a gargoyle that proceeds to behead those who took her eggs (and some who didn't!).

Animals
›2008 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Marc Blucas, Naveen Andrews, Nicki Aycox
Syd Jarrett is an unsuspecting, down-and-out man in a washed-up hick town who gets pulled into a sub-culture of blood-hungry creatures. He encounters Vic, a renegade whose animal instincts are stronger than his human ones. As things begin to get even worse, Jarrett realizes that his best chance for happiness, and survival, lies in his true love for Jane.

The Dead Outside
›2008 · Horror, Thriller · 86m · Sandra Louise Douglas, Alton Milne, Sharon Osdin
A neurological pandemic has consumed the population. Drug-resistance has mutated the virus into a ravaging psychological plague, rendering the 'the dying' desperate, paranoid and violent

The Cook
›NR2008 · Comedy, Horror · 85m · Mark Hengst, Makinna Ridgway, Kit Paquin
Over a long holiday weekend, unable to escape the confines of their sorority house, a handful of unsuspecting girls are left behind to enjoy the quiet sanctuary. The normal house staff has taken off for the weekend, leaving the girls to fend for themselves. Thankfully someone was kind enough to send them a temporary replacement chef to cook their meals.

Slayer
›2006 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 88m · Casper Van Dien, Tony Plana, Kevin Grevioux
An elite commando squad led by longtime soldier buddies Hawk and Grives run afoul of lethal and powerful vampires in a South American rain forest. Grieves gets turned into a vampire and becomes leader of a savage roving herd. Moreover, Hawk has to rescue his scientist ex-wife Dr. Laurie Williams from the bloodsuckers' evil clutches.

Jill Rips
›R2000 · Thriller · 94m · Dolph Lundgren, Danielle Brett, Sandi Ross
A tough guy goes undercover on a personal mission of vengeance into the hardcore world of S&M, to find out who's responsible for the death of his brother.

LD 50 Lethal Dose
›2003 · Horror · 97m · Katharine Towne, Mel B, Tom Hardy
Re-formed by a coded message to their web site, a group of animal rights activists set off to free an imprisoned colleague from a terrifying ordeal. Their rescue mission leads them to a disused lab, but what should have been a simple raid turns into a series of twisted and mind bending incidents where the free and the caged switch places, in this tormented psychological horror.

Slash
›R2002 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 93m · Steve Railsback, James O'Shea, Zuleikha Robinson
A rock band gets stuck on a haunted farm while visiting its lead singer's family.

Headless Horseman
›R2007 · Horror · 87m · Billy Aaron Brown, Rebecca Mozo, Richard Moll
Seven college kids take a shortcut on their way to a party and unfortunately end up in Wormwood – a "lost" town in the middle of nowhere. They find something strange and sinister happening there – bones and weird decorations line Main Street. The cause: local Wormwood legend says on All Hallows Eve one hundred years ago, a crazed man tortured the youngsters in town and then cut off their heads. In retaliation, the townspeople killed him by cutting off his head. Seeking revenge every seven years, he returns and takes seven heads from children in the town. Now the seven visitors find themselves hunted one by one as the Headless Horseman claims his due.

Sutures
›R2009 · Horror, Thriller · 83m · Andrew Prine, Jason London, Carlos Lauchu
A group of longtime friends converge on a fatal course with destiny when they cross paths with Alexander Tatum, a mercenary surgeon. He is a hunter with the keen skill of one who has also been hunted. Prey turned predator. The victims quickly realize that Alexander is just the beginning of their problems, as they find themselves enmeshed in a fight for survival against a sociopath business man and his demonic staff, who will stop at nothing to prevail in the sale of Black Market Body Parts.

Cold & Dark
›2005 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 94m · Luke Goss, Kevin Howarth, Matt Lucas
When Detective Mortimer Shade is somehow killed in a freezer, a parasite called a grail possesses his body, revives him, but he needs blood to stay alive. His partner John Dark accepts the new situation and together they become vigilantes, judging and killing the bad guys, with Shade sucking their blood with his claw. However, Dark notes that Shade is losing the rest of his humanity and becoming a monster, being aware and afraid of the danger Shade represents to mankind and trying to stop him.

Manticore
›2005 · Action, Fantasy, Horror · 88m · Robert Beltran, Jeff Fahey, Chase Masterson
During Operation Iraqi Freedom, a US Army Squad is sent to a small Iraqi town to locate a missing news crew, only to find the residents of the town dead and a living weapon of mass destruction, a Manticore, awakened from its long slumber by a terrorist leader wanting to rid his land of the American invaders at any price.

Dead Heist
›R2007 · Action, Adventure, Horror · 80m · Big Daddy Kane, E-40, Brandon Xavier
Four friends plan the perfect small town bank heist, but choose the wrong night. Their plans go horribly wrong when vampiric zombies attack the town and trap them in the bank. Can they escape with the money and their lives?

Bone Sickness
›NR2004 · Horror · 98m · Rich George, Brian Paulin, Kevin Barbare
Her husband's health suddenly devastated by a terminal bone disease, a desperate young woman finds her search for alternative treatment leading to unexpectedly grave consequences.

Halloween II
›R2009 · Horror · 105m · Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane
Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois. Meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.

Ghosts of Mars
›R2001 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 98m · Natasha Henstridge, Ice Cube, Pam Grier
In 2176, a Martian police unit is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal at a remote mining post. Upon arrival, the cops find the post deserted and something far more dangerous than any criminal — the original inhabitants of Mars, hellbent on getting their planet back.

When a Stranger Calls
›PG-132006 · Horror, Mystery · 87m · Camilla Belle, Katie Cassidy, Tommy Flanagan
Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone and the frightening words of a sadistic caller turn Jill's routine experience into a night of terror.

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
›PG-132004 · Adventure, Horror, Thriller · 96m · Johnny Messner, KaDee Strickland, Matthew Marsden
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.

The Covenant
›PG-132006 · Fantasy, Horror, Adventure · 97m · Chace Crawford, Taylor Kitsch, Toby Hemingway
Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threatens to tear them apart.

Stay Alive
›PG-132006 · Horror · 100m · Jon Foster, Samaire Armstrong, Frankie Muniz
After the brutal death of a friend, a group of friends find themselves in possession of a video-game called "Stay Alive," a blood-curdling true story of a 17th century noblewoman known as the Blood Countess. After playing the game when they know they shouldn't, however, the friends realize that once they die in the game — they die for real!
