
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

Jenifer
›2005 · Horror, TV Movie · 58m · Steven Weber, Laurie Brunetti, Carrie Anne Fleming
After a detective rescues a mute disfigured woman from being murdered, he takes her into his home to prevent her from staying in a mental hospital, a move which alienates his family and soon turns to obsession.

The Screwfly Solution
›2006 · Horror, TV Movie · 59m · Jason Priestley, Elliott Gould, Kerry Norton
A strange virus renders the entire human male population into homicidal maniacs who end up wiping out all females, leaving a woman and her daughter to fend for themselves.

Sick Girl
›NR2006 · Horror, TV Movie · 56m · Angela Bettis, Erin Brown, Mike McKee
A shy entomologist named Ida—whose girlfriend has left her, due to her interest in insects—develops a crush on a strange girl, Misty. After Ida receives a mysterious insect in the mail, the two women spend the night together, and Ida awakens to find that Misty has stumbled upon her insect collection and has a great interest in them herself.

FrankensteinSeries
›2004 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 1 season · Alec Newman, William Hurt, Julie Delpy
A scientist brings life to a creature fashioned from corpses and various body parts.

Right to Die
›2007 · Thriller, Horror, TV Movie · 58m · Martin Donovan, Julia Benson, Robin Sydney
When a grisly car accident put his wife into a coma, a man reluctantly pulls the plug only to realize her spirit has turned vengeful against the living.

Puzzlehead
›NR2006 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama · 81m · Stephen Galaida, Robbie Shapiro, Chuck Ardezzone
In a post apocalyptic world where technology is outlawed, Walter, a reclusive scientist, secretly creates a self-aware android, "Puzzlehead". Jealously erupts when Puzzlehead wins the affection of Julia, the beautiful shopgirl that Walter has longed for. The resulting sci-fi love triangle is a Frankensteinian fable that traps all three in a web of deception and the ultimate betrayal.

When Good Ghouls Go Bad
›PG2001 · Family, TV Movie, Horror · 93m · Christopher Lloyd, Joe Pichler, Tom Amandes
In October of 1981, Curtis Danko, the creepy kid from the small town of Walker Falls, was killed in a mysterious accident. He left behind a warning to the town: "If you ever have another Halloween again, I will return and destroy you all!" Curtis was buried in a locked crypt, along with a sculpture so evil, that unearthly fates were said to await anyone who looked at it. Now, 20 years later, the Walker men have returned to Walker Falls. They start a chain of events that unleashes an army of zombies on the town. Has Curtis Danko risen from the grave to exact his revenge? And will the people of Walker Falls make it through the night?

Saw II
›R2005 · Horror · 93m · Tobin Bell, Donnie Wahlberg, Shawnee Smith
The chilling and relentless Jigsaw killer returns to terrorize the city once again. When a gruesome murder victim emerges with unmistakable traces of Jigsaw's sinister methods, Detective Eric Matthews is thrust into a high-stakes investigation. To his surprise, apprehending Jigsaw seems almost too easy, but what he doesn't realize is that being caught is merely another piece of Jigsaw's intricate puzzle.

The Hills Have Eyes
›R2006 · Horror, Thriller · 107m · Aaron Stanford, Dan Byrd, Emilie de Ravin
Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose
›PG-132005 · Crime, Drama, Horror · 122m · Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.

The Skeleton Key
›PG-132005 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 104m · Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, Peter Sarsgaard
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

The Last House on the Left
›R2009 · Crime, Thriller, Horror · 113m · Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton
When athletic teen Mari Collingwood opts to hang out with her friend Paige in town rather than spend an evening in with her parents vacationing at the family's remote lake house, it marks the beginning of a night no one is going to forget.

The Mothman Prophecies
›PG-132002 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 119m · Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patton
Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror when fate draws him to the sleepy West Virginia town of Point Pleasant, whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.

Splinter
›R2008 · Horror, Thriller, Crime · 82m · Jill Wagner, Charles Baker, Rachel Kerbs
When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly and boyfriend Seth decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis and Lacey, who take the victims and their SUV to a nearby gas station. Along the way, they encounter an increasingly terrifying horde of parasites, and if any of them intend to survive, they'll have to outsmart the deadly organisms.

The Girl Next Door
›R2007 · Thriller, Crime, Drama · 91m · Blythe Auffarth, Daniel Manche, Michael Zegen
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that involve her young sons, the neighborhood children, and one 12-year-old boy whose life will be changed forever.

The Revenant
›R2009 · Comedy, Horror, War · 117m · Chris Wylde, David Anders, Louise Griffiths
A horror movie/buddy comedy about Joey and his undead friend Bart who comes back from the dead as a revenant: an articulate zombie that needs to drink blood to arrest the decomposition of his body.

The Countess
›2009 · Drama, History, Thriller · 100m · Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl, William Hurt
Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), blinded by the passion that she feels for a younger man, succumbs to the mad delusion that blood will keep her young and beautiful forever.

Mum & Dad
›NR2008 · Horror, Thriller · 84m · Perry Benson, Dido Miles, Olga Fedori
Mum and Dad, and their 'adopted' children, Birdie & Elbie, work at the airport. The family live off whatever they scavenge from cargo holds, offices and hotels - including a steady stream of transient workers who populate the airport's soulless hub. When Lena, a young Polish office cleaner, is befriended by Birdie, she gets drawn into a nightmarish world of torture, murder and perversity.

Baghead
›R2008 · Comedy, Drama, Horror · 84m · Steve Zissis, Ross Partridge, Greta Gerwig
Four actors go to a cabin in the woods to write, direct, and act in a film that will jump-start their careers. Their idea is a horror film about a man with a bag over his head, but what happens when that man mysteriously shows up?

Blade: The SeriesSeries
›TV-142006 · Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama · 1 season · Sticky Fingaz, Jill Wagner, Nelson Lee
Blade is a half-man, half-vampire who employs his extraordinary powers in a crusade to save mankind from the demonic creatures who walk the night. Set in Detroit, Blade investigates the vampire house of Chthon. Along the way he forms an uneasy alliance with Krista Starr, a former military veteran who becomes entrenched in the world of vampires while investigating the murder of her twin brother.

Phantom of the Megaplex
›G2000 · Comedy, Family, Mystery · 89m · Taylor Handley, Corinne Bohrer, Caitlin Wachs
Pete Riley is a 17-year-old who lands a part-time job at a multiplex in his neighbourhood. He and his friends are excited when it's announced that the theatre will play host to the premier of a major motion picture, with a number of Hollywood celebrities in attendance. However, when the big night comes, Pete has to contend with disappearing staff, malfunctioning equipment, and a broken popcorn machine.

The Eclipse
›R2009 · Drama, Horror · 88m · Ciarán Hinds, Iben Hjejle, Aidan Quinn
Michael is a widower who is struggling to adjust to his new role as the sole caretaker of his two children. Still reeling from the death of his wife, he has been plagued by terrifying apparitions. When he volunteers at a local literary festival, he finds himself drawn to Lena, an empathetic author of supernatural fiction. While Lena tries to help Michael with the mystery of his nightmarish visions, she must contend with problems of her own, as she’s being jealously pursued by self-obsessed novelist Nicholas, her one-time lover. As the festival progresses, the three adults’ lives converge and collide.

The Hideout
›2007 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 100m · Laura Morante, Rita Tushingham, Burt Young
A mystery-thriller about an Italian woman who moves to Davenport to open a restaurant. After her husband commits suicide, she spends fifteen years recovering at a Minnesota mental hospital. When she builds herself up enough to begin another restaurant, she discovers that a murder took place there fifty years earlier. She decides to investigate and finds a secret plot.

Van Diemen's Land
›2009 · Drama, History, Thriller · 104m · Oscar Redding, Arthur Angel, Paul Ashcroft
The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.
