From found footage films so real that the audience believes in witches, to socially conscious horror films that elevated the genre in the 2010s

The sequences where Freddy’s arms stretch to five times their length is horror cinema at its most surreal and frightening, and the moment Freddy’s tongue emerges through the phone to lick Heather Langenkamp’s character Nancy is one of the eeriest, too.

The 21st century so far has given us scary movies with an artful bent, such as "Sinners" and "Obsession." The best horror movies since 2001, ranked.

"There seems to be an unhealthy fixation with harming children!" 🔪 Where did he come from? How did he become a supernatural murderer? Learn more about the origins of the evil Michael Myers in this long lost horror short - found recently and covertly uploaded online.

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of watching movies and talking about them endlessly, he ...

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