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i think this marks the end of an era for me as a horror fan (2026). horror used to be my favorite genre, and i watched a lot of it throughout my teens and twenties. over the past few years, though, i’ve found myself enjoying horror less and less.

i still plan on watching horror movies going forward, but much more selectively and significantly less often than i used to. this feels a little like closing a chapter, so i wanted to make a record of the genre i spent so much time with.

below is a list of all the horror movies i’ve seen from the 2000s onward as i haven’t fully branched out into older horror yet. i’ve organized the list from most recently watched to oldest watched. movies marked with a ★ are ones i still enjoy and can revisit from time to time (re-watching and starring is a project from now on.)

2000

• cherry falls
• what lies beneath
• ginger snapsㅤ ⚝
• final destination
• scream 3ㅤ ⚝

2001

• valentineㅤ ‏‏‎•
• frailty
• session 9
• the holeㅤ ⚝
• the others
• thir13en ghostsㅤ ⚝

2002

• 28 days laterㅤ ‏‏‎•
• resident evilㅤ ‏‏‎•
• the mothman propheciesㅤ ‏‏‎•
• halloween: resurrectionㅤ ‏‏‎•
• queen of the damnedㅤ ⚝
• may
• from hell
• the ringㅤ ⚝
• ghost ship
• rose red
• signsㅤ ⚝

2003

• house of 1000 corpses
• final destination 2
• the texas chainsaw massacre
• freddy vs. jason
• open water
• wrong turnㅤ ⚝
• gothikaㅤ ⚝
• the diary of ellen rimbauer

2004

• dawn of the deadㅤ ⚝
• resident evil: apocalypse
• ginger snaps back: the beginning
• ginger snaps 2ㅤ ⚝
• alien vs. predator
• seed of chuckyㅤ ⚝
• godsend
• van helsing
• exorcist: the beginning
• the grudgeㅤ ⚝
• shaun of the dead
• sawㅤ ⚝

2005

• mortuaryㅤ ‏‏‎•
• the cave
• the fogㅤ ⚝
• feast
• an american haunting
• the devil's rejects
• cry_wolf
• the exorcism of emily rose
• reeker
• the amityville horrorㅤ ⚝
• death tunnel
• the ring two
• cursedㅤ ⚝
• boogeyman
• fragile
• dark water
• tamara
• urban legends: bloody mary
• wolf creek
• hide and seekㅤ ⚝
• the descentㅤ ⚝
• the skeleton keyㅤ ⚝
• house of 9
• constantine
• house of waxㅤ ⚝
• white noise
• saw 2ㅤ ⚝

2006

• pulseㅤ ‏‏‎•
• turistasㅤ ‏‏‎•
• the hostㅤ ‏‏‎•
• rest stopㅤ ‏‏‎•
• behind the mask: the rise of leslie vernon
• snakes on a plane
• skin walkers
• eight days to live
• black christmas
• stay alive
• the breed
• all the boys love mandy lane
• them
• the covenantㅤ ⚝
• final destination 3ㅤ ⚝
• the texas chainsaw massacre: the beginning
• stephen king's desperation
• the hills have eyesㅤ ⚝
• silent hillㅤ ⚝
• when a stranger calls
• seance
• population 436
• the grudge 2
• wilderness
• the return
• the omen
• open water 2: adrift
• saw 3ㅤ ⚝

2007

• the orphanageㅤ ‏‏‎•
• the hitcherㅤ ⚝
• resident evil: extinction
• primeval
• trick 'r treatㅤ ⚝
• prey
• rogue
• 30 days of nightㅤ ⚝
• paranormal activity
• the hills have eyes 2
• rob zombie's halloweenㅤ ⚝
• vacancy
• p2
• 28 weeks later
• devil's diary
• beneathㅤ ⚝
• wrong turn 2
• scar
• solstice
• the reaping
• white noise 2
• rec
• hannibal rising
• the mist
• i know who killed me
• the messengers
• the number 23
• sweeney toddㅤ ⚝
• captivity
• return to house on haunted hill
• boogeyman 2ㅤ ⚝
• saw 4ㅤ ⚝
• black water

2008

• pontypoolㅤ ‏‏‎•
• lake mungoㅤ ‏‏‎•
• martyrsㅤ ‏‏‎•
• the haunting of molly hartley
• pathology
• the midnight meat train
• 100 feet
• amusement
• splinter
• prom night
• repo! the genetic opera
• boogeyman 3
• the ruinsㅤ ⚝
• joy ride 2
• while she was out
• the children
• the eye
• dark floors
• mirrors
• eden lakeㅤ ⚝
• the strangers
• saw 5ㅤ ⚝

2009

• zombieland
• the descent part 2ㅤ ⚝
• the loved ones
• the collector
• wrong turn 3
• forget me not
• the hills run red
• the human centipede
• the grudge 3
• messengers 2
• the thaw
• horsemen
• pandorum
• deadlineㅤ ⚝
• blood creek
• carriers
• triangle
• daybreakers
• the unborn
• the last house on the leftㅤ ⚝
• the final destination
• drag me to hell
• friday the 13th
• halloween 2ㅤ ⚝
• the haunting in connecticutㅤ ⚝
• case 39
• jennifer's bodyㅤ ⚝
• the uninvited
• sorority row
• orphan
• saw 6ㅤ ⚝
• my bloody valentineㅤ ⚝

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2010

• don't be afraid of the darkㅤ ‏‏‎•
• mother's day
• bedevilled
• tucker & dale vs. evilㅤ ⚝
• the ward
• the tortured
• hatchet 2
• the reef
• psychosis
• 30 days of night: dark days
• i spit on your grave
• piranha 3d
• the wolfman
• frozen
• paranormal activity 2
• let me in
• 6 souls
• resident evil: afterlife
• devil
• the last exorcism
• my soul to takeㅤ ⚝
• mirrors 2
• the crazies
• saw: the final chapterㅤ ⚝
• insidious
• zwart water
• a nightmare on elm streetㅤ ⚝

2011

• the awakeningㅤ ‏‏‎•ㅤ ⚝
• the innkeepersㅤ ‏‏‎•
• retreat
• the moth diaries
• choose
• intruders
• a lonely place to die
• evidence
• wrong turn 4
• red riding hood
• you're next
• the thing
• red state
• the day
• grave encounters
• the roommate
• 11-11-11
• paranormal activity 3
• the cabin in the woodsㅤ ⚝
• shark nightㅤ ⚝
• final destination 5
• scream 4ㅤ ⚝
• the rite

2012

• the woman in blackㅤ ‏‏‎•
• byzantiumㅤ ⚝
• hatchet 3
• evidence
• embrace of the vampire
• nothing left to fear
• devil's pass
• dark skies
• dark circles
• dark shadows
• savaged
• the collection
• prometheusㅤ ⚝
• silent hill: revelation
• resident evil: retribution
• would you rather
• curse of chucky
• beneath
• the purge
• the tall manㅤ ⚝
• no one livesㅤ ⚝
• the last exorcism part 2
• the haunting in connecticut 2: ghosts of georgia
• wolf creek 2
• texas chainsaw 3d
• red lightsㅤ ⚝

2013

• oculus
• world war z
• wolves
• something wicked
• see no evil 2
• inner demons
• the houses october built
• flight 7500
• diggin up the marrow
• the remaining
• clown
• backcountry
• the babadook
• annabelle
• animal
• the pyramid
• jessabelle
• it follows
• the purge: anarchy
• preservation
• ouija
• the green inferno
• unfriended
• the taking of deborah logan
• mama
• dracula untold
• deliver us from evil
• carrie
• raze
• insidious: chapter 2
• evil deadㅤ ⚝
• the conjuring

2014

• stonehearst asylumㅤ ‏‏‎•
• honeymoonㅤ ‏‏‎•
• last shift
• starry eyes
• what we do in the shadowsㅤ ⚝
• tusk
• visions
• some kind of hate
• the voices
• sinister 2
• paranormal activity: the ghost dimension
• the lazarus effect
• i spit on your grave 3
• into the grizzly maze
• the final girls
• demonic
• the curse of downers grove
• bound to vengeance
• the gallows
• curve
• circle
• as above so belowㅤ ⚝
• poltergeist
• tales of halloween

2015

• the silencedㅤ ‏‏‎•
• hell house llcㅤ ‏‏‎•
• the invitation
• crimson peakㅤ ⚝
• the witch
• insidious: chapter 3
• green room
• martyrs
• emelie
• krampus
• the abandoned
• regression

2016

• blair witchㅤ ‏‏‎•
• missing youㅤ ‏‏‎•
• the wailingㅤ ‏‏‎•
• ouija: origin of evilㅤ ‏‏‎•
• i am not a serial killer
• the girl with all the gifts
• the neon demon
• the shallows
• pride + prejudice + zombies
• 10 cloverfield laneㅤ ⚝
• train to busanㅤ ⚝
• tell me how i die
• split
• recovery
• the purge: election year
• pet
• the other side of the door
• the neighbor
• the monster
• resident evil: the final chapter
• lights out
• friend request
• fear inc. ㅤ ⚝
• don't hang up
• don't breathe
• the conjuring 2 ㅤ ⚝
• the boy
• better watch out
• the belko experiment
• before i wake
• the autopsy of jane doe
• 31
• hush
• the forest

2017

• terrifiedㅤ ‏‏‎•
• clinicalㅤ ‏‏‎•
• housewife
• day of the dead: bloodline
• the ritual
• mayhem
• flatliners
• alien: covenant
• mother!
• gerald's gameㅤ ⚝
• get out
• death note
• 47 meters down
• wish upon
• rings
• revenge
• leatherface
• jigsaw
• it
• the houses october built 2
• cult of chucky
• awakening the zodiac
• annabelle: creation

2018

• down a dark hallㅤ ‏‏‎•ㅤ ⚝
• ghostlandㅤ ‏‏‎•
• annihilation
• unfriended: dark web
• the first purge
• hell fest
• gonjiam haunted asylum
• the nun
• liverleaf
• lords of chaos
• overlord
• halloween
• cam
• look away
• blood fest
• malicious
• what keeps you alive
• hereditaryㅤ ⚝
• the strangers: prey at night
• truth or dare
• a quiet place
• winchester
• insidious 4: the last keyㅤ ⚝
• unsane

2019

• annabelle comes homeㅤ ‏‏‎•
• sea feverㅤ ‏‏‎•
• doctor sleep ㅤ ‏‏‎•
• saint maud ㅤ ‏‏‎•
• the cleansing hour
• scary stories to tell in the dark
• 47 meters down: uncaged
• the lodge
• countdown
• rabid
• the odd family: zombie for saleㅤ ⚝
• the divine fury
• ready or not
• midsommar
• 3 from hell
• haunt
• crawl
• child's play
• svaha: the sixth finger
• us
• escape room

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2020

• the empty man
• the night house
• a quiet place part 2
• train to busan 2: peninsula
• possessor
• host
• the callㅤ ⚝
• his house
• #alive
• becky
• underwater
• the hunt
• the invisible man ㅤ ⚝

2021

• wrong turn
• candyman
• a classic horror story
• last night in soho
• halloween kills
• fear street: 1666ㅤ ⚝
• fear street: 1978
• fear street: 1994ㅤ ⚝
• old
• malignant
• escape room: tournament of champions
• kingdom: ashin of the north
• the forever purge
• spiral: from the book of sawㅤ ⚝
• the conjuring 3

2022

• talk to me
• the menu
• m3gan
• nope
• smile
• barbarianㅤ ⚝
• sissy
• the invitation
• fall
• orphan: first kill
• resurrection
• incantation
• watcher
• x
• fresh
• scream 5

2023

• mother, may i?
• hell house llc origins: the carmichael manor
• knock at the cabin
• sleep
• cobweb
• saw xㅤ ⚝
• no one will save you
• insidious 5: the red door
• evil dead rise
• scream 6

2024

• we bury the dead
• nosferatu
• azrael
• handsome guys
• heretic
• smile 2
• don't move
• alien: romulus
• speak no evil
• trap
• longlegs
• a quiet place: day one
• the watchers
• the first omen
• exhuma
• immaculate

2025

• obsession
• the conjuring 4: last rites
• clow in a cornfield
• the long walk
• draculaㅤ ⚝
• weapons
• i know what you did last summer
• 28 years later
• together
• bring her back
• the ugly stepsister
• dangerous animals
• sinners
• final destination 6: bloodlines
• companion
• wolf man