25 Best Horror Films of the Past Decade
by
Keith Kimbell, Metacritic Film Editor
– October 22, 2020
Looking for some scares this spooky season? Our list above is all treats, no tricks: It includes the 25 best-reviewed horror films of the 2010s, ranked by Metascore.
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photo by RADiUS-TWC
At the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, few expected the director of The Myth of the American Sleepover to deliver one of the defining horror films of the decade, but that’s what David Robert Mitchell did. With exquisite control of camera and sound, Mitchell turned the suburbs into a playground for sexual paranoia, causing viewers to scan the screen for the unstoppable force hunting Maika Monroe’s Jay.
“Mitchell brings off some sensational setpieces of fear and suspense. I can’t remember when I was last so royally freaked out in the cinema.” —Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
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