25 Best Horror Films of the Past Decade

Writer-director Trey Edward Shults’ follow-up to his breakout debut Krisha terrifies without monsters (unless you consider a paranoid man with a gun to be a monster). Set at a remote house during a pandemic, Shults throws two families together and watches patiently as mistrust takes root. It might not be classic horror, but it’s a tense, nerve-fraying vision of the future.

“Horror isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s not a child’s genre. It isn’t meant to be comfortable. In fact, I’m hard-pressed to think of a recent movie that’s as uncomfortable and disturbing as It Comes at Night.” —James Berardinelli, ReelViews