The last decade has been very generous for horror fans . With new directors dedicating themselves to offering their best work, releasing relevant films that have already made their mark, the genre has been updated as it hadn't been for a long time.
To better explain why the horror done in recent years is so good, we have prepared a list of the 10 most relevant films of the decade, which prove how it is possible to innovate even in such an old genre.
Invocation of Evil (2013)
James Wan first stood out in the movies in 2004 when he released Deadly Games , but really became a reference in terror in 2013 with Evocation of Evil . The film that updated jumpscare follows the couple Ed and Lorraine Warren investigating strange supernatural cases that happen to the Perron family. In addition to having several striking moments, it is one of the notable cases of its kind that gave rise to an entire franchise, which currently has one sequel and four spin-offs.
Babadook (2014)
One of the most creative horror films in recent years, Babadook is another example of the genre's power to talk about various topics. Fear is used to treat depression with a widowed mother who has to carry a very strong trauma related to the birth of her child. Bringing an ambiguous creature, a bogeyman who has the ability to terrorize both a child and an adult, the film is fraught with excellent moments of tension and does not appeal to easy scares, seeking to cause fear from the situations experienced by the mother and mother. by the son.
Chain of Evil (2015)
Current of Evil has shown that, when properly used, the clichés of a narrative genre have much to offer. The scare is set aside, and the film seeks the gradually increasing tension to provoke fear in the audience. In addition, the script plays with a traditional element of terror, the sex punishment, which serves more as a tribute to the classics of the 1970s and 1980s than as a subject for debate. The goal is to prove that a hunt, however slow, when well constructed, can cause panic in the public.
Serious (2016)
When it was released, this French film was famous for having made some people leave the cinema, but not for fear, but for the grotesque. The advertising was not honest, after all the production carries the most important thing in terror. Accompanying a vegan freshman vet who discovers she is a cannibal, the film talks about the difficulty of taking responsibility at a stage in life where it is strictly demanded of people. Like other good examples of current terror, it shows that fear and fright are different things.
Good Night, Mom (2016)
Another very enjoyable experience of modern terror, Good Night, Mom surprises with its simplicity. The claustrophobic ambience and precise direction work every detail of the plot to deliver an unexpected ending (M. Night Shyamalan fans will enjoy). With small moments that dialogue with gore, but without resorting to graphic violence, the film shows how it is possible to cause repulsion without being aggressive in the content.
The Witch (2016)
Few long films have been able to demonstrate that conveying a sense of fear does not mean scaring the audience like The Witch . Focused on developing a narrative about oppression, maturity and loss, the film is folkloric and grim. Without exaggeration, following the life of a family expelled from your city thanks to religious fanaticism (family, not city) is distressing. At the same time, it talks about liberating women from all that oppresses them, without obvious speech and with excellent doses of absolute fear.
Run! (2017)
Like other productions on this list, Run! marks its director's debut. Without the weight of expectation, Jordan Peele knew how to lead the film in a very proper way, exposing racism as the primordial form of fear. At the same time, it focuses on the psychological content of fear (which relates directly to racism) with intelligent script and careful direction.
It: The Thing (2017)
Adapting one of Stephen King's leading books, the film talks about childhood trauma and how friendship can overcome many personal problems. At a time when the main highlights of the genre opt for the psychological, It: The Thing focuses on the supernatural, with a cosmic entity that feeds on fear. It is a production that revives a horror that does not always seem to be well regarded, but which when done well can offer memorable scenes.
Hereditary (2018)
Ari Aster was shown to have absolute knowledge of terror in Hereditary ; and applied it by taking his film alongside what would be expected of a work of the genre, so it proved so groundbreaking. As the themes are presented and the story is developed, the long dialogue with comedies and tragedies until its final act, when subjugates the conventional format and manages to explore fear in detail. It's a construction movie and shows how terror needs to cling to the small details in order to work.
A Silent Place (2018)
Going against the cliché of terror, A Silent Place uses emptiness to create the nuisance, and the result is distressing. In a society that has had to shut up in order to survive, the production says a lot about contemporaneity and at the same time works with the slow construction of characters so that fear can be understood - after all, it cannot be explained with dialogues. This movie is probably one of the biggest contributions to terror the last decade has made.
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