# The best horror movies of 2023

"A damn good year for horror": Talk to Me, When Evil Lurks, Evil Dead Rise and the rest of 2023's best scares (SlashFilm, The Hollywood Reporter, The A.V. Club, Rotten Tomatoes).

- 30 votes · 12 items
- Jun 2, 2024 · S. Nair
- https://even.best/en/l/1944/the-best-horror-movies-of-2023

## Top 12

1. **Birth/Rebirth** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — A mortician and a grieving nurse bring a little girl back from the dead.
2. **When Evil Lurks** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Demián Rugna's Argentine nightmare about a demonic plague.
3. **Talk to Me** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — The Philippou brothers' debut: a severed hand that lets teenagers talk to the dead.
4. **Evil Dead Rise** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The Deadites move to a Los Angeles apartment block.
5. **Infinity Pool** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Brandon Cronenberg's nightmare holiday with Mia Goth.
6. **Saw X** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A return to form, with Jigsaw and Amanda back.
7. **Totally Killer** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A slasher with time travel and 80s camp.
8. **Scream VI** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Ghostface moves to New York.
9. **Thanksgiving** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Eli Roth finally turns his fake Grindhouse trailer into a film.
10. **Huesera: The Bone Woman** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Michelle Garza Cervera's Mexican body horror about unwanted motherhood.
11. **Skinamarink** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Kyle Edward Ball's divisive, dreamlike micro-budget horror.
12. **M3GAN** (-2 · ▲0 ▼2) — A killer AI doll, and the year's most memorable dance.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.