The best horror movies of 2021
The top 3 according to 41 votes from people: Titane · Candyman · Last Night in Soho. (Updated Feb 1, 2022.)
Titane, Saint Maud and The Night House: the horror films of 2021 critics and fans rated highest (Paste, Letterboxd, Rotten Tomatoes).
Top 12
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1
Titane
Julia Ducournau's Palme d'Or winner, impossible to categorise.
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2
Candyman
Nia DaCosta and Jordan Peele revisit the legend.
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3
Last Night in Soho
Edgar Wright's 60s London nightmare.
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4
Malignant
James Wan's gloriously unhinged giallo homage.
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5
A Quiet Place Part II
The biggest horror box-office hit of the year.
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6
The Medium
Thai-Korean found footage about a shaman's possessed niece.
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7
Saint Maud
A pious nurse becomes obsessed with saving her patient's soul.
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8
The Night House
Rebecca Hall as a widow discovering her husband's secrets.
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9
Censor
A film censor in 80s Britain during the video nasties panic.
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10
Fear Street Trilogy
Netflix's three-film slasher saga, from 1994 to 1666.
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11
Lamb
An Icelandic couple raises a very strange newborn.
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12
Old
M. Night Shyamalan's beach that makes you age.
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Comments (2)
Malignant is the most insane mainstream horror movie in years and I love it.
The Night House is so underrated, Rebecca Hall carries it completely.