# The best horror movies of the 2000s

From 28 Days Later to \[REC\]: the decade when the best horror came from everywhere (Screen Rant, Ghouls Magazine, Taste of Cinema, Rotten Tomatoes).

- 80 votes · 12 items
- Feb 19, 2026 · Natalie Hunter
- https://even.best/en/l/2003/the-best-horror-movies-of-the-2000s

## Top 12

1. **The Descent (2005)** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — Six women, a cave and something in the dark.
2. **The Ring (2002)** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — A rare remake as good as the original.
3. **28 Days Later (2002)** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — Danny Boyle's fast, digital, terrifying London.
4. **\[REC\] (2007)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Balagueró and Plaza's Barcelona apartment block in quarantine.
5. **Drag Me to Hell (2009)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Sam Raimi back to gleeful horror.
6. **Let the Right One In (2008)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — A vampire story that mixes scares with intelligence.
7. **The Others (2001)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Alejandro Amenábar, Nicole Kidman and a house in the fog.
8. **Dawn of the Dead (2004)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Zack Snyder's adrenaline-fuelled zombie remake.
9. **Shaun of the Dead (2004)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Edgar Wright's romantic comedy with zombies.
10. **Ginger Snaps (2000)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Werewolves and puberty, a cult favourite.
11. **30 Days of Night (2007)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Vampires and a month of darkness in Alaska.
12. **The Orphanage (2007)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — J. A. Bayona's debut, produced by Guillermo del Toro.

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