The 13 Scariest Horror Movies of the Last 5 Years, Ranked
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From Smile to Talk to Me, these are the scariest horror movies of the last 5 years that will leave audiences sleeping with the lights on.

There’s a common consensus that horror movies aren’t scary anymore, but that’s not necessarily true. A lot of the time, many horror movies are either missed, fly under the radar or (thankfully) do end up getting the recognition they deserve. Whether they’re acknowledged or not, there do happen to be many horror movies of the modern era that are incredibly scary and leave those who believe that modern horror movies aren’t scary eating their words.

Horror comes in many shapes and sizes. Sometimes a film has an abundance of horrific gore, is psychologically bending or just downright disturbing in its visuals and ideas. Regardless of how, a horror film has many ways to be terrifying and all styles and forms of doing so are still utilized today. The last five years of horror have been quite good, and it needs to be acknowledged.

  1. When Evil Lurks (2023)
  2. Talk to Me (2023)
  3. Incantation (2022)
  4. Roh’/'Soul (2019)
  5. New Religion (2022)
  6. Smile (2022)
  7. The Sadness (2021)
  8. V/H/S/99 (2022)
  9. The Dark and the Wicked (2020)
  10. Good Boy (2022)

edit: since posting they’ve expanded the list, presumably when someone pointed out some serious omissions:

  1. Late Night With the Devil (2024)
  2. Longlegs (2024)
  3. Relic (2020)
  • FeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    4 days ago

    Please note the original link is NOT spoiler free. I was really disappointed since the movie descriptions were great and I was collecting these to watch, but I got to “Good Boy” and it literally has the “big twist” of the movie written out in bold.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPMEnglish
    15·
    6 days ago

    Scary is very subjective and I’ve seen too many horror films to get scared but Longlegs unnerved me, which was quite impressive.

    I didn’t enjoy Smile and would probably replace it with Barbarian. I’d also probably throw Malignant in - I went in blind and was rather impressed. Train to Busan wouldn’t be out of place here either.

    Going more mainstream, A Quiet Place (and sequels/prequels) are effective at ratcheting up the tension. So did It.

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPMEnglish
      5·
      5 days ago

      Talk To Me and Smile were both pretty big films with quite a lot of publicity and buzz about them.

      Some of the others are pretty obscure and more likely reflect the taste of the writer (but, as I said in another post, what makes something scary is subjective).