The 8 Best Horror Movies of the 2020s

Ranked by the movie.guru score, not my gut. The data picked these eight. I just get to argue with half of them.

Number one beats everything here by six tenths. Some people still say it isn't horror.

1. 8
   Prey (2022)7.7

   A Predator prequel had no business being this good.

   94% on Rotten Tomatoes for the fifth movie about an alien trophy hunter. Amber Midthunder outthinks it with a hatchet. Guru's Take is 8.1, higher than the blend.
2. 7
   A Quiet Place Part II (2020)7.9

   Solid sequel, but the shush gimmick is running out of road.

   7.9 movie.guru score and $297.4 million worldwide. Cillian Murphy helps a lot. Guru's Take is 7.4: the rules feel less scary the second time you learn them.
3. 6
   28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)8.2

   Ralph Fiennes carries the best sequel nobody went to see.

   Metacritic 81 and a Guru's Take of 8.6, yet just $58.5 million worldwide on a reported $63M budget. Critics showed up. Everyone else stayed home.
4. 5
   Resident Evil (2026)8.2

   Cregger rescued a franchise everybody had quietly given up on.

   96% on Rotten Tomatoes and $327.6 million worldwide. But its B+ CinemaScore is the lowest on this list, and Guru's Take of 7.5 says the crowd had a point.
5. 4
   Weapons (2025)8.4

   Cregger's better 2020s horror movie, and it isn't close.

   A reported $38M budget turned into $270.1 million worldwide. Julia Garner and Josh Brolin anchor a mystery that keeps you guessing. Box office isn't profit, but come on.
6. 3
   Frankenstein (2025)8.5

   Gorgeous monster movie, ranked more than a point too high.

   Audiences beat 89% of movies here, which props up the 8.5 blend. Guru's Take: 7.3. Jacob Elordi is great. A reported $120M budget buys a whole lot of brooding.
7. 2
   Obsession (2025)8.6

   Biggest hit on the list, and it actually earned the money.

   $522.8 million worldwide, an A minus CinemaScore, and a 7.8 on IMDb from 401,938 voters. Guru's Take is 7.8, so it's legit. Just not second-best legit.
8. 1
   Sinners (2025)9.2

   Best horror movie of the decade. Yes, the musical one.

   9.2 movie.guru score, 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, an A CinemaScore. Michael B. Jordan plays twins and it never feels like a gimmick. Guru's Take is 9.0 because the back half sprawls.

$417.29 says the first comment insists #1 is a musical, not a horror movie, and gets forty replies.

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