Top 10 Horror Movies of the Past Decade

Ok , here is a list of the top ten horror movies of the past decade. If you are trying to get caught up or in need of an education that there have been great horror movies made post- Blair Witch Project. There are some movies like "the Human Centipede 2" that could make the cut , but since they are propelled by a great deal of gore rather than sheer scare factor I left it off. In fact being the Horror Gentleman that I am, I put an asterix next to the movies that I would not recommend watching if you are easily disturbed by more blood shed than the Jurassic Park movies due to a crazy christian upbringing, there is no shame in that. In fact it's my job to corrupt such souls for the devil and the top 10 horror movies of the past decade seems an appropriate vehicle for that. I also left off movies that are not scary enough to be horror like "The Only Lovers Left Alive"  while a vampire movie is not scary enough to make the cut. The other stipulation which is more my personal taste is it has to be pretty to look at or in some way have an interesting cinematic quality. But it also has to be scary, so "Mandy" almost made the cut for being a beautiful movie, yet it is not pure horror and  more of a revenge film, but if you don't know these movies you are not going to know "Mandy" either. Any way I am letting the trailers do the talking and if you don't think you can make it through these on your own I do run a horror escort service where I will bring you a six pack of beer and hold your hand so you can make it through horror movies, unhappy endings are extra.


10-Frankenstein's Army * (2013)



9 - Split- (2017)





8-What We Become (2015) *





7- Southbound-* (2016)







6-Cabin in the Woods (2012)







5- Maniac-* (2012)







4-Byzantium (2013)







3-Devil Inside (2012)







2- Let the Right One In (2008)





1- the VVitch (2016)

Film Review : "Haunters-the Art of the Scare"

Don't normally cover many documentaries on here , but I think this one is worthy. It tells the story of haunted attractions and the people who make them. The history of haunted houses is briefly touched on the main focus are the more DIY haunts with emphasis on the more extreme. Since I work in this industry I found it particularly interesting It had people I have worked with like John Murdy in it, so that was cool to see, but you do not have to be involved in the industry to enjoy this film. It made some interesting points about the rise of torture porn and how that is now reflected in the current state of haunts which are getting more intense as culture changes.

I have seen the parallels between bdsm and haunts before , in fact have purposefully worked them into the act. But with the craziness that is Mckamey Manor the concept of having a safe word for patrons had never really entered my mind. McKamey Manor was not the first haunt to have more immersive physical interaction with it's guests, but it does take things as far over the line as it can for the sake of filming patrons reactions. After seeing this movie I want to go work for Black Out, but McKamey Manor seems more like a smut film. Here they are in control with no safe words. In BDSM this would be called RACK or risk aware consensual kink. Given the present climate of the world today when the definition of what is consent is called into question by the #metoo generation, what goes down at the Manor could be called into question, in fact I am as open minded as one gets and adhere to the mantra...whatever works for you and there is no right or wrong only effective or ineffective. Is what happens there effective? I think the fact this made me feel anything about it or think on this after the movie is over says a lot about this film.

It did make we want to further explore bdsm in the context of  a haunt. It does touch on horror movies and has the big Blum from Blumhouse Films who is dominating horror as we know it for better or for worse these days in it. It looks at this from many different angles and doesn't really try to prove a point in how it is edited. After all it's the editor of a documentary who is really telling the story here. I highly recommend this movie it's on Netflix and came out last year, but release dates on movies have pretty much become arbitrary at this point.