I personally think we are in the middle of a horror resurgence in many ways, possibly even new renaissance of horror. There have been others, like from about 1973 to 1988 or 1931 to 1944. This one begins, perhaps in 2008 or 2009 and is now picking up steam. Based on the past we’re looking at another four or five years before this ends and we end up with the second coming of the 1950s horror or the 1990s in to the 2000s. Not to say in the small stretches we didn’t have great movies, even great years. But look in to this, 1945-1971 have scattered movies, Rosemary’s Baby, Psycho, Night of the Living Dead, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the Hammer movies and a bunch more. Some thing between 1988-2007. There are good movies, but not as many as we’ve seen in this last stretch. This is just a great time to be a horror fan.
So, let’s get down to the list. To be fair, I am going based on IMDB.com scores. I have my own list which will probably differ from the overall fan scores, which sometimes are pretty damned fair. So we will see what the Top 10 Horror movies of 2019 really are? I have my personal which will be listed below, maybe.
10. Brightburn
After a difficult struggle with fertility, Tori Breyer’s dreams of motherhood come true with the arrival of a mysterious baby boy. Brandon appears to be everything Tori and her husband, Kyle, ever wanted — bright, talented and curious about the world. But as Brandon nears puberty, powerful darkness manifests within him, and Tori becomes consumed by terrible doubts about her son. Once Brandon begins to act on his twisted urges, those closest to him find themselves in grave danger.
9. Crawl
When a massive hurricane hits her Florida town, young Haley ignores the evacuation orders to search for her missing father, Dave. After finding him gravely injured in their family home, the two of them become trapped by the rapidly encroaching floodwaters. With the storm strengthening, Haley and Dave discover an even greater threat than the rising water level — a relentless attack from a pack of gigantic alligators.
8. Happy Death Day 2U
Collegian Tree Gelbman wakes up in horror to learn that she’s stuck in a parallel universe. Her boyfriend Carter is now with someone else, and her friends and fellow students seem to be completely different versions of themselves. When Tree discovers that Carter’s roommate has been altering time, she finds herself once again the target of a masked killer. When the psychopath starts to go after her inner circle, Tree soon realizes that she must die over and over again to save everyone.
7. Haunt
On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an extreme haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realisation that some nightmares are real.
6. It Chapter 2
Defeated by members of the Losers’ Club, the evil clown Pennywise returns 27 years later to terrorize the town of Derry, Maine, once again. Now adults, the childhood friends have long since gone their separate ways. But when people start disappearing, Mike Hanlon calls the others home for one final stand. Damaged by scars from the past, the united Losers must conquer their deepest fears to destroy the shape-shifting Pennywise — now more powerful than ever.
5. Ready or Not
Grace couldn’t be happier after she marries the man of her dreams at his family’s luxurious estate. There’s just one catch — she must now hide from midnight until dawn while her new in-laws hunt her down with guns, crossbows and other weapons. As Grace desperately tries to survive the night, she soon finds a way to turn the tables on her not-so-lovable relatives.
4. Us
Accompanied by her husband, son and daughter, Adelaide Wilson returns to the beachfront home where she grew up as a child. Haunted by a traumatic experience from the past, Adelaide grows increasingly concerned that something bad is going to happen. Her worst fears soon become a reality when four masked strangers descend upon the house, forcing the Wilsons into a fight for survival. When the masks come off, the family is horrified to learn that each attacker takes the appearance of one of them.
3. Zombieland: Double Tap
Zombie slayers Tallahassee, Columbus, Wichita and Little Rock leave the confines of the White House to travel to Graceland in Memphis, Tenn. Along the way, they encounter other post-apocalyptic warriors and a group of survivors who find refuge in a commune. The scrappy fighters must now rely on their wits and weapons more than ever as they soon find themselves in a relentless battle against smarter, faster and seemingly indestructible zombies.
2. Midsommar
A couple travel to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown for its fabled midsummer festival, but what begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
1. The Lighthouse
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Well, there you go. Another very good year in horror and thus ends the decade. Of course we will do a Top 25 of the decade, fresh off the heels of Evil Dead (2013) winning the Decade bracket, via Facebook.
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