Best horror movies of 2024 - have your say
Best horror movies of 2024 - have your say
So throw in your top ten horror movies (or top how many you saw) from 2024. No wrong answers.
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Late Night With the Devil. Typically I don’t like the devil/possession sub genre but the setting and tone made this one much different and way better.
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Heretic was tight, script was good, sets and cinematography decent, and acted by an excellent Hugh Grant. 8/10 for me.
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Alien Romulus was pretty damn good, certainly the best entry in the series since Aliens.
Immaculate really surprised me as I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did. If you like religious focused horror, especially from the Christian side of things, this might be up your alley.
Strange Darling was a fun movie but I would not consider it horror, more of a thriller. Some people really disliked it and I can understand why. It's not for everyone, but it hit all the check boxes for me. I enjoyed every minute of it.
Oddity was a really good time if you like ghost stories. Probably my favorite horror movie of the year and I'm really excited to see what this director does with The Monkey.
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Note that Oddity was directed by Damian Mc Carthy. The Monkey is being directed by Osgood Perkins, who did Longlegs in 2024.
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Damn you're right! I confused him with the Longlegs director. Longlegs was another good thriller from 2024 but it didn't quite make it to my top favs of the year. Still a solid flick!
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My favorites:
Nosferatu.
The Substance.
Strange Darling.
Late night with devil.
Heretic.
Oddity.
Smile 2.
Alien Romulus.
The First Omen.
Immaculate
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Longlegs, Strange Darling, Oddity, Cuckoo, Destroy All Neighbors, A Quiet Place: Day One, Smile 2, Speak No Evil and The Substance are my top 10 for the year.
It was another great year to be a horror fan. Each of those movies brings something different to the genre and I really appreciated the feast of films we got. Horror has been doing really well as a genre recently and 2025 is looking good so far as well.
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I feel Cuckoo definitely passed under a lot of people's radars which is disappointing as it was weird and unsettling.
Smile 2 is the one that caught me out this year, as I didn't think much of the first film, so I went in with low expectations and it massively exceeded them. That ending...
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My provisional top 10 horror movies of 2024 as I'll see Nosferatu soon (tomorrow?) and I'll try and watch Oddity just to pin everyrhing down:
- The Substance
- Smile 2
- Late Night With the Devil
- Longlegs
- In A Violent Nature
- Strange Darling
- Abigail
- Cuckoo
- The First Omen
- Heretic
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Starting with the best: The Substance, I Saw the TV Glow, Gazer (still playing festivals), Late Night with the Devil, Nosferatu, In A Violent Nature, Strange Darling, Longlegs, A Quiet Place: Day One, The First Omen.
This year was great for showing that less conventional horror films can really make a splash, both in the online conversation and at the box office.
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I think we are on a similar page - I Saw the TV Glow didn't quite make my top ten and I freely admit that is my fault as my expectations were far too high for it going in.
Gazer may have to wait a while to trickle down. IMDb doesn't currently list it as horror, but it clearly gets the nod from you so I look forward to.finding out.
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My initial experience of I Saw the TV Glow was actually similar to yours: I liked it a good deal on first watch, but as We're All Going to the World's Fair is one of my favorite movies, Schoenbrun's follow up was always going to be at a disadvantage. But I rewatched TV Glow about a month ago, and it ended up my #13 on the year.
As for Gazer, it's admittedly not primarily a horror film, but has enough terror and surreal imagery and atmosphere that I think it qualifies.
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The Substance, no contest
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Werewolves.
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I think the only horror movie from this year that I watched was Blood and Honey 2.
I hesitate to call it good, but it was leaps and bounds better than the first one.
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- Exhuma 2024 KOR
- Cuckoo 2024
- It's What's Inside 2024
- Late Night with the Devil 2024
- Oddity 2024
- Krazy House 2024
- Beezel 2024
- Abigail 2024
- Lisa Frankenstein 2024
- Succubus 2024 RUS
Note: Haven't seen Nosferatu or Smile 2 yet. Also, I've seen some call You'll Never Find Me as a 2024 movie. If one includes that, it goes very high on our list.
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Didn't watch any in 2024. Seems like the genre is stagnating.
Remakes and jumpscares as far as the eye can see.
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Smile 2 was way better than Smile 1
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That's a pity as my top ten horror movies of 2024 include one sequel (better than the first by a long way) and one prequel (that was better than most in its franchise), with no remakes and very fee jump scares.
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