Critics are calling our modern moment a Golden Age of Horror Movies, thanks to film such as "Get Out," "A Quiet Place" and others. Here's a list of some of the more well-known and widely acclaimed horror movies to shake up entertainment and critical conversations recently.
The Conjuring (2013)
Dir. James Wan
Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
Budget: $20 million
Gross USA: $137,400,141
In 1971, Ed and Lorraine Warren help a family terrorized by satanic haunts wreaking havoc in their house.
The Babadook (2014)
Dir. Jennifer Kent
Rotten Tomatoes: 98%
Budget: $2 million
Gross USA: $924,29
After a car crash kills Amelia's husband, she reads a book about a monster that lives in the dark areas of her house. As she starts to feel the effects of the monster, she tries to destroy the book, and the nightmare follows them throughout the rest of the story.
It Follows (2015)
Dir. David Robert Mitchell
Rotten Tomatoes: 97%
Budget: estimated $1 million
Gross USA: $14,673,301
A supernatural entity follows a young woman continuously after she has sex with the person it was previously following. The only way to get the entity to stop following her is to have sex with someone else.
Split (2016)
Dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
Budget: $9 million
Gross USA: $138,291,365
A man with 23 distinct personalities steals young women. To escape, they must work with his friendly personalities and avoid his dangerous ones, before the 24th emerges.
It (2017)
Dir. Andy Muschietti
Rotten Tomatoes: 85%
Budget: $35 million
Gross USA: $327,481,748
Based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Stephen King, a group of kids comes together to defeat a clown monster in Derry, Maine.
Get Out (2017)
Dir. Jordan Peele
Rotten Tomatoes: 99%
Budget: estimated $5 million
Gross USA: $176,040,665
Chris’s girlfriend, Rose, invites him to her parent’s house in a rural countryside. What first appears as her parents’ clumsy handling of their interracial relationship becomes less innocent as the truth comes to light.
A Quiet Place (2018)
Dir. John Krasinski
Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Budget: estimated $17 million
Gross USA: $100,005,934
The Abbott family struggles to survive in a world where creatures hunt humans by sound.
Clark Gudas
