No. 1
Green Room 2015
No. 1 - Jeremy Saulnier's punk band vs. white-power-gang siege, with Patrick Stewart as a chillingly calm villain.
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The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture
October 25, 2019/ 110 min/ Sean Fennessey · Chris Ryan
Chris Ryan and Sean Fennessey each build a horror list for the 2010s — Chris's five favorites, then Sean's pick for every year of the decade — before Dolemite Is My Name screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski talk their long partnership, from Ed Wood to Eddie Murphy.
20 films across 3 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
Chris Ryan's Best Horror Movies of the Decadehis five, ranked, not necessarily the biggest hits
No. 2
It Follows 2014
No. 2 - David Robert Mitchell's post-industrial Detroit curse movie, starring Maika Monroe.
No. 3
The Invitation 2015
No. 3 - Karyn Kusama turns a Los Angeles dinner party into a claustrophobic trap.
No. 4
You're Next 2011
No. 4 - Adam Wingard's home-invasion siege: a family reunion, animal masks, an arrow through the eye.
No. 5
Unfriended 2015
No. 5 - a haunting that plays out entirely on a group Skype call. The only Blumhouse movie on his list.
Sean's Best Horror Movie of Each Year, 2010-2019chronological, one per year
Black Swan 2010
Sean's pick for 2010. Chris isn't a fan - tonally not his thing.
You're Next 2011
Sean's pick for 2011, also on Chris's top five.
The Cabin in the Woods 2012
Sean's pick for 2012. Chris argues it's representational of horror even if it isn't scary.
The Conjuring 2013
Sean's pick for 2013.
It Follows 2014
Sean's pick for 2014, also No. 2 on Chris's list.
The Witch 2015
Sean's pick for 2015 - Robert Eggers' puritanical New England folk-horror debut.
Don't Breathe 2016
Sean's pick for 2016 - Fede Alvarez's home-invasion thriller.
Get Out 2017
Sean's pick for 2017, and per Sean maybe the best horror movie of the decade regardless of year.
Hereditary 2018
Sean's pick for 2018 - Ari Aster's feature debut.
Midsommar 2019
Sean's pick for 2019 - Ari Aster's follow-up to Hereditary.
In conversation
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski on
Dolemite Is My Name 2019
Craig Brewer's Rudy Ray Moore biopic starring Eddie Murphy - the reason the pair are on the show.
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski on
Ed Wood 1994
Tim Burton's take on their script. The film that set their formula: a sympathetic biopic about a fringe figure.
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski on
Problem Child 1990
Their first produced script, rewritten by close to a dozen other writers before release.
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski on
The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996
Directed by Milos Forman - their biopic of the pornographer turned presidential candidate.
Also mentioned raised along the way
State of horror in 2019 A Quiet PlaceUsDoctor SleepThe LighthouseHalloweenOuija: Origin of EvilMamaIt
Heavy hitters not on Chris's list InsidiousSinisterThe PurgeHappy Death DayThe VisitThe Conjuring 2
Runners-up What We Do in the ShadowsStake LandIn the Shadow of the MoonStarry EyesPet SemataryThe House of the DevilThe InnkeepersThe CraziesSaharaThe Last Witch HunterKill ListThe First PurgeThe NunUnfriended: Dark Web
Adam Wingard's run The GuestBlair WitchDeath NoteA Horrible Way to DieV/H/SGodzilla vs. Kong
Comparisons and side references Rosemary's BabySevenThe Exorcist IIIThe ExorcistDraculaBram Stoker's DraculaNoahMother!The Myth of the American SleepoverUnder the Silver LakeDestroyerMusic of the HeartBlue RuinRolling ThunderEvil DeadThe Girl in the Spider's Web8mmCandyman
Scott and Larry's other scripts and touchstones The War of the RosesPlan 9 from Outer SpaceThe Last of SheilaModern RomanceAnnie HallMan on the MoonThe Fortune CookieRuthless PeopleAnimal CrackersThe Towering InfernoThe Shaggy DogThe World's Greatest AthleteWhat's Up, Doc?HeathersBatman ReturnsDolemiteThe Human TornadoDisco GodfatherThe Adventures of Pluto NashShrek 2Daddy Day CareBilly JackThe Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
Last great thing they've seen ParasiteBall of FireSnow White and the Seven DwarfsThe IrishmanMarriage StoryRomaThe Two Popes
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV Into the DarkCastle RockStranger ThingsAmerican Horror StoryThe People v. O.J. Simpson
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