Recovering from the ’90s doldrums, the best horror movies came from overseas, as digital cameras lowered the cost to film and the rise of the internet made knowledge and dissemination of these movies as simple as a mouse click. But while torture-porn movies made a killing at the box office, none were ever particularly well-reviewed only Hostel arrives here. Something in Saw and its ilk’s slow-roasted dismantling of human flesh appealed to a nation consumed by post-9/11 paranoia and a bombardment of wartime images and atrocity. If horror movies reflect the fears and concerns of a people, it’s notable that America claimed torture-porn as their de rigueur subgenre. Welcome to the 100 Best Horror Movies of the 2000s. (Photo by Lions Gate/courtesy Everett Collection) The 100 Best 2000s Horror Movies
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