Decades of Terror 2020: 2000s Horror Movies: Decades of Terror
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Steve Hutchison reviews 100 amazing horror films from the 2000s. Each film is analyzed and discussed with a synopsis and a rating. The movies are ranked. How many have you seen?
Steve Hutchison
Artist, developer and entrepreneur in film, video games and communications Steve Hutchison co-founded Shade.ca Art and Code in 1999, then Terror.ca and its French equivalent Terreur.ca in 2000. With his background as an artist and integrator, Steve worked on such games as Capcom's Street Fighter, PopCap's Bejeweled, Tetris, Bandai/Namco's Pac-Man and Mattel's Skip-Bo & Phase 10 as a localization manager, 2-D artist and usability expert. Having acquired skills in gamification, he invented a unique horror movie review system that is filterable, searchable and sortable by moods, genres, subgenres and antagonists. Horror movie fans love it, and so do horror authors and filmmakers, as it is a great source of inspiration. In March 2013, Steve launched Tales of Terror, with the same goals in mind but with a much finer technology and a complex engine, something that wasn’t possible initially. He has since published countless horror-themed books.
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Decades of Terror 2020
2000s Horror Movies
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Steve Hutchison reviews 100 amazing horror films from the 2000s. Each film is analyzed and discussed with a synopsis and a rating. The movies are ranked from best to worst. How many have you seen?
#1
Hannibal
2001
A runaway cannibal is tracked down by the police and a past victim of his.
8/8
Anthony Hopkins approached the Hannibal persona with subtlety, class, vocabulary and calm in 1991’s Silence of the Lambs. His passivity was concerning and he was frightening by implication only until the third act. He was a mysterious figure in the shadow of another; both a protagonist and an antagonist to Jodie Foster’s character. She is replaced by Julianne Moore in this sequel.
Though her absence breaks an otherwise clean continuity; with references to the past and recognizable patterns, Moore fills the mandate with a fair rendition of Clarice Starling. This is Hopkins’ show, regardless. The gore is glorified but celebrated by slow captivating build-up that pays off. The film is eerie, looks luxurious and the score gives significant gravitas to suspense.
It borrows from the cheesiest horror subgenres yet benefits from a good budget, stunning make-up, keen photography and the best actors money can rent. The end result is highly professional, calculated and always reaches full impact. Hannibal appears omniscient, as he always did, and his intelligence is terrifying when fully exposed. He is both who we follow and who we fear.
#2
Saw
2004
Chained to pipes in a disused bathroom, two men are given a puzzle to which they must provide answers.
8/8
Saw is both a torture film and a police procedural. It’s a ongoing mystery that explores new grounds in storytelling. It’s refreshing and unique, yet closely reminiscent of the Cube franchise and Se7en. The power of this movie resides in how it cleverly parses clues, how complex the puzzle is, and how twists and turns reveal themselves. They do so in the most creatively shocking fashion.
The writing is brilliant. The photography is impeccable. Extreme color balance, photo filters and quick editing gives this movie a particular trademark. The actors do a fine job of keeping us guessing, sympathizing, cringing. Their performances make you feel as powerless as their characters become. One of the two main plot lines happens in one place and with only two characters.
While the cast is limited, each of their movements, lines and performances has been scrutinized and polished. When dialogue makes room for gore, Saw shows another significant strength; displaying pain and suffering crudely and realistically, thanks to stunning top-of-the line effects. Innovative, yet formulaic, Saw gives us a new horror icon with its own sonata; a nod to slasher flicks.
#3
1408
2007
A man is trapped inside a hotel room and terrorized by ghosts.
8/8
At its purest form, 1408 is a condensed version of The Shining. This is obvious. The film is based on a short story by Stephen King and he can rip off his own material if he feels like it, but is it worth watching? 1408 needs to be considered a stand alone film and appreciated as such. It contains enough fresh material and twists you won’t see coming. All in all, this is a great movie. Here’s why…
First, it stars John Cusack in one of the best roles of his glorious career. Samuel L. Jackson is there to shuffle the deck. He wants to help, he’s friendly, yet he’s ominous. This is one of the most claustrophobic horror movies ever made. It’s basically about a man stuck in a hotel room from another dimension. He should be surrounded by people and traffic, yet he couldn’t be more isolated.
The acting is irreproachable. The limited set and cast are an advantage. Horror is mostly psychological, here, and it will send shivers down your spine on many occasions. One of 1408’s creepiest cards is making your imagination wander. Exactly how far does room 1408’s reach extends? At what point, in the film, does the haunting start? The more you think, the scarier this film gets…
#4
The Others
2001
The mother of two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her house is haunted.
8/8
This is the kind of film you want to watch in one streak, without interruption and in the right mood, because subsequent viewing won’t be as impactful. A lot of this production resides in its surprises, scattered here and there, and in its twists. The Others will definitely become your go-to movie about ghosts for its quintessence and its haunting atmosphere.
Nicole Kidman deserves praise for her acting. She’s not playing your run-of-the-mill mother. First, this is a period piece. Second, she’s isolated in the middle of nowhere. Third, her husband is at war. Fourth, her kids are weird. There is more to this character than meets the eye. We know this because the first shot of the movie presents her in a state of panic. Her character never gets better.
Every word, in The Others, has a meaning. Alejandro Amenábar, writer, director and musician, shows you what he thinks you should see. His film is slow but surprisingly dense. The cast and sets are limited, but the film looks like a million bucks. It is visually rich, it is immersive and it’s scary as hell. Also, all the actors, even the young ones, do a bang-up job.
#5
The Butterfly Effect
2004
A man afflicted by a supernatural disease learns to travel back in the past to make the present better.
7/8
The Butterfly Effect is a tragic supernatural thriller that deals with time travel in its own creative way using a logic we haven’t seen before. Its main protagonist, Ashton Kutcher’s character, uses passages from private journals he wrote to revisit his youth and alter the past to make the present better; better for him, his friend and his love interest.
The film deals with difficult subjects like pedophilia, violence, bad parenting, mental illness, physical disability, suffering and death. It is a story about regrets and remorse, of things we would’ve done differently had we known the consequences of our acts. Despite and implausible plot, this movie is extremely sad, very serious and highly