My Top 10 Horror Films of 2024

Seeing that the real-life future looks incredibly bleak for the next four years, let's take a fun look back at some fictional scariness from the year that just ended us.

 

Here they are. My Top Ten Favorite Scary Films from 2024 

 

10. Alien: Romulus

9. Abigail

8. Stopmotion

 

7. Longlegs

6. MaXXXine

 

5. Smile 2

4. Late Night with the Devil

3. Heretic

2. Nosferatu

1. The Substance

(While these films didn't quite make the grade, I'd like to shout out a few more frights I thoroughly enjoyed: Longlegs, Maxxxine, Cuckoo, Abigail and Immaculate)

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