"The first known horror film dates all the way back to 1896, when the French silent film Le Manoir du Diable shocked audiences with cutting-edge special effects and a dark (for the time) fantasy aesthetic. Over a century later, filmmakers are still constantly engineering new ways to frighten us, whether it's through eerie special effects, nightmarish imagery, or by shining a light on our collective anxieties.
Despite horror's reputation for producing some truly terrible cinema, the genre has also been the source of some of the greatest filmmaking of all time, Oscar recognition be damned. This is especially the case in the new millennium, where film studios like Blumhouse and A24 are spearheading the genre's current renaissance and empowering exciting new filmmakers. Here, we will taking a look at ten films that undeniably deserve their prestigious position not only in the hallowed halls of the horror genre, but 21st century cinema at large."
