These are the best horror films of 2024 according to critics

2024 has been a big year for horror films, but as the year comes to a close, what are the most critically acclaimed releases? Read on for the full top 20.

The review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes has compiled the critical consensus on every horror movie released since January 1, and the film that tops the poll Late night with the devilColin and Cameron Cairnes’ Found Footage supernatural horror set during a late night chat show on Halloween 1977.

The film stars David Dastmalchian (Prisoners, Blade Runner 2049) as Jack Delroy, the host of the show in question, as he tries to boost the ratings by inviting a supposedly possessed girl onto the show.

The film made headlines during its opening weekend in March, when it grossed exactly $666,666 on its first Sunday of release.which contributed to a total weekend take of $2.8 million (£2.2 million). It tops the Rotten Tomatoes list with a very strong critic score of 97 percent, and is available to stream Shudder or to rent or buy.

The Irish film Oddity comes in second place with 96 percent. Damian McCarthy’s film follows a blind medium and shopkeeper who mourns the death of her twin sister, and who believes that a wooden mannequin holds the key to solving the mystery of her murder. Oddity is also streaming on Shudder.

Being in third place is infecteda French film starring Theo Christine as someone who brings home a deadly spider that reproduces rapidly and causes a plague in the neighborhood. The film can be viewed again on Shudder.

Other major 2024 releases on the list include Coralie Fargeat’s body horror The fabricin which Demi Moore stars an aging Hollywood star who is seduced by a mysterious substance that promises to give her a youthful appearance.

The film has a rating of 91 percent and lands at number seven on the list. A five star review from NME stated: “Fargeat really ramps up the freakiness in the final act. Using some memorably grotesque prosthetics, she offers a hellish vision of what women will do to themselves in pursuit of the male idea of ​​perfection. Filled with visual nods to iconic films, including Carrie And Show girls, The fabric is that rare thing: a future cult classic that still packs a real punch. It’s horrifying in the moment and gnawingly terrifying when you fully digest it: a sickening satire on society’s obsession with youth and beauty.

Another of the year’s most talked-about horror films, Osgood Perkins’ Long legsis number 15 on the list with a score of 86 percent. In the movie, Nicholas Cage stars a satanic serial killer believed to be connected to a number of unsolved murders and pursued by Maika Monroe’s FBI agent Lee Harker.

The film’s producers were very careful not to release images of Cage’s appearance in the film before its release – and that included his co-stars. That has been reported the first time Monroe saw him in full character, her heart rate jumped to an alarming 170 beats per minute.

In a four-star review of the film, NME wrote: “Essentially, Monroe is fantastic as Harker, delivering a tight performance that never breaks down. Hopefully, Long legs don’t let her be pigeonholed as Scream Queen; she deserves more.”

“As for Cage, another producer here, it’s just another worthy addition to his canon of crazies. Despite the limited screen time, it may be his craziest role yet. “Is it scary to be a female FBI agent?” asks a little Harker girl. Well, when faced with Cage’s Longlegs, it certainly is.

Other blockbusters on the list include the sequels A quiet place: day one And Smile 2 at numbers 12 and 14 respectively.

Rotten Tomatoes‘ list of the top 20 horror films of 2024 reads:

1. Late night with the devil
2. Oddity
3. infected
4. In flames
5. Strange dear
6. New life
7. Crazy people
8. The fabric
9. Stop motion
10. The devil’s bath
11. V/H/S/Past
12. A quiet place: day one
13. Out of the darkness
14. Smile 2
15. Long legs
16. I saw the TV glow
17. Speak no evil
18. Abigail
19. The first omen
20. You will never find me