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The 2000s are n’t always remembered as a great era for teenhorrormovies , but the decade did provide viewers with truly underrated jewel from the sub - genre . The teenager repugnance movie is tricky to delineate . Most viewer agree that adolescent repugnance movies postulate teen heroes , but this alone does n’t assure that a picture stipulate for the nickname . Donnie Darkois a deeply creepy-crawly picture show about a stripling experiencing all mode of supernatural event , but it scarcely fit the teen horror mold . Similarly , 2004’sMean Creekis a stark story about teens and murder , but it is far from a repugnance movie .
1998’sDisturbing Behavioris too sci - fi to stipulate , whereasThe Grudgeis frequently lean as a teen horror despite its older heroine . While some movies , like1996 ’s acclaimed slasherScream , are unambiguously teen repulsion , many more slipperiness between the shot of genre categorisation . This is a shame since teen horror is an unceasingly influential genre . tardy 1990s and early 2000s teen repulsion photographic film urge on managing director Eli Roth’sThanksgiving , a 2023 hitting that revived the epoch ’s now recognisable style and tone . Looking back on the decade ’s most underrated hits , it is easy to see why Roth brought this epoch back .
10Cherry Falls
This post-Scream slasher interrogated the sub-genre’s most infamous trope
With a starry cast including the late Brittany Murphy , Jay Mohr , Michale Biehn , and DJ Qualls , Cherry Fallsis easily the most underrated slasher to come out of the post - Screamboom . This ingenious riff on the infamous sub - genre follow a serial killer who point Virgin , invert a distinctive figure of speech that audiences wait from slasher movies . This fresh idea signify thatCherry Fallsis genuinely creepy-crawly and unpredictable as the flick ’s sharp , black comedic script viciously satirise pureness culture . A cagy women’s liberationist slasher , Cherry Fallsis also one of the most memorableScreamknock - offs .
9Jennifer’s Body
This cult horror hit features Megan Fox’s best performance
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2009’sJennifer ’s Bodywas a victim of badly misjudged marketing , leave in director Karyn Kusama ’s teen movie becoming agreat horror flick with terrible Rotten Tomatoes critique . This misrepresented love life news report follows Amanda Seyfried ’s timid Needy as she essay to discover why her vivacious friend Jennifer has changed all overnight . Jennifer ’s possession might technically be the movie ’s focal point , butJennifer ’s Bodyfinds time for grim showbusiness caustic remark , tragic dramedy , and a cutting commentary on victim - fault and trollop - shaming .
8The Loved Ones
This Australian indie was criminally under-seen upon release
2009’sThe Loved Onesis a colored , comic tailspin onMiserywherein an crazy teenage daughter takes her press hostage and excruciate him for turn down an invitation to promenade . Of course , the secret plan ofThe Loved Onesgrows more twisted as the write up continuesand various secrets about the daughter , her prisoner , and her creepily supportive father all come to the surface . With its tempestuous twist finish , this grim Australian indie horror is guaranteed to leave even the most seasoned repulsion fans surprised .
7My Bloody Valentine 3D
2009’s grisly ‘80s slasher remake is a gory blackly comedic delight
While somegreat repugnance movies take place in the hero ’s head , 2009’sMy Bloody Valentinetakes this let on and makes it even wilder . The twisty slasher re - imagining features an ingenious last - minute revelation that re - contextualizes its intact story . star Jensen Ackles as a young humankind who returns to his hometown years after a inscrutable massacre , My Bloody Valentineis a gleefully gory , agreeably whacky whodunit that dish out with subtlety in favour of memorably nasty , bestial kills .
6House of Wax (2005)
This clever horror remake was unfairly derided upon release
House of Waxwas fulfill with decisive licking when it was released in 2005 , but a lot of this came down to socialite Paris Hilton ’s supporting purpose in the remake . take on its own merits,2005’sHouse of Waxis a surprisingly play , imaginative slasherwith a memorable baddie and a creepy setting . avowedly , the taradiddle of a few supporter getting picked off after they visit an abandoned wax museum is n’t remotely similar to the original 1953 horror motion picture . However , director Jaume Collet - Serra infuses this simple secret plan with style and elan .
5Joy Ride
Paul Walker stars in this underrated road trip horror story
This 2001 teenager repugnance has a disarmingly dewy-eyed premise , butJoy Ride ’s straightforward plot only makes the self - contained revulsion motion picture scarier . When a triplet of teens buffoonery - call a trucker over a CB wireless on a road trip , they have no mind what this unhinged monster will do to get retaliation . WhileJoy Ride ’s Rusty Nailis an underrated horror villain , it is the performances of Leelee Sobieski , Steve Zahn , and the previous Paul Walker that make this teen horror a classic .
4Reeker
This 2005 horror has a memorably terrifying eponymous monster
Reekeris a desert - set slasher wherein a group of ground adolescent is picked off one at a fourth dimension by the titulary “ Reeker , ” a monster that denote its presence via a terrible feel . This might not sound like a peculiarly shivery assumption , butReekeris a astonishingly creepy road trip horror movie with a killer twist ending . The sort of saucy subversive activity that bring up an otherwise solid adolescent horror effort , Reeker ’s heavy reveal takes the flick from its simple slasher frame-up into trippier , more experiential territory .
3All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
2006’s grim indie slasher has a killer twist
LikeReeker , 2006 ’s under - seenAll the Boys Love Mandy Lanehas a brutal twist . However , unlikeReeker , there ’s nothing fantastic about this nasty slasher ’s revelations . Thanks to a lengthy legal struggle , it was years beforeAll the Boys Love Mandy Lanewas loose , resulting in the over - hyped slasher failing to make a marker with critic . However , for spectator who want to be surprised by a chic , stylish 2000s slasher , the less one knows aboutAll the Boys Love Mandy Lanebefore viewing , the more efficient its irregular story is .
2Cursed (2005)
This largely overlooked Wes Craven effort boasts an incredible cast
The belated horror Wes Craven ’s career sport a good deal of ups and downs , with the director helming the commercial flopNew Nightmareshortly beforeScreamsucceededat the box agency and with critics . As such , it should n’t come as a huge surprisal that his teen loup-garou horror movieCursedwas for the most part draw a blank when reviewer drop a line off its confessedly awkward blend of drollery and supernatural horror . This is in nastiness of the fact thatCursedboasts a stellar cast including Jesse Eisenberg , Christina Ricci , and Judy Greer . While it does possess some wacky elements , they only add to the movie ’s charm .
1Ginger Snaps
This offbeat werewolf movie deserves more recognition
WhileCursedis better than its critics claimed , Ginger Snapsis undoubtedly the good adolescent horror movie from the 2000s to practice lycanthropy as a metaphorical outdoor stage - in for pubescence . This genuinely cunning teen horror movie sees a pair of peasant friendless teen sisters see a werewolf , it results in the likeable Ginger come up herself convert as the next full moon approaches . Her baby is force to contend with what could be a horrifying shift or received - outcome puberty in a teenhorrormovie that is alternately screaming , scary , and amazingly agonising .
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