15 Horror Movies of the Past 5 Years with Near-Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score

With a bunch of these movies scoring super high on Rotten Tomatoes, it's like we're living in a golden age for horror fans, offering up everything from ghost stories to psychological thrillers that keep you on the edge of your seat.

15. X (2022)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 94%

A group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but their hosts, an elderly couple, turn on them, leading to a night of terror and a desperate fight for survival.

14. Hunter Hunter (2020)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 94%

A fur trapper and his family living in the remote wilderness find their lives threatened by a rogue wolf, and as he tracks the predator, his wife and daughter encounter a dangerous drifter who brings a bigger threat.

13. Attachment (2022)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 95%

After a chance encounter, a Danish actress and a Jewish academic from London face supernatural horrors and family curses when they move in with the academic's mother in her orthodox Jewish community.

12. La Llorona (2019)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 96%

A former Guatemalan dictator, accused of genocide and now aging, is haunted by the ghost of a woman he wronged, embodying the legend of La Llorona, as his family grapples with his crimes and their consequences.

11. Spontaneous (2020)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 96%

High school students face the inexplicable phenomenon of spontaneously combusting, leading to chaos, fear, and a bittersweet romance between two teenagers trying to make sense of their potentially short lives.

10. The Mortuary Collection (2019)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 96%

In a gothic mansion, a sinister mortician recounts a series of macabre and phantasmagorical tales involving his visitors, blending dark humor with grisly twists and turns.

9. Saloum (2021)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 96%

Three mercenaries fleeing a coup d'état in Guinea-Bissau with a cartel's gold stash find refuge in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal, but their past sins catch up with them in deadly ways.

8. Sissy (2022)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 96%

A social media influencer's idyllic life is upended when a childhood bully reappears, trapping her in a remote cabin with old friends, where a psychological battle turns bloody.

7. Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 97%

A pregnant woman becomes cursed, facing terrifying physical and psychological trials that push her to confront dark, ancestral forces tied to womanhood and motherhood.

6. Anything for Jackson (2020)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 97%

Grieving grandparents, part of a satanic cult, kidnap a pregnant woman to perform a ritual that will bring back their deceased grandson, but they instead unleash a series of unforeseen, malevolent spirits.

5. The Boy Behind the Door (2020)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 97%

After being kidnapped, two boys find themselves locked in a remote house; one escapes and must use his wits and courage to save his friend from a sinister predator.

4. The Innocents (2021)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 97%

During the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal their dark and mysterious powers when adults aren't looking, leading to unsettling consequences as their innocence is lost.

3. My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 98%

Two siblings go to extreme lengths to care for their younger brother, who suffers from a mysterious illness that requires human blood to survive, testing the bonds of family and morality.

2. Host (2020)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 99%

During a pandemic lockdown, a group of friends hold a séance over a video call, unwittingly inviting a malevolent spirit into their homes, leading to terrifying encounters as they attempt to survive the night.

1. His House (2020)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

A refugee couple struggles to adjust to their new life in an English town that has an evil lurking beneath the surface, while also being haunted by the specters of their past in South Sudan.