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Films from the 2020s

Horror films, old and new: what each one is, who made it and how scary it gets.

Film · 2025

28 Years Later

A boy who has never known anything else must get his ill mother to help, decades after Britain's outbreak began.

Film · 2023

Five Nights at Freddy's

A troubled security guard takes the night shift at a derelict pizzeria and works out its mascots aren't just old wiring.

Film · 2025

Obsession

A wish for love turns a music-store clerk's friend into something far more dangerous than a crush.

Film · 2025

Sinners

Twin brothers come home to 1932 Mississippi and find the Jim Crow South is the least of their problems.

Film · 2024

The Substance

A woman pushed aside for growing older takes a drug that grants her a younger self, on borrowed time.

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The After Dark Top 40

Forty horror films counted down like the charts, from silent classics to new favourites, picked by Erin and sent the moment you join.