Horror movies used to be super predictable: you had your killer, your monster, and your bevy of women who ran from them. But today? That formula seems so 20th century. The horror genre has become more diverse, with artful, political, innovative, and even introspective films. Gone are the days when a killer was enough to satisfy our hunger for scares; in are the days of villains who scare us with their minds. Sure, every good horror flick needs a dumb protagonist or people wandering into basements and at least one person whispering, "don't do that," followed by someone doing exactly that. But we'd like to think the genre has gotten smarter in recent years. Here are 21 titles that really made us think...and scream!
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