Original: Best Years for Horror (since 1995)

[GregMO ROberts]

“It’s a shit year for horror”. If you haven’t heard someone utter this remark yet, you will. There have been a total of 9 horror films with theatrical runs in 2012. Just nine (Cabin in the Woods and Prometheus are considered ‘Thrillers’. And these paltry nine films have resulted in only 8,323,830 tickets sold. A far cry from the 51,853,077 tickets sold last year and the record 100,171,155 tickets sold for horror films in 2007.

Until 2012 is completely in the record books, we don’t know how the year will stand up against its predecessors, but Killer Reviews decided to take a look back at the years of horror since 1995 to come up with two lists – The Best 5 Years of Horror and the Worst 5 Years of Horror. The best years will boast some impressive numbers and the worst 5 will prove that even in bad years, good movies can prevail.

We have already recapped the Worst Years of Horror and now we can turn our attention towards the positive. Here are our choices for the Best Years of Horror (since 1995):

Click HERE to see the list

[DEADstar]

2003 was great for sure. I was a huge fan of all the named movies. Good stuff.

[lurtz6]

I realize you're doing this by box-office income, but that doesn't mean you're rankin the years with the Best QUALITY Horror Films.

In other words, where the fuck is 1981?

All in all, though, interesting reading about what really makes money in the horror genre.

[GregMO ROberts]

Only went back as far as 1995. Sorry, had to pick a cut off and decided that was as good as any.