" --horror did change in the 2000s. An influx of foreign imports, particularly from Japan and France, revitalized the genre as originals while Hollywood flooded cinemas with remakes. The War on Terror spurred the torture porn genre, bringing to life fears of the zeitgeist. New technology, makeup, and effects allowed filmmakers to bring new, scarier, gorier nightmares to life, and a new generation of talent unembarrassed by their love of all things genre announced itself.
Thus began a new decade, century, and millennium of horror. The best of which is listed and ranked below."