20 Best Horror Movies Since 2000

If there's a subgenre of horror which is close to approaching worn out (other than the overwrought zombie movie) it's the vampire genre. Almost as old as cinema itself, the vampire movie has been through so many permutations it's hard to see what can be done to make it fresh and invigorating.

Enter Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson, who took the vampire concept and delivered what is perhaps its most elegiac vision yet with Let The Right One In. It tells the story of a young bullied schoolboy, Oskar, who befriends Eli, the new girl in the neighbourhood. As their friendship blossoms, Oskar soon discovers that Eli isn't all that she seems.

Excellent performances from the two eleven-year-old stars hold together Let The Right One In, rendering the story of their friendship - and the horror which lies in Eli's dark secret - both touching and engaging. Alfredson handles the moments of horror with maturity, but the real feat comes through his approach to evil, flipping the genre's conventions on their head and proving that vampire movies can be intelligent and mature.