30 Perfect Horror Scenes Of The 2020s
What a decade for horror it's been!
Well... it really is a time to be a horror fan, isn't it?
The horror renaissance that started in the latter 2010s has, if anything, only grown stronger. Throughout every year of the 2020s so far horror fans have been blessed with one great movie after another and quite frankly, 2022 and 2025 stand out as two of the very best years for horror cinema ever.
With all of these wonderful cinematic gems come many exceptional movie moments, the sorts of scenes that will be remembered and treasured for years to come.
This list is by no means an exhaustive run-through, but it highlights many of the most unforgettable, flawless horror movie scenes of the decade thus far. They all vary heavily, ranging from jaw-dropping plot twists to Oscar-worthy monologues, from harrowing outbreaks of violence to note-perfect climaxes. Some of them, ironically enough, come from otherwise unsuccessful ventures.
What they all have in common is how amazing they are, and how they show just what horror cinema can really do when it's in the right hands. There is so much more to this genre than blood, screams and jump scares, after all...
30. M3gan - Titanium
A psycho-killer robot singing Titanium is one of those things you never knew you needed.
M3gan - in which an inventor (Allison Williams) builds a child-like robot named M3gan (played by Amie Donald and voiced by Jenna Davis) as a companion for her bereaved niece Cady (Violent McGraw) - was an enormously fun horror comedy in general and a flick that pleasantly surprised many people. It's got many memorable moments, yet nothing tops this.
The evening after a school bully mistreated Cady, the now fiercely overprotective M3gan (who actually killed the bully) puts Cady to bed and reassures Cady that she'll always protect her. She then does something no-one could've expected: she sings David Guetta & Sia's Titanium as a lullaby. It's a moment that'll have everyone in absolute hysterics, and it's such an unexpected, bonkers nugget of comedic gold.
Better still, despite how random it appears to be and how WTF it was, it actually kind-of fits the story. M3gan is telling the young girl she's looking after that she'll protect her to the end, so the lyrics about being bulletproof and indestructible feel weirdly appropriate. Also, M3gan herself is basically made of titanium - very clever.