TV & Film
It's a month into 2020 and the "terrible teens" are due for a post-mortem! There were huge changes in the world of entertainment in the years 2010 to 2019 and the horror genre was right in the middle of it all. The advent of streaming services and the popularizing of "binge-watching" changed the way we watched horror and the amount of new and old films and television shows were available to us. This was also a period where there was a huge variety of subgenres to choose from and it was a time where diverse storytellers shared their visions of the world and mavericks pushed the envelope of what makes a horror film a horror film. So, was 2010 to 2019 an embarrassment of riches, or just an embarrassment? Were the advances in technology good or bad for the horror genre? Were we a "Haunted House Divided" over all the changes? Join me as I take a 2-part deep dive into "the State of Horror" as we move towards a new decade. I look at the good trends and the bad ones and give my opinion of who was the most influential filmmaker in horror from 2010-2019, and what movie I feel defined the decade. It's bound to be controversial! At the end of Part One, I'll also give a list of my favorite horror movies from the years 2010-2015. I'll give the rest at the end of Part Two. I hope you enjoy the show! Movies Discussed: Films of 2010: Black Swan The Crazies Dream Home I Spit on Your Grave Insidious The Intruder The Last Exorcism Let Me In Paranormal Activity 2 Piranha 3-D The Reef Rubber A Serbian Film The Silent House Sint (Saint) Stake Land Tucker & Dale vs Evil We Are What We Are The Wolfman Films of 2011: Absentia Fright Night The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) The Incident The Innkeepers Red State The Thing The Tunnel The Woman You're Next Films of 2012: American Mary The Bay Berberian Sound Studio The Cabin in the Woods Citadel Found Grabbers John Dies at the End The Lords of Salem Lovely Molly Maniac The Pact Sinister V/H/S The Woman in Black Films of 2013: Curse of Chucky The Conjuring Evil Dead Frankenstein's Army Jug Face Mama V/H/S/2 We Are What We Are Willow Creek World War Z Films of 2014: Annabelle As Above, So Below The Babadook The Canal Creep Deliver Us from Evil A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night It Follows Oculus The Purge: Anarchy Starry Eyes The Town That Dreaded Sundown Films of 2015: Crimson Peak Deathgasm Demonic The Invitation Krampus The Lazarus Effect Sinister 2 Stung We Are Still Here The Witch My book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy on sale NOW! https://hellbentforhorror.com/book/ Want to read a chapter for free? Subscribe to my newsletter here: http://bit.ly/2x8cdds Join the Hellbent for Horror Horde! help support the show here! http://bit.ly/2G6CpIJ If you like the show, please consider writing a review on iTunes or Google Play. It really helps. You can keep up with Hellbent for Horror on iTunes @iTunesPodcasts iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hellbent-for-horror/id1090978706 Google Play link:https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ibsk2i4bbprrplyvs37c6aqv2ny Stitcher link: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/hellbent-for-horror?refid=stpr