After contributing to The Pod and the Pendulum's 300th episode on the 25 best horror films of the 21st century, we decided to run through our individual lists for listeners.

How did we each approach the task? (hint: thank god for Letterboxd) Which film(s) appear on both lists? And what movies will top our individual lists?! Don't scroll if you don't wanna know!

Joe’s Top 25 Horror Films of the Century (Ranked)

1. The Invitation (2015)
2. Knife + Heart (2018)
3. Hereditary (2018)
4. Train To Busan (2016)
5. Relic (2020)
6. Saint Maud (2019)
7. The Descent (2005)
8. The Perfection (2018)
9. Inside/A L’Interieur (2007)
10. Raw (2016)
11. Better Watch Out (2016)
12. Under The Skin (2013)
13. Black Swan (2010)
14. Let The Right One In (2007)
15. Stoker (2013)
16. Femme (2023)
17. Annihilation (2018)
18. Blink Twice (2024)
19. The Skin I Live In (2011)
20. The Strangers (2008)
21. The Invisible Man (2020)
22. Hostel Part 2 (2007)
23. Ginger Snaps (2000)
24. The Substance (2024)
25. Midnight (2022)

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Trace’s Top 25 Horror Films of the Century (Ranked)

1. The Substance (2024)
2. The Descent (2005)
3. The Den (2013) - Listen to our guest spot on TGIF
4. Hereditary (2018)
5. The Invitation (2015)
6. Martyrs (2008)
7. The Perfection (2018)
8. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
9. It Follows (2014)
10. The Outwaters (2022)
11. Drag Me To Hell (2009)
12. Grindhouse (2007)
13. Trick 'r Treat (2007)
14. Insidious (2011)
15. The Witch (2018)
16. The Cabin In The Woods (2011)
17. Bug (2006)
18. The Mist (2007)
19. Evil Dead (2013)
20. Green Room (2008)
21. [Rec]² (2009)
22. Doctor Sleep (2019)
23. Don't Breathe (2016)
24. Detention (2011)
25. Zombeavers (2014)

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