28 Days Later
2002 · MovieJim wakes from a coma in an empty London hospital and walks out into a world that fell apart while he was unconscious.
Ranked by HorroRated · Updated November 4, 2026
Best Horror Movies of 2002
HorroRated has reviewed 12 horror movies released in 2002, ranked here best first. 28 Days Later, Signs and The Ring lead the list.
A cursed videotape, crop circles and an empty London shaped 2002. The Ring made one tape the scariest thing in the house, M. Night Shyamalan's Signs kept a Pennsylvania farm family watching the skies, and Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later sent Jim out of his hospital bed into a capital the rage virus had cleared.
2002 horror movies, best first
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Signs
2002 · MovieCrop circles appear overnight on a Pennsylvania farm and a former minister tries to make sense of what his family is facing.
The Ring
2002 · MovieRachel Keller investigates a videotape linked to four simultaneous deaths. Then she watches it herself.
Ted Bundy
2002 · MovieA charming, intelligent young man moves through the American West in the 1970s. The people around him have no idea who he is.
Dahmer
2002 · MovieA quiet man in Milwaukee maintains a respectable surface while hiding what he does privately. Nobody connects the evidence for years.
Resident Evil (2002)
2002 · MovieA special ops team enters a sealed underground laboratory after a viral outbreak and finds out that what's inside is still very active.
Queen of the Damned
2002 · MovieLestat wakes from a long sleep, becomes a rock star, and draws the attention of an ancient vampire queen who's been dormant for centuries.
The Mothman Prophecies
2002 · MovieDriving to Richmond one night, columnist John Klein somehow lands hundreds of miles off course in Point Pleasant, where West Virginia locals report a winged thing with red eyes. His late wife kept sketching the same shape.
Ghost Ship
2002 · MovieA salvage crew boards a luxury ocean liner that vanished in 1962. The ship has been holding something the whole time.
Hellraiser: Hellseeker
2002 · MovieA man survives a car accident that kills his wife and can't get a clear picture of what actually happened in the days around the crash.
Halloween: Resurrection
2002 · MovieA live internet broadcast sends a group of college students into the Myers house for Halloween night. Michael is home.
American Psycho II: All American Girl
2002 · MovieA criminology student who survived a childhood encounter with Patrick Bateman has been methodically clearing her path to a teaching assistant position ever since.
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2002 in Horror, by the Numbers
- Reviewed
- 12 films: 1 Legendary, 1 Highly Recommended, 6 Recommended, 1 Worth a Look and 3 If You're Curious
- Average score
- 2.7 of 5 tapes, against 3.3 across all 519 movies in the archive
- Leading subgenres
- Supernatural (5 films), Psychological (3)
- HorroRated Picks
- 28 Days Later
- Made outside the US
- 28 Days Later (United Kingdom); Resident Evil (2002) (Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom)
- Streaming in the US
- 10 of 12, 7 of them free, as of November 10, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions About 2002 Horror Movies
What is the best horror movie of 2002?
By HorroRated's scores, 28 Days Later, directed by Danny Boyle, is the best horror movie of 2002, rated Legendary. Signs and The Ring are close behind.
What's the best serial killer movie of 2002?
Ted Bundy (Recommended) is HorroRated's top-rated serial killer movie of 2002, ahead of Dahmer. Compared with the rest of the archive, 2002 leaned hardest on serial killers: 3 of the 12 films on the list. The most common kind that year is supernatural horror, with 5.
Which 2002 horror movies can you watch for free?
The Ring (Kanopy), Ted Bundy (Tubi) and Dahmer (Tubi), plus 4 more: they stream free in the US as of November 10, 2026, with ads or a library card.