I Am Legend
2007 · MovieManhattan has gone quiet enough for deer, and Army virologist Robert Neville roams it by day with his German Shepherd, Sam. Every night he bolts the doors, because the infected own the dark.
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Best Horror Movies of 2007
HorroRated has reviewed 13 horror movies released in 2007, ranked here best first. I Am Legend, 30 Days of Night and An American Crime lead the list, all rated Highly Recommended.
Empty cities defined 2007: Will Smith walks a deserted Manhattan with his dog in I Am Legend, and troops try to repopulate London in 28 Weeks Later. Up in Alaska, 30 Days of Night gives a vampire pack a month of darkness to work with, and a San Diego couple's home cameras started the Paranormal Activity series.
2007 horror movies, best first
13 films
30 Days of Night
2007 · MovieA small Alaska station in Barrow goes dark. The town sits in thirty days of polar darkness and something moves through the night systematically.
An American Crime
2007 · MovieSylvia Likens is left in the care of Gertrude Baniszewski while her parents travel with a carnival. The situation deteriorates methodically over months.
28 Weeks Later
2007 · MovieTwenty-eight weeks after the rage virus emptied Britain, U.S.-led forces start resettling London. Then one carrier brings it back.
Paranormal Activity
2007 · MovieA couple in San Diego sets up cameras after unexplained sounds begin in the house at night. The footage becomes the film.
Halloween (2007)
2007 · MovieRob Zombie reimagines Michael Myers from the beginning, spending real time on his childhood before the events of the original film.
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End
2007 · MovieThe wrong turn territory has more family members and the sequel makes clear immediately that it intends to go further than the original.
Hostel: Part II
2007 · MovieThe hostel's business model expands. This time the clientele and the merchandise are both different.
Vacancy
2007 · MovieDavid and Amy Fox check into a remote motel and find a stack of tapes that contain footage of previous guests being murdered in the same room.
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
2007 · MovieA crashed ship spills Xenomorphs and a vicious hybrid into the woods outside a quiet Colorado town. While the residents scramble to get out, a lone Predator arrives with a single job: erase every trace.
Resident Evil: Extinction
2007 · MovieThe T-virus has reached the American Southwest and a convoy of survivors is pushing toward a rumored safe zone in Alaska.
The Hills Have Eyes 2
2007 · MovieA squad of National Guard trainees is sent into the New Mexico desert to resupply a team of scientists at a military base. The base is deserted, and the mutants from the first film are waiting.
Saw IV
2007 · MovieAn audiotape found inside Jigsaw's own corpse warns that his games are far from finished. SWAT officer Daniel Rigg has ninety minutes to learn a lesson John Kramer never got to teach him while he was still alive.
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2007 in Horror, by the Numbers
- Reviewed
- 13 films: 4 Highly Recommended, 5 Recommended, 3 Worth a Look and 1 If You're Curious
- Average score
- 2.9 of 5 tapes, against 3.3 across all 519 movies in the archive
- Leading subgenres
- Survival Horror (7 films), Sci-Fi Horror (4)
- Streaming in the US
- 9 of 13, 6 of them free, as of November 10, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions About 2007 Horror Movies
What is the best horror movie of 2007?
Four films from 2007 share HorroRated's top verdict, Highly Recommended: I Am Legend, 30 Days of Night, An American Crime and 28 Weeks Later. They're tied, so the list shows the newest first, starting with I Am Legend.
Which 2007 horror movies are part of a franchise?
Six of the 13 films come from franchises with a HorroRated watch-order guide, a bigger share than in most years: 28 Weeks Later (28 Days Later), Paranormal Activity, Halloween (2007), Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem and Resident Evil: Extinction, plus 1 more.
Which 2007 horror movies can you watch for free?
I Am Legend (Tubi), 30 Days of Night (Xumo Play) and An American Crime (Tubi), plus 3 more: they stream free in the US as of November 10, 2026, with ads or a library card.