Horror Movie Podcast Ep. 217: The Top 10 Horror Movies of 2021

It’s nearly March 2022 and your horror hosts at HMP are here with our most anticipated episode of Horror Movie Podcast for … 2021? That’s right, it’s: THE TOP 10 HORROR MOVIES OF 2021! In Episode 217, your horror hosts bring our Top 10 Horror Movies of 2021, our Honorable Mentions, our Not So Guilty Pleasures, our Biggest Disappointments, our favorite Horror Adjacent films (films we don’t personally consider horror, but we think would interest horror fans), and a sneak peek of our Most Anticipated Horror Films of 2022.

But that’s not all! As always, the No 1 reason to listen to this episode is to hear the HMP community’s collective TOP 10 HORROR MOVIES list, which has been meticulously compiled and tabulated from your submissions! Join us for our biggest episode of every year!

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SHOW NOTES:

I. Introduction

[ 0:01:09 ] II. 2021 Year in Review

—A few obligatory words about the year in horror and our Top 10 lists

[ 0:06:26 ] III. THE TOP 10 HORROR MOVIES OF 2021!

DR. SHOCK‘s TOP 10 HORROR MOVIES OF 2021

1. A Quiet Place Part 2

2. Come True

3. Titane

4. Saint Maud

5. The Vigil

6. Last Night in Soho

7. The Night House

8. The Medium

9. Halloween Kills

10. A Ghost Waits

THE WOLFMAN‘S TOP 10 HORROR MOVIES OF 2021

1. Halloween Kills

2. The Night House

3. Candyman

4. The Power

5. Last Night in Soho

6. Censor

7. The Medium

8. Come True

9. Teddy

10. The Last Matinee

HMP LISTENERS‘ TOP 10 HORROR MOVIES OF 2021

1. Last Night in Soho

(Listener review from Trey Whetstone)

2. Malignant

(Listener reviews from Jason Strong and Sean Smith)

3. Candyman

4. Halloween Kills

5. A Quiet Place Part 2

(Listener review from Mitchell Hoelker)

6. The Night House

7. Antlers

8. Titane

9. Saint Maud

10. Fear Street 1994

[ 1:07:50 ] IV. TOP 5 HONORABLE MENTIONS OF 2021

WOLFMAN‘S HONORABLE MENTIONS

11. Boys From County Hell

12. Werewolves Within

13. The Block Island Sound

14. Ghostbusters: Afterlife

15. Fear Street 1978

HMP LISTENERS‘ HONORABLE MENTIONS

11. Censor

12. Fear Street 1978

13. Fear Street 1666

14. The Medium

15. Psycho Goreman

+ In the Earth

ADDITIONAL LISTENER WRITTEN REVIEWS

—Listener review of In the Earth by Maurice

—Listener review of Slumber Party Massacre by Graham the Haunted Marshmallow

—Listener review of VHS/94 by Chuckloaf

HMP LISTENERS‘ #1 PICKS THAT DIDN’T MAKE THEIR TOP 10:

Fear Street 1978, The Medium, Psycho Goreman, In the Earth, Come True, VHS/94, Bloody Hell, The Queen of Black Magic, Blood Red Sky, Godzilla vs Kong, Night Books, and Slumber Party Massacre

[ 1:16:48 ] VI. FAVORITE GUILTY PLEASURES OF 2021

DR. SHOCK‘S “GUILTY PLEASURES”

Slaxx & Benny Loves You

WOLFMAN‘S “GUILTY PLEASURES”

Psycho Goreman

HMP LISTENERS‘ “GUILTY PLEASURES”

Willy’s Wonderland

+Malignant, Old, Psycho Goreman

[ 1:18:26 ] IX. BIGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS OF 2021

DR.