The only horror movies to come out in the past ten years that are any good whatsoever are 28 Days Later/28 Weeks Later (though the latter bothers me because it seemed a little needlessly misogynistic ...) and Rob Zombie's films. Everything else just ... tries so hard and pretty much fails miserably! The problem is that horror movies have generally been intended for comical purposes since their inception, sometimes containing actual scares. Modern takes on this are especially apparent in, for example, Drag Me To Hell which, while being pretty good, is kind of ridiculous, as well.

However, I did like the movie Frozen, though it's more suspense, as well as Devil.

Session 9 was a good movie. It's got scary elements to it, but I wouldn't rank it as "wet-my-pants" scary.

I liked The Crazies; I've not seen the original. The Descent 1 & 2 are pretty great; the latter less so, but totally watchable.

There are a lot of obvious ones I left out because I presume you to have seen them, and I figure you've also seen all the ones I've listed above, too, but may as well list them just in case

Additionally just in case, some obvious ones:

Friday the 13th
Nightmare on Elm Street
The Thing
The Exorcist
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Poltergeist
Dawn of the Dead (original or remake)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (again, original or remake)
The Shining

I'm also always on the look out for good horror, but it's certainly few and far between. I'll update you if I find anything else that's good out there. I'm kinda psyched to look into Rec now, looks like it could be good!

I couldn't think of a better subject title but I've recently become disillusioned with horror films, every time one comes out that promises to be scary I want to watch it, then I hear other people say it's scary, it will make you jump so I watch it and nothing and on top of that most of the films are disappointing as well.

Now when I was younger I didn't watch horror films, I was terrified of even Labyrinth, in my late teens I snowballed into the world of horror so I don't think I'm ruined I just need help finding films to scare me enough that my partner has to take me to the loo.

For example, films that have led to disappointment have been Paranormal Activity 1 & 2, I'm going to give 3 a chance but I've not got my hopes up, any remakes that I have watched just because they were on TV, apart from Rob Zombie's Halloween series, anything with haunting or exorcism in the title.

Now [REC] and the Thai film "Shutter" have both scared me but I need more, I want something scary to look forward to, any ideas?

In general it's going to be harder for rabid fans of horror to find something genuinely scary over time. You expose yourself to so many horrific scenarios that it becomes a challenge to be surprised or frightened after awhile. We don't necessarily become jaded or cynical, but definitely harder to please the more well versed in the genre we are. For example I work with a young guy who doesn't watch horror movies and he always equates Scream with the end all be all of horror on screen because that's probably the only horror movie he has actually watched from beginning to end. It scared the hell out of him.

It works similarly with gore in movies. There comes a certain point where you feel you've seen it all and know how it's all done and that nothing can surprise you. But then a filmmaker or special effects artist comes along and changes everything for you.

Just keep your eyes peeled and the next thing to frighten you is hopefully lurking just around the corner.

Usually it happens when you least expect it. Overhype can kill the experience of discovering some creepy "unknown" movie. That was probably why I didn't enjoy Paranormal Activity as much as everybody else seemed to. That and the lack luster ending.