After scoring $41.9 million opening weekend for The Conjuring and then $40.3 million for Insidious Chapter 2, James Wan clearly dominated the genre box office, but with innovative heavy hitters like You’re Next, The Purge, Mama and more in the mix, there was some serious competition climbing to the top of this chart. Check out which 2013 horror reboots, remakes, sequels, adaptations, and original content earned the right to call themselves the best of the year.
10. The Purge
Even after pointing a finger at The Purge for being little more than a gimmicky high concept, there’s no denying that the scenario of a 12-hour period during which all criminal activity is legal is highly cinematic, because when it came down to The Purge, Dark Skies and The ABCs of Death, it’s The Purge that earned the #10 spot for being the thrill I’d most like to experience again.
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