Impossible challenge for the types who think this is "bad horror"

I do not think this is bad horror but to add some films to your list 2 at a time

Feast:

Why? Gore lovers everywhere can appreciate the buckets of it. Also the jumps scares were appropriate ie: snatching boy, also movie didn't take itself to seriously almost a satire heroes, and other little quick bits about each character. Don't necessarily enjoy comedy in my horror films but this was done right I thought.




The Grudge/ Ju-On:

Why? Atmospheric and jump scares! The film did a great job in just creeping you out and when vulnerable scared you. The movie was slow at some points but made up for it some other areas which threw pacing off just a tad. The movie started to fall apart on itself towards the end of the film but all in all it was a good horror film.

Stir of Echoes, to an extent, and definitely The Descent and Session 9, yes, that's "good horror" (not "top 10 worthy", maybe, but still).

The Conjuring (2013) is entertaining and well crafted but, really, nothing more. This one has a high production value and good acting but is horribly written and the directing is bland and phoned in and, yes, they are both "bad horror".

Here's a list (in no particular order) of way better horror movies than The Conjuring (both the original and the sequel), that matches your criteria (even though "no foreign movies" makes no sense);

The VVitch (2015)
Lords of Salem (2012)
It Follows (2014)
The Babadook (2014)
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Sinister (2012)
You're Next (2011)
We're still here (2015)
V/H/S (2012)
Oculus (2013)

These are just the first ten off the top of my head - and they're all post 2010. Going back before that...

The Mist (2007)
Evilenko (2004)
House of 1000 corpses (2003) / The Devil's Reject (2005)
The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
Eden Lake (2008)
Saw (2004, and only the first one)

...and I could go on and on, but I think you got the idea.

There are also several remakes (The Evil Dead (2013), both Rob Zombie's Halloween, Aja's The Hills Have Eyes (2006), to name a few) which are also better horror movies than The Conjuring.

One last thing, if I may: talking about movies (in general or in a specific genre) and ignoring "ancient" and "foreign" film is the stupidest approach you can take.

conjuring 2 is one of the best new horrors. conjuring 1 was quite dull, though. Deliver Us From Evil however was amazing

The Descent, The Babadook, The Others, Black Swan, Mulholland Drive, The Conjuring, The Ring, 28 Days Later, Let Me In are all much, much better than The Conjuring 2 and that's just off of the top of my head. I really wanted to like this as I enjoyed the first one but it was so by the numbers and predictable that it did nothing for me.

P.S. Honorable mention for Sweeney Tood which is more of a musical with horror elements.

I don't know why you are asking for non-foreign films when they are some of the best horror films I've ever seen The Orphanage, The Devils Backbone & Let the Right One In are among the best in the genre.

I did like The Conjuring 2 but I can think quite a few modern horrors I loved...

Just off the top of my head..

The Hills Have Eyes (remake) The Devil's Rejects, House of The Devil, The Babadook, The Witch, The Ring (Remake) Kill List.

So much for being an "impossible challenge" lol.

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I feel sorry for you that your appreciation of cinema is so horrible that you think the Conjuring is a good movie.

It's very hard to find a good horror movie because the genre is so formulaic and full of so many cliches there is very small room for innovation and for good films to truly come out of it. You also have to factor in its disposability, once the scare is gone most horror films are useless. You go even further and say you don't want to hear about the classics, well the world population has become exponentially dumber and dumber since the 2000, so the horror genre is particularly in the pits but since you insist, The Ring and The Exorcism Of Emily Rose were good horror movies.