Horror films are something you have to prepare for.
No other genre best represents how the moving image can affect usby using every filmmaking tool in the shed.
Horror cinema has seen historic highs; the best horror movies never really leave your mind for good.
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But which of the genre’s finest are the very, very best?
And that look gave filmmakers a lot of new angles to play with: gangs, bikers and junkies.
These vampires are modern bandits.
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They roll down our sleepy highways.
In the best scene, they pick a bar fight.
But there is still an intimacy inNear Dark.
Its a young love that starts at a convenient store (betweenAdrian PasdarandJenny Wright).
Still,the controversial horror provides a valuable social commentary on journalism and the exploitation of South American countries.
The only unfortunate thing aboutWhat We Do in the Shadowsis that it clocks in at a mere 86 minutes.
Wide-release, popcorn-munching horror entertainment doesn’t really get much slicker or more soulful than this.
Even the jump scares are impossible to fault; nothing feels cheap.
Combining the psychological and body horror subgenres to terrifyingly effective results,Martyrsis far from an easy watch.
Together, West’s magnum opus isquite possibly the best horror trilogy of all time.
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A small-town farmer’s son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter.
A fading celebrity, Elisabeth Sparkle, turns to a mysterious drug that promises to restore her youth. The drug temporarily creates a younger version of herself, named Sue, who quickly ascends to the fame Elisabeth once craved.
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In What We Do in the Shadows, vampire housemates navigate the challenges of modern life while mentoring a newly turned hipster on the advantages of vampirism. The film explores their coexistence within the human world, balancing supernatural elements with humorous insights into the undead lifestyle.
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Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
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Martyrs explores a young woman’s pursuit of vengeance against those who abducted and tortured her in childhood. Accompanied by her closest friend, who shares a traumatic past, the duo uncover a harrowing truth, plunging them into a nightmarish world of cruelty and existential horror.
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In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
