Prom Night (1980)
[5] A masked killer stalks four teenagers at the prom, six years after they accidentally killed a fellow classmate. Prom Night is part of the slasher boom of the late '70s and early '80s. Jamie Lee Curtis stars as the…
The Hunt (2020)
[6] Elitist liberals hunt and kill redneck conservatives in this satiric take on The Most Dangerous Game. Betty Gilpin heads up the cast as our hunted protagonist (the horror genre's 'final girl', if you will), while two-time Oscar winner Hillary…
In a Glass Cage (1986)
[8] In this Spanish film from writer/director AgustÃn Villaronga, a Nazi child killer is put in an iron lung after a botched suicide attempt. His wife hires a young male nurse to take care of him, but the young man…
The Invisible Man (2020)
[8] With this reinvention of Universal's classic monster movie, writer/director Leigh Whannell (Saw, Dead Silence) delivers a superbly crafted thriller anchored by a compelling performance from Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale). Moss plays a battered woman who escapes her all-controlling…
Doctor Sleep (2019)
[8] Ewan McGregor stars as the grown-up version of Danny Torrance from The Shining. Doctor Sleep is a sequel to that horror classic, both films based on books by the premiere horror writer of our time -- Stephen King. Danny…
The Lighthouse (2019)
[8] Movies like The Lighthouse sure don't hit the multiplex very often. Hot off his astounding debut feature, The Witch, writer/director Robert Eggers' sophomore effort is a horrifically surreal pitch-black comedy about two men going mad in a remote lighthouse…
Ready or Not (2019)
[7] Samara Weaving (Hugo's niece) leads an ensemble cast in this dark comedy about a young woman marrying into a wealthy gaming dynasty. As per tradition, the newlywed must participate in a randomly chosen game with the family at midnight…
The Living Skeleton (1968)
[7] A young man and woman living under the care of a kindly priest get wrapped up in a series of seemingly supernatural murders. It turns out a group of modern-day pirates murdered the crew of a ship three years…
Midsommar (2019)
[7] Writer/director Ari Aster left an impression with last year's Hereditary and follows up with another slow-burn, visually beautiful movie with incredibly similar structure and subtext. Midsommar is about a young woman named Dani (Florence Pugh) who experiences the tragic…
The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
[2] The days become unnaturally long in the town of Centerville, where two cops played by Adam Driver and Bill Murray drive around protecting the community. But when zombies begin roaming the streets, they find themselves in over their heads…