Hard Candy (2006)

Hard Candy (2006)

[8] A 14-year-old goes home with a guy in his 30s. What follows is a nightmarish power struggle. Hard Candy is an intense character-driven thriller that succeeds primarily for the incredible performances of Patrick Wilson (Watchmen) and Ellen Page (Juno).…
The Mist (2007)

The Mist (2007)

[8] Frank Darabont dives back into the Stephen King well and comes out with a winner. The Mist is about a disparate group of people who end up trapped together in the local grocery store when a strange, scary mist…
Cloverfield (2008)

Cloverfield (2008)

[8] This monster movie from the creators of Lost and Felicity combines low-budget ingenuity with high-budget production values for a thrilling movie going experience. The whole film is hand-held 'found footage' documenting a group of friends' attempted escape from Manhattan…
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

[8] A group of college kids go to a cabin in the woods, but that's as far as we get into the story before director Drew Goddard and producer Joss Whedon turn the trope on its head. In a Scream-like…
Inside (2007)

Inside (2007)

[8] A pregnant woman waiting for the ambulance to pick her up from home must suddenly fight for her life when a scissor-wielding mad-woman invades her house with the aim of cutting her unborn baby from the womb. The concept…
Blood Creek (2009)

Blood Creek (2009)

[7] Joel Schumacher (The Lost Boys, Flatliners) directs this weird, gloriously convoluted horror flick involving Nazis, the occult, and zombies -- all on a farm in New England, beginning during World War II and ending today. As usual, Schumacher casts…
Martyrs (2008)

Martyrs (2008)

[8] I was beginning to wonder if torture could ever be depicted in a movie without the movie becoming "torture porn", without any other cinematic merit. This French horror flick answers my question. In Martyrs, torture isn't just a dirty…
Let the Right One In (2008)

Let the Right One In (2008)

[8]  An austere Swedish import that is both a touching coming-of-age story and a disturbing horror film. Let the Right One In centers around twelve-year-old Oskar, a bullied boy who befriends a strange new girl whose arrival into the community…
Shadow (2009)

Shadow (2009)

[8] Crazed hunters pursue an American mountain cyclist through the misty Austrian wilderness until all parties fall prey to a super-sick and twisted, almost supernatural character referred to as Mortis. Director Federico Zampaglione puts a few fresh spins on this…
The Woman (2011)

The Woman (2011)

[8] A man captures a feral woman and chains her up in his cellar, calling upon his wife and kids to help him 'civilize' her. The Woman makes bold play of gender dynamics that will leave some viewers crying 'misogyny',…