Shortland’s claustrophobic look at toxic masculinity and the line between love and obsession is a powerful first foray into the suspense genre.īlackcoat’s Daughter is the first feature from Osgood Perkins (star of Legally Blonde, son of Anthony), who also recently directed Netflix’s I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House. Veteran horror heroine Teresa Palmer stars as an Australian tourist who gets taken prisoner after a one-night stand in Berlin, and the actress is even better in Berlin than she was in last year’s Lights Out. With Berlin Syndrome, Cate Shortland has made a terrifying film about the psychological toll of abusive relationships. There are more and more strong roles for women in horror films, but still too few female directors. That’s exactly what Creation delivers - it’s absolutely overflowing with good, cheap thrills. Dark, brooding indies are always appreciated, but sometimes, you just want jump scares served up on a platter. Director David Sandberg came on for the second Annabelle movie, putting some snap back into the sub-franchise by taking viewers even farther back in time to learn the origins of the wicked doll.
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(But there’s also Get Out.)Īnnabelle: Creation is the fourth movie in the ever-expanding Conjuring universe, and it served as one of this year’s biggest summer horror surprises. And there have also been some very good bad guys! Here then, are the best horror films of the year so far that aren’t Get Out. Young actresses like Anya Taylor-Joy, Sennia Nanua, and Garance Marillier have impressed in showcase roles, while occult stories like A Dark Song and The Blackcoat’s Daughter have moved past the well-worn exorcism narrative in favor of more distinct takes on satanic horror.
Jordan Peele’s boundary-breaking thriller has deservedly become the reflexive response to the question, “Seen any good horror movies lately?” But while Peele’s directorial debut has been generating early Oscar buzz, a lot of other great horror movies have hit theaters so far this year. The conversation around horror movies this year has been dominated by two words: Get Out. This list has been updated to include October releases.
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