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The Incredibly Strange List of Favorite Horror Films That Kept Growing and Would Not Die!
Our list of favorite horror movies grows even larger, with more titles to seek out, more monsters to meet, and more gore than ever before.
Full StoryFound Footage Not Meant Be Stared At: ‘It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This’ (2023)
The found footage horror film about the anxiety of being seen has been a festival hit, but its creators vow the film will never be released online
Full StoryEvil in Repose: ‘Ātman’ (Toshio Matsumoto, 1975)
Matsumoto’s experimental short film offers no chance for viewers to gain their bearings — it is the radical embodiment of the chaos of motion and perspective
Full StoryGod Science on a Meager Budget: ‘Doctor Strain the Body Snatcher’ (1991)
Despite its low budget construction, the Super 8 mad scientist tale reaches moments of genuine inspiration far beyond its means.
Full StoryThe Nonidentical: Michael Haneke’s ‘Funny Games’ (2007)
Haneke's original Funny Games (1997) was laced with parody, but the U.S. remake fully commits to the bit, lampooning the established art house aesthetic while creating an unsparing film product that is patently synthetic.
Full StoryNothing Has Ever Gotten Under My Skin Like ‘Dr. Demento Presents: Spooky Tunes & Scary Melodies’
As a child, Emerson didn't know what fiction meant and Dr. Demento's spooky Halloween mix terrified him. Some wounds never heal.
Full StoryHeart, Mind, Body, and Soul: Joel DeMott’s ‘Demon Lover Diary’ (1980)
DeMott's classic 1980 documentary is a volatile portrait of a crew trying, and often failing, to summon a horror movie out of very thin air
Full StorySynthetic Surrender: David Cronenberg’s ‘Crimes of the Future’ (2022)
The king of body horror takes us to a hellish future where mutated excess organs are removed as performance art in a horrifyingly bleak — and surprisingly touching — film.
Full StoryHorror Vacui: Mark Region’s ‘After Last Season’ (2009)
After Last Season is a horror film that doesn't function like any other horror film because it doesn't function like any other film, period. Our unconscious mind is helpless before this false reality.
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