1. Possum
2018 | 1 HOUR, 25 MINUTES
Aman walks around the countryside with the most horrific puppet you’ve ever seen. Just a photo of this monstrosity is scary enough, much less actually watching what it does in the movie.
2. Bone Tomahawk
2015 | 2 HOURS, 12 MINUTES
The first half is a western. The second is stark, brutal horror. This one hurts because that first part makes you love the characters, and the second … well, it’s pretty rough.
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3. Vivarium
2019 | 1 HOUR, 37 MINUTES
A young couple visits a suburban neighborhood looking to buy a house. Then they can’t get out. The houses are deserted, and the streets just loop back on each other. Things get worse fast.
4. It Follows
2014 | 1 HOUR, 40 MINUTES
Some thing won’t stop following you. No one else can see it. It looks like a person, but it’s not. It just keeps walking slowly, relentlessly your way. You don’t know what happens when it reaches you, but it probably won’t be good. This brilliant, nightmarish premise makes for a great movie.
5. The Witch
2015 | 1 HOUR, 32 MINUTES
With period-perfect 1600s dialogue, this movie captures the paranoia and dread of Puritan New England. Except this time, the witch trials aren’t a moral panic. There’s something in the woods, and it’s hungry.
