Whether you're a lifelong horror hound or a new convert to the joys of the genre, it's
a good time to be a horror fan.
Recent years have had something for everyone, and 2019 is showing no sign of letting us
down yet.
Here are the best horror films of the year so far.
Midsommar follows Dani, a young girl tagging along with her boyfriend and his friends to
a remote Swedish village as it prepares for a rare midsummer festival.
As you might expect, things escalate from there.
Midsommar isn't just horrifying — while there are some standard horror elements thrown
in, the bulk of what makes the movie frightening is also what it has in common with Hereditary.
It's about guilt and grief and loss, and the entire film feels raw and unnerving.
This tale of a family encountering their own crazed, murderous doubles is even more layered
and complex in its themes than Jordan Peele's previous Get Out, and decidedly more ambitious.
It's intense, deeply original, and scary as heck.
Us proves that Jordan Peele's position as one of the most important creative voices
of his generation is secure.
Plus, the movie also proves definitively that Lupita Nyong'o is one of the greatest actors
currently working.
"The girl had a second child, a boy this time.
They had to cut her open and take him from her belly."
The original Happy Death Day finds a college student getting murdered by a masked killer
again and again, forced to relive her birthday until she can figure out how to break the
time loop.
2019's sequel, Happy Death Day 2U moves the story just one day into the future and deeper
into science fiction.
The film is packed with quantum reactors, alternate timelines, and colliding doppelgangers
twisting in all kinds of directions, including back into the original film.
It's a bigger, better, wilder film than the original.
Reboots can be tricky.
Follow too closely to the original, and there's a good chance a film will be labeled as lazy.
Go too far outside the lines, you'll lose the nostalgia appeal.
2019's Child's Play manges to walk that fine line, giving a 1980s horror story about a
possessed doll an internet-era update that plays on the ridiculousness of its premise.
Yes, Child's Play is going to be about what you'd expect to see from a killer doll film.
But it also seems to have an understanding of its own limitations and doesn't try to
project some deeper meaning.
It's an hour and a half of gory horror, wrapped up in a bow of '80s nostalgia.
Velvet Buzzsaw finds director Dan Gilroy turning a satirical lens on the pretentious culture
of fine art.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo lead an ensemble cast of characters who come into contact with
the works of a little-known deceased painter.
The paintings themselves begin killing off critics and dealers one by one, putting a
serious crimp in their lucrative dealings and torrid affairs.
This supernatural, occasionally silly, blood-drenched commentary on the collision of art and commerce
didn't quite garner the overwhelming praise that Nightcrawler earned.
Nonetheless, plenty of critics found plenty to enjoy in this campy horror flick.
"The best work is only enjoyed by a few and they buy what they're told, so why not join
the party?"
Fresh off Jordan Peele's 2017 horror hit Get Out, Allison Williams takes another dive into
the genre here as Charlotte, a former musical prodigy who begins an affair with her school's
current lead cellist, Elizabeth.
While it's clear from the opening credits of The Perfection that Charlotte doesn't have
the purest of intentions, the full extent of her motivation makes for one hell of a
twisted ride.
To say more would spoil the insane twists of the film, but trust us when we say that
the film is not for the faint of heart.
The film itself might not be perfect, but The Perfection definitely feels one of a kind.
Greta is as much about emotional vulnerability as it is about the horrors of befriending
random strangers in the New York City subway system.
Chloë Grace Moretz plays Frances, a young woman new to the city, who's dealing with
her mother's recent death and is in need of a friend.
Enter Greta, a seemingly kind older woman who's forgotten her purse on the subway and
could also use a friend.
The pair strike up a relationship and it isn't nearly as innocent as it first appears to
be.
The wide open spaces of the American frontier are often romanticized by classic westerns,
but The Wind recognizes the horrific potential of all that emptiness.
In the film, tough frontierswoman Lizzy is haunted by that emptiness, personified by
the ever-present wind howling across the plains.
Despite reassurances from her husband, Lizzy becomes increasingly convinced that some sort
of demonic presence is haunting their homestead.
Is there something supernatural out there, or is the horror of The Wind nothing more
or less than loneliness itself?
It's a question that will haunt anyone who goes along for this moody, atmospheric ride.
The Hole in the Ground spins a subtle story about a woman and her son moving to a village
in the countryside to escape a troubled past.
But there's something disturbing about their new home — namely, the enormous sinkhole
in the nearby woods.
The atmosphere and metaphors of The Hole in the Ground are far better experienced than
described, but we'll just say that you won't be disappointed when you dive in to check
them out for yourself.
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