If you're a horror fan, then you know that it might be the most pozzed of all genres. Seemingly every other big new horror movie is a retarded allegory for sexism, racism, homophobia, etc. It's to the point where any horror movie getting any buzz whatsoever is almost certainly woke as shit.
Obsession is the current big deal in horror, so of course it's very overtly about male entitlement, misogyny, etc. Because we can't have horror that is character and plot driven with maybe a little sprinkling of social commentary on top. Nah, it's all gotta be subtle as a trainwreck.
Anyways, good horror suggestions:
- The Empty Man
- The Void
- Terrified
- When Evil Lurks
- Bone Tomahawk
The two best horror movies I've ever seen are The Thing, and Event Horizon. The latter is critically underrated, although The Thing rightly is considered a top tier classic.
The Thing sits right next to the original Alien for me as a film that I can return to periodically and enjoy even though I've seen it several times before. It's part comfort media, part unreasonably high standard that I wish had more peers. It just nails pacing and tension so well. Most horror movies these days are tripping over themselves to reveal the monster and give no thought to actually building up the characters enough to let the audience connect with them and become invested.
The Thing is in my opinion the apex of practical effects in film. The only movie that even comes close in comparison is Jurassic Park.
I think Alien is in the running and the fact that it is has a lot to do with why it was so effective. I really wish there were more films on the level of The Thing though. It's a film that scratches an itch that no other film does.
Not just an itch, people have been arguing about which of them if any at the end are The Thing since I was in diapers. It's more than a cult classic, it set a standard that has only rarely ever been met since.
It showed, it didn't tell. It let you make up your own mind. It challenged you to think and it surprised you even when you did. There is nothing like the first watch of The Thing. It's marvelous to watch it with newbies and not tell them anything, just watch them pause and speculate repeatedly.
Event Horizon has my favorite line in any horror movie out there.
Lawrence Fishburne reviews the recordings of what went on and immediately says "We're leaving." Everyone in a horror movie sticks around for all the wrong reasons. Fishburne (Captain Miller) does the sensible thing and wants to leave.
Event Horizon is still top of my list!
Well worth it.