Us
Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke star in Us, a Jordan Peele-directed thriller about identity, privilege, and a family who encounters their horror doppelgängers. Called the "Tethered," these look-alikes have a lot of terror in store for the whole world, as their history and connection to themes of "the Other" unfolds.
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Eyes Without a Face
Georges Franju's 60's French horror about a plastic surgeon looking for a face transplant for his daughter after a horrific car accident is both chilling and beautiful. Equal parts The Body Snatcher and The Mask of Another, Eyes Without a Face focuses on the daughter as she slowly discovers the lengths her father will go to fix his mistake.
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Carrie
One of the greatest Stephen King stories to hit the big screen, 1976's Carrie stars Sissy Spacek as a teenager who is ridiculed and pushed to the edge before discovering that she has psychic powers. Bullies beware!
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Diabolique
Diabolique is a psychological thriller by French noir director Henri-Georges Clouzot, who optioned the screenplay rights before Hitchcock could claim the tale for his own. Featuring a disappearing murder, an old boarding house, and an actually surprising twist, Diabolique has everything a story needs to provide thrills and chills.
Psycho
Alfred Hitchcock ascended to "the master of suspense" after Psycho, a horror classic about a scary motel, a creepy caretaker, and a piercing score. Taking a shower was never the same again.
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The Silence of the Lambs
Anthony Hopkins stars in The Silence of the Lambs as Dr. Hannibal Lecter, an incarcerated cannibalistic serial killer and former psychiatrist who must help an FBI trainee (Jodie Foster) catch another psychopath nicknamed "Buffalo Bill."
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The Blair Witch Project
A groundbreaking film centered on found-footage of horror, The Blair Witch Project follows three film students as they head into the woods to investigate the rumors of a ghost--"the Blair Witch." The film, as the movie alleges, is what was recovered after all three students mysteriously disappear.
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Candyman
Candyman is the story of a Chicago projects boogeyman, based on the true 1987 murder of a woman killed by an intruder who hid in an unknown crawl space behind her bathroom's medicine cabinet. The urban legend was dramatized in this 90's horror classic, about a killer who appears if you say his name in the mirror five times in a row.
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Hour of the Wolf
A young, artistic couple retreat to a cabin on the small island of Baltrum in this Swedish psychological horror that turns insomnia and loneliness into horrific visions and explorations of past trauma.
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Get Out
The breakout debut film for comedian Jordan Peele, Get Out began his transition into a horror visionary with the story of a young Black man (Daniel Kaluuya) who discovers his white girlfriend's dark, family secrets.
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Repulsion
For a director like Roman Polanski (who has been the subject of sexual assault allegations himself) to make a beloved film about a woman's fear of unwanted male desire may be a little telling, but this Catherine Deneuve-starring film is considered one of the greatest performances of paranoia on screen.
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Black Swan
Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis star in Black Swan, a psychological thriller about the life of a ballet dancer who drives herself to insanity as she attempts to secure the lead role in Swan Lake--an all too fitting analogue.
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The Sixth Sense
A young boy's ability to "see dead people" as they walk around and haunt Earth's inhabitants is just one of many twisted ideas in The Sixth Sense, a Bruce Willis-starring thriller that made director M. Night Shyamalan a household name.
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Bunny Lake Is Missing
Gaslighting and missing children are at the center of Bunny Lake is Missing, a horror film about a woman who goes to pick up her daughter from school and learns that she has mysteriously disappeared.
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Audition
A grotesque and tortuous Japanese film, Takashi Miike's Audition follows a widower who auditions the "role" of his next wife to find a match, only to discover dark secrets about the strange woman he's chosen to love.
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Nanny
Winner of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, Nanny is the story of an undocumented Senegalese woman working as a caretaker for an affluent Manhattan family. Tortured by visions of African folklore, she struggles to keep her job and make enough money to bring her son overseas.
Onibaba
Set during a civil war in Japan during the 14th century, Onibaba ("Demon Hag") follows two women who murder and rob wandering soldiers to sell their possessions. When a male neighbor returns from war, his close proximately tears their relationship apart.
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In the Mouth of Madness
Paying homage to the sci-fi/horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness is a small town mystery surrounding the death of novelist Sutter Cane, something of a Stephen King stand-in. Cane's final novel, aptly titled "In the Mouth of Madness," has been said to drive readers insane.
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Hereditary
One of the most disturbing films of the past decade, Hereditary solidified director Ari Aster as a modern master of horror and actress Toni Collette as an undervalued star. After the death of their grandmother, a family is haunted by a demonic presence named Paimon.
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The Wicker Man
The Wicker Man, a terrifying effigy held secret until the film's final scene, is a sight that caps off this 1973 horror masterpiece about a missing girl on an isolated Scottish island with deranged, religious inhabitants.
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