Horror movies are, and have always been, a good bet for producers in terms of return on investment. They’re cheap to make, and popular – really popular, more so than you might think given the incredulous articles about the genre that pop up every once in a while.
30 There’s Something Wrong with the Children
A family takes a weekend trip with longtime friends and their two young children, but, they suspect something supernatural when the kids behave strangely after disappearing into the woods overnight.
Director: Roxanne Benjamin
Writers: T.J. Cimfel, David White
Starring: Alisha Wainwright, Amanda Crew, Carlos Santos
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29 V/H/S/85
An ominous broadcast brings viewers forgotten nightmares of the 1980s: a disaster recovery crew unleashes the wrath of an ancient god; a lake that brings the dead back to life; a performance art piece makes contact with a creature from the beyond; an all-guns-out undead bloodbath, and a disturbing vision of videotaped murders.
Directors: David Bruckner, Scott Derrickson, Natasha Kermani
Writers: C. Robert Cargill, Zoe Cooper, Scott Derrickson
Starring: Freddy Rodríguez, James Ransone, Jordan Belfi
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28 Brooklyn 45
Set on a freezing evening in December 1945, as five military veterans gather together in the ornate parlour of a Brooklyn brownstone. Best friends since childhood, they have reunited to support their troubled host – but when his invitation for cocktails turns into an impromptu séance, the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all too literal.
Director: Ted Geoghegan
Writer: Ted Geoghegan
Starring: Anne Ramsay, Ron E. Rains, Jeremy Holm
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27 Dark Harvest
Every fall in a small Midwestern town, a supernatural specter named “Sawtooth Jack” arises from the cornfields and approaches the town’s church, where violent gangs of young boys hungrily await their chance to confront the legendary nightmare in an annual harvest rite of life and death. Richie Shepard lives in the shadow of his big brother who won last year’s “October Prize” to get his ticket out of town. To prove himself and join his brother, Richie pairs up with restless dreamer Kelly Haines, who will do whatever it takes to escape this dead-end town. Against the rules and the odds, Richie and Kelly decide to hunt down the legendary nightmare to win the Run and their freedom, together.
Director: David Slade
Writers: Michael Gilio, Norman Partridge
Starring: Casey Likes, Emyri Crutchfield, Dustin Ceithamer
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26 Suitable Flesh
In a series of flashbacks, confused psychiatrist Dr Elizabeth Derby recounts the terrifying story of her downfall to her best friend and colleague, Dr Daniella Upton. It all started when Elizabeth had an unannounced visit by distressed teenager Asa, who kept insisting that there’s more to his abusive father than meets the eye. Genuinely concerned about the young man’s mental health, Dr Derby delved deeper and deeper into the strange case of multiple personality disorder, only to drift apart from her family. And the more Elizabeth exposed herself to Asa’s mysterious horrors, the more she questioned her sanity. But if the thing in Asa’s mind is real, what good is science when you’re suitable flesh?
Director: Joe Lynch
Writers: Dennis Paoli, H.P. Lovecraft
Starring: Heather Graham, Judah Lewis, Barbara Crampton
Box office: $22 000
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25 The Exorcist: Believer
When two girls disappear into the woods and return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, the father of one girl seeks out Chris MacNeil, who’s been forever altered by what happened to her daughter fifty years ago.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writers: Peter Sattler, David Gordon Green, Scott Teems
Starring: Leslie Odom Jr., Lidya Jewett, Olivia O’Neill
Budget: $30 000 000
Box office: $136 239 000
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24 Sick
During the pandemic, Parker and her best friend Miri, decide to quarantine in a luxurious lakeside cabin. Until one night when a masked intruder breaks in the house intent on killing them. Now Parker and Miri must fight for their lives and survive the night.
Director: John Hyams
Writers: Kevin Williamson, Katelyn Crabb
Starring: Gideon Adlon, Bethlehem Million, Dylan Sprayberry
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23 Insidious: The Red Door
In Insidious: The Red Door, the horror franchise’s original cast returns for the final chapter of the Lambert family’s terrifying saga. To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh and a college-aged Dalton must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing their family’s dark past and a host of new and more horrifying terrors that lurk behind the red door.
Director: Patrick Wilson
Writers: Scott Teems, Leigh Whannell
Starring: Ty Simpkins, Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne
Budget: $16 000 000
Box office: $189 086 000
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22 Cobweb
Eight-year-old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tap, tap from inside his bedroom wall – a tapping that his parents insist is all in his imagination. As Peter’s fear intensifies, he believes that his parents could be hiding a terrible, dangerous secret and questions their trust. And for a child, what could be more frightening than that?
Director: Samuel Bodin
Writer: Chris Thomas Devlin
Starring: Woody Norman, Lizzy Caplan, Antony Starr
Box office: $8 052 000
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21 The Blackening
Seven friends go away for the weekend and end up trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta. Will their street smarts and knowledge of horror movies help them stay alive? Probably not.
Director: Tim Story
Writers: Tracy Oliver, Dewayne Perkins
Starring: Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg
Box office: $18 169 000
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