Florence Pugh as Dani in Midsommar, wearing her May Queen outfit and smiling, surrounded by flames
Who doesn't love a bit of psychological horror? Plain slashers and ghost stories seem underwhelming compared to what a great, psychologically tough-to-handle horror movie can actually do; it doesn't have to be filled with blood or jumpscares to set up a scene or a point. This isn't to say slashers and ghost stories aren't terrifying or capable of being mentally difficult—a lot of them are exactly those things, which is why they're in the horror genre.
The Black Phone may not be the scariest movie of the bunch, but its story can be traumatizing to viewers sensitive to children getting hurt. The tension in The Black Phone is accomplished by Derrickson's obvious love for horror; he is said to have been inspired by classics like Rosemary's Baby and The Devil's Backbone. The movie was so successful that Derrickson is planning a sequel for October of next year.
7 'Titane' Directed by Julia Ducournau Titane is about Alexia , who was in a car accident as a child and has a permanently infused titanium plate into her skull. Alexia loves cars and is both a dancer at underground car shows and a ruthless serial killer. On the other side of town, the fire chief Vincent reunites with his long-lost son after a decade; he takes the boy in as his son, but things take a turn for the worse when Vincent and Alexia cross paths.
✕ Remove Ads The main character is Tasya Vos , an assassin who infiltrates other people's psyches and gets them to commit murders on behalf of her and her company. When the target becomes the wealthy CEO John Parse , Vos infiltrates the mind of his daughter's fiancée, Colin , to make the hit. However, Vos' increasingly unstable psyche isn't up to the challenge of handling Colin's.
✕ Remove Ads Bjorn and Louise are at first too shy to go but are essentially forced by their feeling of duty after promising they'll visit Patrick and Karin. They see it as a chance to take a road trip, so they leave. At the Dutch couple's house, though, things are not what they seem to be, and the two are stranger than Bjorn and Louise thought.
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