Midsummer! Horror for people who can only tolerate the edges of the genre. Florence Pugh is a legend. Beautiful art throughout and Ari Aster (director) is so good a building suspense and the feeling of something not being quite right, until BLAMMO… things are not alright!
Oct 31, 2024
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Probably one of my favorite horror movie ever watched, and I’m a fan of this genre which is I think is a pretty difficult one to master . I remember feeling totally invaded by its atmosphere after having watched it, which is a great sensation. I loved the pace, and the precision of everything including the art direction , the music, colors, the acting and the way terror slowly meddles as the movie goes.Â
Feb 10, 2025
I am someone who says they hate horror yet all my favourite films are horror films. This is because I have a very specific type of film I love. I don’t particularly like to be scared, I don’t like harrowing gloomy horror, I don’t like jump scares. i dont like extreme violence (when it’s realistic, I don’t mind silly gore). I have no interest in watching kids get their heads smashed in or whatever. I LOVE a good concept, I love highly stylish and stylised films, good set design and costumes. I love when things just feel a bit like…weird and off centre? With that in mind here are a few of my favourite films (they’re all horror but they’re also just the best films). I’ve also attached a link to my list on letterboxd, it’s not just horror but like all films that to me feel like high concept weirdness? It’s a vibe thing 🤷🏻‍♀️
Sci-fi horror:
Annihilation
Donnie Darko
Under the Skin
The Substance (i am partial to a silly body horror)
A Cure for Wellness (this one also fits under Gothic Horror too)
Get Out (also has moments of horror comedy)
Horror comedy:
Jennifer’s Body (probably my all time favourite film)
what we do in the Shadows
The Love Witch
Cabin in the Woods
Fresh
Gothic Horror:
Bones and All
Byzantium
Crimson Peak
Only Lovers Left Alive (I would argue this isnt even a horror at all but its a vampire film so I guess it counts)
Then these are a few others that still (to me) have the same vibe but I can’t categorise them as easily:
Shirley (possibly gothic?)
The green knight (isn’t quite a horror but has horror elements)
Promising young Woman (has horror comedy elements but is also just far too painful to be a comedy)
Nightmare Alley (also probably gothic?)
Horse Girl (quite similar to Donnie Darko imo, but plays more on the insanity route to be called a sci-fi)
Parasite (this is called a comedy but like…is it really?!)
Saltburn (also kind of gothic kind of comedy)
Two honorary mentions I will say that might deviate a little is It Follows (which does have some jump scares and is genuinely terrifying but is high concept and weird vibey enough for me to love it) and Midsommar (which has a lot more intense violence than I usually enjoy but is again great concept and isn’t dark and jumpy).
Oct 28, 2024
Suspiria is originally a horror movie from the 1970s that I am yet to watch, but the remake is one of my all-time favorites. If you can handle gore and a lingering sense of dread, this movie is for you. The aesthetics are on the darker side—the original seems to be much lighter in color—but the cinematography is still mind-blowing and beautiful. Additionally, the soundtrack/score is by Radiohead's Thom Yorke, and his calm music contradicts the horrific scenes playing before your eyes. It is really an adventure of a film. 11/10.
Feb 26, 2025
