Horror is the movie genre most positioned to take advantage of the fears and desires in the deepest parts of the human psyche. These films stay in the mind long after the final scene, demonstrating horror’s enduring power.

Horror is the movie genre most positioned to take advantage of the fears and desires in the deepest parts of the human psyche. It’s also the genre that has pushed the boundaries of what can and should be seen on the screen, particularly in recent years. Horror films, particularly those released in the 1980s and afterward, have worked very hard to plumb the hearts and minds of viewers, bringing out those things that many people are afraid to face in their everyday lives and laying it all out on the screen. These films stay in the mind long after the final scene, demonstrating horror’s enduring power…

  • ‘Bone Tomahawk’
  • ‘The Wicker Man’
  • ‘Speak No Evil’
  • ‘The Witch’
  • ‘The Fly’
  • ‘Tusk’
  • ‘Jeepers Creepers’
  • ‘In a Violent Nature’
  • ‘Saint Maud’
  • ‘Funny Games’
  • ‘A Serbian Film’
  • ‘Martyrs’
  • ‘Cannibal Holocaust’
  • ‘The Human Centipede’
  • ‘Hostel’
  • ‘The First Omen’
  • ‘Get Out’
  • ‘Annihilation’
  • ‘Hereditary’
  • ‘Midsommar’
  • Subtracty@lemmy.world
    2·
    9 days ago

    A lot of these are not my cup of tea. The body horror and gore are too much for my squeamish sensativities. But I have to agree they are all incredible films that stick with you for a long long time. I am still traumatized by Tusk.

  • pudcollar [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    1·
    9 days ago

    The Witch and Annihilation aren’t that bad. Bone Tomahawk and Midsommar were pretty jarring. Maniac was traumatizing, not on this list. The anime Ajin. Basket Case. The Sadness.

  • BonerMan
    15·
    9 days ago

    A graphic documentary about the Holocaust is in my opinion much worse than any horror movie, especially when the documentary is about Mengele and what he actually did to humans. Horror movies are fiction, but most of them don’t come close to shit that happens during the 1940s. Japan did some horrible things as well, but there aren’t many good documentaries about it.

    (I think I should mention that its not entertainment and that I don’t understand the concept of horror movies as entertainment)

    • Kayday@lemmy.world
      41·
      9 days ago

      I don’t understand the concept of horror movies as entertainment

      Maybe don’t critique them then? I personally never ‘got’ horror as a genre either until the last year or so, but the feeling I get from a holocaust documentary is not comparable.

      • BonerMan
        1·
        9 days ago

        I think I don’t understand the concept itself…