I reached 100 films on 21st September, which is ridiculous, but every new-to-me horror film I watched from then to 31st October is a bonus for this year’s challenge! The bonuses are in the order I watched them. Scroll through, or click on the films in the list below to jump straight to them. I put a little heart icon beside ones I liked.
In the end, I made it to 150 new-to-me Horror Movies in 92 days!
Here’s my previous post listing the first 100 horror films by country: 100 films, 30 countries!
The complete list of all 150 films is here: https://letterboxd.com/cmrosens/list/100-horror-movies-in-92-days-2024/. Page 1 is ordered by release date, oldest first. Page 2 has all the bonuses in roughly the order I watched them.
Bonuses by Country:
Australia
Run Rabbit Run (2023)
Violett (2024)
You’ll Never Find Me (2023)
Austria
Hotel (2004)
Brazil
Esta Noite Encarnarei no teu Cadáver/This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse (1967);
O Caseiro/The Caretaker (2016)
Canada
Pyewacket (2017)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane (1976)
Czechia
Prokletí domu Hajnů/The Damned House of Hajn (1989);
Vlčí bouda/Wolf’s Hole (1987)
Polednice/The Noonday Witch (2016)
**Dominican Republic
La Bruja/The Witch (2021)
Egypt
الحارث/El Hareth/Tiller (2020)
**Estonia
November (2017)
**Finland
The Twin (2022)
France
Le Vourdalak/The Vourdalak (2023)
**Iceland
Beast (2022) (also USA production);
Rökkur/Rift (2017)
Italy
La morte negli occhi del gatto/Seven Deaths in the Cat’s Eye (1973)
I lunghi capelli della morte/The Long Hair of Death (1964)
Indonesia
Siksa Kubur/Grave Torture (2024);
Do You See What I See (2024);
Ivanna (2022)
**Iran
آن شب / The Night (2020) (also USA production)
Ireland
Oddity (2024)
You Are Not My Mother (2021)
Japan
仄暗い水の底から/Dark Water (2002)
妖怪百物語/100 Monsters (1968)
**Lao People’s Democratic Republic
ນ້ອງຮັກ/Dearest Sister (2016) (also **Estonian production)
Mexico
Blue Demon: El Demonio Azul (1965)
Huesera/Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022)
**Nigeria
The Origin: Madam Koi-Koi (2023)
**Sweden
Svart cirkel/Black Circle (2018) (also Mexican production)
**Thailand
ร่างทรง/The Medium (2021)
Turkey
Siccîn (2014)
Siccîn 2 (2015)
Siccîn 3 (2016)
Gulyabani/Ghoul (2014)
United Kingdom
Hollow (2011)
Daddy’s Head (2024)
Paperhouse (1988)
Starve Acre (2023)
Possum (2018)
The Woman in Black (1989)
United States of America
They Live in the Grey (2022)
The Strangers: Prey at Night (2021)
Sinister 2 (2015)
Kolobos (1999)
Azrael (2024) (also an Estonian production)
The Watchers (2024)
**New country, additional to the original 30!
(101) Beast (2022) dir. Baltasar Kormákur: A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.
Iceland/USA production set in South Africa – this one made me cry! The real beast is grief, etc etc.
(102) Siksa Kubur/Grave Torture (2024) dir. Joko Anwar: When a violent act kills her parents, Sita vows to debunk the idea of supernatural torment after death — a fixation that leads her on a dark quest.
Yet again, I picked a film with a core of grief and the traumatic loss of parents totally by accident and serves me right, really. I really appreciated the angry girl. (If you want recs for supernatural horror totally in Islamic boarding school settings with rebel girls, try Qorin (2022) dir. Ginanti Rona).
(103) La morte negli occhi del gatto/Seven Deaths in the Cat’s Eye (1973) dir. Antonio Margheriti: In a small Scottish village, horribly murdered bodies keep turning up. Suspicion falls upon the residents of a nearby castle that is haunted by a curse involving a killer cat.
Gothic Horror Romance with all the pulp twists and turns you could wish for, plus some excellent ginger cat rep. I really enjoyed this one, and there are at least two bisexuals in it. The cat rep is better than the bi rep.
(104) Oddity (2024) dir. Damien McCarthy: After the brutal murder of her twin sister, Darcy goes after those responsible by using haunted items as her tools for revenge.
One of my favourite horror films of 2024 so far, really worth a watch. I enjoyed this one a lot and watched it the first day it streamed on Shudder (UK). I also liked Caveat (2020) which is from the same director.
(105) Esta Noite Encarnarei no teu Cadáver/This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse (1967) dir. José Mojica Marins: Zé do Caixão, the unholy undertaker, is back in town to continue his quest for the perfect woman, embarking on an even more brutal campaign of terror, aided and abetted by his hunchbacked assistant.
I don’t think these films are for me exactly, but I definitely appreciate why they’re cult classics of Brazilian cinema.
(106) الحارث/El Hareth/Tiller (2020) dir. Mohamed Nader: A married couple heard a strange story during their honeymoon about a night where the moon is absent, the desert is angry, and the people on the outskirts of the Siwa Oasis believe that Satan is searching for a bride.
Thanking God every day for my husband
CW: child death, [inaccurate] drug use, next level gaslighting.
(107) Siccîn (2014) dir. Alper Mestçi: Öznur is a young and beautiful woman in love with Kudret, her cousin. Kudret, however, is married. Jealous, Öznur uses terrible black magic to change this so that she and Kudret will be together. However, she is not prepared for the evil that this spell unleashes.
CW: miscarriage. This film does the thing of cutting off abruptly at the end and filling in with “true story” information, but apart from that, it’s a solid horror/melodrama with the emotions ramped up to 11. Recommend. Watched on YouTube.
(108) Siccîn 2 (2015) dir. Alper Mestçi: Adnan and Hicran are happily married however when their son die as a result of a mysterious accident Adnan becomes distant from his wife. Hicran starts investigating her past to see how it could connect to the death of her son.
This one went hard as fuck. So much trauma and a cold open. Ending was a bit more wrapped up than the first (not by much), but absolutely off the wall. Watched on YouTube.
(109) Rökkur/Rift (2017) dir. Erlingur Thoroddsen: Months after they broke up, Gunnar receives a strange phone call from his ex-boyfriend, Einar. He sounds distraught, like he’s about to do something terrible to himself. Gunnar drives up to the secluded cabin where Einar is holed up and soon discovers that there’s more going on than he imagined. As the two men come to terms with their broken relationship, some other person seems to be lurking outside the cabin, wanting to get in.
I enjoyed this one – a tragic gay relationship, so no HEA (this is a horror film). CW: rape/CSA backstory. I’m filing this one under “there’s something outside and it might be a metaphor”. I went in expecting something like El Páramo/The Wasteland (2021) or The Wind (2018) but it’s more of a quiet, slowburn unravelling of two men and an examination of the rift between them. There is also a geological rift. It works on many levels.
(110) آن شب / The Night (2020) dir. Kourosh Ahari: An Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them, in a night that never ends.
I’m not a fan of Hotel California premises usually, but I wanted to give this a chance. If you are a fan of disorienting trapped-outside-time situations, complete with secrets and relationship drama, this film is worth a look. Another man that can get in the bin.
(111) Siccîn 3: Cürmü Aşk/Sijjin 3: The Forbidden Love (2016) dir. Alper Mestçi: Growing up, siblings Sedat and Kahder live a happy life with their childhood friend Orhan. The trio’s kinship is further strengthened by the union of Orhan and Kahder in a holy matrimony. However, when the siblings are involved in a fateful accident, Orhan’s faith is put to the test in his desperate attempt to save his sanity by making a deal with the devil, all in the name of love.
A messy story that’s basically a tragic romance gone horribly wrong. Enjoyed it. Watched on YouTube.
(112) Gulyabani/Ghoul (2014) dir. Orçun Benli: A group of filmmakers go off into the forest to write a low budget fantasy film script at a hunting lodge in Anatolia, and (accidentally) awake a real, child-eating, shapeshifting legend trapped in a well.
Low budget horror comedy. Basically think of this as the Turkish Leprechaun that will take 1.5hrs from your life, and give you some mild entertainment in return. Really liked the girl solidarity through the melodrama in places, but that soon unravels.
(113) The Origin: Madam Koi-Koi – 2 feature-length films in a two-part series.
(113a) Chapter 1: The Awakening (2023) dir. Jay Franklyn Jituboh: A vengeful spirit stalks an isolated college, drawn by the school’s grim history of sexual violence and one student’s mysterious ties to the past.
(113b) Chapter 2: Emi Esan (Spirit of Vengeance) (2023) dir. Jay Franklyn Jituboh: A villager tells detectives an incredible story of a cursed land and a crime gone unpunished – with Amanda unwittingly holding the key to both.
CW: Rape. Nollywood two-part movie series with sexual violence and corruption at a boarding school, with a supernatural revenge plot. This is on Letterboxd as a series, so the second part is classed together with this one. Both parts are about 1hr each, so it has a total runtime of just over 2hrs.
(114) Do You See What I See: Cerita Horor #64 – First Love/Do You See What I See (2024) dir. Awi Suryadi: Lonely Mawar makes a birthday wish for a boyfriend over her parents’ graves, which is granted when she meets Restu. Her best friend Vey is equally excited at first, but when uncanny events start happening, Vey suspects Marwar’s new boyfriend may not be all he seems.
I really enjoy this director’s work, and this is a fun college horrormance. Don’t make wishes in graveyards, I guess. Or do! Depending on how you feel about corpse demon boyfriends.
(115) Prokletí domu Hajnů/The Damned House of Hajn (1989) dir. Jiří Svoboda: Sonya is the heiress to the riches of a Czech noble family—the Hajns. Petr, a social climber marries her, ignoring some shady goings-on—in particular, an insane uncle who prowls the mansion believing himself invisible, a peccadillo the family indulges. The uncle’s stalking every corner of the house, popping out of cupboards and out from behind curtains slowly takes its toll on the young bride.
Slowburn Gothic drama, tragi-comic start spiralling into full-on tragic, with a deteriorating spiral of mental health at its core leading to child endangerment and suicide. Watched on YouTube.
(116) Vlčí bouda/Wolf’s Hole (1987) dir. Věra Chytilová: Eleven disparate adolescents, gathered for a skiing camp at an isolated winter resort, find themselves preyed upon and set against one another by their three mysterious instructors.
This is another slowburn film but with some adolescent drama and sinister forces at play at a ski camp. I liked this one, it’s a weird, contemporary 1980s drama with sinister supernatural overtones. Watched on YouTube.
(117) Run Rabbit Run (2023) dir. Daina Reid: Sarah is a fertility doctor with a firm understanding of the cycle of life. When she is forced to make sense of the increasingly strange behavior of her young daughter Mia, she must challenge her own beliefs and confront a ghost from her past.
Really creepy horror thriller where Mia may be a reincarnation of (or possessed by) Sarah’s sister Alice, who disappeared aged 7. I enjoy Australian family horror a lot – some crossover themes here with Relic (2020) and The Babadook (2014).
(118) Blue Demon: El Demonio Azul (1965) dir. Chano Urueta: Wrestler vs mad-scientist with werewolf serum.
A classic that spawned the Blue Demon franchise, I watched this on YouTube but the quality here is poor. I didn’t really enjoy it but I think that’s because of the quality of this video? I like wrestling and the whole showmanship of it, and I like werewolves and mad scientists! I get why it’s a classic, for sure. But I think not for me.
(119) They Live in the Grey (2022) dirs. Burlee Vang, Abel Vang: While investigating a child abuse case, Claire discovers that the family is being tormented by a supernatural entity. In order to save the family, she must confront her own fears and use her emerging clairvoyance to stop the malevolent force.
Contemporary American Gothic tale of broken people, broken relationships, and the twisted, destructive ways grief manifests in different kinds of relationships. Enjoyed this one.
(120) Pyewacket (2017) dir. Adam MacDonald: A frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to invoke a witch to kill her mother.
Angry Canadian teen girl folk horror – if you like Slapface, this is possibly a good double bill with that movie.
(121) Hollow (2011) dir. Michael Axelgaard: An old monastery in a small, remote village in Suffolk, England has been haunted by a local legend for centuries. Left in ruin and shrouded by the mystery of a dark spirit that wills young couples to suicide, the place has been avoided for years, marked only by a twisted, ancient tree with an ominous hollow said to be the home of great evil. When four friends on holiday explore the local folklore, they realize that belief in a myth can quickly materialize into reality, bringing horror to life.
Solid found footage folk horror set it Suffolk, where things do be weird. I liked this for the relationship trauma and the psychological aspects of it; it was more slowburn drama played out like reality TV, and that is my jam.
(122) O Caseiro/The Caretaker (2016) dir. Julio Santi: Davi Carvalho is a psychology professor who wrote a book about how we project traumas of our past as paranormal events. A student from out of the city, Renata, asks him for help for her little sister, Julia. Someone is hurting her and her father believes it is the ghost of a caretaker that lived in the family property years ago. Renata, seeking a rational answer, invites Davi to go to there family’s house in order to find the truth behind it.
This was a solid supernatural thriller, although beware that DID is suggested as the natural explanation at one point in the film.
(123) La Bruja/The Witch (2021) dir. Ronny A. Sosa: 40 years ago, a man made a pact with a witch in exchange for the life of his granddaughter when she turned 15. Now the time has come, and the family must fight.
I thought this one was fine, but the pace was a bit too slow for me. There was a lot about it I liked, and I appreciated the central family dynamics.
(124) Svart cirkel/Black Circle (2018) dir. Adrián García Bogliano: The lives of two sisters change dramatically, since they were hypnotized by a mystical vinyl record from the 1970s.
Lovecraftian Weird Horror that satirises the self-help vinyls and self-help industry – yes please. This is the a really good film from this subgenre. Swedish/Mexican. Worth a watch for sure. I find doppelgangers and doubles inherently creepy, so this is a good one if you like that concept!
(125) The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018) dir. Johannes Roberts: A family’s road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked killers pay them a visit to test the family’s every limit as they struggle to survive.
Not for me; I find this franchise boring. I saw the first one a while ago and it didn’t do anything for me. I heard this was one of the best in the franchise, but this was boring too, so I think it’s safe to say these aren’t for me.
(126) ร่างทรง/The Medium (2021) dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun: A horrifying story of a shaman’s inheritance in the Isan region of Thailand. But the goddess that appears to have taken possession of a family member turns out not to be as benevolent as it first appears.
Thai mockumentary that I really thought was a documentary at the start! Some really disturbing bits in it with the kind of body horror and slow unravelling of a young woman that I thought made parts hard to watch.
(127) Ivanna (2022) dir. Kimo Stamboel: Ambar & Dika have just begun with a new chapter of life when years-old grudge of a malicious entity unfolds before their eyes. With a gift she unwillingly has, Ambar is now forced to finish the vengeance of the entity, a headless Dutch spirit, Ivanna.
I wanted to like this. It had the Haunted by the Past trope and everything, but I didn’t know what to make of it, and it was overly stretched out. It really didn’t hook me at all.
(128) Sinister 2 (2015) dir. Ciarán Foy: A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that’s marked for death.
I remember how scary I thought Sinister (2012) was, and this had a completely different vibe. I thought the central premise – a woman and her kids on the run from a violent ex wind up in a haunted house, where she finds unexpected romance with a private eye who makes her feel safe – was a really lovely plot to hang the sinister happenings around. The problem for me is the sinister happenings. They’re just not very sinister, because the real-life ex is worse than the supernatural problems they’re encountering. The tone is definitely not in-keeping with the first movie. I would basically advise watch this one first, in a vacuum, and see if you like it.
(129) Kolobos (1999) dirs. Daniel Liatowitsch, David Todd Ocvirk: Five young individuals agree to live in an isolated lodge together and have their daily activities filmed. But soon the house is locked down and they each run into the murderous clutches of a faceless serial killer who may not be working alone.
I should know better than to watch 90s US-made films where mental health and self-harm is central to the plot, yet here we are. If anyone knows of a 90s US-made film that actually deals with these topics well, let me know.
(130) ນ້ອງຮັກ/Dearest Sister (2016) dir. Mattie Do: A village girl travels to the Lao capital, Vientiane, to care for her rich cousin who has lost her sight and gained the ability to communicate with the dead.
Slowburn social drama with supernatural elements that spirals into some really dark depths. It was a solid film. The abuse and deliberate neglect at the end really got me.
(131) Daddy’s Head (2024) dir. Benjamin Barfoot: A boy and his stepmother fear for their safety after an eerie creature resembling the boy’s recently deceased father visits them.
This one was a tougher watch for me, I don’t usually do well with media where a female caregiver abuses alcohol, but I really enjoyed the film overall, it was pretty solid and creepy. Definitely worth a watch. I choked up on a few moments and really liked the ending.
(132) Huesera/Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022) dir. Michelle Garza Cervera: Valeria’s joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she’s cursed by a sinister entity. As danger closes in, she’s forced deeper into a chilling world of dark magic that threatens to consume her.
I’m glad I watched this one – this is a dissection of [Mexican] societal pressures on women, as well as antenatal and postpartum depression and anxiety, intersecting with questions around identity, queerness and repression and regret. A good review here.
(133) November (2017) dir. Rainer Sarnet: In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.
I loved this. I don’t know how to describe it? It’s an arty concept folk horror based on the novel Rehepapp by Andrus Kivirähk, and I really want to read that now. Watch it on YouTube with Eng subtitles here.
(134) Hotel (2004) dir. Jessica Hausner: When Irene takes a position at a hotel deep in the woods of the Austrian Alps, she soon discovers the girl she replaced vanished without a trace.
A slowburn drama with Gothic/Folk horror elements, as the foreshadowing catches up with the protagonist and events come full circle, leaving you with more questions than answers. I might pair this with Lake Mungo, possibly. This was a very low anxiety film for me. I liked it. Watch on YouTube with English subs here.
(135) Violett (2024) dir. Steven J. Mihaljevich: In a rural Australian town, a sick Mother fears unspeakable evil will soon snatch her 11 year old daughter, Violett. As bizarre visions and disturbing characters from the neighborhood emerge, Sonya is about to discover more than just one grisly truth.
Cathartic sad psychological horror, low budget, deliberately destabilising and creepy. I liked it, I did guess the various reveals before they happened, but the ride was worth taking to get there.
(136) You Are Not My Mother (2021) dir. Kate Dolan: In a North Dublin housing estate Char’s mother goes missing. When she returns Char is determined to uncover the truth of her disappearance and unearth the dark secrets of her family.
Loved this one. I had that nightmare about my mum when I was about 5, like Char does at the start of the film. I really vibed with this and I just wish that kid could have stuck up for herself more.
(137) 仄暗い水の底から/Dark Water (2002) dir. Hideo Nakata: A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.
This reminded me of the real case in the US where a woman went missing and was found in a water tank. Chill 00s J-Horror with creepy supernatural threat.
(138) Paperhouse (1988) dir. Bernard Rose: A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.
This is an 80s coming-of-age fantasy drama that has some horror elements, but is classed as a horror-fantasy. I really like British gritty kid perspective fantasies like this, and the dark turns they take. This is like one of those public service films warning you Not To Go In Tunnels, or Don’t Dream About Houses You Drew In A Composition Book.
(139) The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) dir. Nicolas Gessner: Quiet, withdrawn 13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives peacefully in her home in a New England beach town. Whenever the prying landlady inquires after Rynn’s father, she politely claims that he’s in the city on business. But when the landlady’s creepy and increasingly persistent son, Frank, won’t leave Rynn alone, she teams up with kindly neighbor boy Mario to maintain the dark family secret that she’s been keeping to herself.
This is set in New England but filmed in Quebec, with Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen as a paedo? What even is this movie? Plus – she gets a magician boyfriend. Animal Death warning. Tense af, the horror is in the interactions with Frank and Rynn at first, and then the family stuff comes out.
(140) Polednice/The Noonday Witch (2016) dir. Jiri Sádek: A story of Eliska and her daughter, starting a new life in a remote house with the ‘father away on business’, as the mother claims. After the lie is disclosed, their relationship begins to wither. At that time, the mythical Noonday Witch begins to materialize. She is coming closer and closer and the question is poised: is the danger real or is it all in the mother’s crumbling head?
Another grief horror metaphor, and I enjoyed this one. Sad, tense.
(141) 妖怪百物語/100 Monsters (1986) dir. Kimiyoshi Yasuda: A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out of a tenement building and destroy the shrine in back. But he makes the fatal mistake of hosting a 100 Ghost Stories ceremony without the closing cleansing ritual, opening the door for the Yokai Monsters to punish the wicked.
Loved the yokai design, and seeing corrupt officials get theirs.
(142) Starve Acre (2023) dir. Daniel Kokotajlo: When their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside.
I was disappointed in this. The concept is fine, but I was very aware I was watching a film adaptation of a book. There wasn’t enough space to explore the son’s issues, his death was rushed, and then it sort of dragged rather than got creepier as the tree was uncovered. I might read the book.
(143) Possum (2018) dir. Matthew Holness: A disgraced children’s puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him his entire life.
Fucked up British horror about confronting trauma. Slow-paced, atmospheric, Sean Harris gives a heartbreaking childlike performance and Alun Armstrong is great as his vile stepfather. It’s also about child abduction and piecing together the central mystery of the missing teen boy, which swims in and out of focus through the film.
(144) You’ll Never Find Me (2023) dirs. Indianna Bell, Josiah Allen: Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the weather. The longer the night wears on and the more the young woman discovers about Patrick, the more difficult she finds it to leave. Soon she begins to question Patrick’s intentions, while Patrick begins to question his own grip on reality…
Well this one took a turn. If you like one-room psychological horror where reality and fantasy are blurred, and it’s all about the dynamics and the dialogue, this is the one for you. I enjoyed this.
(145) Azrael (2024) dir. E. L. Katz: In a world where no one speaks, a devout female hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, Azrael is due to be sacrificed to pacify an ancient evil deep within the surrounding wilderness.
I enjoyed this a lot – it was spared a lot of pontificating and bad theology that these types of post-Rapture films can have and it’s a fun action film instead where you have to fill in the gaps for yourself based on body language and other cues.
(146) The Woman in Black (1989) dir. Herbert Wise: When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman’s dreary home and no one will explain or even acknowledge the menacing woman in black he keeps seeing.
A really good version of this story with a more faithful ending to the book and play than the 2012 film had. I enjoyed it a lot. It may be made for TV but parts of it genuinely gave me chills, more so than most other films I’ve watched for this challenge so far!
(147) I lunghi capelli della morte/The Long Hair of Death (1964) dir. Antonio Margheriti: In a 15th century village, a woman is accused of witchcraft and put to death. Her beautiful older daughter knows the real reason for the execution lies in the lord’s sexual desire for her mother.
This lags a bit, and it’s a tad distracting to have completely different subtitles to the English dub on top (I couldn’t watch in any other format), but it’s ok.
(148) The Twin (2022) dir. Taneli Mustonen: Every parent’s worst nightmare is just the beginning for Rachel’s ordeal as in the aftermath of a tragic accident, she and her husband Anthony decide to move to the other side of the world to focus on their surviving twin son Elliot. What begins as a time of healing and isolation in the Finnish countryside turns into a desperate battle for the very soul of their son as an entity claiming to be his dead twin brother takes over Elliot — setting Rachel on a diabolical journey to unravel the horrible truth about her twin son.
Slowburn folk horror, turns into psychological drama and is another grief-focused one.
(149) The Watchers (2024) dir. Ishana Night Shyamalan: A young artist gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night.
Based on the novel by A. M. Shine – I think I’ll read the book and see how that is. I like that author’s work and I just haven’t managed to read this one! This is more fantasy horror, and I really enjoyed the concept, and loved the ending.
(150) Le Vourdalak/The Vourdalak (2023) dir. Adrien Beau: Lost in a hostile forest, the Marquis d’Urfé, a noble emissary of the King of France, finds refuge in the home of a strange family.
My final new-to-me film in the challenge. I wanted to end with something queer, twisted, and Gothic. This seemed like the right thing from the reviews (non-spoilery). I was also promised puppet sex, and that’s something this film also delivers.
Here’s the end!
A wonderful bonus 50 films, lots of spooky recommendations here, and if I didn’t vibe with something don’t let that put you off taking a look for yourself.
Happy Halloween.
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