First time director Jennifer Kent makes a horror film for the ages.
Beyond Horror: Blue Velvet
David Lynch’s iconic film finds horror in the banal. It’s as potent and disturbing today as when it appeared in 1986.
Beyond Horror: Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver
An unsettling classic about the making of a monster.
Beyond Horror: Roman Polanski’s Macbeth
Can Shakespeare be horror? In Roman Polanski’s hands, it can.
Beyond Horror: The White Ribbon
Michael Haneke’s 2009 film doesn’t have much in the way of jump-out-of-your-seat scares. But its quiet horror is almost unbearable.
Beyond Horror: The Night of the Hunter
There a few comparable cinematic experiences to The Night of the Hunter and its beautifully rendered nightmare Preacher hunting orphaned children.
Beyond Horror: Ingmar Bergman’s disintegration quartet
In a way, every one of the Swedish director’s works was a horror film—but these four are the scariest by far.