![]() ![]() ![]() *Joseph and Vanessa Winter’s “Deadstream” skewers YouTube culture with a charming and funny haunted house tale which takes several cues from the handmade charm of Sam Raimi’s early films. *Parker Finn’s “Smile” is the best crowdpleaser of the year, filled with effective jump scares, a spooky score, twists and suspense that is tailor-made for date night. Some high-profile titles have yet to come out, including festival favorites such as Mark Mylod’s “The Menu” and Luca Guadagnino’s “Bones and All.” But until then, Variety has ranked the best horror of the year so far.īefore the countdown, some honorable mentions: Themes of environmental decay (“Crimes of the Future”), the oppression of women (“Men”), toxic internet culture (“Scream”), surveillance (“Watcher”) and sexual repression (“X”) loomed large, linking fantastical scares to very real fright. With all of the horrors Americans are facing daily - a gun crisis, attacks on women’s rights, a Supreme Court hell-bent on legislating back to the olden days - it can be a difficult to engage with the artificial terror of scary movies.įittingly, many of the year’s best titles tapped into this anger and fear. ![]()
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