The Wailing
Jun Kunimura, Hwang Jung-min, Kwak Do-won
Soon after a stranger arrives in a little village, a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman, drawn into the incident, is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.
Why you'll love it
A complex Korean horror-thriller blending folk horror, psychological terror, and spiritual themes with mature violence and ambiguous supernatural elements that challenge and unsettle viewers.
Hereditary
Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne
A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.
Why you'll love it
A deeply disturbing family horror film with graphic violence, psychological terror, and occult themes that explores grief and generational trauma in deeply mature ways.
Midsommar
Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren
A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Why you'll love it
A daylight horror film set at a Swedish festival featuring cult rituals, explicit violence, and sexual coercion elements that create sustained dread and shocking moments (Unrated Director's Cut available).
The Witch
Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie
An isolated Puritan family in 1630s New England comes unraveled by the forces of witchcraft and possession.
Why you'll love it
A slow-burn psychological horror about a family in 1600s New England that descends into paranoia and darkness, featuring unsettling imagery and adult themes of hysteria and supernatural evil.
Pearl
Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright
In 1918, a young woman on the brink of madness pursues stardom in a desperate attempt to escape the drudgery, isolation, and lovelessness of life on her parents' farm.
Why you'll love it
A prequel to X featuring stunning cinematography and a disturbing portrait of a young woman's psychological unraveling, violent impulses, and twisted desires (Unrated).
Raw
Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella
A young woman, studying to be a vet, develops a craving for human flesh.
Why you'll love it
A provocative body-horror film about a vegetarian veterinary student who develops cannibalistic urges, with explicit scenes and disturbing sexual undertones that challenge adult viewers (Unrated).
The Babadook
Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall
A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.
Why you'll love it
A psychological horror-drama exploring grief, motherhood, and repressed trauma through a deeply unsettling creature that manifests from emotional darkness in a widowed woman's life.
X
Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in a rural Texas farm, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the crew find themselves fighting for their lives.
Why you'll love it
A gritty horror film set in 1979 about a film crew on a remote farm that encounters violent danger, mixing slasher elements with mature sexual content and commentary on desire (Unrated).
A Dark Song
Steve Oram, Catherine Walker, Susan Loughnane
A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.
Why you'll love it
A haunting supernatural horror-drama about grief and redemption involving occult rituals, featuring raw emotional intensity and mature themes of loss and desperation.
Hostel
Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eythor Gudjonsson
Three backpackers head to a Slovak city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.
Why you'll love it
An intense torture-horror thriller with graphic violence and adult situations as backpackers encounter a sinister underground organization; known for its brutal, unflinching approach to horror.