TOP 10 A24 HORROR MOVIES
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today we're talking about the BEST #A24 horror movies (in my opinion), make sure you stick around to the end for the honorable mention before you get too angry at my picks lol. what's your favorite horror & non-horror A24 movies?
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a24 is by far one of the heaviest and bravest productions. They aren’t afraid to make risks but, that doesn’t mean all movies are great. I always appreciate your reviews :)
That's why I love A24. Not bc I think they r always good but bc they take risks and r little by little bringing auteur and indi cinema to the mainstream scene with good productions at a technical level. When I say I like A24, pple assume Im the typical person that defends them as a whole but nope, I also think they've produced bad films, and that's ok :)
@sad penguin oh, okey, thx 4 letting me know. So they r distributors? They focus more in executive production?
In defense of tusk, the body horror and the feeling of being trapped and permanently altered to be in pain was horrifying to me. Like I think it's kinda dumb but also super fucking scary
This! Like, on this surface I know it’s so stupid and nonsensical (because, I mean, a dude gets turned into a walrus), but the whole movie is extremely disturbing to me in a way that a lot of other movies aren’t. The end scene where his friends visit him in the zoo and the walrus man just screams and screams while his friends walk away is one of the worst scenes I’ve seen in horror. Not to mention that the walrus man himself is really hard to look at for me. I’ve only seen a few scenes of the movie, but I will never watch the full thing because it freaks me out so much, lol.
@@KestellPlanet Same, I’ve watched Hereditary which definitely affected me, but not in the way that it seemed to everyone else. Tusk on the other hand, ludicrous & impossible as it is, chills me to the bone. (I too have only seen clips, I’d never ever watch it).
Yes! So true! It’s funny I was reminded of one of the reasons I love my husband so much because he watched tusk, loved it SO much, then made me watch it again with him. Sat through the entire thing again a day after he watched it. 45 minutes in I was like “what the fuuu…” and looked over at him with this huge grin on his face just loving it. He has such awesome and unique taste so I trusted him, and it was a damn ride
Exactly. I almost turned it off lol
This is the first I'm hearing of Tusk, and this is an incredibly obvious comparison and might even be a direct homage, but it immediately made me think of Kafka's Metamorphosis. I remember some people in high school thinking it was goofy, but the absurdity of the situation is what is so terrifying. The characters witnessing the transformation and the audience are in the same position, and have the same kinds of extreme reactions.
Most CZcamsrs: The Lighthouse is a master class in--
Sarah: Pass.
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Lmao I definitely have to agree with Sarah on this one. Even after watching and reading countless reviews explaining their interpretations, why they love it, and whatnot… it was still not enough for me to be like “OH! Well now I love it!”
It’s too bad really, because they both acted so well in it and I went into the movie wanting to love it… but it just didn’t click/do anything for me.
@@thecreatedvoid117 When people tell me that they don't like chocolate I do not get upset and try to explain why chocolate is good, I'm just glad that there's more chocolate for me.
I can't get through it. I fall asleep every time.
It is masterclass
My favorite is Hereditary, it's the boring answer, but it's just so immensely and immaculately well crafted that nothing else even compares, it actually gets scarier with every re-watch.
My second favorite, however is Eighth Grade, which I would consider as horror adjacent just because of how goddamn uncomfortable it makes me, it instantly transports you to middle school, and every terrible experience you've had there.
Bo Burnham is really good at just destroying you with deep emotional reactions.
Bo Burnham killed it with Eighth Grade
Eighth Grade is awesome!!
There are scenes in Hereditary that still haunt me so hard. I won't mention them to avoid spoilers but damn. UNSETTLING.
@@coreycasciano3255 Eighth Grade is cringey
@@Error_-ct2vp it’s supposed to be
I love A24 so much. They definately have the balls to try something new with each movie and I appreciate that they give individual filmmakers a chance
The director's cut added so many scenes. It showed more light in foreshadowing and more stuff about the cult. I also read the script which added even more scenes. Overall the director's cut is so good.
agreed! I really love the directors cut of midsommar, I think the scenes that were cut add so much more
I watched the original, then the directors cut, then the original again, so I'm pretty confident in saying I like the original better. I think the pacing holds you in suspense exquisitely, and the meandering in the directors cut allows you to get your bearings (ha) a bit too much which detracts from the overall experience imo. And Christian's shittiness started to feel a little heavy-handed in the added scenes iirc.
But it's possible I need to give the directors cut another try because these are relatively subtle differences and might have just been my mood at the time.
I have to watch this!
The Blackcoat's Daughter is definitely an underrated/underseen movie
I love that movie! It's rated so low in imdb
hereditary is a movie that fucking gut punched me into the god damn stratosphere. i have only seen it twice but i think about it often. it’s so effective and so… almost intimidating?? it’s definitely one of my all time favs, but i TOTALLY understand where you’re coming from. horror is entertainment and fun for most… & hereditary just isn’t that. it’s emotional, it’s devastating.. so i really get what you mean here 😂
Hail Paimon.
I love Hereditary so much because of the way it’s crafted 😩😩ahhh like I get why most don’t but I absolutelyyy love the artsy stuff 😭😆
I have only seen it twice too but damn the first time was crazy I used to live alone and I had to go out for a walk to calm down a little bit, I don't usually get affected by any horror movie at all. I still recomend it to everyone.
Oooh I know what u mean by being devastating.. that damn movie emotionally scarred me-& I honestly don’t think I COULD watch it again! Once was enough for me- thank u very much!
I've only seen it all the way through in the theater once too. I tried to rewatch it and started having a goddamn panic attack in the buildup to Charlie's death. Didn't even reach the actual part that kills me, his numb march back to bed, just the anticipation of it made me turn it off.
I'm sensitive.
I watched the black coat’s daughter not really knowing what to expect and it’s honestly one of the most frightening movies I’ve seen in a long time. I thought it was going to be kind of a moody movie with a few jump scares or even a little cheesy. I did not expect to be so scared and effected by it!
Underrated movie! No one talks about it, but it really is surprisingly effective and well acted.
@@obstinacy1621 yes! I think Emma Roberts is a great actress but at times I feel like they could have used someone else for some of her roles but she absolutely killed it in this performance
@@haileymarie9232 absolutely agree!! :)
when she’s in the basement praying and the way her body moves 🥴 still haunts me
I wish i understood what was going on
I've only seen The Witch once (in theatres) and I still remember it so vividly. It's definitely the most memorable movie on this list in my opinion.
There at the end you really nailed why I like Blumhouse movies more than A24. It's not that they're better movies; by and large, they really aren't. It's just that they satisfy that desire for entertainment I have more than A24 does. Complex thrilled-horror with nuanced visuals and themes has its place... but sometimes (most of the time) when I'm watching a movie to unwind, I just don't want it to get that deep and layered.
I like both, but idk whenever a new A24 trailer comes out I’m interested lol
I feel like Blumhouse pumps out mediocrity.
Yes exactly I'm glad I'm not the only one. I mean A24 definitely has some misses for sure but I feel like they are most of the time going for something idk meaningful I guess. Then you have blumhouse which sure just keeps pushing out content that is often mediocre for sure but has a good chance of being entertaining. At the end of the day entertaining is often what I'm looking for in a horror movie. So yeah I'm 9 time s out of 10 I'm going for the blumhouse movie
@@PumpkinBumpkin333 lots of super mediocre ones with the occasional gem mixed in
@@pnwgirl4 yes!
I can confidently say that tusk was the most disturbing movie I’ve ever seen like I never needed to see a human turned into a walrus 💀
But my favorite A24 movie is hands down hereditary that movie is amazing and effective
Same for me. It's a one and done. Won't watch it again.
@@vickytime3855 it’s the total opposite I’ve found, it had so much rewatchability with the stuff you might not notice the first time and stuff
@@DanceOfTheDawn5963 you're brave. It really creeped me out in the most unique way hahaha
I wanna watch it but I don’t wanna see a man turned into a Walrus
Omg and the end.. wtf!
LOVE TO SEE SOME SAINT MAUD PRAISE
I watched Blackcoat's Daughter because of your recommendation and I loved it! Actually left me very spooked afterwards which doesn't happen as often as I'd like! So happy I found your channel
I need to check it out! Did you stream it? I tried googling and I’m not sure if it’s on Hulu or not
@@jessicapreston9808 I found it on Prime Video in Canada! :) as of when I most recently checked it was still there
Midsommar is definitely my favorite A24, and probably one of my favorite movies period. I've spent so much money on it: I saw it in the theaters 3 times and then rented it once before it was streaming on Prime.
Geez me too
What does that say about you as a human being?
@@jonathansoko1085 That I have great taste!
Midsommar: I think the directors cut has some scenes that strengthen the movie, bit I wish they had cut the nighttime scene. Overall I liked it! I saw that version in the theater, which was my 4th theater viewing of the film haha
I won't lie Tusk scarred me for life. I can't unsee walrus man
Yessss omg I almost couldn’t watch this video
Jolyne you've seen snail men
I only wanted to see the stand of Johnny and instead I got a man turned into a Walrus
After watching The Northman, I was so impressed by Robert Eggers, I just blind bought The VVitch and The Lighthouse. I can't wait to watch them both. I've never seen either of them but this just makes me want to see them both even more.
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Great video, thank you! Here is also a list:
10. Climax
9. It Comes at Night
8. Green Room
7. The Witch
6. In Fabric
5. Hereditary
4. Saint Maud
3. The Lighthouse
2. Midsommar
1. Under the Skin
Love this list and the recommendations! St Maud and The Witch are my favourites for sure
I can’t enough of your videos! Amazing work!
love your channel soo much! always here right when you upload (:
Great choices in this list Sarah, I'm sure everyone has their own favourites and it's our differences that make talking about horror movies so interesting. Keep up your awesome content x
I'm glad I found your channel because I love horror movies and with you I can learn more about them
I like your shirt! Excited to hear your favorites
NOW THIS! THIS IS A VIDEO I HAVE BEEN DYING TO SEE. THANK YOU!
Same damn energy bruv
I’ve watched The Witch around 8-9 times and hereditary 5 times.
All the rest, at least 2 times.
Love a24
My fave is Hereditary (it’s also just my fave movie in general) and I also love Saint Maud. I’m planning to watch Green Room tonight since it recently got added to shudder and because it was directed by the guy who did Murder Party, I love that one so much. :D
I'm not pissed off, just...stunned! 😁. 'Hereditary' IS an experience for me, although I only managed to see it twice - I 100% agree, one needs a special kind of mood to watch it
I didn’t really understand the film, so I might re-watch it. And I don’t know why people found it scary? It was a bit boring for me.
I love a24s horror but I can't hear someone mention them without thinking of the movie Amy. It's a documentary about the life of Amy Winehouse and It is so beautifully done. Not a horror movie but I had never felt like I lost someone I'd never met until I saw it. It treats the subject of addiction with respect while also not being afraid to show the worst parts of it. I Highly recommend it to anyone whose ok with crying a lot
Glad that you mentioned Enemy, even if it's not a horror, it's such an underrated gem. Denis Villenuve is such a genius and Gyllenhaal is perfect in the role(s). "It comes at night" is also very good, although my favorites on your list are definitely "The Vvitch" and "Midsommar" (I live in Finland). Still have to watch "Tusk" and "False positive", very curious about 'em.
The double by Jose saramago is my favourite book! It's also very interesting how Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote a book, also called double, that pretty much has the same premise (a man who encounters his doppleganger) yet so different and approaching very divergent topics!
I love Hereditary, I have seen it like 5 times and I know in the future I will continue to enjoy watching it. I have not seen tusk, not my type of movie but I am vry intriged with The Blackcoat's Daughter and Saint Maud (now even more because of that image you said at the end)
great channel!!!
You should definitely watch Midsommar directors cut soon!! I also have it, and it made the movie even better than it already was (in my opinion of course). Without spoilers, the extra and extended scenes add a lot more context, especially with Christian and some of his motivation. The extra scenes are also cool, including one that’s during the night! I rewatched Blackcoats Daughter for the first time in years this past winter (I live in Minnesota so we get winter for like 5 months lol) and I watched it on a cold snowy night with a candle in the background and lights off and it really made that movie more atmospheric and really added to it!
I personally prefer the ambiguity between Dani and Christian in the theatrical cut and how we get to figure their relationship out on our own but I definitely agree that seeing more scenes with them together is quite effective and gives us a more in-depth look into Christian as a character. And I think the scene at the river in the directors cut is a really cool way of showing what the communion think of Dani but I still prefer it being less easy to figure out like it is in the theatrical version.
I’d love to see you do this for blumhouse I feel like they have a lot of rewatchable guilty pleasures :)
your videos are really good!
heyy im new to the channel so i dont know if you've done this already but i was thinking that u could make a video with horror movies with the best plot twists
Hey Sarah! What do you think about doing a little series about Ice Nine Kills music videos? Probably not all viewers are fans of the music, but maybe it would be a lot of fun to see your reaction and thoughts about hints from the movies!
actually took a writing camp with him as a teacher! He's such a lovely human (as are you) thank you for mentioning him!
I really like horror movies that invite me to turn toward difficult affective experiences. I think the a24 movies are great but they don't necessarily scare me. They leave me feeling disquieted or malaise. For example, I really experienced a sense of dread and malaise after watching St. Maude. It wrecked me. I also love Babadook because it's all about grief, depression, and motherhood. The beautiful thing about it, is that the protagonist experiences a sense of resolution when she is able to integrate the babadook into her affective experience rather than turning away from her grief. And midsummer, wow, it's disquieting because you see her boyfriend just really gaslighting her, and I could tell it was crazy-making for her.
If you liked the Babadook, I also suggest Before I Wake!
thanks for sharing and good info
I love watching these reviews I always find something I somehow overlooked
YES been waiting for this
My favorite A24 horror movies: The Blackcoat's Daughter, The VVitch, Hereditary, & Midsommar
I concur with your assessment of A24's entire body of work. I appreciate your list. I regrettably had to leave many good horror films off my personal favorite list. I am looking forward to the release of "Lamb" with Naomi Rapace in October. Perhaps not every film on this list would be considered horror.
10 The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
9 The Hole in the Ground
8 High Life
7 The Blackcoat's Daughter
6 Under the Skin
5 The Lighthouse
4 Ex Machina
3 Hereditary
2 The Witch
1 Midsommar
I absolutely love A24! I know it's not for everyone but my little spooky artsy soul just devours it! 🕸🖤 Although, I love almost any horror, so I guess my opinions aren't very strong! Lol!
I really like Tusk and Midsommar. The Witch is my favorite. Glad to have a list of some more worth checking out.
Great video Sarah! Will you be doing a Top 10 Stephen King films/Books? Would love to hear your thoughts on them 🤍 📚 ❤️
Ok you got me with skill share! Definitely gonna give it a shot for my writing and editing freelance. 🥰🖤
YES their writing classes are so good and they have so many
Saint Maud actually left me pleasantly surprised, I loved Midsommar and Hereditary
I appreciate you adding it Comes At Night even though the marketing was very false but I really enjoyed it a lot, I remember after it was over someone in the audience said “that was a piece of shit” 🤣
Some of my fav non horror: Lady Bird, Ex Machina, Waves, Uncut Gems, Good Time
I have never been this early! So excited to watch:)
Yeah I love a24 for the artistic side! I just saw The Green Knight. I love hereditary and midsomar , and we watch the Witch about once a year. I didn't realize room was them too! I've been meaning to watch the lighthouse and still will because I loved the Witch so much. Thanks for this list! Looks like I have some more movies to check out
yeah hereditary takes a lot of preparation to rewatch so i understand your pov. for me personally that reason is why it’s one of the best. i’ve only seen it twice to this day 😭
I will defend Tusk and It Comes At Night till the day I die lol
Awesome List. 2015 was actually a really solid year for film and no one even talks about it. I think the only one I'm still iffy on is It Comes At Night. Maybe I need to rewatch it.
Hi, Sarah. Portuguese speaker here, the J in Jose Saramago is pronounced as the French J (zh) in Portuguese ortuguese not as the Spanish J (h). Love your channel. :)
i love the directors cut 💛 i felt it had more foreshadowing/clues & added to the atmosphere!
I love that sometimes I don't agree with you! it's be so boring to just watch my own opinions thrown back at me. Never let the gatekeepers get you down! Followed for your love of Starry Eyes & kept following even when you dogged on Hellraiser 😝 because your opinion is still valid!! You still know your horror even if we disagree or our preferences are different!! Plus....ITS YOUR CHANNEL😂
"I'm just not emotionally stable right now so I can't do it." Same.
Love your honesty about these movies and I agree on your takes. Btw I really like Saint Maud. I've got to check out Tusk.
I'm conflicted about Tusk. It's so disturbing but I love Justin Long. I want to love it but I can't
I only seen Midsommar & The Lighthouse 😂. Absolutely loved Midsommar, one of my favorite horror films this century. The Lighthouse I understand if you disliked it, I loved it. I just view it as two dudes going absolute insane, was very funny. I need to see Hereditary and The Witch.
Definitely check out the green knight it's a24 and in theaters right now, pretty good medieval movie. But hereditary was amazing, and so was the witch.
Second "Midsommar" - very intense, disturbing, deeply psychological, my kind of movie. Love it.
finished watching tusk just a couple of hours ago and can definitely say that I'm one of those people who see it as a dark comedy with horror elements to it. and I regret watching it alone without my friends bc YEAH it would be so much more entertaining to see their reactions and commentary 🤣
Body horror disturbes me so much, I still think about tusk and want to cry, and I didn’t even watched the full movie, just the end with my sister because she was herself so disturbed that she needed me there to help her get through the end of it and traumatized me in the process lmao
I honestly don't see how its disturbing. I haven't seen it BUT A DUDE GETS TURNED INTO A WALRUS. That's so stupid I can't see how someone could be afraid, but I wouldn't know I haven't seen the movie
@@ChristianTurnes in theory IT DOES sound super silly! But like I said, the body horror its,,, gross tbh, how he LOOKS when he’s a walrus, the psychological trauma and damage that he goes through once he becomes the walrus, taking the comedic side of it apart, it’s pretty disturbing, the things he goes through and the final product
@@TheRottenDoll_ I agree exactly. I thought it was going to be ridiculous and I was really grossed out and disturbed in a very unique way. And I even like body horror! Hahaha
I love hearing your opinions on these films because they are often hit or miss with A24. Also i love seeing Junji Ito in the background. I also like that A24 has been giving new directors and actors the chance to make something different
one thing i respect about sarah is that she definitely marches to the beat of her own drum. i doubt anyone else’s top 10 a24 horrors looks like this!
also, i loved it comes at night! i went into it pretty blind and really enjoyed it. was very surprised to see such polarizing responses once i looked it up after the fact
trouble with it comes at night is that it's more fun to piece together what's going on than it is to actually watch.
I thought the director´s cut didn´t really add a whole lot. As a huge fan of Midsommar, it was cool to see the extra scenes, but I think the theatrical cut is tidier (and long enough as is)
I liked Midsommar when I saw it in the cinema, I got the blu ray of the directors cut and I enjoyed it even more. I don’t think there is a huge amount of new stuff added but there is enough to make it a better movie if that makes sense
The Lighthouse is my personal favorite. I was surprised to see you rank it so low. To each their own, I suppose.
As an avid follower, someone who really values your opinion on horror and finds so much agreement with your lists... I implore you to watch Hereditary again... as soon as you can manage it. Watch it with a trusted support person, if it will help. There is SO much more on rewatches to delve into and unwrap, if you can do it. This more begs for multiple viewings as there is so much under the surface. Again, I do understand the emotional weight involved with very tense horror and how upsetting it can be.. the toll it can take. If you ever can conceive of watching it again, you will see an entire second layer.
I’ve only watched room, midsommar, hereditary, the witch and recently the green knight and my favorite for sure is midsommar (tho I should really rewatch them and watch more A24 movies)
My favorite horror A24 movies are The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Hereditary, with Green Room not far behind.
And my fav. non-horrors are The Florida Project and Uncut Gems, with Moonlight also not far behind.
*editing to add* ahh you know every time I think I don’t really love Midsommar and that it’s just a good but not great film I’ll see a clip like the one inserted in this video and want to take it all back and say it’s a fav. It’s just so beautiful!
Where did you get that shirt, looks sick, btw your link to your bonfire I kept having issues i had to manually go to their website then search PBH
If The Killing of a Sacred Deer is considered horror that’s def at the top of my list. I love Yorgos so much
Finally got around to subscribing to your channel from your main, and despite not being an avid horror watcher, I love this channel! Also the set up looks 👍
thank you so much! 😭
nice picks
where did you bought this shirt? loved it
Where did you get that shirt from/get your shirts in general? Thx!
Where is your shirt from? It's perfect!
I just watched enemy last night and I loved it and tbh with THAT scene near the end I would consider it horrific. 😬
It’s so good and doesn’t get talked about enough imo
I'm so glad I'm not alone with my opinions on A24....especially The Lighthouse
Same. One and done for me.
Hereditary is a beautifully crafted, meticulous movie, and probably the most effective horror that I’ve ever seen. That being said, I think I kind of agree with you (funny being that my name is also Sarah 😆). I only saw it once in theaters and have otherwise watched it broken up into scenes on CZcams because I have not been in a place since I saw it in theaters to sit down and put myself through that again. I usually have some sort of fun when I watch horror movies, as far as having fun from the adrenaline rush goes, but Hereditary actually made me cry and gave me an anxiety attack in theaters lol. I couldn’t handle the raw depiction of a family falling apart after tragedy because it hit too close to home for me. It was the first time that I personally was able to relate on a mental and emotional level with a horror movie and it was fucking taxing. So like I said, it was EXTREMELY effective in horrifying me, but not in the “I wanna keep watching this!” Way, in the “I’m horrified and exhausted and I want to go home and cry” kind of way 😅.
that midsommar shirt is amazing! where is it from?
@ghoulcemetery on IG!
That “Uzumaki” looking great on that shelf 😎👌🏾
I'm curious to know your thoughts on The Green Knight if you've seen it!! I was confused throughout the whole thing but it looked very nice!
I went to the theater the opening weekend hoping for a super dark take on the fantasy genre and found myself in your same boat. I think that film required a certain level of knowledge of classical Arthurian literature and chiviry to begin the quest. Every shot of that film was stunningly beautiful and well acted but, I had to turn to youtube when I got home to find any understanding of what I just watched. Re-watching once The Green Knight has a home release and my new knowledge might help with greater appreciation later on.
The Best: The Blackcoat's Daughter
The Worst: False Positive
False Positive is underrated :(
My least Favorite is personally Tusk
Love your t shirt where did you get it from?
I feel like the beautiful thing about horror movies or a movie in general is how effective it is. I respect your opinions and your availability about not being able to watch hereditary but for it not to even place on this list just baffles me. I love you and your channel and have supported you for years but this just confused me cause good art is effective art... but anyways I respect your opinion and it is totally valid.
I disagree with so many of your opinions but that's why I come back to watch more. Keep doing you!
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I would probably say out of the ones I've seen, Hereditary would be my favourite, though I completely agree with you... I tried watching it for the second time on Netflix after seeing it in theaters and turned it off around the midway mark. I just couldn't take the emotions 😔
The Witch is my favorite. I really love atmospheric horror the best and Witch absolutely nails that spooky feeling.
Killing of a Sacred Deer is my personal favorite A24 horror. Its the only film in existance I can describe as both quirky and horrifying in the same sentence.
That’s kind of what I appreciate about A24 films… I either LOVE them or really don’t like them. It’s fun going into one and seeing which way it’s going to go for me lol.
don't you find that with the horror genre in general? I know i am starting to notice it a lot more but I think the story lines are breaking barriers or it's weak in certain areas.
@@SarahG1183 yes, that too. I get so stoked whenever I click on a random horror movie, not expecting much out of it, and it being way better than I expected. But at the same time, I’ve definitely been let down by ones that I expected to be good.
Midsommer is a good example of that. Probably in the minority with it lol. I expected to like it a lot and storyline wise, I didn’t like it (although it was produced and shot beautifully).
Edit - Even better example - Killing of a Sacred Deer. Heard so many good things and I honestly hated it.
@@thecreatedvoid117 GOOD DAY! thank you for being the first person to ever strike up a conversation on one of my comments! The random horror movie that is a sleeper but is amazing, gotta love them. They take my breath away! I will say that my BS meter on horror is a lot higher now than it's ever been and I think it's bc i've seen really great ones and don't want to waste 1.5 of time on the crappy ones. If i'm desperate for a horror fix I may venture out there but it's not often. I love Sarah's reviews and usually watch things she has suggested and sure there have been some where I was like meh but there have been a few I didn't know existed and were stellar.
I expected a lot different then what Midsommar seemed to project as well. Don't get me wrong the cinematog and images were incredibly artistic and I loved it, just the story line fell flat for me and it was a dragged experience. Now Sarah does mention that it's a mind bender horror wise and I just didn't find that. I found it kind of similar to the JLAW Mother movie. Killing of a Sacred Deer was a giant time suck too but the thing I liked was how far that kid was willing to make Colin Farrell go. Artistically it wasn't the best film but there was a little glimmer in the story line for me!
Do you have any suggestions or reco's you'd like to share? Thanks again for responding. I just want to talk about horror and film :)
@@SarahG1183 I 100% agree! I feel like I’m super picky about horror now, especially as of late. I mean the most recent one I liked, which I knew I was going to like due to the introduction of the character prior, was Terrifier. Don’t get me wrong, the movie itself is low budget and the acting is subpar, but his character is just so effective. Tbh, I can’t even think of a recent movie horror that really got me (Parasite was good but everyone has pretty much seen that by now). There are a few A24 horrors that I still need to check out though. I usually rely on finding b list horror lists via forums and CZcams and just going through them in hopes of finding at least one or two that I really enjoy. I’ve even gone down the rabbit hole of taboo horror films which, I don’t like the idea of doing, but it seems to be the point I have to be at in order to get anything out of said movie.
What I would recommend is looking into foreign horror films, more specifically Japanese and Korean. I have yet to be completely disappointed by any that I’ve watched. Current Hollywood ones are usually trash but you can find some good independent films still made here.
What was tough for me with Midsommer was just how unlikeable the characters were. I’ve heard people make the argument that that was the point…. but to me, that seems like a bad call. I actually think it could have been SO GOOD (setting, aspects of the cult, etc) but the storyline was, IMO, not a mind bender at all lol.
I think with Killing of a Sacred Deer that what really turned me off of the movie was the script. Again, I’ve been told it was intentional but oml, I could not get past how terrible it was.
For Sarah, I actually disagree with her in regards to her favorite era of horror being the 2000’s. Far from my favorite lol. A handful of movies she likes and dislikes are the opposite of me but I still love her videos and like to see someone else’s take and reasoning for their opinions.
I am brain farting any recs right this moment (or trying to think of ones that you probably haven’t seen yet lol) but I’m going to brainstorm and get back to you! Is there a certain type of or era of horror that you like the most? That’d help guide me on any suggestions. :)
@@thecreatedvoid117 I couldn't get into Terrifier. I liked that Art the Clown was so distorted and essentially f'd with everyone in his path AND brutally! I'm not a big clown person. For example the new versions of IT are not scary for me. I like the old version with Tim Curry as Pennywise. Not as many teeth and seems pretty friendly but there's more of an eerie quality. The rabbit hole of taboo horror films is interesting. Some are just YUCK while others are mind benders and you can't look away. What A24's are you still having to watch? I am defo going to check out Japanese and Korean horror, I have watched a few and I haven't been disappointed and I have some in the "To Watch" cue.
For your assessment of Midsommar, you hit the nail on the head for me. I COULD NOT STAND florence pugh's character. I get it her family died but she was just so annoying and then the people she went with were a bunch of dinguses. No mind bending for me either, just some weird shit happening at a cult setting. Even the imagery that would be disturbing wasn't that horrible in my opinion. Killing of a Sacred Deer - yes, there wasn't much to get excited about in that script that's for sure. Maybe the russian roulette at the end but like that's 15 mins, meaning there's 1.25 hours you have to get through.
I have a really hard time picking a time period for best horror because I think there is overlap. I like some really old ones that are trusties in my collection and then there are some new ones that really boggled my mind and I wasn't able to figure out the ending so that gets a bonus mark. I do like a large portion from the 90s and 2000-2010. There's less in the present time for sure. What would your time period be? and what particular films?
I'm a cinephile so I watch everything.... just please no CENTIPEDE! LOL! A couple movies i really liked that are taboo but not popularly known are: Midnight Meat Train, Loved Ones 2009 (aus horror), martyrs 2015 (french film), high tension 2003 (french film) and highly recommend the faces of death series. I also really liked Sarah's suggestion of the Abc's of death as well.
oo so Sarah is hitting 200k this spooky season 👀
The Lighthouse is #1 for me by far. An absolute masterclass in acting and cinematography.
Omg have u ever seen neon demon??? It’s not a 24 but it seems like it would be... would love to hear your thoughts one day
Both midsommar and the light house are some of my favourite movies of all time
The killing of a sacred deer is for sure my favorite with hereditary a close second
Hereditary and The Blackcoats Daughter are my favorites.