13 horror, from which you get more than expected
Educational Program Cinema / / December 19, 2019
1. Away
Get Out
- United States, 2017.
- Horror, Detective.
- Duration: 103 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,7.
Black photographer Chris Washington is going to get acquainted with the parents of his white girl Rose. It would seem that they are very friendly, but Chris seems that the family of his bride, the maid and even the guests behave very strangely.
Comedian Jordan Peele totally unexpectedly acted as a director of horror film, which he also wrote the screenplay. But if you look closely, the picture idea fits perfectly into his work.
"Other" is not only a good horror with excellent suspense. It is also striking a political statement about the modern transformation of racism - very topical subject in America.
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2. Quiet place
A Quiet Place
- United States, 2018.
- Horror, fantasy.
- Duration: 90 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,7.
Evelyn Abbott and Lee live with their children on a remote farm. All their life they spend in silence, because somewhere near home to a monster that responds to sound. But children find it difficult at all times to be quiet, the more that young Regan deaf from birth.
The first known directorial project John Krasinski It offers an unusual view of the sound in horror movies. Usually the authors try to scare noise. There is also a big part of the story takes place in absolute silence, causing themselves and the audience to be very quiet. And even more frightening seem any harsh sounds.
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3. It
It
- United States, 2017.
- Horror, Thriller, Drama.
- Duration: 135 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,4.
In the American town of Derry in the late 1980s, children begin to disappear. Several students learn that their kidnapped by the monster clown Pennivayz. Bill Denbrough and his friends decide to kill him. But they have to act on their own, because the adults do not want to listen to children.
At first glance, the next film adaptation of the popular novel by Stephen King is pretty close to the original story. But in fact, the writer Cary Fukunaga He added into the story a lot of social commentary.
In the film, there is no positive adult character. And creepy clown here is more like a marker that marks the everyday evil: parents, bullying their children, indifferent passers-by and the media, accustomed to violence.
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4. reincarnation
Hereditary
- United States, 2018.
- Horror, Drama, detective.
- Duration: 127 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,3.
After her mother's death, Annie Graham - 78-year-old Ellen - with all her relatives begin to happen strange things. Day by day, open terrible secrets of the family: the unusual hobby of children, inadequate fear and the mysterious past of the mother. Each member of the family is gradually losing his mind, and all that is connected with the country of employment of the deceased.
"Reincarnation", as "quiet place", offers a different look at the building itself is a horror film. If you expect it to ordinary Screamer, the first hour can seem boring preparation for the main action. But all fears are rooted precisely in what is happening slowness and lack of any explanation. This film offers along with the characters feel the essence of insanity.
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5. Shed in a woods
The Cabin in the Woods
- United States, 2012.
- Horror, fantasy, comedy, thriller.
- Duration: 95 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,0.
Several students are sent to the cabin in the deep woods to get a good break. But they found in the basement of a lot of strange things and get caught up in a worldwide conspiracy, because they are watched by the scientists responsible for the sacrifice.
Directorial debut of Drew Goddard, literally turned the entire genre of horror. After all, this film explains everything typical subjects. After watching "Cabin in the woods"It is clear the origin of monsters, illogical in the behavior of the characters, and even the order in which the characters are usually killed.
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6. The Babadook
The Babadook
- Australia, 2014.
- Horror, thriller, mystery.
- Duration: 93 minutes.
- IMDb: 6,8.
Amelia's son was born exactly on the same day, when her husband died. Sam the boy for six years, but he does not sleep at night and behaves strangely, so Amelia have to pick him up from school. Once Sam is a children's book-horror story about The Babadook. After the mother with the child read it before going to bed, they no longer distinguish reality from fantasy.
Films about monsters from children's books has taken off very much. But there decided to talk not just about the terrible pugalki. The Babadook appears inevitable reflection of the evil that is present in every human being, and therefore indestructible.
7. Mama!
mother!
- United States, 2017.
- Horror, thrillerDrama, parable.
- Duration: 121 min.
- IMDb: 6,6.
The famous writer and his wife live in a secluded house. Once it is completely rebuilt their houses, giving it all my soul. But the calm violate intruders. The husband does not see nothing wrong with their presence, but the wife begins to feel that their idyll crumbles.
The film "Mama!" Was badly damaged by marketing. At the box office in theaters to advertise it as a horror. But Darren Aronofsky took a very deep and complex parable allows us to treat the plot of almost a dozen ways.
From this really scary, but it's not the usual fear of horror, and difficult internal experiences. Indeed, in the "mother!" One sees what he fears.
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8. Happy day of death
Happy Death Day
- United States, 2017.
- Horror, comedy.
- Duration: 96 minutes.
- IMDb: 6,5.
Trish killed right in her birthday. However, from that moment she has to worry about the day of his death until then, until he finds the killer. And they can be almost anyone.
The creators of the film have decided to cleverly mix almost all existing genres. Here the classic killer in a mask, and an endless time loop in the spirit of "Groundhog day", And a bit of comedy in the middle of the plot, and tense thriller in the final.
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9. The Skeleton Key
The Skeleton Key
- United States, 2005.
- Horror, thriller.
- Duration: 104 minutes.
- IMDb: 6,5.
Caroline arranged a carer to an elderly disabled person who lives with his wife in a huge house. When the heroine give key that can open any door, she discovers a secret in the attic room. After that, Caroline begins to notice a lot of strange events. She understands that it has something to do with the things of the room in the attic, and decides to understand what is happening.
The main thing for the director and screenwriter of any film - to make the viewer believe in the reality of what is happening, and then everything becomes real. It is in this situation is the heroine of the story. And it changes the idea of the mystical phenomena in the plot.
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10. Burden
Cargo
- Australia, 2017.
- Horror, Drama.
- Duration: 105 minutes.
- IMDb: 6,3.
In the world there was a zombie apocalypse. After being bitten by a person for two days turns into a monster who only thinks about food. Andy infected, and he has less than 48 hours to find your child a new home.
ossified genre zombie horror in the past two years, he is born again. Several brilliant films from different countries offer new insight into the flesh eaters. As part of the stories about zombies authors of the "burden" for Netflix created a touching drama about father's love, which can even defeat death itself.
11. hungry Z
les affamés
- Canada, 2017.
- Horror, zombie horror, drama.
- Duration: 96 minutes.
- IMDb: 6,0.
A small settlement in Canada is dominated by a zombie virus. Scattered survivors come together in groups and try to escape from the contaminated areas, but the undead encountered at every step. And the zombies are not only prey on people, but also participate in the mysterious rites, collecting mountains of garbage.
It is hard to imagine that the story of the living dead can be mixed with a philosophical narrative in the spirit Tarkovsky or Bresson. But "The Hunger Z» look that way. The film is frightening silence, long abandoned plans for territories and mysteriously freezes zombies.
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12. Paris. city Zombi
La nuit a dévoré le monde
- France, 2018.
- Horror, Drama.
- Duration: 93 minutes.
- IMDb: 6,0.
Once Sam has gone to pick up her things from the apartment ex-girlfriend and I was at a noisy party. He went to sleep in a closed room, and awoke to find that everything is either dead or turned into zombies. From that moment the hero is locked in a house and trying to survive without going outside.
And another unusual film showing the most realistic reaction to the human zombies. The protagonist does not start searching for something, do not fight the enemy, but simply lives alone and slowly going mad.
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13. devil's refuge
el habitante
- Mexico, 2017.
- Horror.
- Duration: 96 minutes.
- IMDb: 5,3.
Three sisters decide to rob the house of a senator. Broke, they discover a girl in the basement, chained to the bed. The owners claim that she was possessed by the devil, but the sisters decide it's just crazy and want to pick up a child.
For low-budget horrors beat the standard themes, often treated biased, and low ratings of the film - a clear indication of this. But in fact, "Refuge of the devil" - an interesting and novel story. After all, the entire second act is devoted to the past the main characters and their psychological trauma. And it is much worse in the final exorcism.
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