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Killer dog movies can be a tough sell but this one comes with the pedigree of the master of horror, Stephen King. Given the state of the world in the 2020s, this might be the kind of cautionary horror tale that’s even better now than when it came out a decade ago. It’s deadly simple – a virus turns people in a small Iowa town into violent maniacs. Horror remakes are almost always awful, but this 2010 remake of the masterful George A. They keep challenging their new friends to greater and greater risks for money. As the two reminisce and drink, they run into a rich couple looking for a bit of entertainment in their lives. Healy plays an ordinary guy who runs into an old friend at a bar after a really bad day, played by Embry. Katz’s indie darling is really more pitch-black comedy than straight horror, anchored by a quartet of great performances from Pat Healy, Sara Paxton, Ethan Embry, and David Koechner. To say that she starts taking her work home with her would be an understatement. This one is about a woman (Niamh Algar) whose job is to cut out the nasty bits from genre films so they can be released. No one is better than Hulu for recent horror indie hits. Prano Bailey-Bond’s 2021 Sundance hit has already done its brief theatrical and landed on Hulu for subscribers. Intense and unforgettable, Black Swan is a daring piece of physical horror about pressure, competition, and insanity. Natalie Portman won an Oscar for her incredible work in Darren Aronofsky’s 2010 film about an obsessive ballet dancer whose life falls apart while working on a production of Swan Lake.

He becomes fascinated with the encounter, and Cummings and his co-writer PJ McCabe spin a riveting tale of obsession and toxic masculinity that feels like a 2020s update on David Lynch. The indie writer/director of Thunder Road and The Wolf of Snow Hollow returned with another gem in 2021 with a horror thriller about a man who receives an invitation for anonymous sex. It’s a unique, vibrant piece of filmmaking. (Yes, you read that right.) Newcomer Elle Lorraine plays a young woman who works at a MTV-esque music channel and rises the ladder of fame after her amazing new weave helps eliminate her enemies.

Justin Simien surprised fans by following up his social satire Dear White People with a very different kind of film in this ‘80s-set movie about a killer hair weave.
