MY FAVOURITE HORROR FILMS WATCHED IN 2024.
My favourite horror films of 2024 (not all were released this year but I watched them for the first time in '24).
I watched a few hounds, because that's the nature of the beast, and I felt underwhelmed by a couple that were hyped. But, overall, it's been a very good year.
Longlegs was my favourite film but not by a wide margin, because the competition was high. As I said in my newsletter, I found the film and its ideas disturbing, infernal and oddly plausible. Much like other A24 produced films (Hereditary, Midsummar, Talk to Me) the film was not only innately strange but also possessed a transcendent quality. As did Heretic, which I also loved.
Curiously, nuns seemed to dominate the year.
And I was impressed with the prequels, origin stories and sequels in a way that I didn't expect to be.
So, with the exception of Longlegs, in no order of preference, I recommend:
Long Legs (Cinema)
Smile2 (Cinema)
Heretic (Cinema)
The Substance (Cinema)
Alien Romulus (Cinema)
Quiet Place Day One (Cinema)
The First Omen (Cinema)
Blink Twice (Sky)
Abigail (Sky)
Oddity (Shudder)
In a Violent Nature (Shudder)
The Stranger (Netflix)
Sister Death (Netflix)
Apartment 7A (Paramount)
Disappear Completely (Prime)
Immaculate (Prime)