VARIETY Shares Their "Best Of Horror" For 2024, Do You Agree?
With the year 3/4 over, it is safe to say that 2024 has been another banner year for the horror genre. Granted, we have to acknowledge our bias as horror journalists, but the landscape of genre film this year has been diverse, exciting, and surprising with some films seemingly coming out of nowhere (“Abigail”) where others arrived to much-heightened expectations that left many film goers divided (“Longlegs”). Regardless of how you feel about each film released this year, in the aggregate, it is hard to argue with the overwhelming richness of the genre and its representation this year.
Industry trade and news machine, Variety, has shared its Best Horror of 2024 list and it includes many of the films you’d expect to see along with a handful that you may not. Studio productions like “Abigail” and “The First Omen” make appearances alongside some indie darlings like “Immaculate” and “I Saw the TV Glow”. Most notable is the dominance of every horror fan’s favorite streaming service, Shudder as the list includes more than a few of their original releases from this year like “Oddity” (our review) as well as “Infested” (our review) and “Late Night With The Devil.” What is most impressive is seeing the YouTube hit “Milk & Serial” on this list which demonstrates that the genre isn’t just thriving outside of the studio and indie system, but it’s also gaining mainstream attention and launching the careers of the next generation of filmmakers.
“2024 has been loaded with horror releases, with scary stories about everything from rampaging spiders to satanic late-night talk shows. This crop is distinctive for its unconventional reworkings of well-worn tropes. There’s a slasher that owes as much to Terrence Malick as to Jason Voorhees; a dystopian-future tale that eschews global destruction to examine the implosion of one family; and two movies about nuns with evil pregnancies. Better yet: Several of these efforts have made waves at the indie box office, illustrating the horror audience’s affinity for going to strange new places.” - Variety
Check out the list for yourselves and let us know what you think. Are these the best of 2024, and is there anything missing?
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