TAGGED AS: Horror

Scary Movies of 2017 by Tomatometer
The last few years have been banner times for the horror genre and 2017 continues the ghoulish trend with full-throated effort. See this year’s significant and underground horror films (each must have at least 10 reviews) sorted by Tomatometer! —Alex Vo
100%
Critics Consensus: Creep 2 has everything that made the original work and more -- more laughs, more awkwardness, more unsettling terror.
Synopsis: A video artist quickly realizes she has made a mistake when she meets a serial killer in a cabin.
Starring: Mark Duplass, Karan Soni, Patrick Brice, Desiree Akhavan
Directed By: Patrick Brice
91%
Critics Consensus: A darkly funny crime chronicle, Lowlife presents a Los Angeles teeming with memorable characters and propulsive style.
Synopsis: The lives of a luchador, an ex-con and an addict collide when an organ harvesting scheme goes awry.
Starring: Nicki Micheaux, Ricardo Adam Zarate, Jon Oswald, Shaye Ogbonna
Directed By: Ryan Prows
98%
Critics Consensus: Funny, scary, and thought-provoking, Get Out seamlessly weaves its trenchant social critiques into a brilliantly effective and entertaining horror/comedy thrill ride.
Synopsis: Now that Chris and his girlfriend, Rose, have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway with Missy and Dean.... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford
Directed By: Jordan Peele
93%
Critics Consensus: The Devil's Candy playfully subverts horror tropes while serving up more than enough stylish thrills to satisfy genre enthusiasts.
Synopsis: A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his family move into their dream home.
Starring: Ethan Embry, Shiri Appleby, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Kiara Glasco
Directed By: Sean Byrne
77%
Critics Consensus: Anna and the Apocalypse finds fresh brains and a lot of heart in the crowded zombie genre - not to mention a fun genre mashup populated by rootable characters.
Synopsis: A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux
Directed By: John McPhail
82%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: When a young woman who has a disease that makes her skin crumble away discovers that she can replace the skin with someone else's, she... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Rebecca Forsythe, Lucie Aron, Barbara Crampton, Sean Knopp
Directed By: Norbert Keil
93%
Critics Consensus: Raw's lurid violence and sexuality live up to its title, but they're anchored with an immersive atmosphere and deep symbolism that linger long after the provocative visuals fade.
Synopsis: Stringent vegetarian Justine (Garance Marillier) encounters a decadent, merciless and dangerously seductive world during her first week at veterinary school. Desperate to fit in, she... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Joana Preiss
Directed By: Julia Ducournau
91%
Critics Consensus: A Dark Song offers atmospheric, unsettling horror -- and marks writer-director Liam Gavin as one to watch.
Synopsis: A young woman and a damaged occultist risk their souls to perform a ritual.
Starring: Catherine Walker, Steve Oram, Mark Huberman, Susan Loughnane
Directed By: Liam Gavin
91%
Critics Consensus: Carla Gugino carries Gerald's Game's small-scale suspense with a career-defining performance.
Synopsis: A woman accidentally kills her husband during a kinky game. Handcuffed to her bed with no hope of rescue, she begins hearing voices and seeing... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Henry Thomas, Carel Struycken
Directed By: Mike Flanagan
89%
Critics Consensus: Carried by its charismatic young cast, Better Watch Out is an adorably sinister holiday horror film.
Synopsis: Ashley travels to the suburban home of the Lerners to baby-sit their 12-year-old son Luke at Christmastime. She must soon defend herself and the young... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Levi Miller, Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Dacre Montgomery
Directed By: Chris Peckover
88%
Critics Consensus: It Comes at Night makes lethally effective use of its bare-bones trappings while proving once again that what's left unseen can be just as horrifying as anything on the screen.
Synopsis: After a mysterious apocalypse leaves the world with few survivors, two families are forced to share a home in an uneasy alliance to keep the... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Riley Keough
Directed By: Trey Edward Shults
92%
Critics Consensus: Thanks to director Zak Hilditch's patient storytelling and strong work from lead Thomas Jane, 1922 ranks among the more satisfying Stephen King adaptations.
Synopsis: A rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain and convinces his teenage son to participate.
Starring: Thomas Jane, Neal McDonough, Molly Parker, Brian d'Arcy James
Directed By: Zak Hilditch
89%
Critics Consensus: The Lure adds a sexually charged, genre-defying twist to well-established mermaid lore, more than overpowering its flaws through sheer variety and wild ambition.
Synopsis: Two mermaid sisters become caught in a love triangle when they fall for the same man.
Starring: Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszańska, Kinga Preis, Andrzej Konopka
Directed By: Agnieszka Smoczynska
86%
Critics Consensus: The Transfiguration tells a quieter, more deliberately paced tale than genre fans might expect, but for those with the patience to let it sink in, it offers its own rewards.
Synopsis: Troubled teen Milo (Eric Ruffin) hides behind his fascination with vampire lore. When he meets the equally alienated Sophie (Chloe Levine), the two form a... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Eric Ruffin, Chloë Levine, Aaron Moten, Carter Redwood
Directed By: Michael O'Shea
85%
Critics Consensus: Well-acted and fiendishly frightening with an emotionally affecting story at its core, It amplifies the horror in Stephen King's classic story without losing touch with its heart.
Synopsis: Seven young outcasts in Derry, Maine, are about to face their worst nightmare -- an ancient, shape-shifting evil that emerges from the sewer every 27... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard
Directed By: Andy Muschietti
74%
Critics Consensus: Mom and Dad's gonzo premise serves as an effective springboard for a wickedly dark, bloody comedy - and an appropriately over-the-top performance from Nicolas Cage.
Synopsis: A teenage girl and her little brother try to survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origins causes parents to... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters, Zackary Arthur
Directed By: Brian Taylor
81%
Critics Consensus: Old Dolls can learn new tricks: This little murderer with a facelift is sillier and better than ever thanks to Don Mancini's Cult of Chucky.
Synopsis: Chucky returns to terrorize his human victim, Nica, who is confined to an asylum for the criminally insane. Meanwhile, the killer doll has some scores... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Fiona Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Alex Vincent
Directed By: Don Mancini
71%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: After 13-year-old Jacqueline Mather (Samantha Isler) loses her brother in a mysterious drowning accident, she is soon visited by three moonshiners who offer to bring... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Ted Levine, Samantha Isler, Danny Goldring, Ann Sonneville
Directed By: Hunter Adams
85%
Critics Consensus: Tragedy Girls injects familiar teen tropes with just enough up-to-the-minute commentary -- and pitch-black humor -- to work as an irreverently entertaining diversion.
Synopsis: Teenage crime reporters Sadie and McKayla are hot on the trail of a crazed serial killer. After capturing the maniac and holding him hostage, they... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Alexandra Shipp, Brianna Hildebrand, Josh Hutcherson, Craig Robinson
Directed By: Tyler MacIntyre
82%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A college student is attacked by a ghoul, a being that feeds on human flesh. He later receives an organ transplant from the ghoul, becoming... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Masataka Kubota, Yoshiko Sengen, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Yô Ôizumi
Directed By: Kentarô Hagiwara
85%
Critics Consensus: Dave Made a Maze offers decent storytelling but plunges deep into bold stylistic waters, establishing director Bill Watterson as a fresh and inventive filmmaker.
Synopsis: Dave, a frustrated artist who has yet to accomplish anything significant in his career, builds a fort out of cardboard boxes in his living room,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Kirsten Vangsness, Stephanie Allynne, John Morrison, James Urbaniak
Directed By: Bill Watterson
73%
Critics Consensus: Visually striking and aggressively confrontational, We are the Flesh may prove as difficult to watch as it ultimately is to forget.
Synopsis: After wandering a ruined city for years, two siblings enter a building and find a man who makes them a dangerous offer.
Starring: Noé Hernández, María Evoli, Diego Gamaliel, Gabino Rodríguez
Directed By: Emiliano Rocha Minter
74%
Critics Consensus: The Limehouse Golem offers old-school Hammer-style horror anchored by rich period detail and strong work from a solid cast.
Synopsis: Victorian London is gripped with fear as a serial killer is on the loose and leaving cryptic messages written in the blood of his victims.... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke, Douglas Booth, Daniel Mays
Directed By: Juan Carlos Medina
79%
Critics Consensus: Split serves as a dramatic tour de force for James McAvoy in multiple roles -- and finds writer-director M. Night Shyamalan returning resoundingly to thrilling form.
Synopsis: Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all... View Full Synopsis
Starring: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Haley Lu Richardson
Directed By: M. Night Shyamalan
78%
Critics Consensus: The Void offers a nostalgic rush for fans of low-budget 1980s horror -- and legitimate thrills for hardcore genre enthusiasts of all ages.
Synopsis: Cloaked, cult-like figures trap a police officer, patients and staffers inside a hospital that is a gateway to evil.
Starring: Aaron Poole, Kathleen Munroe, Ellen Wong, Kenneth Welsh
Directed By: Jeremy Gillespie, Steven Kostanski
77%
Critics Consensus: Slow-building and atmospheric, The Blackcoat's Daughter resists girls-in-peril clichés in a supernatural thriller that serves as a strong calling card for debuting writer-director Oz Perkins.
Synopsis: During the dead of winter, a troubled young woman (Emma Roberts) embarks on a mysterious journey to an isolated prep school where two stranded students... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton, James Remar
Directed By: Oz Perkins
69%
Critics Consensus: XX's array of distinct female filmmaking voices -- and the empowerment their collection represents -- offer enough thrills to make up for the overall uneven quality that plagues most anthology projects.
Synopsis: Filmmakers Jovanka Vuckovic, Annie Clark, Roxanne Benjamin and Karyn Kusama present four horrific tales of terror. In "The Box," a boy (Peter DaCunha) starts to... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Natalie Brown, Jonathan Watton, Peter DaCunha, Peyton Kennedy
Directed By: Jovanka Vuckovic, St. Vincent, Roxanne Benjamin, Karyn Kusama
71%
Critics Consensus: Annabelle: Creation adds another strong chapter to the Conjuring franchise - and offers further proof that freaky-looking dolls remain reliably terrifying.
Synopsis: Former toy maker Sam Mullins and his wife, Esther, are happy to welcome a nun and six orphaned girls into their California farmhouse. Years earlier,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Lulu Wilson, Philippa Coulthard
Directed By: David F. Sandberg
65%
Critics Consensus: Alien: Covenant delivers another satisfying round of close-quarters deep-space terror, even if it doesn't take the saga in any new directions.
Synopsis: Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, members (Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup) of the colony ship Covenant discover what they... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride
Directed By: Ridley Scott
68%
Critics Consensus: There's no denying that mother! is the thought-provoking product of a singularly ambitious artistic vision, though it may be too unwieldy for mainstream tastes.
Synopsis: A young woman spends her days renovating the Victorian mansion that she lives in with her husband in the countryside. When a stranger knocks on... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer
Directed By: Darren Aronofsky
68%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: When a local ice cream man who has a love for nostalgia starts to kill some of her neighbors, Mary is torn between her mature... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Deanna Russo, Emil Johnsen, John Redlinger, Sam Schweikert
Directed By: Megan Freels Johnston





