Bustamante sheds light on the Guatemalan military’s genocide of its indigenous Maya population, with protests against a retired general, Enrique, serving as the backdrop to the story. Not to be confused with The Conjuring franchise’s The Curse of La Llorona, director Jayro Bustamante’s adapts the legend of La Llorona (the Weeping Woman) to expose political horrors rather than supernatural ones. Interview with the Vampire is streaming on HBO Max. Kirsten Dunst costars as their vampire “child.” Plus, Antonio Banderas appears as Armand, a Spanish vampire later idolized by the human companion Guillermo in the What We Do in the Shadows FX show. The 1994 film based on Rice’s Interview with the Vampire stars Tom Cruise as the bloodthirsty vampire Lestat de Lioncourt and Brad Pitt as his tortured vampire companion. Interview with the Vampire Photo: Warner Bros.īefore Twilight and True Blood, Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles novels were the place to find sexy vampires. Conceived, written, filmed, and released during quarantine, Host is a relic of a strange time in our history. Once I was done screaming at a jump scare, I marveled at how the actor was able to make her chair fly backward. It’s impressive and spooky, especially considering that the actors had to rig up the cameras, lighting, and practical effects all on their own. Host expertly mines that terror - when a group of friends bored in quarantine decide to host a virtual séance and accidentally invite an evil spirit into the world.Īt a tight 57 minutes, director Rob Savage doesn’t overstay his welcome or drag down the narrative with any unnecessary filler. But in 2020, when nearly all of our socializing is done through a computer screen, the idea of a malignant force arriving via video chat is more terrifying than ever. If you’re in the mood for fun, gimmicky, B-movie horror, Child’s Play is a classic.Īs in Unfriended, the 2014 horror movie about a group of teenagers being haunted by their dead classmate via Skype, the conceit of Host is that viewers are watching the main character’s computer screen. While last year’s Child’s Play remake may have been perfectly watchable, the original 1988 movie about a murderous doll possessed by a serial killer is absolute, unapologetic schlock. We’d recommend sinking your fangs into any one of them - perhaps a double feature? This month, there are plenty of horror movies, from old favorites to new gems, to stream on Netflix, Shudder, Hulu, HBO Max, Amazon, and The Criterion Channel. Of course, there are plenty of excellent films - horror and otherwise - with runtimes pushing beyond the two hour mark (including one entry on this list, Interview with the Vampire) but it’s always refreshing when I can get through a whole movie without needing a bathroom break. Host, a new ghost story shot entirely in quarantine that recently released on Shudder, is a tight 58 minutes, and it doesn’t feel incomplete or rushed. This month, several horror movies deliver compelling frights in under-two-hour packages. There’s nothing better than a movie that doesn’t waste my time. But one perk of the genre that often gets overlooked is that horror films are often, mercifully, short. Horror has been a home for creators to work out humanity’s most primal fears, deliver sharp political commentary, or just play with audience expectations in fun and exciting ways.
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