2022 has been a big year for terrorbecause in addition to the wide range of proposals that have been both in cinemas and on platforms, a series of titles have emerged from the festival circuit that have given (and will give) a lot to talk about in the near future.
An example of the good health of which terror lives (and despite whoever writes it has been saying it for years), was the interesting article published in The playertitled A scary happy new year and in which directors such as Ti West (‘X’, ‘Pearl’), ‘Zach Cregger (‘Barbarian’), Parker Finn (‘Smile’), Chloe Okuno (‘Watcher’) and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett ( ‘Scream’), is about that beautiful state of terror in 2022.
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Then they go thirteen of the horror films that no one should miss if you want to be aware of what the current trends are and what hit the mark this year in the genre.
The best horror movies of 2022
13 ‘Blackphone’
Based on a short story by Joe HillBlumhouse brought us Scott Derrickson’s new directorial pitch, in which Ethan Hawke played The Grabber, a small-town Colorado child abductor in the 1970s.
His latest victim is Finney (Freemason Thames), a thirteen-year-old boy who will see that, locked up in his attacker’s dark cellar, he can communicate through an old telephone with all the murderer’s victims, who will help him draw up an escape plan from that inhabited house of horrors. by a true Bogeyman.
Black phone in eCartelera
12 “Terror 2”
What Damien Leone accomplished will go down in the annals of genre film history, as no one outside the B-horror niche gave a dime for the (anticipated) sequel to ‘Terrifier’, which had become one of the surprises of the year grossing a staggering $10.6 million at the box office in U.S. theaters (assuming its $250,000 budget), a word-of-mouth success during the Halloween season.
The iconic Art the Clown returns to give us an over-the-top ultragore party (where the make-up and handcrafted practical effects shine) not for sensitive stomachs, in two and a half hours of excesses that have to be seen to be believed.
Such was the boom, that Selecta Visión will release it in theaters in Spain on February 23rd.
Terrifier 2 on eCartelera
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After touring the whole world with the short film of the same name, Carlota Pereda has repeated the feat with her debut, in which Laura Galán once again plays Sara, a teenager who will discover that bullying and fatphobia won’t be her problems main events during a hot summer in rural Extremadura, when a ruthless killer has just appeared in the place.
‘The massacre of Texas’ intersects with the costumbrismo of ‘Alcarràs’making Pereda one of the new voices of Spanish terror to be reckoned with.
Pork on eCartelera
10 ‘Pearl’
The youth of the character of Pearl, the elderly woman of ‘X’ ended up being a villain origin story that paid homage to the origins of cinema, in which Ti West dialogues with the current pandemic crisis by making a similarity to the Spanish flu that swept the United States in 1918.
Mia Goth continues to look gorgeous and has confirmed herself as one of the current stars of the genre, giving us an interpretation that is already iconic and that it could be straight out of a Robert Aldrich psychological horror drama.
Pearl on eCartelera
9 ‘He shouted’
After starring in ‘V/H/S’ and directing ‘Wedding Night’, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett have been asked to tell us the return of ghostfaceand they did so with a proposal that was faithful to the origins of the saga and which also served as a generational replacement.
Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette are back in Woodsboro to face a new killer who has targeted a group of teenagers with some connection to Billy and Stu, the psychopathic couple from the first episode.
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8 ‘X’
Hand in hand with A24, in April Ti West brought us the first episode of the trilogy with which he returned to the forefront of the battle, having spent a few years focused on television work.
A love letter to 1970s horror cinema, which many saw as a tribute to ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’, but which actually had much more in common with such B-movie examples as Tobe Hooper’s ‘Deathtrap’. Mia Goth and Jenna Ortega as new scream queen at the moment, ran into deep America a slasher about sex drives, desire and frustration.
X on eBillboard
7 ‘bone’
Michael Garza has managed to make his name a name to be reckoned with for the future (and present) of horror cinema, ever since The Mexican director achieved with ‘Huesera’ that half the world surrenders at her feet. After sweeping through festivals and garnering countless awards, it will hit theaters in early 2023 in the US and Mexico.
A story that speaks of motherhood, fears and monsters, which supports the non-traditional family and which manages to overthrow the heteropatriarchal norms, in which Natalia Solián is Valeria, a young woman who, after becoming pregnant, begins to suffer the harassment of a woman terrifying creature.
6 ‘men’
Alex Garland has taken us to the English countryside to be part of the nightmare to which the character of Harper (Jessie Buckley) will be subjected.
From surreal imagery to popular horror, passing through impressive body horror in its final stretch, ‘Men’ didn’t mince words when it came to clarifying that one of humanity’s main problems is and will be heterosexual men. because it’s not here “Not All Men” That is worth.
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5 ‘No!’
With just three films, Jordan Peele has already become the current master of fantastic cinema, and this has been confirmed by ‘NOP’.
Keke Palmer and Daniel Kaluuya play two brothers whose ties to Hollywood link their ancestors to the origins of cinema, who will do anything to find out what it is that cloud that hangs motionless over their ranch, and that will lead Peele to wander. about the passion for entertainment in the United Statesabout wanting to get the perfect shot and, incidentally, laughing at conspiracy theories and how white people react to horror movies.
NOP in eCartelera
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Chloe Okuno he directed one of the best segments of ‘V/H/S/94’ and managed to sign this year one of the most potent horror thrillers to have seen the festival circuit. Because although there are those who believe that it is a thriller title about gaslighting and a harassed womanthe way ‘Watcher’ embraces the purest horror in its final stretch is more than obvious.
In it, Maika Monroe is a young woman who moved to Bucharest for love after her husband got a good job opportunity. Adding to the loneliness in the Romanian capital is the fear caused by an apparent stalker in her building across the street. Meanwhile, a serial killer who beheads women is on the loose in town.
3 ‘You smile’
Parker’s feature debut Finn was one of the big surprises of 2022, placing in the 20th highest-grossing film of the year with a total of $216 million in worldwide grossing.
Finn knows exactly how to play a witch train, as he uses (well) an infinite number of archetypes, spaces and scenes reminiscent of other things we’ve seen before: from the creepypasta scene of “The Ring: The circle” to the creepiness of ‘It Follows’, traversing moments that evoke ‘Terrofied’ or ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’. And the best thing is that the final collage ends up being authentic.
Smile on eCartelera
2 ‘barbarian’
He was one of the sensations at FrightFest after being screened in a surprise session. No one had heard of her and word of mouth had everyone talking about what she was nominated for horror film of the year, and in which there seemed to be a twist it was wonderful.
After a glorious first section, with Bill Skarsgård aka Pennywise as an unexpected lodger in the Airbnb that Georgina Campbell has rented, the meticulousness of his story will lead us downstairs to a basement. Little else can be said in order not to reveal much, except that it is very interesting how Zach Cregger’s film (which is also a debut feature) brings the problem of Detroit as a ghost town to the table.
Barbarian at eCartelera
1 ‘down to the bone’
A road movie in the United States of the eighties, which is also a coming of age and a love story. It could be the leitmotif of an independent film from the last century, but if we add that its protagonists are cannibals grappling with their fears and condemned to be marginalized by society, things change.
The chemistry between Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet has a captivating chemistry, and Luca Guadagnino makes “To the Bones: Bones and All” sound like the daytime version of Kathryn Bigelow’s “Night Travellers,” or even a 100-year-old version of ‘Twilight’ as seen by Jim Jarmusch.
Bones: Bones and All on eCartelera
Without going any further, a clear sign of that the success of the genre was reflected in the box office. Titles like the third part of Michael Myers’ new trilogy, ‘Halloween: The End’ raised $104 million. Above are the new “Scream” with 140, “Black Phone” with 161, “NOP” with 171 and, overwhelming, “Smile” with 216.
Others like ‘X’, ‘Pearl’, ‘Silent Night’ or ‘Pray for the Devil’, also managed to top the charts among blockbusters in their respective opening weekends. Be that as it may, and with many of these titles also making careers on platforms (an example is that of “Barbarian” and its direct premiere on Disney +), only hopefully 2023 horror output will only be half as good as 2022.
Source: E Cartelera
Bernice Bonaparte is an author and entertainment journalist who writes for The Fashion Vibes. With a passion for pop culture and a talent for staying up-to-date on the latest entertainment news, Bernice has become a trusted source for information on the entertainment industry.
