‘Skinamarink’ and the most disturbing experimental horrors

Just like ‘Lights Out’ or ‘Babadook’, which originated from social networks or shorter formats, ‘Skinamarink’ is a title that originated on TikTok, and has now become one of the best experimental horror films. . And since the phenomenon was too unexpected, here are more ribbons of the style to help complete your vision.

But first let’s talk about ‘skinamarink’, one of the best experimental horror films, which was doomed to fail, and has now become a box office phenomenon in the United States. Directed by Kyle Edward Ball, this film was leaked in an online film festival and has since haunted everyone who saw it on TikTok with its unique horror.

The Blair Witch Project

It may not seem like it now, but at the premiere of ‘The Blair Witch Project’ she was one of more experimental horror films of his moment. And is that, although there was a history of the “mockumentary” format before, it was this title that proved the formula, and achieved the perfect result, which to this day continues to be one of the freshest references. Available on HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video.

Paranormal activity

Test with the same format, we also have one of creepiest experimental horror movies. It is about ‘Paranormal Activity’, a 2007 film that established one of the most used formulas by Hollywood in subsequent deliveries. It’s true that later it ceased to be a story that tested the limits of horror, but when he did, boy did it scare more than one person.

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V/H/S

Similarly to the previous one, the V/H/S saga started with a solid proposition in the genre. It was an anthology story, related by a person who discovered a series of videotapes in a mysterious house, which contained several recordings of more terrifying and disturbing events. Available on Amazon Prime Video.

Lake Mungo

Not just a creepy horror film, but one of the truest stories the genre has experienced since ‘The Blair Witch Project’, is in ‘Lake Mungo’. A cult film directed by Joel Anderson, which tells the story of the death of Alice, a young woman who drowned in the lake, and which triggers an investigation where her parents try to contact her in unusual ways.

Cannibal holocaust

And finally, a film that was the father of many directors and trends in the genre, “Cannibal Holocaust”. A “found footage” film that experimented so much with the format that the result was a story in which its director, Ruggero Deodato, was summoned to court to explain that his film was not real, despite its nature raw and realistic. movie.