The Strangers

Director: Bryan Bertino

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482606

Review: Bleak and unrelenting with a story that never loses interest or ideas.

Watch it if: You're interested in something that manages to stay fresh without reinventing the wheel.

And if you liked: Hush, Halloween, You're Next

The Bad Batch

Director: Ana Lily Amirpour

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4334266

Review: Subtle in its setting without going too small with some great atmosphere and weird performances.

Watch it if: You can handle a small amount of upsetting gore.

And if you liked: Entertainment, Mad Max, Spring Breakers

Blade Runner 2049

Director: Denis Villeneuve

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856101

Review: Intense and immersive with breathtaking audiovisuals and a plot that slowly builds to a perfect emotional gut-punch.

Watch it if: You're interested in contemplative, cerebral science fiction.

And if you liked: Blade Runner, Ghost in the Shell, Children of Men, A Scanner Darkly

The Dark Half

Director: George A. Romero

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106664

Review: Far too long and doesn't really expand its ideas enough but there's still some fun to be had including an impressive dual performance.

Watch it if: You enjoy seeing Stephen King get very meta.

And if you liked: Basket Case, Monkey Shines, Magic

Check this out: The Dark Half

Children of the Corn

Director: Fritz Kiersch

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087050

Review: Derivative and shaky but reasonably inventive with some fun moments.

Watch it if: You can handle a lot of weird kid acting.

And if you liked: Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, Sinister 2, The Burning

Check this out: Children of the Corn

XX

Director: Jovanka Vuckovic, Annie Clark, Roxanne Benjamin and Karyn Kusama

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3322892

Review: A mixed bag but nothing atrocious with at least one fully solid entry and some nice ideas.

Watch it if: You have an interest in anthology horror.

And if you liked: Holidays, The Babadook, V/H/S

Check this out: The Box

The Imposter

Director: Bart Layton

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1966604

Review: A biazrre story held together by the charisma of the main character and some nice creative choices.

Watch it if: You enjoy something that unfolds naturally.

And if you liked: Tabloid, The Thin Blue Line

Gerald's Game

Director: Mike Flanagan

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3748172

Review: Has a little difficulty ending but holds interest throughout with precision dialogue and deftly handled performances.

Watch it if: You're not too squeamish.

And if you liked: Misery, The Invitiation, Green Room

Check this out: Gerald's Game

It

Director: Andy Muschietti

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396484

Review: Resorts to cliché a little bit too much but carries through with some great design and strongly developed characters and setting.

Watch it if: You enjoy a rollercoaster type horror movie.

And if you liked: The Goonies, The Hole, Evil Dead (2013)

mother!

Director: Darren Aronofsky

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5109784

Review: Not even close to as subtle as it thinks its being but has plenty of interesting imagery and performance to carry it through.

Watch it if: You enjoy something that's more interesting in its texture than anything else.

And if you liked: Black Swan, Synecdoche, New York, Children of Men

Check this out: The Bible