You Were Never Really Here

Director: Lynne Ramsay

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5742374

Review: Tense and intriguing with gorgeous cinematography and a detailed approach to storytelling.

Watch it if: You're interested in something that gets itself across without spelling anything out.

And if you liked: Twin Peaks: The Return, Drive, A History of Violence

Check this out: You Were Never Really Here

Cam

Director: Daniel Goldhaber

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8361028

Review: Could've done with pushing the horror a little further but still carries a number of fresh ideas and some well constructed tension.

Watch it if: You're interested in seeing something that manages this subject material without being leery.

And if you liked: Black Mirror, Spring Breakers, Holidays, Perfect Blue

Daddy's Home Two

Director: Sean Anders

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5657846

Review: Two or three fairly funny moments lost in a cobbled together string of bits.

Watch it if: You're that curious.

And if you liked: Mr. Deeds, The Other Guys

Leatherface (2017)

Director: Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2620590

Review: Oafish and predictable with dull attempts at shock turns and nothing particularly new to show.

Watch it if: You want to see something that tries hard to be interesting but just is not.

And if you liked: Texas Chainsaw, The Devil's Rejects, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Hellraiser: Judgment

Director: Gary J. Tunnicliffe

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5476182

Review: Plays like a bad detective film with some Hellraiser glued onto the end of it without an understanding of the difference between stomach-churning and scary.

Watch it if: You desperately need to fill out your Hellraiser scorecard.

And if you liked: Jigsaw, Se7en, Hellraiser: Revelations

Halloween (2018)

Director: David Gordon Green

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1502407

Review: Could use a tightening up in many ways but carries a lot of strong ideas and moments with it.

Watch it if: You want to see something made out of a real joy for the material.

And if you liked: Halloween, Halloween H20, Straw Dogs

Apostle

Director: Gareth Evans

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6217306

Review: A little bit unfocused but otherwise a strongly built film with some wild ideas and great performances.

Watch it if: You're interested in seeing what a perfect action director can do with a horror film.

And if you liked: The Wicker Man, Wake Wood, Evil Dead (2013)

Venom

Director: Ruben Fleischer

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270797

Review: Messy and silly but undoubtedly fun and entertaining when it revels in its weirdness.

Watch it if: You want something that'll throw ideas at you.

And if you liked: Little Shop of Horrors, Cronos, The Incredible Hulk

Hold the Dark

Director: Jeremy Saulnier

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5057140

Review: Intense and gripping with a winding plot and breathtaking visuals.

Watch it if: You enjoy something brooding.

And if you liked: No Country for Old Men, Insomnia, True Detective, Blade Runner

Check this out: Hold the Dark

Mandy

Director: Panos Cosmatos

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6998518

Review: A bizarre tone that carries through some fantastic imagery and an outright assault on the senses.

Watch it if: You're ok with some weird intense violence.

And if you liked: Beyond the Black Rainbow, Hellraiser, Drive, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2