The Swarm (1978)
The Swarm is Irwin Allen's 1978 American disaster film. Allen's disaster filmography had included The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974) that operated at substantially higher register.
DisasterThe Swarm is Irwin Allen's 1978 American disaster film. Allen's disaster filmography had included The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974) that operated at substantially higher register.
GothicSleepy Hollow is Tim Burton's 1999 American gothic horror film loosely adapting Washington Irving's 1820 short story. The Burton directorial approach combines sustained gothic atmospheric content with effective horror execution that the director's earlier comedic productions had not consistently delivered.
Courtroom DramaThe Devil's Advocate is Taylor Hackford's 1997 American supernatural legal thriller adapting Andrew Neiderman's 1990 novel. The work is one of the principal supernatural legal thrillers ever produced and one of the strongest Pacino late-career performances.
HorrorToni Collette as a mother whose family unravels after her own mother's death. Hereditary is Ari Aster's 2018 American indie horror and the director's debut feature.
Folk HorrorAster's 2019 Swedish cult drama. Florence Pugh as a grieving woman dragged to a midsummer festival.
Folk Horror1630s New England Puritan family unraveling in the woods. The Witch is Robert Eggers's 2015 American indie horror and the director's debut feature.
HorrorEggers's 2019 black-and-white nightmare. The Lighthouse is Robert Eggers's 2019 American indie psychological drama and the director's second feature.
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Foreign MoviesAlfredson's 2008 Swedish vampire film. The American remake softened everything that worked.
Foreign MoviesNa Hong-jin's 2016 Korean rural-horror. A village cop investigates a stranger.
Foreign MoviesYeon Sang-ho's 2016 Korean zombie film. The whole movie happens on one train.
HorrorM. Night Shyamalan's 1999 ghost story with the most-quoted twist of its decade. Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, a script that earns its reveal twice.
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