The Conjuring (and its sequel) hit Netflix in February 2021. However, when the three move into the large creepy dilapidated mansion, Edith begins to see mysterious ghosts in the house and she begins to descend into madness as everything falls apart around her. The cast was top-notch, with aspiring author Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) moving to England with her new husband (Tom Hiddleston) and his sister (Jessica Chastain). Guillermo del Toro returned to gothic horror in 2015 for the movie Crimson Peak. Crimson Peak (2015) The cast of Crimson Peak. It ended up winning three Oscars, including one for Makeup and one for Costume Design. While the cast was questionable in some areas, especially with a miscast Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker, the movie was a huge success.ĭracula brought a gothic atmosphere to the story and focused more on that than the actual horror. This was Bram Stoker’s Dracula, with Gary Oldman playing the role of the vampire. Pic credit: Columbia Picturesįrancis Ford Coppola created his own movie in the world of the classic Universal Monster Dracula. Dracula (1992) Gary Oldman in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It also has a fantastic 96% fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes. The movie was a success, making $23 million with just a budget of $1.3 million. The movie takes the old horror trope of teens dying after having sex and made the actual act of sex as the trigger device for this entity, which begins following the kids until it finally either kills them or they pass it on by having sex with someone else. It Follows is a 2014 horror-thriller about a supernatural entity that stalks teens after sexual encounters. The movie spawned sequels and prequels, but remains the best of the franchise. The movie was a ghost story, shot as a found footage movie where a camera in a home showed different scary events leading to the horrifying conclusion. Since Paramount only paid $350,000 for the rights, it was the most profitable movie in history. The first movie in this franchise was directed by Oren Peli and produced by Jason Blum, costing $15,000 and making $193 million worldwide. One of the most financially successful movies ever made was the 2007 indie horror movie, Paranormal Activity. While seen as a critical disappointment, horror movie critics delivered almost universal praise. The three masked strangers are back and killing once again. What resulted was an entertaining horror movie, another surprise entry for the franchise. Unlike the original, which was a tense home invasion horror movie, the sequel, Prey at Night, was more stylized and went for the more retro look.
The Strangers was a surprising addition to the home invasion movie, one of the best of its subgenre.
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