Indie Horror-thon

Indie Horror-thon: The Blair Witch Project (1999)

The Blair Witch Project marked a milestone in film making, not only for its distinct found-footage style but also for its innovation in marketing...

Indie Horror-thon: REC (2007)

There is nothing scarier than a lethal virus that turns its hosts into aggressive, demonic zombies. Well, except being quarantined into an apartment building...

Indie Horror-thon: The Pact (2012)

Acting as part haunted house horror and part murder mystery, The Pact follows 20-something-year-old Annie, whose mother has recently died, as she tries to discover what...

Indie Horror-thon: The Purge (2013)

What would you do if for 12 hours all crime became legal? The Purge takes this social Darwinism gone awry premise and uses it as...

Indie Horror-thon: Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010)

At first glance, "Tucker & Dale vs. Evil" seemed doomed to suffer from the same banalities of other flicks in the horror/comedies genre. A...

Indie Horror-thon: Insidious (2011)

Insidious is one of the few indie horror movies bold enough to develop a brand new mythology centered around hellish dimension, where the film's...

Indie Horror-thon: The Host (2006)

Part family drama, part thriller horror, part political satire, part environmental commentary, The Host is a rare showcase of a film that tries to blend...

Indie Horror-thon: Let the Right One In (2008)

When Swedish horror author John Ajvide Lindqvist wrote his debut novel Let the Right One In in 2004, he probably didn't expect it to be...

Indie Horror-thon: Resolution (2012)

Benefiting from its likable main characters and deeply enigmatic antagonist, Resolution is one the least formulaic horror films of the past decade. This genre-meshing gem starts...

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Don’t Breathe (2016): The Urban Decay of Deindustrialized Detroit and United State’s Neglect of Veterans

2016 was a big year for horror films featuring home invasions. Hush showcased Oculus director Mike Flanagan’s exhilarating twist with a hearing-impaired...

Green Room (2015): The Festering Ultra-Violent Rage of ‘Angry White Males’ in Pre-Tr*mp America

It probably is not a coincidence that, in 2016, A24 released their horror-thriller masterpiece Green Room the same month that Republican presidential...

The Invitation (2015): The Spiritual Philosophy of Bereavement and the Cult of Social Civility

Tonight is the night our faith becomes real, reads the tagline for The Invitation, the psychological horror thriller that chronicles the dinner...

We Are Still Here (2015): The Supernatural Dread of Denial, Grief, and Rural Isolationism

There’s a reason why haunted-house films are such a welcomed mainstay in the horror genre. The house as a safe space and...