For when youre ready for a little existential ambiguity in your horror diet.
But if theres a modern brand that can claim to be the home for elevated horror movies, itsA24.
Theres no official formula, but sitting down for an A24 horror film carries certain expectations.
Credit:Matthew Thorne; A24 Pictures; Gabor Kotschy, Courtesy of A24
So strap in as we run down the 15 best A24 horror movies, ranked.
Dennis Perkins
Where to watchThe Blackcoats Daughter: Max
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The best post-apocalyptic horror movies posit thatweare the true danger to our continued survival as a species.
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Where to watchIt Comes at Night: Max
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Saint Maud (2020)
Rose Glass debut featureis 84 minutes of concentrated, escalating dread and yawning horror.
Where to watchSaint Maud: Amazon Prime Video
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Where to watchThe Killing of a Sacred Deer: Max
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Lamb (2021)
Its not quite theEraserheadbaby, nor theIts Alivebaby, nor even theTrainspottingbaby.
Meanwhile, the ewe who gave birth to her wont go away or stop pestering these human usurpers.
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We realize… wait, is this an abduction movie?
And are we rooting for the wrong side?
Chris Bellamy
Where to watchLamb: Amazon Prime Video (to rent)
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With that in mind,Gaspar NoesClimaxmight as well have been calledHells Dancers.
A French dance troupe stages a party and somebody spikes the punch with psychedelics.
Meanwhile, Noes anxious camera emphasizes their increasing disorientation and anguished confusion.
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When the partys over, only destruction is in its place.
Where to watchClimax: Amazon Prime Video (to rent)
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The eponymous parlor game ensues… until one character winds up really, truly dead.
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Where to watchBodies Bodies Bodies: Netflix
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Regret and envy, the film posits, can easily inspire vengeance, and these creative kills are proof.
Where to watchX: YouTube TV
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Where to watchGreen Room: Amazon Prime Video (to rent)
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Where to watchMidsommar: Max
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Like Johanssons character,Under the Skincomes at its subjects through an unnervingly alien lens.D.P.
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Where to watchUnder the Skin: Max
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Where to watchThe Lighthouse: Max
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In another context, it would be romantic.
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Where to watchTalk to Me: Paramount+
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Hereditary (2018)
Ari Asters directorial debut cemented him as a defining voice of modern arthouse horror.
Asters craftsmanship matches his leads, withHereditarybeing as controlled and meticulous as the miniature tableaux Collettes character creates.
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Even ifHereditaryeventually provides clear answers, the implications linger with the force of undisputed classics likeThe ExorcistorRosemarys Baby.D.P.
Where to watchHereditary: Max
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Ultimately less ambiguous than it seems,The Witchetches its story in sudden, shocking strokes.D.P.
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Where to watchThe Witch: Max
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