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Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter in ‘Nosferatu’; Juliette Gariepy as Kelly-Anne in ‘Red Rooms’; Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise in ‘It’.Credit:Focus Features; Utopia/Courtesy Everett; Brooke Palmer/Warner Bros.
But if you’re in the mood to scream, we’ve got you covered with a definitive guide.
Just beware… the emotional scars from this particular bite will last a long time.
Thanks to a script co-written byJoss Whedon, there’s plenty for genre fans to ruminate on here.
Essie Davis as Amelia Vanek and Noah Wiseman as Samuel Vanek in ‘The Babadook’.Matt Nettheim/IFC Films
This setup makes for a refreshing and stripped-down found footage film.
Inour 2015 review, we predicted an inevitable remake, and in 2022, the film gods provided.
Feel free tobinge both versions, but definitely start with the original.
Kristen Connolly as Dana Polk and Chris Hemsworth as Curt Vaughan in ‘Cabin in the Woods’.Lionsgate/Courtesy Everett Collection
ThisAri Asterfilm brings great performances from actors likeAlex WolffandMilly Shapiro, but it’sToni Collettethat brings the house down.
It’s easy to see why, considering the enduring image of Pennywise that’s haunted readers for decades.
“The two are in a dialogue with each other.”
Candace Hilligoss as Mary Henry in ‘Carnival of Souls’.LMPC/Getty
But forget Chucky and Annabelle, because M3GAN isn’t your average genre villain.
A horror comedy that never takes itself too seriously,M3GANis self-aware, murderous, and seriously entertaining.I.G.
Kelly-Anne is a model and online poker player who has become fascinated with a local murder trial.
Sissy Spacek as Carrie in ‘Carrie’.Everett Collection
Sometimes they come bearing casseroles."
John Franklin as Isaac in ‘Children of the Corn’.New World Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Mark Duplass as Josef in ‘Creep’.Blumhouse Productions/Duplass Brothers Productions
Shauna Macdonald as Sarah in ‘The Descent’.Lionsgate
Park Ji-hyun as Ji-hyun in ‘Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum’.Well Go USA/Courtesy Everett Collection
Susanne Wuest as Mother in ‘Goodnight Mommy’.RADiUS-TWC
Milly Shapiro as Charlie Graham and Toni Collette as Annie Graham in ‘Hereditary’.A24
Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise in ‘It’.Brooke Palmer/Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collection
Maika Monroe as Jay Height in ‘It Follows’.RADiUS-TWC/Courtesy Everett Collection
Martin Sharpe as Mathew Palmer in ‘Lake Mungo’.Lionsgate
M3GAN in ‘M3GAN’.Geoffrey Short/Universal Pictures
Annabelle Wallis as Madison Mitchell in ‘Malignant’.Warner Bros. Pictures
The cast of ‘Night of the Living Dead’.Everett Collection
Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen Hutter in ‘Nosferatu’.Courtesy of Focus Features
Emily Blunt as Evelyn Abbott and Millicent Simmonds as Regan Abbott in ‘A Quiet Place’.Jonny Cournoyer/Paramount Pictures
Juliette Gariepy as Kelly-Anne in ‘Red Rooms’.Utopia/Courtesy Everett
Mia Farrow as Rosemary Woodhouse in ‘Rosemary’s Baby’.Mary Evans/AF Archive/Everett
Drew Barrymore as Casey Becker in ‘Scream’.Dimension Films/Everett
Sosie Bacon as Rose Cotter and Jack Sochet as Carl Renken in ‘Smile’.Paramount Pictures/Everett
Sophie Wilde as Mia in ‘Talk to Me’.A24
Gunnar Hansen as Leatherface in ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’.Everett Collection
Mia Goth as Maxine in ‘X’.A24
