Subgenre Sampler
Horror: 1654 Films to Buy & Rent
Witch, The (2015)
- Dir. Robert Eggers
Feat. Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie
- A rigorous arthouse horror–drama that follows a puritan family in 1630s New England as they are torn apart by the apparent forces of black…
ABCs of Death 2, The (2014)
- Dir. Vincenzo Natali, Bill Plympton, Sion Sono
- NZ's "enfant terrible" and "Incredibly Strange" Film Festival director Ant Timpson wrangles another 26 genre film directors from all over the globe…
Adjust Your Tracking (2014)
- An informal companion piece to REWIND THIS!, this documentary even shares a few of its commentators but narrows the focus down to a range of…
Alien Abduction (2014)
- Dir. Matty Beckerman
Feat. Katherine Sigismund
- Expect the expected in this routine though entirely competent "found footage" horror chronicling the terror of a family who encounter alien abductors…
Annabelle (2014)
- Dir. John R. Leonetti
Feat. Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, Alfre Woodard
- A prequel to THE CONJURING (2013), following a couple who are traumatised by a haunted doll. A grab bag of horror clichés, but recommended for…
As Above, So Below (2014)
- Dir. John Erick Dowdle
Feat. Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman
- A suitably catastrophic subterranean horror set in the catacombs beneath Paris, where a pair of archaeologists searching for a prized philosopher's…
At The Devil's Door (Home) (2014)
- Dir. Nicholas McCarthy
Feat. Ashley Rickards, Nick Eversman, Michael Massee…
- Horror in which an ambitious young real estate agent is asked to sell a house with a checkered past, she crosses paths with a disturbed girl and when…
Babadook, The (2014)
- Dir. Jennifer Kent
Feat. Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall
- A single mother and her disobedient son are stalked by a malevolent spirit summoned by a children's book in this expertly directed psychological…
Clown (2014)
- Dir. Jon Watts
Feat. Eli Roth, Peter Stormare, Laura Allen
- Eli Roth produced shocker in which a loving father dons a clown suit for his son's birthday party, only to realize the suit is part of an evil curse…
Cooties (2014)
- Dir. Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion
Feat. Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, Alison Pill…
- Splatter comedy set in a primary school where a cafeteria food virus turns the kiddies into killer zombies, and a group of misfit teachers must band…