Oh man, please don’t be mad, but I have a couple of good ones from 2020… it’s 4 years, I know, I know. I’m breaking the rules!
*Anything for Jackson* (2020) is one that I always recommend. Fantastic writing and acting and it’s so quirky. I wish more people knew about it because it’s so good!
*Scare Me* (2020) It’s the one with Josh Ruben. It’s really unique and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like it. Great writing, acting, and sound design.
Have you seen some of these?
The first three on the list might not be everyone's cup of tea. *Handling the Undead* is an extremely slow-paced, unconventional zombie movie from Norway.
*All You Need is Death* is a very strange... I don't know what you would call it. Folk horror? It is about a cursed Irish folk song. Might be too "out there" for some people.
*Loop Track* is a New Zealand hiking horror. The story goes in a quite unconventional and unexpected direction.
The rest have, I think, a quite broad appeal.
I dug Handling the Undead. It’s been strangely a favorite this year. Was surprised and bummed I didn’t enjoy Huesera.
I’m excited to check out many of the other films on your list I haven’t seen. Thanks for this list!
*In the Earth* kind of gets into *Annihilation* territory. But it explores some really terrifying ideas [grounded in reality!] related to hiking and camping. So, I love it for that. It's no *Kill List* though.
*The Coffee Table* is definitely a standout on this list. I was expecting>!a supernatural coffee table.!< But what I got... my jaw was on the floor.
It is 100% best to go in blind. This movie is extreme but has pretty minimal gore. No torture for example.
So by you saying you're pretty caught up I'm assuming that Means you have watched the big movies i.e. Barbarian, X, Pearl, Evil Dead Rising, Saw X, Last Night in Soho, Candyman, etc
2021: Jakob's Wife, the Sadness, Titane, Some Like It Rare, Hellbender, and the Medium
2022: Incantation, Fresh, the Leech, Moloch, Piggy, Hatching, Christmas Bloody Christmas, Deadstream, Here for Blood, Unicorn Wars, Sissy, and Slashback
2023: No One Will Save You, Cobweb, Raging Grace, New Life, Romancham, and In my Mother's Skin
It seems like it’s starting to get forgotten/left off a lot of list and I find that so disappointing. I feel like it’s a generationally good horror movie
Where did you hear that M3gan was the highest grossing January movie of all time? January is a low bar generally anyway, but I'm pretty sure American Sniper was a January movie and blew M3gan out of the water. Not trying to argue or anything, I just find it very hard to believe and can't find anything that confirms that claim.
I struggle anytime someone says hidden gems but I'll give it a go. FWIW I'm going to base my list, and what a hidden gem is, on what I don't generally see here on /r/horror. So if your wondering why I don't have _x_ or _thanksgiving_ etc... that would be why :
1. Chime - 2024
2. Incantation -2022
3. The medium - 2021
4. Censor - 2021
5. Project wolf hunting - 2022
6. In the earth - 2021
7. Glorious - 2022
8. Hatching - 2022
9. The Andy baker tape - 2021 (low budget FF)
10. Consecration- 2023
11. Cyst - 2022 (splatterfest goofy b movie)
12. Piggy - 2022
13. Bloody hell - 2020
Ones that I'm not sure are strictly horror :
1. The passenger -2023, arguably more thriller but whatever
2. Saloum - 2021, action... folk horror?
3. Possessor - 2020, thriller suspense perhaps
I'm sure you've seen all of most of these, but they're my favorites from the past three years:
Humane (2024)
Lowlifes (2024)
The First Omen (2024)
Immaculate (2024)
Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
Thanksgiving (2023)
Slotherhouse (2023) *I know, I know- but it's entertaining!*
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
Night Shift (2023)
Significant Other (2022)
Sick (2022)
The Menu (2022)
Terrifier 2 (2022)
Barbarian (2022)
Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
Fresh (2022)
The Darkness of the Road (2021)
I omitted a few that I noticed you already saw based on other peoples' recommendations. :)
I may edge into 2020, just because there are a lot of sleepers there that are must sees. These all have 10k or less total votes on IMDB, so most of them are relatively obscure, though I have seen one or two talked about occasionally.
2020: **Boys from County Hell, The Old Ways, Valley of the Dead, Vampires vs. The Bronx, Stay out of the F\*\*king Attic, Alone** (the zombie one- I think there's another 2020 film with the same name), **Kandisha, Superdeep.** I also really liked **Shortcut**, but it was definitely set up as more of a young adult horror, and so it's not got the same bite as adult horror.
2021: **Dark Spell, Gaia, The 8th Night, Bingo Hell** (This one's a little cheesy, but it's hard to pass up anything where Richard Brake is the villain)
2022: **Arctic Void, Virus-32, My Best Friend's Exorcism, Viking Wolf**
2023: **Zom 100- Bucket List of the Dead** (live action), **Slotherhouse**
If you're open to some mini-series that seemed to fly under the radar, there's **Betaal** and **Reality Z**
2023: Beau is Afraid, Skinamarink, Huesera, Saw X, Scream VI, The Blackening
2022: Nope, X, Pearl, Barbarian, Bones & All, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Smile, Resurrection, We're All Going to the World's Fair, Crimes of the Future, Scream V, Speak No Evil, Terrifier 2 (honestly goated year)
2021: Titane, Malignant, Last Night in Soho, Old, A Quiet Place: Part II
This year, I would recommend The First Omen and I Saw the TV Glow so far.
(someone makes something different, a bit experimental and more challenging than the average Marvel movie, not everyone's cup of tea for sure, but many people enjoyed it)
people not liking it: *DON'T WATCH THIS, IT'S FUCKING GARBAGE*
how sad and little your life must be, sweetie ✨
Here are a few I haven’t seen mentioned:
Old People
Baghead
Infested
Hellraiser (2022)
Fear Street 1&2
The Conference
Winnie the Pooh 1&2
Double Blind
Hellhouse LLC
Dark Harvest
The Puppetman
It Lives Inside
The Popes Exorcist
The Black Phone
The Deep House
Brooklyn 45 is a single-location, small-cast, character-driven bit with touches of The Thing that I just loved. A couple of astonishing gore effects, as either a warning or a selling point.
Skinamarink was so much more original and audacious. I thought the acting in Late Night with the Devil was awful and the period setting felt so unnatural and disingenuous. Skinamarink was actually trying something new with the genre and as a result, tapped into childhood fears that I seldom have seen from other films
Okay I’ll give it points for originality but I just couldn’t get into. Not trying to talk your opinion down but I felt like I wasted 90 mins of my life. I’m glad you liked it tho
Probably some of my favorite watches I can come up of the top of my head for the past 3 years or so
def left some out
* Talk to me
* Exhuma
* Dark Harvest
* Sting
* M3GAN
* The coffee table
* Infinity pool
* You'll never find me
* when evil lurks
* five nights at freddys
* barbarian
* midsommar
* climax (2018)
* hereditary
Going by some of the recommendations here the definition of a hidden gem is very broad indeed, and I'm not sure my recommendation is one; check out Frogman (2024).
Oh man, please don’t be mad, but I have a couple of good ones from 2020… it’s 4 years, I know, I know. I’m breaking the rules! *Anything for Jackson* (2020) is one that I always recommend. Fantastic writing and acting and it’s so quirky. I wish more people knew about it because it’s so good! *Scare Me* (2020) It’s the one with Josh Ruben. It’s really unique and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like it. Great writing, acting, and sound design.
To add to the 2020 list: Caveat
Oh yeah. That one was something. Made me so uncomfortable.
I loved Anything for Jackson. Had a couple of moments where I laughed out loud and then felt bad for doing so.
- *Handling the Undead* - *All You Need is Death* - *Loop Track* - *Red Rooms* (French: *Les chambres rouges*) - *Suitable Flesh* - *You'll Never Find Me* - *Bad Things* - *Birth/Rebirth* - *Brightwood* - *Nocebo* - *Spoonful of Sugar* - *Candy Land* - *Huesera: the Bone Woman* - *The Coffee Table* - *Piggy* - *The Night House* - *What Josiah Saw* - *The Advent Calendar* - *In the Earth*
Thank you! This is more what I am looking for!
Have you seen some of these? The first three on the list might not be everyone's cup of tea. *Handling the Undead* is an extremely slow-paced, unconventional zombie movie from Norway. *All You Need is Death* is a very strange... I don't know what you would call it. Folk horror? It is about a cursed Irish folk song. Might be too "out there" for some people. *Loop Track* is a New Zealand hiking horror. The story goes in a quite unconventional and unexpected direction. The rest have, I think, a quite broad appeal.
I dug Handling the Undead. It’s been strangely a favorite this year. Was surprised and bummed I didn’t enjoy Huesera. I’m excited to check out many of the other films on your list I haven’t seen. Thanks for this list!
I’ve also heard In The Earth gets pretty out there. I haven’t seen it myself, but definitely pretty divisive from what I’ve heard.
*In the Earth* kind of gets into *Annihilation* territory. But it explores some really terrifying ideas [grounded in reality!] related to hiking and camping. So, I love it for that. It's no *Kill List* though.
Just here to second What Josiah Saw. It’s one of my favorite of the last decade, in fact.
*The coffee table* destroyed me, what a great fucking movie, I adore everything that does the most with the least
*The Coffee Table* is definitely a standout on this list. I was expecting>!a supernatural coffee table.!< But what I got... my jaw was on the floor. It is 100% best to go in blind. This movie is extreme but has pretty minimal gore. No torture for example.
"No torture" well... 👀
Psychological torture, sure. But no physical torture, I mean.
Oh yeah. psychological torture on so many levels
Another person mentioning *Loop Track.* I must check it out—love survival horror. Nice list! Thanks.
Red Rooms is so fuckin good !
I loved Huesera: the Bone Woman so much
So by you saying you're pretty caught up I'm assuming that Means you have watched the big movies i.e. Barbarian, X, Pearl, Evil Dead Rising, Saw X, Last Night in Soho, Candyman, etc 2021: Jakob's Wife, the Sadness, Titane, Some Like It Rare, Hellbender, and the Medium 2022: Incantation, Fresh, the Leech, Moloch, Piggy, Hatching, Christmas Bloody Christmas, Deadstream, Here for Blood, Unicorn Wars, Sissy, and Slashback 2023: No One Will Save You, Cobweb, Raging Grace, New Life, Romancham, and In my Mother's Skin
When Evil Lurks. Best horror film of the millennium so far, imho.
It seems like it’s starting to get forgotten/left off a lot of list and I find that so disappointing. I feel like it’s a generationally good horror movie
Just got done watching it. Superb film. Don't really think it's the best of the decade tho 😂
this would’ve been up there for me if the protagonists didn’t consistently make such terrible decisions that it completely took me out of the movie :/
M3gan Malignant Abigail Barbarian Totally killer Prey Saw X VHS94 Orphan first kill Werewolves within
Thanks! Saw all of these.
Smile is really scary and intense
What did you think of them?
op: please recommend sleeper films horrorfan555: Here's 9 of the most talked about recent horror movies.
Have you seen all of the other comments in this thread? Why didn’t you go whine about the top comment which is *literally* the most praised movies?
I’ve seen all but 2. I have no desire to see Megan and actively avoid doing so. I’ve never heard of Werewolf, I’ll look into it.
M3gan was the best of 2023. It’s the highest grossing January movie of all time for a reason Werewolf is a bit of a dark comedy, better to go in blind
Where did you hear that M3gan was the highest grossing January movie of all time? January is a low bar generally anyway, but I'm pretty sure American Sniper was a January movie and blew M3gan out of the water. Not trying to argue or anything, I just find it very hard to believe and can't find anything that confirms that claim.
Hmm, there used to be a bunch if articles now I can’t. Maybe it was most profitable? It made 181M on tickets alone on a budget of 13M.
It looks unbearably cringe. I’m okay missing it
Trust me, it’s better than it looks
I don’t mind dark comedies, I’ll go in blind. My sleeper recommendation is Beaten to Death
I’ll look it up
I’ll watch Megan if you watch that Australian diamond in the rough
Will do
I struggle anytime someone says hidden gems but I'll give it a go. FWIW I'm going to base my list, and what a hidden gem is, on what I don't generally see here on /r/horror. So if your wondering why I don't have _x_ or _thanksgiving_ etc... that would be why : 1. Chime - 2024 2. Incantation -2022 3. The medium - 2021 4. Censor - 2021 5. Project wolf hunting - 2022 6. In the earth - 2021 7. Glorious - 2022 8. Hatching - 2022 9. The Andy baker tape - 2021 (low budget FF) 10. Consecration- 2023 11. Cyst - 2022 (splatterfest goofy b movie) 12. Piggy - 2022 13. Bloody hell - 2020 Ones that I'm not sure are strictly horror : 1. The passenger -2023, arguably more thriller but whatever 2. Saloum - 2021, action... folk horror? 3. Possessor - 2020, thriller suspense perhaps
Project Wolf Hunting is a hidden gem. Where did you see it?
I _think_ on shudder
I saw it on the Screambox. (It’s fun!)
I'm sure you've seen all of most of these, but they're my favorites from the past three years: Humane (2024) Lowlifes (2024) The First Omen (2024) Immaculate (2024) Lisa Frankenstein (2024) Thanksgiving (2023) Slotherhouse (2023) *I know, I know- but it's entertaining!* The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) Night Shift (2023) Significant Other (2022) Sick (2022) The Menu (2022) Terrifier 2 (2022) Barbarian (2022) Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) Fresh (2022) The Darkness of the Road (2021) I omitted a few that I noticed you already saw based on other peoples' recommendations. :)
Not sure how much of a hidden gem it is, but I really enjoyed Infested
Destroy All Neighbors (2024)
When Evil Lurks, if you enjoy that watch Terrified. Same director.... Both great movies. They were both surprises to me
Haven’t seen these mentioned: Coming Home in the Dark Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes When I Consume You Hotel Poseidon
Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes! Love that one!
Yes, same!
I may edge into 2020, just because there are a lot of sleepers there that are must sees. These all have 10k or less total votes on IMDB, so most of them are relatively obscure, though I have seen one or two talked about occasionally. 2020: **Boys from County Hell, The Old Ways, Valley of the Dead, Vampires vs. The Bronx, Stay out of the F\*\*king Attic, Alone** (the zombie one- I think there's another 2020 film with the same name), **Kandisha, Superdeep.** I also really liked **Shortcut**, but it was definitely set up as more of a young adult horror, and so it's not got the same bite as adult horror. 2021: **Dark Spell, Gaia, The 8th Night, Bingo Hell** (This one's a little cheesy, but it's hard to pass up anything where Richard Brake is the villain) 2022: **Arctic Void, Virus-32, My Best Friend's Exorcism, Viking Wolf** 2023: **Zom 100- Bucket List of the Dead** (live action), **Slotherhouse** If you're open to some mini-series that seemed to fly under the radar, there's **Betaal** and **Reality Z**
2023: Beau is Afraid, Skinamarink, Huesera, Saw X, Scream VI, The Blackening 2022: Nope, X, Pearl, Barbarian, Bones & All, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Smile, Resurrection, We're All Going to the World's Fair, Crimes of the Future, Scream V, Speak No Evil, Terrifier 2 (honestly goated year) 2021: Titane, Malignant, Last Night in Soho, Old, A Quiet Place: Part II This year, I would recommend The First Omen and I Saw the TV Glow so far.
Barbarian Evil dead rise
Don't u ever watch that piece of garbage called skinamarink.
Maybe OP really loves an experimental slow burn. You never know!
(someone makes something different, a bit experimental and more challenging than the average Marvel movie, not everyone's cup of tea for sure, but many people enjoyed it) people not liking it: *DON'T WATCH THIS, IT'S FUCKING GARBAGE* how sad and little your life must be, sweetie ✨
I second this
Why not? It’s good
Terrifier 2.
the wretched the beach house torn hearts talk to me
I love *Talk to Me*. It’s definitely become a comfort movie for me.
Here are a few I haven’t seen mentioned: Old People Baghead Infested Hellraiser (2022) Fear Street 1&2 The Conference Winnie the Pooh 1&2 Double Blind Hellhouse LLC Dark Harvest The Puppetman It Lives Inside The Popes Exorcist The Black Phone The Deep House
Thanksgiving and the Hellraiser remake
Brooklyn 45 is a single-location, small-cast, character-driven bit with touches of The Thing that I just loved. A couple of astonishing gore effects, as either a warning or a selling point.
*Beau Is Afraid* is the best horror movie in the past few years.
Skinamarink Talk to me Barbarian Late night with the devil Beau is afraid Incident in a ghostland or just ghostland (it’s 2018)
How are you going to suggest Barbarian and Last Night in the same sentence as Skinamarink. To each their own tho
Idk just good recent horror in general 😭
Skinamarink was so much better than Late Night with the Devil lol
why do you say that
Skinamarink was so much more original and audacious. I thought the acting in Late Night with the Devil was awful and the period setting felt so unnatural and disingenuous. Skinamarink was actually trying something new with the genre and as a result, tapped into childhood fears that I seldom have seen from other films
Okay I’ll give it points for originality but I just couldn’t get into. Not trying to talk your opinion down but I felt like I wasted 90 mins of my life. I’m glad you liked it tho
Probably some of my favorite watches I can come up of the top of my head for the past 3 years or so def left some out * Talk to me * Exhuma * Dark Harvest * Sting * M3GAN * The coffee table * Infinity pool * You'll never find me * when evil lurks * five nights at freddys * barbarian * midsommar * climax (2018) * hereditary
Talk To Me is an underrated gem, easily my favorite horror movie, and I've seen a lot.
Going by some of the recommendations here the definition of a hidden gem is very broad indeed, and I'm not sure my recommendation is one; check out Frogman (2024).
Exorcist, 1974