![]() Read IndieWire’s full review of “The Menu.” Instead, this luxurious, if slightly underbaked meal of a movie unfolds with a tempting messiness best likened to a juicy cheeseburger - for a reason you’ll find out later. ![]() You’ll want to know more about Ralph Fiennes’ glowering chef and the motives behind his far-from-fine dining presentation, but they won’t come. Anya Taylor-Joy plays final (course?) girl Margot: Nicholas Hoult’s unsuspecting plus-one at a high-end culinary experience that quickly turns lethal. What Mark Mylod’s “The Menu” lacks in character development and philosophical clarity it makes up for with cutting humor and scrumptious spectacle. Image Credit: ©Searchlight Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Honorable mentions, in no particular order, include Scott Derrickson’s “The Black Phone,” Hanna Bergholm’s “Hatching,” and David Prior’s “The Autopsy” from “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities.” With a focus on innovation and variety, here are the 22 best horror movies of 2022. Suffice it to say, business is good for things that go bump in the night. First-time feature directors Zach Cregger, Goran Stolevski, Chloe Okuno, Mimi Cave, and more competed for audience attention in a year that also enjoyed new releases from Jordan Peele, Luca Guadagnino, Alex Garland, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and more horror heavyweights. It’s less of a rare treat now than it once was to imagine genre artists earning Oscar nominations, and we’re increasingly seeing bold new voices eager to spin scary stories. It’s these sort of nooks and crannies that make horror one of the most exciting genres to track and talk about all year long. But major spiritual revisitations - such as “Halloween Ends,” “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (2022), and the aforementioned return to Woodsboro - play differently in a time when so much feels so cyclical, right? Heck, even Art the Clown is back thanks to Damien Leone and surprise box office smash “Terrifier 2.” It’s even a no-brainer for arthouse A24, which saw Ti West and Mia Goth deliver a double-header with “X” and “Pearl” just six months apart. Franchising has long been the bread and butter of the horror genre. ![]() Or consider the “requel,” as coined by “Scream” (2022). But why did consuming flesh consume our interest? And why did that subject matter so often intersect with sex? Sure, there’s no cannibalism in David Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future,” but the film’s “sex is the new surgery” slogan certainly evokes similar feelings. Take last year’s inexplicable cannibalism trend: “Bones and All,” “Fresh,” “Resurrection,” all great movies that make our list. ![]() Now, perhaps more than ever before, scary movie fans can acutely consider why some new terrors captivate and excite, while others don’t or can’t. But as worldwide trends get more dreadful year over year, the thematic link between “our trying times” and the satisfaction we get from nightmares playing out onscreen has become stronger and more apparent. At least, that seems to be the rearview consensus on 2022: a year that saw some things get better, a lot of things get worse, and the consequential uncertainty further taking over politics and pop culture.Īnyone reading this list knows horror movies mean some kind of catharsis. Humanity is going to hell in a handbasket. ![]()
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