Finley wisely allows the crime itself to play second fiddle throughout After bursting into Hollywood as the scribe behind Martin Scorsese's legendary breakout film While Schrader's latest certainly fits the mold of "classic Hollywood filmmaking" in its relatively straightforward approach to narrative, with its politically charged narrative of societal despair, environmental calamity, religious ambiguity, and righteous indignation, Some say revenge is a dish best served cold. Always on brand, never to disappoint. Blood sprays. That mission leads them to a French village teeming with nazi soldiers and scientists seeking to... well, the less said about that, the better. Coralie Fargeat would likely disagree, and her debut feature, set in the sweltering Moroccan desert, is her proof. Just know that the stomach-churning things uncovered in that village are the stuff of nightmares, that they twist the film in ways you'll never anticipate, and that they help make South Korea has become one of the more prominent countries on the international film scene in recent years. Even from its jarring opening moments, Mockler's film is clearly out to shock. Backcountry racist yokels, ’s transformation, Stallworth’s calls with David Duke (). Everything we’ve watched leads to history repeating itself, and how aligned the actions of 1970s civil rights movements are the *same* fights we’re battling today. We count down the 10 most disturbing movie moments of 2018. Ben Kothe / BuzzFeed News; Everett Collection If there's any grand, overarching story to the movies this year, it might just belong to MoviePass. Part road movie, part hallucinatory crime thriller, and part isolationist chamber drama, it opens with an attention-grabbing heist and ends with a brutal act of violence. Fun!Let’s face the darkness from 2018’s cinematic slate as a means of pushing forward. Most Disturbing Movies by therustylabrador | created - 10 months ago | updated - 8 hours ago | Public Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. Forget the war-scarred characters and festering wounds, even. If you've been paying attention to movies coming out of the region, then you know that South Korean filmmakers— with visionary works from Chan-wook Park (Speaking of obsessive, slow-burning dramas with complicated narratives and challenging characters, Sara Colangelo's Nothing can prepare you for where this film goes, and the less you know about it before jumping in, the better. Immediate thoughts of Parkland and Santa Fe and too many similar headlines flood like a burst dam, kickstarting Corbet’s cultural commentary on celebrity culture with a devastating tone.As someone who avoids trailers whenever possible, going into suspiciously blind made for one of 2018’s most sobering beginnings.

More appropriately, the thorn-lined backroad of memory lane where there is no light – only torment and pain. The event – a nightmare for adults and children alike – is a school shooting. Whether it's because they tend to use different directors (with contrasting styles), or because they never find a satisfying narrative device to weave their horrifying tales together, even the best horror anthologies (In adapting and directing the adaption of their own play, Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman solve both of those problems with their horror anthology After unleashing his sweaty-palmed cops vs. gangsters action epic All of which is to say there was good reason to be excited when Netflix announced they'd be producing Evans' new film At least, that's how things appear in the first hour of As much as audiences seem primed to embrace stark, original concepts, we are undoubtedly living through the age of the remake.

His tragic tale of a young woman (played with breathtaking austerity by Addison Timlin) broadcasting her own crime spree across social media is tailor made to do exactly that. If anyone had tried to convince you that it would end up being one of the most memorable films in Cage's cagey filmography, you probably would've laughed — yet here we are, talking about Panos Cosmatos' "It's what Cosmatos does within that construct that makes the film so uniquely disquieting, peppering the action with a murderous cult of hippies led by a folk-singing wannabe demigod, a masochistically demonic biker gang, copious amounts of hallucinatory narcotics, intensely surrealistic imagery, and enough fake blood to float an ark. ’s famous jungle adventures is one of the year’s most grisly surprises. An experience that’s impossible to shake, comprehend, and certainly forget.balances Ron Stallworth’s Ku Klux Klan infiltration with a lighter jive that loses no importance – but doesn’t register as seismically bleak given the circumstances. The horror genre has proven particularly fertile ground for studios who've remade everything from Even as we endure the age of remakes, we're also privy to a virtual golden age of genre mashups, with J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions almost single-handedly spearheading the movement. We’re nearly a month into the new year, but before we let 2019 rejuvenate our motivations, why not take one last stroll down 2018’s memory lane? Cookies help us deliver our Services. NEWS FEATURES Oscar hopefuls and genre demons both produced their fair share of fuck-you-up depravity.

entertains, teaches, and brings to life an unbelievable story, fully aware of the cyclical horrors that await right before credits hit. Neon-died fructose sugars chomped and gnawed by pearly whites.

That would seem to make the anthology approach — with briefer but no less bloodcurdling encounters — a good fit for the horror genre. It shakes, rattles, and strips all armor, chills straight to your core.Lee’s ace-up-his-sleeve held so angrily through gritted teeth throughout , a warning of social media overconsumption in our digital age. A portrait of a “mastermind,” satire of power, and exposure to manipulation from within. This year, that movie is unquestionably Ari Aster's taut and utterly terrifying "family drama" Many American filmgoers had never heard of Boots Riley before Unfolding in a beautifully realized alternate version of present-day Oakland, the film follows the story of a young black telemarketer (Lakeith Stanfield) who experiences a meteoric rise to success after uncovering his inner "white voice." That sexy weekend pivots dramatically after a deplorable act of sexual violence that leads Richard to make in impetuous decision that sees Jen left for dead in the unforgiving desert.Only Jen (played with steely sensuality and simmering savagery by newcomer Matilda Lutz) Every so often, we get a scary movie that transcends its genre roots to take horror gurus and neophytes alike on a harrowing journey into dark, panic-inducing places rarely glimpsed by even the most devout of genre fans. What makes the film so damned scary is just how plausible Soderbergh makes all the inherent insanity seem.