![]() ![]() It's a campus thriller with a masked killer who hunts athlete frat bros for an atrocious secret they keep hidden. ![]() One of 2021’s biggest surprises - and one of its better slashers - is John Berardo's Initiation. My hope with this list is you’ll find some horror titles that are fresh, invigorating, and expand horizons, to be celebrated just as loudly as the latest Blumhouse remake or reboot of your favorite weapon-waving icon.Ĭelebrate Chucky, welcome Candyman back as a treat, but don’t miss out on some of the greatest gifts the genre has to offer this year just because they’re straight to video or - gasp - sold to one of the streaming giants. So many of the best horror movies in 2021 weren’t massive studio undertakings or carry the “stigma” of being an overseas import. Hopefully we don’t forget about foreign or lower-budget slashers while bickering online about Halloween Kills as if the slasher subgenre hangs in the balance (for example). Horror’s always been about supporting both mainstream and independent avenues - that was easier to forget before lockdown delays. ![]() However, terror remained prominent across platforms with horror movies on Netflix, Shudder, and more. A Quiet Place II may have welcomed moviegoers back indoors with familiar sensations of thumping theater audio and the underfoot stickiness of dried soda soaked into ratty carpets. In a year where horror finally returned to multiplex screens, streamers proved they’re still here to share some screams. ![]()
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