From game-changing classics to perfect remakes, this was a good year for horror!
The Big Picture 2022 was seen as one of the best years in horror history. Part of that success came from how unexpected it was. Yes, there was the anticipation around popular franchises like Scream and Halloween, but it was the surprises that made the year so memorable. Who expected much from the straight-to-Hulu release of Prey? Instead, it was the best film in the series since the original Predator.
Corky is a magician and ventriloquist with a frightening-looking dummy called Fats. This is not Child's Play, with Fats coming to life and slashing through his victims. Instead, it's an unnerving character-driven story about a man losing his mind, obsessed with speaking as Fats. He almost becomes one with the dummy, and we start to wonder if this is all just madness or maybe, just maybe, Fats is alive. Magic is both a character study and a film that plays on our fear of dolls.
Kevin McCarthy was a fine actor but Donald Sutherland is even better as Bennell. This is another 1978 horror film with a loaded ensemble cast as well, including the likes of Veronica Cartwright, Leonard Nimoy, and Jeff Goldblum. The films play out mostly the same, and it's not hard to see plot references that speak to the distrust of government we had during the Watergate era. This version isn't afraid to go darker.
The same year as Dawn of the Dead came another George Romero film called Martin. Rather than zombies, we now deal with a vampire, but this isn't some gothic Dracula in a cape. Martin puts a vampire in a modern setting and makes him feel real. How real? We don't even know if Martin is a real vampire. He does kill; not with fangs, but rather with blades, before drinking the blood of his victims.
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