Providing audiences with adrenaline rushes and offering them safe ways to confront and release their fears in the comfort of their homes, the horror genre is understandably one of the most popular and beloved, particularly because it can easily be blended with a wide range of subcategories that can appeal to different audiences.
9 'Barbarian' Director: Zach Cregger Starring Bill Skarsgård, Georgina Campbell, and Justin Long, Zach Cregger's Barbarian is Zach Cregger's directorial debut, a sinister horror mystery focusing on a woman staying at an Airbnb on the evening before a poignant job interview. Eventually, Tess discovers that the house she rented is hiding secrets between its walls.
7 'Audition' Director: Takashi Miike Directed by Takashi Miike, Audition blends the drama, horror, and mystery genres and follows a widower who accepts an offer to screen girls at an audition that has been arranged for him to find a new wife. There is an unexpected turn of events when the one he likes proves that things are not always as they seem.
5 'Deliverance' Director: John Boorman John Boorman's three-time Academy Award-nominated and five-time Golden Globe Award-nominated Deliverance sees an outdoor enthusiast named Lewis Medlock who takes his friends on a seemingly fun canoeing trip into the dangerous American Cahulawasse River determined to see it before it is damned and turned into a lake.