The Best A24 Horror Movies
A24 horror movies have definitely garnered a well-deserved cult following. It's not hard to guess why, with movies like the unsettling Hereditary or the insanity experienced in The Lighthouse. A24 is also producing more and more horror films as they grow in popularity. Midsommar garnered several favorable reviews from critics and audiences turned out for the slow-burn folk horror film. X saw director Ti West return to the full-blooded horror genre with spectacular results. But which one of these A24 horror movies deserves to be at the top of the list? You can help decide with your votes.
Vote up your favorite films and vote down any you think other A24 fans should skip. Be sure to check back as new and upcoming A24 horror movies are added to the list once they are released.
- 1Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff
Ari Aster's haunting and visceral directorial debut pushed the horror envelope when it arrived on the scene in 2018. Toni Collette's powerhouse performance alone is worth the watch, and cements Hereditary as a horror classic.
- 2Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper
Serving as Ari Aster's follow-up to his directorial debut Hereditary, the folk horror movie features rising star Florence Pugh as a college student attending a Scandinavian midsummer festival gone wrong. With many scary scenes taking place during the daytime, Midsommar seamlessly blends beautiful landscapes and gruesome violence. Don't forget to look for the hidden faces in the trees.
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- 3Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie
The Witch is not only a spectacularly done horror movie but the first film for both actor Anya Taylor-Joy and director Robert Eggers. The former stuns as a puritan girl who is prosecuted by her family who think she is a witch. Eggers builds on both terror and anger with a twist ending you don't see coming.
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- 4Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat
A punk band is hunted by racist skinheads, led by Patrick Stewart. It's a premise that would induce nightmares, but in this slasher the thrills aren't just frightening but fun.
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- 5Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman
Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe unleash dynamic performances as two increasingly deranged lighthouse keepers. Egger's flair for creating a pervasive atmosphere of dread continues in this jaw-dropping entry in his filmography.
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- 6
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Bill Camp, Raffey Cassidy, Denise Dal VeraColin Farrell and Nicole Kidman star in one of the strangest, most off-putting entries in Yorgos Lanthimos' filmography-- in the best way possible. Barry Keoghan gives a terrifying star making performance long before he was the Joker in The Batman and the way Lanthimos manages to stay away from traditional horror tropes (like jump scares) to create a horrifying family dynamic.
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- 7Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Martin Henderson
If you're a fan of Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights and the iconic slasher Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Ti West's X is a clever combination of the two. With the ‘70s background and Mia Goth’s terrifying elderly transformation, this slasher is a clever commentary on sex and aging.
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- 8
It Comes at Night
Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen EjogoIt Comes At Night may have been an early A24 horror film but that doesn't mean it was behind the curve. The cast is stacked with Joel Edgerton, Riley Keough, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo and Kelvin Harrison Jr. playing a group of people living through a pandemic and having to share space – a head of its time.
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- 9Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle, Lily Fraser
Religious indoctrination is ripe for horror in Rose Glass' dark and twisted psychological thriller. Lead Morfydd Clark plays a deranged hospice nurse with such horrifying vigor that one feels the effects long after you are done watching.
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Tusk
Michael Parks, Justin Long, Haley Joel OsmentOne of the most disturbing films of all time, it's hard to fathom it came from Clerks director Kevin Smith. Justin Long being turned into a human walrus is body horror at its essence and most insane.
More Tusk - 11Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay
Under the Skin was one of A24's earliest acquisitions and helped solidify the studio as one of the leaders in experimental and genre-bending cinema. What exactly Scarlett Johansson is, is up for debate but the undefined nature of her character adds to the mystery and darkness of her character.
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- 12Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu
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- 13Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, John C. Reilly
Love is hard and for Dane DeHaan and Aubrey Plaza, its undead. This horror comedy from director Jeff Baena brings the laughs and the gore in this zombie love story.
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- 14
The Blackcoat's Daughter
Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy BoyntonEmma Roberts, Lucy Boynton, and Kieran Shipka lead this psychological thriller about young womanhood and dark spirits. In addition to well thought-out payoffs, director Oz Perkins manages to make a scary horror film about women without the cliché.
- 15Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson
This tale of a childless farming couple that encounters something magical grips you right form the beginning and doesn't let go as you begin to care deeply for each character involved. Especially Ada...
More Lamb - 16Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin
An unsettling space odyssey, High Life centers around a group of criminals sent to space to be experimented on. The way director Claim Denis captures the sexual and psychological torment Robert Pattinson and the other inmates go through is disturbing to watch, but you can't look away.
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- 17Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub
Leave it to A24 to make a musical horror film about a dance team on LSD. It's weird, spontaneous with an ending you don't see coming.
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- 18
False Positive
Ilana Glazer, Justin Theroux, Pierce BrosnanA homage to the original demon-infant classic Rosemary's Baby, False Positive brings the fear to a whole new generation of possible parents. Despite bringing the laughs on Broad City, Illana Glazer rocks it as a scream queen forced to birth something she doesn't understand.
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- 19Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, James Cosmo
Lee Cronin's direction takes the cliché out of the child procession genre with The Hole in the Ground. Fans of The Babadook will love this allegory for a wrought parent child relationship.
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- 21Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Hayley Squires
Fans of Suspiria will love this horror-comedy from Peter Strickland. Imagine if Stephen King's Christine was not a car, but a killer dress instead.
- 22Chance the Rapper, Joe Keery, Zazie Beetz
Chance the Rapper in a werewolf mystery comedy? Sign us up.
- 23Zoe Kazan, Ella Ballentine, Aaron Douglas
Zoe Kazan fights for life in this bloody tale of motherhood. With effects akin to Alien, it's hard not to be enthralled while watching The Monster.
