[customfont1]13. Zombeavers.[/customfont1]
They’re beavers. But they’re zombies. Zombeavers. Jordan Rubin’s creature feature is an uproarious throwback to the heyday of eco-horror.
[customfont1]12. The Final Girls[/customfont1]
A horror-comedy that pays loving meta-tribute to the slasher genre, and does so with heart and panache. Scares, and a few tears from Todd Strauss-Schulson.
[customfont1]11. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night[/customfont1]
This vampire noir’s luscious black-and-white drips cool and menace in equal measure. Murnau meets Leone in Ana Lily Amirpour’s Persian-language stunner.
[customfont1]10. Spring[/customfont1]
A love story for black-hearted souls who hate them. The tentacled romance from Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead is beautifully shot in an Italian village, and makes great use of practical effects.
[customfont1]9. Deathgasm[/customfont1]
Jason Lei Howden’s eponymous black metal band inadvertently summons demons, and subsequently saves the world by dispatching them with, among other unconventional melee weapons, marital aids. A grue-dripping, gore-soaked heavy metal joyride.
[customfont1]8. We Are Still Here[/customfont1]
Ted Geoghegan’s directorial debut is an atmospheric haunted house tale, complete with creaking floorboards, vengeful spirits, a generalized sense of dread, and Barbara Crampton.
[customfont1]7. Goodnight Mommy[/customfont1]
Twin boys are left alone with their mother–who may not be herself–after undergoing cosmetic surgery in this unrelentingly black shocker from Austrian duo Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz.
[customfont1]6. What We Do in the Shadows[/customfont1]
Strip everything that’s wrong from modern vampire movies, and you’re left with Taika Waititi & Jemaine Clement’s infinitely quotable, laugh-’til-you-cry docucomedy about bloodsucking flatmates and their werewolf nemeses.
[customfont1]5. Pod[/customfont1]
Mickey Keating’s nod to classic horror and sci-fi, Pod tells the story of a traumatized veteran (a sincerely terrifying Brian Morvant) grappling with internal demons. They are internal…
[customfont1]4. Creep[/customfont1]
Co-starring, Co-written and Co-directed by Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice, Duplass’ titular creep is a profoundly discomforting outsider who hires Brice to film a bizarre day in his life.
[customfont1]3. The Boy[/customfont1]
A poignant, unflinching meditation on a blossoming sociopath. Craig MacNeill and Clay McLeod Chapman directed young star Jared Breeze in this tragic and ultimately inevitable tale.
[customfont1]2. Bone Tomahawk[/customfont1]
A bleak Western with horrific violence and a pitch-perfect ensemble cast, led by a stalwart and mustachioed Kurt Russell. Craig S. Zahler directed this genre-crossing gem.
[customfont1]1. It Follows[/customfont1]
David Robert Mitchell’s surreal vision of a sexually-transmitted, shape-shifting nightmare stalking teenagers through a dystopian Detroit earns not only the top spot for 2015, but is destined for the pantheon of the genre’s all-time best.