What is a “realistic” horror film?
Horror cinema is particularly varied. Even more so when fantasy or science fiction elements are added. But some films opt for a more “realistic” approach.. Without ghosts or demons, encouraging more our primordial fears and by putting ourselves face to face with situations that, ultimately, it could very well happen to us. Like a trip to a small town that turns into a nightmare after meeting people with very bad intentions. A theme often revisited with countless variations. As evidenced by our the top of the most terrifying films of this genre!
Psychosis (1960)
Psychosis FromAlfred Hitchcock is a reference in horror thriller. A memorable film that begins with Marion Crane who one day runs away with a large sum of money given to her by her boss. Arriving at a motel, she will have a terrible meeting and it will be killed in her shower in one of cinema’s most legendary scenes.
Hitchcock is obviously a master in the art of suspense and we must note the audacity in killing off his main character in the first part. From that moment on, we tell ourselves it doesn’t matter who can pass by there and create the sequence of Psychosis all the more worrying. We then reach the peak of terror with the revelations about it Norman Bates and his mother, while the final shot of the boy (memorable Anthony Perkins) sends shivers down the spine.
Liberation (1972)
It all started well for Ed, Lewis, Bobby and Drew, these four friends who get together on a weekend a canoe trip in the mountains of Georgia. Or how a simple walk in the countryside turns into a nightmare after meeting a dangerous man in the region. In LiberationJohn Boorman creates tension before engaging the viewer face terrifying situations where men hunt.
The most surprising and disturbing sequence is of course that of Bobby’s rape. But what happens next is also troubling as the group seems lost between the dangers of nature and those who pursue them. From then on, we never heard a banjo tune again without shuddering…
Chainsaw massacre (1974)
Chainsaw massacre starts from a principle somewhat similar to Liberation. A group, here of young people, goes to the countryside deep in Texas. They will discover an abandoned house inhabited by very indifferent people and will become their target. AS Liberation, the very idea of encountering this type of character has something terrifying. But to this is added the gore aspect proposed by Tobe Hooper. Because the group of friends will not simply be killed, but serve as a meal for a family of cannibals!
Cult films par excellence and infernal shots, Chainsaw massacre it’s a terrifying marvel in its gooey, realistic side. The colossus known as Skinface, who wears a mask made of human flesh, has become iconic. And it’s no surprise that the numerous sequels made since have never reached the level of the first.
Halloween (1978)
Always in the “cult film” genre, impossible to missHalloween. It is particularly important to note first of all that while the saga may have subsequently lost its realism, as the killer becomes increasingly invincible, this is not the case with the first work.
Michael Myers, institutionalized at age six after the murder of his sister in a memorable introduction, escapes from a mental hospital years later. Back in his town of Haddonfield, he will resume a terrifying massacre before chasing Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). Everything about John Carpenter’s work is terrifying, including his cult music. Myers is naturally scary in his appearance, his power and his madness.
High voltage (2003)
High voltage it’s one of the films you can get close to Psychosis Of his turning point and his final plan remember the one with Norman Bates. But first there is above all a violent and terrifying work in which two friends try to escape a disgusting psychopath. From the first shot of the man and his gloomy van, we shudder. And the massacre that follows keeps us on edge. Alexandre Aja spares us nothing with sequences that are difficult to watch. In short, a very dirty horror that will have shocked more than one person.
They (2006) e Lake of Eden (2008)
They AND Lake of Eden they are two films quite close and substantially influenced by Deliverance. It’s a question, in They AND Lake of Eden, of a couple targeted by teenagers. It is in an Eastern town, in a house in the middle of the forest, that Clémentine (Olivia Bonamy) and Mucas (Michaël Cohen) are attacked. And near London, on the shore of a lake, Jenny (Kelly Reilly) and Steve (Michael Fassbender) meet young delinquents.
In both cases, adolescent violence is scary, even more so when you see adults so defenseless that they can only endure these attacks. We then tell ourselves, once again, that we could easily find ourselves in this situation instead of the protagonists.
Martyrs (2008)
Martyrs From Pasquale Laugier It’s definitely one of the hardest movies to watch. The director stages torture sequences that are unbearable for many. There are obviously surreal elements in the film with visions of Lucie, a woman who was sriding horses in youth and finds his torturers years later.
But the second part, which in turn sees her friend Anna imprisoned, is based “only” on the madness of a secret society that wants to obtain martyrs through suffering. The idea of being kidnapped “for no reason” e undergo such grueling torture that a flaying is difficult to overcome.
Source: Cine Serie
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