The Less You Know The Better: The List

There are so many movies that we love that we can't write about on this blog, mostly because telling you the interesting parts ruins the twists in the movie. We've noticed this theme mostly in horror movies

Get Out:
You really should only know that this is a horror movie about a guy meeting his girlfriend's parents. But that's not an entirely interesting sell. Luckily Jordan Peele is really good at crafting trailers that sell the movie without ruining the film! Though even then, I wish I could have watched this movie with prior knowledge to speak of. So, if you somehow don't know much about this movie and still haven't seen it: just watch it.

You're Next:
The most you should know about his movie is that a family isolated in the woods gets harassed by masked intruders. And knowing just that, you might politely pass. But that's only the surface level of what's going on here. If you like horror that takes left turns that are grounded in the film's reality: just watch this one.

Bone Tomahawk:
Not a horror movie, not a western, not a misfit team-up movie, but it's also all of those things. This movie sets up like a pretty straightforward horror movie, but only gets gory in the final act of the film. That said, if we told you what this movie was really about, you might not appreciate the set-up as much. If you like slow burn westerns and graphic violence: just watch this one.

The Guest:
Another movie with a slow burn set-up, but this movie is unsettling from start to finish when you don't know anything about it. The tone in the first half manages to carry through the final acts, which is largely due to a cast who knows what they're doing and does it well. If you like horror movies that examine psychological wellness of it's characters: just watch this one.

The Ritual:
After the death of one of their friends, a bunch of guys go camping in the Scandinavian wilderness. Each of the men are processing the death of their friend in different ways, most of them aren't on the healthy end of the healing spectrum. But that's just the beginning of their troubles on this very doomed camping trip, and that's all I can really tell you without ruining anything! If you want to watch a horror movie that will make you never want to visit the Scandinavian wilderness: just watch this one.