These are the best horror movies of 2024, according to critics
nme.comRotten Tomatoes has pulled together the critical consensus on every horror movie released since January 1, and the film topping the poll is Late Night With The Devil, Colin and Cameron Cairnes’ found footage supernatural horror set on a late night chat show on Halloween 1977.The film stars David Dastmalchian (Prisoners, Blade Runner 2049) as Jack Delroy, the host of the show in question, as he attempts to boost ratings by inviting an allegedly possessed girl onto the show.The film made headlines on its opening weekend in March when it drew exactly $666,666 on its first Sunday of release, contributing to an overall weekend haul of $2.8million (£2.2million).
It tops Rotten Tomatoes’ list with a very strong 97 per cent critics score, and is available to stream on Shudder or to rent or buy.The Irish film Oddity makes it into second place with 96 per cent.
Damian McCarthy’s film follows a blind medium and shopkeeper who is grieving the death of her twin sister, and who believes a wooden mannequin holds the key to solving the mystery of her murder.
Oddity is also streaming on Shudder.Sitting in third place is Infested, a French film starring Theo Christine as someone who takes home a deadly spider that reproduces rapidly and causes an infestation in the neighbourhood.
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