Movie of the Week
Modern horror films to stream this Halloween
In preparation for Halloween on Thursday, BRYAN TURNER has selected four modern horror films to stream for a terrifying Halloween night.
Terrifier (2016, now on Netflix)
Features themes of clowns and being trapped in a building. It’s a slasher – expect gratuitous gore.
For fans of ’80s horror slashers, Terrifier offers a similar B-grade slasher experience. The film is presented purely for its horror-shock value and lacks a solid plot, but makes up for this with amazing actors and a terrifying clown (that could exist in real life). That said, it shows other potential film-makers in the genre that the ’80s horror slasher style can still work in the 21st century.
The film follows Tara Heyes (Jenna Kanell) on the night of Halloween, as she finds herself becoming the latest obsession of a murderer clown called Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton). Tara needs to escape from the clown’s captivity, but endangers those she calls.
At the Fright Meter Awards, Thornton won Best Actor for his performance.
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