A24 is a total horror vibe, and here are 5 films that will give you the heebie-jeebies

Before we even get into this, yes, I know that A24 is best known for their “elevated” horror films, which can be an acquired taste. It’s a taste I have acquired with a vengeance; I absolutely love slow burn horror movies.

If you don’t, hey, that’s ok. I won’t ridicule you or insult your taste in horror, because I also

enjoy dumb, fun horror, comedy horror, “extreme” horror…I just love horror in general! But for films that genuinely leave me feeling unsettled or creeped out, only slow burns get me in the gut.

Bring Her Back (streaming on HBO Max) – Much like the Philippou Brothers’ first hit film Talk to Me, this one focuses on the effects of grief. Laura is deeply grieving the loss of her blind young daughter Cathy, and is willing to do anything to – well – bring her back.

When Laura agrees to foster Piper (also blind) and her older brother Andy, she is already fostering a boy named Oliver, who exhibits some pretty strange behaviors. Laura almost immediately becomes obsessed with Piper, definitely favoring her over Andy.

Andy soon finds out that something is simply not right with Oliver, particularly after a grueling scene in which the boy bites down on a large knife. Unsettling scenes from a video tape that involve consuming a corpse, summoning a demon, a plan to use the demon to reanimate Cathy…everything culminates in a crazy and also heart-breaking finale.

Not all A24 horror is of the slow burn variety

Green Room (streaming on Netflix) – Green Room was released in 2015, before A24 became a household name for horror fans. Anton Yelchin is Pat, the bass player for a punk band called The Ain’t Rights, who take a road trip to play a gig that is cancelled.

Desperate for cash, the band agrees to play as the opening act at what turns out to be a  neo-nazi skinhead bar in the middle of nowhere. When they accidently witness the stabbing death of a woman, the owner and his minions lock the band members in a room, intending on killing them.

Green Room is definitely NOT a slow burn; it’s action-packed, violent, and pretty gory. The cast is excellent, and Patrick Stewart gives a chilling performance as the owner of the bar.

Hereditary (Streaming on HBO Max) – For me, nothing makes a movie scarier than including grief and trauma as its main themes, and Hereditary 100% does that. Add an absolutely devastating performance by Toni Collette as Annie, a WTF shocker of a scene, and some terrifying visual effects, and it’s a recipe for nightmares.

I know a lot of people didn’t like it (and some claim to find it hilarious, which I completely do not understand), but the story of the Graham family genuinely upset me.

I won’t go too much into the plotline here (and I am so sorry that the most shocking moment has been spoiled repeatedly), but trust me: it IS a horror movie.

The Witch (Tubi) – The Witch is one of my favorite horror movies, despite the fact that slow burn haters consider it “boring.” It’s one of those films that just sort of crept under my skin a little at a time, and gave me a feeling of dread.

Set in 1630s New England, it’s the story of a Puritan family who has been banished, and has set up a farm near the deep, dark forest. Katherine gives birth to baby Samuel soon after, and the terror begins when the infant mysteriously disappears. Meanwhile, the youngest twins claim they can converse with a goat named Black Philip while also accusing oldest daughter Thomasin of witchcraft.

I highly recommend turning on subtitles if you are watching The Witch for the first time; the accents can be hard to understand, and it’s easy to lose part of the story.

Undertone (HBO Max) – My favorite horror movie of 2026 thus far, Undertone is a master class in using audio to create dread and horror. I am a lifelong horror fan, so it says a lot about Undertone that the final ten minutes or so gave me full-on body chills.

The main character is Evy, who is living in her ailing mother’s home and caring for her (Mom is in a comatose state) while also recording a paranormal podcast with her friend Justin. Justin is sent 10 very strange audio files, which they play and discuss for the podcast.

Justin is never seen, and Mom is only seen comatose, so the weight of Undertone rests on Nina Kiri’s performance as Evy, and she handles it like a champ. She manages us to feel as if we are in her skin, so we are along for the ride as she begins to feel uneasy (and later, terrified) as the audio files become progressively scarier and unexplainable.

Note: I am also a big fan of Talk to Me, The Hole in the Ground and X, which are A24 films as well…but I had to stop somewhere!

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