If we’re talking ‘elevated horror’ that still delivers the goods without getting too patronizing or up itself…

• It Follows
• The Babadook
• ‘Us’ leans a little heavily on the convoluted allegory, but Jordan Peele’s movies are otherwise actually pretty great
• Many people would accuse Ari Aster of exactly what I’ve been complaining about, but I really like his work lol. I think because he never really hammers a central thesis; his films are more just kaleidoscopic head fucks