A24 Horror Movies

[bendk]

Having just watched Ari Aster's latest movie Beau is Afraid at the theater the other day and reading a couple lists, I thought it would be fun to see how many of the movies people have watched and to list your favorites.
I don't understand why Ex Machina is not on Collider's "Every A24 Horror Movie Ranked From Worst to Best" list. It is clearly Sci-Fi horror. Alex Garland makes at least two references to Mary Shelly's Frankenstein in film. A case could also be made for The Green Knight as fantasy horror. If you include those two, I have seen 20 of the 27 movies. I have placed an asterisk next to the ones I've seen.

(In no particular order)

The Witch *
Saint Maud *
Midsommar *
Green Room *
Hereditary *
X *
Pearl *
The Lighthouse *
Under the Skin *
The Killing of a Sacred Deer*
It Comes at Night *
Beau Is Afraid *
Enemy *
Tusk
The Hole in the Ground
Life After Beth
Slice
The Monster
In Fabric *
Climax *
Lamb *
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Men *
The Blackcoat's Daughter *
High Life
Ex Machina *
The Green Knight *

Here are two articles with their take on the films.

https://collider.com/best-a24-horror-movies-ranked/

The 15 absolute best A24 horror movies ranked


My favorite A24 film is Ex Machina.

I like quite a few of them, but I'll just name the ones that I've rewatched. (I do intend to watch some others again when I have time)
The Witch
Saint Maud
Enemy
The Lighthouse


A few comments on some of the films:

I enjoyed Beau is Afraid and was rarely bored despite its run time of almost 3 hours. I would have to agree with some critics in that it could benefit from some trimming. Some scenes and even some characters seemed superfluous. But I want to watch it again. The first thing I did when I came home was look up the movie's production budget. It was obviously more expensive than his previous films.
ChatGPT said : "The budget for Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid was $35 million. This is A24’s most expensive film and more than three times the budget of Aster’s previous films, Hereditary and Midsommar."

The first half of In Fabric is outstanding.

I liked Gaspar Noe's film Climax more than I thought I would, but the dialogue gets to be a bit much. Not that it is unrealistic given the characters, but that it's inane. It would benefit from an edit.

Both Ti West/Mia Goth movies are very good.