10 Meta Horror Movies That Deserve More Attention

10. Rubber

Rubber tells the story of a killer car tyre with psychic powers. With a pitch like that, this fantasy-horror sounds like a dumb monster flick, designed solely to laugh at itself, like Leprechaun or Sharknado.

However, watching a telekinetic tire massacring its victims isn't the weirdest thing about Rubber (not even when he transfer his consciousness into a tricycle). Considering the film opens with a sheriff jumping out of a car trunk and discussing E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial directly to the audience, that's the first sign Rubber is bonkers.

Rather than being coy with self-awareness, Rubber obliterates the fourth wall. The action is regularly interrupted by the stand-in audience's commentary. Some characters are aware they're in a movie, while others are oblivious to it. The sheriff tries to poison the audience, believing a movie cannot exist without viewers. When one survives, the sheriff realises he must kill him or the movie will continue indefinitely. These meta-jokes are so nutty, viewers can momentarily forget this is a story about a psychic wheel.

Although quirky indies promise to deliver something different, many of them rely on the same derivative clichés. Fortunately, Rubber doesn't fall in this bracket, since there's nothing else like it.