15 Indie Horror Movies To Watch This Halloween

By Jack Pooley /

7. It Comes At Night

A24 Pictures

The second feature from Trey Edward Shults (Krisha) may have been mis-sold to audiences as a conventional post-apocalyptic horror film, but as long as you go in knowing that It Comes at Night is an exercise in slow, quiet unease, there's plenty here to savour.

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Joel Edgerton and Christopher Abbott give memorable performances in this hauntingly bleak horror-thriller about two family units trying to shelter themselves from a contagious outbreak plaguing the outside world.

Emotions run high, people die, and Shults' restrained approach, albeit with occasional surreal flourishes, ensures that this is a one-of-a-kind entry despite its familiar subject matter.

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