20 Recent Horror Movies WAY Better Than Expected

20. Primate

The first trailer for Primate went a wee bit viral because, frankly, it looked totally effing ridiculous - a slasher movie in which the killer isn't a masked maniac but rather a rabies-infected chimpanzee.

It was difficult to have high expectations for this one given that it was co-written and directed by genre mainstay Johannes Roberts - a journeyman filmmaker best known for the underwhelming likes of both 47 Meters Down movies, The Strangers: Prey at Night, and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.

But credit where it's due - Primate is a savagely effective blunt instrument of a horror film, a lean 89-minute exercise which delivers exactly what it promises on the tin.

The kills are brutal, the practical chimpanzee is shockingly convincing, it's well-shot, and it even has a keen sense of humour about its own absurdity. Pretty much a best-case scenario for a film like this.

As a result Primate became Johannes' best-reviewed film to date, and rightly so. Sign us up for Primate 2.