8 Upcoming Horror Films To Be Pumped For In 2019
It 2 and the other horrors set to define your scares in 2019.
October may be over but that doesn't mean the horror movies have to come to an end.
Audiences may not fully realize it but they are living through a tremendous golden age of horror right now. Between 2017 and 2018 alone, there have been numerous horror films released that will go down in cinema history as all-time classics. From Get Out, to Annihilation, to Hereditary, to It, to Halloween, to Suspiria, it's been an absolutely incredible couple of years for the genre. And thankfully, that trend doesn't seem to show any signs of stopping.
With the genre's boom in financial success at the moment, there are more horror films in production right now than there have been in years. That's not to say all of them will be good. In fact, most probably won't. But, there are some absolutely incredible and tantalizing horror projects coming our way in 2019.
These are the eight horror films you should be most excited about, coming in 2019.
8. Glass
For years, M. Night Shyamalan's name was synonymous with bad movies. After making a huge splash with The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, his filmography devolved into still risky and ambitious but decidedly less well-made films like Lady in the Water, The Happening, and The Last Airbender.
However, Shyamalan has been on a quest to reclaim his glory in the past few years. In teaming up with Blumhouse in 2015, he delivered The Visit, a found-footage horror flick which was solid enough to warrant more praise than any of his prior films had in nearly a decade.
Then, in 2016, he and Blumhouse released Split, a genuinely great film that was anchored by tremendous performances from James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy. The twist was, Split was also a stealth sequel to Unbreakable, setting up a third film in which all the characters would come together.
Which brings us to Glass, the culmination of all of this. The trailers released thus far for the film look promisingly bonkers, with Shyamalan opting to go even more meta with his analysis of the role of superheroes entertainment in the modern world, alongside a truly gonzo color palette and production design.
It isn't clear yet if Glass is going to live up to Shyamalan's prior film, or if it will be a return to his more disappointing form. Regardless, it looks unmistakably Shyamalan-esque, so it will be either truly wonderful or ridiculously-fun-to-watch terrible. Either way, we win.