10 Best High School Horror Movies

There will come a time, in the near future, where this Satanic panic feature is considered a modern classic. At a first glance, it appears that Oz Perkins' directorial debut will play by standard slasher rules. Students Kat (Kiernan Shipka) and Rose (Lucy Boynton) are left alone at their Catholic boarding school for the weekend.

For a spell, you're wondering when a masked killer will stumble in for some hack-and-slash action. Fortunately, such a figure never arrives and the film ventures into far more imaginative territory. Serving as more of a horror mystery, the film relies on thoughtful plotting to keep the viewer engaged over visceral thrills.

Routine school activities are masterfully filled with a sense of impending dread. Every moment is creepily atmospheric. Long before the real scares kick off, you know something is wrong with the setting and the nuns running the place. Brimming with truly excellent performances and ingenious reveals, the film gets even better on a rewatch.

You realise every plot twist was hinted at with an ending that was hidden in plain sight all along. Like a clever little puzzle, The Blackcoat's Daughter succeeds in being both throughout-provoking and scare-inducing.