10 Certified Fresh 2014 Movies That Nobody Saw

If you only catch the first half of Adam Wingard's slickly entertaining The Guest, you might be convinced it's an indie about PTSD-afflicted ex-soldier David (Dan Stevens, as frightening as he is hilariously deadpan) coming to stay with the family of a deceased comrade-in-arms - because up until the halfway point, it is. Then David unexpectedly finds himself hunted by his old military bosses.

Where The Guest goes next will either make or break the film for you - as it descends into manic action farce, the film drops the indie pretense and takes you into pure genre territory. After Wingard has carefully set up David as a quiet menace winning over the trust of the New Mexico town he's 'just passing through', Wingard arms David to the teeth and sends him on a rampage.

At this point, you can either tune out, or enjoy as the film's darkly comic side takes the steering wheel. Though when the package is this pretty - there's a bright, primary colour scheme and a synth-y, '80s-inspired soundtrack, almost as if Wingard were taking cues from Nicolas Winding Refn - it's near impossible to look away.