10 Horror Movies Where The Villain Is Never Seen
1. Cube
A smart, uncompromising survival horror that achieves an incredible amount on a budget of under half a million dollars, 1997’s Cube would eventually undermine itself with increasingly misguided sequels and prequels that flattened and diluted the premise.
The original film sees six disparate individuals stuck in a labyrinthine cube of unknown purpose. The place is dingy, mysterious, and - worst of all - kitted out with lethal traps. The characters are forced to work together as they traverse the structure, figuring out which rooms will kill them and which are safe.
While we learn a little about the cube’s origins - one of the prisoners was an engineer on the product - we never get the slightest clue as to who it was built for, what purpose it’s supposed to serve, or - most unnervingly of all - who would commission such a terrifying project.
The later films dig a little deeper into the builders and the cube’s history, but there’s really no reason to do so. The faceless, endless nature of the cube itself is more than terrifying enough.