10 More Horror Movies Way Weirder Than Advertised

Director Leigh Janiak is best known for Netflix's popular, if conventional, Fear Street horror trilogy, but once upon a time 10 or so years ago she was mixing up something low-key, low budget and seriously low impact as far as the coffers are concerned. That something is Honeymoon, a supernatural horror with all the trappings of a psychologically-tinged kitchen sink affair, but which goes out with the bathwater pretty quick.

Rose Leslie and Harry Treadaway star as honeymooning couple Bea and Paul, whose idyllic trip to a rustic cabin in the sticks turns, well, weird. We've seen the premise plenty of times before - partner starts displaying uncharacteristic behaviour; histories, tensions and mental illnesses bubble to the surface; everything ends in a climax of human drama. And directors of the ages have gone to work on the idea, resulting in everything from a double-crossing, duplicitous partner (think 2013's Side Effects) to multi-fictional breakdowns (2020's Black Bear coming in hot).

And yet, Honeymoon eschews the purposely psychological elements, accounting for Bea's strange behaviour with something deeper, darker, and far from home. Bright lights buzz the cabin windows, strange goo appears on Bea's clothes, and then there's the vaginal worm... Nothing is what you expect, and the conclusion is sure to split any audience down the middle.